''Lucky Luke'' is an animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by a Belgian cartoonist Morris. The series lasted for 26 episodes, and co-produced by

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, Gaumont, Extrafilm and

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. In France, the series was broadcast from 15 October 1984 on FR3. In the United States, the show aired in syndication on various CBS and

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stations.

Synopsis

Lucky Luke is a solitary street-smart

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traveling through the Far West. Accompanied by his faithful horse Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog (who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison), he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the

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, Billy the Kid,

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, and Phil Defer.

Voice cast

Additional Voices

*Original:

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*English: Peter Cullen,

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, Barbara Goodson, Mona Marshall

Episodes

Production

The opening credits were directed by Philippe Landrot. This series is broadcast in installments of 5 minutes every day in access prime time, followed by a full broadcast on Sunday afternoon (on FR3). Three episodes ("The Daltons in the Blizzard", "Ma Dalton" and "The Daltons Are Redeemed") were combined in a compilation feature movie: '' The Daltons on the Loose''.

Home media

The complete series was released in October 2010 by Citel Vidéo in 5 volumes. The episodes are in disorder: *Ma Dalton (episodes 1, 6, 19, 22 and 13) *The Diligence (episodes 12, 10, 2, 7, 3, 4) *Calamity Jane (episodes 5, 9, 24, 26, 23) *Billy the Kid (episodes 11, 15, 18, 8, 14) *Jesse James (episodes 21, 25, 20, 17, 16)

References

External links

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