American animated television series
Marsupilami
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Genre
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Based on
| Marsupilami
by
Andre Franquin
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Developed by
| Ed Wexler
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Written by
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- John Behnke
- Rob Humphrey
- Jim Peterson
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Directed by
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- Bob Hathcock (Sebastian segments)
- Ed Wexler (Marsupilami segments)
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Voices of
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Theme music composer
| Roy Braverman
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Composers
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 13 (39 segments)
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Running time
| 30 minutes
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Production company
| Walt Disney Television Animation
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Network
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Release
| September 18
(
1993-09-18
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?
December 11, 1993
(
1993-12-11
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Marsupilami
is a half-hour American animated television segment series that first appeared on television as a segment of the 1992 show
Raw Toonage
, and was then
spun off
into his own eponymous show on
CBS
for the 1993?94 season.
[1]
[2]
The show was based on
the character from the popular comic book
by Belgian artist
Andre Franquin
et al.
[3]
There were three segments in the half-hour show ?
Marsupilami
,
Sebastian
and
Shnookums and Meat
.
[4]
Segments
[
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Marsupilami
[
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This segment deals with the adventures of
Marsupilami
(voiced by
Steve Mackall
) and his friends Maurice the
Gorilla
(voiced by
Jim Cummings
[5]
) and Stewart the
Elephant
(voiced by
Dan Castellaneta
). Some episodes of Marsupilami would have him either evading Eduardo the
Jaguar
(voiced by
Steve Landesberg
[6]
) or outwitting a human named Norman (voiced by
Jim Cummings
[5]
).
Many one off characters also appears in the series like the three baby monkeys (featured in
Hey, Hey, They're the Monkeys!
, all voiced by
Jim Thurman
) and their clown owner, Norman's Aunt Bethie (featured in
Romancing the Clone
and
Safari So Good
, voiced by
June Foray
), Leonardo the Lion (featured in
Jungle Fever
, voiced by
Jim Cummings
) and Cropsy (featured in
Cropsy Turvy
), a myth that proved to be real.
Sebastian
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Sebastian
the Crab (voiced by
Samuel E. Wright
[7]
) from
The Little Mermaid
is a segment which takes place in various locations out of the sea after the end of the events of
The Little Mermaid
,
Ariel
has become human, married Prince Eric, moved onto land, and almost never has any time to drop by and visit her old friends in the ocean. Flounder and Scuttle have also moved on with their lives now that their best friend Ariel is living away on land. Sebastian has some new adventures, with some of them having him outwit Chef Louie (voiced by
Rene Auberjonois
[8]
). The events in this segment seem to show that both Sebastian and Louie moved away from the coastal area where
The Little Mermaid
took place, even though they both returned in
the second film
, though deliberate
anachronisms
were made as modern-day locations and objects are seen throughout the segment for the sake of comedy.
Shnookums and Meat
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Shnookums and Meat
was a secondary segment on this show which would later spin-off into its own show. This segment involves a
cat
named Shnookums (voiced by
Jason Marsden
) and a
dog
named Meat (voiced by
Frank Welker
) who did not get along very well. Their owners are
unseen
stock characters
only viewed from the neck down and named (appropriately enough) Husband & Wife (voiced by
Steve Mackall
and
Tress MacNeille
). Husband is always referring to their home as their "
domicile
" before the two leave their pets in charge while they are away.
Cast
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Crew
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- Bob Hathcock - Director (Sebastian segments)
- Ed Wexler - Director (Marsupilami segments)
- Ginny McSwain
? Dialogue Director
Production
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There were 13 episodes in the series, which lasted one season and ended on December 11, 1993. Reruns of the show were aired on
The Disney Channel
(from October 1994
[9]
to June 1995
[10]
[11]
), and later on
Toon Disney
. Each of the 13 episodes would feature one new "Marsupilami" short, then one short either featuring Sebastian the Crab or Shnookums and Meat, and then an old "Marsupilami" short, from "Raw Toonage". Three of the 16 "Marsupilami" shorts made for "Raw Toonage" ? "Wanna Be Ruler", "The Young and the Nestless", and "Hot Spots" ? were not included in the 1993 "Marsupilami" series, but do appear on the PAL video releases.
The original Marsupilami comic stories by Franquin never had a speaking Marsupilami and never featured a
gorilla
or
elephant
in the Marsupilami's wild habitat, since these species are native to
Africa
, while the Marsupilami species in the comic version was said to come from
South America
. Another change is that Disney's animated Marsupilami can speak, whereas his comic counterpart can only mimic sound like a
parrot
.
Legal issues
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In September 1997, U.S. District Senior Judge
Edward Rafeedie
ordered Disney to pay Marsu B.V. nearly $10.4 million in damages for breaching its promise to make 13 half-hour episodes. The lawsuit stated that Disney favored some of the company's other franchises such as
Aladdin
or
The Little Mermaid
.
[12]
By March 1999, Disney still owed $9.3 million to Marsu B.V.
[13]
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needs update
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Episodes
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Home media
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These episodes were only released on
magnetic formats
in the 1990s. Since 1999, these releases went
out-of-print
and became scarce and difficult to find.
North American (NTSC) releases
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Three
VHS
and
Betamax
compilations, each containing five Marsupilami shorts, were released in North America by
Walt Disney Home Video
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Home video title
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Episode(s)
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Release date
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"Marsuper-Duper"
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"Mars Meets Dr. Normanstein"
"Hole in Mars"
"Witch Doctor is Which?"
"Safari So Good"
"Steamboat Mars"
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March 18, 1994
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"Adventurous Tails"
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"Bathtime for Maurice"
"Hey, Hey! They're the Monkeys!"
"Fear of Kites"
"Toucan Always Get What You Want"
"Mar-Soup-Du-Jour"
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March 18, 1994
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"Jumpin' Jungle Jive"
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"The Hairy Ape"
"Working Class Mars"
"Cropsy-Turvy"
"Mars' Problem Pachyderm"
"Normzan of the Jungle"
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March 18, 1994
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European and Oceania (PAL) releases
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Five
VHS cassettes
, and
Betamax cassettes
collecting the entire production of Marsupilami shorts produced by Disney, were released in Europe and Oceania by
Walt Disney Home Video
.
Home video title
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Episode(s)
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Release date
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"Houba, Houba!"
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"The Treasure of the Sierra Marsdre"
"The Puck Stops Here"
"The Hairy Ape"
"Mars Meets Doctor Normanstein"
"Witch Doctor is Which?"
"Hot Spots"
"Jungle Fever"
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November 26, 1993
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"The Superstar"
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"The Fear of Kites"
"Safari So Good"
"Mars vs. Man"
"Someone's in the Kitchen with Mars"
"Wanna Be Ruler"
"Prime Mates Forever"
"The Young and the Nestless"
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November 26, 1993
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"Jumpin' Jungle Jive"
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"The Wizard of Mars"
"Working Class Mars"
"Cropsy-Turvy"
"Mars' Problem Pachyderm"
"Normzan of the Jungle"
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April 1, 1994
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"Adventurous Tails"
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"Royal Foil"
"Hey, Hey! They're the Monkeys"
"Toucan Always Get What You Want"
"Mar-Soup-Du-Jour"
"Bathtime for Maurice"
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April 1, 1994
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"Marsuper-Duper"
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"Hole in Mars"
"Thorn o' Plenty"
"A Spotless Record"
"Steamboat Mars"
"Romancing the Clone"
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April 1, 1994
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26 February
2020
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ISBN
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23 February
2020
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Perlmutter, David (2018).
The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
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ISBN
978-1538103739
.
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Hyatt, Wesley (1997).
The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television
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ISBN
978-0823083152
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Tim, Lawson (2004).
The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
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Terrace, Vincent (2014).
Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed
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Fearn-Banks, Kathleen; Burford-Johnson, Anne (2014).
Historical Dictionary of African American Television
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Hischak, Thomas S. (2011).
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The Disney Channel Magazine
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The Disney Channel Magazine
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The Disney Channel Magazine
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O'Neill, Ann W. (September 28, 1997).
"Mickey's Masters Killed Fellow Cartoon Critter, Judge Rules"
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Los Angeles Times
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal
. March 27, 1999.
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0099-9660
. Retrieved
November 15,
2023
.
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