As I was made fun of a lot and found myself escaping into fantasy via movies and TV to escape my problems, this show hit too close to home for me to enjoy it. I watched it, but as with the Nicktoons of that era, it was more out of obligation than enjoyment. I preferred certain cartoons from the Disney Afternoon and those of Warner Brothers.

The Beets were good for a fictional rock group.

Doug's Christmas Story

This was probably the only Nickelodeon cartoon from the 90's I was never really into. I mean there were episodes I l liked of the show, but compared to other cartoons from the decade like The Angry Beavers, Rugrats, CatDog and Hey Arnold, Doug just never really held up in my eyes.

There's an interesting story behind Cleopatra "Dirtbike" Funnie.

In the October 1996 issue of "Disney Adventures" magazine, the "Name Doug's Brand Spanking New Baby Contest" was featured. To enter the contest you chose a gender as well as a name for the new baby in season 5. The winner got the honor to actually name the baby for the show. In the May 1997 issue of "Disney Adventures", the results from the contest were released and Brett Chatham of Blairsville, Georgia was the winner; the name he choose was, of course, Cleopatra Dirtbike Funnie.

I know this is supposed to be a pet talent show, but this was just EPIC!!

 

Lovin' the Axl Rose wig there, Roger.

 

Is it bad I slightly prefer the Disney series to the Nick series? I don’t know, I just have more nostalgia for the Disney series. While I liked the Nick series and all, it was honestly never one of my favorite series.

I even liked Hey Arnold! much more than Doug.

Disney's Doug had its share of good episodes. Like the Halloween episode where everyone thinks Skeeter's a vampire. The one where Doug replaces Roger as the leader of his gang. And the one where Ned stays at Doug's house.

I kind of have a love/hate relationship with Disney's Doug. I even wrote an article about my distaste of some of the corporate changes that got made that caused Doug creator Jim Jenkins to not be involved with it. Certain key locations from Nickelodeon's version getting destroyed to make way for new locations, Billy West not getting offered to come back for his role of Doug and Roger. I don't generally hate it, I just wished that it had the charm that made the original show so memorable.

Benjanime wrote:
 

I kind of have a love/hate relationship with Disney's Doug. I even wrote an article about my distaste of some of the corporate changes that got made that caused Doug creator Jim Jenkins to not be involved with it. Certain key locations from Nickelodeon's version getting destroyed to make way for new locations, Billy West not getting offered to come back for his role of Doug and Roger. I don't generally hate it, I just wished that it had the charm that made the original show so memorable.

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Yeah, but at least Roger was a lot more likable in Disney’s Doug. Sure, he's still a bully and a jerk and all, but having him be rich gives him new dynamics to have with different characters like Bebe and do things other then just harass Doug. And at least Disney’s Doug was a much better continuation of the original show and turned out much better than Ren & Stimpy's Adult Party Cartoon (even though I’m not really a big Ren & Stimpy fan).