C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979
PG
1h 29m

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4.9/10

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Valerie Bertinelli, Red Buttons, and Conrad Bain in C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.

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A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.

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Trivia
This film was the first of a proposed nine-picture deal between Hanna-Barbera and American International Pictures. Joseph Barbera approached his friend Samuel Z. Arkoff about producing live-action films, although William Hanna and other people at Hanna-Barbera weren't eager to venture outside animation. Arkoff was enthusiastic about Barbera's ideas. The deal was canceled due to creative differences and this film's poor box-office performance.

Goofs
When C.H.O.M.P.S. rips the roof from the car that Ken Sharp is driving, it is clearly not the same car that Sharp was seen getting into just moments before.

Quotes
Brian Foster: I call it my Canine Home Protection System; C.H.O.M.P.S. for short.

Alternate versions
The movie was originally released with a PG rating during the summer of 1979. It was eventually pulled and re-edited into a version without certain profanity in order for it to receive a G rating (note: the "re-edited" version mentioned here was released in the autumn of 1979). Even though the original version was released again at least once afterwards, at least one of those later releases appeared to have had it classified as a G-rated movie rather than a PG-rated one.

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Edited into Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012)

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6/10

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C.H.O.M.P.S.

If you expect a robotic dog to protect your home while you are away be sure to turn off its sleep mode.

Luckily, the computerized K-9 in this family movie has crime detection capabilities to alert him of intruders.

When a young genius, Brian (Wesley Eure), creates a mechanical mutt named C.H.O.M.P.S - Canine Home Protection System - to safeguard his home from thieves, it attracts the attention of Mr. Gibbs (Jim Backus), owner of unscrupulous home security company, who hires two bumbling crooks (Red Buttons, Chuck McCann) to kidnap C.H.O.M.P.S. Meanwhile, Brian begins bonding with his tyrannical boss' (Conrad Bain) daughter (Valerie Bertinelli).

While it does feature some great character actors, a lovable pup and a few flashes of comedy brilliance, animation giant Hanna-Barbera failed to conceive of a feature-length script that surpassed their Saturday morning cartoon output.

Ironically, most robo-dogs are stolen when Amazon leaves them on your porch. Yellow Light

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