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On August 29, 2000, after the production of the first season of the series, [[Alphanim]], [[Tiji]], and [[Cinar]] created a [[bilingual]] [[Adobe Flash]]-based [[website]] under the [[domain name]] monathevampire.com. This website included several children's games and activities that included characters and settings from the series. On August 29, 2016, the domain was deactivated, but archived versions of the site still exist. |
On August 29, 2000, after the production of the first season of the series, [[Alphanim]], [[Tiji]], and [[Cinar]] created a [[bilingual]] [[Adobe Flash]]-based [[website]] under the [[domain name]] monathevampire.com. This website included several children's games and activities that included characters and settings from the series. On August 29, 2016, the domain was deactivated, but archived versions of the site still exist. Due to the discontinuation of the [[Adobe Flash Player]] at the end of 2020, archived versions of the website may be inaccessible. |
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| Mona the Vampire | |
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 Title card | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Sonia Holleyman Hiawyn Oram |
| Developed by | Fancy Cape Productions |
| Starring | Emma Taylor-Isherwood Justin Bradley Carrie Finlay Oliver Grainger Louis Negin Sonja Ball Michael Yarmush John Stocker |
| Opening theme | "Mona the Vampire" by Judy Henderson |
| Ending theme | "Mona the Vampire" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | Canada France Hong Kong (Season 3) |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (130 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Micheline Charest Christian Davin Ronald A.Weinburg Steven Ching Louis Fournier David Ferguson Peter Moss |
| Producers |
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| Running time | 20 minutes (two ten minute episodes per show) |
| Production companies | Alphanim CINAR Corporation Animation Services (season 3) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canada YTV France France 3 Canal J Tiji (Seasons 3-4) |
| Release | September 13, 1999 – February 10, 2003 |
Mona the Vampire is a Canadian-French-Chinese children's animated television series that was created by Sonia Holleyman. The series is based on a series of 1990s children's books of the same name that was written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman and later also by Hiawyn Oram. The series is co-produced by the CINAR Corporation and Alphanim, with Animation Services (in Hong Kong) for Season 3, produced in association with YTV in co-production with France 3, Canal J (Seasons 1-2) and Tiji (Seasons 2-4), with the participation of the Independent Production Fund, the Shaw Children's Programming Initiative, and Telefilm Canada. It originally premiered in Canada on YTV on September 13, 1999, and later in France on France 3 on October 30, 2000.
Synopsis
The series follows the adventures of Mona Parker, who refers to herself as "Mona the Vampire", as well as her two best friends, Lily Duncan ("Princess Giant") and Charley Bones ("Zapman"), and her pet cat, Fang, as they imagine themselves confronting a new supernatural foe, or solving a supernatural mystery, in every episode, but there are always rational explanations for what they see.
Episodes
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 52 | 26 | September 13, 1999 | February 14, 2001 | |
| 2 | 26 | 13 | September 15, 2001 | December 9, 2001 | |
| 3 | 26 | 13 | February 28, 2002 | June 14, 2002 | |
| 4 | 26 | 13 | January 26, 2004 | February 22, 2006 | |
There are a total of 65 full episodes of Mona the Vampire. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long, not including the theme song and the credits theme, and each full episode contains two 10-minute episodes. Four seasons of Mona the Vampire were produced. The first season contains 26 full episodes, while seasons 2, 3, and 4 each contains 13 full episodes.
Characters
- Mona Parker ("Mona the Vampire") - A ten-year-old girl with a vivid imagination and a naive personality who imagines herself as a vampire hero coming out to save the day. She believes the town she lives in is overrun with supernatural monsters, and she plans to stop them all and save the town on a daily basis. Although Mona's imagination can cause trouble at times, her imagination has more often than not proven to be helpful.
- Fang - Mona's pet cat, he is a feline sidekick who always follows Mona everywhere. Fang is her accomplice in the nether realms of her imagination. When going with Mona while in her vampire costume, he has fake wings tied to his back.
- Charles "Charley" Bones ("Zapman") - One of Mona's best friends, he is an intelligent but also timid bespectacled boy in real life. His alter ego is Zapman, who wears a green costume and is armed with a Zapp-A-Rama gun, which really is a water pistol, though he can be seen holding another kind of toy gun. Charley's nemesis is the local school bully George.
- Lily Duncan ("Princess Giant") - One of Mona's best friends. She has a timid and slightly paranoid personality at times, but she is still helpful to the team. Her alter ego is Princess Giant, who wears a long blond wig topped with a crown and holds a kind of cat plushie.
- Mr. and Mrs. Parker - Mona's parents. Mrs. Parker is shown to be the stricter of the two, while Mr. Parker is more light-hearted and somewhat clumsy, as he is more likely to believe what Mona thinks in her imagination.
- Angela Smith - Mona's snobbish rival, she is a filthy rich girl who frequently flaunts her wealth to her classmates. She also regularly enlists George in her schemes to cause problems for Mona. Her parents won the lottery, explaining her sheer wealth and her resulting spoiledness.
- George Jamell - A school bully, he is a mean boy who picks on other kids at school, especially Charley. He is friends with Angela, and often does the job for her schemes, essentially serving as her right hand man.
- Madeleine Gotto - Mona's teacher. She is very stern, yet also has a habit of falling in love easily. She is often exasperated by Mona's strange ideas and arguments for supernatural occurrences which are ordinary events.
- Principal Ivan Shawbly - The strict principal of Mona's school, St. Faith's Elementary. He easily grows tired of Mona's behavior and is quick to discipline her.
- Officer Halcroft - The chief of local police. He's become used to Mona's antics, and is quick to offer a more rational explanation to Mona's stories which, ironically, Mona finds rather outlandish and unbelievable.
- Mayor Rosenbaum - The town's mayor.
- Mrs. Bryerson - Mona's elderly neighbor. She has a poodle named Blitzy.
- Lawrence - One of Mona's classmates. Even though he is a recurring character, he plays a minor role in many episodes.
- Reverend Gregory - The local reverend.
- Von Kreepsula - A minor antagonist trapped inside a comic book who is occasionally freed.
Voice cast
The following is a list containing voice actors and the characters they voice:
- Emma Taylor-Isherwood as Mona Parker
- Justin Bradley (1999–2002) and Evan Smirnow (2003) as Charley Bones
- Carrie Finlay as Lily Duncan
- Carole Jeghers as Mrs. Parker
- Marcel Jeannin as Mr. Parker
- Tia Caroleo as Angela Smith
- Oliver Grainger (1999–2002) and James Harbour (2003) as George Jamell
- Louis Negin as Reverend Gregory
- Gary Jewell (1999–2002) and Richard Dumont (2003) as Officer Halcroft (1999–2002)
- Jennifer Seguin as Miss Gotto
- Rick Miller (1999–2002) and Stephen Spreekmeester (2003) as Principal Shawbly
- Sonja Ball as Mrs. Bryerson
- John Stocker as Mayor Rosenbaum
- Michael Yarmush as Lawrence
- Jonathan Koensgen as Robin
- Ricky Mabe as Morris
- Al Gravelle as Big Al
- Holly Gauthier-Frankel as Belinda (2003)
- Jim Cummings as Jurassic
- U Aung Ko as Mrs. Parker's Boss
- David Tyler as Dr. Feelgreat
Production
The first public announcement of the production of the television series was in a news article published on June 9, 1998 by the New York City news agency PR Newswire. Before Mona the Vampire, Cinar and Alphanim, two of the series' main production companies, had partnered in several other television series, including Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Lassie and Animal Crackers. The leaders of both of these companies predicted that Mona the Vampire would be a great success, and hoped to further the relationship between the two companies with this production.[1]
Book basis
Mona the Vampire is based on a series of books of the same name that were each published in the early to mid 1990s and were written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, who was later partnered with Hiawyn Oram in the writing of that same book series. Holleyman's original idea of Mona, as represented in her first three Mona the Vampire books, led more towards a girl with a great imagination who, like many children, likes to experiment with multiple different obsessions. However, after Oram joined Holleyman in the writing of the next six Mona the Vampire books, they decided to modify Mona into a character who is solely obsessed with her vampire superhero persona. These ideas later developed into the modern television series.
Additionally, a series of eight picture books and three activity books based on the television series was published in the United Kingdom by Orchard Books in 2001. This picture book series depicts the characters and scenery in a similar manner to the television series. Each of the picture books are based on specific episodes of the first season of the show.
DVD release
During and after the production of Mona the Vampire, several various DVDs containing episodes of the series were published, especially by Cookie Jar Entertainment. These DVDs sometimes included extra features, such as episode and language selection settings and voiced character descriptions by child voice actors. An example of a popular Mona the Vampire DVD is Mona the Vampire: The Complete First Season, released by Mill Creek Entertainment under a deal with DHX Media, a DVD that, as the name states, contains all the episodes of the first season in numerical order.
Reception
According to Community Newspaper Company, Mona the Vampire, along with Cédric and The New Adventures of Lucky Luke, received a wide audience in Canada as well as in many European countries.[2]
Website
On August 29, 2000, after the production of the first season of the series, Alphanim, Tiji, and Cinar created a bilingual Adobe Flash-based website under the domain name monathevampire.com. This website included several children's games and activities that included characters and settings from the series. On August 29, 2016, the domain was deactivated, but archived versions of the site still exist. Due to the discontinuation of the Adobe Flash Player at the end of 2020, archived versions of the website may be inaccessible.
See also
References
- ^ June 9, 1998. PR Newswire "MONA THE VAMPIRE(TM) in Production."
- ^ "110 millions de téléspectateurs ont plébiscité 144 programmes français"[permanent dead link], La Presse Canadienne, April 18, 2005 (written in French)
External links
- Mona the Vampire
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- 2000s Canadian animated television series
- 1999 Canadian television series debuts
- 1999 French television series debuts
- 2003 Canadian television series endings
- 2003 French television series endings
- Canadian children's animated comedy television series
- Canadian children's animated fantasy television series
- Canadian children's animated horror television series
- Canadian children's animated superhero television series
- French children's animated comedy television series
- French children's animated fantasy television series
- French children's animated horror television series
- French children's animated superhero television series
- English-language television shows
- Gaumont Animation
- YTV (TV channel) original programming
- Canadian television shows based on children's books
- Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Television series by Corus Entertainment
- Vampires in animated television
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- Elementary school television series
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