My Big Big Friend

My Big Big Friend (pt: Meu Amigãozão) is a 2009–2014 Canadian-Brazilian flash-animated children's television series created by Canadian and Brazilian Andrés Lieban and Claudian Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation.[1]

My Big Big Friend
Also known as	Meu Amigãozão (Brazil)
Genre	Animated Adventure Comedy Fantasy Preschool
Created by	Andrés Lieban Claudia Koogan Breitman
Directed by	Andrés Lieban
Voices of	See below
Country of origin	Canada Brazil
Original language(s)	English Portuguese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	André Breitman Ira Levy Peter Williamson
Producer(s)	Stephanie Betts Meghan Read
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	Discovery Kids (Latin America and Brazil) Treehouse TV (Canada)
Original release	Brazil: August 9, 2009 (2009-08-09) – 2014 Canada: August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)-2014

It had its first showing on August 9, 2009 on Discovery Kids Latin America and on May 9, 2010 on TV Brazil. It also premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on August 20, 2010. It was financed with the laws of federal tax incentives, the Procult (BNDES) and the Audiovisual Sector Fund – FSA.

The show centers around the friendships of three children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, each of whom has a "Big Big Friend" who is invisible to adults and other children but seen by all three friends.[2]

This TV show is flash-animated with Toon Boom Harmony.

Characters

Main

• Yuri – Yuri is 5 years old. He is smart, independent and happy, and has a very fertile imagination. He is an only child, and as a result is sometimes lonely, and can be a little selfish.
• Lili – Lili is almost 6 years old, very determined and loyal, and often speaks before she thinks. She is the oldest of four children, and often tries to help take care of her 3 baby brothers; this has given her a tendency towards bossiness, which her friends do not always like, especially when she tries to take control of their games.
• Matt – Matt is 7 years old, loves to play sports, and is very energetic in everything he does. He is very curious, full of ideas and opinions, and very mischievous, which means he is often getting into trouble. He has an older sister named Nina who often teases him.

Big Friends

• Golias – Golias, Yuri's Big Big Friend, is a large, round, blue elephant. Golias is affectionate, likes to act, dress up, try new things and play outdoors. He is also very timid, and gnashes his teeth in fear if the lights are out. He loves to give Yuri trunk rides, and is quite sad if he ever feels left out. In Spanish he is called Goliat.
• Nessa – Nessa is Lili's Big Big Friend. She is a pink giraffe who can make friends with anyone, and is optimistic and cheerful. Nessa also lets Lili ride on her neck. She is agreeable and mediates conflicts.
• Bongo – Matt's Big Big Friend is named Bongo; he is a green Kangaroo. Like Matt, he is athletic, energetic and constantly jumping. He has a great sense of humor and an infectious, uncontrollable laugh. Bongo is afraid of being ignored and likes attention. Bongo is also very fearful. He has a pouch that Matt rides in despite the fact he is a male kangaroo. His pouch is apparently in more than one spot, since Bongo can be seen pulling things out or putting things into different pouches in various locations, such as, up by his neck, down at his sides (almost like pockets).

Cast

Canada

• Yuri – Nissae Isen
• Matt – Gage Munroe
• Lili – Addison Holley
• Golias – Scott McCord
• Bongo – Rick Miller
• Nessa – Tajja Isen

Brazil

• Yuri – Fernanda Ribeiro
• Matt – Eduardo Drummond
• Lili – Anna Rita Cerqueira
• Golias – Márcio Simões
• Bongo – Sérgio Stern
• Nessa – Lina Mendes

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	26		August 2010 (2010-08) (Brazil) August 20, 2011 (2011-08-20) (Canada)	2011 (2011)
	2	26		2012	2012 (2012)

Season 1 (2010–2011)

• Season 1 premiered in Canada on August 20, 2011 and in Brazil in August 2010. All airdates are from the Canadian-English dub.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Brazilian airdate	Prod. code	Brazilian viewers (millions)
1	"Brickle Pickle" "All the Way Up!"	Andres Lieban	Mary Mackay-Smith Story by: Mary-Mackay Smith Teleplay by: Craig Martin	August 9, 2010 (2010-08-09)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri doesn't want to share with his friends. Lili tries to overcome her fear of heights by climbing the top of a mountain with her friends.
2	"Hippo-licious!" "Clowning Around"	Andres Lieban	Craig Martin Story by: Mary Mackay-Smith Teleplay by: Craig Martin	August 16, 2010 (2010-08-16)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt has to eat his spinach before he can go outside to play soccer with Bongo. Lili's friends want to use Lili's crayons while she and Nessa try to work on a circus game.
3	"Air Buddies" "The Sneakers"	Andres Lieban	James Backshall Meghan Read	August 23, 2010 (2010-08-23)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri wants to have time to himself. Nessa and Lili explore things in a museum which they can't touch.
4	"Skipping Stones" "No Kid is an Island!"	Andres Lieban	Craig Martin Jeff Sweeney	August 30, 2010 (2010-08-30)	TBA	TBA	N/A
A game of skipping stones turns into a challenge. Lili's friends try to get Lili to come back to them.
5	"Show-and-Tell" "The Perfect Princess!"	Andres Lieban	Hugh Duffy Craig Martin	September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri doesn't want to show his work of art to his classmates. Lili doesn't want to wear her glasses for a costume party at Yuri's house.
6	"Count Glerm!" "Hair-Brained Idea"	Andres Lieban	Steven Westren Meghan Read	September 13, 2010 (2010-09-13)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri doesn't know how to count in Glerm. Matt doesn't want to get his haircut at the barbershop.
7	"Over the Rainbow (Accidents Happen)" "Lili's Tea Party"	Andres Lieban	Deborah Jarvis Craig Martin	September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt is given a note from Mrs. Carol that he doesn't want to open. Lili and Nessa have a tea party in her dollhouse as an outcome to her brothers ruining it.
8	"Tell Me a Story!" "Food's Up!"	Andres Lieban	Deborah Jarvis Jeff Sweeney	September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)	TBA	TBA	N/A
The gang tells a story in a food kingdom while having a picnic. Lili's ice cream shop becomes mayhem with so many orders to be taken!
9	"A Chance of Tomatoes" "Timeout!"	Andres Lieban	Allen Markuze Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber	October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt is in charge of telling his classmates the weather at school, so he and his friends go camping instead, with crazy food weather. A game of croquet goes out of control when Lili makes up all the game rules.
10	"Missing Miss Puffy" "Descent to the Downstairs"	Andres Lieban	James Backshall Craig Martin	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Lili loses her balloon. Yuri is too scared to go get his father the bucket from the basement.
11	"Faeries of the Forest!" "Digging a Hole"	Andres Lieban	Christin Simmons Meghan Read	October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)	TBA	TBA	N/A
The kids and their Big Big Friends play a game involving trolls and fairies. Yuri and Golias get stuck in a hole.
12	"Fort: Messy!" "Beach Blast!"	Andres Lieban	Jenn Engels Claudia Koogan Breitman	October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt can't go to the beach because there's a huge mess in his room. After drinking up all the beach water, Golias and the others explore a weird place.
13	"Finders Keepers" "Everyone's a Critic!"	Andres Lieban	Deborah Jarvis Steven Westren	November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Lili finds a ring in the sandbox of the school playground. Yuri criticizes Matt's artwork at school, but karma ensues, and a talking clip will not let Yuri hang up his picture on the fridge due to the stuff it needs.
14	"Music Man" "Dream On!"	Andres Lieban	Heather Jackson Deborah Jarvis	November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)	TBA	TBA	N/A
The kids and their Big Big Friends explore a world full of musical instruments. Yuri has a bad dream where he misses Golias.
15	"King of the Monkeys!" "That's My Spot!""	Andres Lieban	Todd Brian James Backshall	November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri, Nessa, Golias and Lili play a game where they're either the King or Queen of the Monkeys while Matt and Bongo watch them (due to Matt's broken leg.) Lili doesn't want anyone to take her seat at an aquarium.
16	"It's My Party!" "Doggy Duty"	Andres Lieban	Meghan Read Morgan Barnes	November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri's friends try to make Yuri's birthday more special due to the fact that Yuri has a jungle-on-the-ground-treehouse. Matt wants a dog, but it's a big responsibility.
17	"Derailed!" "Somethin' Special!"	Benoit Godbout	Jenn Engels TBA	November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Lili's friends need Lili's help to watch her brothers on a train ride. Little did Yuri know that his nana has something special in store for him!
18	"The Sleepover" "I Didn't Think of That?""	Andres Lieban	Craig Martin Meghan Read	December 6, 2010 (2010-12-06)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri and Golias have a sleepover. Matt and Bongo ruin a gingerbread house, including a REAL gingerbread house.
19	"The New Farmer" "The Perfect Picnic!"	Benoit Godbout	Meghan Read Craig Martin	December 13, 2010 (2010-12-13)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri becomes a farmer for Mother Hen. The kids and the Big Big Friends' picnic is full of crazy twists.
20	"Lili Bee" "Flower Power!"	Andres Lieban	TBA	December 20, 2010 (2010-12-20)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Lili shrinks and becomes a bumblebee. Matt and Bongo encounter flowers.
21	"No, My Game!" "Manly Matt!"	Andres Lieban	TBA	December 27, 2010 (2010-12-27)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt, Yuri and Lili get into a fight over which game they wanna play. Matt wants to stay up past bedtime like his older sister, Nina.
22	"Stickers" "Matt's Fun Park"	Andres Lieban	TBA	January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt loses one of Lili's stickers. Matt tries to keep his friends entertained in his backpack.
23	"Big and Small" "Valentine's Day"	Andres Lieban	TBA	January 10, 2011 (2011-01-10)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri and Golias shrink. Matt and his friends try to buy Nina the best Valentine's Day present.
24	"The Boat Ride" "Hot and Cold"	Andres Lieban	TBA	February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Yuri and Golias are taken on a boat ride by Otto the Penguin. The kids and their Big Big Friends split into two separate sides. One side being spaghetti and the other being ice cream.
25	"Super Lili!" "Holding It In"	Andres Lieban	TBA	February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Lili keeps saving things over and over again and not letting her friends be heroes. After hurting himself, Yuri and his friends visit a waterpark with NO water.
26	"You Can't Make Me!" "The Toy Drive"	Andres Lieban	TBA	February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)	TBA	TBA	N/A
Matt, Lili and Yuri do not want to sing with a talking soccer ball Yuri, Lili and Matt try to get some toys for the school's Toy Drive, but from a gigantic arcade machine.

Season 2 (2011–2012)

• 1 Harold is Mine/The Centipede March
• Episode 2: Toybreaker/Stuck
• Episode 3: Ready, Set... NO!/ Orange and Purple
• Episode 4: Hooray for You!/No Way, Karate
• Episode 5: Teacher Trouble/A Knightly Thing to Do
• Episode 6: One and Only/Sand and Flowers
• Episode 7: Love Potion/The Pink Princess Nightgown
• Episode 8: Let's Play Forever/Can't Wait
• Episode 9: Toughen Up, Nessa/More Like Matt
• Episode 10: Amazing Matt/Don't Give Up
• Episode 11: Into The Dragon's Den/What About Me?
• 12: All Over Again/Creamy Ice Cream
• Episode 13: Santa's Lost His Sleigh[3]
• 14: Musical Chairs/?
• Episode 33: Cowboy Fair
• Episode 34: Way Down the Hall
• Episode 35: The Best Butterfly
• Episode 36: The Missing Snack

Interstitials

• s2e2 Ice Cream [4] 11 December 2014
• s2e8 Princess[5] 12 December 2014
• s2e5 Finding You[6] 18 December 2014
• s2e21 Golf Partners[7] 30 May 2015
• s2e24 That Way[8] 27 December 2016

References

1. 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. 266. ISBN 9781476672939.
2. ""Animação 'Meu amigãoZão' mostra amizade de crianças e 'superanimais'". G1, 9 de agosto de 2010".
3. https://archive.today/20161226062318/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161225/eastern
4. https://archive.today/20161226061058/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161228/eastern 6:30 AM My Big Big Friend Shorts S2 Eps #035 The Best Butterfly 9:55 AM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #006 One and Only/Sand and Flowers 3:09 PM My Big Big Friend Interstitials S2 #002 Ice Cream 8:35 PM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #007 Love Potion/The Pink Princess Nightgown
5. https://archive.today/20161226061806/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161230/eastern 6:30 AM My Big Big Friend Shorts S2 Eps #037 I Can Do That 9:55 AM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #010 Amazing Matt/Don’t Give Up 3:09 PM My Big Big Friend Interstitials S2 #008 Princess 8:35 PM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #011 Into the Dragon’s Den/What About Me?
6. https://archive.today/20161226061245/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161229/eastern 6:30 AM My Big Big Friend Shorts S2 Eps #036 The Missing Snack 9:55 AM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #008 Let’s Play Forever/Can’t Wait 3:09 PM My Big Big Friend Interstitials S2 #005 Finding You 8:35 PM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #009 Toughen Up, Nessa/More Like Matt
7. https://archive.today/20161226060258/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161226/eastern 6:30 AM My Big Big Friend Shorts S2 Eps #033 Cowboy Fair 9:55 AM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #002 Toybreaker/Stuck 3:09 PM My Big Big Friend Interstitials S2 #021 Golf Partners 8:35 PM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #003 Ready, Set… NO!/ Orange and Purple
8. https://archive.today/20161226060726/http://www.treehousetv.com/clocal_schedule/nojs/20161227/eastern 6:30 AM My Big Big Friend Shorts S2 Eps #034 Way Down the Hall 9:55 AM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #004 Hooray for You!/No Way, Karate 3:09 PM My Big Big Friend Interstitials S2 #024 That Way 8:35 PM My Big Big Friend S2 Eps #005 Teacher Trouble/A Knightly Thing to Do

External links

• Meu Amigãozão site oficial
• Meu Amigãozão no discoverykidsbrasil.com
• My Big Big Friend on IMDb