Wumpa's World
Appearance
Wumpa's World | |
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Le monde de Wumpa 沃帕的世界 | |
Genre | Children's Fantasy |
Created by | Steven Westren |
Narrated by | Lorne Cardinal (English) |
Country of origin | Canada China |
Original languages | English French Chinese |
No. of seasons | 1 (Canada version) 2 (China version) |
No. of episodes | 52 (Canada) 36 (China) |
Production | |
Producers | Cité-Amérique CCTV |
Running time | 15 mins. (approx) 20 mins. (China) |
Original release | |
Network | Treehouse TV The Knowledge Channel APTN TFO Télé-Québec CCTV TVB TDM |
Release | September 3, 2001 May 2002 | –
Wumpa's World (French: Le monde de Wumpa; Chinese: 沃帕的世界; pinyin: wò pà de shìjiè) is a Canadian-Chinese[citation needed] television series for children which first aired on many networks including Treehouse TV, The Knowledge Channel, APTN, TFO, Télé-Québec, CCTV, TVB and TDM[citation needed] with 26 15-minute episodes from August 2001 to May 2002. The pilot episode aired in late 2000. Today, the show's episodes are only seen in reruns late during the night and earlier during the day. The characters are portrayed as puppets.
Characters
- Wumpa (Chinese: 沃帕; pinyin: Wò pà; Lorne Cardinal) is a brown walrus who is a narrator that tells real-life stories which take place in the Arctic Circle. At the end of each show, Wumpa sings his very own "goodbye song" by playing a bass guitar that looks like a snowshoe. Most of the show's episodes end with Wumpa's goodbye song's most famous line, which is "Well, bye-bye, and don't forget, always keep your tusks shiny and your blubber clean". He only occasionally appears in the story itself.
- Zig (simplified Chinese: 弯; traditional Chinese: 彎; pinyin: Wān) and Zag (Chinese: 曲; pinyin: Qū) are two young snowmobiles. Zig is yellow and pink, while Zag is blue and orange. A bicycle bell is mounted on Zig's handlebars and a horn is mounted on Zag's.
- Tiguak (simplified Chinese: 钛瓜; traditional Chinese: 鈦瓜; pinyin: Tài guā; Tim Gosley)[1] is a polar bear who lives in an igloo and mostly eats fish. He has a bed and a toy bear he calls "Mr. Snoozers".
- Seeka (Chinese: 塞卡; pinyin: Sāi kǎ; Jani Lauzon)[2] and Tuk (simplified Chinese: 笃; traditional Chinese: 篤; pinyin: Dǔ; Julie Burroughs) are snow hares who live in a den with two entrances – one for each of them.
References
- ^ "Puppets bring International Day of Peace to Victoria. - Victoria News". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
- ^ "Windspeaker confidential: Jani Lauzon | Windspeaker - AMMSA: Indigenous news, issues and culture". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
External links
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- Canadian children's fantasy television series
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- Chinese fantasy television series
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- Canadian television shows featuring puppetry
- Chinese television shows featuring puppetry
- Treehouse TV original programming
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- Television series about bears
- Television series about rabbits and hares
- Canadian preschool education television series
- 2000s preschool education television series
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