Beverly Hills Teens

Beverly Hills Teens is an American animated children's television program produced by DIC Animation City. Distributed by Access Syndication and originally airing in first-run syndication in the United States from September 21, 1987 through December 18, 1987 and airing in The Children's Channel in the United Kingdom from March 1, 1994 through February 28, 1998, the series consists of one extended season, comprising a total of 65 episodes, each 30 minutes long. After its original run, the series continued to be broadcast as part of a syndication package featuring rebroadcasts of Maxie's World and It's Punky Brewster, and has subsequently acquired the retronym Beverly Hills Teen Club.

Developed by Jack Olesker, Michael Maliani and Barry O'Brien, and executive produced by Andy Heyward, the series' namesake teenagers reside in the exclusive enclave of Beverly Hills, California and are shown to have exaggerated wealth, exemplified by mansions, yachts, and limousines, while navigating typical teenage concerns, including schoolwork, friendships, and romantic rivalries. In 1989, the series was nominated for the Youth in Film Award (now known as the Young Artist Award) as "Best Animated Series."

The series takes place in Beverly Hills, California, and follows a fictional "Teen Club", consisting of a group of wealthy teenagers, shown to be approximately sixteen years old. Common settings include the teens' palatial high school, the country club, the local salon and spa, and the shopping thoroughfare on Rodeo Drive. The lead protagonist is Larke, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed high school student and fashion model who is shown to be kind and generous to her friends. Her romantic lead is handsome heartthrob Troy, who, like Larke, is shown to be genial and likable, and is often the object of affection for the other girls.

Providing much of the series' conflict is raven-haired beauty, Bianca, who views Larke as her primary rival for everything from the lead in the high school play, to the title of Homecoming Queen, and, most importantly, Troy's affections. Sharing her disdain for the perfect coupling is Pierce, an effeminate and narcissistic boy who presents himself as a "ladies' man", but resents Troy's relationship with Larke. Storylines frequently involve Bianca or Pierce, or sometimes both working together, plotting and/or manipulating events in an attempt to sabotage Larke and Troy's romance, as well as various other relationships within the Teen Club.

The other girls of the Teen Club include rocker girl Jett, cowgirl Blaze, aspiring actress Nikki, southern belle Tara, Teen Club President Shanelle, and gossip columnist Switchboard. The other boys of the Teen Club include rocker boy Gig, surfer boy Radley, self-promoter Buck Huckster,, and Bianca's chauffeur Wilshire. In addition to their peer group, the teens are often accompanied by two youngsters, boy genius Chester and Pierce's little sister Jillian, while the rivalry between Larke's cat "Tiara" and Bianca's poodle "Empress" frequently provides the series with its more traditional slapstick comedy elements.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Ven	Bra	Fra	Ita	Pol	Spa	Isr
	Bianca Dupree	Terri Hawkes	Citlalli Godoy	Teresa Cristina	Marie-Martine	Paola Tovaglia		Carmen Árevalo
	Larke Tanner	Mary Long		Marisa Leal	Caroline Beaune	Irene Scalzo	Joanna Węgrzynowska		Yael Karavan
	Troy Jeffries	Jonathan Potts		Marco Antônio Costa	Gilles Laurent	Felice Invernici			Tal Mosseri
	Pierce Thorndyke III	Stephen McMulkin	Marcelo Rodríguez	Armando Braga	William Coryn	Gabriele Calindri		Ignacio Gijón	Eli Lulai
									Ran Guetta
	Chester McTech	Sean Roberge		Oberdan Júnior	Gilles Tamiz			Sergio Sánchez Sánchez	Ido Mosseri
	Tara Belle	Karen Bernstein		Francis Clay	Katy Amaïzo
	Jett	Karen Bernstein		Miriam Ficher	Odile Schmitt	Paola Messina
	Gig	Mark Saunders		Selton Melo	Olivier Korol	Luca Semeraro			Ran Guetta
	Wilshire Brentwood	Michael Beattie		Ricardo Schnetzer	Lionel Henry				Eli Lulai
									Ido Mosseri