The Zula Patrol

Animated television series

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The Zula Patrol

Genre	Animation Science fiction Adventure
Created by	Deb M. Manchester
Written by	Cydne Clark Nicole Dubuc Simon Jowett
Directed by	Brain Kindregan Kent Butterwoth
Voices of	Cam Clarke Colleen O'Shaughnessey Nika Futterman Kurt Kelly Frank Welker
Composers	Jeff Danna Fletcher Beasley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Deb M. Manchester Beth Hubbard Margaret Loesch
Production companies	Gotham Entertainment (season 1) Kambooteron Productions (season 1) The Hatchery Zula USA UNC-TV
Original release
Network	PBS member stations/APT
Release	September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04) – June 18, 2008 (2008-06-18)

The Zula Patrol is an American animated television series that aired from September 2005 to June 2008. It was produced by Kambooteron Productions, Gotham Entertainment and The Hatchery and distributed by American Public Television to PBS stations within the United States. The series is about a group of aliens that travel the galaxies to learn about science and space exploration.

Characters

Captain Bula (voiced by Cam Clarke) is a green alien and the captain/leader of the Zula Patrol. Bula is compassionate, patient and likes to assist other characters in the series.
Zeeter (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey) is the Zula Patrol’s main pilot and one of the main protagonists of the series. She is manly Bula’s companion. When not piloting the ship, Zeeter often rides her Zula-scooter for fun, which is made from iron.
Multo (also voiced by Cam Clarke) is a yellowish-orange three-eyed scientist for the Zula Patrol. He is known as the most intelligent patroller of the Zula Patrol, known for creating various inventions, and has an encyclopedia-like book called the Multopedia, which is used to answer his friends’ questions (especially Wizzy and Wigg’s). His voice is based on that of renowned comedian Ed Wynn.
Wizzy (also voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey) and Wigg (voiced by Nika Futterman) are two flying bee/firefly aliens who are the youngest members of the Zula Patrol. Wizzy is the flying bee-like alien who is colored light blue. Wigg is the flying bee-like alien who is colored royal purple. They both appear in every episode to date, and are nearly inseparable.
Gorga (voiced by Frank Welker) is the Zula Patrol’s space pet and Bula’s other companion. He has various abilities, such as the ability to snort just about anything out of his snout, and the ability to inflate himself to a large size. He is most often seen with Wizzy and Wigg.

Villains

Dark Truder (voiced by Kurt Kelly)
Traxie (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey)
Deliria (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey)
Cloid (voiced by Dave Wittenberg)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	26	September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04)	February 26, 2006 (2006-02-26)
2	13	April 14, 2007 (2007-04-14)	May 2, 2007 (2007-05-02)
3	13	June 2, 2008 (2008-06-02)	June 18, 2008 (2008-06-18)

Season 1 (2005–06)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"A Comet's Tale / A Job for the Zula Dudes"	September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04)
2	2	"Bula's Spin Party / Day For Night"	September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11)
3	3	"Shadow Play / The Jealous Moon"	September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18)
4	4	"Sun Day / Time Out"	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)
5	5	"The Probe Who Came To Dinner / Forget-Me-Naut"	October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02)
6	6	"Small is Beautiful / Case of the Missing Rings"	October 9, 2005 (2005-10-09)
7	7	"Blue Moon / Going Through a Phase"	October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)
8	8	"Giant Litterbugs from Space / RV of The Giants"	October 23, 2005 (2005-10-23)
9	9	"Chilly Cook-off / Treasure in the Clouds"	October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30)
10	10	"Star Crossed / Night of the Fweeebs"	November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)
11	11	"Mutual Distraction / What Goes Up Must Come Down"	November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)
12	12	"Dog Gone Gorga! / The Milky Way Galaxy Games"	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
13	13	"Matter Matter Everywhere / Family Feud"	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)
14	14	"Round and Round We Go / Go'er-Slower Motion"	December 4, 2005 (2005-12-04)
15	15	"Club Mars / The Outsider"	December 11, 2005 (2005-12-11)
16	16	"The Ins and Outs of Planets / Young At Heart"	December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)
17	17	"The Big Mess / Telescooped"	December 25, 2005 (2005-12-25)
18	18	"Show of Force / Adventures In Pet Sitting"	January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
19	19	"Fly Us to the Moon / Castaway Asteroid"	January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)
20	20	"Take Me To Your Ferret / Earth Hunt"	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)
21	21	"Wish You Were Here / Weather Vain"	January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)
22	22	"My Air Lady / You're Cramping My Space"	January 29, 2006 (2006-01-29)
23	23	"Wigg and Wizzy Light the Way / Look to the Rainbow"	February 5, 2006 (2006-02-05)
24	24	"Three Ringed Gorga / Moons Mayhem"	February 12, 2006 (2006-02-12)
25	25	"A Star is Born / Galactic Star Games"	February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)
26	26	"Blubglub! / Power Flower"	February 26, 2006 (2006-02-26)

Season 2 (2007)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
27	1	"The Things in Rings / How the Rust Was Won"	April 16, 2007 (2007-04-16)
28	2	"Ice Station Zula / Ice Truder!"	April 17, 2007 (2007-04-17)
29	3	"Dueling Space Stations / Don't Look Me Now"	April 18, 2007 (2007-04-18)
30	4	"Rock and Patrol / Support Your Neighborhood Volcano"	April 19, 2007 (2007-04-19)
31	5	"Down Under / Singin' in the Rain Forest"	April 20, 2007 (2007-04-20)
32	6	"Hide 'n Seek on Jupiter / A Tale of Two Planets"	April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23)
33	7	"The Sound of Multo? / Eyes in the Skies"	April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)
34	8	"Birds of a Feather / Bula's Heros: The Great Camouflage Caper"	April 25, 2007 (2007-04-25)
35	9	"Moon Struck / Me, Myself and Io"	April 26, 2007 (2007-04-26)
36	10	"My Friend Named Breezy / Erosion Today, Gone Tomorrow"	April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27)
37	11	"Blast to Earth's Past / The Great Climb"	April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30)
38	12	"Creature Features / Fried Greenhouse Tomatoes"	May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)
39	13	"If it Looks Like a Plant / Splitsville"	May 2, 2007 (2007-05-02)

Season 3 (2008)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
40	1	"Larva or Leave Me! / Egg Hunt"	June 2, 2008 (2008-06-02)
41	2	"Spin Control: The Venus Effect / Crater Raters: Journey to Mercury"	June 3, 2008 (2008-06-03)
42	3	"Hey Kids, Amazing Space Monkeys! / The Blorp!"	June 4, 2008 (2008-06-04)
43	4	"Vanishing Cream / There Goes The Neighborhood"	June 5, 2008 (2008-06-05)
44	5	"The Missing Elements / Journey to the Center of Gorga"	June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06)
45	6	"Choosing Sides / Camp Worm"	June 9, 2008 (2008-06-09)
46	7	"May the Force Be Wigg You / Six Zuleans in a Boat"	June 10, 2008 (2008-06-10)
47	8	"Where Did All the Water Go? / The Dew Drops"	June 11, 2008 (2008-06-11)
48	9	"The Show Must Float On / The Truder Crown Affair"	June 12, 2008 (2008-06-12)
49	10	"The Great River Race / When You Wish Upon a Sea Star"	June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13)
50	11	"Mine Shaft / The Crystal Cave"	June 16, 2008 (2008-06-16)
51	12	"The Lizard Who Came to Dinner / Island of The Endotherms"	June 17, 2008 (2008-06-17)
52	13	"The Villain of the Year / One is the Loneliest Number"	June 18, 2008 (2008-06-18)

Awards and nominations

In 2006, the series was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production (Jeff Danna, for the episode "Case of the Missing Rings").

Other media

Mission Weather was a traveling exhibition in which Captain Bula, Professor Multo, Space Pilot Zeeter, flying wonders Wizzy and Wigg, and Space Pet Gorga invite you to a hands-on, interactive exhibit to learn all about clouds, precipitation, wind, temperature, and other weather phenomena.

References

Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 726. ISBN 978-1538103739.
Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 726. ISBN 9781538103739.

The Zula Patrol at IMDb
Zula hits movie theaters for one-time showing (February 27, 2008) at KidScreen
"Zula Patrol creator prioritized fun" Los Angeles Times May 10, 2009

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