Chucklewood Critters is an American line of television specials and an animated TV series created by former Hanna-Barbera animators, Bill Hutten and Tony Love, which centered on two woodland animals: Buttons, a young bear cub, and Rusty, a fox cub. It started as a Christmas special in 1983 called The Christmas Tree Train, followed by eight more holiday/seasonal specials. In 1997 it was developed into a series entitled The New Chucklewood Critters, which ran for two seasons.
Episodes
Runtime: 30m
It's winter in Chucklewood, and Buttons and Rusty go on a skiing trip which gets them lost in a sudden blizzard.
Runtime: 30m
The cubs glimpse something in Chucklewood Lake and are convinced they have discovered a relative of the Loch Ness Monster.
Runtime: 30m
While the cubs learn about family trees and how not all families are the same, Frisky goes on a search to find her long lost family and finds out she was adopted.
Runtime: 30m
Franklin's Aunt Nora arrives at Chucklewood Park, full of amazing stories, and Franklin confides to Jonesy that no one seems to need him anymore.
Runtime: 30m
During a dry spell at Chucklewood Park, the critters learn how to conserve water.
Runtime: 30m
Buttons' grandmother (known as "Gram") comes to Chucklewood. However, problems make everyone grumpy and impatient until she tells a story to the critters, with them as the main character
Runtime: 30m
Exploring a new cave, the cubs discover some old Indian artifacts; in particular, a shiny stone which they come to believe has magical powers.
Runtime: 30m
The boy cubs, their folks, the girl cubs, and Franklin visit Lester in Crystal Bayou, but Lester isn't himself. After investigation it turns out he has a toothache but is too scared to visit the dentist.
Runtime: 30m
The cubs find a lost pony separated from his herd and Bearbette decides to look after him.
Runtime: 30m
Franklin teaches the cubs about space travel and really fires their imagination when a strange new creature from a planet called Down Under appears in Chucklewood.
Runtime: 30m
A misunderstanding causes the cubs to think that they'll be sent to a zoo because the park is closing down, and they decide to run away. The search for them involves a treasure map, three wolves, the Adventure Machine, and a man named Zachary in a house near a waterfall.
Runtime: 30m
A rainstorm hits Chucklewood, and Zachary's house is washed across the river; the cubs' families and friends go on a quest to save them and Zachary from going over the waterfall.
Runtime: 30m
As the cubs learn about the Olympics, their cave is taken over by a family of grizzlies. The cubs compete with the grizzlies in an Olympics tournament to win their home back.
