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Funbag Animation
Funbag Animation Studios, also known as Funbag Studios or Funbag, was a Canadian animation studio headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It was well known for working on animated television series such as ''Undergrads'', '' Freaky Stories'', '' Toad Patrol'', ''Watership Down'', ''Anthony Ant'', ''King'', '' Mole Sisters'', '' The Eggs'', '' For Better or For Worse'', ''Faireez'', ''Seven Little Monsters'', ''Madeline'', and '' The Wiggles Show''. Funbag provided additional production services on projects such as ''The Simpsons'', ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', '' Beavis and Butt-head'', '' Rupert'', '' LazyTown'', '' The Oz Kids'', '' The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island'', ''Sniz & Fondue'', '' Freaky Stories'', ''Captain Star'', '' Birdz'', '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''WildC.A.T.s'', ''The Lionhearts'', ''The Ripping Friends'', ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', ''Roboroach'', ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'', ''The Oblongs'', '' Mission Hill'', '' Rainbow F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ren & Stimpy Show
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (also known as ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon, the series aired from August 11, 1991, to December 16, 1995, with a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. The series follows the adventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and sociopathic chihuahua dog; and Stimpy, a good-natured and dimwitted manx cat. ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' is the third of Nickelodeon's original animated seriesknown as "Nicktoons"alongside ''Rugrats'' and '' Doug''. In contrast with other shows on the network, it has generated controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, adult humor, violence, and shock value. This controversy contributed to the production staff's altercations with Nickelodeon's Standards and Practices department, in addition to Spümcø's failure to deliver episodes on time, all of which led to Kricfalusi's termination from the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed, Edd N Eddy
'' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" to avoid confusion with Ed), and Eddy—collectively known as "the Eds"—who are voiced by Matt Hill, Samuel Vincent, and Tony Sampson respectively. They live in a suburban cul-de-sac in the fictional town of Peach Creek along with fellow neighborhood children Kevin, Nazz, Sarah, Jimmy, Rolf, Jonny, and the Eds' female adversaries, the Kanker Sisters, Lee, Marie, and May. Under the unofficial leadership of Eddy, the trio frequently invents schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confection, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various, often humiliating and painful, predicaments. Adult cartoonist Antonucci was dared to create a children's cartoon; while designing a commercial, he conceived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ripping Friends
''The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men!'' (also known as ''The Ripping Friends'') is an animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi, creator of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' on Nickelodeon. The series aired for one season on Fox Kids, premiering on September 22, 2001 and ending on January 26, 2002. The show was subsequently picked up for syndication by Adult Swim, where it reran from 2002 to 2004. The show occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon. The show also aired briefly in the United Kingdom on the CNX channel and on ABC in Australia. History Kricfalusi and his long-time partner Jim Smith created the ''Ripping Friends'' before they created the similar superhero Powdered Toast Man for ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. After Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi from ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' in September 1992, he had plans to make a feature film starring the world's "manliest men". The feature film plan was scrapped, but the characters were used in ''The Ripping Friends''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lionhearts
''The Lionhearts'' is an American animated television series from MGM that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings in syndication from September 19 to December 12, 1998. The series aired on syndication in the United States and was also seen in Australia and Latin America (translated into Spanish as ''Los Corazón de León''). The show was last seen on Teletoon in Canada in the early 2000s. ''The Lionhearts'' was one of the last series produced by Claster Television Incorporated and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation. Plot ''The Lionhearts'' focuses on the behind the scenes life of MGM's mascot, Leo Lionheart, and his family. The series shows The Lionhearts living in a normal house and living a normal life just like non-celebrity families. Most of the members of the family are named after famous MGM movie stars. The characters first appeared on a series of Sing-Along children's videos released by MGM in 1997. The original character designs (especially those of Spencer and Kate) were gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pet Detective (TV Series)
''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins football team. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Jack Bernstein and Jim Carrey. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young, and then-Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Morgan Creek Productions produced the film on a budget of , and Warner Bros. released the film in February 1994. It grossed $72.2 million in the United States and Canada and $35 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $107.2 million. It received mixed reviews from critics. Carrey's performance led to the film having a cult following among male adolescents. In addition to launching Carrey's film career, it also started a franchise, spawning the sequel film '' Ace Ventura: When Nature Call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdz (TV Series)
''Birdz'' is an animated television series created by Larry Jacobs, who later worked on ''Cyberchase''. It was produced by Nelvana Limited in association with CBS Television and STVE. The show was first aired on October 3, 1998, on CBS with the final episode's airing on January 2, 1999. Later, it was shown in Scotland in 2001, aired on Scottish Television and Grampian TV (now ''STV North'') - now both known as STV. The show was returned from 2015 as part of the "''Weans' World''" block on STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh. Plot The show is about an anthropomorphic 13-year-old bird named Eddie Storkowitz, who films his everyday life in aspiration of becoming a filmmaker. His family includes his father, Morty, who is a psychiatrist; mother Betty, an artist; college-age older sister Steffy; and baby sister Abby. Several episodes focus on Eddie's class, which includes an owl named Olivia, a robin named Spring, a turkey named Tommy, a woodpecker named Gregory, and a bat named Sleepy, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Star
''Captain Star'' is a 1997 animated series created by Steven Appleby based on Appleby's comic ''Rockets Passing Overhead''. It stars Richard E. Grant as the voice of Captain Jim Star. The show as produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and HTV. 13 half-hour episodes were produced and aired from 1997 to 1998. Plot The story of ''Captain Star'' involves the crew of a rocket ship called The Boiling Hell, who have been ordered to a dry planet known as "The Nameless Planet", at the Ragged Edge of the Universe, in order to wait for their next assignment. The ship's crew consists of the deeply egocentric and often paranoid Captain Star, the Science Officer Scarlett, the nine-headed, six-armed mutant Engineer/Stoker "Limbs" Jones, and the fish-keeping milquetoast Navigator Black. They are later joined by a robot, Jim-Bob-Bob, who does laundry duty and several other acts of menial servitude. Captain Star is introduced in the opening theme as "the greatest hero any world has ever known". A le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sniz & Fondue
''Sniz & Fondue'' is a series of animated shorts originally appearing on the first three seasons of the animation-anthology series ''KaBlam!'' on the American cable television network Nickelodeon. Premise The series is about the day-to-day lives of two ferret"Ooze News," ''Nickelodeon Magazine'', October 1996. roommates, Sniz and Fondue. Sniz is hyperactive and playfully impulsive, traits that resulted in trouble for himself and his roommate, Fondue. Sniz sports a lime-green Mohawk haircut. Fondue was generally nervous as a result of Sniz's rambunctiousness, which resulted in him being on his guard. Fondue sports a blue chef's hat. They live with two other roommates, Snuppa and Bianca. Production Created by Mike R. Brandon (credited as Michael Pearlstein at the time of the cartoon's premiere), ''Sniz & Fondue'' was inspired and derived from characters of his short-lived comic series for a small comic book publishing company Northstar called "Puppy Action!". He later received a pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Island
''The Mysterious Island'' (french: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous '' Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870) and '' In Search of the Castaways'' (1867–68), though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled ''Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson'', seen as indicating the influence of the novels '' Robinson Crusoe'' and ''The Swiss Family Robinson''. Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, ''Godfrey Morgan'' (French: ''L'École des Robinsons'', 1882). The chronology of ''The Mysterious Island'' is completely incompatible with that of the original ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', whose plot begins in 1866, while ''The Mysterious Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oz Kids
''The Oz Kids'' is an American direct-to-video animated fantasy comedy-drama series produced by Hyperion Animation based on '' The Wizard of Oz'', L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's novel, and its various sequels. Nine episodes were released between October 1, 1996 and February 18, 1997 by Paramount Home Video. The two main characters of this series are both human: Dot and Neddie (the children of Dorothy and Zeb). The minor characters are Boris and Bela (the children of the Cowardly Lion), Tin Boy (the son of the Tin Woodman), Scarecrow Jr. (the son of the original Scarecrow), Jack Pumpkinhead Jr. (the son of the original Jack Pumpkinhead), Frank, (the son of the Wizard), and Andrea, (the daughter of Glinda). Characters Main * Dot Hugson (voiced by Julianne Michelle): Dorothy and Zeb's tomboyish 8-year-old daughter, and Neddie's fun-loving older sister. She is a spunky and energetic young girl from rural Kansas and the leader of the Oz Kids. She is fearless and level-headed whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
