''Monk Little Dog'' (; ; ) is a series of 3D CGI animated shorts. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae, of Kim's Licensing, and produced by

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. Season 1 of Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 on

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in France and ran until June 11, 2010. In the

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, the series was broadcast by the

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in Canada, and by

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. In

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, the series was originally aired by Global TV (now GTV) from 2011 until early 2012, but later moved to RTV between 2014 until 2016.

Development

''Monk Little Dog'' was originated from a series of storybooks with clay characters released in 2006, notable books include ''Monk's Mouth Country Trip'' ( ko, 멍크의 입속 나라 여행); although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005. The difference is this storybook series included one human character while ''Monk Little Dog'' does not.

Characters

Main characters

*Monk (voiced by

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): An unlucky, but cheerful

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dog. He is the main protagonist of the series.

Secondary characters

*Ding : A yellow

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- Monk's non-friend and Kimmy's love interest. *Kimmy (voiced by Sharon Mann): A pink

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- Monk's crush and Ding's Girlfriend. *Ben (voiced by Matthew Géczy): Monk's best friend who is always asleep. *Sushi: Kimmy's pet

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who hates and somethings loves Monk. *Bubul: A gray

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who is Monk's neighbour.

Recurring characters

*Bar: *Loo: A brown

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. *Mi-hie: a superhero and protagonist in the series. *Peace: A naughty and smart lebrel. *San-say: a Japanese dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu. *Sally: It's Bubul's wife. *Jimmy: An emo dog who is Kimmy's cousin *The Tweets: Are Monk's babysitters. *Parrot: Monk's parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake". *Monk's parents: The father is identical to he, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of plain pink. *Poodle's unused name: A gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color. *Ben's dad: It's Ben's dad who appears on Monk's TV.

Episode list

References

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