''Monster Beach'' is an Australian
television series
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created by Bruce Kane, Maurice Argiro (who also created ''
Kitty Is Not a Cat'') and Patrick Crawley, which first premiered as a 70 minute TV special on
Cartoon Network
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on 31 October 2014 and was then later commissioned as a full series airing in 2020. Originally produced by the companies Bogan Entertainment Solutions (later Studio Moshi) and Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment (in association with
Cartoon Network Asia Pacific
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), it's the second locally
animated
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production to be commissioned by the channel after ''
Exchange Student Zero
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''. It was released on DVD on 1 June 2016 from
Madman Entertainment
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.
In 2017, a series was greenlit by Cartoon Network for a 52 episode TV series consisting of 11 minute episodes; a
pilot episode
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based on the televised film itself was announced but never released.
The series started airing on Cartoon Network Australia on 11 April 2020 and won Best Animated TV Programme at the 2020 Content Asia Awards. Monster Beach is animated by Studio Moshi in Australia
and Inspidea
in Malaysia.
Voice cast
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Kazumi Evans
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- Jan / Murmurmaid 2
* Elishia Perosa - Dean
*
Rove McManus
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- The Mutt, Dr Knutt, Hodad
* Bill Newton - Brainfreeze
*
Kelly Sheridan
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- Widget / Murmurmaid 1
*
Brian Dobson - Lost Patrol / Headache
* Nadeen Lightbody - Amphibia
* Patrick Crawley - Mad Madge
*
Hiro Kanagawa
is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including '' Smallville'', '' Caprica'', ''Godzilla'', ''The Man i ...
- Stress Leave
*
Stephen Hall - Butterfield
*
Brian Drummond
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- The Tikis
*
Garry Chalk
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- Uncle Woody
Episodes
# It Cone From Outer Space
# Knutt Drops In
# Ghoul Vibrations
# Frights Camera Action
# Striking Bad
# Doommates
# I Lava To Surf
# Tiki'D Off
# Next To Dogliness
# Termite Nation
# Gone Wishin
# Swampy Thing
# Lagoon Goons
# High Seas Hi Jinx
# Widget Loses her Head
# Knutty And Nice
# Surf Power
# Treasure Hunters
# Bored Games
# Talk to the Hand
# The Back Nine
# Madge's Broken Mug
# Switch Doctor
# Micro Monsters
# Monster Safari
# Pet Rocked
# Lost and Found Patrol
# Brain Thaw
# Fan Service
# Whale of a Problem
# Euro So Talented
# Butterknutt Squash
# The Murmurrmen Boys
# Boo Plate Special
# You've Been Served
# Devil May Careful
# Monster Wrestling
# Jailhouse Mutt
# Monster Make Over
# Three Monsters and a Tiki
# Doctor BFF
# Monster Nerd Out
# Short on Shorts
# Where Wolf?
# Mayor or Mayor Not
# Rain Damage
# Teddle's Teddy
# Invisible Manny
References
External links
* (TV movie)
* (TV series)
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{{Cartoon Network pilots, films and specials
Australian television films
Cartoon Network television films
2014 television films
2014 films
2020s Australian animated television series
Australian children's animated television series
Films about vacationing
Television series about vacationing