Julius Jr.

Julius Jr.
Directed by	Paul Brown Chris Labonte
Starring	E.G. Daily Julie Lemieux Athena Karkanis Benjamin Israel Steph Lynn Robinson Rob Tinkler
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Casentini Elie Dekel Beth Stevenson
Producer(s)	Janice Walker John Hardman
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Saban Brands BrainPower Studio
Release
Original network	Nick Jr.
Original release	September 29, 2013 – August 9, 2015
External links
Official website
Franchise website

Julius Jr. is an American animated television series based on the characters of the Paul Frank brand.^[1] Produced by Saban Brands and animated by BrainPower Studio, Julius Jr. airs on Nick Jr. in the United States.^[2] The series debuted on September 29, 2013,^[3] with the second season premiering on May 3, 2014.^[4]

Premise

The series centers around Julius Jr., an ape with a penchant for invention. Together with his siblings, Worry Bear, Sheree, Clancy, and Ping, they build a playhouse out of a simple cardboard box. But when they walk inside, to their surprise and delight, they discover that ordinary objects magically come to life and amazing adventures are just a door away.

At the end of each episode, an original song is featured. The song shows highlights from the shown episode.

Cast and characters

Main characters

• Julius Jr. (voiced by E.G. Daily) – Simply called "Julius" on most occasions, a young chimp and an aspiring inventor who loves to create gadgets to help his friends. He lives in "the box" where he has his own workshop. His catchphrase is "The best inventions are the ones that help your friends!" Although he is an ape, he does not find bananas delicious and instead prefers peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
• Clancy (voiced by Julie Lemieux) – A short giraffe who lives in the box with Julius and the others. Clancy is competitive and often wants to be the best at anything. But he can be a bit impatient at times. His head is larger than the rest of his body. His musical instruments are a hammond organ, and on rare occasions a saxophone.
• Sheree (voiced by Athena Karkanis) – A blue raccoon who lives in the box with Julius and the others. Sheree is girly, and loves to bake cupcakes and other desserts. She also loves anything sparkly, and has a great sense of fashion. She and Julius are the two main characters who wear garments.
• Worry Bear (voiced by Benjamin Israel) – A bear who lives in the box with Julius and the others. He "lives up to his name," as he worries about many different things. Because of this, he often exercises caution when engaging in an activity. He has a sock ape named Rocky. His musical instrument is a set of drums.
• Ping (voiced by Steph Lynn Robinson) – Ping is a squeaky-voiced panda cub who lives in "the box" with Julius and the others. She is outgoing and playful. She is also curious, like any young child. Unfortunately, due to her age, she is not very independent. Worry Bear is her cousin. Her musical instrument is a tambourine.
• Alexander Graham Doorbell (voiced by Rob Tinkler) – The talking door to Julius's workshop in the box. He wears a pair of thick-rimmed glasses and has a white moustache. His catchphrase is "Whoa!" (which he says every time he is opened).
• Tool Box-a-Lot (voiced by James Kee) – Julius's robotic toolbox who carries some of Julius's inventions along with him on journeys inside the hall of doors.
• Chachi (voiced by Steph Lynn Robinson) – A chihuahua who is a constant companion for everyone in "the box"; they play fetch and teach him tricks. Chachi loves to play dress-up and he is a great model who adores having his picture taken.

Other characters

• Shaka Brah Yeti (voiced by Rob Tinkler) – A snowboarding yeti who lives in "Icelaska," which is located in "the hall of doors."
• Sylvia and Gloria – Two caterpillars that live in "Bugswana," which is located in "the hall of doors."
• Diamondbeard – A gorilla pirate who lives on Seashelly Island. He has tiny diamonds embedded on his beard as his name implies. He also has a domineering mother who can be heard speaking but isn't seen.
• The Wandering Wardrobe – An animated closet that contains different outfits for Sheree and the gang.
• Bob – The giggling red beagle who operates the carnival.
• Sharky – Diamondbeard's nephew.
• Nadia – A squid who repairs machines. She enjoys working a lot even if it means very few rest times.
• Rock Sock 3000 – A robot resembling a larger version of Worry Bear's doll. Julius can program it for various purposes, although it also has a tendency to go haywire.
• Dez – A shy dragon with a plaid blue color. He's quite socially close to Ping. He is also the pet of a red magician.
• Brewster – The rooster who runs the farm.

Episodes

Season 1 (2013–14)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Animation director(s)	Written by	Original air date[5]	U.S. viewers (in millions)
1	1	"Butterfly Dreams / Rock Sock 3000"			September 29, 2013	0.55[6]
2	2	"Stretch Clancy / Pony Macaroni"			October 6, 2013	0.82[7]
3	3	"Farmer Sheree / Dez the Dragon"	Chris Labonte, Paul Brown	Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell	October 13, 2013	0.41[8]
4	4	"Banana-licious / Pirates and Superheroes"			October 20, 2013	0.75[9]
5	5	"Dressed for Spook-cess / Think Pink"			October 27, 2013	0.66[10]
6	6	"Clancy's Sniffles / Shadow Play"			November 3, 2013	0.75[11]
7	7	"Worry Bear's Collection / Rocket Roller Skates"			November 17, 2013	0.63[12]
8	8	"No Show Mo / Gravity Games"			December 1, 2013	0.39[13]
9	9	"Bouncy Beans / A Real Hero"			December 15, 2013	0.39[14]
10	10	"Star Games / The Joke's on Who?"			December 29, 2013	0.52[15]
11	11	"From Me to You / Give Ping a Chance"			January 19, 2014	0.59[16]
12	12	"Magic Ape / Perfect Pirate Day"			February 2, 2014	0.48[17]
13	13	"Tidy Up / Robo Flop"			February 16, 2014	0.43[18]
14	14	"Operation Sand Squasher / Dr. Flossoraptor"			May 3, 2014	0.68[19]
15	15	"Fruitronic 5000 / Flights of Fancy"			May 10, 2014	0.57[20]
16	16	"Clancy Be Careful / Just Speak Up"			May 17, 2014
17	17	"Say Ping / Happy Birthday Nova"			May 24, 2014
18	18	"Shaka Brah in the House / Baby Squeakers"			May 31, 2014
19	19	"Giggle Goggles / Scavenger Safari"			July 7, 2014
20	20	"The Very Berry Race / Check the Checklist"			July 9, 2014
21	21	"Crow Con / Rock Sitting"			July 11, 2014
22	22	"Sneaky Snackers / Make Me a Flake"			August 2, 2014
23	23	"Bump on Mars / Worry Bear Junior"			August 9, 2014
24	24	"Julius Goes Solo / Clancy Can't Win"			August 16, 2014
25	25	"Plane Dilemma / Delayed Parade"			September 6, 2014
26	26	"Welcome Home, Chachi / Chachi Time"			September 13, 2014

Season 2 (2014–15)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date[21]	U.S. viewers (in millions)
27	1	"Dazzle Girls / The Box"			November 3, 2014
28	2	"Great Inventini / Drive in Distractions"			November 5, 2014
29	3	"Helping Hands / Imagineberry Jam"			November 7, 2014
30	4	"Duckyitis / Orange Day Dream"			November 8, 2014
31	5	"Capture the Pirate Flag / Gummiest Bear"			November 15, 2014
32	6	"Party Me Hearties / Chore Bore"			November 22, 2014
33	7	"A Snowflake Day / Deep Space Sport"			November 29, 2014
34	8	"Worry Bear Finds the Light / Julius Alliday"			December 13, 2014
35	9	"Pumpkin Plumper / No Sleep Over"			April 12, 2015
36	10	"Sheree's Choice / Sharky in the Dark"			April 19, 2015
37	11	"Smellalicious Flower / Welcomesicle Party"			April 26, 2015
38	12	"Invention Tension / Flying Oh Ee Oh"			May 3, 2015
39	13	"Ping's Pretend Problem / Please Don't Sneeze"			May 10, 2015
40	14	"Worry Bear's Lucky Hat / Do the Dez Bop"			May 17, 2015
41	15	"We Love You Rock Sock / Clancy's Collection"			May 24, 2015
42	16	"Clancy's Dream Team / Magical Morphimal"			May 31, 2015
43	17	"Grump-Noceros / Later Skater"			June 7, 2015
44	18	"A Daisy for Dazzle / Waiting for Julius"			June 14, 2015
45	19	"Pirate Julius / Mars Bouquet"			June 21, 2015
46	20	"Not So Funny Pages / Missing Piece Magic Show"			June 28, 2015
47	21	"2 Skate 2B Great / Sparkletasia"			July 5, 2015
48	22	"Appreciated; Our Hero Worry Bear"			July 12, 2015
49	23	"Julius-inator; Don't Worry Be Happy"			July 19, 2015
50	24	"Box Fort of Oz; Firefly Festival"			July 26, 2015
51	25	"Double O Sheree; Ping's in Charge"			August 2, 2015
52	26	"Funk in the Junk / Enginopalooza"			August 9, 2015

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External links

• Official website
• Julius Jr. on Facebook
• Julius Jr. on Twitter
• Julius Jr. at the Internet Movie Database