Wumpa's World

Wumpa's World
Le monde de Wumpa 沃帕的世界
Genre	Children's Fantasy
Created by	Steven Westren
Narrated by	Lorne Cardinal (English)
Country of origin	Canada China
Original languages	English French Chinese
No. of seasons	1 (Canada version) 2 (China version)
No. of episodes	52 (Canada) 36 (China)
Production
Producers	Cité-Amérique CCTV
Running time	15 mins. (approx) 20 mins. (China)
Original release
Network	Treehouse TV The Knowledge Channel APTN TFO Télé-Québec CCTV TVB TDM
Release	September 3, 2001 (2001-09-03) – May 2002 (2002-05)

Wumpa's World (French: Le monde de Wumpa; Chinese: 沃帕的世界; pinyin: wò pà de shìjiè) is a Canadian-Chinese television series for children which first aired on many networks including Treehouse TV, The Knowledge Channel, APTN, TFO, Télé-Québec, CCTV, TVB and TDM with 26 15-minute episodes from August 2001 to May 2002. The pilot episode aired in late 2000. Today, the show's episodes are only seen in reruns late during the night and earlier during the day. The characters are portrayed as puppets.

Characters

• Wumpa (Chinese: 沃帕; pinyin: Wò pà; Lorne Cardinal) is a brown walrus who is a narrator that tells real-life stories which take place in the Arctic Circle. At the end of each show, Wumpa sings his very own "goodbye song" by playing a bass guitar that looks like a snowshoe. Most of the show's episodes end with Wumpa's goodbye song's most famous line, which is "Well, bye-bye, and don't forget, always keep your tusks shiny and your blubber clean". He only occasionally appears in the story itself.
• Zig (simplified Chinese: 弯; traditional Chinese: 彎; pinyin: Wān) and Zag (Chinese: 曲; pinyin: Qū) are two young snowmobiles. Zig is yellow and pink, while Zag is blue and orange. A bicycle bell is mounted on Zig's handlebars and a horn is mounted on Zag's.
• Tiguak (simplified Chinese: 钛瓜; traditional Chinese: 鈦瓜; pinyin: Tài guā; Tim Gosley) is a polar bear who lives in an igloo and mostly eats fish. He has a bed and a toy bear he calls "Mr. Snoozers".
• Seeka (Chinese: 塞卡; pinyin: Sāi kǎ; Jani Lauzon) and Tuk (simplified Chinese: 笃; traditional Chinese: 篤; pinyin: Dǔ; Julie Burroughs) are snow hares who live in a den with two entrances – one for each of them.

External links

• Wumpa's World at IMDb