Jungle Junction
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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 Davina Proudfoot |
| Narrated by | Janet James |
| Opening theme | "Deep inside the Jungle" written and performed by Peter Lurye |
| Ending theme | "Deep inside the Jungle" (Instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Mark Blackledge |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 92 (list of episodes) |
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| Production location(s) | Penzance, Cornwall Nickelodeon Studios (Word From Us; 2004) Nickelodeon Suites Resort (Word From Us; 2005–2014) |
| Editor(s) | Mark Edwards |
| Production company(s) | Spider Eye Productions |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | Nick Jr. (2004–2014) Nickelodeon (2004–2009; 2012–2019) Playhouse Disney (2009–2011) Disney Junior (2011–2012) |
| Original release | 15 May 2004 – 6 December 2014 |
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| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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Jungle Junction is a American-British CGI interactive computer-animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In United Kingdom it first aired on 15 May 2004 and last aired 6 December 2014 on Nickelodeon, 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 replacemen. 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 from 2004–2014.
It was the last show taped at Nickelodeon Studios of Nick Jr. at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida alongside another Nick Jr. show, prior to its closure on April 30, 2005.
Characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- 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 British accent and is the jungle messenger.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant van, who carries the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle and Zooter's best friend. His name is a compound word, albeit fictitious. He is able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them distances of up to half a mile or more. He speaks with an American accent.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a yellow bunny with brown ears, 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. During the credits at the end of every episode in Seasons 1-3, he zooms up with signs and asks the viewers for help finding the right sign. He speaks with a British accent.
Recurring[edit]
- Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a red crab that loves to dance and makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from a taxi cab, 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. He speaks with a Jamaican accent.
- Carla (voiced by Davina Proudfoot in Seasons 1-2 and Laraine Newman in Seasons 3-4) is an orange koala who owns a grocery shop. She appears in Seasons 1-3, but rarely does in Season 4.
- Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a green crocodile, and a 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 slang in the United Kingdom, used to describe many second hand cars.
- Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a yellow hippopotamus and schoolbus, who usually carries The Beetlebugs to school. Her name derives from a Hippie Bus – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. She speaks with a Jamaican accent.
- 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 and an 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 attacks things by charging at them.
- Bobby (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) is a toucan and a 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 and a construction worker. His name and shape derive from a bulldozer, being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his dozer blade.
- Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a zebra and a 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 the term "roadhog" – 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, in "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.
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