Chop Socky Chooks
{{Short description|Television series}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Chop Socky Chooks logo.png
| image_size = 250
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| genre = {{unbulleted list|Animated series|Action|Fantasy}}
| creator = Sergio Delfino
| director = Sergio Delfino
| voices = {{unbulleted list|Shelley Longworth|Rob Rackstraw|Paterson Joseph}}
| theme_music_composer = Eggplant
| opentheme = "Chop Socky Chooks"
| endtheme = "Chop Socky Chooks" (Instrumental)
| composer = Lou Pomanti
| country = United Kingdom
Canada
| language = English
| channel = {{unbulleted list|Cartoon Network (U.K.)|Teletoon (Canada)}}
| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|Miles Bullough|Pete Lord|David Sproxton|Neil Court|Steven DeNure|Beth Stevenson|For Cartoon Network Europe:|Daniel Lennard}}
| producer = {{unbulleted list|Christine Ponzevera|Janice Walker|Series Producer:|Jacqueline White}}
| company = {{unbulleted list|Aardman Animations|Decode Entertainment}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes =
| runtime = 22 minutes approx.
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|3|16}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2008|9|4}}
}}
Chop Socky Chooks is an animated action television series produced by Aardman Animations, Decode Entertainment, and Cartoon Network Europe that ran on Cartoon Network from 7 March 2008 until 24 July 2009.{{cite magazine |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=14 February 2007 |title=TELETOON Previews Four Shows |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/teletoon-previews-four-shows/ |url-status=live |magazine=Animation Magazine |location=Calabasas, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021141353/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/teletoon-previews-four-shows/ |archive-date=21 October 2013 }} It was created and directed by Sergio Delfino, a prominent animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. 26 episodes were produced.
The show previously aired on Cartoon Network throughout the United Kingdom, the United States, and much of the world, as well as Teletoon in Canada, and ABC3 in Australia. The name is from "chop socky", which is slang for the Asian martial arts film genre, and "chook", which is an Australian and New Zealand slang reference for chicken.
Premise
The show is about a trio of kung fu fighting chickens who live and work in a city-sized shopping mall owned by their archenemy, Dr. Wasabi.{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoon-network-kicks-off-chop-socky-chooks/|title=Cartoon Network Kicks Off Chop Socky Chooks|date=21 February 2008}}
Characters
=The Chop Socky Chooks=
- Chickadee "Chick P" Pao (voiced by Shelley Longworth) – Chickadee Pao is the most mature of the team and is the only female, as well as the one with the most leadership skills. In her childhood, she had a best friend named Oni (currently a villain known as Deadeye) whom she would play Blind Man's Bluff. She has personal issues with Dr. Wasabi who destroyed her home to build Wasabi World. Her daytime job is working as a repair technician in the pipes of Wasabi World, and she wears historical Chinese female attire. Her battle weapon is her razor fans. She is based on Lucy Liu.
- K.O. Joe (voiced by Paterson Joseph) – K.O. Joe is the most energetic and brash team member. His daytime job is running a comic book shop. He shows great skills with handling troubled youth and skateboarding, and fancies himself as a ladies' man. His main battle weapon is a grappling hook hair pick, and his biggest fear is insects as he remembers them crawling into his afro as a child. He is also afraid of jelly beans due to having one stuck up his nose as a baby. He eventually learns he is the estranged son of Bantam. He is based on Jim Kelly, and as such, his clothes have a 1970s aesthetic.
- Charles "Chuckie" Chan (voiced by Rob Rackstraw (U.K.), Chris Hardwick (U.S.){{Cite web|url=https://hardwick.typepad.com/bitstream/2008/03/i-am-now-a-chic.html|title = I Am Now a Chicken}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/0Uv2mYmRx8w Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210716141242/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uv2mYmRx8w Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uv2mYmRx8w| title = CSC: Kobura strikes pt 1 | website=YouTube| date = 14 November 2010 }}{{cbignore}}) – Chuckie Chan was once a student of Master Yoshi learning the fighting style "Pow Kung". He wears a stereotypical martial artist's outfit and sports a Fu Manchu moustache, and his daytime job is teaching the youth of Wasabi World his martial arts. He had an old rival named Koby/Kobura. He is known to use proverbs in almost every episode. His battle weapon is his spiritual chi energy. He is based on various Hong Kong martial artists and named after Jackie Chan. His voice changed when the series aired on Cartoon Network in the United States to avoid offending Asian audiences.
=Main villains=
- Dr. Fish Wasabi (voiced by Paul Kaye) – Dr. Wasabi is the ruler of Wasabi World and is the main antagonist of the show. He is a little piranha that has an astronaut-like attire with water filled inside (so as to allow him to breathe) and speaks in a German accent. He has control of every place in Wasabi World. He is armed with his top henchman Bubba and his Ninja Chimps. His name is retained from his green wasabi-like skin colour. As the title song implies, Wasabi is bad at thinking things though.
- Bubba (voiced by Rupert Degas) – Bubba is a large ape and wears a suit along with a fedora hat. Although highly unintelligent and initially illiterate, he's big in the heart. He has the dumb and strong personality like many cartoon characters. He has proved himself very useful, besides his impressive strength. His favorite comic book hero is Captain Cockroach and enjoys reading comic books after learning to read.
- Ninja Chimps (voiced by Bentley Jones) – A group of chimpanzees trained in ninjitsu that serve as Dr. Wasabi's foot soldiers. They mainly serve as henchmen for Dr. Wasabi and Bubba.
=Other villains=
- The Omnioni (voiced by Rupert Degas) – An ancient demon who is supposed to be so powerful and evil that he had to be bottled up by the Lord of the Underworld. In Big Bad Bubba, he possesses Bubba in an attempt to open a portal to the underworld. However, Bubba's inability to read slowed him down long enough for Chick P to make Bubba sneeze Omnioni out of him and was sucked into the portal.
- Kobi / Kobura – A Japanese-accented cobra-like creature who was Chuckie Chan's rival since before the show's history. According to his master, Kobi is bad-tempered. After he was bitten by cobras, he changed into an insane, merciless megalomaniac and for this reason, was banished forever (he also has a fork in his tongue). Soon, years later, Kobi becomes a powerful snake-like being with the ability to possess great strength, control cobras, and deadly venom that will explode a person's heart by sunset. In "Kobura Strikes", the Chooks were poisoned by Kobura and his snakes and attempt to find the cure before sundown. When they were finally cured, Kobura lunges toward K.O. Joe only to fall off a tower where his final battle with Chuckie took place. He, however, appears again in "Snake in the Class", this time revealing the Chop Socky Chooks secret identities and appears to be able to hypnotize people. This attempt failed as well though. Kobura is shown to be even more intelligent and ruthless than Doctor Wasabi while his voice appears to be a parody of John Hurt's.
- Oni / Deadeye (voiced by Tracy-Ann Oberman)- She appeared in the episode "If Looks Could Kill". She is a white viper who likes wearing goth-lolita. As a child, she used to be Chick P's best friend but apparently had a left eye condition. She was extremely envious. She said "You win again Chickadee. You always win!" with vain as they played "Blind Mans Bluff". Dr. Wasabi used this to his advantage and taught her to use her evil eye (which is why she donned the name Deadeye). Once she came into town, she greeted her friend but then left to settle business with Wasabi. As Deadeye, Oni is the one who actually made Chick P's father allow Wasabi to break it down, as she specializes in hypnosis and altering reality. Chick P uses a mirror to reflect the power of her evil eye, thus destroying its reign of terror. As Chick P is about to finish her, she says "Wait! Dee, please! I can't control it, and neither can you" and then crawls up a pipe, leaving a sad Chick P and a dazed K.O. Joe and Chuckie to regret. Her eye might be a reference to the curse Evil eye.
=Other characters=
- Professor Shericon – Chick P's old mentor. He has a spider-like appearance and a Jimmy Stewart-like voice. He appeared in the episode "Double Trouble" where Dr. Wasabi used him to create robotic clones of the Chop Socky Chooks. His name is a play on "Shuriken" and "Silicon".
- Citizens of Wasabi World – An assortment of these appear in every episode.
- The most commonly seen one is a large, fat lady with white skin, a green kimono, red lipstick, and black hair tied in a bun, who appears to have a huge crush on Chuckie Chan when his cover was blown, shown in the episode "Snake in the Class".
- The Cabbage Lady – A woman with a cabbage. She appeared in "If Looks Could Kill" when Deadeye disguised herself as her. Her only line was "Cabbage?" She appears again in "Snake in the Class" when she is being mugged by hoodlums. In this episode, she appears without her cabbage and says other things than what she said in the past. Voiced by Jules de Jongh.
- Siren Sung – A mermaid songstress who can't sing very well. Chuckie Chan had a huge crush on her and thought that she had the best voice in the world (in the episode Karaoke Zombies it was revealed they were both tone deaf). She almost married Dr. Wasabi (Chuckie Chan and Dr. Wasabi fought over her), only because of his wealth, later in the episode she dumps him after realizing what a selfish materialist he is, but got sucked down a drain. She fell down when Chuckie Chan accidentally let go of her while reaching for the six dollars he owed her (Chuckie Chan got her to sign something and she wrote 'To a special someone' and she said that it was $5 for the CD and $1 for the love huck). Voiced by Jules de Jongh.
- Chuckie's Master – A one-eyed old Chinese man who was the master of Chuckie and Kobi when they were kids. He first appears in "Kobura Strikes". He appears in person in "His Master's Choice". He also appears in "The Lamest Show on Earth". Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert
- Chuckie's Students – Recurring characters in the show. These include a germaphobe boy with green skin named Itchi (Triggerfish – voiced by Rupert Degas), a skater/gamer girl with yellow skin named Umé (Hen – voiced by Josephine Wyatt), a boy with dark skin and always appears with a basketball named Stroose (Slaying Mantis – voiced by Harvey Davidson), a kimono girl named Cho (Lady Bug – voiced by Jules de Jongh), and a boy with blue skin named Raco (Dung Beetle – voiced by Rob Rackstraw). Raco, Stroose, and Cho briefly became Junior Chooks in "Snake in the Class". In "Game Over Chooks!" it is revealed that Ume and Itchi are related.
- Iron Butt Monks – A trio of Chinese monks with fat iron butts (as their name suggests). In "Return the Other Cheek", Wasabi enlists Bubba to steal the Twin Cheeks, but was only able to steal one, and Bubba leaves behind one of Joe's 'fro combs as proof that the Chooks were responsible for stealing the Twin Cheeks. Their iron butts, as Chuckie explained in two of three episodes in which they appeared, came from their training; they threw their butts onto buckets of sand, hot coals, and finally, molten lava. This gave them their steel derrières, which are extremely hard, and they honed their powers, learning their most powerful attack, the Fiery Butt-Blast of Fury. One is voiced by Alan Marriott.
- Hairy Sumo Brothers – A duo of sumos named Larry and Harry with hair all over their bodies (as their name suggests). In "The Codfather", Wasabi fires Bubba for the Hairy Sumo Brothers and aids Wasabi in stealing money for himself. Larry was voiced by Glenn Wrage.
- Mother Superior – A one-eyed Squid dressed up as a nun who is the mother of the Iron Butt Monks.
- The Bantam – He is Wasabi's nemesis. He is implied to be K.O. Joe's father and has a striking resemblance to Batman (his name is even an anagram).
- Squirt – He is a little teddy bear type thing who helps the Chop Socky Chooks get out of the jungle in "Isle Being Seeing You". K.O. calls him Cuddley sidekick. He is pink with brown stripes.
- House Seller – He is a fish type thing who appears in "The Codfather" that sells houses to the enemy. Voiced by Jared Stamm.
- Dark Rye – A bone-crossed skull with eyeballs (he has one blue eye and one grey eye) dressed as a pigtail, who is The Cabbage Lady's best friend. Voiced by Tom Clarke-Hill.
Episodes
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Game Over Chooks!
|WrittenBy=Ian Carney
|Aux2=Richard Bazley; Wayne Thomas (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|7}}
|AltDate=2007-03-16
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|9|8}}
|ProdCode=102
|ShortSummary=Dr. Wasabi uses the Chooks to be the power source of a new video game. This video game will actually kill the Chooks in real life.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Big Bad Bubba
|WrittenBy=Lienne Sawatsky and
Dan Williams
|Aux2=Mike Reagan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|14}}
|AltDate=2007-07-13
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|9|15}}
|ProdCode=104
|ShortSummary=Bubba accidentally releases an evil demon named Omnioni that possesses his body. When the Chooks realize this, they try to stop the demon from releasing his kin into Wasabi World.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Kobura Strikes
|WrittenBy=Richard Elliott and
Simon Racioppa
|Aux2=Danny Cappozzi; Mike Fasolo (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|21}}
|AltDate=2007-07-15
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|9|22}}
|ProdCode=106
|ShortSummary=A rival of Chuckie Chan named Kobura comes to Wasabi World so that he can take him and the Chooks down.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Now You Coliseum, Now You Don't
|WrittenBy=J.D. Smith
|Aux2=Richard Bazley; Steve Beaumont (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|28}}
|AltDate=2007-07-20
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|9|29}}
|ProdCode=101
|ShortSummary=K.O. Joe protests Dr. Wasabi's decision to ban solar bording in Wasabi World. Because of this, the Ninja Chimps and the Chooks must face off in a rollerblading competition at Dr. Wasabi's arena.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Double Trouble
|WrittenBy=Mike Kubat
|Aux2=Steve Beaumont
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|4|4}}
|AltDate=2007-07-22
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|5}}
|ProdCode=107
|ShortSummary=Chick P visits her old mentor when robotic Chooks attack Wasabi World. Once there, she tries to find out where the Mecha-Chooks came from. All signs point to the fact that her old teacher is working for Dr. Wasabi.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=If Looks Could Kill
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Steve Beaumont
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|4|17}}
|AltDate=2007-07-27
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|12}}
|ProdCode=109
|ShortSummary=Chick P holds a reunion with her old friend Oni, but unknown to her, Oni has another agenda; as the malicious Deadeye, she has a new scheme to enact revenge on Chick P and also take over Wasabi World and the Chooks investigate. During the investigation, they discover why Chick P's family has lost its honor.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Do You Want Thighs with That?
|WrittenBy=Lienne Sawatsky and
Dan Williams
|Aux2=Blair Simmons
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|4|24}}
|AltDate=2007-07-29
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|19}}
|ProdCode=105
|ShortSummary=Citizens of Wasabi World are getting fatter with every Wasabi Burger they eat. Luckily, Dr. Wasabi has set up liposuction centers all around Wasabi World. It's up to the Chooks to discover what exactly is inside the burgers, but things go awry when Dr. Wasabi's brain accidentally ends up in the fat and brings it to life.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=In Your Dreams
|WrittenBy=Richard Elliott and
Simon Racioppa
|Aux2=Danny Cappozzi; Mike Reagan and Mark Warner (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|1}}
|AltDate=2007-08-03
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|26}}
|ProdCode=103
|ShortSummary=Chuckie Chan is captured as a prisoner in Wasabi's Dream World because he has insomnia. To save Chuckie Chan, Chick P comes up with a plan to rescue him by sending K.O. Joe into the dream world. While there, both of the guys have to face their nightmares; Chuckie's being a giant toy duck, Mr. Quackers, and Joe's being a fear of jellybeans.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Breath
|WrittenBy=Mark Robertson
Lienne Sawatsky and
Dan Williams (story)
|Aux2=Richard Bazley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|8}}
|AltDate=2007-08-05
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|2}}
|ProdCode=108
|ShortSummary=Wasabi makes plans to marry the tone-deaf mermaid Siren Sung (who Chuckie Chan has a crush on), and soon decides to flood Wasabi World (and rename it Wasabi Water World). Now it's up to the Chooks to stop wedding arrangements or risk swimming with the fishes, or in Chuckie's case, lose Siren Sung.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=Snake in the Class
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Christian De Vita; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|15}}
|AltDate=2008-05-17
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|9}}
|ProdCode=111
|ShortSummary=When the Chooks secret identities are revealed, they must go into hiding. Chuckie Chan's pupil's then become the Junior Chooks to act as the Chooks go-betweens, but Chuckie suspects there may be a traitor among them. It turns out Kobura is back and has teamed up with Dr. Wasabi.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=His Master's Choice
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Mike Reagan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|22}}
|AltDate=2008-05-24
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|16}}
|ProdCode=113
|ShortSummary=Chuckie Chan's master senses trouble in the Cosmic Balance, and traces it back to its source – Dr. Wasabi's new toy, the Karma Gotcha. The Karma Gotcha steals its owners' good luck/karma. But Chuckie Chan is ordered to return to his monastery (his master was displeased with his progress), leaving only K.O. Joe and Chick P to stop Dr. Wasabi's evil plot.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=Chop Socky Whoops
|WrittenBy=J.D. Smith
|Aux2=Andreas von Andrian; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|29}}
|AltDate=2008-05-31
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|23}}
|ProdCode=110
|ShortSummary=Dr. Wasabi decides to go back in time to the day the Chooks formed and prevent them from ever meeting each other.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=The Mark of the Bantam
|WrittenBy=Simon Racioppa and
Richard Elliot
|Aux2=Christian De Vita
Andreas von Andrian and Bob Richards (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|3}}
|AltDate=2008-06-07
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|30}}
|ProdCode=117
|ShortSummary=After Wasabi makes a foolish television show of his enemy Bantam, the Chooks have to save the day when the real one shows up.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|Title=Karaoke Zombies
|WrittenBy=J.D. Smith
|Aux2=Benedict Lewis
Trevor Ricketts, Bob Richards, and Steve
Beaumont (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|4}}
|AltDate=2008-06-14
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|12|7}}
|ProdCode=118
|ShortSummary=While visiting the Karaoke Korral, the Chooks discover that Wasabi plans on changing the mall-dwellers of the peaceful level into living zombies.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|Title=Return the Other Cheek
|WrittenBy=Richard Eliott and Simon Racioppa
|Aux2=Catherine Lieuwen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|5}}
|AltDate=2008-06-21
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|12|14}}
|ProdCode=116
|ShortSummary=When Wasabi finds out that the Iron Butt Monk's power comes from the Twin Orbs of the Apocalypse, he sends Bubba in to steal it. However, Bubba is only able to steal one, meaning the Cosmic wind will attack Wasabi World. It's up to the Chooks and the Iron Butt Monks to bring the two Cheeks back together before it's too late.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|Title=Planet of the Bubba
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Aaron Preacher
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|12}}
|AltDate=2008-06-28
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|12|21}}
|ProdCode=121
|ShortSummary=Bubba fixes Wasabi's TV satellite and is accidentally struck by some sort of powerful force. This force causes Bubba to become super smart and he uses his smarts to put the Wasabi World citizens in a zoo. It's up to the Chooks to find a way to stop Bubba's new evil plans.
Title reference: Planet of the Apes
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|Title=The Level that Time Forgot
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Benedict Lewis and Andy Janes
Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|7}}
|AltDate=2008-07-05
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2008|12|28}}
|ProdCode=112
|ShortSummary=The Chooks are trapped in a prehistoric mall level when Wasabi attacks the group. Things take a turn for the worse, when they are attacked by a mutant budgie, and the level's inhabitants find Chick P to be the Queen of the Neandermalls.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|Title=Bushido Babies
|WrittenBy=Ian Carney
|Aux2=Adam Beer
Benedict Lewis and Bob Richards (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|11}}
|AltDate=2008-07-12
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|1|4}}
|ProdCode=114
|ShortSummary=The Chooks are up against their toughest opponents yet – a group of babies. These babies aren't exactly typical, however. That's because they've been drinking Wasabi's breast milk in a plan to make an army of Bushido Babies.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|Title=Appalling 13
|WrittenBy=Dale Schott
|Aux2=Christian De Vita
Andreas von Andrian and Bob Richards (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|13}}
|AltDate=2008-08-16
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|1|11}}
|ProdCode=122
|ShortSummary=Dr. Wasabi offers the mall-dwellers free trips to the moon, but the Chooks discover that it's part of his evil scheme to make them work as slaves in his space mine.
Title reference: Apollo 13
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|Title=Chooks of Hazard
|WrittenBy=Jeff Biederman
|Aux2=Benedict Lewis; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|14}}
|AltDate=2008-08-20
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|1|18}}
|ProdCode=125
|ShortSummary=The Chooks compete in a wacky race against Wasabi World's most dangerous villains to prevent Dr. Wasabi from obtaining the components for a deadly Doomsday device.
Title reference: Dukes of Hazzard
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|Title=Enter the Chickens
|WrittenBy=Ian Carney
|Aux2=Christian De Vita
Andreas von Andrian and Bob Richards (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|17}}
|AltDate=2008-08-21
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|1|25}}
|ProdCode=120
|ShortSummary=To prove to his students that the pure path of Kung Fu is best, Chuckie Chan convinces the Chooks to participate in Dr. Wasabi's Ultimate Martial Artist contest. However, Dr. Wasabi knows that they'll make it to the final round, so he rigs the contest to stack the odds against them.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|Title=Swarm Welcome
|WrittenBy=Sean Jara
|Aux2=Andreas von Andrian; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|18}}
|AltDate=2008-09-07
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|2|1}}
|ProdCode=123
|ShortSummary=Dr. Wasabi tries to obtain the powers of a radioactive bug, but things go awry and Wasabi World is overrun by cockroaches.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|Title=The Lamest Show on Earth
|WrittenBy=Doug Hadders and
Adam Rotstein
|Aux2= Mike Reagan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|19}}
|AltDate=2008-09-14
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|2|8}}
|ProdCode=119
|ShortSummary=Chuckie Chan is entrusted with guarding a rare and valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, the Chooks must take care of the baby dragon and keep it from falling into the hands of Dr. Wasabi.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|Title=Isle Be Seeing You
|WrittenBy=Mark Robertson
|Aux2=Adam Beer
Bob Richards and Benedict Lewis (additionals)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|20}}
|AltDate=2008-09-21
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|2|15}}
|ProdCode=126
|ShortSummary=The Chooks wake up on a mysterious island filled with dangerous perils as part of Dr. Wasabi's new, deadly, reality TV show.
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|EpisodeNumber=25
|Title=The Codfather
|WrittenBy=Simon Racioppa and
Richard Elliott
|Aux2=Andreas von Andrian; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|06}}
|AltDate=2008-09-28
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|2|22}}
|ProdCode=115
|ShortSummary=Chick P wants Bubba to be the fourth member of the Chop Socky Chooks after Wasabi fires him for the Hairy Sumo Brothers. However, Bubba only seems to get in the way when it comes to fighting in battles.
Title Reference: The Godfather
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|EpisodeNumber=26
|Title=Down the Drain
|WrittenBy=Ian Carney
|Aux2=Andreas von Andrian; Bob Richards (additional)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|11|21}}
|AltDate=2008-10-05
|Aux4={{dts|format=dmy|2009|3|1}}
|ProdCode=124
|ShortSummary=A simple misunderstanding makes Wasabi's main computer flush him down the toilet. Things get worse when Bubba attacks it, making it go haywire and making the various electronic equipment in the mall attack the customers. The Chooks must fight the mall itself, as Dr. Wasabi is being stalked by a monster in the sewers.
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Cast
- Rob Rackstraw as Chuckie Chan (U.K.)
- Chris Hardwick as Chuckie Chan (U.S.)
- Paterson Joseph as K.O. Joe
- Paul Kaye as Dr. Wasabi
- Shelley Longworth as Chick P.
- Rupert Degas as Bubba
- Glenn Wrage as Larry Sumo
- Alan Marriott as Iron Butt Monk
- Jules de Jongh as Siren Sung / Cabbage Lady / Cho
- Jared Stamm as House Seller
- Marc Silk
- Jimmy Hibbert
- David Menkin
- Justin Fletcher
- Tom Clarke-Hill
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Oni/Deadeye
- Kulvinder Ghir
- Danny John-Jules
- Keir Stewart
- Sandra Oh
Crew
- Richard Hansom – Voice Director
Home media
On 6 October 2009, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released a DVD in the United States containing the first thirteen episodes of the series. Each episode is presented with English 5.1 Dolby Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles.{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/home-entertainment/disney-debuts-diamond-dwarfs/|title=Disney Debuts Diamond Dwarfs|date=5 October 2009}}
On 28 June 2010, a DVD release containing all twenty-six episodes of the series was released in the United Kingdom by 2 Entertain.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chop-Socky-Chooks-1-DVD/dp/B003N774AG
Reception
Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars, complaining the show was too violent for children.{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/chop-socky-chooks|title=Chop Socky Chooks – TV Review|first=Emily|last=Ashby|date=13 June 2008|publisher=Common Sense Media|access-date=14 November 2019}}
References
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118131/ Chop Socky Chooks] on Internet Movie Database
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