"The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" was an animated series based on the characters and talking toy phenomenon created by Ken Forsse. Building on the stories that accompanied the original talking toy, the show aired in the fall and winter of 1987, consisitng of 65 episodes.

While retelling many of the stories first depicted in the World of Teddy Ruxpin Adventure Series, the show is noteable for expanding on those stories with an overarching plot that unfolded over the span of the show's run.

The show's unique format allowed for a single story arc to be told over five episodes, while each of the thirteen arcs expanded on the overall plot, building every week to the epic conclusion.

Illiop Teddy Ruxpin and his friend, Grubby the Octopede, leave their home in Rillonia in search of the fabled Treasure of Grundo. With the help of kind invenetor Newton Gimmick and his ingenious Airship, they meet the brave Prince Arin and help him rescue his sister Aruzia from the nefarious Gutangs. Along the way, they find six magic Crystals.

Gimmick begins to use the Crystals to power his many inventions, lead the trio to discover their many unique powers. Meanwhile, bumbling wanna-be villain Tweeg and his Bounder henchmen L.B. try with little success to thwart the three friends' adventures in hopes that Tweeg will be accepted into the evil Monsters and Villains Organization (M.A.V.O.).

When Tweeg steals one of the Crystals, he's immediately accepted into the organization, lead by the dreaded Supreme Oppressor, Quellor, who reveals that obtaining all six of the Cyrstals will allow him to plunge Grundo into eternal darkness. Quellor enlists Tweeg and several other henchmen in his quest to steal the Crystals and destroy Teddy and his friends.

With the help of his friends and the powers of the Crystals, Teddy takes it upon himself to make sure they never fall into M.A.V.O.'s hands. Along the way he, Grubby, and Gimmick will meet amazing friends, dodge terrible enemies, and discover untold secrets of family, Grundo, and the history of the Illiop civilization.

Ken Forsse originally envisioned a Teddy Ruxpin television series using animatronic costumes akin to what Alchemy II had done on "Welcome to Pooh Corner". While a pilot was produced (see the "ABC Special"), it proved too expensive to produce as a series, leading to the creation of a traditionally adnimated series.

Financial incentives saw the production move to Canada, where much of the writing, animation, and recording took place.

To ensure that the writing would retain a consistent tone and faithfulness to the characters' integrity, Ken Forsse and Leonard Levitt created a "Teddy Ruxpin Bible". This outlined key elements like a brief history of Grundo, notes on Grundo's geography, descriptions and biographies of the main and supporting characters, and an overview of the series' plot. While the individual episodes were written by members of the Canadian production team, Ken, Len, and Phil Baron served as story consultants throughout production to ensure fidelity to their original vision.

The first five episodes retell the story depicted in the ABC Special and originally told in the Adventure Series stories "The Airship" and "The Missing Princess".

Many of the stories follow their Adventure Series counterparts, often expanding to fit into the series' overall story arch, such as Tweeg managing to steal the Crystals during "Grubby's Romance". Other episodes are wholly unique to the series and have no basis anywhere else in the Teddy Ruxpin canon.

While Phil Baron and Will Ryan reprise their roles as Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby the Octopede, the rest of the cast are Canadian replacements for their Adventure Series counterparts. John Stocker replaced Tony Pope as Newton Gimmick, John Koensgen replaced Will Ryan as Tweeg, and Holly Larocque replaced acclaimed voice actress Russi Taylor as Leota the Woodsprite.

The series ends on an apparent cliffhanger, leading many to believe a second season was produced. However, there's no evidence that this was ever the case, as the team only ever envisioned 65 episodes for the show.

A feature film, which would have brought the story to a more final conclusion, was commissioned but never produced. Several frames of animation from what would have been this feature have been spotted online, depicting a terrified Teddy Ruxpin facing off against a towering Quellor.

Several episodes of the series were released on VHS and Betamax by Hi-Tops Video from 1987 - 1988. Many of these were bookended by live action segments featuring Teddy introducing the episodes and saying goodbye. Some of the packaging included special items such as postcards, pamphlets, and recipes.

On March 7, 2000, Entertech Home Entertainment and Blue Steel Releasing released a direct-to-home video VHS titled "Teddy Ruxpin: The Movie". Despite the title, it consists of slightly edited versions of Episodes 1-5 of "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" animated series.

On February 21, 2006, First National Pictures released two DVD volumes containing a total of 11 episodes. The remaining episodes were never released.

In 2008, Mill Creek Entertainment released three volumes of all 65 episodes on DVD. Each volume consisted of two DVDs containing approximately ten episodes each. These volumes were later combined into a boxed set called "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: Come Dream With Me".

On July 10, 2012, Image Entertainment released a 10-disc boxed set of the entire series.

In October 2019, the entire series made its streaming debut on Amazon Prime Video under Jim Henson Producitons. The series was completey remastered, adding a more vibrant color pallette and fixing many of the audio issues found on previous DVD releases. The series was available at no additional cost for customers with an Amazon Prime membership. Those without a membership could purchase the series for $0.99 per episode, or purchase the entire series for $53.99.

In April 2020, the remastered version of "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" was released on The Roku Channel. Identical to the Amazon Prime release, this marked the first time the series was available to watch for free, with the only requirement being the creation of a Roku account.

While much of The World of Teddy Ruxpin Adventure Series stories "The Airship" and "The Missing Princess", there are some key differences between the story as told here:

While the first arc of episodes follows much of The World of Teddy Ruxpin Adventure Series stories "The Airship" and "The Missing Princess", there are some key differences between the story as told here:

• In this version of the story, Teddy and Grubby are chased by Bounders until they are saved by Newton Gimmick. This is omitted from the book/tape "The Airship".

• The sequence of the Airship flipping upside down is omitted from the animated series.

• The subplot of Tweeg creating a phony map to send Teddy and his friends in the wrong direction was omitted from the book/tape series "The Airship" and "The Missing Princess". It reappeared in the animated series.

• Whereas in the ABC Special and Adventure Series versions the trio set down the Airship when they realize they are low on fuel, in the animated series they burn their last log adn the Airship crashes in the Great Desert.

• The character of Louie is completely omitted from the book/tape "The Missing Princess", but appears in both the animated series and ABC Special.

• Rather than simply have a part of the cieling fall in, the animated series instead has a Mudblup, blinded by Louie's camera, rip the bars off the cell, allowing Teddy, Grubby, and Gimmick to escape.

• In the animated series Gimmick has Arin and Teddy eat entire jars of applesauce once they get back to their Airship. He then inserts candles into the jars to create makeshift lanterns. In the Adventure Series and ABC Special, they use traditional lanterns.

• Tweeg is granted a much greater role here as he and L.B. encounter several setbacks on their way to the Treacherous Mountains.

• "Guests of the Grunges" marks the first full departure from the original Adventure Series and ABC Special as the gang travel with Wooly to the Wizard's fortress through the Jungle With No Name, encountering the native Grunges. This is compltely ommitted from the two prior versions of the story.

• In "The Missing Princess" book/tape, it's never mentioned that the Wizard's apparent magic is simply a series of mechanically engineered deceptions. This is made clear in this version as well as the ABC Special.

• In the animated series, it's explained that Wooly is unable to accompany the trio to the Hard-to-Find City as he is too large and heavy for the Airship to carry. He simply stays behind here.

• Rather than simply sneak aboard the Airship without the group noticing, the animated series instead shows Tweeg creating an elaborate disguise as a little old lady, hiding L.B. in a basket and asking for transportation to visit "her granddaughter" in the Treacherous Mountains.

• The discovery of the shrine and the treasure is eliminated from the book/tape "The Missing Princess", despite the Crystals being mentioned in several book/tape sets later in the series. The Crystals would become much more prominent in the animated series.

• During the escape from the Hard-to-Find City, the Gutangs launch a net that traps the Airship's propeller. In the book/tape "The Missing Princess" and the animated series episode "Escape From the Treacherous Mountain", the Gutangs instead launch a giant boulder that smashes the entire properller out of the Airship.

• A sequence was added to the animated series in which a Gutang arrow pierces the Airship's airgbag, forcing Teddy to climb up onto it and patch it with a glob of Root Stew.

• While in the ABC Special Teddy simply keeps the Crystals, the animated series instead has Prince Arin award the Crystals to the trio as a reward for rescuing his sister.