Carrapatos e Catapultas

Carrapatos e Catapultas, sometimes translated as Duck-Ticks and Catapults, is a Brazilian animated cartoon series produced by the project Anima TV.

The program is a co-production of Elephant Zoom Studio with TV Brasil and the TV Cultura. It was one of two winners of a contest organized to support the creation of Brazilian series.

Series creator and writer Almir Correia, has as his main influences cartoon surrealist comedy such as Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as science-fiction series.

The first season of Ticks and Catapults had 14 episodes, made for children aged 8 to 12. Through a mood based on innocent language, the series aims to make young people enjoy and think about issues relevant to their day-to-day lives.

Synopsis

Ticks and Catapults presents the exciting adventures of ticks with duck beaks named Bum, Bod, Sweepstake and Quietly, who are all friends. On their planet, ticks are born with parachutes and they travel by catapult.

Characters

• Bum - The main character, a yellow tick. Different from other ticks. He has a calm personality and his best friends are Bum and Sweepstake. He is also responsible for Quietly, his younger cousin. At the end of each episode Bum gets a call from his parents.
• Bod - A green tick, best friend of Bum. Unlike him Bod has a sportier and hectic personality.
• Sweepstake - A huge purple tick, friend of Bum and Bod. He is not very smart and often ends up doing the wrong thing.
• Quietly - A small beige tick, Bum's cousin. He is very busy and full of energy, and causes big problems. He went to live with Bum after his parents exploded. His favorite hobby is jumping from catapults, saying "I want to!"

Secondary

• Mother Bum - Bum's mother now in the afterlife. She often calls home at the end of episode commenting on the achievements made by Bum and his friends.
• Bonaparte - The boss of Bum, Bod and Sweepstake. Short and very nervous. It is a reference to Napoleón Bonaparte, wearing a similar hat.
• Paty - A passionate tick by Bum, works in Suganete. Several ticks are in love with her, though she is interested only in Bum. In one episode two aliens shoot a ray leaving all ticks in love with her.
• Thick Severino - A singer tick baião who lives in a floating stone. Always talking in rhymes, singing, playing accordion, and wearing a bandit hat with sunglasses. He is always in the company of Raimundinho, his triangle-playing assistant. It is a reference to Luiz Gonzaga.
• Doctor Froide (crazy doctor);
• Mrs. Anna (old tick);
• Leonard tick (the inventor);
• Splash (surfer tick);
• Tic and Tac (mobsters, conjoined twins, work for Gift Corleone);
• Gift Corleone (tick archenemy of Bonaparte);
• Super hyper mega tick (superhero ticks);
• Pedracules (archenemy-friend) Super hyper mega tick.

Dubbing

character	Dubber
Bum	Fábio Silvestre
Doctor Froide
Bod	Cyro Ridal
Sweepstake	Marccão Freire
Quietly	Enemar Passos
Gift Corleone
Mrs. Anna
Mother Bum	Priscilla Miquilussi
Bonaparte	João Batista de Lara
Pedráculos
Paty	Kely Varela
Severino	Vadeco
Splash
Super Hyper Mega Tick
Leonard Tick	Fernando Kadlu
Tic and Tac

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Original airing
			Debut	Ending
	1	14	August 4, 2011	April 15, 2012
	2	13	July 8, 2015	February 1, 2016
	3	13	January 1, 2018	March 7, 2018

Streaming

Nation	Station	Title	Primeira Transmissão
Brazil	TV Brasil	Carrapatos e Catapultas	April 17, 2010
	TV Cultura		April 23, 2010
	Cartoon Network		February 18, 2012
	Tooncast		June 2013
Argentina	Tooncast	Garrapatas y Catapultas	June 2013
Paraguay
Venezuela
Uruguay
Panama
Mexico
Bolivia
Peru
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Honduras
Ecuador
Chile
Costa Rica

External links

• Blog da Anima TV (in Portuguese)
• Vídeos da TV Brasil (in Portuguese)