Read this if you remembered this movie but never knew the name of it...

I could never remember the name of this movie and the only images i had were the girl in a pink jumpsuit going through her mirror, her brother and peanut butter. i searched for years for name of this movie or anyone in it who looked familiar in other shows. i knew the brother was in something else but i couldnt think of it until i was watching Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and immediately recognized him. I jumped up and imdbed the movie found the brother and searched his resume. none of the shows sounded familiar and even seeing The Hugga Bunch name still doesnt ring a bell. My brother and I both used to watch it over and over and he still thinks it was called something else cause the name is escaping us but i cant wait to buy it and watch it again. Even if i am 23 years old.

1. 1983
2. Female
3. TV, fun , wrestling (w/older brother)
4. Jewish, non-judgemental, polite, focused.
5. crowded, noisy, scary, close-knit, convenient.
6. maybe 4-5 hours a day.
7. Oh man, well it came out when i was 2, and my brother was 5, im not sure when i first saw it but i know i saw it ALOT of times
8. i think Stephen King's It was my first Rated R movie, i was probably 10 years old.
9. The mirror! Everyone i asked said Alice in Wonderland it drove me crazy knowing they were wrong!!
10. Thanks to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and of course IMDB!!

1. What year were you born? 1982

2. Are you male or female? Female

3. Using 3 words, describe your childhood. adventurous, fun, creative

4. Using 4 words, describe how your parents raised you. Jewish, proud, caring, safely

5. Using 5 words, describe where you grew up. Suburb, Northeastern USA, 1 Story House,

6. On average, how many hours of television or movies did you watch per week between the ages 2 and 10? 5-7

7. How old were you when you first saw the Hugga Bunch movie, and how many times did you see it? 4ish? Over and over. My parents taped it off the television so I even have slight memories of the commercials that aired when it was on.

8. How old were you when you saw your first "Rated R" movie? (and just for fun what was it) maybe 12? It was KIDS

9. What images from this movie stayed with you the most? going through the mirror, the huggabunch in the washing machine, and the door that opened halfway with the craeture who directed her

10. How did you finally find out the name of the movie? I never forgot this movie, and then when I was doing research online for 80s stuff i cam across the name of another movie I thought everything was connected together because I remembered a young girl going around with these large guys in costumes so for teh longest time i thought this movie was the Banana Split movie, but then i was talking to a freind online and hse was positive it wasn't it. After i found out the name I gave it to my little sister in my sorority (she hugs people a lot) so I would never forget the name again.

I'll participate in this too, because it sounds fun!!!!

1. What year were you born? 1985, same year the movie was made

2. Are you male or female? FEMALE

3. Using 3 words, describe your childhood. HAPPY, SECURE, LOVING

4. Using 4 words, describe how your parents raised you. PATIENCE, LOVE, CATHOLIC VALUES

5. Using 5 words, describe where you grew up. TOWN OF INTENSE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

6. On average, how many hours of television or movies did you watch per week between the ages 2 and 10? DON'T KNOW FOR SURE...A LOT, WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE DOING THIS SURVEY :)

7. How old were you when you first saw the Hugga Bunch movie, and how many times did you see it? SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS AROUND 5 OR 6, AND HAVE WATCHED IT ABOUT 20 TIMES SINCE.

8. How old were you when you saw your first "Rated R" movie? (and just for fun what was it): I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE, I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER :)

9. What images from this movie stayed with you the most? THE WITCH SCREAMING OUT, TURNING INTO AN OLD WOMAN WITHIN SECONDS, MOANING, DYING, AND TURNING PURPLE...PRETTY HEAVY STUFF, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY PUT A SCENE LIKE THAT IN A KIDS MOVIE. AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, I AM 21 AND I WATCHED THIS MOVIE TODAY JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, AND I STILL HAVE TO FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE PART; I JUST CAN'T WATCH IT, BECAUSE THE SOUNDS FREAK ME OUT. I ALSO ALWAYS THINK OF THE LITTLE GIRL BEING "FROZEN" BY THE WITCH. AND ON A HAPPIER NOTE, WHEN BRIDGET GETS HER BROTHER ANDREW TO SHOW HIS EMOTIONS TOWARD THEIR GRANDMOTHER, AND WHEN HE FINALLY STARTS TO CRY AND HUG HER, THAT WAS SO SWEET.

10. How did you finally find out the name of the movie? I ALWAYS KNEW THE NAME OF IT; MY SISTERS AND I OWNED IT FOR YEARS AND WATCHED IT CONSTANTLY.

1. What year were you born?
1980

2. Are you male or female?
Female

3. Using 3 words, describe your childhood.
sweet, fun, energetic

4. Using 4 words, describe how your parents raised you.
christian, love, playful, adventures

5. Using 5 words, describe where you grew up.
water, apartment, playground, rain, friends

6. On average, how many hours of television or movies did you watch per week between the ages 2 and 10?
10 or more

7. How old were you when you first saw the Hugga Bunch movie, and how many times did you see it?
5 yrs, twice

8. How old were you when you saw your first "Rated R" movie? (and just for fun what was it
Starship Troopers - 17

9. What images from this movie stayed with you the most?
the girl coming back through the mirror and dropping the jar/
characters walking on the sidewalk sideways

10. How did you finally find out the name of the movie?
googled "80's dolls" and went through over 100 names of toys till I found it. I had the image of what they looked like in my head, but couldn't remember their name. It was on the tip of my tounge and I knew I would recognize it when I saw it.

--Thank you for this thread, glad to know I'm not alone in the images being in my brain and thinking I had imagined it.

1. What year were you born?
--- 1984

2. Are you male or female?
--- female

3. Using 3 words, describe your childhood.
--- loving, safe, tragic

4. Using 4 words, describe how your parents raised you.
--- Christian, conservative, comforting, laid-back (2 words?)

5. Using 5 words, describe where you grew up.
--- texas, country, swamps, grandparents, dad

6. On average, how many hours of television or movies did you watch per week between the ages 2 and 10?
--- 8 or 9, i guess? i watched TGIF and SNICK every weekend, so that alone took up 2 hours on friday and 2 hours on saturday.

7. How old were you when you first saw the Hugga Bunch movie, and how many times did you see it?
--- i guess i was like 6? i have no clue actually, that's just a guesstimate.. I watched it countless times, it was one of my favorites.

8. How old were you when you saw your first "Rated R" movie? (and just for fun what was it)
---- I was about 8 I guess, and it was Pretty Woman.

9. What images from this movie stayed with you the most?
---- I remember seeing a little girl walking around a stuffy, cramped-up house. I remember a part where the little girl is running up (or down maybe?) the stairs.. I remember a part where there was a little table and the little girl had a tea set setup on the table, I think? And I'm still waiting on a response as to wether or not I am correct about the dryer scene being in this movie? (I remember a little doll or something getting into a dryer and then someone turned the dryer on and the doll or something was in the dryer and the little girl was panicking?) I clearly remember more of the "real life" scenes from this movie than I do the "magical fantasy" part.

10. How did you finally find out the name of the movie?
---- I always remembered the name of this movie, unlike other folks in this community. I just couldn't seem to find anyone else who remembered it, and everyone I asked told me I was crazy and that there was no such movie.. so until I found this website and typed in "huggabunch" i thought it was just going to forever remain the mystery of my life.

Hi, I find it rather odd too that so many of us have had so many vivid images from the movie but still had the same problem remembering the name of the movie. For me, I think it's because I remembered the human side of the story and I remembered identifying with the child's love for her grandmother (my grandfather was my babysitter when my parents were at work). I don't think the title "Hugga Bunch" really set the tone of the movie. I almost forgot about those hug puppets until I found the title of the movie. Anyways, I'm just so glad that I finally found the movie after YEARS of remembering parts of it and racking my brain thinking about the title. I didn't realize that so many people watched it! Thank goodness for the internet. = )


1. What year were you born? 1980

2. Are you male or female? Female

3. Using 3 words, describe your childhood. Playful, loving, imaginative

4. Using 4 words, describe how your parents raised you. Catholic, private schools, semi-strict, family oriented, loving

5. Using 5 words, describe where you grew up. San Jose, California, 4bd2ba 1 story house, friendly neighborhood, lots of kids my age around

6. On average, how many hours of television or movies did you watch per week between the ages 2 and 10? 15-20 (Saturday morning cartoons all day!)

7. How old were you when you first saw the Hugga Bunch movie, and how many times did you see it? I don't remember. I was probaby 5 or 6. I'm assuming I watched it more than once but not many.

8. How old were you when you saw your first "Rated R" movie? (and just for fun what was it) I don't remember. I do remember that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was my first PG-13 movie (it was a big deal for an 8-year-old like me. lol).

9. What images from this movie stayed with you the most? something about books, the little girl not wanting her grandmother to get old, a fruit tree covered a jar, a scary woman/witch, the fruit being magical-you wouldn't get old, something about going into a different world (fantasy world)-finally figured out that she went thru a mirror

10. How did you finally find out the name of the movie? It took me FOREVER to find the title considering i only remembered random parts (ideas) from the movie. I did a couple of internet searches using nonspecific keywords with no luck:
grandmother younger fruit book movie
movie save grandmother from getting old fruit
fruit tree glass older save grandmother
kid's movie younger fruit book
movie fountain of youth fruit book

Finally found a link to IMDB using these keywords:
movie magic fruit tree from getting older

THANK YOU IMDB!!

1) 1982
2) Male
3) active, unpredictable, tense
4) spoiled, permissive, unemotional, Catholic
5) Victorian, beach, suburb, Jersey, siblings
6) 25-30 hours
7) four or five... countless times
8) about seven... not sure which. possibly Child's Play.
9) the sideways sidewalk, the witch shrivelling up, and the girl tripping on
her way out of the mirror and the berries disappearing as they touch
the ground
10) Freshman year of high school I asked my friend Chris if he remembered
this movie and he knew the name. I have never heard a bell ring louder
in my head.

PS One film did survive as a mystery in my mind for even longer than
the Hugga Bunch. I eventually found out that its name is "The
Christmas Toy"

OH MY GOD!!! This has been annoying me for years! Over the last couple of years it's been driving me crazy. At first i thought some of the images were from The Labyrinth, until I watched it again a couple of years ago and realised it wasn't. I've asked so many people and they're all like: "What? Alice In Wonderland?" NOOOOO!

I think it's really weird so many of us had this experience...was there a guy with a really oversized head as well?

1. 1983
2. Female
3. Fun, one-parented, safe
4. Polite, sheltered, respectful, affectionate
5. Flat, small town, grandad, only-child
6. 6-7 hrs a week
7. I was 2 when the film came out. Think i was about 5 or 6 though. Used to rent it quite a lot I think.
8. I was about 10 and think it was Pretty Woman.
9. Only remember the little girl going through the mirror, meeting a bookworm, knew she was looking for fruit to make her Grandma young, dropping it on the ground at the end when she trips and it all shriveling up. Didn't remember the dolls at all! I still don't. Remember the tree and the witch now that I have read other peoples.
10.Looked for sites that listed 80s children's film indexes, with no luck. Decided to Google: childrens film wardrobe bookworm fruit!