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Animal Crackers is an animated television series produced by CINAR and Alphanim. It is based on the comic strip Animal Crackers by the American cartoonist Roger Bollen. The show was first introduced in September 7, 1997 and ended with the final episode in September 16, 2000. It lasted for three seasons with 39 episodes.




Plot


The show that tells about a group of anthropomorphic animals that live in a fictional jungle in Africa called Freeborn.




Telecast and home media


The show was first aired in Canada on Teletoon during its launch in 1997, but added in the U.S. on Fox Family (now Freeform) in 1998 until 2000 and the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 until August 2009. In foreign countries, the show was also aired in France on La Cinquième (now France 5) and in Malaysia on TV9 and Astro Ceria. As of 2022, the show is now streaming on Tubi.




Characters






= Major characters

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Lyle Lion (voiced by Mark Camacho): Passive, insecure and a mama's boy, Lyle is not what one might call "King of the Jungle". (He's more of a prince, who is incapable of being king), intent on taking philosophy classes and ordering a pizza (preferably vegetarian) than to be the dominant predator. Despite multiple failed attempts, his number one goal in life is to date Lana. Outside his love life, his other goal is to be an astronomer.
Dodo (voiced by Teddy Lee Dillon): He is the last remaining dodo alive and is Lyle's best friend. Rash, impatient and slightly self-centered, he is extremely hot-headed and refuses to believe that he lacks the ability to fly. This leads to multiple failed attempts to take flight, sometimes using some very innovative and unusual techniques, all of which fail.
Eugene the Elephant (voiced by Terrence Scammell): Despite his size and nature, this pachyderm is really an "overgrown baby" who craves attention. He is rather arrogant and obnoxious and is not afraid to bully others with his size and strength to get what he wants. Some of his secret pleasures include inhaling loads of peanut butter and stomping petunias but the sight of a tiny mouse will freak him out.
Gnu the Wildebeest (voiced by Marc Montgomery): For a "supposed" leader of a herd, Gnu lacks any leadership qualities; rather, his traits show the exact opposite of a leader: lazy, timid and no sense of direction. Despite his nature, Gnu does mean well and is very dedicated to his herd, even though his presence there will hinder rather than help. A single father with a son he loves very much, he is a caring parent.
Lana the Lioness (voiced by Kate Hutchinson): Lana is smart, attractive, strong-minded and the object of Lyle's affection. Lana is quite caring towards her fellow inhabitants of Freeborn and will put the group ahead of herself. She is an avid book lover and is often found with her nose in a novel. Despite showing little to no interest in Lyle's pursuits, it has been hinted that perhaps she does have a crush on him.




= Supporting characters

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Tito: a silent chameleon with no dialogue in the entire series. Often Tito can be found among the main characters, but due to his size and silent nature, he's usually either knocked aside, stepped or sat on, or used for some purpose, the characters mistaking him for an inanimate object. Despite this, Tito rarely holds any ill-will or contempt for the others and often shows to be very intelligent or at least at times on the same level as Lana, able to solve a problem or fix something when most of the other characters can't figure it out
Lance: Another lion who competes with Lyle for Lana's attention
Louie: Lyle's nephew. Being a cub still in diapers, Louie speaks in a manner similar to Mikey from Look Who's Talking where the audience can hear his thoughts, but the characters within the show are unaware what he's thinking. Unlike most animals on the Preserve, Louie doesn't think less of Lyle for his shortcomings, though he does show more self-awareness and intelligence than his uncle
Bud and Edna: Two recurring human tourists, both the common stereotype of the annoying tourist couple who bumble about, usually completely unaware of what's really going on around them and making things more uncomfortable for the locals
Junior and herd: Junior is Gnu's son (though never properly named in the series beyond 'Junior', so it is possible he shares his father's name) he is shown to be smarter and have more common sense than his father and is sometimes embarrassed by him, but understands Gnu's desire to be a leader and a good father and loves and respects him for this. The herd meanwhile don't show as much respect but are rather fittingly about as lazy as Gnu, often bailing on him whenever he calls for a stampede. Ironically, it is their lazy tendencies that keep Gnu as leader as any other leader (such as Roland the Waterbuffalo) would forcibly work them hard and into shape, which they don't want. Some of the herd have more distinct personalities, such as the gnu with a backwards baseball cap who speaks like a Californian surfer stereotype, an especially geeky gnu with an ID tag on his ear (these two can often be seen together), and a smaller gnu about Junior's age who appears to be the geeky gnu's little brother as they share similar characteristics, such as glasses and buck teeth
Elmo the Crocodile: A somewhat passive and laid back crocodile who usually just floats in the pond. He tends to be the butt of physical pain humor every now and then as someone ends up landing on his head when jumping into the pond. Although he's as docile as any of the other animals in the Preserve, he will on the rare occasion indulge his predatory instincts by trying and failing to convince smaller animals to allow him to eat them
Roland the African buffalo
Lamont the Hippopotamus
Roxanne the Ostrich (voiced by Dawn Ford)
Grandpa Tortoise and his grandsons
Sergeant Rhino
Snake
Frog and Toad




Episode list






= Season one

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= Season two

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= Season three

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Crew


Micheline Charest – executive producer
Ronald A. Weinberg – executive producer
Christian Davin – co-executive producer
Cassandra Schafhausen – producer
Nadja Cozic – director
Louis Piche – director
Pascal Pinon – director
Katell Lardeux – line producer
Justine Hyun Van Phong – line producer
Lesley Taylor – line producer
Natalie Dumoulin – associate producer
Jan Van Rijsselberge – animation supervisor
Heidi Blomkvist – timing director
Sebastian Grunsta – timing director
Alan Jeffery – timing director
Jean Pilotte – timing director
Pascal Pinon – co-director
Greg Bailey – supervising director
Andrew Gryn – talent coordinator
Eric Theriault – background design
Wayne Millett – background design supervisor




= Writing credits

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Roger Bollen – comic strip
Joseph Mallozzi – writer
Ian Boothby – writer
Wayne Millett – writer
Jennifer Kierans – writer
Pierre Colin-Tiebert – writer
Thomas LaPierre – writer
Jacques Bouchard – writer
Jacques Daviault – writer
Patrick Granleese – writer
Hugh Neilson – writer
Maureen Neilson – writer
Michael Palmeter – writer
Gerard Lewis – writer
John Handforth – writer
Ken Ross – writer
Amy Jo Cooper – writer
Greg Van Riel – writer
Kim Segal – writer
Rick Jones – writer
Natalie Dumoulin – writer
Heidi Foss – writer
Lynn Mason – writer
Brian Cameron Fuld – writer
Rowby Goren – writer
David Acer – writer
Michael Leo Donovan – writer
Bryan Michael Stoller – writer
Anne-Marie Perrotta – writer
Daniel Baldassi – writer
Michael F. Hamill – writer
Barry Julian – writer
Tean Schultz – writer
Thor Bishopric – writer
Todd Swift – writer
Vigeland Rubin – writer




References






External links


Official archived website at DHX Media
Official archived website at Gaumont Animation
Animal Crackers at IMDb

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