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Putt-Putt is a series of children's adventure and puzzle computer games created by Humongous Entertainment. This franchise was Humongous Entertainment's first game series to be developed.[1] They primarily involve clicking to get to a destination, although some sub-quests and mini-games involve the keyboard. The main character, Putt-Putt, an anthropomorphic purple convertible, and his dog, Pep, travel to various locations.

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Putt-Putt
Putt-Putt and Pep
Genre(s)	Adventure, Edutainment
Developer(s)	Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Humongous Entertainment Atari Infogrames Night Dive Studios
Creator(s)	Shelley Day
Platform(s)	DOS, Microsoft Windows, 3DO, Macintosh, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
First release	Putt-Putt Joins the Parade September 9, 1992
Latest release	Putt-Putt's Fun House 2013

History

Putt-Putt was originally thought up by Shelley Day as a series of bedtime stories for her son, Travis; the first story involved Putt-Putt saving a cat caught in a tree.[2][3] Child actor Jason Ellefson did Putt-Putt's voice for the first eight of the games. In the next three games, Nancy Cartwright (of The Simpsons fame) voiced Putt-Putt. Michelle Thorson voiced Putt-Putt in Pep's Birthday Surprise.

The games are supported by ScummVM and thus can be played on other platforms such as handhelds. Humongous has brought several Putt-Putt and other titles to iOS[4] and Android.

In 1997, Humongous made an agreement with Lancit Media Entertainment to create an animated TV series of Putt-Putt, planned for premiere in the fall of 1998,[5] along with movies and home video releases.[6] It was later planned to premiere somewhere in 2000 under the title, "Putt-Putt 'n Pals".[7] Ultimately, the deal fell through.

Several games from the original series were later re-released by Humongous on Steam in April 2014,[8] alongside games from the Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, and Spy Fox series.[9][10][11] The first two games used pixel art graphics, starting with the third game, the series uses hand-drawn animation.

Games

Adventure games

Humongous Entertainment classified these games as Junior Adventures (for kids 3–8)

1. Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (September 9, 1992)
2. Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon (October 1, 1993)
3. Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (August 10, 1995)
4. Putt-Putt Travels Through Time (June 1, 1997)
5. Putt-Putt Enters the Race (January 14, 1999)
6. Putt-Putt Joins the Circus (June 16, 2000)
7. Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise (September 16, 2003)

Other games

"Junior Arcades"
Game	Releases	Developer/Publisher
Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick	October 15, 1996 (Win/Mac) January 6, 2014 (iOS)	Humongous Entertainment
Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama	October 15, 1996 (Win/Mac) 1999 (LCD)[12] April 17, 2014 (Steam)	Humongous Entertainment, Toymax (LCD)
"Activity Packs"
Game	Releases	Developer/Publisher
Putt-Putt's Fun Pack	March 26, 1993 (DOS/Mac/3DO)	Humongous Entertainment
Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack	March 25, 1994 (Win)	Humongous Entertainment
Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop	May 23, 2000 (Win/Mac)	Humongous Entertainment
Putt-Putt's Fun House	May 22, 2013 (iOS)	Humongous Entertainment, Nimbus Games

Customization

Players can change Putt-Putt's color to original purple, red, orange, yellow, green or blue. All colors can be painted on again. This also changes the color of the dashboard in Putt-Putt Enters the Race and Putt-Putt Joins the Circus. However, in Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and Putt-Putt Enters the Race, each color change costs three coins that can be collected in the game world. In Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise, Putt-Putt's color can only be changed temporarily before reverting to purple after some traveling. His color can also be changed in certain levels of Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama by using Pep to pop certain balloons tied to paint buckets, then catching the bucket containing the desired color as it falls to change Putt-Putt to.

Availability

• For Steam the games were released as single games,[13] or bundled together in the "Putt-Putt Complete Pack"[14] or came packaged with all Humongous Entertainment games in "Humongous Entertainment Complete Pack".[15]
• Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat", which included Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, Pajama Sam's Sock Works and Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds.[16]
• Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat 2", which included Putt Putt Travels Through Time, Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside and Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness.[17]
• Humongous Entertainment released a "Putt-Putt Fun & Learning Kindergarten Edition"[18] package with a Putt-Putt notebook and a CD that included Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo and Big Thinkers Kindergarten.[19]
• Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-O-Rama was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 1",[20] along with Spy Fox in: Cheese Chase, Pajama Sam's Sock Works and Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries and .[21]
• Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 2",[22] along with Spy Fox in: Hold the Mustard, Pajama Sam's Lost & Found and Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness.[23]
• Putt-Putt Travels Through Time was released on the Nintendo Switch eShop alongside Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell in January 2022. The next month, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo was released alongside Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside, Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening, and Spy Fox in Dry Cereal.

Characters

The series takes place in a fictional Earth that is civilized by anthropomorphic vehicles, devoid of humanity, although Rover claims to have witnessed humans in the events of Putt-Putt Goes To The Moon when he recounted to Putt-Putt about how some human astronauts previously used him for a mission. However, unlike the world of Disney/Pixar's Cars animated film series, the vehicles also consume food typically eaten by humans and co-exist with flesh-and-blood animals, some who are also anthropomorphic. Most car characters can use their whip antenna as a makeshift arm to grab objects.

Main characters

• Putt-Putt – A purple convertible car, full of fun and excitement, and happy to help those he meets.
• Pep – An abandoned puppy, whom Putt-Putt adopted in the first game of the series, and has been his pet and best friend ever since. He did not appear in the Fun Pack series, making Putt-Putt the only character to appear in all of the games in the franchise.

Recurring characters

• Putt-Putt's Radio is the radio that gives news when you click on it. It is seen on Putt-Putt's dashboard.
• Mr. Baldini – The Italian proprietor lorry of the Cartown Grocery Store. Putt-Putt frequently makes grocery deliveries for him in exchange for coins.
• Mr. Firebird – The Cartown scientist whose inventions often backfire and become dangerous to others.
• Outback Al – The zookeeper and owner of the Cartown Zoo. He speaks with an Australian accent.
• Rover – A friendly moon buggy who was deserted on the moon, until Putt-Putt gave him a ride back to Earth.
• Smokey – The Cartown Fire Engine Chief, who is a red fire truck that gives safety tips to those he meets. In "Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise", he has a dalmatian puppy.
• Mrs. Widget – The cheerful toy shop bumper car, who often has a product on the house.
• Torvil – A farm tractor, who tends to the barnyard.

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

• Trixie – A female car, whom Putt-Putt helps to mow the lawn.
• Bronco – A male car, whom Putt-Putt helps to mow the lawn.
• Mrs. Bumper – A female car, who is one of the cars Putt-Putt helps to mow the lawn.
• Gert – A female car, whom Putt-Putt helps her to mow the lawn.
• Mr. Fenderbender – A car whom Putt-Putt helps with his lawn. He also appears in "Putt-Putt Enters the Race", this time as a blue car and has a cat named Bonzo.
• Tammy – One of the cars whom Putt-Putt helps with her lawn.
• Clarence – A yellow car whom Putt-Putt helps with his lawn.
• Mr. Buggy – A car whom Putt-Putt helps with his lawn.
• Phineas Fender – A car whom Putt-Putt helps to mow his lawn.
• Chuck – A tow truck, who helps Putt-Putt if the latter pops his tires on nails or runs out of gas.
• Mrs. Airbag – A pink car whom Putt-Putt helps find her child Baby Beep in the movie theater. She also appears in "Putt-Putt Enters the Race" and has a poodle named Ralphie.
• Baby Beep – Mrs. Airbag's child who gets lost in the movie theater.

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

• Baby Jambo the Elephant – A baby elephant with a fear of mice. He later returns in "Putt-Putt Joins the Circus," traveling with B.J. Sweeney's circus with his mother, Mama Mombasa and spends his time outside the menagerie tent, painting pictures while Mama Mombasa sleeps in The Flying Porkowskis' trapeze net as a hammock until Putt-Putt wakes her up with a bag of peanuts.
• Mama Mombasa – Baby Jambo's mother.
• Masai the Giraffe – A giraffe calf who gets stuck at a drawbridge with a rock blocking the way until Putt-Putt helps push it and lowers the drawbridge.
• Mrs. Giraffe – Masai's mother.
• Kenya the Lion Cub – A little lion cub resembling Nala from The Lion King (and its 2019 remake), voiced by Kathleen Young. She was stuck on a rock in the waterfall in Jungleland until Putt-Putt uses a rope to rescue her.
• King Leo and Queen Leona – Kenya's parents.
• Patty Wagon – A zoo gift cart.
• Samantha "Sammy" Seal – A seal pup who does tricks and stunts who gets lost at the Grasslands when the dam closed until Putt-Putt uses a toolbox to open it.
• Squidgy and Bobby Seal – Sammy's parents.
• Little Skeeter the Snake – A young snake who is frozen in Arcticland until Putt-Putt gives him hot cocoa.
• Mrs. Boa – Little Skeeter's mother.
• Zanzibar the Hippo – A hippo calf who lives in Jungleland who gets lost in Arcticland until the player directs the penguins to arrange the iceberg path.
• Mr. Hippo – Zanzibar's father.

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

• Arthur T. Fact – A robot who runs a museum in the future.
• Wheel – A stone wheel whom Putt-Putt helps to push a rock bridge over a tar pit.
• Compic Nathan – A Compsognathus.
• Ms. Brachiosaurus – A Brachiosaurus. Her tail blocked the path until Putt-Putt asks her to move it.
• Apatosaurus – A dinosaur who Putt-Putt meets and helps with his itch.
• Triceratops – A dinosaur Putt-Putt meets in the age of the dinosaurs.
• T-Rex – A dinosaur Putt-Putt meets and plays Picture Jumble with the rocks.
• Mr. Bird – A prehistoric bird Putt-Putt meets and plays Follow the Volcano.
• Virgil Clyde – A horse in the Wild West.
• Silverado Sam – A prospector.
• Lurlene – A wagon who is a cashier in the Old West.
• Tobias T. Train – Also known as Toby, a train who pays Putt-Putt using an oil can and gives him water and fire wood.
• Miss Electra – A futuristic car who owns a shop whom Putt-Putt meets in the future.
• Darion – A librarian Putt-Putt meets in the future. His library books are made on a computer.
• Sir Poundalot – A blacksmith who owns a shop.
• Princess Chassis – A carriage and friend of Woodward.
• Woodward – A wooden carriage whose wheel fell while he and Princess Chassis return to the castle until Putt-Putt helps him by putting his wheel back on.
• Merlin the Medieval Sorcerer – A wizard who Putt-Putt meets in the medieval times.
• King Chariot – A carriage and the king.
• Sir Blaze – A dragon from Sir Poundalot's shop. He would not let go of the lunchbox until Putt-Putt makes dragon food by using the pet food maker.

Putt-Putt Enters the Race

• Mildred – A three-wheeled mail truck, who delivers Redline Rick's Cartown 500 invitation to Putt-Putt. She later appears in Pep's Birthday Surprise to spread the word about the surprise party and has a knack for keeping secrets. She was first mentioned by name in her latter appearance.
• Redline Rick – A racecar who hosts the Cartown 500.
• Bonzo – Mr. Fenderbender's cat. Sometimes, he may get stuck up on a tree or under Fenderbender's garage.
• Pete – A crane who has lost a hook. When Putt-Putt helps him, Pete can move pipes that are blocking a road.
• Betsy – A bulldozer who digs in the Cartown Construction Site. She is fond of milkshakes and will let Putt-Putt borrow her shovel for one.
• Mr. Crankcase – An elderly pickup truck who likes collecting junk and owns a recycling machine.
• Ralphie – Mrs. Airbag's poodle, who buries items and treasures in the Airbag family's backyard.

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

• Roll-Along Cassidy – The circus train's locomotive who gives Putt-Putt a ride to the circus grounds after a goat eats his circus ticket.
• B.J. Sweeney – The owner and ringmaster of his circus. His name is a play on DB Sweeney and P.T. Barnum.
• Honko the Clown – A clown car who performs in B.J. Sweeney's circus, but is missing his nose. His name is a play on Harpo Marx because they communicate by honking.
• The Flying Porkowskis – A family of acrobatic pigs in B.J. Sweeney's circus. Mama Mombasa used their net as a hammock until Putt-Putt wakes her up with a bag of peanuts and gave it to them.
• Phillipe the Flea – A French flea whose flea circus is a red-and-white-striped umbrella for a tent. He and the other fleas traveled from Belobrodnik the Bear to Pep until Putt-Putt got a new umbrella for a new tent for his flea circus.
• Reginald Cornelius Andronocles III – Also called "Reginald the Lion" for short. He speaks with a British accent and is assisted by two tigers named Terri and Marie in his wild cat act for the circus.
• Terri and Marie – Two tigers who are Reginald's assistants.
• Katie Cannonball – The circus' cannonball. She speaks with a Southern accent.
• Hank the Security Car - The security guard at the circus who won't let Putt-Putt backstage without security clearance. He later appears in Pep's Birthday Surprise, wishing to get a ball of rubber bands into the Goodness Book of Records. For some reason in the latter game, Hank and Putt-Putt don't seem to remember each other.
• Eunice – A unicycle who practices on the tightrope.
• Bette Bandwagon – A calliope who is the circus accompaniment, conductor, and orchestra rolled into one. After Putt-Putt fixes her pipes and she blows out a Honk-ish translation book which Putt-Putt uses to talk to Honko the Clown, she'll sing a song for him.
• Belobrodnik Bear – A Russian dancing bear whom Phillipe and the other fleas traveled until Putt-Putt got them a new tent.
• Francine – A high-diving hippopotamus who accidentally gets her bathing suit switched with Reginald the Lion's cape.
• Sebastian the Juggling Seal – A seal Putt-Putt meets in the menagerie of B.J. Sweeney's circus who is having trouble with his juggling act at first because one of his juggling clubs gets mixed up with Honko the Clown's nose, but gets the act right when Putt-Putt brings him the fourth club after Marvin's card trick has no match.
• Circus animals – The other circus animals in the menagerie tent of B.J. Sweeney's circus, consisting of two monkeys, a horse, a rhinoceros, a cockatoo, and a camel who sing "We're the Animals in the Circus."
• Ivan the Semi-Strong Van – The replacement for Pectoro the Strong Van in B.J. Sweeney's circus who becomes strong after Putt-Putt finds the recipe for Pectoro's power shake.
• Marvin the Marvelous – An auto-mobile Magician who entertains people at parties who talks like Peter Lorre. He returns in "Pep's Birthday Surprise" where Putt-Putt asks him to perform tricks at Pep's party.
• Bart – A peanut cart who gives Putt-Putt a bag of peanuts (for Mama Mombasa) if he wins the Peanut Challenge.

Pep's Birthday Surprise

• Caristas – Two caravans that make and serve hot cocoa. Chuck Wagon first appeared in "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo," offering Putt-Putt cotton candy, hot cocoa (For Little Skeeter) and Cheese Squigglies (To lure the mouse away from frightening Baby Jambo).
• Mr. Kibble – The Cartown Pet Store Truck, who sells pet food and supplies.
• Ms. Bundlebugget – The Cartown librarian trolley, who keeps interesting books, which Putt-Putt reads when he gets a chance. She agrees to sing at Pep's party.
• Mrs. Goodbake – Cartown's jolly and gold-hearted cake baker van, who makes delicious confectioneries. Putt-Putt helps her get the ingredients for Pep's birthday cake.
• Reginald Windbag, III – A mobile inflator also called 'Reggie', who comes from a long line of inflators.
• Sunshine – A happy, carefree van who sells odd sorts of items.

Books

Various Children's books about Putt-Putt have been published by Lyrick Publishing and Random House. A cassette tape audio adaptation was created for "Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas".

Title	Date	Writer	Publisher	Illustrator
Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas[24]	January 1, 1995	Laurie Bauman Arnold	Humongous Entertainment, Inc.	Derek McCaughan, Edward Pun
Putt-Putt and Pep[25]	May 7, 1996	Del Thompson	Random House Books For Young Readers
Putt-Putt: The Great Pet Chase[26]	July, 2000	Laurie Bauman Arnold, Tricia Legault	Lyrick Publishing
Go, Go, Putt-Putt Go![27]	2000	Laurie Bauman Arnold, N.S. Greenfield	Lyrick Publishing	Darren McKee
Putt-Putt: Lost In Time[28]	January, 2001	Nancy Parent	Lyrick Publishing	Josie Yee
Putt-Putt: Race Against the Clock[29]	July, 2001	Gayla Amaral	Lyrick Publishing	Sue DiCiccio
On the Road With Putt-Putt[30]	July, 2001		Lyrick Publishing

Reception

The Putt-Putt series received various awards including "All-Star Software Award" from Children's Software Revue, "Reader's Choice Award" from Mac Home Journal and "2000 Best Picks Award" from Choosing Children's Software.[31]

References

External links

• Putt-Putt at Humongous Entertainment
• Putt-Putt series at MobyGames

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