The OG billionaire baby before Elon made it cringe — pure 80s Saturday morning excess.
Season 4 • Episode 2
LatestFoghorn, a pirate who lives in the water by the Rich's underwater city, tries to steal a control box that would destroy the city so he can search for buried treasure. / The devious Collector hatches an ingenious plot to bankrupt the Rich Family and take over their estate.
Richie Rich is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984 and again in 1988 as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, Based upon Harvey Comics' popular Richie Rich comic book characters, the series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, and Pac-Man over its original broadcast run. The other most visible character was Richie's dog, the appropriately named Dollar. The show airs occasionally on Boomerang; Boomerang's reruns feature the theme from The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! over the closing credits.
Acting
Nancy Cartwright pre-Bart Simpson, already mastering precocious brats.
Production
Hanna-Barbera at peak Saturday morning factory efficiency.
Practical Effects
Dollar the dog — animation's most literal named pet ever committed.
Creators
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1980 series shared a timeslot block with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, making it part of Hanna-Barbera's strategy to keep Scrappy relevant despite universal hatred.
Richie Rich comics debuted in 1953 as post-war prosperity fantasy; the 80s cartoon doubled down just as Reaganomics took hold — accidental propaganda or deliberate?
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