Larva (TV series)

Larva (also known as Larvae) is a computer-animated television series made by TUBA Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea.[1] This cartoon shows two larvae as its main characters.[2] The first season was premiered on KBS 1TV, the second season was premiered on KBS 2TV, the third season was premiered on JEI TV, and the fourth season was premiered on Netflix. and worldwide on GMA Network and GMA Pinoy TV in the Philippines.

Larva
Also known asLarvae
Genre
  • Slapstick comedy
Created byTUBAn Co., Ltd
Directed byJoo-gong Maeng
Voices ofBum-ki Hong
Composer(s)Great Park
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
English
Mandarin
Arabic
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes286 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)Sungjai Ahn
Eugene Kang
Producer(s)
  • Ki-tae Kim
  • Ji-na Kim
  • Sang-koo Lee
  • Sean Song
  • Alex Sung
  • Catherine Yoon
Editor(s)Byuong-wook Ahn
Yoon-hee Jong
Running time1–3 minutes per episode
Production company(s)TUBA Entertainment
TUBAn (Season 3)
DistributorSynergy Media
Imira Entertainment (Latin America)
Release
Original network
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
First shown inMarch 15, 2011
Original releaseMarch 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) 
present
External links
Website
Production website

Characters

Main

As of 2013, The two main characters below, became the mascots of TUBAn, appearing in their production logos

  • Yellow – is a dense, dirty and happy-go-lucky yellow-colored caterpillar with an antenna. Yellow is often abused by Red, but that never endangers their friendship. Although usually he obeys Red, he loses his mind in front of food. Yellow is bad with Red because he takes all things that are for Red and Red always fights him. He changes color from yellow to brown and he grows green shades around his mouth when feeling extreme emotions.
  • Red – a mostly hot-tempered and greedy red-colored caterpillar. Arrogant and often seen abusing Yellow, Red usually ends up hurting himself instead. He usually shouts like Bruce Lee when afraid or angered.[3]

Recurring

  • Violet – an oversized ghost slug. He is sometimes shown with his lower half buried in the ground. When he is threatened, he exposes his whole body and roars, showing his sharp teeth.
  • Brown – a dung beetle that gathers poop. To him, poop is either his food or his treasure. He hates it when other insects touch his prized poop. He has a long strand of hair on his right cheek.
  • Black – a horned Atlas beetle that has great strength and is usually punching a cocoon (which he uses as punching bag). He's aggressive and will beat up whoever he thinks is messing with him. In "Black’s Back" he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor.
  • Rainbow – a snail with a red and green shell. When in his shell, he moves slowly, but under that he has a muscular human-like body and can function like humans do.
  • Pink – a pink larva with two antennae. She loves Yellow and Yellow loves her as well. She hides a great strength behind her cute, beautiful face.
  • Ivory - a stick bug with a brown skin, Ivory has a very thin body with a brown skin color. He black eyes and darker colored areas by his eyelids. He has 2 antennae and a little pink studs on. His girlfriend is Cocoa.

Minor

  • Bluehousefly that has numerous smells. Nobody can get close because of his repugnant smell. He often feels gloomy and lonely because nobody can approach him.
  • Navy – in "One Wild and Rough World" part 1, this deep-sea fish appears when the sewerage is sunk. He appeared as a goldfish. When Red and Yellow threw him into a sardine can full of warm water, he changed into a deep-sea fish which is often seen whenever the sewer floods. He has a good enough appetite to eat up caterpillars and other insects.
  • Green – A carnivorous plant which eats up anything on the ground. In season 1, he is an enemy to all insects because he tries to swallow the other insects when he encounters them. But he is weaker than Violet. He appears to have a menacing set of teeth.
  • Frog – a frog which often appears in the sewer, is sensitive and tries to monopolise all power by eating insects and larvae. He is several times bigger than other normal frogs. He escaped from sewer and went into the house where Red and Yellow lived in a season 2 episode. In season 3 he lives in the sewers again.
  • Bee – a honey bee which collects honey. She stings when someone touches her honey that she collected or makes her angry.
  • Maroondachshund who wears a blue and yellow sweater, appearing in season 2. He attacks when he sees moving things. He buries his valued bones in the ground and is quite temperamental. In "Whistle" he turns into a werewolf when he hears certain whistling.
  • Prussian – a blue parrot which appears in season 2. He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking. He is also a predator to the caterpillars. "Nanta" revealed that he used to live in the Amazon rainforest as a hatchling.
  • Prism – a chameleon which appears intermittently in various areas of season 2, such as the living room, bathroom, rooftop, and even bedroom; he suddenly appears and attacks Red and Yellow without reason.[3]
  • Ephemera – A mayfly who appears in the titular episode. Red has a crush on her, but she dies quickly due to the lifespan of an average mayfly.
  • Bomber bug – A bombardier beetle which bombed Yellow, Red and Brown in episode "Bomb Bug" in Season 2. He has the ability to bomb a place with acid which comes out from his bottom. He usually does that when he's angry, sad or feel disgusting .
  • Grey – a rat that appears in season 3. He is an enemy to all caterpillars in this season.
  • Silvers – A bird duo using food scraps (a banana peel and a carved out half watermelon) to protect their super reflective heads from the sun, they are enemies of the larvae. Each bird communicate with one word, "Yah" for the bird wearing the banana peel, and "Huh" for the bird wearing the carved out watermelon. These birds only appear in Season 3.
  • Cocoa - a house cricket that Ivory's girlfriend.
  • Mite - a baby mite who Yellow initially adopts, but turns out to parasitically prey on Yellow and the others. Then Yellow left in a zoo.
  • Mud - a mudskipper. They live underground under the sands and can slap each other with their fins.
  • Booby - a Blue footed booby bird. He met the larvae when they landed on his island.
  • Mango - a larva Red has fallen in love with. When she first meets Red, she couples with him.
  • Chuck - a human. He is the first character who can speak...although previously other characters occasionally spoke on occasion, if it fits the scene. In season 1, the episode called "Mummy" Red encounters his father and says "Papa". Also in season 1, Red and Yellow whisper to each other as they formulate a plan.
  • Clara - a seal that Red and Yellow befriended. She is playful and charming and has the same name as Chuck's pendant.
  • Blue - a whale who can only speak in season 5.
  • Crabsformer - a crab that accidentally ate an unknown object that turned him into a robotic crab. He has a crush on a lady crab, however she and the other crabs are scared of his powers. This character appears in season 4 and 5.

Production

Larva was launched by TUBA Entertainment in 2011, with adult viewers in mind. The producers aimed to create a cartoon that could appeal to an audience of a wide age scale. It debuted on the national channel, KBS and on cable television with short, 90-second episodes. The series quickly became popular, and as of September 2015 was sold to more than 40 countries, including Canal Plus in France, as well as merchandising contracts taking place in Taiwan, Germany, Turkey and Chile, among others. The creators earned 1 million dollars in royalties in the first three months of launching related merchandise, including toys and stationery products.[1][4]

Episode list

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
PilotFebruary 25, 2010 (2010-02-25)
December 23, 2009 (2009-12-23)
KBS
1104March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26)September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)Netfilx
252January 5, 2012 (2012-01-05)August 3, 2012 (2012-08-03)
3104January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
SpecialApril 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
426October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19)March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)
Larva-CoasterSeptember 17, 2019 (2019-09-17)
5TBATBA (TBA)TBA (TBA)
Shorts4June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07)August 8, 2013 (2013-08-08)Tuba Entertainment Co.

Season 1 - Grate (2010-2011)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Original air dateTitleStoryboarded by
1 1 March 26Ice creamJoo-gong, Maeng
2 MosquitoJoo-gong, Maeng
3 Dancing in the rainJoo-gong, Maeng
4 MushroomTea-sik, Shin
5 2 April 2Gum 1Joo-gong, Maeng
6 Ice RoadJoo-gong, Maeng
7 StrawByoung-wook, Ahn
8 Insectivorous PlantByoung-wook, Ahn
9 3 April 9SnailJoo-gong, Maeng
10 SnoringByoung-wook, Ahn
11 PopcornByoung-wook, Ahn
12 AquariumByoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
13 4 April 23HamJoo-gong, Maeng
14 PsychicByoung-wook, Ahn
15 FlyByoung-wook, Ahn
16 SpaghettiDea-bum, Kim
17 5 April 30AirformByoung-wook, Ahn
18 Cocoon 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
19 Cocoon 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
20 PudingDea-bum, Kim
21 6 May 7WatermelonDea-bum, Kim
22 UFODea-bum, Kim
23 FishingDea-bum, Kim
24 Out of BodyDea-bum, Kim
25 7 May 14Hot SpringDea-bum, Kim
26 Hide and SeekByoung-wook, Ahn
27 EarthquakeByoung-wook, Ahn
28 Hair-growth SolutionDea-bum, Kim
29 8 May 21Flood 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
30 SwampDea-bum, Kim
31 WalnutDea-bum, Kim
32 SodaDea-bum, Kim
33 9 May 28FrogDea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
34 Typhoon 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
35 CavityDea-bum, Kim
36 CointossByoung-wook, Ahn
37 10 June 4ConcertByoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
38 Snowball FightByoung-wook, Ahn
39 Flood 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
40 AntDea-bum, Kim
41 11 June 11StomachacheDea-bum, Kim
42 MummyByoung-wook, Ahn
43 Bee 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
44 BalloonByoung-wook, Ahn
45 12 June 18LoveDea-bum, Kim
46 SpringByoung-wook, Ahn
47 ChristmasDea-bum, Kim
48 Yellow-terminatorJoo-gong, Maeng
49 13 June 25The CementDea-bum, Kim
50 Larvata 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
51 Hip HopDea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
52 SnotJoo-gong, Maeng
53 14 July 2HailingMin-seong, Kang
54 PitByoung-wook, Ahn
55 Gum2Byoung-wook, Ahn
56 RainingByoung-wook, Ahn
57 15 June 9GloveByoung-wook, Ahn
58 LaughingByoung-wook, Ahn
59 Eye InfectionDea-bum, Kim
60 MissingDea-bum, Kim
61 16 June 16WigDea-bum, Kim
62 VampireDea-bum, Kim
63 ClockMin-seong, Kang
64 Staring ContestByoung-wook, Ahn
65 17 June 23PerfumeMin-seong, Kang
66 Super GlueDea-bum, Kim
67 SwingDea-bum, Kim
68 Growing a PlantDea-bum, Kim
69 18 June 30Bee 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
70 Scary NightByoung-wook, Ahn
71 RopeDea-bum, Kim
72 SpiderMin-seong, Kang
73 19 August 6Super LiquidDea-bum, Kim
74 NightmareJoo-gong, Maeng
75 Chick 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
76 Chick 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
77 20 August 13FartingMin-seong, Kang
78 Secret of SnailByoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
Min-seong, Kang
79 HandDea-bum, Kim
80 BottleDea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
81 21 August 20Moonlight WaltzByoung-wook, Ahn
82 Hair-growth Solution 2Dea-bum, Kim
83 MantisMin-seong, Kang
84 Typhoon 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
85 22 August 27Chili ShowDea-bum, Kim
86 AlienMin-seong, Kahn
87 GrapeDea-bum, Kim
88 Quick SandMin-seong, Kang
89 23 September 3Larvatar 2Min-seong, Kang
90 Toy CarDea-bum, Kim
91 Love Love Love 1Byoung-wook, Ahn
92 Love Love Love 2Byoung-wook, Ahn
93 24 September 10Swan LakeByoung-wook, Ahn
94 Electronic ShockDea-bum, Kim
95 WhistleMin-seong, Kang
96 DivingByoung-wook, Ahn
97 25 September 17FireMin-seong, Kang
98 BalanceDea-bum, Kim
99 Water ShowMin-seong, Kang
100 Flying YellowByoung-wook, Ahn
101 26 September 24Short Arm OctopusDea-bum, Kim
102 Wild Wild World 1Joo-gong, Maeng
103 Wild Wild World 2Joo-gong, Maeng
104 Wild Wild World 3Joo-gong, Maeng

Season 2 - House (2012)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Original air dateTitleStoryboarded by
1 1 January 5Welcome Larva!Min-seong Kang
2 Soap Bubbles
3 2 January 12RobotHun-min Jang
4 Brown's Back!Seung-ik Ahn
5 3 January 19Stop, Freeze!Woo-seong Jung
6 UpstandingByoung-wook Ahn
7 4 January 26Ski JumpMin-seong Kang
8 Black's Back
9 5 February 2Man Date
10 TomatoByoung-wook Ahn
11 6 February 9Make-upSeung-ik Ahn
12 GumByoung-wook Ahn
13 7 February 16SneezeMin-u Kim and Byoung-wook Ahn
14 Foolish Mushroon
15 8 February 23Magic JarMin-seong Kang
16 RouletteByoung-wook Ahn
17 9 March 9Ping-Pong
18 Spider-LarvaMin-seong Kang
19 10 March 16Bug Bomb
20 Hi Pink!Byoung-wook Ahn
21 11 March 23Spinner
22 Speaker Dance
23 12 March 30Limbs
24 Bath
25 13 April 6Genius YellowMin-seong Kang
26 Hi Violet!Hun-min Jang
27 14 April 20DietByoung-wook Ahn
28 FanHun-min Jang
29 15 May 11SweatMin-seong Kang
30 Whistle (1)
31 16 May 18NightmareJi-yeon Kim
32 ToiletHun-min Jang and Byoung-wook Ahn
33 17 May 25Yellow ChickenJoo-jae Beom
34 Fortune CookieSeung-ik Ahn
35–36 18 June 1Mayfly (1&2)Min-seong Kang
37 19 June 8IceKang-heon Ahn
38 Lar-vengersHun-min Jang
39 20 June 15Once Upon a TimeMin-seong Kang
40 OperaByoung-wook Ahn
41 21 June 22Hide & SeekJoo-gong Maeng
42 Larva CarByoung-wook Ahn
43 22 June 29Wild RedMin-seong Kang and Ji-yeon Kim
44 BeanstalksMin-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn
45 23 July 6Whistle (2)Min-u Kim
46 Golden BrownMin-seong Kang
47 24 July 13FrogByoung-wook Ahn
48 Flower Farts
49 25 July 20CocoonMin-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn
50 NantaJoo-gong Maeng
51 26 July 27Strange BerriesByoung-wook Ahn
52 Wild Wild Wild World (1)Joo-gong Maeng
53–54 27 August 3Wild Wild Wild World (2&3)

Season 3 - New York (2014-15)

No.Original air dateTitleStoryboarded by
1 January 5DonutJee-hyun Kim
2 January 6FlareByoung-wook Ahn
3 Box
4 February 2TyphoonTae-wook Koh
5 FireplugByoung-wook Ahn
6 LemonJee-hyun Kim
7 Gum FartMin-seong Kang
8 ShadeJi-yeon Kim
9 IceJee-hyun Kim
10 StreamMi-seon An and Min-seong Kang
11 BasketballTae-wook Koh
12 TickleJi-yeon Kim
13 HiccupByoung-wook Ahn and Min-seong Kang
14 Mouse
15–16 Garlic (1&2)Mi-seon An
17 Wheel
18 MagnetSeung-hun Kim
19 Stick Insect
20 Oil
21–22 Double Eyelids (1&2)Tae-wook Koh
23 Thunder RedJi-yeon Kim
24 CementJee-hyun Kim
25 The ChaserJi-yeon Kim
26 WrapYe-ri Kim
27 The SilverMi-seon An
28 ArkJi-yeon Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
29 MiteTae-wook Koh
30 Cancan
31 Pink's SecretMin-seong Kang
32 MassageJee-hyun Kim
33 LoyaltyTae-wook Koh
34 Kung Fu
35 Pipe
36 TagJi-yeon Kim
37 Cup NoodleMin-seong Kang
38 Untidy SleeperSeung-hun Kim
39 SushiJee-hyun Kim
40 Breath
41 Tower StackJi-yeon Kim
42 Tough GuyJee-hyun Kim
43 ShowdownTae-wook Koh
44 Dance Battle
45 BoogerJee-hyun Kim
46–47 Detective (1&2)Tae-wook Koh
48 Yellow's SecretYe-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
49 May 20StrawSeung-hun Kim
50 Confetti PoppersTae-wook Koh
51 RainJee-hyun Kim
52 A Day in the Life of LarvaMi-seon An
53 WiperBo-ri Lee and Min-seong Kang
54 Street LarvaTae-wook Koh
55–56 Yellow's Revenge (1&2)Seung-hun Kim
57 Snowball FightByoung-wook Ahn and Tae-wook Koh
58 Life of a RatMin-seong Kang
59 Fighter in the WindSeung-hun Kim
60 Larva of the RingsJee-hyun Kim
61 Flash Light
62 GlueMi-seon An
63–69 Larva Rangers (1–7)Byoung-wook Ahn, Tae-wook Koh, and Seung-hun Kim
70 FeelersSeung-hun Kim
71 Fashion ShowMi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
72 Red, a Budding ComedianMi-seon An
73–75 Insect Killer (1–3)Ji-yeon Kim; Seung-hun Kim (Part 3 only)
76 GloveMi-seon An
77 TroublemakerTae-wook Koh
78 Sea BattleJee-hyun Kim
79 Rubber BallYe-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
80 DizzinessMi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
81–82 Pitapat (1&2)Jee-hyun Kim
83 MarathonJi-yeon Kim
84 TeaTae-wook Koh
85 FloodMin-seong Kang
86–89 New Friend (1–4)Jee-hyun Kim
90 July 19UmbrellaBeop-seo Koo and Seung-hun Kim
91 CheeseMin-seong Kang
92–93 Distress (1&2)Jee-hyun Kim
94 An Out-of-body ExperienceSeung-Hun Kim
95 MinicarHyo-bin Kang and Jee-hyun Kim
96–97 One-sided Love (1&2)Taek-woo Koh
98 Roll a Dung!Mi-seon An
99 LarvartaSeung-hun Kim
100 BobsleighJee-hyun Kim, Seung-hun Kim, and Tae-wook Koh
101 ChristmasJoo-gong Maeng and Min-seong Kang
102 As Time Goes BySeung-hun Kim
103–104 September 27Goodbye New York (1&2)Byoung-wook Ahn

Season 4 - Larva Island (2018-19)

Season 1 (2018)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Original air dateTitleStoryboarded by
1 1 October 19MangoKim Jee-hyun
2 2 October 19Mango 2Kim Jee-hyun
3 3 October 19Larva IslandAhn Byoung-wook / Kim Seung-hun
Lee Sang-seon
4 4 October 19ChuckKang Min-seong / Lee Sang-seon
5 5 October 19ClaraKim Seung-hun
6 6 October 19CrabsformerKim Seung-hun / Kim Jee-hyun
7 7 October 19FishingKim Jee-hyun / Kim Seung-hun
8 8 October 19PendantKim Jee-hyun
9 9 October 19Lala IslandKim Jee-hyun
10 10 October 19Master ChefKoh Tae-wook
11 11 October 19FarmingKim Seung-hun
12 12 October 19PirateKim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin
Kim Jee-hyun
13 13 October 19ChangeJeong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook

Season 2 (2019)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Original air dateTitleStoryboarded by
14 1 March 1MazeKim Seung-hun
15 2 March 1FireKim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin
Koh Tae-wook / Lee Sang-seon
16 3 March 1Beach VolleyballKim Pil-sung
17 4 March 1Larva Rangers 1Koh Tae-wook
18 5 March 1Larva Rangers 2Koh Tae-wook, Kim Seung-hun
19 6 March 1A Lucky DayKim Pil-sung, Koh Tae-wook
20 7 March 1Crabsformer 2Koh Tae-wook, Jeong Mi-rin
21 8 March 1Booby's LoveKim Pil-sung
22 9 March 1Mango's ParentsKoh Tae-wook
23 10 March 1IcebergJerong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook
Kim Seung-hun
24 11 March 1StormKim Pil-sung
25 12 March 1EscapeKim Seung-hun
26 13 March 1DriftJeong Mi-rin

Reception

Emily Ashby from the organization Common Sense Media rated Larva three stars. She praised the show for showing the perspective of Red and Yellow, stating "because the characters are the size of worms, everything around them is larger than life, and that perspective is always fun to see in action."[5] Issac Butler of Slate described Larva as "the most terrifying show on Netflix" and mocked its excessive toilet humor in a tongue-in-cheek article.[6]

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gollark: No, I mean filesystem options.
gollark: I accidentally broke things horribly while I was trying to edit some options on my pi's rootfs, see.
gollark: Not *normally*, but it must be possible to have it load one *somehow*, right?

References

  1. "'Larva' embraces all ages". The Korea Times. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 163. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. "Demonstration of characters in main homepage". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "'Pororo,' 'Larva' change game in Korean animation". The Korea Herald. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. Ashby, Emily "Larva TV Review"
  6. Butler, Issac (31 October 2018). "The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called Larva". Slate. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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