Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
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.[3]
| Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | |
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| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Created by | John McCallum (original tv series); Yoram Gross |
| Written by | John Palmer [1] |
| Directed by | Yoram Gross |
| Starring | Keith Scott Robyn Moore Jamie Oxenbould |
| Music by | Guy Gross |
| Opening theme | "Skippy Adventures in Bushtown" by Keith Scott |
| Ending theme | "Skippy Adventures in Bushtown" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sandra Gross Tim Brooke-Hunt |
| Producer(s) | Yoram Gross |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Original release | 5 September 1997 – 26 February 1998 [2] |
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
Characters
- Skippy: A bush kangaroo and the protagonist. He works as the park ranger of Bushtown. He is a very thoughtful, caring, dutiful and well-educated sort doing what he can keep Bushtown in order and its people happy.
- Matilda Roo: A bush kangaroo who casts the news on television around Bushtown and the host of Bushtown Tonight. 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.
- Sirloin: A bull and one of Croco's goons, with a voice based on Sylvester Stallone.
- Bruiser: A boar and another of Croco's goons, with a voice based on Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Suka: Croco's spoiled and prissy wife with an obsession for cleanliness.
- Bomba: TBA
- Pos: A possum cameraman, with a voice that resembles that of Eddie Murphy. His character design is reused from Slick, who appeared in two episodes of Blinky Bill.
- Plato Bill: The previous mayor of Bushtown who had been in service for 50 years before Croco.[7]
- Digger Dan: TBA
- Captain Shelley: TBA
- Mr. Roge: The recorded producer teaching Suka to sing.
- Mrs. Cocka: Professor McPouch's maid.
- Rowdy: a rat is Captain Numbat's assistant.
- Luke: TBA
- Wallaby: TBA
- Wanda Wombat: TBA
- Major Winston Gelles: TBA
- Ms. Bronnie Hatchet: TBA
- Honest L. Slick: TBA
- Rocky Star: TBA
- Captain Numbat: TBA
Voice cast
- Jamie Oxenbould as Skippy
- Robyn Moore as Matilda, Suka, Other Voices
- Keith Scott as Mayor Croco, Damon, Brusier, Sirloin, Poss, Other Voices
Episodes
| # | Title | Air Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Trouble in Bushtown" | 5 September 1997 | |
| Trouble Comes to Bushtown - 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.[8] | |||
| 2 | "Hooray for Crocowood" | 12 September 1997 | |
| Hooray for Crocowood - When furniture is confiscated by the Bushtown Council Tax Collector for Croco's mansion, Skippy plans to get them back by pretending to shoot a movie there. | |||
| 3 | "Sabotage at Sea" | 19 September 1997 | |
| Sabotage at Sea - Croco tries to put Bushtown's ferry service out of business and replace it with his own. | |||
| 4 | "The Mean Green Queen" | 25 September 1997 | |
| The Mean Green Queen - When Croco hires a waitress to pretend to be a visiting queen, she gives her crown to Suka who goes mad with power | |||
| 5 | "The Big Drought" | 2 October 1997 | |
| - Croco and Suka waste water while Bushtown suffers a horrid drought and Skippy plans to get even while finding water for his friends. | |||
| 6 | "The Oil Crisis" | 9 October 1997 | |
| The Oil Crisis - MacPouch creates a device that can turn garbage into petrol to deal with Croco constantly raising petrol prices. Sirloin, Bruiser and Damon take spy lessons from a disguised Skippy in order to steal the device. | |||
| 7 | "Invasion of the Robots" | 16 October 1997 | |
| Invasion of the Robots - Professor MacPouch has invented a tree planting robot to fix the damage done by bush fires. Croco replaces his factory workers with robots to fund Sulka's dream opera house, but that causes a financial halt in the business. | |||
| 8 | "Battle of the Pumpkins" | 23 October 1997 | |
| Battle of the Pumpkins - Suka has MacPouch's plant growth formula stolen to win a pumpkin competition but Sirloin drinks it, making him super smart. | |||
| 9 | "A Town Called Suka" | 30 October 1997 | |
| A Town Called Suka - Skippy learns that Croco's irrigation system is actually a scam to build a casino. | |||
| 10 | "Dance Fever" | 6 November 1997 | |
| Dance Fever - Skippy hosts a fundraiser to build special shoes for an injured girl, but Croco's schemes threaten to ruin it. | |||
| 11 | "Skippy the Fire Fighter" | 13 November 1997 | |
| Skippy the Fire Fighter - Skippy becomes the new fire chief but Croco steals the fire truck's pump and motor for a fountain for Suka. | |||
| 12 | "Calling Doctor Skippy" | 20 November 1997 | |
| Calling Doctor Skippy - Skippy discovers that Croco and Suka have used the funds for a new hospital to improve the road to their mansion. Most distraught, Skippy devises a set of tricks that convince Croco and Suka that they are in need of a new hospital. | |||
| 13 | "A Fistful of Opals" | 27 November 1997 | |
| A Fistful of Opals - Skippy's old friend Digger Dan digs up in the old mine then the volcano blows sky high with the hot lava but Mayor Croco is up to his old tricks again. | |||
| 14 | "You’re in the Army Now" | 4 December 1997 | |
| You’re in the Army Now - TBA | |||
| 15 | "Run for the Money" | 11 December 1997 | |
| Run for the Money - TBA | |||
| 16 | "The End of the World" | 18 December 1997 | |
| The End of the World - Croco is told by Captain Shelley of Pearl World that it'll take the end of the world for him to hand over a prize pearl. Croco convinces the citizens that Bushtown is in the path of a comet and Skippy goes into disguise to get the pearl back. | |||
| 17 | "The Sound of Suka" | 25 December 1997 | |
| The Sound of Suka - Skippy becomes suspicious when Suka, with a voice so bad even her husband Mayor Croco concedes she's absolutely dreadful, is a big hit with her first music video. The magnificent voice, however, is not hers but belongs to Skippy's friend Wallaby, recorded by the unscrupulous music agent Roj. | |||
| 18 | "Underwater Treasure" | 1 January 1998 | |
| Underwater Treasure - Skippy dresses of Mayor Croco's great antsier Captain McCroc warns Croco the treasure is hunted when Croco and his goons on the submarine to get the treasure. | |||
| 19 | "Suka the TV Star" | 8 January 1998 | |
| Suka the TV Star - TBA | |||
| 20 | "The Kissing Frog" | 15 January 1998 | |
| The Kissing Frog - Skippy spots a rare frog at one of Croco's construction sites and Croco tries to get rid of it. | |||
| 21 | "Close Encounters of the Croco Kind" | 22 January 1998 | |
| Close Encounters of the Croco Kind - TBA | |||
| 22 | "Curse of the Blue Diamond" | 29 January 1998 | |
| Curse of the Blue Diamond - When Croco steals a diamond from an ancient temple, Skippy and friends convince him that he's haunted by a ghostly king. | |||
| 23 | "Skippy's Double Trouble" | 5 February 1998 | |
| Skippy's Double Trouble - TBA | |||
| 24 | "The First Crocodile on the Moon" | 12 February 1998 | |
| The First Crocodile on the Moon - Croco steals $20 million dollars from farmers affected by a dust bowl to build himself a moon rocket. Skippy and friends fake his take-off to get back at him. | |||
| 25 | "Bye Bye Birdies" | 19 February 1998 | |
| Bye Bye Birdies - TBA | |||
| 26 | "The Kidnap Caper" | 26 February 1998 | |
| The Series Finale - Skippy finds a lost joey which gives Croco the idea to scam Bushtown by pretending Suka's been kidnapped. | |||
References
- Skippy Adventures in Bushtown – Trouble in Bushtown (1997) clip 2 on ASO
- Nostalgic 90s Australian Cartoon Shows-Culture Trip
- Skippy Adventures in Bushtown on ASO-Australia's audio and visual heritage online
- "Marsupial Madness: The Success of Yoram Gross". Animation News Network. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- The Screen Guide-Screen Australia
- Skippy - Adventures In Bushtown : Vol 1 (DVD, 2006)-eBay
- Skippy Adventures in Bushtown – Trouble in Bushtown (1997) clip 1 on ASO
- Skippy Adventures in Bushtown - Trouble in Bushtown: 'If I could make a dollar or two'|NFSA
- Skippy's Cartoon Maker - Instruction Video
- Skippy: Curse of the Temple of Ock (PC/Mac): Amazon.com.uk: Software
External links
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