Mouk
{{short description|French animated television series}}
{{For|the language|Mouk-Aria language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Mouk TV series logo.png
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| genre = Comedy, preschool, educational
| creator = Marc Boutavant
| based_on =
| developer = Millimages
| writer =
| director = François Narboux
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring =
| judges =
| voices = {{Plainlist|
- Rachel Williams
- Tania Farchy
- Lisa Jacobs
- Joseph Sheridan
}}
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
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| country = France
| language = French
English
Polish
Japanese
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 62
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer = Roch Lener
Jonothan Peel
| editor = Alain Lavalle
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = approximately 11 minutes per episode
| company = Millimages
Amuse Films
| channel = France 5 (France)
ABC Kids (Australia)
| network =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|09|19|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|12|20|df=yes}}
}}
Mouk is a French animated television series produced by Millimages, adapted from the work of Marc Boutavant, and directed by François Narboux.{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?area=79&article=62956 |title=Millimages' Mouk makes Mip move |publisher=C12Media |date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011041917/http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?area=79&article=62956 |archive-date=2011-10-11}} 62 episodes were produced.{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1-4766-7293-9 |page=59}} The show has aired in Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa, as well as other countries.
Synopsis
The show is about two bike-riding travelers, Mouk and Chavapa, who have adventures as they travel around the world.
Each episode begins with Mouk and Chavapa chatting via webcam to their friends Popo and Mita back home. The friends say how excited they are to tell Mouk and Chavapa something interesting that has happened to them, but before they can, Mouk interrupts with a story of his travels. The friends usually do not get the chance to tell their story.
Characters
=Main=
- Mouk (voiced by Rachel Williams) – The show's namesake, a brown bear who is the series' main protagonist.
- Chavapa (voiced by Tania Farchy) – A grey cat who is Mouk's best friend, and the series' second main protagonist.
- Mita (voiced by Lisa Jacobs) – A friend that Mouk and Chavapa correspond with in each episode, through video chats.
- Popo (also voiced by Lisa Jacobs) – Mita's brother and another of Mouk and Chavapa's friends. Popo, who speaks in a British accent, regularly joins the video chats.
=Recurring=
- Anosy – A female ring-tailed lemur who lives in Madagascar. She appears in the episodes “Christmas in the Sun”, “Turtle Time", “Chameleon”, and “Baobab Cafe”.
- Abby and Tadi – Two arctic foxes from Canada. They both appear in the episodes "Shooting Star" and "Hockey".
- Bouba – He lives in Africa. He appears in the episodes "Good as New" and "The Whistling Language".
- Cassandra – A cat who lives in Crete, Greece. She appears in the episodes "The Bicycle Race", "Little Fish Grow Up", "The (Olive/Village) Festival", and "Pottery", as well as the game based on the show.
- Joropo and Raina – Two ocelots who live in Venezuela. They both appear in the episodes "The Great Crossing" and "Instruments Do Grow on Trees!" as well as the aforementioned game.
- Kalpita – A tiger who lives in India. She appears in the episodes "Holi" and "The Indian Vase".
- Lin(h) Hue – A fox who lives in Vietnam. She appears in the episodes "In the Paddy Fields", "The Bamboo Plantation" and "Puppet Masters".
- Miko – A Japanese bobtail cat who lives in Tokyo, Japan. She appears in the episodes "Small Is Beautiful" and "Runaway Robot", as well as the game.
- Kanaki – Like Miko, he also lives in Tokyo, Japan. He appears in the episodes "Kabuki" and "Mouk's Birthday".
- Sidney – A koala who lives in Australia. He appears in the episodes "Wallabies' Rock" and "Windmill".
Cast
| class="wikitable unsortable" | |||||
| colspan="2" width="200" | Characters | width="230" | Original French voices voice directors Thomas Guitard Philippe Roullier | width="230" | English voices voice director Matthew Géczy | width="180" | Polish voices | width="180" | Japanese voices | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" align="center" | Main | align="center" | Mouk | align="center" | Gwenaelle Jegou | align="center" | Rachel Williams | align="center" | Agnieszka Mrozińska | align="center" | Yumi Uchiyama (内山夕実) |
| align="center" | Chavapa | align="center" | Céline Ronté | align="center" | Tania Farchy | align="center" | Jakub Mróz | align="center" | Miki Fukui (福井美樹) | |
| align="center" | Popo | align="center" | Catherine Desplaces | rowspan="2" align="center" | Lisa Jacobs | align="center" | - | align="center" | Ikumi Nakagami (中上育実) | |
| align="center" | Mita | align="center" | Maryne Bertieaux | align="center" | - | align="center" | Iho Matsukubo (松久保いほ) | ||
| rowspan="4" align="center" | Secondary | align="center" | Boys | align="center" | Geneviève Doang Bruno Méyère Catherine Desplaces | align="center" | Lisa Jacobs Antony Hickling | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| align="center" | Girls | align="center" | Geneviève Doang Maryne Bertieaux | align="center" | Lisa Jacobs | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | Men | align="center" | Thomas Guitard Philippe Roullier Bruno Méyère Arnaud Arbessier | align="center" | Joseph Sheridan Antony Hickling Saul Jephcott | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | Women | align="center" | Catherine Desplaces Céline Ronté | align="center" | Lisa Jacobs | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |
| colspan="2" align="center" | Title song performer | align="center" | Rehann Duplessy | align="center" | Aurélie Guillier | align="center" | - | align="center" | Risa Shimizu (清水理沙) |
Episodes
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| Episode number
! Episode title ! Country ! Storyboarded by ! Written by ! Summary ! Original air date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Charm | Morocco | Jeanne Meister | Muriel Achery and Nathalie Vergès | Mouk and Chavapa are entrusted to bring a lucky charm bracelet to a rider in a dromedary race, but end up lost in the desert. | 19 September 2011 |
| 2 | The Desert Archaeologists | Algeria | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery | Mouk and Chavapa are passing through the region of Tassili where they meet Dalila, a young girl whose parents are archaeologists, but Chavapa is afraid. They decide to help the family with the dig. | 26 September 2011 |
| 3 | Urgent Delivery | Crete | Jeanne Meister | Muriel Achery | When Mouk and Chavapa are entrusted to deliver mail, Chavapa’s bike shortens and he gets left behind! | 3 October 2011 |
| 4 | Stone Giants | Canada | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | {{TableTBA}} | 10 October 2011 |
| 5 | The Birthday Present | Japan | Mizuho Zanovello | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | Mouk and Chavapa's birthday gifts for their friends get taken by a mother and baby. So they try the track down the two for the birthday gifts. | 17 October 2011 |
| 6 | A Helping Hand | Senegal | Fred Boisseau | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | {{TableTBA}} | 24 October 2011 |
| 7 | Turtle Time | Madagascar | Vincent Fouache | Gillian Corderoy | Mouk and Chavapa are eager to see the turtles hatching, but must navigate the local fady customs before they are allowed. | 31 October 2011 |
| 8 | Whoops, We Missed the Bus | Peru | Vincent Fouache | Baptiste Heidrich | {{TableTBA}} | 7 November 2011 |
| 9 | The Great Crossing | Venezuela | Jeanne Meister | Baptiste Heidrich | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 10 | Small is Beautiful | Japan | Mizuho Zanovello | Keith Brumpton | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 11 | The Stick That Walked Away | Venezuela | Fred Boisseau | Charles Hodges | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 12 | In the Paddy Fields | Vietnam | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 13 | Out of Contact | India | Stéphane Beau | Franck Salomé | In Darjeeling, the boys meet Lalila, who takes them to her uncle Ajay to help fix their computer. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 14 | Holi | India | Fred Boisseau | Keith Brumpton | A little Indian girl named Kalpita aids the boys in celebrating Holi. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 15 | Goal | Brazil | Mizuho Zanovello | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | Paolo and Ronaldo watch soccer with the boys. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 16 | In Search of the Yeti | China | Alexis Ducord | Keith Brumpton | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 17 | Good as New! | Senegal | Pierre Cerutti | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | Ousman teaches the boys to repair Bouba's bicycle after Mouk breaks it. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 18 | Bicycle Race | Crete | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | Cassandra enters a bicycle race and the boys help her dad water the cyclists. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 19 | Viva la Pinata! | Mexico | Vincent Fouache | Micha | It is Maya's birthday, and the boys must find a suitable piñata for the occasion. | 26 September 2013 |
| 20 | Pink Dolphin | Venezuela | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 21 | In Search of the Caribou | Canada | Alexis Ducord | Muriel Achery and Chris Arsonnaud | Boys search for the caribou that got their scarf tangled in his antlers. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 22 | Don't Judge a Cactus by Its Prickles | United States | Pierre Cerutti | Gillian Corderoy | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 23 | The Best Dressed Elephant | India | Stéphane Beau | Simon Jowett | The boys help the twin tigresses Meena and Mira(who we know very little about which twin is which) look for Sabu the elephant so they can paint him for their grandmother's birthday. | 17 February 2013 |
| 24 | Star Struck | Australia | Vincent Fouache | Keith Brumpton | The boys get lost in the Outback. | 24 February 2013 |
| 25 | Yee Ha Cowboy | Argentina | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | Chaco the cowboy needs help gathering his herd of cattle back to his ranch. | 23 February 2014 |
| 26 | The Indian Vase | India | Gilles Dayez | Keith Brumpton | Kalpita welcomes the boys to stay with her. However, they accidentally break her mother's vase, and set out to find a new one. | 3 March 2013 |
| 27 | Paper Chase | Japan | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | The boys hunt for treasure in a Tokyo park. | 10 March 2013 |
| 28 | Above the Trees | Venezuela | David Encinas | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | The boys traverse the Amazon River with Luis. | 17 March 2013 |
| 29 | Baobab Café | Madagascar | Pierre Cerutti | Gillian Corderoy | Anosy introduces the boys to her uncle and aunt. | 24 March 2013 |
| 30 | The Art of Milking a Yak | China | Fred Boisseau | Chris Parker | In Tibet the boys learn to milk a yak from their friend Pasang. | 31 March 2013 |
| 31 | Yummy, Maple Syrup! | Canada | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery and Chris Arsonnaud | The boys learn to harvest maple syrup with their friend Abey. | 7 April 2013 |
| 32 | Nile and Easy | Egypt | Gilles Dayez | Keith Brumpton | The boys visit the Nile river. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 33 | Wallabies' Rock | Australia | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 34 | Nazca | Peru | Fred Boisseau | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 35 | The Cloud Catcher | Chile | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 36 | A Message for You | United States | Vincent Fouache | Baptiste Heidrich | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 37 | Little Fish Grow Up | Crete | Pierre Cerutti | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | The boys help Cassandra's uncle release infant fish. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 38 | Runaway Robot | Japan | Gilles Dayez | Charles Hodges | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 39 | Birdsong | China | Philippe Leconte | Baptiste Heidrich | The boys visit Hong Kong. | 2 June 2013 |
| 40 | Dinosaur Trail | United States | Stéphane Beau | Gillian Corderoy | The boys visit Tucson and his mother Sedona in Utah. Tucson's pet lizard Lucy runs away. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 41 | The Bamboo Plantation | Vietnam | Fred Boisseau | Muriel Achery and Chris Arsonnaud | Linh Hue plays hide and seek with the boys at her aunt's bamboo plantation. | 16 June 2013 |
| 42 | Hanami | Japan | Vincent Fouache | Jean Regnaud | Chavapa loses his camera to a crow during a celebration of Hanami. | 23 June 2013 |
| 43 | Shooting Stars | Canada | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | Abey and Tadi's picnic is stolen. | 30 June 2013 |
| 44 | Wallabies' Clip | Australia | Stéphane Beau | Muriel Achery and Chris Arsonnaud | "The Wallabies", a musical group consisting of lead singer Alice, guitarists Steve and Juma, and drummer Mike, need the boys' help for their recording session. | 16 November 2014 |
| 45 | Puppet Masters | Vietnam | Gilles Dayez | Chris Parker | Lin Hue puts on a puppet show. | 21 July 2013 |
| 46 | Bossa Nova | Brazil | Philippe Leconte | Sam Wilson | Miguel loses his music sheets. | 14 July 2013 |
| 47 | Rickshaw | India | Fred Boisseau | Micha | Seeking the Taj Mahal, the boys must use a rickshaw to get there after their bikes break down. | 6 June 2016 |
| 48 | Christmas in the Sun | Madagascar | Vincent Fouache | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 49 | Souq Surprise | Morocco | Stéphane Beau | Lauren Beukes | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 50 | Instruments Do Grow on Trees! | Venezuela | Pierre Cerutti | Baptiste Heidrich | Mouk and Chavapa make instruments out of fruit with their Warao friends Raina and Joropo. | 24 August 2016 or earlier |
| 51 | Aurora Borealis | Finland | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | It is Chavapa's birthday, and the boys are in Lapland (Finland) to witness the aurora borealis with their friends Aki and Aku. | on or before 25 August 2016 |
| 52 | The Parrot Feather | Venezuela | Stéphane Beau | Jean Regnaud | A busted computer forces the boys to find another means of contacting Popo and Mita. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 53 | The Bird Hunt | Borneo | Fred Boisseau | Lauren Beukes | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 54 | A Forgetful Day | Japan | Philippe Leconte | Charles Hodges | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 55 | Two Wheeled Hero | Canada | Fred Boisseau | Chris Parker | {{TableTBA}} | {{TableTBA}} |
| 56 | Windmill | Australia | Philippe Leconte | Sam Wilson | Stranded in the outback, the boys must team up with a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a father and his son to repair a windmill to retrieve water from a well. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 57 | Hockey | Canada | Stéphane Beau | Baptiste Heidrich | Abey and Tady return. | {{TableTBA}} |
| 58 | Kabuki | Japan | Gilles Dayez | Nadège Girardot and Marie de Banville | The boys are introduced to Kabuki theatre in Tokyo. | 8 June 2014 |
| 59 | Pottery | Crete | Pierre Cerutti | Jean Regnaud | Cassandra needs pudding. | 15 June 2014 |
| 60 | The Olive Festival (aka The Village Festival) | Crete | Philippe Leconte | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | Cassandra's xylophone is broken, so she can't sing in the festival | 22 June 2014 |
| 61 | The Barter | Morocco | Fred Boisseau | Marie Caroline Villand and Florence Le Couëdic | In the Sahara desert, the boys go to a Berbers' camp to barter items. | 29 June 2014 |
| 62 | Whistling Language | Senegal | Stéphane Beau | Muriel Achery and Chris Arsonnaud | The boys reunite with Bouba. | 20 December 2014 |
Broadcast
In Canada, the series airs on TVOKids.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mouk |title=Mouk Shows |publisher=TVOKids |access-date=2016-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727120658/http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mouk |archive-date=2016-07-27 |url-status=dead }} In the United States, Ultra Kidz premiered the series in Spanish on 4 September 2017.{{cite web|last=Padovano Tong|first=Joanna |url=http://worldscreen.com/tvkids/french-cartoon-mouk-joins-ultra-kidz-lineup/|title=French Cartoon Mouk Joins Ultra Kidz Lineup |website=World Screen|date=28 August 2017|access-date=2020-02-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/prfeed/ultra-kidz-welcomes-cultural-diversity-premiere-mouk/414911 |title=Ultra Kidz Welcomes Cultural Diversity with the Premiere of Mouk|work=Multichannel News|date=30 August 2017|access-date=2020-02-05}} In Brazil, it is airing by TV Escola
and ZooMoo. In the United Kingdom, it airs on Disney Junior. In the United States, it is airing now on Sprout.
Other broadcasters:
Games
TVOKids has a flash game based on the show where several regions can be explored with an associated character.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvokids.com/games/mouk|title=Mouk Games|publisher=TVOKids|access-date=2016-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708204715/http://www.tvokids.com/games/mouk|archive-date=2016-07-08|url-status=dead}}
- Canada with Ameruk
- Crete with Cassandra
- India with Kalpita
- Japan with Miko
- Venezuela with Raina
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|2129477|Mouk}}
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