Aiden & Koop

Aiden & Koop is an American animated television series created by Sid John, from director of Malachi and Friends. The series chronicles the adventures of Aiden and Koop in the fictional town of Hushtown.

The series was envisioned by Mala in the early 1980s while working on Malachi and Friends; he later brought John and the rest of the Mala Miles productions creative team with Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears, aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to ABC. The show first premiered on ABC on July 7, 1984, and was later picked up on September 8, 1990, by Fox Kids. The series ended on October 2, 1993. Aiden & Koop was praised by critics and received high ratings during its original run, becoming popular among both younger and older audiences.

Premise
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Characters

 * Cam Clarke as Aiden
 * Frank Welker as Koop
 * Rob Paulsen as Spinker
 * Tress MacNeille as Losie
 * Julie Bennett as Fergia

United States

 * ABC (1984-1990)
 * Fox Kids (1990-1993)
 * Nickelodeon (1998-1999)
 * Cartoon Network (1999-04)
 * Boomerang (2003-04, 2006-2007)

Canada

 * CTV (English) (1984-1991)
 * YTV (English) (1991-2001)
 * Teletoon (English/French, 2005)
 * Teletoon Retro (English/French, 2007-2015)

Latin America & Brazil

 * ZAZ (1991-96)
 * Cablin (1992-94)
 * Chilevision (1985-98)
 * The Big Channel (1992-01)
 * Canal 5 (1985-2003, 2010)
 * Boomerang (2000-2008)
 * Magic Kids (1996-2006)
 * Rede Globo (1985-2003)
 * SBT (2004-2012)

Spain

 * TVE (1985-1994)
 * Clan TVE (2005-2008)
 * Boomerang (2009-2011)

Portugal

 * RTP1 (1985-1994)
 * TVI (1994-2002)

United Kingdom & Ireland

 * CITV (1992-95)
 * TCC (1994-98)
 * BBC One (1984-1993)
 * Pop (2012-2017)
 * RTÉ2 (1998-2011)

Japan

 * TV Tokyo (1993)

Episodes
"Main article: List of Aiden & Koop episodes"

Production
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Reception
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Home media
From 1986 to 1988, Worldvision Home Video released several VHS tapes of the series, each containing four episodes of the series, and then from 1991 to 1995, Family Home Entertainment released several VHS tapes of the series, each containing four episodes of the series.

In April 2006, Mala Miles gave Shout! Factory the rights to release the series. Season 1 was released that June, followed by season 2 that September and season 3 in December. That same month, Shout announced that Season 4 would be released "sometime in 2007", but Shout delayed the release to an unknown date before finally releasing Season 4 in August 2009 and Season 5 in November 2009. From there on, Shout made a plan to put out two-three seasons a year. Season 6 saw a release that May, followed by Seasons 7, 8, and 9 in October 2010, April 2011, and September 2011. Seasons 10 through thirteenth were released between March 2012, August 2012, January 2013, and July 2014, completing the entire series.

Shout released a boxset containing all seasons of the show and a bonus disc. The set went out of print, but Shout re-released the set in May 2017 in "shelf-friendly" packaging.