The Adventures of Blinky Bill
The Adventures of Blinky Bill | |
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Genre | Cartoon series |
Created by | Yoram Gross |
Developed by | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
Narrated by | Jonathan M. Shiff |
Opening theme | Hey, hey, Blinly Bill |
Ending theme | I'm Blinky Bill (season 1) Yahoo didgeridoo (season 2) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 78 |
Production | |
Producer | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
Running time | 26 |
Original release | |
Network | ABC Television |
The Adventures Of Blinky Bill is an animated television series based on Dorothy Wall's books about Blinky Bill. The series is produced by Yoram Gross. Set in Greenpatch, a fictional Australian town, the series presents stories of conservation and nature through the activities of Blinky Bill and his family and friends.
Series
Series 1
In the first series of The Adventures of Blinky Bill (1993, 26 episodes), Blinky Bill and his friends rebuild the buildings and the community in Greenpatch, following its destruction by humans. They also come to terms with their new neighbours, the ill-famed Dingo family.
The series first aired on ABC Television on the 6 September 1993. Yoram Gross co-produced the first series with the ABC (Australia), BBC (UK), WDR (Germany), and EM. Entertainment GmbH (Germany). It is the series closest to the original book in character and setting.
Series 2
In this series, also known as 'Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion (1995, 26 episodes), Blinky Bill and his friends become lost while on a school excursion in the bush. Finding their way home across different parts of Australia, they have many adventures helping out other animals in need, including a crocodile, penguins and farm and circus animals.
The second series was a Yoram Gross co-production with the ABC (Australia), WDR (Germany), VIDEAL (Germany), Beyond Distribution (Australia) and EM. Entertainment (Germany).
Series 3
In series three, Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure also known as Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures (2004, 26 episodes), Blinky Bill, Nutsy and Flap travel around the world in a hot air balloon that takes them on exciting adventures being chased by 2 humans named Basil and Cyril who are the Circus Bros.. The animals he rescued were Ling Ling the Giant Panda, Slippery the Seal, Yoyo the Monkey, Princess Penelope the Poodle, Leo the Lion and Tico Toucan (who originally works for the Circus Bros.) They went to Antarctica, the African Plains, China, the Amazon Rainforest, India and Paris the Capital of France. It was shown in high definition.
The series aired on 10 June 2004 on the Seven Network. The third series was a Flying Bark co-production with the ABC (Australia), WDR (Germany), VIDEAL (Germany), Beyond Distribution (Australia) and EM. Entertainment (Germany).
Telemovie
In 2005 a telemovie Blinky Bill’s White Christmas (80 mins) was produced by Yoram Gross-EM.TV.[1] The telemovie first aired on the Seven Network on 24 December 2005. The theme song from the telemovie, "Christmas in Australia", was sung by Christine Anu.[2]
Plot
With Christmas just around the corner, everyone in Greenpatch is busily decorating the town square. Blinky Bill is up to his usual mischief and accidentally breaks Wombo's snow globe. To make amends, he decides to give Wombo a treat by creating a white Christmas in Greenpatch with real snow and a real Christmas tree. So Blinky and Flap begin a quest in search of the rare and mysterious Wollemi Pine Forest in order to cut down a tree for the village square in Greenpatch, while Splodge and Nutsy stay at home and, with a variety of outrageous experiments, try to create snow.
Characters
- Blinky Bill: the lead character, a young koala. He wears red knickerbocker dungarees with a yellow button.
- Nutsy: Blinky's adoptive sister, another young koala, she become Blinky's sister at the end of Series 1. She wears a purple dress and a pink bandanna.
- Flap: a platypus who is one of Blinky's friends. He hates being called Duck. He wears yellow trousers. He has a speech impedement like the Looney Tunes character, Daffy Duck.
- Splodge: a kangaroo who is one of Blinky's friends. He wears a green cap and green overalls with yellow suspenders.
- Marcia Marsupial Mouse: a tough tomboy mouse, another of Blinky's friends. She wears pink overalls and a pink bow.
- Mr. Walter Wombat (nicknamed "Wombo" by Blinky and his friends): Blinky's mentor who gives him assistance when needed. He wears an old green shirt, old gloves and black trousers.
- Miss Magpie: the town's school teacher. She wears nothing but a black mortarboard hat.
- Mrs. Koala: Blinky's mother, she married Nutsy's father, she become Nutsy's mother. She wears a pink dress.
- Mr. Koala: Nutsy's long-lost father, he married Blinky's mother, he become Blinky's father. He wears shorts and a blue shirt.
- Mr. Platypus: Flap's father, he wears a brown shirt and brown trousers.
- Mrs. Platypus: Flap's mother, she wears a pink dress and a white hat.
- Mayor Pelican: the town's pompous, unhelpful mayor. He wears nothing but a small pink top hat and mayoral sash.
- Mrs. Rabbit: a Greenpatch resident and mother of many children. She wears a blue dress.
- Granny Grunty Koala: an elderly koala who is hard of hearing. She wears glasses and wears old clothes like Wombo.
- Danny Dingo: Blinky's main antagonist, black and wears dark glasses in most appearances
- Meatball Dingo: Danny's younger, fatter brother, also a bully but not very bright. He is fat and wears nothing but boots and a beanie.
- Daisy Dingo: Danny's sister, more concerned with her looks than anything. She wears a halter top, blue jeans and light-blue shoes. Her bathing suit is a green bikini.
- Shifty Dingo: Danny's youngest brother, who tries to fit in with Blinky and his friends and is eventually accepted. He joined Blinky's gang in Series 2.
- Ma Dingo: The bad-tempered mother of Danny, Meatball, Daisy and Shifty. She wears a yellow shirt.
- Mr. Emu: Mayor Pelican's helper. he wears an orange shirt.
- Ms. Echidna: an Echidna who is not fond of Blinky's mischievous behaviour. She wears a white hat and a white dress.
- Jacko: a kookaburra who often laughs. He wears a blue shirt and blue hat.
- Nurse Angelina: a Wallaby nurse at Greenpatch Hospital. She always seen in a nurse's uniform.
- Mr. Kangaroo: Splodge's father, he wears a red hat, light blue shirt and dark blue pants
- Mrs. Kangaroo: Splodge's mother, She wears a light pink dress with a flower on her hat.
- Mrs. Frog: a Greenpatch resident and Mother of 3 children. She wears a pink dress.
- Ruff: a green Frill-necked Lizard who wears often wears a yellow shirt.
- Mr Gloop:a Bush Turkey who runs the local cafe. He wears nothing but a blue hat, a bow tie and an apron occasionally.
- Ms. Pym: a human lady who runs a shop in the bush and is not particularly fond of Blinky. She has a pet Budgie named Cedric.
New Characters In Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion
- Goanna: the crook at the beginning of the quest when Blinky and his friends sneaked into the cavern. He tried to stop them from escaping by doing spooky things but they escaped by mine cart.
- Slick: a Possum who Blinky and his friends met when they were taken to the city. He wears a blue shirt.
- The Owl Family: Owls who Blinky met while it snowed in the wilderness they travel through.
- Boris: a Polar Bear who came from Siberia and lives at a circus.
- The Sea Bird: a bird who Blinky met in a lighthouse.
- The Plovers: birds who had their nest stolen.
- Henk: a lizard whose parents who taken by smugglers.
- Sirol: a crocodile who was not like other crocodiles.
- Gretel:
New Characters in Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure
Main
- Ling Ling: a young wise Giant Panda. She always remembers what her master told her in China. She is good at magic and is very helpful. She wears a light blue jacket. She was the 3rd to go home in "Panda Pandemonium".
- Slippery: a big Weddell Seal who is a bit like Blinky's friend Splodge (being clumsy). Tico wanted him to go home first to Antarctica because he always gets squashed by him. He was caught on a boat with a wolf figurehead. He wears purple pants. He is the only character not seen in the opening cinematic. He was the 1st to go home in "Antarctic Adventure".
- Yoyo: a Monkey who was born in captivity. He sometimes causes trouble. His parents were once in the circus and passed away when he was so young which he doesn't remember and he never knew where he came from. He thought his family were in the African Plains but the monkeys were a different type to him. He even thought that was family was in the Amazon Jungle after being tricked by Tico where he later was mentioned by some kind Environmentalist humans as a South Indian Monkey. He finally finds his family in India who are Temple Guardians of the Forbidden Temple. He wears yellow pants with yellow suspenders. He was the 4th to go home in "Monkey See Monkey Do".
- Princess Penelope: a Beautiful French Poodle who is often worried. She has many precious things. She wears a necklace and wears a pink Tutu. She lives with a human in Paris the capital of France who she calls a Mistress. She was accidentally sold to the Circus Bros. as a puppy. She was the 5th and last to go home in "A Dog's Best Friend". When in India, she has a red spot, a purple skirt and a sari.
- Leo: an old African Lion. At the Circus he was fierce with his false teeth but at other times is like the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. He was caught by Poachers and sold to the Circus Bros.. In the African Plains (which is where he comes from), his son Rex said that he had no place in the pride but he was let back after giving the Circus Bros. a Scare and saving Blinky, himself and his cub from cages. He is the only main character during the journey to not be put in a cage by the Bros.. He wears purple pants. He was the 2nd to go home in "Leo Leads The Way".
- The Circus Bros.: two human brothers named Basil and Cyril who are the leaders of the circus with the mistreated animals. They chased Blinky around the world to catch him and his friends and send them to New York City. They say that Blinky will be the star who'll make them rich after seeing him on the trapeze which he grabbed by accident. Basil is the Ringmaster (who wears a black top hat, a black coat (which he takes off in the end), a white shirt, pink trousers and has black hair with a ponytail and a mustache and is fat) and Cyril was the Clown (who wears a clown face (which he is seen without after the Circus was stolen), blue overalls, a white shirt and has yellow hair). They're the main Antagonists. They may be shortened to the Bros. at times. At the end of each episode Basil accuses Cyril for what happened. In the end Cyril retired and Basil set a bushfire to Greenpatch after Blinky, Nutsy and Flap got home. Cyril and his Teddy Bear joined the Bushfire Brigade and took Basil for a long rest after all that trying to catch Blinky.
- Tico Toucan: a grumpy miniature Toucan who works for the Circus Bros. and befriends Blinky and his friends. He is often the cause of the things that happen to the balloon. He tries to help the Circus Bros. catch the animals and Blinky doesn't know about it. However in the Amazon Jungle, Blinky saw him talking to the Circus Bros. with his binoculars at the top of a rise but he turned his back on the Circus Bros. and saved Blinky and his friends when they were all caught in cages. He originally did come from the Amazon with the other toucans, he decided to stay with the crew feeling that he didn't fit in with the other toucans despite being welcomed by them. In India he become the director of a show performing Bear, Mongoose and Rat in "Tico Takes Charge".
Minor Characters who Blinky met on the journey
Antarctica
- Slippery's Family
- Skipper the Scurvy: a human who caught Slippery on a Boat with a wolf-like figurehead. He went with the Circus Bros. to Antarctica to head for Slippery's family. He wears an eye patch and has a peg leg.
- The Penguin Colony: the Family of the Baby Penguin that considered Flap to be his mother and followed him around. He took him home to his mother named Doris.
African Plains
- Rex: Leo's Son, King of the Mumbada Pride. He wears light brown shorts with a belt.
- Claude: Rex's Son, Leo's Grandson. He wears Blue Pants.
- The Poachers: Men who caught Leo and convinced the Circus Bros. to bring them a Lion Cub.
- The Chimpanzees: a group of Monkeys who Yoyo thought was his family.
- The Ostrich Pride: Ostriches who had their feathers plucked by humans. Blinky was rude at them. They helped the Crew get Penelope's Diamond Bracelet back from the Bros..
- Twigger: a Giraffe who Blinky met while running away from his friends after thinking that they forgot his birthday. She was caught by Poachers. She took Blinky back to his friends. She wears a blue bandana.
- Nimi and Tobaccu: Giraffe's who Twigger knows. Part of her herd.
- The Expert Game Trackers: two humans who the Circus Bros. went with the Circus Bros.. They put them in a crate and stored them on a ship.
- The Elephant: an African Elephant who borrowed the caravan to take her sick calf to some grass with help of the Crew.
- Kiku: The Elephant's sick calf.
China
- Hugh: a human Boy who took Flap to be his servant temporarily at the farm with his mother.
- The Master: Ling Ling's Master. He was put in a cage in a human town but freed by the Crew. He wears clothes like a human kung fu master.
- The Panda Colony: Ling Ling's Family.
- Arthat: a weasel who tried to help the Bros. catch the animals. He took Tico's job. He wears a blue shirt and a hat. He was soon fired after losing the animals.
- The Mountain Guardians: more Pandas who let Ling Ling and her Family share their home.
Amazon Jungle
- Anna: an Anaconda who is afraid of water, ever since she was a child. She was in the Caravan with the crew. She saved Blinky when Basil pulled him out of the Caravan and into the water. She even saved the caravan from going over a waterfall.
- Coco Phil: a Howler Monkey who is similar to Blinky. He has 2 yellow buttons instead of one.
- Sophia: Coco's adoptive sister who is similar to Nutsy. She wears a pink dress and a Purple Bandana.
- The Leafpatchers: South American animals who are all very similar to the Greenpatchers. Coco has 4 unmentioned friends who are a Sloth similar to Flap, An Anteater similar to Splodge (but wears a blue shirt), A Grasshopper similar to Marcia (but wears blue instead of pink and has 2 ribbons on her antennae) and a Jaguar similar to Shifty. It's Possible that there is a Jaguar family similar to the Dingo family and that the Alligator is similar to Ruff the Frill-necked Lizard. Others include an Amazon River Turtle similar to Mrs. Frog, An Andean Condor similar to Mr. Gloop, a Peccary similar to Nurse Angelina, a Brazilian Tapir who is similar to Ms. Echidna, a Flamingo who is similar to Mr. Emu and a Hare who is similar to Mrs. Rabbit. They're names are yet to be known.
- Miss Egret: a Leafpatch resident similar to Miss Magpie.
- Mr. Arnold Armadillo (nicknamed "Armo" by Coco and is friends): a Leafpatch resident similar to Wombo. He doesn't wear an old green shirt like Wombo though.
- Mayor Macaw: the Mayor of Leafpatch similar to Mayor Pelican. Unlike Mayor Pelican he wears a black bow tie and a big black top hat.
- Macko: a Leafpatch resident similar to Jacko but is a Toucan. Mayor Macaw mistook Tico for him and asked him to help out for the unveiling ceremony.
- The Toucans: Toucan's who Tico originally lived with. 2 of them are named Peppo and Raol. Raol is usually clumsy. They were caught in cages but freed by Tico. Peppo wears a pink hat and Raol wears a blue bandana.
- The Environmentalists: two American-English humans male and female who cured Penelope from the Purple Devil. They said where Yoyo came from. They may be similar to Ms. Pym.
India
- The Jugglers: a bear named Magid, a mongoose named Alsana and a rat named Sanjay. Tico became their director.
- Mr. Rashid: a man who caught Yoyo and put him with the Jugglers. He steals peoples wallets.
- The Tiger: a bengal tiger who the mother of a tiger cub named Sondeya who was trapped under some wood. Flap freed Sondeya by digging him out.
- Rulmi: an Indian Elephant who was in the town of Chanipaa. He took the Circus Bros. there. He warned Penelope about the Forbidden temple.
- The Temple Guardians: Monkeys who are Yoyo's family. They guard the Forbidden Temple.
Paris
- The Mistress: a woman who Penelope lives with.
- Fifi: a cat who the Mistress bought while Penelope was gone.
- Maurice: a brown French Poodle who helped Penelope. He wanted her necklace. Blinky and Flap made him mad. He wears a white suit.
- Phoebe: a woman who made Blinky a model. She gave him many photos and Autographs. It got Blinky Brainwashed about his feelings of the bush. Blinky then rescued Nutsy and Flap from the Bros. and regained his memory. Nutsy says that she has been similar to Basil.
- The Policeman: someone who arrested the Bros. for barging into the Studio.
- The Plane waitress: a woman who was on the Plane with Blinky, Nutsy and Flap back to Australia after the Eiffel Tower tore the balloon and their caravan smashed to the ground.
Sea (Never seen by Blinky, but they were just with the Bros.)
- The Sailer: a man who was with the Bros. on a sailing boat until they got on a ship.
- The Ship's Captain: a man who was on the ship with the Bros. until they got away by helicopter.
- The Captain: another captain of a different ship who gave Cyril a time limit to bring the animals to him. The Bros. got into trouble for breaking his helicopter.
Episodes
Season 1
# | Title | Summary | Air Date |
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1 | Blinky Bill's Favourite Cafe | Blinky and his friends try to help a depressed Mr. Gloop by getting Mayor Pelican to rebuild his cafe. But the dingoes hinder the plan to get a place for Dingoes instead. With Wombo's help, Bunyup Day provides a perfect opportunity for Blinky to get the cafe opened for this occasion. | 01/01/93 |
2 | Blinky Bill's Brigade | After the new school is constructed a storm comes and starts fires around the ground. Realising the danger, Blinky and his friends form a fire brigade. When mishaps occur the fire brigade seems like trouble, but they come to Blinky and Myrtle's rescue when a bush fire starts. | 02/01/93 |
3 | Blinky Rescues the Budgie | At Ms. Pym's general store, Blinky and his friends take her pet budgie Cedric thinking he's in need of freedom. Cedric tries to enjoy his new yet inadequate experience, which causes inconvenience for Greenpatch. Eventually Cedric decides to rejoin Ms. Pym. | 03/01/93 |
4 | Blinky Bill's Fund Run | On Blinky's suggestion, Mayor Pelican starts up a Fund Run marathon to raise money for rebuilding a hospital. The Dingoes seize that event for the money. Blinky and his friends train hard for the race and avoid the Dingoes' cheating, resulting in Marcia as the winner. | 04/01/93 |
5 | Blinky and the School Inspector | Tired of school, Blinky embarrasses Ms. Magpie in front of school Inspector Fox. With Ms. Magpie out, the Inspector gives the teaching position to Blinky. Blinky proves to be a tiresome teacher and the job is harder than he expected. With that, Blinky persuades Ms. Magpie to come back. | 05/01/03 |
6 | Blinky and the Red Car | Blinky and his friends see a red car and Compete against the Dingoes to get it. | 06/01/93 |
7 | Blinky breaks through the Drought | Blinky helps Mrs Rabbit grow carrots to cut down her expenses. The dingoes swipe some carrots from the garden for personal profit, but having failed to get away with it, they dam off Greenpatch's water supply. Blinky and his friends get Flap to dig up the dam. | 07/01/93 |
8 | Blinky Save's Granny's Glasses | The dingoes, while cycling smash Granny Grunty's glasses. To replace them, Blinky and his friends start a stage performance to raise the money they need. The dingoes try to steal the show, giving the play a new twist and Blinky successfully gets the necessary money for new glasses. | 08/01/93 |
9 | Blinky Bill's Ghost Cave | The Rabbit family is homeless and losing their things. Blinky finds a cave, ideal for the rabbits to move into, except something creepy is inside. Blinky and Nutsy find out the dingoes have been taking the rabbits' things and scaring them, so Blinky makes his own spook to drive them out. | 09/01/93 |
10 | Blinky Bill's Zoo | After Ms. Magpie teaches her class about humans and species, a lost little girl becomes Blinky and the others' interest to house her in a zoo of their own. In trying to teach her tricks, Jacko, Splodge, Flap get injuries. Soon the girl leaves the bush by a passing helicopter. | 10/01/93 |
11 | Blinky and the Magician | Blinky and his friends meet the magician El Diablo and become his assistants after letting the animals out. El Diablo is actually Danny Dingo keeping Greenpatch out of the way whilst Meatball steals the town's food. As Blinky and the others disrupt the show, they blow the dingoes scheme. | 11/01/93 |
12 | Detective Blinky | Blinky and Splodge turn detective when all the Mulgar Berries in Greenpatch mysteriously disappear. | 12/01/93 |
13 | Blinky and the Heart of the Tree | Wombo tells Blinky the story of an old tree and a young Koala with a flute against an evil Dingo queen. | 13/01/93 |
14 | Blinky and the Strange Koala | A Koala is being held at the Local Zoo and Blinky plans to release it. But it's black and White instead of grey. It is actually a Giant Panda from China and is to be shipped back there. Eventually the Panda decided to return to China. | 14/01/93 |
15 | Blinky Bill's Gold Mine | Blinky decides to go mining for gold and Danny wants in. | 15/01/03 |
16 | Blinky and the Film Star | The dingoes shoot a bank robbing film at the bank. The leading star Daisy attracts a lot of attention and makes Blinky, Flap and Splodge lovestruck. Marcia and Nutsy discover the acting is just a cover for an actual robbery. Blinky disguises himself as a girl and thwarts the robbery during the filming. | 16/01/93 |
17 | Blinky Bill's Treasue Hunt | Wombo tells Blinky about the legend of Captain Moonbeam's treasure and the gang decide to look for it underground. The Dingoes steal the treasure chest but are less than pleased when the actually treasure is revealed to be old bean cans. | 17/01/93 |
18 | Blinky Bill and Club Pet | A new tourist resort is build in town before the hospital could be built. However it is attracting Feral Cats who are eating the local wildlife. | 18/01/93 |
19 | Blinky Leads the Gang | An Election takes place for gang leader between Blinky and Danny. Danny uses underhanded methods to win and Blinky and his friends are forced to come up with a plan to outwit him. | 19/01/93 |
20 | Blinky Bill finds Marcia Mouse | Marcia tries a 'rebel' image and ends up in trouble at school for biting and when she is grounded, she runs away from home. | 20/01/93 |
21 | Blinky Bill and the Monster | Danny Dingo claims to Blinky and his friends that a monster dwells in a lake. Danny gets Meatball to be the monster in a film to deliver evidence to Blinky. However Flap fools the dingoes with his own monster. | 21/01/93 |
22 | Blinky Saves Twiggy | Blinky and his friends find a lost baby echidna named Twiggy who is trying to find his mother. Blinky and his friends decide to help him find her. | 22/01/93 |
23 | Mayor Blinky Bill | With many complaints against Mayor Pelican, he decides to lend the job to Blinky. While trying to build a river road, Blinky tries to keep everyone satisfied. The peak of a successful plan to build the road fails altogether and Blinky gives back position of mayor back to Pelican. | 23/01/93 |
24 | Who is Blinky Bill | A family of koalas come to Greenpatch for two days. Their son Algenon is a lookalike to Blinky but has a different personality. Blinky and Algenon swap their identities for a new experience, causing confusion for their parents and Ms. Magpie. | 24/01/93 |
25 | Blinky Bill's Mother's Day | Mother's Day arrives in Greenpatch and Nutsy is upset because she remembers her mother being killed when the town was destroyed. Shifty finds Nutsy's long-lost father who is suffering from memory loss. | 25/01/93 |
26 | Blinky Bill's Wedding Picnic | Blinky's Mother and Nutsy's father decide to get married and invite the whole town. Shifty breaks his leg while practicing dance steps, Blinky builds a wheelchair to help get Shifty to the wedding. And that is the end of "The Adventures of Blinky Bill" | 26/01/93 |
Season 2
# | Title | Summary | Air Date |
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1 | Blinky Bill and the Hypnotist | Much has changed from last season, most notably the fact that the dingoes are no longer the townsfolk's enemies, and Shifty has now joined Blinky's gang. Blinky comes across a comic book teaching hypnotism. Blinky proceeds to successfully hypnotise the whole town, making them behave like one another. However, when a group of thieving goannas arrive, everyone is too confused to do anything about it. Can Blinky stop the goannas? Will the town be lifted from their tranced state? And will Blinky be punished for his actions? | 01/01/95 |
2 | Blinky Bill and the Old Wombat's Home | The doctor informs Wombo that his back is getting worse and he is too old to look after himself, suggesting he move to a retirement home. Wombo decides that it is best, and Blinky and his friends, though upset over his leaving, help him to pack. Blinky is even more upset when he sees that the workers in the retirement home are strict, and the residents are dull and cheerless, causing Blinky and his friends to put a show on for them. Will they cheer up? And will Wombo have to stay there forever? | 02/01/95 |
3 | Blinky Bill and the Baby Show | Mrs Frog needs to run an errand, leaving Blinky to babysit her babies. Blinky promises to take them to the baby show if she is not back in time. However, one of the babies goes missing right before the show, resulting in Blinky disguising Flap as one of the babies. Will Flap's identity be found out in the show? And will they find the missing baby? | 03/01/95 |
4 | Blinky Bill meets Mr. Echidna | Fed up with Blinky's mischievous behaviour, Ms. Echidna leaves Greenpatch. Following her departure, the trees mysteriously begin to wilt and die, and the birds fly away from the area. Blinky and Nutsy eventually realise the source of the problem - Whiteants. Their numbers were increasing as Ms. Echidna wasn't there to eat them. Greenpatch desperatly need Ms. Echidna to return to the town. But will she return? Is there anyone else who can help with the problem? And will Greenpatch be restored to its former self? | 04/01/95 |
5 | Blinky Bill and the House Guest | On an extremely windy day, Mayor Pelican falls out of a tree, injuring his leg. The Mayor is given no choice but to board with someone else until his leg heals and so stays with Blinky Bill. But, as can be expected, the two or them do not make ideal housemates. However, the Mayor is pretending his injury is worse than it really is to eat more of Mrs. Koala's cooking. How long can the Mayor continue to fake his injury without something going wrong? And will he be able to continue eating Mrs. Koala's meals? | 05/01/95 |
6 | Blinky Bill and the Mysterious Pollution | The whole township of Greenpatch have broken out in spots, covering their bodies, and blame is thrown around as to who and/or what caused it. Mayor Pelican convinces the township that it is Blinky at fault, before the blame shifts to Daisy's hair salon. What is really causing the spots? Who, if anyone, is to blame? And will they be able to fix the problem? | 06/01/95 |
7 | Blinky Bill and the Blue Mystery | There is a thief in Greenpatch who is stealing all of the blue coloured items that they can put their hands on. Blinky is blamed, and in order to prove his innocence, he turns detective to find the real culprit, believing Meatball and the Mayor are to blame. Who is the thief? And why are they stealing blue items? | 07/01/95 |
8 | Blinky Bill goes Camping | Blinky Bill and his friends are surprised when Ms. Magpie reveals to them that they will be going on a school camp. Blinky doesn't like the idea, but once on the camp, he begins to enjoy himself. Danny and Meatball are camped nearby, and then find themselves in trouble following a thunderstorm. Blinky runs to help them. But will he be able to save them? And will Blinky then need to be rescued? | 08/01/95 |
9 | Blinky Bill and the Earthquake | The school children, led by Miss. Magpie, are taken on a nature trip for an excursion. That night, while Miss. Magpie sleeps, Blinky, Nutsy, Marcia, Shifty, Splodge and Flap sneak out to do some exploring, when they come across an abandoned goldmine. However, once inside they become trapped. But that is not their only worry, because lurking inside the mine is an evil goanna who does not want them to escape. Will they manage to get past the goanna and his traps? Is there another way out of the mine? Will they be able to get back to Miss. Magpie? And will they get back home? | 09/01/95 |
10 | Blinky Bill Down on the Farm | Blinky and his friends come across a computerised farm, complete with robot guard dogs. There are many different animals on this farm, all dependent on computers, and two human scientists run the farm. Flap jumps the fence, but is captured by one of these robot dogs. Blinky and his gang try to rescue Flap, causing chaos as Blinky meddles with the computer system. Will Blinky be able to evade capture at the hands of the humans and robotic dogs? Will they manage to rescue Flap? What of the other animals on the farm? And will Blinky and his friends manage to get back home? | 10/01/95 |
11 | Blinky Bill is Kidnapped | Blinky and his friends, while on the search to find home, come across a ranger's release cage, and mistake it for a trap. Blinky and Marcia then attempt to 'save' the possums in the cages by stowing away in the van. When the van stops they are in the city, miles away from the rest of their friends. Here they meet a possum by the name of Slick, who shows them what city life is all about. Will Slick join Blinky on his quest to find his home? Will the rest of Blinky's friends be able to catch up to him? Or will they be forever separated? And Will Blinky and Marcia find a way back to the bush? Or will they decide to stay in the city? | 11/01/95 |
12 | Blinky Bill and the Lost Puppy | After hearing a whimpering sound, Nutsy finds a puppy trapped underground. But once they free him, not only does he wish to join them, but he thinks that he is a koala, and that Nutsy is his mother. Nutsy and the puppy take a nap, but are woken by a pack of vicious dogs who chase them. Will they get away? Will Blinky come to Nutsy's rescue? And will the puppy return to its owners? Or will he join Blinky and his friends? | 12/01/05 |
13 | Blinky Bill and the Winter's Tale | Resigned with the fact that it will not be an easy task to get back home, Blinky and his friends continue their journey through the wilderness. That is, until it begins to snow, causing them to seek shelter in an old house, inhabited by a family of owls. The mother owl is struggling to look after her three owlets by herself, as the father has left in order to write a book. Blinky and his friends decide to help her out around the place while it still continues to snow. However, Blinky later comes face-to-face with the father owl. Will Blinky be able to convince him to go home? Will the snow ever cease to fall? And will Blinky and his friends want to leave this house? Or will they choose to stay? | 13/01/95 |
14 | Blinky Bill and the Polar Bears | Blinky and his friends decide to take a break and play a game of hide and seek. Shifty finds a great hiding place, but as he discovers, he isn't alone - there is a polar bear standing right next to him, causing Shifty to faint in shock. The polar bear is from Siberia and had joined the circus with his family in his quest for a better life, but Australia's climate has been harsh on the bear. Will Boris the Polar Bear decide to stay in Australia? Or will he return home to Siberia? What will Boris teach Blinky Bill? And will Blinky and his friends ever find home so he can share his adventures with everyone from Greenpatch? | 14/01/95 |
15 | Blinky Bill and the Lighthouse | While on their seemingly endless trek back home to Greenpatch, Blinky Bill and his friends stumble across a lighthouse. Once inside, they find a sea bird and a penguin lighthouse keeper in the middle of a heated argument. The sea bird wants the penguin to extinguish the lighthouse as they believe that the penguin is using the light to catch all of the fish that the sea bird needs for her chick. However, what happens when the chick gets lost at sea in the middle of the night? Will the penguin be willing to help the sea bird? Will the lighthouse be used? Will the chick be found? And how will their argument finally be resolved? | 15/01/95 |
16 | Blinky Bill and the Apple Thieves | While on their quest to get back to Greenpatch, Blinky and the gang come across an apple orchard run by humans. However, Shifty is mistaken as one of the apple thieves and the humans lock him away. The rest of the gang try to find out who the real thieves are so they can help clear Shifty's name. Will they find the real crooks? Will Shifty be released? Or rescued? And was Shifty really the crook in the first place? | 16/01/95 |
17 | Blinky Bill and the Egg Rescue | While on their extraordinary adventure, Blinky and co. come across an abandoned Cuckoo's egg. Flap makes it is responsibility to find an appropriate nest for it. However, this proves to be a difficult job, as Mr. and Mrs. Plover refuse to take the egg, as do the ducks, and Mr. Wren. But what happens when Blinky and the gang spot a bulldozer heading towards all of the birds nests'? Will they try to rescue the eggs? Will they find anyone willing to take the Cuckoo's egg? Will any of the eggs hatch? And of great importance for Blinky and his friends - will they ever get to see Greenpatch again? | 17/01/95 |
18 | Blinky Bill's Holiday | Many days have passed since Blinky Bill and his friends found themselves lost, unable to get back home to Greenpatch, and in all that time they have never been closer to getting home than they are now. While wandering aimlessly in the desperate hope of finding any signs that can tell them where Greenpatch is, Blinky Bill spots Ms. Pym, the greengrocer from the neighbouring town to Greenpatch, on a bus. The gang desperatelt try and follow the bus, which takes them to a holiday resort. Ms. Pym, it appears, is having a holiday. But she has taken her budgie with her, and the resort has a strict "No Pets" policy. The gang then propose a plan to get Ms. Pym tossed out of the hotel, thus allowing the opportunity for them to follow her home. Will Ms. Pym be kicked out? Will she notice Blinky Bill and his gang? Will the plan work out? And will Blinky and his friends eventually make it back to Greenpatch? | 18/01/95 |
19 | Blinky Bill and the Bird Smugglers | After being so close to getting back home to Greenpatch through Ms. Pym, Blinky and his gang resign themselves to believe it will take them a very long time to get back home, if at all. Along their travels, the gang come across Henk, a lizard, whose parents have been kidnapped by smugglers. They agree to help locate the smugglers and get his parents back, and while they rescue a few parrots, the rescue attempt only leads to Flap being captured by the smugglers. The smugglers escape on a boat, but not before Blinky and his friends jump on board. Will they be able to rescue Henk's parents? Will they ever see Flap again? Will they avoid capture? And will the smugglers be brought to justice? | 19/01/95 |
20 | Blinky Bill and the Crocodiles | On the trip back to Greenpatch, Blinky and his friends are met by a crocodile called Sirol who was exiled by his father for being soft. Blinky's gang train and disguise Sirol for the Iron Croc Contest. Sirol gets past every course resulting as the winner and earning good reputation from his family. | 20/01/95 |
21 | Blinky Bill and Gretel | During a storm Nutsy tells her friends a fairy tale story about 2 Koalas named Hansel and Gretel who get lost in the woods and meet new friends and later send down a well by a wicked mouse witch. | 21/01/05 |
22 | Blinky Bill Remembers Nutsy's Birthday | Please type in the summary so I can know what happened in the episode. | 22/01/05 |
23 | Blinky Bill And The Real Estate Swindle | On an endless quest back to Greenpatch, Blinky and his friends meet 2 Mischief Feral Pigs named Wallace and George who tell them about the monsters in the area. They then meet 2 Numbats who offer them to stay for the night. They then go outside to find a monster who they try to keep away. Eventually, it turns out to be Wallace and George trying to fool them and later Blinky and his friends manage to scare them with their own monster. | 23/01/95 |
24 | Blinky Bill And The Feud | On the quest back to Greenpatch Blinky and friends start to feel hot and firsty. They find water with a frog who wouldn't let them drink and a lot of animals in the Forest were unkind too. | 24/01/95 |
25 | Blinky Bill And The Possum Cinema | While trying to get home, a dust storm approaches and Blinky and his friends end up in a town. Blinky then finds no humans in the town and follows a possum into a cinema which turns out to be Slick. Slick shows them around the theatre and Blinky and friends find other animals living in the town. Then they have a good laugh at all the displays | 25/01/95 |
26 | Blinky Bill And The Balloon | Blinky, Nutsy, Flap, Splodge, Marcia and Shifty have had an extraordinary adventure to get back home. They're feet then begin to hurt and they find a hot-air balloon in a tree. Blinky, Nutsy, Shifty and Marcia get on while Flap and Splodge get pulled along with the rope making the balloon heavier. They then finally reach Greenpatch but can't come down and throw a note down which Wombo picks up and Mayor Pelican calls a town meeting and Ms. Magpie flies out to get them in a stormy weather. Eventually the Greenpatcthers manage to find them and throw a welcome back party for them. And that is the end of "Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion". | 26/01/95 |
Season 3
# | Title | Plot | Air Date |
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1 | The Great Escape | The Circus has come to the Bush run by the Circus Bros. Basil and Cyril that is for both humans and animals. At home Blinky's Mother refuses to let him go but he goes anyway with Flap followed by Nutsy instead of doing his homework while his Mum goes babysitting and takes his friend Flap with him. However while trying to get into the Circus, Blinky realises that the Circus Bros. are not kind at all and are mistreating the animals who need freedom then while running from the Circus Bros, Blinky accidentally grabs the trapeze and swings back and forth with Basil thinking that he'd make he and Cyril rich. Eventually Blinky, Nutsy and Flap manages to Rescue the animals and make a hot-air balloon from the Circus Bros.' Circus tent and Caravan and take them to freedom. | 10/06/04 |
2 | Bushwacked | Blinky has now rescued the Circus Animals Ling Ling the Panda, Slippery the Seal, Yoyo the Monkey, Princess Penelope from Poodle, Leo the Lion and Tico Toucan who works for the Circus Bros. and was asked to follow the animals. They land further into the bush where Blinky tries to teach them bush skills. Meanwhile the Circus Bros. arrive at Greenpatch and trap the residents in Miss Magpie's small classroom while trying to have a town meeting as bait for catching Blinky for when he tries to save them. Eventually Blinky and Nutsy manage to rescue the Greenpatchers, drive off the Circus Bros. and start his around the world adventure. | 11/06/04 |
3 | Antarctic Adventure | Blinky is going to Antarctica to take Slippery home. However the Circus Bros. head for to with a man named Skipper the Scurvy on a boat with a wolf figure head that caught Slippery. Once arriving Slippery falls onto the boat after the caravan tilts and Blinky and the others try to save him. Blinky climbs aboard the boat and releases him from the cage only to be caught by the Bros. and nearly put into the cage but stopped by Slippery. Eventually they get the Circus Bros. kicked off the boat and take Slippery back to his family. | 12/06/04 |
4 | Polar Peril | While flying through Antarctica the Balloon deflates on the snow as Blinky and Nutsy fight over direction. Blinky and Nutsy go out to a human village to get a gas tank to fill the balloon. As they argue they take a different direction and go to the town separately and do the same thing. While they meet each other the Circus Bros. find them as well and use the sleigh to get back followed by the Circus Bros.. Eventually the animals manage to inflate the Ballooon again and leave while the Circus Bros. fall into the Icy Water below and get chased by an angry Killer Whale. | 13/06/04 |
5 | Flap's New Family | While leaving Antarctica, The Animals find a baby penguin who thinks that Flap is his mother who he found in the previous episode while searching for Ling Ling. They go back to Antarctica to take him home. Blinky, Nutsy and Flap go to find his real mother while the Animals freeze as Yoyo had sent the warm clothing into the sea while leaving. The Circus Bros. find the colony as well and treat them like slaves as Flap finds them. Eventually they find the penguin's mother and manage to inflate the balloon with the stove after Tico took out the hot gas. | 14/06/04 |
6 | A Stitch in Time | While leaving to Africa Blinky becomes impatient and tries to get them to Africa faster. Nutsy then tells the story of when Blinky got into trouble at the mine in wobbly creek back in Australia. Meanwhile the Circus Bros. climb aboard a boat to chase after the balloon. Later they steal the captains helicopter to chase after the balloon which runs out of fuel just as they reach it. Soon Blinky and the crew get to Africa and head for Leo's home. | 15/06/04 |
7 | Leo Leads the Way | The animals have arrived at the African Plains. They get out and find a cub named Claude who is the son of Leo's son Rex, king of the Mumbada pride. Later Rex finds his father as a coward since he was only a cub left out in a storm and says he has no place in the pride. While Blinky and Flap train Leo to be scary The Circus Bros. who are with 2 poachers catch Claude and even catch Rex and Blinky while they try to save him. Eventually Leo manages to scare the Circus Bros. with the poachers into a trap and manages to save his friend, son and grandson and moves in back with his pride. | 16/06/04 |
8 | Monkey Business | One Morning in the African Plains Blinky finds a pair of Monkey's who he thinks are Yoyo's family. However he cannot swim like them and while he thinks he hears his friends saying bad things about him and leaves. Tico then stops the balloon from leaving and the crew realise that they're a different type of monkey without tails known as Chimpanzee's. Eventually Blinky finds Yoyo and tells him the truth and he and the chimpanzees manage to drive off the Circus Bros.. | 17/06/04 |
9 | Diamonds are Forever | While Ling Ling is showing a magic trick of making items disappear and reappear in Penelope's fur Blinky tries a magic trick on Penelope's diamond necklace and Tico takes it to the Circus Bros.. After hearing that the Circus Bros. will sell it in the city and stop circuses he let Blinky and the others know. They take a pride of Ostriches to chase after the Bros. truck and get the necklace. Eventually they manage to get the necklace back and drive off the Circus Bros. into the river. | 18/06/04 |
10 | Blinky's Birthday Surprise | At Greenpatch Blinky's friends who couldn't come with him planned a birthday party in honour of him which later turns out to be a disaster. In the African Plains Blinky is frustrated that know ones knowing his birthday and are busy setting up the balloon to leave the next day. He finds Tico who gives him a toy which turns out to be a tracking device for the Circus Bros. to catch him and he then meets a Giraffe named Twigger who is finding her herd and helps Blinky get back his find his friends. He then notices the tracking beacon at a stream and throws it in the river and then meets 2 other giraffes named Nimi and Tobaccu who are a part of Twigger's herd. Blinky then gets to the Caravan to see a fully ready balloon and his friends give him a surprise as they watch the southern cross like at home while the Bros. find the tracking beacon in the mouth of a crocodile. | 19/06/04 |
11 | Baby Elephant Walk | Blinky and his friends are collecting fire wood and find the caravan gone. They then see an Elephant pulling it who is taking her sick calf Kiku to find some grass. They help the elephant to find the grass followed by the Circus Bros. who are with Expert Game Trackers. Eventually they get to the grass, make Kiku well again and leave the African plains. | 20/06/04 |
12 | Operation Free Flap | On a journey to take the animals home, Blinky and friends arrive at China so that they can take Ling Ling home. Flap falls out of the balloon after he and Blinky fight over the Binoculars and is taken by a boy named Hugh to his home with a bad bump on his head. The Circus Bros. also arrive in China in a crate shipped from Africa (which the Expert Game Trackers must have put them in) and see Flap on his news. Blinky manages to find Flap who is temporarily being Hugh's servant at a farmland with bandages wrapped round his head and they get to him at the same time as the Circus Bros.. Eventually Flap decides that he should stay with Blinky and learns that some humans are kind after all. | 21/06/04 |
13 | Crouching Dragon, Hidden Koala | Blinky and his friends have flown to hawks peak only to find no pandas and that night they go to find a panda that some farm animals talked about in a village. It turned out to be Chinese New Year, one of china's famous celebrations. They split up too find the Panda and the Circus Bros. disguised as a dragon take the animals and locked them in a shed. Blinky and Ling Ling manage to find the panda who is the master and Ling Ling gets caught by the Circus Bros. and get thrown in the shed tied up instead of being in a cage like the others. Eventually Blinky and the Master manage to free the animals with fire crackers and Ling Ling manages to untie her self and they then shut the Circus Bros. in the shed to have it blown up by fireworks in boxes after Cyril lit up a match. | 22/06/04 |
14 | Panda Pandemonium | Blinky, Ling Ling and the others have flown off to find Ling Ling's family where there's only few bamboo in the village. They tell the animals about a dragon who lives on a mountain near the village. Meanwhile Tico starts feeling left out after a weasel named Arthat helps the Circus Bros. catch the Pandas instead of him. The mountain guardians at the top of the mountain reveal that the dragon is a stone dragon which they use for scaring off humans and after losing the animals Basil fires Arthat for the trouble making him a loner. After that, Blinky and friends leave China followed by the Circus Bros. who are on a Trishaw which Tico tied a rope from the balloon to pulling them along across the sky. | 23/06/04 |
15 | Jungle Bungles | After flying over the pacific ocean for a long time with the Circus Bros. on a trishaw tied to the balloon Blinky and friends reach South America and are heading for the Amazon Jungle. Upon arriving Tico tells Yoyo that there's monkeys like him in the Amazon which there really isn't and is a trap to get him and the others to the Bros.. While landing Tico tells the Animals about dangerous things in the Amazon and they get back to the caravan with water all around and meet a friendly Anaconda named Anna who is afraid of water since she was a child. It is not long before the Circus Bros. reach the balloon for Blinky and Blinky falls out as the Circus Bros. are kicked off. Eventually Anna overcomes her fear of water and saves Blinky then saves the caravan and the Circus Bros. are sent down a waterfall. | 24/06/04 |
16 | Double Trouble | At Greenpatch while preparing for an Unveiling ceremony Splodge gets a letter from Nutsy. It is wear Blinky and his friends in the Amazon Jungle meet up with a Howler Monkey named Coco Phil who is very similar to Blinky and his adoptive sister Sophia who is similar to Nutsy who live in a town named Greenpatch and are not monkeys like Yoyo. Leafpatch has similar residents to Greenpatch like Ms. Egret who is similar to Ms. Magpie, Mr. Arnold Armadillo (nicknamed Armo by Coco and his friends) who is similar to Wombo and Mayor Macaw who is similar to Mayor Pelican and they are having a similar problem to the Greenpatchers. While Blinky and Coco are competing to see who has the best trap the Circus Bros. catch Nutsy and Sophia who the eventually save and drive off the Circus Bros. who fall down a waterfall again. Under the sheet was a ridiculous statue of Mayor Macaw and after reading Nutsy's letter, Mayor Pelican cancels the Unveiling and a brach reveals a ridiculous statue of him. | 25/06/04 |
17 | Tico's Choice | Blinky and his friends have flown further into the Amazon jungle to find Yoyo's family. While there Blinky meets a colony of Toucans 2 named Peppo and Raol who seem to find Tico familiar and Tico asks Blinky and the others to meet him at the rise. While up there Blinky spots Tico talking to the Circus Bros. with his binoculars and find out that it is a trap and decide to leave the Amazon. Meanwhile the Circus Bros. and Tico manage to trap the Toucans that Blinky met earlier and then manage to trap Blinky and his friends. Eventually Tico turns his back and the Circus Bros. and rescues the animals and making the Circus Bros. fall into the river yet again and decides that he couldn't fit in the with the toucans and decided to stay with Blinky. | 26/06/04 |
18 | Poisoned Penelope | While leaving the Amazon to where ever Yoyo's from Penelope is picking purple flowers and trips only to pricked by one of the thorns. They go to Leafpatch for help and Armo says that the flower is known as the Purple Devil and that the cure is to get help from humans. Blinky ends up having to go without Coco's help after he twists his ankle and take Penelope to the humans. Eventually they give Penelope the medicine and mention Yoyo as a South Indian Monkey and the Circus Bros. end up being pricked by many Purple Devil thorns. Now Blinky and the others finally leave the Amazon and head for India. | 27/06/04 |
19 | All at Sea | Blinky and his friends are going to India to take Yoyo home. At some point Cyril Circus Bungee jumps from a helicopter and then falls into the stormy sea. Blinky and the others then save him and take him to shore. Eventually they find a small Island that Basil and the Captain are at and drops him off and Blinky falls out with Basil knowing that Cyril did the job. Blinky then gets back on board and leaves to India getting the Circus Bros. into trouble. | 28/06/04 |
20 | Tico takes Charge | Blinky and the others arrive at India followed by the Circus Bros. on a plane who soon fall off having not buckled their seatbelt's and meet 3 jugglers who are Magid the Bear, Alsana the Mongoose and Sanjay the Rat. Then a man takes Yoyo and puts him in a truck with the jugglers and drives off. Then while the jugglers perform the man who is Mr. Rashid is revealed that he steals people's wallet and people chase him off and get Yoyo freed. Then Tico decides to be the director for the Jugglers and has finally got a home. | 29/06/04 |
21 | Tiger Taming | During the night, the Circus Bros. jump into the balloon and send it off and Cyril finds his Teddy Bear who he thought he'd left behind in Australia (and he is seen with it for the rest of the series). Blinky, Nutsy, Flap, Yoyo and Penelope spot the balloon and follow it to where it traps a bengal tiger cub under a pile of wood and his mother tries to help. Blinky has an idea of Flap digging him free and he stepped on a twig and Blinky managed to show him self in front of the adult tiger and runs until he is caught by the Circus Bros. inside the balloon. Eventually Flap manages to free Sondeya the tiger cub and drive off the Circus Bros. and it is then revealed that there's monkeys in the town of Chanipaa. | 30/06/04 |
22 | Monkey See, Monkey Do | Blinky goes to Chanipaa to take Yoyo home followed by the Circus Bros. on an elephant called Rulmi. While searching for Yoyo's family which is hard work finding monkeys Penelope is caught by the Circus Bros. in gypsy costumes. After saving Penelope the animals run off to a temple known as the Forbidden Temple which Rulmi spoke to Penelope about. While in the cave they spot a pair of monkeys who throw fruit at the Bros. and they turn out to be Yoyo's family. Yoyo decides to be Temple Guardians like them and Blinky then heads for Paris to take Penelope home. | 01/07/04 |
23 | A Dog's Best Friend | Blinky has arrived at Paris, the Capital City of France to take Penelope home and land in a canal and tie the balloon to a buoy. The Arrive at Penelope's home to see the Mistress not their and with help of a Brown Poodle named Maurice they find her at a new home with a cat named Fifi. At a Park Maurice wants Penelope's diamond bracelet but is enraged by Blinky and the Circus Bros. soon arrive. Penelope reunites with the Mistress and gives her diamond necklace to the Bros. but Penelope swaps it back with Cyril's obsessive Teddy Bear. Now Blinky has taken all the animals home and discovered that some humans were alright after all. | 02/07/04 |
24 | Blinky Bill Superstar | While running from the Circus Bros., Blinky, Nutsy and Flap hide in a studio and Blinky in a suit falls onto the stage and becomes a model. With the Circus Bros. in Gaol, Blinky meets a lady called Phoebe who says he will now be Fashion Bibi Superstar. Weeks later Nutsy and Flap find Blinky brainwashed about his feelings about the bush and while leaving without him they are grabbed by the Circus Bros. who have escaped from Gaol. While in a Limo Blinky gets out to save Nutsy and Flap and decides to return home to Australia. | 03/07/04 |
25 | Paris Au-Go-Go | Blinky, Nutsy and Flap are leaving Paris back to Greenpatch. However the Eiffel tower manages to tear the balloon and the caravan smashes to the ground below and Blinky tries to find another way to get home. They soon find a way to get home by Plane and the Koala Airlines is their plane back. They try to get back with the Circus Bros. in a cage and it soon turns out that their taking the Apple Airlines to New York in the United States. Eventually the animals manage to escape onto the Koala Airlines plane and get a lift back to Australia with a polite waitress. | 04/07/04 |
26 | How Green is my Greenpatch? | Blinky, Nutsy and Flap arrive back in Australia and the Greenpatchers throw a welcome back party for them. However it was ruined by the Circus Bros. who have dug themselves down to Australia from Paris and they want Blinky for their New Circus and Shifty and his siblings luckily manage to drive the Bros. out of Greenpatch. Basil who never gives up then has an idea of getting Blinky by setting a bushfire to Greenpatch and Blinky then decides to give him self up to the Bros. and gets caught in a cage by Basil and Cyril refused to came along and decided to put out the fire. Blinky is then eventually rescued by Nutsy and they try to help the Greenpatchers put out the fire. Eventually Cyril retired from Basil and joined the Fire Brigade to take out the fire and put Basil away for a nice long rest. What an amaizing adventure Blinky had and found out that some humans were kind after all. And that is the End of "Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Balloon Adventure'". | 05/07/04 |
Blinky Bill's White Christmas
Title | Release Date | |
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"Blinky Bill's White Christmas" | 24th December 2005 | |
Greenpatch gets everything ready for Christmas Eve while Blinky does his usual mischievous activity, until he goes a bit far and clumsily breaks Wombo's precious snow dome. Blinky and Flap make a journey to the Wallamy Valley to get a pine to recreate the snow dome, whilst evading a couple of forest poachers and eventually meeting the giant wallaby creatures. Meanwhile Nutsy and Splodge try to make snow to complete the Christmas celebration. |
Lyrics
Season 1
This is the Story of Blinky Bill, and Flap, and Nutsy too,
And Wombo, Ruff, and Marcia, and Splodge the kangaroo.
Now, they all live in Greenpatch town, as happy as can be,
With friends and neighbors, all around, the same as you and me.
But then one dark and gloomy night, when all the bush was still,
Some bandits came and stole the trees to feed their woodchip mill!
And when at last the morning came, the timber trucks moved on,
And there, where Greenpatch used to be, the little town was gone!
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- save us from that woodchip mill.
If you don't do it, no one will—good old Blinky Bill...
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- get in there and fight until
We're safely back on Greenpatch hill, good old Blinky Bill!
So come and see what happens next to Blinky and his friends,
But ten-to-one you'll never guess the way the story ends.
Watch Blinky help to save the bush, and replant every tree-
So come on, we'll rebuild the town; just you watch and see!
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- save us from that woodchip mill.
If you don't do it, no one will—good old Blinky Bill...
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- get in there and fight until
We're safely back on Greenpatch hill, good old Blinky Bill!
(musical interlude)
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- save us from that woodchip mill.
If you don't do it, no one will—good old Blinky Bill...
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill- get in there and fight until
We're safely back on Greenpatch hill, good... old... Blinky Bill!
(spoken) Good on ya, Blinky!
Season 2
This is the story of Blinky Bill, and Flap, and Nutsy too,
And Wombo, Ruff, and Marcia, and Splodge the kangaroo.
Now, they all live in Greenpatch town, as happy as can be,
With friends and neighbors, all around, the same as you and me.
But it's not always fun and games for Blinky and his crew.
Disasters shouldn't happen, but alas, they sometimes do.
There's mysteries and secrets out there amongst the trees...
And nobody needs enemies when you've got friends like these!
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, our cheeky mate from Greenpatch hill,
If you don't know him, you soon will, good old Blinky Bill.
So come and see what happens next to Blinky and his friends,
But ten-to-one you'll never guess the way the story ends.
The little mischief-maker, the one who never fails,
Enjoy his great adventure, in these new exciting tales.
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, our cheeky mate from Greenpatch hill,
If you don't know him, you soon will, good old Blinky Bill.
(musical interlude)
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, our cheeky mate from Greenpatch hill,
If you don't know him, you soon will, good... old... Blinky Bill!
(spoken) Good on ya, Blinky!
Season 3
It's Blinky Bill and Nutsy and Flap that makes it three,
And a mob of circus animals that Blinky helped set free.
Now Blinky's going everywhere, around the world he'll roam,
To get each and every one of them to places they call home.
But the Circus Bros. have other plans; they want their circus back-
They're chasing Blinky over seas and want him in their act!
There's danger and excitement in these endangered distant lands...
We're sure our cheeky Blinky Bill can take the upper hands!
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, hey, Blinky Bill, our cheeky mate from Greenpatch hill,
If you don't know him, you soon will, good... old... Blinky Bill!
(spoken) Good on ya, Blinky!
note: The First 2 episodes in the opening were different. It had the Lyrics from Season 2 and it showed parts from scenes that happened (mainly at Greenpatch) though Tico and The Circus Bros. were seen at some point.
Forest Industry Controversy
The theme of the first series carried a strong anti-woodchip message, with the second line saying "Save us from that woodchip mill", together with scenes of forest destruction. There were also obvious environmental messages in most episodes. Some forest industry groups lobbied the ABC arguing that the opening scene showed illegal wood chipping, which was not fair to the timber industry. In the following two series, these song lyrics and the opening credits sequence were different (the line in the theme became "You'll never catch him standing still"), reflecting the change in storylines and locations.[3]
See also
External links
- Template:Tv.com show
- The Adventures of Blinky Bill at Big Cartoon Database
- Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Adventures at Big Cartoon Database
References
- ^ "Blinky Bill's White Christmas". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ "Xmas TV battle hots up". Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ http://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/blinky-bills-fire-brigade/notes/