Zazoo U
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Animation
| creator = Shane DeRolf
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| writer = {{Plainlist |
- Pamela Hickey
- Dennys McCoy }}
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| voices = (See "Voice cast")
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| opentheme = U Matta
| endtheme = U Matta (instrumental)
| composer = Jim Covell
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13
| list_episodes = #List of episodes
| executive_producer = Phil Roman
Shane de Rolf
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = Film Roman
Fox Children's Productions
| channel = Fox (Fox Children's Network)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|9|8}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1991|1|19}}
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Zazoo U is an American animated television series that aired on Fox Children's Network block on Saturday mornings from September 8, 1990 to January 19, 1991.{{cite book|title=TV Guide Guide to TV|year=2004|publisher=Barnes & Noble|isbn=0-7607-5634-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/720 720]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/720}}{{cite news|title=Television Today Networks Starting to Ease Off on War Coverage to Pay the Bills|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=101181E445FF091D&p_field_direct-0=document_id|access-date=6 August 2011|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=January 24, 1991|location=USA|quote=The original episode entitled "First Encounter" will air at 6 am replacing Zazoo U. which is on hiatus, according to Fox Broadcasting.}} The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=939–940}}
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide.{{cite web | url=https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/advanced-search?records_per_page=10&subquery=%7B%22queryTerm%22%3A%22Zazoo%20U%22%2C%22operatorType%22%3A%22%22%2C%22fieldHeading%22%3A%22Title%22%2C%22searchType%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%2C%22searchTypeReverseLookup%22%3A%7B%22exact%22%3A%22Is%20%28exact%29%22%2C%22starts_with%22%3A%22Starts%20with%22%2C%22contains%22%3A%22Contains%22%2C%22phrase%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%7D%7D&page_number=0&date_field=representative_date&sort_field=representative_date&sort_order=asc&type_of_record=motion_picture | title=U.S. Copyright Public Records System }}{{cite web |url=https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |title=Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues |work=StreamClues |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226042740/https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |archive-date=26 December 2022 |last1=Aydınlı |first1=Barbaros }}{{cite web | url=https://www.chroniquedisney.fr/fil-01-ABC/serie-bvs-entertainment.htm | title=Liste - BVS Entertainment | Séries }}
Plot
The series follows the antics of a university college populated by different animals.{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=724}}
Voice cast
- Michael Horton as Boink
- Jerry Houser as Grizzle
- Brian Cummings as Bully
- Neil Ross as Logan Chomper
- Tress MacNeille as Ms. Devine
- Susan Silo as Tess
- S. Scott Bullock as Slogo Bonito
- Stu Rosen as Dr. Russell
- Danny Mann as Rarf
- Lee Thomas as Seymour
- Dorian Harewood as Buck, Rawld-O
Crew
- Stu Rosen - Voice Director
Episodes
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=The Nine Mile Pile
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall, Tom Ray, Norm McCabe
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy and Shane DeRolf
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|9|8}}
|ShortSummary=All the students arrive at Zazoo U for the first class, and immediately struggle to adjust to the school and to each other.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=The Crayon Box That Talked
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall, Mark Glamack
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|9|15}}
|ShortSummary=A box of talking crayons is discovered; each crayon wants to be the greatest of the box, and befriends each of the students to try to succeed.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=The Search for the Meaning of Life
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall, Mark Glamack
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|9|22}}
|ShortSummary=A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Yesterday's Zoo
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy & Larry Parr
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|9|29}}
|ShortSummary=Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor, and discover a world of past bygone relics.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Is Bigger Better?
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall
|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
| t = Alicia Marie Schudt
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|10|6}}
|ShortSummary=The students enter a dispute about whether bigger means better. The dispute soon goes into bigger, but not better, dimensions.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Har V and Sue
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall
|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Pat Allee & Ben Hurst
| ex1 = Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|10|13}}
|ShortSummary=Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends, and vie for Boink's affections.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Bully Loses His Temper
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|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
| ex1 = Tony Marino
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|10|20}}
|ShortSummary=Bully gets mad and loses his temper; an enraged miniature version of himself jumps out and storms around wreaking destruction. The class must now get the Temper back to Bully.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=Share a Chair
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|10|27}}
|ShortSummary=Everybody at Zazoo U gets a special gadget-laden custom schoolchair, except for Grizzle. But no one will share with him, so he gets despondent and wanders off, leading the class to search for him.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=Ms. Devine's Blues
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|WrittenBy= Alicia Marie Schudt & Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|11|3}}
|ShortSummary=Miss Devine is dejected about her pet Rarf being unremarkable, and thus possibly a worthless nothing. Rarf goes out of his way to prove he is special to her.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=No Strings Attached
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
| ex1 = Tony Marino
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|11|10}}
|ShortSummary=Boink discovers invisible strings that can be seen only with the imagination. But his messing around with the strings causes the laws of physics to go seriously awry.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=Money for Music
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|11|17}}
|ShortSummary=The class work to earn money to get new musical instruments. Grizzle and Tess try all sorts of money-making schemes, while Boink and Bully go around looking for donations.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=One Single Seed
|DirectedBy= Jeff Hall
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|12|1}}
|ShortSummary=The school is invaded by an alien... a talent agent who's looking for the next big star. The agent himself possesses creativity, but can the others help him realize his potential?
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=Boinks's Rap
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy= Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1990|12|8}}
|ShortSummary=Everybody gets ready for the school talent show, and all sorts of incredible antics and performances are in store. But Boink gets a serious case of stage fright, so it's up to the others to coax the show's best act out of him.
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0218797}}
{{Film Roman}}
{{Fox Kids}}
Category:1990s American animated television series
Category:1990s American children's television series
Category:1990s American college television series
Category:1990 American animated television series debuts
Category:1991 American television series endings
Category:American children's animated adventure television series
Category:American teen animated television series
Category:American television series with live action and animation
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:Television series by Film Roman
Category:Television series by Saban Entertainment
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