Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale

One morning, it is Claude's first day to work at his Uncle Kelvin's Gumnut Juice Factory. Claude doesn't feel up to it at first. Kelvin receives an order for gumnut juice from the business man Peer Point J. Marino which, if successful, will grant Kelvin's company a contract. The rival Hotshot Charlie hoping to beat Kelvin to the contract first, sends Franky to steal the secret sweetening formula to fulfill his quota.

Hotshot has the apothecarie Bunsen the Cobra analyse the ingredients of the secret formula, but without any success. Hotshot sends his goons (known as the Wedge, consisting of Smash, Squash and Slap) to kidnap Kelvin. Claude finds a lead to Badde Manor, but Kelvin is well hidden. Hotshot gets hold a riddle book which has a clue to the secret formula. Catching wind of this, Claude and Peppa sneak into Badde Manor and copy the riddle, Hot Spot also getting the knowledge.

Claude and Peppa follow the riddle to Darwin Platypus who tells them the secret formula, Hotshot listening in. Hotshot traps Claude, Peppa and Darwin Platypus, but Bunsen defects and rescues them and they return to the Gumnut Juice Factory to begin a large production. Claude is briefly separated from the others, but uses Kelvin's special instrument to rally all the Cicadas for the essential ingredient of the formula.

Claude, his friends and a swarm of Cicadas thwart Hotshot's attempt to destroy the Gumnut Juice Factory, then follow him to Badde Manor to rescue Kelvin helped by Ghoulie Gilly. Once Kelvin is rescued, Bunsen blows Badde Manor with Hotshot and his goons to the Arctic. After that Kelvin is able to meet Marino's quota and get the contract.

• Claude - A neurotic and sometimes clumsy orphaned numbat, who is keen on insects.
• Peppa - A spunky and sporty numbat and Claude's best friend, who is a champion at tennis and hockey.
• Uncle Kelvin - A koala and Claude and Peppa's uncle, who have been in his care since their parents' deaths. He is the owner of the Gumnut Juice Factory and wishes to pass his entrepreneurship to Claude.
• Larry - A genius lizard. Claude and Peppa's friend who works as a mechanic then gets a job of running the Gumnut Juice Factory machinery.
• Peer Point J. Marino - A ram. A business man who places tall orders for Gumnut juice.
• Hotshot Charlie - A crafty, slick fox out to steal and monopolise Kelvin's business. He is revealed to be the cause of Claude and Peppa's parents' deaths.
• Franky - Hotshot's spider servant.
• Percy - A pelican, who works as a lifeguard, detective, policeman and road official.
• Ghoulie Gilly - A Scottish mouse who lives in a creepy forest and is eventually requested by Claude to help rescue Kelvin.
• Grampala - Claude and Peppa's grandfather who has a short memory for various things.

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