Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave

Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave is an interactive animated children's television series which premiered in the United Kingdom on CBeebies in 2015.^[1] Hulu acquired the streaming rights in 2016.^[2] Production ceased on new episodes when Universal Kids stopped developing original shows in 2019.^[3]

Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
Genre	Educational
Created by	Tony Collingwood
Directed by	Tony Collingwood Andrea Tran
Voices of	David Holt Joseph West Ella Pearl Marshall-Pinder Jonathan Millar
Country of origin	United Kingdom Singapore
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Kok Cheong Wong Jackie Edwards Tatiana Kober
Producers	Helen Stroud Gun Yoon Cheong
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Bejuba! Entertainment SDI Media Collingwood & Co. Sparky Animation
Release
Original network	CBeebies (United Kingdom) Sprout (United States)
Original release	February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) – January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)

Synopsis

In each episode, Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave are called out by Hatty the Hamster to go on adventures with him. A few times in each episode, Hatty will ask a question. The three title characters will give their answers, but only one of them is correct. Hatty then asks the viewers which of the three gave the correct answer to his question.

Characters

Main

• Hatty (voiced by Forrest Harding (who, in fact, sounds like a talking version of the Sprout character Chica, both voiced by the same person), later Bryce Papenbrook in the US and David Holt in the UK) is a hamster and the show's host. He wears a bow tie, and a top hat that shapeshifts from one episode to another. He takes the title characters to certain places in his top-shaped aircraft called the "Spin-Again". His shapeshifting hat also contains cards with questions that he reads to them. He would act like a school teacher to them by providing some information during their adventures. It is unknown if he has a house, although he has a garden where he occasionally takes his three friends to.
• Ruff-Ruff (voiced by Ethan Drake Davis in the US and Joseph West in the UK) is a red puppy, and one of the three title characters. He lives in a red house (resembling a ball with his ears) which sits beside Tweet's and Dave's house, and is located on a mountain that extends above a lake. He also drives a red Rolly Pod.^[a] He even likes to dig holes which, at times, result in finding lost items.
• Tweet (voiced by Hannah Swain in the US and Ella Pearl Marshall-Pinder in the UK) is a yellow chick wearing pink glasses, and the shortest of the group. She lives in a yellow house that sits in between Ruff-Ruff's and Dave's. Her house resembles an egg, and drives a yellow Rolly Pod with a beak. She walks by moving her feet simultaneously instead of alternately.
• Dave (voiced by Austin Nash Chase in the US and Johnathan Miller in the UK) is a blue panda, and is the largest of the title characters. He lives in a white house with blue ears that resembles him. His house is further on the right, being beside Tweet's house. He drives a big fat blue Rolly Pod. He is also the subject of Hatty's last question which the hamster asks at the end of each episode who will fall asleep first, and Dave is always the answer because he always falls asleep before Ruff-Ruff & Tweet. There was one episode where Dave made a complete sweep by being the only one correct on every question Hatty asks. Unlike most pandas who like bamboo, Dave seems to like bananas.

Other

• Mr. Squirrel is an orange/brown squirrel whom Ruff-Ruff likes to chase around. He would sometimes aid the main characters in their adventures. As with characters other than the main ones, he does not speak.
• Cindy Squirrel is the other squirrel in the show.
• Speedy/Sneezy Sheep are a pair of sheep with a black stripe on the wools near their necks. They occasionally takes part in the main characters' games.
• Mrs. Duck is a green/brown duck who adores Tweet and swims around.
• The Cows are at the farm, but they do not speak.
• Farmer Fred is mentioned.
• Bobby is a spider monkey who speaks a gibberish language.
• Tara is another monkey and is Bobby's sister.
• Littlest Rabbit is part of the Rabbit family the three title characters help sometimes. He is sometimes seen with his plush toy which is carrot with a face called a Cuddly Carrot.
• Mr. Rabbit is the father of the Rabbit family. He won a carrot contest of which Hatty was a contestant.

Episodes

Season 1 (2015-16)

1. A Fairytale Adventure
2. A Bouncy Adventure
3. A Hide-and-Seek Adventure
4. A Singing Adventure
5. A Mountain Adventure
6. A Beach Adventure
7. A Pirate Adventure
8. A Farmyard Adventure
9. A Racing Adventure
10. A Collecting Adventure
11. A Gardening Adventure
12. A Flying Adventure
13. A Dancing Adventure
14. A Kite Adventure
15. A Cowboy Adventure
16. A Birthday Party Adventure
17. A Building Adventure
18. A Puzzle Adventure
19. A Counting Adventure
20. An Opposite Adventure
21. A Veggie Adventure
22. A Happy Adventure
23. A Rainbow Adventure
24. An Exploring Adventure
25. An Obstacle Adventure
26. An Upside-Down Adventure
27. A Traveling Adventure
28. A Home Sweet Home Adventure
29. A Train Adventure
30. A Sailing Adventure
31. A Remembering Adventure
32. A Spot the Difference Adventure
33. A Squeaky Ball Adventure
34. A Mini Golf Adventure
35. A Music-Making Adventure
36. A Drawing Adventure
37. An Apple Tree Adventure
38. A Birdy Adventure
39. An Inventing Adventure
40. A Fix It Adventure
41. A Driving Adventure
42. A Signs Adventure
43. A Pattern Adventure
44. A Matching Adventure
45. A Bubble Adventure
46. A Starry Adventure
47. A Movement Adventure
48. A Playground Adventure
49. A Superpower Adventure
50. A Special Delivery Adventure
51. A Happy Hat Adventure
52. A Robot Adventure

Season 2 (2017-19)

1. A Firefighter Adventure
2. A Bibble Bink Adventure
3. A Ruff-Ruff Adventure
4. A Song Making Adventure
5. A Game Show Adventure
6. A Wishing Adventure
7. A Noisy Adventure
8. A Moving Home Adventure
9. A Friends Adventure
10. A Princess Adventure
11. A Prize-Winning Adventure
12. A Honey Adventure
13. A Banana Adventure
14. A Delivery Crew Adventure
15. A Bug Adventure
16. A Butterfly Adventure
17. A Hiccup Adventure
18. A Bunny-Sitting Adventure
19. A Magic Show Adventure
20. A Bowling Adventure
21. A Cheerleading Adventure
22. A Playhouse Adventure
23. A Finding Adventure
24. A Tall Adventure
25. A Clean Up Adventure
26. A Harvest Adventure
27. An Animal Parade Adventure
28. A Rollypod Adventure
29. A Pairs Adventure
30. A Show Adventure
31. A Cake Adventure
32. A Learning Adventure
33. A Jungle Song Adventure
34. A Be Safe Adventure
35. A Photo Adventure
36. A Story Finding Adventure
37. A Pumpkin Adventure
38. A Swapping Adventure
39. A Super Tweet Adventure
40. A Ring and Sing Adventure
41. A Reporting Adventure
42. A Fruit Juice Adventure
43. A Finding the Way Adventure
44. A Big Party Adventure
45. A Hatty's Hat Adventure
46. A Vacation Adventure
47. A Hoe-Down Adventure
48. A Jungle Games Adventure
49. A Recycling Adventure
50. An Egg Hunt Adventure
51. A Police Adventure
52. A Fly High Adventure

Special (2016)

1. A Christmas Adventure

Notes

1. The cars used by the title characters are called Rolly Pods.

References

1. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 47. ISBN 9781476672939.
2. "Hulu snaps up Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave".
3. "Universal Kids drops original programming". 20 June 2019.

External links

• Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave at IMDb