Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol () is a 1994 animated TV series created by Beijing Golden Panda Animation Company and dubbed by

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. Ownership of the series passed to

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in 2001 when Disney acquired

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, which also includes

. The series is not available on

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Plot

Jin Jin is a

panda The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white animal coat, coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is ...

living in Pandaland. His home ends up destroyed by Grimster, a henchman of the evil Dr. Mania. Dr. Mania plans to regress the Earth back to its primitive times before humans had developed over parts of nature. Now Jin Jin travels to stop the plot of Dr. Maniac, find the New Pandaland, and even save some endangered species along the way.

Characters

* Jin Jin (voiced by

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) – The main protagonist of the series. Jin Jin is a

from Pandaland whose home ends up destroyed by Grimster and Jin Jin ends up separated from his family. Jin Jin is on a journey to find the New Pandaland while evading the minions of Dr. Mania. * Rudy Redbone (voiced by

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) – A karate

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who befriends Jin Jin. * Benji – A

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

who befriends Jin Jin. * Squawk – A

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who befriends Jin Jin. * Dr. Mania (voiced by Steve Kramer) – The primary antagonist of the series. He is a

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who plans to regress the Earth back to its primitive times. Due to Jin Jin thwarting his plans, Dr. Mania ends up placing a bounty on Jin Jin in order to get rid of him. ** Grimster – Dr. Mania's henchman, a

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who is a bounty hunter. ** Hopper – A "manhopper" that was created by Dr. Mania who used a machine and chemicals on a

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. He is an expert in all the martial arts and the master of every weapon known to mankind.

Voice actors

Susan Blu Susan Maria Blue, better known as Sue Blu, is an American voice-actress, voice-director, and casting-director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in '' The Transformers: The Movie'' and Seasons 3 and 4 of ...

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– Grimster *

– Jin Jin * Steve Kramer – Dr. Mania *

– Rudy Redbone, Squawk, Mugsy Wolf *

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Crew

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– Writer * Eric S. Rollman – Executive Producer *

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– Voice Director, Producer * David Walsh – ADR Engineer

Episodes

# "Panda-Manium" – When Pandaland ends up accidentally burned to the ground by Grimster, Jin Jin ends up going on a quest to stop Dr. Mania and reunite with his family in the new Pandaland. # "Un-Bear-Able!" – When fleeing from Grimster and a hunter named Nestor, Jin Jin ends up being saved by Nestor's daughter Chloe. # "Dog-Gone Fun!" – Dr. Mania offers a reward for the capture of Jin Jin. Bugsy Wolf and Mugsy Wolf end up capturing Jin Jin only for him to be saved by Rudy Redbone. Following the Wolf Brothers failure, Dr. Mania creates Hopper to help capture Jin Jin. # "Funky Monkey Business" – Jin Jin and Rudy Redbone put on a martial arts show in the city in order to raise money to find Pandaland. # "All's Well That Ends Up In The Well!" – Jin Jin ends up in a well as a fox named Randall wonders how to get him out so that he can collect his reward from Dr. Mania. # "Tomb Much to Bear!" – While inside a tomb, Jin Jin ends up pursued by Hopper. # "No Zoos Is Good Zoos!" – # "Sand, Sand, Everywhere Sand!" – # "Going Batty!" – # "An Extinct Possibility" – # "I Gotta Chameleon Of Them!" – # "Accidentally, on Porpoise!" – # "The Three Faces of Eve-il" – # "On the Horns of a Dilemma" – # "All Aboard for Trouble" – # "Here's Hopping!" – # "Just Hangin 'Around" – # "Stuffin' Nonsense" – # "Bear, Bear, Who's Got the Bear?" – # "Bearly Visible" – # "It's in the Bag!" – # "Two Bears Too Many" – # "A Trainful of Trouble" – # "Saved by a Whisker!" – # "We'll Have a Whale of a Time!" – # "Home at Last!" –

References

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External links

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