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1980-1992

The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series, first broadcast from 1985 to 1992. The series was created by Kevin Gillis, and produced first at Atkinson Film-Arts (from 1985-1986), then at newly established Hinton Animation Studios (from 1987 on). more...

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History

The series features the adventures in the Evergreen Forest of Bert Raccoon and his friends Ralph and Melissa, particularly in their attempts to thwart the industrialist actions of pink aardvark Cyril Sneer and his trio of pig henchmen (called Lloyd, Floyd and Boyd). One unique element of the series is that Cyril gradually evolves from an unrepentantly destructive capitalist to a likeable and environmentally responsible, if still highly aggressive, businessman and occasional ally of the Raccoons. Another nasty character was the capitalist Mr. Knox—a crocodile with a New Orleans accent. Cyril's son Cedric is Bert's best friend.

First airing in 1980 with The Christmas Raccoons TV special, The Raccoons slowly began its journey to becoming a regular animated series, using assorted specials over the next few years as stepping stones (The Christmas Raccoons, The Raccoons On Ice, and The Raccoons and the Lost Star), before finally becoming a regular series in 1985. Five series of episodes were produced, airing from 1985 to 1992.

Usually, the series would feature the main characters learning major life lessons in teamwork, friendship, cooperation, and sometimes just helping out their fellow friends that live near the forest, human and animal alike, tangling with the tyrannical tycoon Cyril Sneer, who does not let anything as trivial as nature's defining highlights (trees, lakes, etc) prevent him attempting to attain a profit.

In 1989, a new character by the name of Lisa Raccoon was introduced into the series. Lisa is Ralph's niece, and the statuesque older sister of Bentley Raccoon, and the daughter of George and Nicole Raccoon. She is the love interest/best friend of Bert Raccoon. Lisa made her debut in Spring Fever, she was voiced by Lisa Lougheed, the singer of the series' most enduring attribute, its ending theme.

The series had a New Wave soundtrack including the theme song \"Run With Us\" by cast member Lisa Lougheed a minor chart success in some countries, and covered more recently by Spray. The early episodes ended with a different version of the song, not sung by Lougheed. Many of the songs from the series featured on Lougheed's 1988 album Evergreen Nights. Unlike many cartoon series from the 1980s, The Raccoons was not heavily merchandised. Today it has a small cult following, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation.

Unfortunately, the closing theme isn't heard on showings on Boomerang in the UK, as they close every episode with the same end credit sequence, which is from an early episode of the show and is absent of Lougheed's vocals and many of the lyrics (containing just the chorus), angering many UK fans of the series. However, when Boomerang Europe started broadcasting the show in areas such as Eastern Europe on November 6, 2006, each of the first episodes had different ending credits (featuring shots from the episode's scenes). When season one's episodes ended on November 21, the following episodes started playing with Lougheed's version of the song in the ending credits.