Messy Goes to Okido
| Messy Goes to OKIDO | |
|---|---|
 "When you need to know, go to OKIDO!" | |
| Genre | Children's animation |
| Created by | Doodle Productions Ltd |
| Based on | OKIDO Magazine |
| Directed by | Liz Whitaker |
| Starring |
Adam Buxton Kate Harbour Shelley Longworth Rob Rackstraw |
| Theme music composer | Sam Britton and Will Worsley |
| Opening theme | MESSY GOES TO OKIDO opening theme |
| Ending theme | MESSY GOES TO OKIDO ending theme |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Genevieve Dexter, Alice Britton |
| Producer(s) | Jules Coke |
| Running time | 11 minutes (Approx.) |
| Production company(s) | Doodle Productions |
| Distributor | DHX Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies |
| Original release | 7 September 2015 – September 2018 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Messy Goes to OKIDO is a TV comedy adventure series for children aged three to six, building the next generation of creative scientists. The show was adapted from characters in OKIDO a children's Arts and Science magazine.
Inquisitive and loveable monster Messy, voiced by Adam Buxton, brings science to life as he adventures with his best friends Zoe and Felix through the colourful world of OKIDO.
The brave trio go on journeys of discovery and - with help from the ever-eccentric characters Zim, Zam and Zoom - unearth the answers to their big questions like... Why is the sky blue? Where does honey come from? And how do pictures get into the TV?
The first series aired in 2015 premiering on the BBC channel CBeebies. The second series will be aired in October 2018 with 26 new episodes.
Overview
Following the magazines success the concept was picked up by London-based CG studio Squint/Opera. Working with Squint/Opera the concept was developed and re-imagined as a 52 part children's show combining live action footage with 3D renderings of Messy, his friends and the world of OKIDO.
The show aims to tackle a scientific topic in each episode, beginning with a question posed by Messy (e.g. – why do some things float and some things sink?), he travels to OKIDO to discover the answers with the help of his friends Zoe & Felix and science trio Zim, Zam & Zoom who all have specific abilities which help them in their adventures.
Characters
Messy
Messy is a furry blue monster, excitable and curious he lives underneath a bed and ventures out often to discover new things and learn. Whilst Messy means well his excitement can often land him in trouble, he can't control his urge to push buttons and can never get enough of eating socks (green socks are his preferred snack). Whenever Messy finds something new that he's curious about he travels to OKIDO to meet his friends and discover the answer.
Zoe
Zoe is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with her brother Felix. Zoe is very smart and sensible, she hates being late and getting lost but has a passion for gadgets and gizmos, her favourite is her communications watch which she can use to call Zim, Zam & Zoom.
Felix
Felix is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with his sister Zoe. Felix loves using his imagination, being inventive and being prepared. He always packs a rucksack with useful things to help on their adventures.
Zim
Zim is a talking computer who knows lots about science, he is full of big ideas. Zim works in the ZZZ Tower with Zam and Zoom. Zim is not very good at practical things like reading maps and this often leads to disagreements with Zam. Whenever Zim gets confused his screen starts buffering.
Zam
Zam is a triangle-shaped engineer who is brilliant at fixing things. She works in the ZZZ Tower with Zim. She is quite bossy and sometimes tells Zim off if he is getting in the way. Zam uses her tools to make all kinds of gadgets and vehicles. Zam also loves doing experiments, particularly when they blow up.
Zoom
Zoom is Zim and Zam's lab assistant. Zoom can morph into any shape they want as long as it is not bigger than their body. This is very useful when the OKIDO gang are on an adventure. He doesn't speak but can make noises.
Other characters
Mayor Oki – He is the Mayor of OKIDO, has his own TV show called OKIDO Today and a private jet 'Mayor-Force-One'. Mayor Okido panics easily.
Lolly – Lolly runs the ice-cream van and beach cafe. She is very friendly and chilled out.
Geoffrey – He owns the OKIDO cafe. He used to be an actor but one day forgot his lines and has never acted again...
Snowden – A friendly, fun loving monster that lives in the snowy mountains.
Fluff – Fluff a big white cloud from the Welsh Valleys, she is very calm, sweet and kind.
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Episodes
| Episode No. | Episode Name | Original UK Airdate | Episode Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon Landing | 7 September 2015 | Why do things always fall down? When you need to know go to OKIDO. |
| 2 | Felix Finds His Voice | 8 September 2015 | Messy hears a bird singing outside but doesn't know what he's trying to say. Maybe he'll find the answer in OKIDO. |
| 3 | Okido In Bloom | 9 September 2015 | The sky is full of big grey rain clouds in the real world. Messy watches his sandcastle outside get washed away by the pouring rain. Why does it have to rain? He competes in the OKIDO flower competition and finds out why. |
| 4 | Taste | 10 September 2015 | Messy wonders why his tasty green socks don't taste the same when he has a cold |
| 5 | Messy's Lost Balloon | 11 September 2015 | Messy, Zoe and Felix travel to the land of balloons. |
| 6 | Float Or Sink | 14 September 2015 | Why do some things float and some things sink? Pirate Captain Messy will find out in OKIDO. |
| 7 | Bouncing Batwaves | 15 September 2015 | Messy is having fun blowing loud notes through his musical horn instrument "PARP PARP!!" But whatever noise Messy is making someone or something is making it too. Messy goes in search of the copycat voice. |
| 8 | Cavity Cave | 16 September 2015 | Why do we need to brush our teeth? When you need to now go to OKIDO. |
| 9 | Rainy Sunny Day | 17 September 2015 | Messy finds out about rainbows. |
| 10 | Messy-morphosis | 18 September 2015 | Messy wants to know where his caterpillar friends went. |
| 11 | Thirsty Robot | 19 September 2015 | Messy monster can't work out why his cart won't move. The wheels just won't go round like normal. Off he goes to OKIDO to find out why. |
| 12 | Mr Kite Takes Flight | 22 September 2015 | Messy monster is just about to take a bite out of his delicious green sock for breakfast but before he can... WHOOOSH! His sock has blown away! He goes to OKIDO to find out why the wind is so blowy! |
| 13 | Weepy | 23 September 2015 | Messy finds a very dusty sock underneath his bed but why does it make him teary? He goes to OKIDO to find out. |
| 14 | Gills | 24 September 2015 | Messy wants to know how his goldfish friend can stay underwater for so long? He goes to OKIDO to find out. |
| 15 | Paperchase | 25 September 2015 | Messy has a pair of yummy green socks waiting for him. He eats one but where is the second? In OKIDO he finds out. |
| 16 | Lolly's Keys | 28 September 2015 | Messy monster is having breakfast and sees little objects on the fridge, why don't they fall off? He goes to OKIDO to find out. |
| 17 | Ice Ice Messy | 29 September 2015 | Messy's new friend is in a spot of hot bother. They go on an icy adventure to the south pole, the desert and mountains to help. |
| 18 | A Messy Night Before Christmas | 30 September 2015 | Messy can't wait for Christmas Day to arrive. He learns that everyone needs to get a good night's sleep, even Mother Christmas. |
| 19 | A Night at the Circuits | 1 October 2015 | Messy joins his friends in OKIDO on a tiny adventure. They explore the electrical world of circuits to fix Zoe's communicator. |
| 20 | Messy Power | 2 October 2015 | Hey, who turned out the lights? Messy goes to OKIDO and finds out electricity can lead to music, lights and disco dancing. |
| 21 | Planet Wobble | 5 October 2015 | Messy and friends rocket into space but a mischievous Messy sends OKIDO's seasons into chaos. Time to fix this planet wobble. |
| 22 | Alien Television | 6 October 2015 | Aliens on OKIDO telly? Skateboarders in the satellite?. Everything's upside down. It's up to Messy and his friends to fix it. |
| 23 | Comet | 7 October 2015 | Messy has to save OKIDO from a falling comet before his bedtime. He sees that Mayor Oki still has his bath. |
| 24 | Bee Story | 8 October 2015 | There's some funny 'buzzy-ness' going on in OKIDO. Where are all the bees? Messy and friends meet bee royalty and save the day. |
| 25 | Tiny Sandwiches | 9 October 2015 | Messy joins Zim and his friends on a mission inside a sandwich to photograph some atoms for Mayor Oki – Everyone say cheese. |
| 26 | Big Hearted Messy | 12 October 2015 | Messy, Zoe and Felix have to get Lofty's heart pumping. |
| 27 | Building Bridges | 13 October 2015 | Messy and his friends are joined by a group of robots to build a bridge to reach Billy Barnacle. Stan tall puts it to the test. |
| 28 | Cheesy Feet | 14 October 2015 | Messy thinks smelly socks and cheesy feet are brie-lliant! But when it's Lofty's feet that smell, it's a giant problem... |
| 29 | Colours | 15 October 2015 | Messy and friends are left feeling blue when the vacubots suck all the colour out of OKIDO! So they better get red-dy to fix it! |
| 30 | Habitat | 16 October 2015 | When the Cloudship malfunctions and soars off into Okido, it's up to Messy and friends to return it to its natural habitat! |
| 31 | Mayor Force One | 19 October 2015 | Messy gets to fly Mayor Oki's plane, but this is no easy jet and he crash lands in a tree... Luckily, robots fly to the rescue! |
| 32 | Vivienne Blows Her Top | 20 October 2015 | Messy and his friends have animals to save and eruptions to stop in OKIDO when Vivienne Volcano gets a rumbly tummy! Oh deary! |
| 33 | Fossil Puzzle | 21 October 2015 | In the real world Messy is bored of his dino-jigsaw! In OKIDO, his friends help him piece together a real prehistoric puzzle! |
| 34 | Funny Bones | 22 October 2015 | Mustard goes in search for help - Lofty has a broken finger! Messy and friends save the day and discover bones are amazing. |
| 35 | Messy Antics | 23 October 2015 | It's Mayor Oki's birthday picnic. Messy and friends get in trouble with Zam's shrinkasizer! Time to solve these OKIDO ant-ics! |
| 36 | Spider Messy | 26 October 2015 | Messy goes to OKIDO and helps his friends to mend Loopy Bridge but along the way Zim finds himself in a sticky situation! |
| 37 | Dizzy | 27 October 2015 | Messy and friends go on a rollercoaster adventure and figure out why Stan tall is in such a spin! |
| 38 | Me and My Shadow | 28 October 2015 | When Messy breaks the lighthouse things get shady... But without a shadow of a doubt, he and his friends save the day! |
| 39 | A Case of the Lightnings | 29 October 2015 | Messy and friends visits Fluff the cloud's family, and things heat up in flash when her brother Nimby gets the lightenings! |
| 40 | Okidoasis | 30 October 2015 | Messy's thirsty for an adventure, so he goes to OKIDO to help his friends solve the mystery of the dried up Oasis! |
| 41 | Messy Music | 2 November 2015 | Messy and friends must play the OKIDO concert! Music is instrumental, but then it's time for OKIDO to make some noise! |
| 42 | A Sock Too Far | 3 November 2015 | When Messy and his friends go camping with a robot who can do anything, there is a giant sized socksident! |
| 43 | Rumbly Tummy | 4 November 2015 | Messy's tummy is rumbling and so is Lofty the giant's! Luckily the gang are hungry to solve this scientific mystery though… |
| 44 | Rub A Dub Messy | 5 November 2015 | When Messy and friends discover how to catapult heavy things with a lever, farmyard animal bathtime commences with a splash! |
| 45 | Splish Splash Splosh | 6 November 2015 | Lofty's giant sneezes go a long way, so Messy and his friends must help to wash OKIDO clean of all the bad germs flying around! |
| 46 | Eye Spy | 9 November 2015 | Messy and friends search explore the forest with Tweedy, but when her eyesight fails luckily Zim, Zam and Zoom can lens a hand! |
| 47 | Snowflakes | 10 November 2015 | It's summer in OKIDO, but Messy wants to chill out in the snow, so he's lucky when the snowflakes come out to play! |
| 48 | Wiggly Worms | 11 November 2015 | When Mayor Oki's pumpkins aren't big enough Messy and his friends muck in and save the day! With the help of some wiggly worms… |
| 49 | Second Chances | 12 November 2015 | Messy helps his friends find Zoe's lost communicator, which has ended up in the recycling but luckily, Zim is magnetic! |
| 50 | Messy Races | 13 November 2015 | Messy and friends enter a race in OKIDO and the various vehicles speed off! But who has the power to win the mystery prize? |
| 51 | Giant Messy | 16 November 2015 | Messy and friends go to the funfair, but when the shrinkasizer comes out, they end up in a giant mess with mini Mini! |
| 52 | Tick Tock Messy | 17 November 2015 | Messy goes to OKIDO to play with Zim and Zam's new discovery! But will he and his friends get back from this adventure in time… |