Prezzemolo

Prezzemolo is an Italian animated television series produced in 2002 by Rainbow S.r.l. and broadcast for the first time from Italia 1 from September of the same year to the first months of winter 2003 on Saturday at 7:25 am and on Sunday at 8:20 am on first televised and replayed in the summer 2005 from Monday to Friday at 7:45. It is the second animated cartoon to be created and directed by Iginio Straffi after Tommy & Oscar which has remained frequent on the Rai networks.

The plot revolves around the journey of the dragon Prezzemolo and his friends of Tanaboo among the galaxies, to defeat the cruel witch Zenda who wants to take possession of the kingdom of Lomur, but the heroes will try in every way to hinder her. The cartoon sees the mascots of the Gardaland amusement park as protagonists.

Characters

The characters are based on the mascots of the Gardaland amusement park.

• Prezzemolo, a main protagonist of the series, who lives in Tanaboo and eats pizza with strawberries to become strong and brave but is very shy with Aurora.
• Aurora, a sorceress princess originally from the kingdom of Lomur, who has been cursed exiled by the evil witch Zenda and with the help of Prezzemolo she will try to go back home and defeat her.
• Mousley, a bat and Prezzemolo's best friend who will share with him all his adventures in an ironic way and with his unmistakable stubbornness.
• T-Gey, a double-aged tiger and sometimes a bit 'clumsy that follows Prezzemolo but on several occasions will try to hinder him to do only their own interests.
• Pagui, a buggy seagull that accompanies Prezzemolo in his adventure.
• Bamboo, an intelligent scientist panda who tries to help Prezzemolo from his ultratechnologic laboratory of Tanaboo.
• King Astor, Aurora's father.
• Aunt Ofelia, Aurora's aunt.
• Zenda, a main antagonist of the series, a terrible and treacherous witch who wants to take possession of Lomur with the powerful "black fog". She disguised herself as Magda to hinder Prezzemolo and his friends, but failed and in the last battle she was defeated and sealed with a shadow from the penta element in the bowels of the earth, disappearing definitively.
• Shadow, Zenda's henchman, as well as secondary antagonist of the series. It is revealed that he was defeated many years ago by the penthouse being sealed in the bowels of the earth and then revived by Zenda, who frees him from his prison in the last episode and with the witch will clash with parsley but thanks to aurora the penta element awakens and defeats both him and Zenda together with the black fog that will be dissolved by the colossus that seals again Shadow and this time also Zenda in the bowels of the earth making them disappear permanently.

List of Episodes

1. The Challenge
2. Strawberry Pizza
3. Aurora's Arrival
4. The Magic Medallion
5. The Giant Stone
6. The Maze
7. A Dangerous Game
8. Ti-gey, Royal Cook
9. The King of the Elves
10. The Labors of Prezzemolo
11. The City of Robots
12. The Second Element
13. The Submerged World
14. Arrangement of Luck
15. A Treasure... invisible
16. In the Pirates' Den
17. A Maghella Without Fear
18. In the Land of Fire
19. The Oasis of Morgana
20. The Magic Sphere
21. The Return of Aurora
22. The Big Tournament
23. The Enemy of Lomur
24. The King in Danger
25. A Broken Heart
26. The Power of the Penta-Element

Home Video Edition

The home video edition consists of 7 DVDs with four episodes each.

• The Challenge contains:

1. The Challenge
2. Strawberry Pizza
3. Aurora's Arrival
4. The Magic Medallion

• A Dangerous Game contains:

1. A Dangerous Game
2. Ti-gey, Royal Cook
3. The King of the Elves
4. The Labors of Prezzemolo

• The City of Robots contains:

1. The City of Robots
2. The Second Element
3. The Submerged World
4. Arrangement of Luck

• A Treasure... invisible contains:

1. A Treasure... invisible
2. In the Pirates' Den
3. A Maghella Without Fear
4. In the Land of Fire

• The Oasis of Morgana contains:

1. The Oasis of Morgana
2. The Magic Sphere
3. The Return of Aurora
4. The Big Tournament

• The Enemy of Lomur contains:

1. The Enemy of Lomur
2. The King in Danger
3. A Broken Heart
4. The Power of the Penta-Element

External links

• Prezzemolo on IMDb