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'{{For|the Xbox 360 game that this series is based on|Viva Piñata}} {{Refimprove|date=January 2009}} {{Infobox television | show_name = Viva Piñata | image = [[File:pinatalogo.jpg|176px]] | caption = The lead characters (l-r): Franklin, Hudson, Paulie, Fergy | format = [[Animated television series]] | runtime = 20 minutes | creator = | director = Paul Griffin | developer = [[Norman J. Grossfeld]]<br />Lloyd Golfdine | executive_producer = Deina Bhesania<br />Norman Grossfeld<br />[[Alfred R. Kahn]]<br />Barry Ward | company = [[Bardel Entertainment]]<br/>[[4Kids Entertainment]]<br/>[[Rare Ltd.]] | voices = [[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]]<br />[[Marc Thompson (voice actor)|Marc Thompson]]<br />[[David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills]]<br />[[Kathleen Delaney]]<br />[[Jamie McGonnigal]]<br />Rah Rah | theme_music_composer = John Siegler<br />Norman J. Grossfeld | composer = Louis Cortelezzi<br />Elik Alvarez<br />Peter Lurye<br />Matt McGuire<br/>[[Ralph Schuckett]]<br />Freddy Sheinfeld<br />Dan Stein<br />Russell Velazquez | country = Canada<br />United States | network = [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] (Canada)<br/>[[4Kids TV]]<br/>[[The CW4Kids]]<br/>[[Toonzai]]<br>[[CITV]] and [[Nicktoons (UK & Ireland)|Nicktoons]] (UK) | first_aired = August 26, 2006 | last_aired = January 18, 2009 | status = Cancelled | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 52 | list_episodes = List of Viva Pinata episodes }} '''''Viva Piñata''''' is a Canadian-American [[animated cartoon|animated]] [[television series]] seen around the world. It is based upon the [[Xbox 360]] [[Viva Piñata|video game]] of the same name. It is produced by an American company, [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids Productions]] and a Canadian company [[Bardel Entertainment]], a children's animation company in Canada. It aired to high ratings as part of the [[4Kids TV]] programming block and later moved to [[The CW4Kids]] before being removed from the schedule on October 25, 2008.<ref>http://pinataisland.info/forum/showthread.php?p=232006</ref> It is aired on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] in [[Canada]], [[Nicktoons UK|Nicktoons Network]] and [[CITV]] in the [[UK]], [[TV Tokyo]] in [[Japan]] and on [[Nickelodeon Australia|Nickelodeon]] in [[Australia]]. Viva Pinata was executive produced by Lloyd Goldfine (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], [[Pokémon]]) at 4Kids in New York and Paul Griffin at Bardel in Vancouver. The stories are edited by [[Mike deSeve]], leading a team that includes the award-winning ''[[Daria]]'' head-writer [[Anne Bernstein]] and ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' story editor [[David Steven Cohen]]. ==Synopsis== In a garden on [[Piñata]] Island, a multitude of happy, colorful Piñata species live, frolic, dance, and grow. The goal of the piñatas is to fill themselves with candy, so they can be chosen by Piñata Central to entertain at [[birthday]] parties or [[retirement]] parties and other special celebrations. The piñatas have their own gardens and love to party. Each species is a [[portmanteau]] of an animal and a sweet type of food. It is here in the garden, among the burrowing Profitamole, the bovine Moozipan and the tree-swinging Cinnamonkey that we will find a small band of Piñata [[friendship|friend]]s that have known one another since they were children when they first came to the garden. Being a piñata means something different for piñatas. Some Piñatas can’t wait to reach their maximum [[candy]] level so they can leave the Piñata Factory over and over again, bringing joy to children and partygoers all over the world. Others are not happy about the prospect of being shipped off to a strange place where happy [[children]] in festive hats hang them from a tree, bludgeon them until their limbs fall off, and devour their innards. Still others physically train for the parties as if they were off to the [[Olympic Games]]—hardening their bodies to create a challenge for the children clamoring to get at their candy. Why is it that Piñata Island is the only place in the world Piñatas can be found? Even the Piñatas don’t really know—but with so much happening in the garden, what with weird new Piñatas arriving all the time, crazed black-market Piñata poachers trying to muscle in on Piñata Central action, mysteries to solve, violent garden pests known as sours to contend with, and constant opportunities to dance—who has time to worry about it? The only thing upon which these Piñatas can agree is that on Piñata Island, anything can happen. ==Major characters== * '''Hudson Horstachio''': A [[Mustang (horse)|hors]][[pistachio|tachio]] who is quite famous and surprisingly agreeable. Hudson is, according to the characters included in the series, the most handsome piñata of Piñata Island. Hudson's ego dominates much of his extravagant personality; he models himself in mirrors frequently and speaks sweet-nothings to himself, though this is often portrayed as a quirk. Hudson ranked First place in the 4Kids Viva Piñata Character poll. * '''Franklin Fizzlybear''': A [[Fizzy Lizzy|fizzly]][[grizzly bear|bear]] who has a stereotypical [[surfer]] accent and a lack of common sense, though he does have random bouts of intellectualism. He is quite a bit more laid back than other piñatas. He is completely incapable of lying. He has also shown a great talent for drawing portraits of different Pinatas. * '''Paulie Pretztail''': A no-nonsense [[pretzel|pretz]][[red fox|tail]] who could easily be considered the "clever clogs" of the main cast (besides Les). He shares Fergy's aversion of being sent to parties, though it seems more of an annoyance to him, rather than Fergy's idea of thinking of going to a party as frightening, and frequently avoids them. He seems to be good at cooking as shown from the episode 'Recipe for Disaster'. * '''Fergy Fudgehog''': A [[fudge]][[desert hedgehog|hog]] who is in love with candy but terrified of parties. He is frequently sought out by Langston to attend parties but always manages to escape his bugcatcher's net. As his surname implies, he frequently says "Oh, fudge!" as an interjection. * '''King Roario''': A [[lion|Roar]][[oreo|io]] who is King of Piñata Island. His voice sounds like that of [[Sean Connery]]. * '''Ella Elephanilla''': An [[African elephant|eleph]][[vanilla|anilla]] who suffers from [[short-term]] [[memory loss]]. Essentially, her character is the opposite of the phrase "an elephant never forgets," although shown in later episodes that the only thing she does remember is to forget in a scene shown inside her head. She also has a likeness of [[ballet]], despite her large size. Her elegant moves have caused Paulie and Fergy to both get huge, temporary crushes on her. They even asked her to a dance, but she forgot they had both asked her. No evidence has been shown that either Fergy or Paulie still have crushes on her, or if they do, they are very subtle about it. * '''Terry Tigermisu''': A no-nonsense [[Royal Bengal Tiger|Tiger]][[Tiramisu|misu]] who is more of a scaredy-cat, but people do say that tigers are brave. He shares Paulie and Fergy's aversion to parties. * '''Liam Limocerous''': A [[Rhinocerous|Limeocerous]] who has a stereotypical [[Irish people|Irish]] accent and a lack of common sense, though he does have random bouts of intellectualism. He is quite a bit more laid back than other piñatas. He is friends with Franklin, Les, Teddington and Tina. He has also shown a great talent for showing his Irish dance to different Pinatas. * '''Les Galagoogoo''': A [[Galago]][[GooGoo Cluster|ogoo]] who is the smartest piñata on the island and even has ninja skills. Unfortunately, whenever Les speaks, it comes out as high-pitched gibberish. Les ranked second place in the 4Kids Viva Piñata character poll. It appears that the main cast may be able to understand him, but simply ignore him. In one episode, he was able to speak, but he was ignored as always. * '''Tina & Teddington Twingersnap''': A two-headed [[Syrup|Syru]][[Snake|pent]] known as a [[Boomslang|Twin]][[Gingersnap|gersnap]]. Although they share a body, they differ on almost everything and become a pugnacious, argumentative pair. They have both been shown to have sub-par gardening skills. Despite the fact that they appear to hate each other, in one episode when they are accidentally separated, they each end up greatly missing their other half. Teddington is the worst singer on Piñata Island, and for some reason has a refined British accent. * '''Beverly [[badger|Badge]][[popsicle|sicle]]''': Hudson's biggest, very obsessive fan. * Langston Lickatoad: The [[licorice candy|licka]][[toad]] who operates the Cannoñata. He regularly tries to catch the stealthy duo Fergy and Paulie in order to send them to parties. * Professor Pester: The main villain of the series. In all the episodes he appears in, he and his Ruffians try to capture and destroy a piñata, (usually Hudson) if not all of them, to obtain their candy. Note that he does not appear to be a piñata. When he had his personality reversed and happily gobbled up all of Fergy's candy, he was scanned on the way to the Cannoñata and found to have no candy. Nor do his ruffians appear to be piñatas. His catchphrase is "I have no regrets," and he always says it when his plans backfire and he ends up losing. ==Recurring characters== * The [[bonbon|Bon]][[mandrill|boon]]: The Main Pinata Villain who is a [[con-man]] who pretends to be an all-knowing guru to steal candy from gullible piñatas like Professor Pester. He is usually meditating, but when no one is present, he talks to his friend Sid [[Tomato Sauce|Sars]][[Silverback Gorilla|gorilla]] on the phone in (what seems to be) his normal voice. Paulie is the only pinata who sees through his ruse. * Cecil Cocoadile: A dull-sounding [[Hot chocolate|Cocoa]][[crocodile|dile]]. Cecil is the only piñata on the island who thinks Chortles' jokes are funny, causing him to burst into tears laughing. In the piñata world, cocoadile tears make excellent [[fertilizer]], so while laughing and crying at his bad jokes, he is also helping Chortles with his garden. * Chortles Chippopotamus: A [[chocolate chip|Chip]][[hippopotamus|popotamus]] with a horrible sense of humor, but fantastic gardening skills. Only Cecil Cocoadile thinks his jokes are funny, and Chortles uses Cecil's tears to help his garden grow. * Dr. [[duck|Quack]][[blackberry|berry]]: A doctor and [[psychiatrist]] with a [[Groucho Marx]]-like personality. He wears glasses and a tie, and he customarily tells poor jokes. * Hamilton Horstachio: Hudson's rival, who later on turns into a Zumbug. * Mable Moozipan: A [[cow|moo]][[marzipan|zipan]] with a stereotypical southern accent and manner. She owns a well-kept vegetable garden and despises trespassers. She is friends with Florence Fizzlybear. * Pecky Pudgeon: A [[pudding|Pud]][[pigeon|geon]] who takes pictures for the local newspaper of Piñata Island, the Pinata Yada Yada. He loves gossiping about everyone and will go to great lengths to bring in a juicy scoop for the paper. * Pierre Parrybo: A stereotypically French [[parrot|Parry]][[haribo|bo]] who organizes various activities on Piñata Island. He's also the DJ for a call-in radio show. * Ruffians: Professor Pester's bumbling henchmen who usually ruin his plans, since they don't comprehend orders well. They waddle from side to side in their walk, and they love to prank one another. According to Pester, three are boys and one is a girl. * Petunia Pretztail: A kung-fu warrior who is also Haily's best friend. * Prewitt Profitamole: A brilliant [[profiterole|Profita]][[Mole (animal)|mole]] who seems to be the only mechanic on the island and he is a wonder at inventing. He also has a love for soaps, and watches them avidly. * Betty [[rabbit|Bunny]][[honeycomb|comb]]: A beach babe who has three ears, one which she keeps tied under her hair. * Shirley Shellybean: A optimistic [[snail|Shel]][[jellybean|lybean]] who always is ready to start a new adventure. * Simone [[cinnamon|Cinna]][[monkey]]: Hudson's brisk and resourceful agent. She speaks very quickly, rapidly counting off Hudson's schedule. Sometimes, she seems to want her pay more than Hudson's fame, but she is occasionally shown to care for him in both stern and encouraging ways. == Secondary characters == * Beatrice [[bee|Buzzle]][[bubble gum|gum]]: Queen of a Buzzlegum hive. * Berando [[Bunny]][[honeycomb|comb]]: Italian director. * Boris [[buzzard|Buzz]][[lozenge|enge]]: A lair lord who rents rooms in his castle to tenants. Professor Pester was one of his tenants. He has an [[igor (fictional character)|igor]] like accent. * Bollo [[Triceratops|Tricerato]][[pizza]]: A [[Chocolate|Choc]][[Dinosaur|lodocus]] Who has Lived from his Survival of Extinction. * Corina [[Chocolate|Choc]][[Ostrich|strich]]: Hudson's previous girlfriend. * Charlie [[Dromedary Camel|Cam]][[Marshmellow|ello]]: A Camello from the Dessert Desert. * Dr. [[sweet|Swee]][[beaver|tooth]]: Competent phycologist. * Eddie [[eagle|Ea]][[Éclair (pastry)|glair]]: The drill sergeant who Langston enlists to get Fergy and Paulie to go to parties. * Flex Fudgehog: Fergy's ex-rival. * Florence Fizzlybear: Franklin's crush. * Francine Fudgehog: Fergy's mother who believes that her son is the most accomplished pinata on the whole island. * Freddy [[Pancake|Flap]][[yak]]: A large pinata that helps Eddie. * General [[penguin|Pen]][[wikt:gum|gum]]: Leader of the other Pengums. * Gordon Goobaa: The evil [[goobers|Goo]][[sheep|baa]] of the heard who frames Teddington for destroying a garden. * Hack Horstchio: Hudson's Look-A-Like * Hamilton Horstachio: Hudson's rival, who later becomes a [[zebra|Z]][[humbug (sweet)|umbug]]. * Harry Horstachio: Leader of the wild Horstachios. * Henderson Horstachio: Hudson's best friend who jumped into a suesaphine to give Hudson his career. * Jerry Jeli: A [[Gel|Jel]][[yeti|i]] who hasn't been hit with a snowball in 600 years. * Louis [[Lemon|Lem]][[lemming|moning]]: Leader of the Lemmonings in an Arctic. * Marvin [[marshmallow|Mallo]][[wolf]]: The fastest caricature in the west and Franklin's rival. * Max Buzzlegum: The King of a buzzlegum hive. * Monchy [[Moose|Moo]][[Jujube|joo]]: A Moojoo who hates going to parties, like Paulie and Fergy, because of her antlers. She teams up with them to invade the Cannonata. * Mongo [[macaroon|Maca]][[raccoon|racoon]]: Retired sour macaracoon Franklin thought he could tame. * Montauge [[Mouse]][[marshmallow|mallow]]: King Roario's assistant who yells a lot, despite his small size. * Monty Mousemallow: A paranoid mousemallow. * Meinhart Mousemallow: A [[Germans|German]], bodybuilding Mousemallow who is a parody of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. His motto is "Never let up, even for one minute!" He means this literally, however, for when he is Flattened by fergy who sleeps for a minute, he transforms into a weakling Mousemallow and must start all over. * Ned [[Newt]][[nougat|gat]]: Usual at the Tutie Frutie at Unhappy Hour. * Prescott [[Pie]][[Hyena|nna]] : Paulie's cousin. * Parker [[lollipop|Pololly]][[polar bear|bear]]: Franklin's cousin. * Pierce Profitamole: A former sour Profitamole that had a good singing talent as a sour. * Rory Rashberry: A Scottish hiker [[pig|rash]][[raspberry|berry]]. * Silvia Sweetooth: Hudson's make up artist. * Spalding [[Sparrow]][[spearmint|mint]]: Paulie's lousy singing Rival. * Uncle Hoofy Horstachio: Hudson's uncle. * Wilson Whirlm: [[wikt:whirl|Whirl]][[worm|rm]] who wants to go to a party. * Wendell Whirlm: Whirlm who owns a popular garden. ==Episodes== {{main|List of Viva Piñata episodes}} The program has also made the leap to DVD via [[Shout! Factory]] with the release of ''The Piñatas Must Be Crazy And Other Stories.'' This release includes the following episodes: "Cocoadile Tears," "Candiosity," "Queen For A Day," "A Chewnicorn In The Garden" and "Legs."<ref>Shout! Factory Kids DVD release: http://budurl.com/rd24</ref> In addition, "Lights, Camera, Action" was released in May 2009. This is the second DVD in the series. In Canada, ''Viva Pinata Volume I'' is sold at Dollarama stores. The DVD, released by Imavision.com, contains 8 episodes: "Cocoadile Tears", "Candiosity", "Queen for a Day", "Chewnicorn in the Garden", "Legs", "Horstachio of a Different Colour", "Whirlm with a Dream", and "The Crush". It is a 4:3 region free DVD9 with two stereo audio tracks (English and French). Volumes 2 and 3 may be purchased for $8.95 CAD each from the distributor's website. The program has also made the leap to British DVDs for [[Walt Disney Pictures]] with the release of ''Viva Piñata: A Terrible Tribute.'' This release includes the following episodes: "Royal Visit," "Crimes Of Passion Fruit," and "Piñatas Must Be Crazy."<ref>Diney DVD release: http://budurl.com/rd24</ref> In addition, ''Viva Piñata 2: Hudson's Biggest Fan'' was released with the episodes: "Hudson's Better Half", "Her Royal Forgetfullness" and "Talented Mr.Hack". This is the second British DVD in the series. In addition, ''Viva Piñata 3: Hero'' was released with the episodes: "Pig Out-Mountain", "A Match Made In Court", "Mr. Unbustable" and "Candibalism". This is the third DVD Movie in the series. Recently, [[Hulu]] has added episodes that aired in both [[United States|America]] and [[Canada]]. They also have been added to the 4kids website. '''1. A Terrible Tribute''' '''2. Candiosity''' '''3. Crimes of Passion Fruit''' '''4. Snow Place Like Home''' '''5. A Chewnicorn in the Garden''' '''6. Royal Visit''' '''7. The Crush''' '''8. Masters of Klutz Fu''' '''9. Pinatas Must Be Crazy''' '''10. A Whirlm with a Dream''' '''11. Hudson's Biggest Fan''' '''12. Horstachio of a Different Colour''' '''13. Arctic Invasion''' '''14. Hudson's Better Half''' '''15. Franklingestion''' '''16. Her Royal Forgetfulness''' '''17. Transparent Trap''' '''18. Mad Mongo''' '''19. The Talented Mr. Hack''' '''20. A Tabloid For Two''' '''21. Hero''' '''22. On A Sour Note''' '''23. Pig Out Mountain''' '''24. A Match Made In Court''' '''25. Mouse Flap''' '''26. Slayin' Em at the Sands''' '''27. Fudge Match''' '''28. The Wrong Stuff''' '''29. Mr. Unbustable''' '''30. Candibalism''' ==Xbox Live Sneak Peeks== Two episodes have been released on the [[Xbox Live Marketplace]] as sneak peeks. These episodes were "Chewnicorn in the Garden" and "Horstachio of a Different Colour". Over the past couple of months, more episodes of the show have been added to the Marketplace for download. All the episodes are in High Definition (Although one can watch them on an SD TV as well), and are between 550-600MB of space on the Hard Drive. The Special Edition version of the Viva Piñata game came with a bonus disc, which, among demos of Xbox Live Arcade games and ''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]'', contained the "Horstachio of a Different Colour" episode. ==Cast== * [[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]]: Hudson Horstachio * [[Marc Thompson (voice actor)|Marc Thompson]]: Franklin Fizzlybear * [[Sam Osorn]]: Paulie Pretztail * [[R.L. Strong]]: King Roario * [[Rebecca Soler]]: Ella Elephanilla, Simone Cinnamonkey * [[Jason Anthony Griffith]]: Terry Tigermisu * [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]: Liam Limocerous, The Great Bonboon * [[David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills]]: Fergy Fudgehog, Boris Buzzenge * [[Eric Stuart]]: Les Galagoogoo, Pecky Pudgeon, Francine Fudgehog * [[Caren Manuel]]: Tina Twingersnap * [[Jamie McGonnigal]]: Teddington Twingersnap * [[Mike Pollock]]: Langston Lickatoad * [[Michael Alston Baley]]: Professor Pester * [[Pete Zarustica]]: Pierre Parrybo * [[Scottie Ray]]: Marvin Mallowolf/ El Sketcho * [[Sean Schemmel]]: Hamilton Horstachio, Chortles Chippopotamus * [[Mike MacRae]]: Prewitt Profitamole * [[Jay Callahn]]: Pierce Profitamole, Flex Fudgehog * [[Kelston Carrol]]: Sour Mongo, Sour Pierce * [[Darren Dunstan]]: Mongo Macaraccoon * [[Seiko Suzuki Shih]]: Petunia Pretztail * [[Lisa Ortiz]]: Betty Bunnycomb * [[Eric Stuart]]: Meinhart Mousemallow == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://vivapinata.com}} * {{Official website|http://ytv.com/programming/shows/viva_pinata/}} from YTV * {{IMDb title|0837069|Viva Piñata}} * {{tv.com show|viva-pinata|Viva Piñata}} {{Viva Piñata}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Viva Pinata}} [[Category:Viva Piñata]] [[Category:Fox network shows]] [[Category:Computer-animated television series]] [[Category:2000s American animated television series]] [[Category:2006 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2009 American television series endings]] [[Category:2000s Canadian television series]] [[Category:2006 Canadian television series debuts]] [[Category:Animated series based on video games]] [[Category:CW4Kids original programs]]'