Jungle Junction

Jungle Junction
Genre	Adventure Educational Comedy Preschool
Created by	Trevor Ricketts
Written by	Laura Beaumont Paul Larson
Directed by	Morgan Francis
Creative director	Marc Forster
Voices of	Janet James Billy West Keith Wickham
Opening theme	"Jungle Junction" written and performed by Peter Lurye
Ending theme	"Jungle Junction" (Instrumental)
Composer	Mark Blackledge
Countries of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	45 (90 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Erica Darby George Evelyn
Production locations	Penzance, Cornwall
Editor	Mark Edwards
Production company	Spider Eye Productions
Original release
Network	Playhouse Disney (Season 1) Disney Junior (Season 2)
Release	October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) – October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)

Jungle Junction is a children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was part of its Playhouse Disney block. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to its Disney Junior block, which served as Playhouse Disney's replacement. 45 episodes were produced over 2 seasons. The show follows Wheelers on their adventures. It aired on Disney Channel in the United States, and was produced by British animation company Spider Eye Productions in the UK.

Premise

The series tells the story of some friends who live in a jungle together and all have wheels in place of feet, which allow them to 'zip' on the jungle's roads.

Characters

Main

• Zooter (voiced by Janet James) is a pink two-wheeled pig who is the jungle messenger. She can zoom around the jungle. She is Ellyvan's best friend. She says the title of every episode.
• Ellyvan (voiced by Billy West) is a blue elephant van who can deliver everything. He is Zooter's best friend. His name is a compound word, albeit fictitious. He is capable of sucking improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spraying them.
• Bungo (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a golden yellow bunny. He gets to put signs all over the jungle. He is the only Wheeler who is good at jumping; being able to leap many times his own height into the air. He carries a sign with the episode's title at the beginning. During the credits at the end of every episode in Season 1, he appears with signs and he asks the viewers for some help finding the right sign.

Recurring

• Taxicrab (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a red crab with eyestalks who likes to dance. He makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from "taxi cab", and he's the only Wheeler capable of driving sideways. Despite the fact that Toadhog is often impatient, Taxicrab tolerates him the most.
• Carla (voiced by Laraine Newman) is an orange koala and cargo who owns a grocery shop. She is featured in Season 1, but is entirely absent in Season 2.
• Dozer (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a bull and a construction worker. His name and shape derives from "bulldozer", being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his yellow dozer blade.
• Crocker (voiced by Keith Wickham) is a green lisping crocodile and the fire chief of the jungle. He wears a yellow helmet with a red flashing light on top. He has a skill at gardening and knows how to make compost. His name comes from the phrase which is slang in the United Kingdom, used to describe many second hand cars.
• Toadhog (voiced by Ron Orbach) is a grouchy green toad who likes Fifi flies. His sticky tongue can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from "roadhog", which is used to describe an aggressive and reckless motorist. He might be responsible for Jungle Junction's power supply; his water wheel powers the generator for all the lights, and he has a supplementary generator that is used to power the Christmas lights. He loses his patience with almost everyone, except for Taxicrab.
• Hippobus (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a bright yellow hippopotamus and school bus. Her name derives from "Hippie Bus", usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. She brings the five Beetlebugs to school.
• Lance (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a purple rhinoceros and an ambulance. He is the jungle's doctor. His name is both a contraction of ambulance and a reference to a weapon used by lancers who attacked with it at a full charge, much like a rhino attacking things by charging at them.
• Bobby (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) is a toucan as the police chief of the jungle. His name derives from the British slang word for police officers. He is the only Wheeler who can fly and the only one to have a 3-wheeled chassis.
• Miss Jolly (voiced by Amanda Symonds) is a zebra with black stripes. She is the school teacher as well as the only oldest and wisest of the Wheelers. She is also the only one who wears glasses.
• The Beetlebugs are tiny Wheelers. Their shape derives from the Volkswagen Beetle. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are five of them: Reddie (the red one), Orangey (the orange one), Greenie (the green one), Bluey (the blue one), and Goldie (the yellow one).

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	20		October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05)	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)
2	25		February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)	October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)

Season 1 (2009–2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Treasure of Jungle Junction" "Shrinky"	Unknown	TBA	October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05)	104	N/A
The Treasure of Jungle Junction: Zooter, Ellyvan and Bungo find a treasure map. Shrinky: Ellyvan touches a shrinky bush & Zooter, Bungo & Toadhog have to find items for the cure.
2	2	"Bungo to the Rescue" "Pinky Picnic"	Unknown	TBA	October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)	101	N/A
3	3	"Nothing to Sneeze at" "Fire Station Hero"	Unknown	TBA	October 7, 2009 (2009-10-07)	103	N/A
4	4	"A Beautiful Stink" "Prickly Pal"	Unknown	TBA	October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08)	107	N/A
5	5	"The Big Race Around" "Zooter Loses Her Zip"	Unknown	TBA	October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09)	102	N/A
6	6	"A Mystery for Bobby" "Signs of Trouble"	Unknown	TBA	October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12)	105	N/A
7	7	"Sap Trap" "River Race"	Unknown	TBA	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)	108	N/A
8	8	"The Star Juggler" "Bungo's Box"	Unknown	TBA	October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)	111	N/A
9	9	"Smile, Toadhog!" "Zooter's Surprise"	Unknown	TBA	October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19)	106	N/A
10	10	"Stuck!" "Coconuts!"	Unknown	TBA	October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26)	109	N/A
11	11	"Rainy Daze" "King Ellyvan"	Unknown	TBA	November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02)	110	N/A
12	12	"The Missing Glasses" "Dozer's Daisy"	Unknown	TBA	November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)	114	N/A
13	13	"The Night Before Zipsmas" "A Gift for Zooter"	Unknown	TBA	December 5, 2009 (2009-12-05)	119	N/A
14	14	"Bungo the Magnificent" "Thingums"	Unknown	TBA	January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18)	112	N/A
15	15	"A Bubbly Emergency" "Funny Fruit"	Unknown	TBA	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)	113	N/A
16	16	"Muddy Zooter" "Stargazing"	Unknown	TBA	March 22, 2010 (2010-03-22)	116	N/A
17	17	"Dozer Digs" "Taxicrab's Whistle"	Unknown	TBA	April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)	117	N/A
18	18	"Wheeler Ball" "The Great Garden Caper"	Unknown	TBA	May 31, 2010 (2010-05-31)	118	N/A
19	19	"Follow That…Thing!" "The Spooky Road"	Unknown	TBA	September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08)	115	N/A
20	20	"Hiccup Power" "Fifi Frenzy"	Unknown	TBA	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)	120	N/A

Season 2 (2011–2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
21	1	"Fly, Zooter, Fly" "Ellyvan's Boing-Boing Blues"	Unknown	TBA	February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)	201	N/A
22	2	"Ripe Fruit Bungo" "Caterpillar Crossing"	Unknown	TBA	May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)	202	N/A
23	3	"Ellyvan Goes Up" "Easy Does it, Dozer!"	Unknown	TBA	May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)	203	N/A
24	4	"Bungo's Wheeler Wash" "Ellyvan's Road Waffles"	Unknown	TBA	July 22, 2011 (2011-07-22)	204	N/A
25	5	"Rock Around the Clock" "The Jolly"	Unknown	TBA	August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)	205	N/A
26	6	"Floaty Fruit" "Zooter's Blanket"	Unknown	TBA	August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)	206	N/A
27	7	"Where's Ellyvan?" "Bobby's Hat"	Unknown	TBA	September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)	207	N/A
28	8	"Cadet Zooter" "Jungle Job Swap"	Unknown	TBA	September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)	208	N/A
29	9	"Bungo's Better Best Friend" "Lance and the Jumpy Pumpkin"	Unknown	TBA	October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)	211	N/A
30	10	"Bobby's Road Rules" "Zooter's Strange Spots"	Unknown	TBA	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)	209	N/A
31	11	"Bungo Leads the Way" "Ellyvan and the Zoominator"	Unknown	TBA	November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)	212	N/A
32	12	"Bungo Moves in" "Big Red Lance"	Unknown	TBA	November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)	214	N/A
33	13	"Ellyvan's Ballet Lesson" "Crocker for a Day"	Unknown	TBA	November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17)	213	N/A
34	14	"Toadhog Goes Fishing" "Ellyvan's Whiffy Delivery"	Unknown	TBA	December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06)	215	N/A
35	15	"Bungo's Big Bounce" "Zooter's Tire Troubles"	Unknown	TBA	December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08)	216	N/A
36	16	"Lance in Love" "Best Buddy Mix-Up"	Unknown	TBA	February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)	210	N/A
37	17	"Big, Little Adventure" "The Amazing Crab-Dini"	Unknown	TBA	March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05)	220	N/A
38	18	"Crocker Gets Cross" "Really, Wheely Stuck"	Unknown	TBA	March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)	217	N/A
39	19	"Zooter Peeks!" "Ellyvan Says No"	Unknown	TBA	March 7, 2012 (2012-03-07)	219	N/A
40	20	"Zooter Gets a Beetlebug" "Dozer's Magic Kettle"	Unknown	TBA	March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)	218	N/A
41	21	"Bungo Joins the Club" "Stay Awake, Crocker"	Unknown	TBA	April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)	221	N/A
42	22	"An Excellent Party" "The Bungo-Naut"	Unknown	TBA	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	222	N/A
43	23	"Zooter Slips Up" "The Buzz About Toadhog"	Unknown	TBA	May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24)	223	N/A
44	24	"Zooter's Surprise Delivery"	Unknown	TBA	July 6, 2012 (2012-07-06)	225	N/A
45	25	"Daredevil Ellyvan" "Bungo and the Beasties"	Unknown	TBA	October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)	224	N/A

Reception

Common Sense Media gave the show a 4 out of 5 stars.

External links

• Jungle Junction Official Site
• Jungle Junction at IMDb