Jungle Junction

Jungle Junction is a 2009-2012 American-British CGI interactive computer-animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. A second season of 27 episodes was ordered by Disney, and premiered on April 2, 2011.[1] A total of 47 episodes were produced.[2]

Jungle Junction
GenreChildren
Animation
Adventure
Educational
Comedy
Preschool
Music
Created byTrevor Ricketts
Written byCraig Carlisle
Dan Chambers
Gillian Corderoy
Jill Cozza-Turner
Stan Cullimore
Paul Dawson
Carin Greenberg
Samantha Hill
Mark Holloway
Bridget Hurst
Paul Larson
Laura Beaumont
James Mason
Allan Neuwirth
Trevor Ricketts
Claudia Silver
P. Kevin Strader
Andy Yerkes
Directed byMorgan Francis
Voices ofJanet James
Billy West
Keith Wickham
Jess Harnell
Laraine Newman
Dee Bradley Baker
Jimmy Hibbert
Amanda Symonds
Ron Orbach
Narrated byJanet James
Opening theme"Deep inside the Jungle" written and performed by Peter Lurye
Ending theme"Deep inside the Jungle" (Instrumental)
Composer(s)Mark Blackledge
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original language(s)English
No. of series2
No. of episodes47 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)Erica Darby
Production location(s)Penzance, Cornwall
Editor(s)Mark Edwards
Production company(s)Spider Eye Productions
DistributorDisney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original networkPlayhouse Disney (2009–11)
Disney Junior (2011–12)
First shown inSpain, September 26, 2009
Original releaseOctober 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) –
October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)
External links
Official website
Production website

It aired on Disney Junior in the United States and in the Netherlands, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and in most of Asia. It was produced in the UK by animation company Spider Eye Productions.

Plot

The show is about a group of animals known as the Wheelers who can run on high-speed roads in a jungle with wheels instead of feet.

Characters

Main
  • Zooter (voiced by Janet James) – A pink pig who is the jungle messenger.
  • Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) – A blue elephant van who carries deliveries around the jungle. He is Zooter's best friend. He is able to suck improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spray them distances of up to half a mile or more.
  • Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) – A yellow bunny who loves to make signs and put them all over the jungle. He is also the only wheeler that is good at jumping, being able to leap many times his own height into the air.

Supporting
  • Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) – A red crab who loves to dance and make smoothies. He is the only wheeler that is able to drive sideways.
  • Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) – An orange koala who owns a grocery shop.
  • Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) – A green crocodile fire chief who speaks with a lisp.
  • Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) – A zebra schoolteacher who wears glasses.
  • The Beetlebugs – The junior Wheelers whose speech is mostly synchronized. Their names are Bluey, Reddie, Greenie, Goldie, and Orangy.
  • Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) – A yellow hippopotamus school bus who carries the Beetlebugs to school.
  • Bobby (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) – A toucan police chief. He is the only wheeler who can fly.
  • Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) – A bull construction worker. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his dozer blade.
  • Lance (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – A purple rhinoceros ambulance.
  • Toadhog (voiced by Ron Orbach) – A grumpy, but somewhat friendly toad who likes worms and flies. His water wheel powers the generator for all of the lights (including the traffic lights) and he has a supplementary generator that is used to power the Zipsmas lights.

Episodes
Main article: List of Jungle Junction episodes

Christmas special

A Christmas special called "The Night Before Zipsmas" aired 5 December 2009 showing the wheelers getting ready for Christmas and trying to get to read the book "The Night Before Zipsmas". The other Christmas special was called "A Gift for Zooter" and aired the same day. It shows Ellyvan trying to find a gift for Zooter.

References
  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. 158. ISBN 9781476672939.
Preceded by
Special Agent Oso		 Playhouse Disney Shows
2009		 Succeeded by
Where Is Warehouse Mouse?
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