Monk Little Dog

Monk Little Dog (Monk: La cata sur pattes; 멍크) is an American-French-South Korean animated series of shorts originally for Cartoon Network. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae, of Kim's Licensing, and produced by Timoon Animation, SAMG Animation and Warner Bros. Animation. Season 1 of Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 on Canal+ in France and ran until June 11, 2010.

In the UK the series was broadcast by the CITV Channel, ABC3 in Australia. In Indonesia, the series was originally aired by Global TV (now GTV) from 2011 until early 2012, but later moved to RTV between 2014 until 2016. While on USA and Latin America it was broadcast on The CW, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and, Cartoonito.

Development
Monk Little Dog was originated from a series of storybooks with plasticine characters released in 2006, notable books include Monk's Mouth Country Trip (멍크의 입속 나라 여행); although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005. The difference is this storybook series included one human character while Monk Little Dog does not.

Main characters

 * Monk (voiced by David Gasman): He is the main protagonist of the series. He is an unlucky, but smart, good, lucky and cheerful bull terrier.


 * Ding : A yellow english cocker spaniel - Monk's arch-rival and Kimmy's love interest.
 * Kimmy (voiced by Sharon Mann): She is a pink poodle - Monk's crush and Ding's girlfriend.
 * Ben (voiced by Matthew Géczy): He is a lazy dog. Monk's bestest friend who is always asleep.

Secondary characters

 * Sushi: Kimmy's pet pussycat who hates and somethings loves Monk.
 * Bubul: A gray pit bull who is Monk's best neighbour.

Recurring characters

 * Bar: A funny and hilarous dog who he does not appear so much.
 * Loo: A brown chow-chow.
 * Mi-hie: a superhero and Monk's favorite character.
 * Peace: A naughty and smart lebrel.
 * San-say: a female dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu.
 * Sally: It's Bubul's wife.
 * Jimmy: An emo Old English Sheepdog who is Kimmy's cousin.
 * The Tweets: Are Monk's house owners.
 * Mr. Beaky: Monk's pet parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake".
 * Monk's parents (Nonk and Jonk): The father is identical to he, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of pale pink.
 * Mimmy: A gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color.
 * Len: It's Ben's dad who only appears on Monk's TV.