Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yogi's Treasure Hunt is an American animated television series, and the fifth entry in the Yogi Bear franchise, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Featuring Yogi Bear and various other Hanna-Barbera characters, it premiered in syndication on September 6, 1985 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. This is the last series to feature Daws Butler as the voice of Yogi Bear and his other characters before his death in 1988. While all 27 episodes were made in digital ink and paint across three seasons, its opening credits were produced in traditional cel animation.
Plot
Yogi and his friends Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and Snooper and Blabber are assigned by Top Cat to go on treasure hunts around the world with Ranger Smith serving as their field commander who also makes sure that Yogi does his part in the treasure hunts. They travel aboard their ship the S.S. Jelly Roger and solve different riddles that would lead them to the treasure in question. Dick Dastardly and Muttley travel on their ship, the S.S. Dirty Tricks, and try to beat Yogi and friends to the treasure by engaging in their usual dirty tricks.Voice cast
Main voices
- Daws Butler – Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Snooper and Blabber, Wally Gator, Mr. Jinks, Peter Potamus, Baba Looey, Hokey Wolf, Lippy the Lion, Undercover Elephant, Yippee Coyote
- Don Messick – Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, Muttley, Narrator, Touché Turtle, Ruff, Ricochet Rabbit, President of Amnesia
- Arnold Stang – Top Cat
- John Stephenson – Doggie Daddy, Officer Dibble, The President of Rhubarbia, Magnifico the Great, King Tutti-Frutti
- Paul Winchell – Dick Dastardly
Additional voices
- Charlie Adler – Greed Monster
- Jon Bauman – Theme Song Performer
- Julie Bennett – Cindy Bear, United Nations Speaker
- Susan Blu – Nathan
- Julie Brown – Connie Kindly
- Hamilton Camp – Mike Walnuts
- Pat Carroll – Evil Queen
- Vance Colvig – Chopper
- Walker Edmiston
- Dick Erdman – Happy Bing
- Teresa Ganzel – Receptionist
- Linda Gary – Lady Creampuff
- Dick Gautier – Inka-Dinka Tribal Chief
- Rebecca Gilchrist
- Arlene Golonka
- Bob Holt
- Stacy Keach, Sr. – Dinky Dalton
- Gail Matthius – Square Rock
- Edie McClurg – Dr. Mars
- Allan Melvin – Magilla Gorilla
- Rob Paulsen – Hansel
- Joni Robbins
- David Ruprecht
- Michael Rye
- Ann Ryerson – Woman in the Mirror
- Marilyn Schreffler – Penelope Pitstop as Snow White
- Mimi Seton
- Andre Stojka – Professor Whobigone Sprock
- Russi Taylor – Girl, Luke, Mother
- Jean Vander Pyl – Ma Rugg
- Janet Waldo – Cindy Bear, Little Red Riding Hood, Gretel, Candy House Witch
- Lennie Weinrib – The Pink Pussycat, Homer Gazelle
- Jimmy Weldon – Yakky Doodle
- Frank Welker – President, College Dean, Jabberjaw, Ziltch, Good Night Show Host, Gorilla, Leon the Lion, Leon's son
- Jonathan Winters – Ollie the Red-Nosed Viking
Home media
Hanna-Barbera Home Video released the episodes "The Curse of Tutti-Frutti" "To Bee or Not to Bee", "Heavens to Planetoid", "There's No Place Like Nome", "The Moaning Liza" and "The Greed Monster" on individual VHS tapes in the Spring of 1990, to promote the opening of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera simulator movie ride at Universal Studios Florida.The tapes opened with a promo for the ride and a trailer for Jetsons: The Movie. They also included a trivia question before the credits and a Yogi Bear short at the end as a bonus.
Trivia
The show's original working title was The Funtastic Treasure Hunt.In other languages
- Arabic: الدب يوغي- فريق المهمات الصعبة
- Japanese: ハンナ・バーベラ秘宝探検団
- Italian: La caccia al tesoro di Yoghi
- Brazilian Portuguese: Zé Colmeia e os Caça-Tesouros
- European Portuguese: A Caça ao Tesouro do Zé Colmeia
- Latinamerican spanish: ''Yogui y la búsqueda del tesoro''