Jungle Junction
| Jungle Junction | |
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| Genre | Adventure Educational Comedy Preschool |
| 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 |
| Opening theme | "Deep Inside the Jungle" written and performed by Peter Lurye |
| Ending theme | "Deep Inside the Jungle" (Instrumental) |
| Composer | Mark Blackledge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
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| Production locations | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Editor | Mark Edwards |
| Production company | Spider Eye Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior) |
| Release | October 5, 2009 – October 26, 2012 |
Jungle Junction is a children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was part of its Playhouse Disney block for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. A second season of 25 episodes was ordered by Disney, and premiered on May 2, 2011. A total of 45 episodes were produced the show focuses on a group of animalistic vehicles and their adventures. It aired on Disney Channel in the United States and was produced in by animation company Spider Eye Productions and listed in airing order.
Characters[edit]
- Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is a pink pig whose name is a portmanteau of zoom, zip, and scooter. Zooter speaks with a British accent and is the jungle messenger. She also says the title of every episode. She decides to become really friendly and cute.
- Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant van who brings the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle. He's 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. He's ready day and night. He sneezes a lot. He's so late now.
- Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a golden yellow bunny cargo with brown ears, who loves to make signs to put them all over the jungle. He's so good at geography. He 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 rabbit, has a long, raccoon tail with brown stripes as well. At the beginning of every episode, he carries a sign with the title of the episode. During the credits at the end of every episode in Season 1, he zooms up with signs and asks the viewers for help finding the right sign now until the end. Like Zooter, he speaks with a British accent. His catchphrase is "Oh, carrot sticks!".
- 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 Laraine Newman) is an orange koala car who owns a grocery shop. She only appears in Season 1, but she doesn't appear in Season 2.
- Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a green crocodile/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/school bus who usually carries The Beetlebugs to school. Her name derives from a Hippie Bus – usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. Like Taxicrab, she speaks with a Jamaican accent.
- The Beetlebugs are tiny wheelers. Their shape derives from a Volkswagen beetles/cars that were nicknamed bugs. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are 5 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/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/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/construction worker. His name and shape derive from a bulldozer, despite being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his dozer blade.
- Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a zebra/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 mean green toad who likes worms and Fifi flies. His sticky tongue is long so it can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from the term "roadhog". 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.
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 20 | October 5, 2009 | February 14, 2011 | |
| 2 | 25 | May 2, 2011 | October 26, 2012 | |
Season 1 (2009–2011)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 1a | "The Treasure of Jungle Junction" | October 5, 2009 |
| 1b | 1b | "Shrinky" | October 5, 2009 |
| 2a | 2a | "Bungo to the Rescue" | October 6, 2009 |
| 2b | 2b | "Pinky Picnic" | October 6, 2009 |
| 3a | 3a | "Nothing to Sneeze At" | October 7, 2009 |
| 3b | 3b | "Firestation Hero" | October 7, 2009 |
| 4a | 4a | "A Beautiful Stink" | October 8, 2009 |
| 4b | 4b | "Prickly Pal" | October 8, 2009 |
| 5a | 5a | "The Big Race Around" | October 9, 2009 |
| 5b | 5b | "Zooter Loses Her Zip" | October 9, 2009 |
| 6a | 6a | "A Mystery for Bobby" | October 12, 2009 |
| 6b | 6b | "Signs of Trouble" | October 12, 2009 |
| 7a | 7a | "Sap Trap" | October 13, 2009 |
| 7b | 7b | "River Race" | October 13, 2009 |
| 8a | 8a | "The Star Juggler" | October 15, 2009 |
| 8b | 8b | "Bungo's Box" | October 15, 2009 |
| 9a | 9a | "Smile, Toadhog!" | October 19, 2009 |
| 9b | 9b | "Zooter's Surprise" | October 19, 2009 |
| 10a | 10a | "Stuck!" | October 26, 2009 |
| 10b | 10b | "Coconuts!" | October 26, 2009 |
| 11a | 11a | "Rainy Daze" | November 2, 2009 |
| 11b | 11b | "King Ellyvan" | November 2, 2009 |
| 12a | 12a | "The Missing Glasses" | November 30, 2009 |
| 12b | 12b | "Dozer's Daisy" | November 30, 2009 |
| 13a | 13a | "The Night Before Zipsmas" | December 5, 2009 |
| 13b | 13b | "A Gift for Zooter" | December 5, 2009 |
| 14a | 14a | "Bungo the Magnificent" | January 18, 2010 |
| 14b | 14b | "Thingums" | January 18, 2010 |
| 15a | 15a | "A Bubbly Emergency" | February 8, 2010 |
| 15b | 15b | "Funny Fruit" | February 8, 2010 |
| 16a | 16a | "Muddy Zooter" | March 22, 2010 |
| 16b | 16b | "Stargazing" | March 22, 2010 |
| 17a | 17a | "Dozer Digs" | April 19, 2010 |
| 17b | 17b | "Taxicrab's Whistle" | April 19, 2010 |
| 18a | 18a | "Wheeler Ball" | May 3, 2010 |
| 18b | 18b | "The Great Garden Caper" | May 3, 2010 |
| 19a | 19a | "Follow that Thing!" | October 25, 2010 |
| 19b | 19b | "The Spooky Road" | October 25, 2010 |
| 20a | 20a | "Hiccup Power" | February 14, 2011 |
| 20b | 20b | "Fifi Frenzy" | February 14, 2011 |
Season 2 (2011–2012)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21a | 1a | "Fly Zooter Fly" | May 2, 2011 |
| 21b | 1b | "Ellyvan's Boing Boing Blues" | May 2, 2011 |
| 22a | 2a | "Ripe Fruit Bungo" | May 9, 2011 |
| 22b | 2b | "Caterpillar Crossing" | May 9, 2011 |
| 23a | 3a | "Ellyvan Goes Up" | May 16, 2011 |
| 23b | 3b | "Easy Does It, Dozer" | May 16, 2011 |
| 24a | 4a | "Bungo's Wheeler Wash" | July 22, 2011 |
| 24b | 4b | "Ellyvan's Road Waffles" | July 22, 2011 |
| 25a | 5a | "Rock Around the Clock" | August 15, 2011 |
| 25b | 5b | "The Jolly" | August 15, 2011 |
| 26a | 6a | "Floaty Fruit" | August 15, 2011 |
| 26b | 6b | "Zooter's Blankie" | August 15, 2011 |
| 27a | 7a | "Where’s Ellyvan?" | September 6, 2011 |
| 27b | 7b | "Bobby’s Hat" | September 6, 2011 |
| 28a | 8a | "Cadet Zooter" | September 27, 2011 |
| 28b | 8b | "Jungle Job Swap" | September 27, 2011 |
| 29a | 9a | "Bungo's Better Best Friend" | October 21, 2011 |
| 29b | 9b | "Lance and the Jumpy Pumpkin" | October 21, 2011 |
| 30a | 10a | "Bobby's Road Rules" | November 1, 2011 |
| 30b | 10b | "Zooter's Strange Spots" | November 1, 2011 |
| 31a | 11a | "Bungo Leads the Way" | November 3, 2011 |
| 31b | 11b | "Ellyvan and the Zoominator" | November 3, 2011 |
| 32a | 12a | "Bungo Moves In" | November 15, 2011 |
| 32b | 12b | "Big Red Lance" | November 15, 2011 |
| 33a | 13a | "Ellyvan's Ballet Lesson" | November 17, 2011 |
| 33b | 13b | "Crocker for a Day" | November 17, 2011 |
| 34a | 14a | "Toadhog Goes Fishing" | December 6, 2011 |
| 34b | 14b | "Ellyvan's Whiffy Delivery" | December 6, 2011 |
| 35a | 15a | "Bungo's Big Bounce" | December 8, 2011 |
| 35b | 15b | "Zooter's Tire Troubles" | December 8, 2011 |
| 36a | 16a | "Lance in Love" | February 9, 2012 |
| 36b | 16b | "Best Buddy Mixup" | February 9, 2012 |
| 37a | 17a | "Big Little Adventure" | March 5, 2012 |
| 37b | 17b | "The Amazing Crabdini" | March 5, 2012 |
| 38a | 18a | "Crocker Gets Cross" | March 6, 2012 |
| 38b | 18b | "Really Wheely Stuck" | March 6, 2012 |
| 39a | 19a | "Zooter Peeks!" | March 7, 2012 |
| 39b | 19b | "Ellyvan Says No" | March 7, 2012 |
| 40a | 20a | "Zooter Gets a Beetlebug!" | March 8, 2012 |
| 40b | 20b | "Dozer's Magic Kettle" | March 8, 2012 |
| 41a | 21a | "Bungo Joins the Club" | April 17, 2012 |
| 41b | 21b | "Stay Awake Crocker" | April 17, 2012 |
| 42a | 22a | "An Excellent Party" | May 3, 2012 |
| 42b | 22b | "The Bungonaut" | May 3, 2012 |
| 43a | 23a | "Zooter Slips Up" | May 24, 2012 |
| 43b | 23b | "The Buzz About Toadhog" | May 24, 2012 |
| 44 | 24 | "Zooter's Surprise Delivery" | July 6, 2012 |
| 45a | 25a | "Daredevil Ellyvan" | October 26, 2012 |
| 45b | 25b | "Bungo and the Beasties" | October 26, 2012 |
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