Richie Rich is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to September 1, 1984, based upon the Harvey Comics character of the same name. The series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, Pac-Man and Monchhichis over its original four-year broadcast run. 13 half-hours were produced, split into segments of 12, 7 and 4 minutes. Many of the titles of segments were never revealed on air, but the titles were used in comic book issues then recently published at the time of production. In 1988, the series was re-broadcast as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. The series was also the voice acting debut for Nancy Cartwright who has since become better known as the voice of Bart Simpson.

Plot

This show details the various adventures of Richie Rich, his family, and his friends.

Segments

Richie Rich's adventures are sorted into different segments:

Adaptation changes

The animated series took a number of liberties from the original comics:

Broadcast history

Richie Rich was originally broadcast in these following formats on ABC: It later aired on CBS as reruns from January 11 to August 30, 1986, and then again from November 15 to December 27 the same year.

Episodes

Season 1 – The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show

Season 2 – The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show

Season 3 – The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

Season 4 – The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

Cast

The voice cast included:

Home media

On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video released The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1.