Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
| Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Created by | John McCallum (original tv series); Yoram Gross |
| Starring |
Keith Scott Robyn Moore Jamie Oxenbould |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sandra Gross |
| Producer(s) | Yoram Gross |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Original release | 5 September 1998 – 26 February 1999 |
Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown is an animated children's series created by Yoram Gross, set in a fictionalised Australian town. It is based on the character Skippy from the 1968 live-action series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
It differs from the other Skippy series as it is animated and features anthropomorphic characters. Skippy, for example, is an anthropomorphic kangaroo who wears a baseball cap.[1]
Premise
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (voiced by Jamie Oxenbould) is a young park ranger (possibly early 20s) who resides in Bushtown. He always happens to get in the way of Mayor Croco, his greedy wife Sulka, his pack of goons and his frequent get-rich schemes which often endanger the town.
Characters
- Skippy: A Bush Kangaroo and the protagonist. He works as the park ranger of Bushtown. He is a very thoughful, caring, dutiful and well-educated sort doing what he can keep Bushtown in order and its people happy.
- Matilda: A Bush Kangaroo who casts the news on television around Bushtown. Usually she is first on the scene and she's a good friend of Skippy, open to his ideas.
- Professor Angus McPouch: A Scottish-accented Pelican who invents gizmos to improve progress in Bushtown. Half of his inventions don't always have a successful testing phase.
- Mayor Croco: A Crocodile and the primary antagonist. He starts out as a garbage collector and becomes mayor of Bushtown by a pure stroke of luck, but he doesn't do his fair service for the people and regards Skippy as a hindrance to his campaign.
- Damon: A rat and one of Croco's goons who serves as his chauffeur.
- Sterling: A bull and one of Croco's goons.
- Brusier: A boar and another of Croco's goons.
- Suka: Croco's spoiled and prissy wife with a mania for cleanliness and Croco just cannot disagree with her demands and opinions.
- Plato Bill: The previous mayor of Bushtown who had been in service for 50 years and then retired.
- Digger Dan: TBA
- Captain Shelley: TBA
- Mr. Roge: The recorded producer to teaching Suka to sing.
- Rowdy:
- Luke:
- Wallaby:
- Oscar: A frog to kissing.
Episodes
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Trouble in Bushtown" | 5 September 1998 |
| Trouble Comes to Bushtown - Today Mayor Bill is retiring. Croco gets money out of the candidates for the crowds he brings to them. The voting event gets out of hand, but when Skippy saves Croco, Ex-Mayor Bill accidentally announces Croco as the mayor. | ||
| 2 | "Hooray for Crocowood" | 12 September 1998 |
| Hooray for Crocowood - TBA | ||
| 3 | "Sabotage at Sea" | 19 September 1998 |
| Sabotage at Sea - TBA | ||
| 4 | "The Mean Green Queen" | 25 September 1998 |
| The Mean Green Queen - TBA | ||
| 5 | "The Big Drought" | 2 October 1998 |
| - TBA | ||
| 6 | "The Oil Crisis" | 9 October 1998 |
| The Oil Crisis - TBA | ||
| 7 | "Invasion of the Robots" | 16 October 1998 |
| Invasion of the Robots - Professor MacPouch has invented a tree planting robot to fix the damage done by bush fires. Mayor Croco replaces his factory workers with robots to fund Sulka's dream opera house, but that causes a financial halt in the business. After taking care of the crisis, Skippy gets Croco the opera house for Sulka. | ||
| 8 | "Battle of the Pumpkins" | 23 October 1998 |
| Battle of the Pumpkins - TBA | ||
| 9 | "A Town Called Suka" | 30 October 1998 |
| A Town Called Suka - TBA | ||
| 10 | "Dance Fever" | 6 November 1998 |
| Dance Fever - TBA | ||
| 11 | "Skippy the Firefighter" | 13 November 1998 |
| Skippy the Firefighter - TBA | ||
| 12 | "Calling Doctor Skippy" | 20 November 1998 |
| Calling Doctor Skippy - TBA | ||
| 13 | "A Fistful of Opals" | 27 November 1998 |
| A Fistful of Opals - TBA | ||
| 14 | "You’re in the Army Now" | 4 December 1998 |
| You’re in the Army Now - TBA | ||
| 15 | "Run for the Money" | 11 December 1998 |
| Run for the Money - TBA | ||
| 16 | "The End of the World" | 18 December 1998 |
| The End of the World - TBA | ||
| 17 | "The Sound of Suka" | 25 December 1998 |
| The Sound of Suka - TBA | ||
| 18 | "Underwater Treasure" | 1 January 1999 |
| Underwater Treasure - TBA | ||
| 19 | "Suka the TV Star" | 8 January 1999 |
| Suka the TV Star - TBA | ||
| 20 | "The Kissing Frog" | 15 January 1999 |
| The Kissing Frog - TBA | ||
| 21 | "Close Encounters of the Croco Kind" | 22 January 1999 |
| Close Encounters of the Croco Kind - TBA | ||
| 22 | "Curse of the Blue Diamond" | 29 January 1999 |
| Curse of the Blue Diamond - TBA | ||
| 23 | "Skippy's Double Trouble" | 5 February 1999 |
| Skippy's Double Trouble - TBA | ||
| 24 | "The First Crocodile on the Moon" | 12 February 1999 |
| The First Crocodile on the Moon - TBA | ||
| 25 | "Bye Bye Birdies" | 19 February 1999 |
| Bye Bye Birdies - TBA | ||
| 26 | "The Kidnap Caper" | 26 February 1999 |
| The Kidnap Caper - TBA | ||
Voice cast
- Jamie Oxenbould as Skippy
- Robyn Moore as Matilda, Suka, Wallaby
- Keith Scott as Mayor Croco, Professor Angus McPouch, Brusier, Damon, Captain Shelley, Digger Dan, Sterling,
References
- ↑ "Marsupial Madness: The Success of Yoram Gross". Animation News Network. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
External links
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