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|'''12'''||'''The Visitors Who Came In From The Cold'''|| Arktos' penguins are going on strike except for James. While Tabaluga helps the penguins last in Greenland, Iceland falls into disarray. Eventually Arkto's persuades the penguins to return and makes it up to them. || |
|'''12'''||'''The Visitors Who Came In From The Cold'''|| Arktos' penguins are going on strike except for James. While Tabaluga helps the penguins last in Greenland, Iceland falls into disarray. Eventually Arkto's persuades the penguins to return and makes it up to them. || |
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|'''13'''||'''A Fatal Present'''|| Arktos sends a plague of locusts to Greenland. With all options failing, Tabaluga beseeches the help of the giant [[Black Widow]] spider Tarantula. Her siren song works, with all Greenlanders evading it. || |
|'''13'''||'''A Fatal Present'''|| Arktos sends a plague of locusts to Greenland. With all options failing, Tabaluga beseeches the help of the giant [[Latrodectus|Black Widow]] spider Tarantula. Her siren song works, with all Greenlanders evading it. || |
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|'''14'''||'''A Ruined Premiere'''|| To stifle his boredom, Arktos sends James to capture some dolphins for a circus. With the aid of Sawbones the [[swordfish]], Tabaluga and his friends intercept and rescue the dolphins. || |
|'''14'''||'''A Ruined Premiere'''|| To stifle his boredom, Arktos sends James to capture some dolphins for a circus. With the aid of Sawbones the [[swordfish]], Tabaluga and his friends intercept and rescue the dolphins. || |
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Revision as of 15:14, 26 April 2013
| Tabaluga | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Starring | Peter van Hoof |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Flying Bark Animation |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
Flying Bark Animation (previously known as Yoram Gross Films) produced an animated cartoon series of Tabaluga. In this series, Tabaluga is the last of the dragons and the crown-prince of Greenland, a magical place inhabited by talking animals of many different species. Tabaluga must defend his home from two rival kingdoms on either side of Greenland; a frigid arctic tundra, ruled by the evil snowman Arktos and a searing desert, ruled by an evil sand-spirit named Humsin.
Characters
Residents of Greenland
- Tabaluga: A small green dragon who is main protagonist of the series. He is the king of Greenland. Son of Tyrion.
- Happy: A Snow hare who lives in Greenland and is one of Tabaluga's best friends.
- Digby: A mole from Greenland who wears glasses and one of Tabaluga's good friends.
- Nessaja: A giant turtle who acts as a mentor and advisor to Tabaluga.
- Buzz: A bee and one of Tabaluga's good friends.
- Bilingua: A snake and a minor villain. She had shown in at least one episode that she had the power of hypnosis.
- Tyrion: The previous ruler of Greenland and father of Tabaluga. When he died, he turned into a star, like all dragons.
Iceworld
- Arktos: The main antagonist. He is an evil snowman who aims to make Greenland a frozen wasteland. He is king of Iceworld. He has a hall containing animals who have been frozen by him, and is fond of ice-cream.
- James: The polite and gentle penguin who serves Arktos and pilots his master's transport, The Arktoplane. When the penguins of Iceworld temporarily left the evil snowman, James was the only one who remained at his side.
- Attila the walrus: Arktos' cook.
- Shouhu: An owl, who has a magic crystal ball. He is a prisoner to Arktos for his foresight. After his release, he helps advise the young dragon alongside Nessaja.
- Vultur: A reconnaissance spy and messenger for Arktos, but then changed allegiance to Humsin.
- Fritz: Arktos' pet shark, who often tries to eat his carrot nose.
- Lilly (or Lilli): A sculpture created by Arktos. When Tabaluga saw Lilly for the first time, he immediately had a strange but wonderful emotion he couldn`t explain to himself - all he could think or dream about was Lilly.
Desert Realm
- Humsin: ruler of the desert realm, willing to make Greenland into a desert. He appears as a whirlwind of sand.
- Kayo: chameleon who worked for Humsin, but later works for Arktos
Episodes
Season 1
| # | Title | Summary | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last of His Kind | As Arktos spoils Greenland's tranquility, Digby stumbles on an egg, out of which hatches the last dragon Tabaluga. Tabaluga escapes Arktos, then learns of his destiny. | |
| 2 | Happy Without Ending | Tabaluga tumbles into the Iceworld and releases his newfound friend Happy, and they escape and rescue a defecting Fox Dandy, who leads them to Greenland. | |
| 3 | A Very Hot Thing | Vultur starts a fire in the Greenland forest, forcing the inhabitants to evacuate to safe haven. All the birds and bees fan the fire and then Arktos extinguishes it. | |
| 4 | Servant of Two Masters | Vultur takes Digby to Iceworld. The Greenlanders create a diversion, while Tabaluga and Happy rescue Digby along with some others, learning Shouhu's purpose in addition. | |
| 5 | Dubious Dealings | A worry arouses in Greenland when night is longer than normal. Arktos takes advantage of this, but Tabaluga catches wind of Arktos' deception and reveals the darkness was an eclipse. | |
| 6 | One Dragon Too Many | Arktos sends a frilled lizard to impersonate Tabaluga and stir things up in Greenland. Tabaluga outdoes the imposter when he rescues Happy and helps him to fit in. | |
| 7 | The Wiser Head Does Not Give Up | Arktos has developed a new weapon to spread his ice. Tabaluga has a dilemma to prepare for the worst, but decides to give himself up in order to infiltrate Ice Town and put the new weapon out of action. | |
| 8 | Two Birds With One Stone | Tabaluga volunteers to rescue Queen Elisabeth XXI's ant army from the clutches of Arktos. Tabaluga infiltrates Ice Town with unexpected help from Happy and forces Arktos to release the ants. | |
| 9 | Moonstruck | Tabaluga is intrigued to go to the moon. Arktos' offer to bring him there proves to be an attempt to dispose of him. In an unconcious dream, Tabaluga learns plenty about the moon. | |
| 10 | Dragons Do not Cry | Tabaluga and Happy and Arktos are enjoying themselves. But a new kind of fruit Happy and Arktos ate has poisoned them. With effort Tabaluga provides a cure for Happy then passes it on to Arktos. | |
| 11 | The Big Cloud | Arktos unleashes a volley of ice clouds to blot out the sun. With help from Prince Ighor, Tabaluga persuades the volcano ant queen to erupt the volcano. It works, but only too well. | |
| 12 | The Visitors Who Came In From The Cold | Arktos' penguins are going on strike except for James. While Tabaluga helps the penguins last in Greenland, Iceland falls into disarray. Eventually Arkto's persuades the penguins to return and makes it up to them. | |
| 13 | A Fatal Present | Arktos sends a plague of locusts to Greenland. With all options failing, Tabaluga beseeches the help of the giant Black Widow spider Tarantula. Her siren song works, with all Greenlanders evading it. | |
| 14 | A Ruined Premiere | To stifle his boredom, Arktos sends James to capture some dolphins for a circus. With the aid of Sawbones the swordfish, Tabaluga and his friends intercept and rescue the dolphins. | |
| 15 | A Matter Full of Seeds | There is a shortage of sunflower seeds for Tabaluga thanks to James' harvest. Tabaluga slips into Ice Town to get back some seeds to enjoy in future. | |
| 16 | Someone Is Cheating | Greenland is holding a sports tournament. Arktos plans to use this tournament to win the land as his own. The Greenlanders win the tournament, thanks to Maurice, a polar whom Arktos outcast. | |
| 17 | Mister Nice Guy | After increased attacks on Greenland, Arktos sends James as a clown to steal some fruit. His heist fails, but the Greenlanders lend him a hand, while Tabaluga spreads cheer and happiness in Iceworld. | |
| 18 | Too Much Salt Is Detrimental To The Health | James builds a dam to get water for ice-cream production. The dam causes a lot of flooding and is contaminated by a salt mine. The beavers manage to destroy the dam and restore the river. | |
| 19 | The Tree Of Life | Arktos is intent on destroying the Tree of Life, disregarding the consequences of Water cycle imbalance. Tabaluga manages to defrost the Tree of Life and save both Greenland and Iceworld. | |
| 20 | A Splendid Couple | Today is Happy's Birthday. Arktos sends a snow hare Leon, to befriend Happy, which makes Tabaluga feel lonesome. Both hares and Tabaluga make up, getting captured by Arktos, but the trio make their escape. | |
| 21 | A Fiery Encounter | Tabaluga meets the wild honey bees and learns about their ways of living. Arktos sends James to raid the hive for honey. Tabaluga helps the bees repel the next raid and sends James off. | |
| 22 | Tabaluga and Lilli | Tabaluga is captivated by Arktos' beautiful girl statue, he calls Lilli, which is haunting him with passion. Happy helps Tabaluga through his dangerous ordeal and Tabaluga fulfills his love for Lilli. | |
| 23 | The Abducted Scamp | James takes Happy's bullying cousin Billy to Ice Town for Arktos' gallery. Billy is as troublesome to Arktos as he was back in Greenland, so Vultur persuades the Greenlanders to take him back. | |
| 24 | The Flow of Time | Tabaluga sees a past vision in the River of Time, but has to take care of a river blockage would spell eternal time freeze for the Greenlanders. After that Shouhu finally has his freedom. | |
| 25 | Queen For One Day | ||
| 26 | Chocolate Ice for Everybody | Arktos gains the power to spread an early winter to Greenland. With the aid of the giant octopus Tentaculus, Tabaluga brings Arktos to his knees and brings Iceworld and Greenland together. |
Season 2
| # | Title | Summary | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Tabaluga | After Tabaluga's coronation, Arktos starts up an ice-cream factory in hopes of overshadowing the new prince. However his business is clearfelling the forests, forcing Tabaluga to rescue everyone from a landslide. | |
| 2 | Humsin | ||
| 3 | Dangerous confidence | ||
| 4 | Big Freeze | ||
| 5 | Prophecy | ||
| 6 | Hero | ||
| 7 | Potato Festival | ||
| 8 | A Spiny Danger | ||
| 9 | Flood | ||
| 10 | The Day of the Cactus | ||
| 11 | The Big Change | ||
| 12 | Sand Fleas | ||
| 13 | The Lost Dragon | ||
| 14 | My baby | ||
| 15 | The Ice Beast | ||
| 16 | Double Trouble | ||
| 17 | Peace Play | ||
| 18 | Genie | ||
| 19 | Kidnapped | ||
| 20 | Sweet Dreams Hamsin | ||
| 21 | The Thundwerbird | ||
| 22 | Bully for You | ||
| 23 | The Scrying Game | ||
| 24 | Dragon Mountain | ||
| 25 | The Sands of Doom | ||
| 26 | Majority Rules |
Season 3
| # | Title | Summary | Air Date |
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| 1 | The Dragon Pendant | On a new spring season, Tabaluga starts his quest for the dragon pendant. Knowing about it from Kayo, Arktos plans to get the pendant first. Tabaluga narrowly manages to finish the first stage of his quest. | |
| 2 | The Quest | ||
| 3 | Scary Story | ||
| 4 | Tabaluga Challenge | ||
| 5 | Fire Stone | ||
| 6 | Little Wonder | ||
| 7 | Arktos The Good | ||
| 8 | The Gloomy Forest | ||
| 9 | Mother Arktos | ||
| 10 | Eye in the Sky | ||
| 11 | Do not Forget to Remember | ||
| 12 | Fool's Gold | ||
| 13 | Where is Winter? | ||
| 14 | Whale of a Tale | ||
| 15 | Last Gasp | ||
| 16 | Troubled Waters | ||
| 17 | Hidden Treasures | ||
| 18 | Wish Upon a Star | ||
| 19 | Who's Who | ||
| 20 | The Hidden Chamber | ||
| 21 | Ready, Set, Go! | ||
| 22 | Digby's Promise | ||
| 23 | Kayo: Friend or Foe? | ||
| 24 | Menace in the Mountains | ||
| 25 | Dragon World | ||
| 26 | Lost Pendant |
Animated Movie
Following the conclusion of the third season in 2004, a Christmas cartoon film, "Tabaluga und Leo" (engl. "Tabaluga and Leo"), based on the TV cartoon series aired in 2005, serving a sequel to the animated series.
Broadcast History
The cartoon series of Tabaluga originally shown on ZDF in Germany is presently being shown in the UK on the following channels:
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