Jungle Junction
(Redirected from The Night Before Zipsmas)
| 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 |
| Creative director | Marc Forster |
| 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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| Production locations | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Editor | Mark Edwards |
| Production company | Spider Eye Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel (Season 1), Disney Junior (Season 2) |
| Release | 5 October 2009 – 26 October 2012 |
Jungle Junction is an animated children's TV series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the USA, it was part of its Playhouse Disney block. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to its Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. 45 episodes were produced over 2 seasons. The show centers around colorful animal vehicles on their adventures. It aired on Disney Channel in the USA. It was produced by British animation company Spider Eye Productions in the UK and it was listed in airing order.
Characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is a British-accented pink pig/scooter. She's the jungle messenger. She likes to zoom around. She also says the title of every episode.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is an American-accented blue elephant/van. He delivers everything. He's the biggest animal in the jungle. He's Zooter's best friend. His name is a compound word, albeit fictitious. He's able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a British-accented golden yellow bunny/cargo. He's the only Wheeler who's good at jumping, being able to leap many times his own height into the air. Bungo the rabbit has a long, raccoon tail with brown stripes on it. 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 he asks the viewers for a little bit of help finding the right sign. When it's dark, he says "he isn't afraid of anything". Even though, he says "Oh, carrot sticks!".
Recurring
[edit]- Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a Jamaican-accented red crab who can dance. He 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. Despite the fact that Toadhog is often impatient, Taxicrab tolerates him the most.
- Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) is an orange koala/cargo who owns a grocery shop. She only appears in Season 1.
- Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a green crocodile and the fire chief with a lisp. He wears a yellow helmet with a red flashing light on top. He has a skill at gardening and he 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 Jamaican-accented yellow hippopotamus/bus. Her name derives from a "Hippie Bus" – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. Even though, she can send the 5 colorful bug kids with wheels to school.
- The Beetlebugs are tiny Wheelers. Their shape derives from a Volkswagen Beetle, a car that was commonly nicknamed "bug". Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are 5 of them: the blue one, the red one, the green one, the yellow one, and the orange one.
- Lance (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a purple rhinoceros and 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 blue toucan and the police chief. His name is derived from the British slang word for police officers. He's the only Wheeler who can fly, and he's also the only Wheeler to have a 3-wheeled chassis.
- Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a beige bull and construction worker. His name and shape derive from a bulldozer, despite being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his yellow dozer blade.
- Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a zebra/school teacher. She's the oldest and wisest of the Wheelers. She's also the only Wheeler who might always wear glasses. She's white with black stripes.
- Toadhog (voiced by Ron Orbach) is a so mean, green toad who likes worms and Fifi flies. His sticky tongue can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from the term "roadhog", that's used to describe an aggressive and reckless motorist. He might be responsible for Jungle Junction's power supply – his water wheel powers the generator for all the lights, and he has a supplementary generator that's used to power the Zipsmas lights. He loses his patience with almost everyone except Taxicrab.
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 20 | 5 October 2009 | 14 February 2011 | |
| 2 | 25 | 2 May 2011 | 26 October 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" | 5 October 2009 |
| 2 | 2 | "Bungo to the Rescue"/"Pinky Picnic" | 6 October 2009 |
| 3 | 3 | "Nothing to Sneeze At"/"Firestation Hero" | 7 October 2009 |
| 4 | 4 | "A Beautiful Stink"/"Prickly Pal" | 8 October 2009 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Big Race Around"/"Zooter Loses Her Zip" | 9 October 2009 |
| 6 | 6 | "A Mystery for Bobby"/"Signs of Trouble" | 12 October 2009 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sap Trap"/"River Race" | 13 October 2009 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Star Juggler"/"Bungo's Box" | 15 October 2009 |
| 9 | 9 | "Smile, Toadhog!"/"Zooter's Surprise" | 19 October 2009 |
| 10 | 10 | "Stuck!"/"Coco-Nuts!" | 26 October 2009 |
| 11 | 11 | "Rainy Daze"/"King Ellyvan" | 2 November 2009 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Missing Glasses"/"Dozer's Daisy" | 30 November 2009 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Night Before Zipsmas"/"A Gift for Zooter" | 5 December 2009 |
| 14 | 14 | "Bungo the Magnificent"/"Thingums" | 18 January 2010 |
| 15 | 15 | "A Bubbly Emergency"/"Funny Fruit" | 8 February 2010 |
| 16 | 16 | "Muddy Zooter"/"Stargazing" | 22 March 2010 |
| 17 | 17 | "Dozer Digs"/"Taxicrab's Whistle" | 19 April 2010 |
| 18 | 18 | "Wheeler Ball"/"The Great Garden Caper" | 3 May 2010 |
| 19 | 19 | "Follow That Thing!"/"The Spooky Road" | 25 October 2010 |
| 20 | 20 | "Hiccup Power"/"Fifi Frenzy" | 14 February 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" | 2 May 2011 |
| 22 | 2 | "Ripe Fruit Bungo"/"Caterpillar Crossing" | 9 May 2011 |
| 23 | 3 | "Ellyvan Goes Up"/"Easy Does It, Dozer!" | 16 May 2011 |
| 24 | 4 | "Bungo's Wheeler Wash"/"Ellyvan's Road Waffles" | 22 July 2011 |
| 25 | 5 | "Rock Around the Clock"/"The Jolly" | 15 August 2011 |
| 26 | 6 | "Floaty Fruit"/"Zooter's Blankie" | 15 August 2011 |
| 27 | 7 | "Where's Ellyvan?"/"Bobby's Hat" | 6 September 2011 |
| 28 | 8 | "Cadet Zooter"/"Jungle Job Swap" | 27 September 2011 |
| 29 | 9 | "Bungo's Better Best Friend"/"Lance and the Jumpy Pumpkin" | 21 October 2011 |
| 30 | 10 | "Bobby's Road Rules"/"Zooter's Strange Spots" | 1 November 2011 |
| 31 | 11 | "Bungo Leads the Way"/"Ellyvan and the Zoominator" | 3 November 2011 |
| 32 | 12 | "Bungo Moves In"/"Big Red Lance" | 15 November 2011 |
| 33 | 13 | "Ellyvan's Ballet Lesson"/"Crocker for a Day" | 17 November 2011 |
| 34 | 14 | "Toadhog Goes Fishing"/"Ellyvan's Whiffy Delivery" | 6 December 2011 |
| 35 | 15 | "Bungo's Big Bounce"/"Zooter's Tire Troubles" | 8 December 2011 |
| 36 | 16 | "Lance In Love"/"Best Buddy Mixup" | 9 February 2012 |
| 37 | 17 | "Big Little Adventure"/"The Amazing Crabdini" | 5 March 2012 |
| 38 | 18 | "Crocker Gets Cross"/"Really Wheely Stuck" | 6 March 2012 |
| 39 | 19 | "Zooter Peeks!"/"Ellyvan Says No" | 7 March 2012 |
| 40 | 20 | "Zooter Gets a Beetlebug!"/"Dozer's Magic Kettle" | 8 March 2012 |
| 41 | 21 | "Bungo Joins the Club"/"Stay Awake Crocker" | 17 April 2012 |
| 42 | 22 | "An Excellent Party"/"The Bungonaut" | 3 May 2012 |
| 43 | 23 | "Zooter Slips Up"/"The Buzz About Toadhog" | 24 May 2012 |
| 44 | 24 | "Zooter's Surprise Delivery" | 6 July 2012 |
| 45 | 25 | "Daredevil Ellyvan"/"Bungo and the Beasties" | 26 October 2012 |
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