Jungle Junction
Jungle Junction | |
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Genre | Adventure Educational Comedy Preschool |
Created by | Trevor Ricketts |
Written by | Laura Beaumont Paul Larson |
Directed by | Morgan Francis |
Voices of | Billy West Janet James Keith Wickham Jess Harnell Laraine Newman Dee Bradley Baker Jimmy Hibbert Amanda Symonds Ron Orbach |
Opening theme | "Deep Inside the Jungle" written and performed by Peter Lurye |
Ending theme | "Deep Inside the Jungle" (Instrumental) |
Composer | Mark Blackledge |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 45 |
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Executive producers |
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Production locations | Penzance, Cornwall |
Editor | Mark Edwards |
Production company | Spider Eye Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Disney Junior |
Release | October 5, 2009 October 26, 2012 | –
Jungle Junction is a children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was part of its Playhouse Disney block for preschoolers.
On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement.
A second season of 25 episodes was ordered by Disney, and premiered on April 4, 2011. A total of 45 episodes were produced and the show focuses on a group of animalistic vehicles and their adventures.
It aired on Disney Junior in the United States and was produced by British animation company Spider Eye Productions in the United Kingdom[1] and listed in airing order.
The first season is interactive, though not the second season.
Characters[edit]
- Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is a pink pig who speaks with a British accent. She is the jungle messenger. She also says the title of every episode.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant who brings the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle. He is Zooter's best friend. His name is a compound word, albeit fictitious. He is able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them distances of up to half a mile or more. He speaks with an American accent.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a golden yellow bunny with brown ears who loves to make signs to put them all over the jungle. He is the only wheeler who is good at jumping, being able to leap many times his own height into the air. Bungo, despite officially being a rabbit, has a long, raccoon tail with brown stripes as well. At the beginning of every episode, he carries a sign with the title of the episode. During the credits at the end of every episode in Season 1, he appears with signs and asks the viewers for help finding the right sign. He speaks with a British accent. His catchphrase is "Oh, carrot sticks!".
- Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a red crab who loves to dance and makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from a taxi cab, and he is the only wheeler who is able to drive sideways (possibly because of the "sideways walk", attributed to crabs). Despite the fact that Toadhog is often impatient, Taxicrab tolerates him the most. He speaks with a Jamaican accent.
- Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) is an orange koala who owns a grocery shop. She appears in Season 1, but doesn't appear in Season 2.
- Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a green crocodile/fire chief with a lisp who wears a yellow helmet with a red flashing light on top. He has some skill at gardening and knows how to make compost. His name comes from the phrase which is slang in the United Kingdom, used to describe many second hand cars.
- Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a yellow hippopotamus/school bus who usually carries The Beetlebugs to school. Her name derives from a Hippie Bus – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. She also speaks with a Jamaican accent.
- The Beetlebugs are tiny wheelers. Their shape derives from a Volkswagen beetles/cars that were nicknamed bugs. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are 5 of them - a blue one, a red one, a green one, a yellow one and an orange one.
- Lance (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a purple rhinoceros/ambulance. His name is both a contraction of ambulance, and likely a reference to a weapon used by lancers who attacked with it at a full charge – much like a rhino attacking things by charging at them.
- Bobby (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) is a toucan/police chief. His character may be derived from a Bubble car – he even has the same three-wheeled chassis. His name is derived from the British slang word for police officers. He is the only Wheeler who can fly.
- Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a bull/construction worker. His name and shape derive from a bulldozer, despite being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his dozer blade.
- Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a zebra/school teacher. She is one of the oldest and wisest of the Wheelers. She is also the only one to wear glasses.
- Toadhog (voiced by Ron Orbach) is a green toad who likes worms and Fifi flies. His sticky tongue is long so it can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from the term "roadhog". He seems to be responsible for Jungle Junction's power supply – his water wheel powers the generator for all of the lights (including the traffic lights, as seen in "Hiccup Power"), and he has a supplementary generator that is used to power the Zipsmas lights. He loses his patience with almost everyone except Taxicrab, mostly because Taxicrab is the most tolerant of him.
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 20 | October 5, 2009 | February 7, 2011 | |
2 | 25 | April 4, 2011 | October 26, 2012 |
Season 1 (2009–2011)[edit]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "The Treasure of Jungle Junction"/"Shrinky" | October 5, 2009 |
2 | 2 | "Bungo to the Rescue"/"Pinky Picnic" | October 6, 2009 |
3 | 3 | "Nothing to Sneeze At"/"Firestation Hero" | October 7, 2009 |
4 | 4 | "A Beautiful Stink"/"Prickly Pal" | October 8, 2009 |
5 | 5 | "The Big Race Around"/"Zooter Loses Her Zip" | October 9, 2009 |
6 | 6 | "A Mystery for Bobby"/"Signs of Trouble" | October 12, 2009 |
7 | 7 | "Sap Trap"/"River Race" | October 13, 2009 |
8 | 8 | "The Star Juggler"/"Bungo's Box" | October 15, 2009 |
9 | 9 | "Smile, Toadhog!"/"Zooter's Surprise" | October 19, 2009 |
10 | 10 | "Stuck!"/"Coconuts!" | October 26, 2009 |
11 | 11 | "Rainy Daze"/"King Ellyvan" | November 2, 2009 |
12 | 12 | "The Missing Glasses"/"Dozer's Daisy" | March 1, 2010 |
13 | 13 | "The Night Before Zipsmas"/"A Gift for Zooter" | January 3, 2011 |
14 | 14 | "Bungo the Magnificent"/"Thingums" | January 4, 2010 |
15 | 15 | "A Bubbly Emergency"/"Funny Fruit" | February 8, 2010 |
16 | 16 | "Muddy Zooter"/"Stargazing" | July 19, 2010 |
17 | 17 | "Dozer Digs"/"Taxicrab's Whistle" | September 27, 2010 |
18 | 18 | "Wheeler Ball"/"The Great Garden Caper" | October 11, 2010 |
19 | 19 | "Follow That Thing!"/"The Spooky Road" | May 14, 2010 |
20 | 20 | "Hiccup Power"/"Fifi Frenzy" | February 7, 2011 |
Season 2 (2011–2012)[edit]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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21 | 1 | "Fly Zooter Fly"/"Ellyvan's Boing Boing Blues" | April 4, 2011 |
22 | 2 | "Ripe Fruit Bungo"/"Caterpillar Crossing" | April 18, 2011 |
23 | 3 | "Ellyvan Goes Up"/"Easy Does It, Dozer!" | May 2, 2011 |
24 | 4 | "Bungo's Wheeler Wash"/"Ellyvan's Road Waffles" | May 16, 2011 |
25 | 5 | "Rock Around the Clock"/"The Jolly" | May 29, 2011 |
26 | 6 | "Floaty Fruit"/"Zooter's Blankie" | June 27, 2011 |
27 | 7 | "Where's Ellyvan?"/"Bobby's Hat" | July 11, 2011 |
28 | 8 | "Cadet Zooter"/"Jungle Job Swap" | July 25, 2011 |
29 | 9 | "Bungo's Better Best Friend"/"Lance and the Jumpy Pumpkin" | October 17, 2011 |
30 | 10 | "Bobby's Road Rules"/"Zooter's Strange Spots" | August 29, 2011 |
31 | 11 | "Bungo Leads the Way"/"Ellyvan and the Zoominator" | October 31, 2011 |
32 | 12 | "Bungo Moves In"/"Big Red Lance" | November 28, 2011 |
33 | 13 | "Ellyvan's Ballet Lesson"/"Crocker for a Day" | November 14, 2011 |
34 | 14 | "Toadhog Goes Fishing"/"Ellyvan's Whiffy Delivery" | December 12, 2011 |
35 | 15 | "Bungo's Big Bounce"/"Zooter's Tire Troubles" | January 23, 2012 |
36 | 16 | "Lance In Love"/"Best Buddy Mixup" | October 3, 2011 |
37 | 17 | "Big Little Adventure"/"The Amazing Crabdini" | April 23, 2012 |
38 | 18 | "Crocker Gets Cross"/"Really Wheely Stuck" | February 6, 2012 |
39 | 19 | "Zooter Peeks!"/"Ellyvan Says No" | April 9, 2012 |
40 | 20 | "Zooter Gets a Beetlebug!"/"Dozer's Magic Kettle" | March 19, 2012 |
41 | 21 | "Bungo Joins the Club"/"Stay Awake Crocker" | May 7, 2012 |
42 | 22 | "An Excellent Party"/"The Bungonaut" | July 2, 2012 |
43 | 23 | "Zooter Slips Up"/"The Buzz About Toadhog" | July 4, 2012 |
44 | 24 | "Zooter's Surprise Delivery" | July 6, 2012 |
45 | 25 | "Daredevil Ellyvan"/"Bungo and the Beasties" | October 26, 2012 |
References[edit]
- ^ "homepage | SpiderEye". www.spider-eye.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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