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| Jungle Junction | |
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| Genre | Adventure Educational Comedy Preschool Music |
| 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 |
| Narrated by | Janet James |
| 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 | 47 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Production locations | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Editor | Mark Edwards |
| Production company | Spider Eye Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Playhouse Disney (2009–11) Disney Junior (2011–12) |
| Release | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) – October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) |
Jungle Junction is a CGI interactive computer-animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On 14 February 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. A second season of 27 episodes was ordered by Disney, and premiered on 2 April 2011. A total of 47 episodes were produced.
It aired on Disney Junior in the United States and in the Netherlands, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and in most of Asia. It was produced in the UK by animation company Spider Eye Productions.
Episodes
Main article: List of Jungle Junction episodes American animated television series
| Jungle Junction | |
|---|---|
| |
| Genre | Adventure Educational Comedy Preschool Music |
| 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 |
| Narrated by | Janet James |
| 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 | 47 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Production locations | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Editor | Mark Edwards |
| Production company | Spider Eye Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Playhouse Disney (2009–11) Disney Junior (2011–12) |
| Release | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) – October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) |
Jungle Junction is a CGI interactive computer-animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On 14 February 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. A second season of 27 episodes was ordered by Disney, and premiered on 2 April 2011. A total of 47 episodes were produced.
It aired on Disney Junior in the United States and in the Netherlands, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and in most of Asia. It was produced in the UK by animation company Spider Eye Productions.
Episodes
Main article: List of Jungle Junction episodesTemplate loop detected: List of Jungle Junction episodes
Christmas special
A Christmas special called "The Night Before Zipsmas" aired 5 December 2009 showing the wheelers getting ready for Christmas and trying to get to read the book "The Night Before Zipsmas". The other Christmas special was called "A Gift for Zooter" and aired the same day. It shows Ellyvan trying to find a gift for Zooter.
Characters
Main
- Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is the series' protagonist. She is a pink pig whose name is a compound of "zoo" or "zip" and "scooter". Zooter speaks with a UK accent and is the jungle messenger.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant van with a US accent, who carries the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle and Zooter's best friend. His name is a made-up compound word of elephant and van. He is able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them distances of up to half a mile or more.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a yellow bunny with brown ears and a UK accent, who loves to make signs and put them all over the jungle. He is very good at Geography, and knows the jungle better than anyone. He is also the only wheeler that is good at jumping, being able to leap many times his own height into the air. Bungo, despite officially being a bunny, has a long, raccoon-like tail with brown stripes as well.
Recurring
- Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a red crab with a Mexican accent that loves to dance and makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from a Taxicab and he is the only wheeler that 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.
- Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) is an orange koala who looks like Emily the Stirling Engine and owns a grocery shop. Her name seems to be a simple rhyming alliteration based upon the car stem.
- 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 UK slang used to describe many second hand cars.
- Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a yellow hippopotamus school bus with a Jamaican accent, who usually carries The Beetlebugs to school. Her name derives from a Hippie Bus – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus.
- The Beetlebugs are the junior wheelers. Their name and shape derives from a Volkswagen Beetle – cars that were nicknamed bugs. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are five 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 a reference to a weapon used by lancers who attacked with it at a full charge – much like a rhino attacks 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 that can fly.
- Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a bull construction worker. His name and shape derive from a Bulldozer. 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 grumpy green toad who likes worms and Fifi flies. He has a long, sticky tongue that can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from Road Hog – an inconsiderate or selfish motorist. 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) (see 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.
Broadcast
The series aired in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Portugal, Latin America, Spain, Sri Lanka, Canada, Poland, Netherlands, Japan, Turkey and Russia.
References
- "Disney Channel Orders Second Season of 'Jungle Junction'". Disnology. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 158. ISBN 9781476672939.
- "Disney Channel Orders Second Season of 'Jungle Junction'". Disnology. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 158. ISBN 9781476672939.
External links
- Jungle Junction Official Site
- Jungle Junction at Disney.co.uk
- Jungle Junction at Disney.es
- "Jungle Junction" at IMDb
| Preceded bySpecial Agent Oso | Playhouse Disney Shows 2009 |
Succeeded byWhere Is Warehouse Mouse? |
| Disney Jr. original programming | |
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| Current | |
| Upcoming | |
| Former | |
| Short series | |
| See also | |
 Category | |
| Disney Jr. original programming | |
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| Current | |
| Upcoming | |
| Former | |
| Short series | |
| See also | |
| Category | |
Christmas special
A Christmas special called "The Night Before Zipsmas" aired 5 December 2009 showing the wheelers getting ready for Christmas and trying to get to read the book "The Night Before Zipsmas". The other Christmas special was called "A Gift for Zooter" and aired the same day. It shows Ellyvan trying to find a gift for Zooter.
Characters
Main
- Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is the series' protagonist. She is a pink pig whose name is a compound of "zoo" or "zip" and "scooter". Zooter speaks with a UK accent and is the jungle messenger.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant van with a US accent, who carries the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle and Zooter's best friend. His name is a made-up compound word of elephant and van. He is able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them distances of up to half a mile or more.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a yellow bunny with brown ears and a UK accent, who loves to make signs and put them all over the jungle. He is very good at Geography, and knows the jungle better than anyone. He is also the only wheeler that is good at jumping, being able to leap many times his own height into the air. Bungo, despite officially being a bunny, has a long, raccoon-like tail with brown stripes as well.
Recurring
- Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a red crab with a Mexican accent that loves to dance and makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from a Taxicab and he is the only wheeler that 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.
- Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) is an orange koala who looks like Emily the Stirling Engine and owns a grocery shop. Her name seems to be a simple rhyming alliteration based upon the car stem.
- 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 UK slang used to describe many second hand cars.
- Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a yellow hippopotamus school bus with a Jamaican accent, who usually carries The Beetlebugs to school. Her name derives from a Hippie Bus – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus.
- The Beetlebugs are the junior wheelers. Their name and shape derives from a Volkswagen Beetle – cars that were nicknamed bugs. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are five 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 a reference to a weapon used by lancers who attacked with it at a full charge – much like a rhino attacks 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 that can fly.
- Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a bull construction worker. His name and shape derive from a Bulldozer. 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 grumpy green toad who likes worms and Fifi flies. He has a long, sticky tongue that can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from Road Hog – an inconsiderate or selfish motorist. 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) (see 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.
Broadcast
The series aired in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Portugal, Latin America, Spain, Sri Lanka, Canada, Poland, Netherlands, Japan, Turkey and Russia.
References
External links
- Jungle Junction Official Site
- Jungle Junction at Disney.co.uk
- Jungle Junction at Disney.es
- "Jungle Junction" at IMDb
| Preceded bySpecial Agent Oso | Playhouse Disney Shows 2009 |
Succeeded byWhere Is Warehouse Mouse? |
| Disney Jr. original programming | |
|---|---|
| Current | |
| Upcoming | |
| Former | |
| Short series | |
| See also | |
| Category | |
| Disney Jr. original programming | |
|---|---|
| Current | |
| Upcoming | |
| Former | |
| Short series | |
| See also | |
| Category | |
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