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Pecola

Pecola(Japanese:ペコラ,Pekora) is an animated children's television series that features cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place named Cube Town. The series is based on a series ofchildren's picture booksby Naomi Iwata.[1][2]It was first aired onTeletoonin Canada from September 3, 2001 with the final episode being aired on September 18, 2002. In Japan, the show aired onTV Tokyo,and in the United States, the show aired onCartoon Networkin 2003.[3]Prior to that, a series of Pecola shorts aired onFuji Televisionas part of Ponkickies during 1998.[4]

Pecola
Created byNaomi Iwata
Based onCharacters by Naomi Iwata
Directed byMike Fallows
Dan Wakabayashi
Voices of(SeeVoice cast section)
Country of originJapan
Canada
Original languagesEnglish
Japanese
No.of seasons2
No.of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producersMichael Hirsh
Naomi Iwata
Patrick Loubert(season 1)
Clive A. Smith(season 1)
Scott Dyer (season 2)
Makoto Toriyama
ProducerKim Cleary
Running time30 minutes (2 15-minute episodes per timeslot)
Production companiesYomiko Advertising
Nelvana Limited
Milky Cartoon
Original release
NetworkTeletoon(Canada)
TV Tokyo(Japan)
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2001(2001-09-03)–
September 18, 2002(2002-09-18)

Premise

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The show that focuses on Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin who tries to help the people of Cube Town but often wreaks havoc instead. Pecola is an orphaned penguin who lives with Pecolius, his grandfather. Cube Town is a small, isolated coastal village which contains an art museum, a beach, a lighthouse and a canal. It is located adjacent to Crescent Bay surrounded by the Rookery Mountains coastal range and serviced by regular ships (including a weekly freighter) which deliver mail, food and other supplies, as well as occasional tourists from a nearby metropolis named Cubic City. The heights above it lead into Glacier Valley which is snowbound even during summer.

Voice cast

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English-language cast

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Japanese-language cast

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Characters

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  • Pecola — Apenguinwho brings excitement to the otherwise dull and boring town. Unlike his fellow penguins, Pecola cannot swim. Hiscatchphrasesinclude "Flapping flippers!" and "Let's get hopping!" Pecola has a special love ofpuddingand a reputation for pulling pranks. Despite his antics, Pecola is very friendly and caring.
  • Little Chu/Chewy — Amousewho is the grandson of the great inventor Dr. Chu, and a budding inventor in his own right. He is Pecola's best friend and often unwilling ally in different escapades. He often complains of having a funny feeling in his stomach just before things get out of hand.
  • Dr. Chu — A mouse who is Little Chu's grandfather. He is Cube Town's greatest inventor and he often invents gadgets that help others on the island. His inventions are often used by Pecola and Chewy in their adventures. He is also friends with Pecola's grandfather, Pecolias. He owns two vehicles one is a submarine and also an airplane called the Mad Mouse which sits on top his laboratory. He also likes to collect comics.
  • Coco — Another penguin. She is more down to earth than Pecola, and is sometimes frustrated by his antics. She loves to sing; unfortunately, she is terrible at it.
  • Mr. Saruyama — Amonkeywho runs a fruit stand in town. He is often the target of Pecola's pranks, often leading to his melons falling over, which is arunning gagin the show. However, he cares very much about Pecola, no matter what he does. He also runs the town's newspaper, the "Town Crier". He also cries a lot.
  • Gao/Rory — Alionwho is Cube Town's postman. He is determined and dedicated to his job, he has never missed a day of work which won him the postman of the year award in, though he did get sick in during this episode it was revealed when he was younger he wasn't as good at delivering the post, but learned from his mistakes and created rules to help him with his job.
  • Pug/Mr. Puggalski — Adogwho owns a grocery store. He is a descendant of the personal chef of the former king of Cube Town. He is also said to be the world's greatest hide and seek player (hide and go sleep) though when nobody could find him he was sick at home and still won.
  • Dr. Hornbender — An oldgoatastrologist who lives and works at the observatory. His greatest dream is the discovery of new planets, constellations, and aliens. Along with getting a shooting star named after him.
  • Rabi/Robbie — A nervousrabbitwho likes video games.
  • Mayor Papazoni — Anelephantwho is the mayor of Cube Town. The mayor who makes long and boring speeches. Papazoni travels in a helicopter that he pilots himself. He hides in secret tunnels under the city and at a Mayoral Retreat to work on his speeches, undisturbed by residents and their questions. Constantly refers to the citizens of Cube Town as "voters". His voice is an imitation of veteran newsmanWalter Cronkite.
  • Steam / Stim / Steamer — Acattrain mechanic andengineer.Chewy, Pecola, and Rudy are smitten with her, which is the cause of tensions and arguments among the three. Her train, The Cactus, is intended eventually to provide a direct link with Cubic City via a tunnel being constructed under the Rookery Mountains. She often stops her work on the engine to play soccer with Pecola and his friends.
  • Aunty Yorkshire — Apigwho does the laundry for the town and is often one of the few adults tolerant of Pecola's shenanigans. Whenever Pecolius is away she's the one to often babysit Pecola. She also has a son who lives in Cubic City and often says Pecola reminds her of him.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bernard — Twobeagles.They run the town's bakery, though Mr. Bernard often falls asleep on the job and is credited by others for his wife's work.
  • Jabbatt and Bashatt — Twotortoises.They are Cube Town's firemen, although there are never fires in Cube Town. Despite this, they often help out around town, and they often provide comic relief when they bump into each other.
  • Officer Kumada — Abear.He helps keep the Cube Town safe with his many rules and observations.
  • Mr. Lonely - Awolf.He is a poet who is actually found writing and reciting sad poetry. He also once rapped. In Coco's concert but is unable to write poetry when in a happy mood.
  • Gazelle — A vaingazellewho is Hillary's boyfriend. He dreams of being a modern artist. He owns aconvertiblethat he lovingly maintains and often drives about in Cube Town. He also owns a jet ski. In addition to art he loves to collect belt buckles.
  • Srally/Hillary - Agiraffewho is Gazelle's girlfriend. She owns Cube Town Art Museum and is very fashionable. She is also picky about her weight, which is a running gag in the show.
  • Miss Lucky — A blue cat who reports for Cube Town News. She also helped Pecola make a movie.
  • Golagola/Gola Gola — A friendly sea creature who saved Pecola from drowning. At first, the town feared him, but they came to accept him. He has helped with different beach activities and is often seen playing with Pecola and his friends at the beach.
  • Tsunekichi/Rudy — Pecola'sfoxfriend whosecatchphrasesare "I knew that" and "I was going to say/ask that". He is prone to bragging and showing off his latest toys, not sharing and declaring he is the best at whatever activity he is engaged in.
  • Cori — Asquirrelthat runs Cori's Cafe aschefandwaitperson.
  • Bongo — A very strong and athletic gorilla who is kind, but is often clumsy as he either bumps into something or breaks something though apologizes for it with a "sorry". In, it was revealed he collects model cars.
  • Pecolius — A penguin. Pecola's grandfather who bears a resemblance toIndiana Jonesbecause of his adventures in the name of science and archeology. He appreciates Pecola's unique personality, but at times reminds him to stay out of trouble.
  • Robo-Pecola — A robot version of Pecola who was built by Dr. Chu to teach Pecola better manners as revealed in his debut in. Though his various glitches lead him to cause more trouble than the real Pecola. But like Pecola, Robo-Pecola is very friendly and caring.
  • Alligetao/Al Agator — A mysteriousalligator.He is seen sneaking around Cube Town, taking pictures.
  • Brock the Block — Abadgerwho is a reporter in Cubic City who hosts and interviewed the show "Big City Life" where he interviews successful people in Cubic City.
  • Power Chum — Agorillasuperhero on TV that is Pecola's favourite. He looks like Bongo except wearing red superhero tights, cape, and mask. He can fly and has super strength. He inspired Pecola become Power Pecola RobotMania.

Episodes

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Season 1 (2001)

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No. Segment 1 Segment 2 Original airdate (Teletoon)[5] Prod.
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1 Double Troubles(pilot) Detective Pecola September 3, 2001(2001-09-03) 101
2 Constellation Pecola Good Deeds September 4, 2001(2001-09-04) 102
3 Fire Drill Frenzy Hurricane Pecola September 5, 2001(2001-09-05) 103
4 Robo-Rocket Mayor Muddle September 6, 2001(2001-09-06) 104
5 Your Wish is my Command Robbie to the Rescue September 7, 2001(2001-09-07) 105
6 One Lonely Night Miss Lucky's Bloopers September 10, 2001(2001-09-10) 106
7 Spring Cleaning Monster Moth September 11, 2001(2001-09-11) 107
8 The Cube Town Tri-Brag-a-Thon The Wild Ride September 12, 2001(2001-09-12) 108
9 Half Baked Hide 'N' Go Sleep September 13, 2001(2001-09-13) 109
10 Not Seeing is Disbelieving Melancholy Pecola September 14, 2001(2001-09-14) 110
11 Pecola's Penguin Special Bot and Switch September 17, 2001(2001-09-17) 111
12 Golagola Operation Papazoni September 18, 2001(2001-09-18) 112
13 High and Dry Two Brilliant Inventors September 19, 2001(2001-09-19) 113

Season 2 (2002)

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No. Segment 1 Segment 2 Original airdate (Teletoon)[5] Prod.
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14 Ode to Pecola Laundry Quandary September 2, 2002(2002-09-02) 114
15 Cool It! Yeti or Not September 3, 2002(2002-09-03) 115
16 The Curse of Cube Town Postman Pecola September 4, 2002(2002-09-04) 116
17 Runaway Pecola Pecola's Island September 5, 2002(2002-09-05) 117
18 The Town Crier Pecola Grows Horns September 6, 2002(2002-09-06) 118
19 Coco's Concert Spaceman Pecola September 9, 2002(2002-09-09) 119
20 A Career Day Power Pecola September 11, 2002(2002-09-11) 120
21 Robo-Rudy Lights, Camera, Pecola! September 10, 2002(2002-09-10) 121
22 Prince Puggalski Painting Pecola September 12, 2002(2002-09-12) 122
23 Pecola and the Pirates Mysterious Pecola September 13, 2002(2002-09-13) 123
24 Gazelle's Goof Pecola in a Yacht of Trouble September 16, 2002(2002-09-16) 124
25 Yorkshire's Pudding Pecola's Tunnel Trouble September 17, 2002(2002-09-17) 125
26 Yo! Pecola Great Cubes of Fire! September 18, 2002(2002-09-18) 126

Telecast and home media

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Pecolafirst aired onTeletoonin Canada from September 3, 2001 with the final episode airing on September 18, 2002 with repeats until the mid-2000s. In Japan, the show aired onTV Tokyoat 9 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. on Sundays from October 6, 2002 until March 30, 2003. In 2003, Pecola premiered onCartoon Networkin the U.S., and also aired on the now-defunctQubofrom 2007 to 2017, then started airing again from April 5, 2020 to July 26 of that year. The show also aired onSpacetoonin Indonesia from 2005 until 2013, and onRTÉ2in Ireland from 2002[6]to 2003.[7]

The show was released to DVD in Japan, Australia, France, and Taiwan. A DVD release of the show in the U.S. has yet to be announced; however it is available onAmazon Video.[8]

Video game

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In Japan, an educational game based on the shorts was released for theSega PicoentitledPecola no Daibouken Maboroshi no Aisukurīmu wo Sagase! (ペコラのだいぼうけん まぼろしのアイスクリームをさがせ!).

References

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  8. ^"Watch Pecola Season 1 | Prime Video".Amazon.
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