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'{{Infobox television | show_name = Marsupilami | image = [[File:Marsupilami title.jpg|frameless|upright=1.1]] | caption = Opening title card for ''Marsupilami'' | genre = [[Comedy]] | creator = Based on the character created by<br />[[André Franquin]] | writer = [[John Behnke]]<br />[[Rob Humphrey]]<br />Jim Peterson | director = [[Bob Hathcock]]<br />[[Ed Wexler]] | voices = [[Steve Mackall]]<br />[[René Auberjonois (actor)|René Auberjonois]]<br />[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br />[[Jim Cummings]]<br />[[Steve Landesberg]]<br />[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />[[Jason Marsden]]<br />[[Frank Welker]]<br />[[Samuel E. Wright]] | theme_music_composer= [[Roy Braverman]] | opentheme = | composer = [[Stephen James Taylor]]<br />[[Mark Watters]]<br />[[Jean-Michel Bernard]]<br />[[Roy Braverman]] | country = United States<br />United Kingdom<br />Australia | language = [[English language|English]] | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = [[Andre Franquin]] | runtime = 20–22 minutes | company = [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]]<br />[[Marsu Productions]] (characters) | distributor = [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]] | channel = [[CBS]] | first_aired = {{dts||9|18}} | last_aired = {{End date|1993|12|11}} }} '''''Marsupilami''''' is an American animated television series that first appeared on television in ''[[Raw Toonage]]'' in 1992, and was then spin off into his own eponymous show on the [[CBS]] television network for the 1993–1994 season. The show was based on ''[[Marsupilami]]'', a fictional animal species created for comic books by Belgian artist [[André Franquin]] in 1952. ==Production== There were 13 episodes in the series, which lasted one season and ended on December 11, 1993. Reruns of the show were aired on [[The Disney Channel]] (from October 1994<ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 12, no. 6, October/November 1994: pp. 36, 46, 58.</ref> to June 1995<ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 13, no. 2 (typo in magazine: should be "no. 3"), April/May 1995: pp. 26, 36, 44.</ref><ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 13, no. 4, June/July 1995: p. 48.</ref>), and later on [[Toon Disney]]. Each of the 13 episodes would feature one new "Marsupilami" short, then one short either featuring Sebastian the Crab or Shnookums and Meat, and then an old "Marsupilami" short, from "Raw Toonage". As of 2009, there have been two other animated adaptations of the Marsupilami. The original Marsupilami comic stories by Franquin never included a recurring [[gorilla]] or [[elephant]] character, since these species are native to [[Africa]], while the marsupilami in the comic version was said to come from [[South America]] (However, in the album "Le dictateur et le champignon", the Marsupilami escaped from his cell on a boat along with a gorilla). Another change is that the animated Marsupilami can speak, whereas his comic counterpart can only mimic sound like a [[parrot]]. ==Segments== ===Marsupilami=== This segment deals with the adventures of Marsupilami (voiced by [[Steve Mackall]]) and his friends Maurice the [[Gorilla]] (voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]) and Stewart the [[Elephant]] (voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]]). Some episodes of Marsupilami would have him either evading Eduardo the [[Leopard]] (voiced by [[Steve Landesberg]]) or outwitting a human named Norman (voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]). ===Sebastian the Crab=== Sebastian the [[Crab]] (voiced by [[Samuel E. Wright]]) from ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' is a segment located in various locations out of the sea after the end of the events in the ''The Little Mermaid''. Ariel has become human, married Prince Eric, moved onto land, and almost never has any time to drop by and visit her old friends in the ocean. Flounder and Scuttle have also moved on with their lives now that their best friend Ariel is living away on land. Sebastian has some new adventures, with some of them having him outwit Chef Louie (voiced by [[René Auberjonois (actor)|René Auberjonois]]). The events in this segment seem to show that both Sebastian and Louie moved away from the coastal area where ''The Little Mermaid'' took place, even though they both returned in [[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea|the second movie]]. ===Shnookums and Meat=== [[The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show|Shnookums and Meat]] was a secondary segment on this show which would later spin-off into its own show. This segment involves a [[cat]] named Shnookums (voiced by [[Jason Marsden]]) and a [[dog]] named Meat (voiced by [[Frank Welker]]) who did not get along very well. Their owners are [[unseen character|unseen]] [[stock characters]] only viewed from the neck down and named (appropriately enough) Husband & Wife (voiced by [[Steve Mackall]] and [[Tress MacNeille]]). Husband is always referring to their home as their "[[wikt:domicile|domicile]]" before the two leave their pets in charge while they are away. ==Episodes== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0;" |- ! style="background: #ffc0cb; color: #ffffff;"| No. ! style="background: #ffc0cb; color: #ffffff;"| # ! style="background: #ffc0cb; color: #ffffff;"| Title ! style="background: #ffc0cb; color: #ffffff;"| Original air date |- {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Working Class Mars |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|9|18}} |ShortSummary= Corporate head Norman hires Mars and Maurice as office workers, to his regret. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: King of the Beach |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|9|18}} |ShortSummary= Lifeguard Sebastian tries to kick out a seagull that's made her nest in his lifeguard chair. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=The Hairy Ape |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|21}} |ShortSummary= Norman traps Maurice to take to the zoo, telling Mars that he's taking him to a party. But now Mars wants to go, too. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Normzan of the Jungle |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|9|25}} |ShortSummary= Norman learns hypnosis and intends to use it to control all the jungle animals as Normzan. He hypnotizes Maurice to make him his sidekick. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: Room Service |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|9|25}} |ShortSummary= Hotel Clerk Sebastian has to keep everything quiet for guest Chef Louie, who's at the breaking point because of a failed restaurant opening. |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Bathtime for Maurice |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|7}} |ShortSummary= Mars has to go through a lot of trouble to get filthy Maurice to take a bath. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Hole in Mars |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|02}} |ShortSummary=Golfing expert Norman challenges Mars to a betting game of golf, and regrets it. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: Crab Scouts |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|02}} |ShortSummary= Sebastian takes the Crab Scouts on a hike, always stressing the value of the Crab Scout Manual. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=The Treasure of the Sierra Marsdre |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|3}} |ShortSummary= Norman spies on Mars and Maurice planning to go on a treasure hunt, and worms his way into joining them. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=The Wizard of Mars |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|09}} |ShortSummary= A strong windstorm blows Mars all the way to the [[Land of Oz]], with Maurice playing a composite of the [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]], [[Tin Woodman|Tin Man]], and [[Cowardly Lion]], and Norman playing the [[Wicked Witch of the West]]. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: TV Jeebies |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|09}} |ShortSummary= A TV executive keeps casting Sebastian and Chef Louie in various TV pilots. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=The Puck Stops Here |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|9|26}} |ShortSummary= Norman uses the hotel air conditioning system to freeze the lake, and then challenges Mars to a game of hockey. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Mar-Sup-Du-Jour |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|16}} |ShortSummary= Mars first meets Eduardo, a Spanish leopard who wants to eat Mars. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=S&M: Kung-Fu Kitty |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|16}} |ShortSummary= Shnookums the cat is alarmed when his owners buy a guard dog named Meat. But he learns kung-fu to defend himself. The premiere short. |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Romancing the Clone |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|24}} |ShortSummary= Norman dresses up as a female Marsupilami to deceive a tourist that's trying to take a picture of a marsupilami. But Mars falls in love with Norman. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Toucan Always Get What You Want |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|23}} |ShortSummary= Mars protects a baby toucan from Eduardo and tries to teach it how to fly. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=S&M: I.Q. You, Too |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|23}} |ShortSummary= The cat and dog use brain-enhancing devices to come up with evermore violent pranks to commit against each other. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Fear of Kites |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|7}} |ShortSummary= Mars and Maurice's kite gets tangled up on the hotel rooftop. But bellhop Norman won't let them inside to retrieve it. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Mars' Problem Pachyderm |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|30}} |ShortSummary= Mars tries to cure the many [[phobia]]s of his friend Stewart, the scaredy elephant. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=S&M: Night of the Living Shnookums |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|30}} |ShortSummary=On a stormy night, Meat thinks he's killed Shnookums! But it's not the last he's seen of the cat. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Mars Meets Dr. Normanstein |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|9|19}} |ShortSummary= Mars and Maurice take refuge from a rainstorm in the home of Dr. Normanstein, who wants to use Maurice's brain for his monster. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Steamboat Mars |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|06}} |ShortSummary= Norman tries to smuggle a rare bird out of the jungle by transporting it in his steamboat. But he runs into Mars fishing for piranhas. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=S&M: Something Fishy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|06}} |ShortSummary= The pet fish learns how to make itself evolve, and turns into a giant monster that terrorizes Shnookums and Meat. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Someone's in the Kitchen with Mars |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|17}} |ShortSummary= Chef Norman steals Mars and Maurice's big basket of fruit. But Mars and Maurice track him to the hotel kitchen. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Hey, Hey! They're the Monkeys! |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|13}} |ShortSummary=A trio of thuggish baby monkeys abandoned by a circus clown rob Mars of his nest. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=S&M: Jingle Bells, Something Smells |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|13}} |ShortSummary= Meat's smelly sock fells [[Santa Claus]], and now the cat and dog must drive the sleigh in his place. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Prime Mates Forever |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|5}} |ShortSummary= Mars helps Maurice try to romance a tough female gorilla. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Thorn O' Plenty |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|20}} |ShortSummary= Mars pulls a thorn out of Eduardo's paw, and so the leopard now feels he must save Mars's life before he can eat him. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: Basic Insting |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|20}} |ShortSummary= Sebastian unknowingly gets a fishhook tangled on his back, and a near-sighted female [[scorpion]] falls in love with him. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Witch Doctor is Which? |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|21}} |ShortSummary= Witch Doctor Norman places a series of curses on Mars so that he instead of Mars will be the happiest person in the jungle. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=A Spotless Record |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|27}} |ShortSummary= Mars loses his spots from eating bad fruit. A reluctant Stewart knows how to cure him and ends up taking Mars and Maurice to where a cure might be found. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: A Boy and His Crab |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|27}} |ShortSummary= Sebastian waits out Crab Season by being the pet of a boy who thinks he's a dog. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Mars vs. Man |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|10}} |ShortSummary=Foreman Norman uproots Mars's tree to make space for his condominiums, but Mars squats in one of them. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Cropsy Turvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|04}} |ShortSummary= Mars scares his friends with campfire stories of the monstrous Cropsy, but finds that he's wrong when he meets the real Cropsy. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: A Crabby Honeymoon |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|04}} |ShortSummary=Sebastian gets mixed up in the problems of a newlywed couple staying at his hotel. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Safari So Good |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|28}} |ShortSummary= Norman's Aunt Mindy pays a visit and takes an immediate liking to Mars. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Royal Foil |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|11}} |ShortSummary= Mars and Maurice vacation in London, where Norman tricks them into helping him steal the crown jewels. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=StC: Flambe, Bombe |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|11}} |ShortSummary= Superstar Sebastian rushes through New York trying to get to the Mervin Peevish center in time to host a variety show, and avoiding getting caught by Chef Louie. '''Note''': Originally a host sequence in "Raw Toonage". |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Jungle Fever |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|11|14}} |ShortSummary=Mars tries to cure a sick Maurice, but keeps getting sneezed into the way of a refined lion named Leonardo. |LineColor=ffc0cb |TopColor= }} |} ==Cast== * [[René Auberjonois (actor)|René Auberjonois]] – Chef Louie * [[Dan Castellaneta]] – Stewart the Elephant * [[Jim Cummings]] – Maurice the Gorilla, Norman, Leonardo the Lion * [[Steve Landesberg]] – Eduardo the Leopard * [[Steve Mackall]] – Marsupilami, Husband * [[Tress MacNeille]] – Wife * [[Jason Marsden]] – Shnookums * [[Frank Welker]] – Meat * [[Samuel E. Wright]] – Sebastian the Crab ===Additional voices=== * [[Charlie Adler]] – * [[Carlos Alazraqui]] – * [[Dee Bradley Baker]] – * [[Jeff Bennett]] – * [[Elizabeth Daily]] – * [[Grey DeLisle]] – * [[John DiMaggio]] – * [[June Foray]] – Aunt Mindy * [[Brad Garrett]] – [[Santa Claus]] * [[Jennifer Hale]] – * [[Jess Harnell]] – * [[Tom Kenny]] – * [[Bill Kopp]] – * [[Maurice LaMarche]] – * [[Phil LaMarr]] – * [[Danny Mann]] – * [[Candi Milo]] – * [[Gary Owens]] – * [[Rob Paulsen]] – * [[Tara Strong]] – * [[James Arnold Taylor]] – * [[Marcia Wallace]] – * [[April Winchell]] – ==Crew== * [[Ginny McSwain]] – Voice Director ==VHS releases== ===US releases=== Three VHS compilations containing 15 short episodes of the series were released in the United States. {| class="wikitable" |- ! VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date |- | Marsupilami (Volume 1): Marsuper-Duper || style="text-align:center;"|"Mars Meets Dr. Normanstein"<br>"Hole in Mars"<br>"Witch Doctor is Which?"<br>"Safari So Good"<br>"Steamboat Mars" || ??? |- | Marsupilami (Volume 2): Adventurous Tails || style="text-align:center;"|"Bathtime for Maurice"<br>"Hey, Hey! They're the Monkeys!"<br>"Fear of Kites"<br>"Toucan Always Get What You Want"<br>"Mar-Soup-Du-Jour" || ??? |- | Marsupilami (Volume 3): Jumpin' Jungle Jive || style="text-align:center;"|"The Hairy Ape"<br>"Working Class Mars"<br>"Cropsy Turvy"<br>"Mars' Problem Pachyderm"<br>"Normzan of the Jungle" || ??? |} ===Australia and New Zealand releases=== Five VHS cassettes containing 28 short episodes of the series were released in Australia and New Zealand. {| class="wikitable" |- ! VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date |- | Marsupilami (Volume 1): Houba, Houba! || style="text-align:center;"|"The Hairy Ape"<br>"Bathtime for Maurice"<br>"Fear of Kites"<br>"Marsupilami Meets Doctor Normanstein"<br>"Witch Doctor is Which?"<br>"Safari So Good"<br>"Jungle Fever" || November 26, 1993 |- | Marsupilami (Volume 2): The Superstar || style="text-align:center;"|"The Treasure of the Sierra Marsdre"<br>"Hot Spots"<br>"Mars vs. Man"<br>"Someone's in the Kitchen with Mars"<br>"Wanna Be Ruler"<br>"Primes Mates Forever"<br>"The Young and the Nestless"<br>"The Puck Stops Here" || November 26, 1993 |- | Marsupilami (Volume 3): Jumpin' Jungle Jive || style="text-align:center;"|"The Wizard of Mars"<br>"Working Class Mars"<br>"Cropsy Turvy"<br>"Mars' Problem Pachyderm"<br>"Normzan of the Jungle" || April 1, 1994 |- | Marsupilami (Volume 4): Adventurous Tails || style="text-align:center;"|"Royal Foil"<br>"Hey, Hey! They're the Monkeys"<br>"Toucan Always Get What You Want"<br>"Mar-Soup-Du-Jour" || April 1, 1994 |- | Marsupilami (Volume 5): Marsuper-Duper || style="text-align:center;"|"Hole in Mars"<br>"Thorn O'Plenty"<br>"A Spotless Records"<br>"Steamboat Mars" || April 1, 1994 |} ==See also== * [[Marsupilami]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://bellsouthpwp.net/l/a/lara6281/MarGuide.html Episode Guide] * {{IMDb title|0179592|Marsupiliami}} * {{bcdb |Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/Marsupilami/ |Marsupilami }} * {{tv.com show|marsupilami|Marsupiliami}} {{Children's programming on CBS in the 1990s}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsupiliami (1993 TV Series)}} [[Category:1993 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1993 American television series endings]] [[Category:1990s American animated television series]] [[Category:Disney Channel shows]] [[Category:Disney animated television series]] [[Category:Television series by Disney]] [[Category:Television series based on Belgian comics]] [[Category:CBS network shows]] [[Category:English-language television programming]] [[Category:Television spin-offs]]'