''Los Trotamúsicos'' is a Spanish animated television series, based on the ''

Town Musicians of Bremen The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (german: link=no, Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 27). It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, w ...

'' by the

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, produced by Estudios Cruz Delgado for

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and first broadcast on October 1, 1989. It ended on March 25, 1990. The series follows the story of four animal friends, a rooster, a donkey, a dog and a cat, who form a band playing respectively guitar, drums, trumpet and saxophone. Originally released theatrically as a 86 minutes feature film titled ''Town Musicians of Bremen'', it was heavily expanded into a television series due its success. The film was also released in English as ''Once Upon a Tune''. It was also known in Germany as ''Die Abenteuer der Bremer Stadtmusikanten''. The film won the

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for

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Episodes

# La fuga de Koky - Koky the Rooster runs from the Farm to escape death, and encounters a mistreated Donkey named Tonto, and later, a canine named Lupo, who is taken for granted by a man who fakes being blind. (October 1, 1989) # Atraco en el bosque - Koky and the others take refuge in a house, where they meet a geline named Burlon. Meanwhile, Three Thieves steal a golden trumpet from the Burgemeister. (October 8, 1989) # Casa de fantasmas - The Four Musicians first encounter the Thieves, and must escape capture when they accidentally acquire the golden trumpet. (October 15, 1989) # ¡Todos a Bremen! - The Four Musicians arrive at Bremen while still trying to avoid the Thieves, and return the Golden Trumpet to the Burgemeister. (October 22, 1989) # Los amigos del bosque (October 29, 1989) # El quinto músico (November 5, 1989) # El tesoro de la gruta (November 12, 1989) # El rapto de Tonto (November 19, 1989) # Tropiezos y trapecios (November 26, 1989) # Las genialidades del genio ingenioso (December 3, 1989) # La aventura del montgolfo (December 10, 1989) # ¡Menudo equipo! (December 17, 1989) # Ladrones Navideños (December 24, 1989) # El gigante bondadoso (December 31, 1989) # El gas bailarin (January 7, 1990) # La merienda del lobo (January 14, 1990) # Una aventura cañon (January 21, 1990) # El laberinto perdido (January 28, 1990) # El Pequeño elefante blanco (February 4, 1990) # El regreso de Rat Rater (February 11, 1990) # Contra golpe, golpetazo (February 18, 1990) # Aventura en la granja (February 25, 1990) # El extraño caso raro (March 4, 1990) # El primo guasón (March 11, 1990) # Búsqueda en el bosque (March 18, 1990) # Un grupo inseparable (March 25, 1990)

References

External links

Official page
* * 1989 Spanish television series debuts Spanish children's animated musical television series Television shows based on short fiction 1980s Spanish television series RTVE shows {{Spain-tv-prog-stub