Kratts' Creatures
Kratts' Creatures | |
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Genre | Children's television series |
Created by |
Martin Kratt Chris Kratt Leo Eaton |
Presented by |
Chris Kratt Martin Kratt |
Starring |
Shannon Duff Ron Rubin |
Theme music composer | Pure West |
Country of origin | United States and Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 50 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Jon Slan Leo Eaton Richard Borchiver |
Producer(s) | Wilson Coneybeare |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | June 3 – August 9, 1996 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Zoboomafoo (1999–2001) |
Related shows | Wild Kratts (2011–present) |
Kratts' Creatures is a half-hour children's television program on PBS Kids. The show was hosted by the Kratt Brothers, Chris and Martin. It also featured Shannon Duff as Allison Baldwin and Ron Rubin as the voice of an animated anthropomorphic dinosaur. The show introduced its viewers to the world of animals. 50 episodes were produced in total. The show ran for only one season on PBS from June 3, 1996 to August 9, 1996, and then, after cancellation, aired reruns until August 17, 2001. Due to its popularity, the show inspired an unofficial spinoff, Zoboomafoo, another show created by the Kratts, which premiered on January 25, 1999.
Cast
- Kratt Brothers: Two creature adventurer brothers who explore the creature world.
- Chris Kratt: The younger brother. In North America and Africa, Chris is usually the one wearing green while in Central America and Australia, he is usually the one wearing red.
- Martin Kratt: The older brother. In North America, Africa and Australia, Martin is usually the one wearing blue while in Central America, he is usually the one wearing white.
- Allison Baldwin (Shannon Duff): Usually known by her nickname "Al", is the Kratts' personal agent. She helps the Kratt Brothers with her computer, while at the same time learning some things about certain animals that she never heard before.
- Ttark (voiced by Ron Rubin): A blue, dinosaur-like creature appearing on monitors throughout the creature club. His name is "Kratt" spelled backwards and his catchphrase is "Abso-tively", which is a mix of "absolutely" and "positively". He claims to know many facts about animals but many of these facts are out of date since he "became extinct" millions of years ago.
- Ken the Hippo-Test Dummy: A crash-test dummy used for several experiments.
Segments
- A Kratt Brothers Scientific Experiment
- Salad or Creature
- A Chris and Martin Kratt Scientific Study
- Stupid Things Not To Do With Animals
Featured animals
Invertebrates
Insects
- Maggot
- Larva
- Antlion
- Rhinoceros beetle
- Mantis
- Madagascar hissing cockroach
- Stick insect/walking stick
- Dragonfly
- Housefly
- Dung beetle
- Bee
- Wasp
- Firefly
- Leafcutter ant
- Termite
- Monarch caterpillar/butterfly
- Viceroy butterfly
- Acacia ant
- Cecropia moth
- Satyr butterfly
- Hercules beetle
- Cabbage butterfly
- Colorado potato beetle
- Mosquito
- Black fly
Arachnids
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Others
- Jellyfish
- Nudibranch
- Sea cucumber
- Mussel
- Snail
- Slug
- Protozoa
- Octopus
- Sea anemone
- Polyp
- Hydrozoa
- Sea urchin
- Earthworm
- Sponge
Vertebrates
Fish
- Caribbean reef shark
- Nurse shark
- Caribbean sharpnose shark
- Lemon shark
- Blacktip shark
- Tiger shark
- Hammerhead shark
- Whitetip reef shark
- Tasselled wobbegong
- Grey nurse shark
- Catshark
- Whaler
- Manta ray
- Stingray
- Angelfish
- Grouper
- Remora
- Pufferfish
- Moray eel
- Barracuda
- Parrotfish
- Needlefish
- Butterflyfish
- Trumpetfish
- Lionfish
- Seahorse
Amphibian
- Hellbender
- Salamander
- Eastern newt
- Siren
- Tadpole
- American toad
- African bullfrog
- Poison arrow frog
- Cane toad
Reptile
- Nile crocodile
- American alligator
- Saltwater crocodile
- Leopard tortoise
- Chameleon
- Alligator snapping turtle
- Olive ridley sea turtle
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle
- Egg-eating snake
- Water moccasin
- Rat snake
- Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
- Thorny devil
- Goanna
- Painted turtle
- Softshell turtle
- Diamondback terrapin
- Tiger snake
- Skink
- Boa constrictor
- Ctenosaur
- Triceratops (Mentioned)
- Tyrannosaurus (mentioned)
- American crocodile
- Allosaurus (mentioned)
- Burmese python
Bird
- Weaver birds
- Buffalo weaver
- Scarlet macaw
- Little penguin
- Brush turkey
- Oxpecker
- Cattle egret
- Northern goshawk
- Hummingbird
- Ostrich
- Kookaburra
- Australian king parrot
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Rosella
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Elegant parrot
- Loon
- Tricolored heron
- Green heron
- Great blue heron
- American flamingo
- Wedge-tailed eagle
- Wood stork
- Emu
- Cassowary
- Red-billed hornbill
- Tern
- Gull
- Peregrine falcon
- Black-crowned night heron
- Frigatebird
- Black vulture
- Canada goose
- Ring-billed gull
- Blackbird
- American robin
- Mallard duck
- Raven
- Bald eagle
- Blue jay
- Red-tailed hawk
- Great horned owl
- Toucan
- Motmot
- Martial eagle
- Egyptian goose
- Finch
- Starling
- Sparrow
- Grackle
Mammal
- African bush elephant
- White rhinoceros
- Black rhinoceros
- African buffalo
- Lion
- Leopard
- Elephant shrew
- Cheetah
- Platypus
- Bottlenose dolphin
- Bengal tiger
- Siberian tiger
- Flying fox
- American black bear
- Grizzly bear
- American bison
- Spotted dolphin
- Spotted hyena
- Hippopotamus
- Coyote
- Olive baboon
- Chacma baboon
- Common chimpanzee
- Thomson's gazelle
- Impala
- Kudu
- Aardvark
- Mongoose
- Meerkat
- African wild dog
- Giraffe
- Red fox
- Gray wolf
- West Indian manatee
- Moose
- Elk
- Tasmanian devil
- Baird's tapir
- Bighorn sheep
- Arctic fox
- Chipmunk
- Sugar glider
- Northern flying squirrel
- Tamandua
- Jaguar
- Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
- Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo
- Cougar
- Florida panther
- Dromedary camel
- Australian feral camel
- Chincoteague Pony
- North American porcupine
- Striped skunk
- Wombat
- Bandicoot
- Koala
- Echidna
- Red kangaroo
- Pygmy possum
- Tammar wallaby
- Pademelon
- Rock-wallaby
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby
- Long-nosed potoroo
- Howler monkey
- Hyrax
- Dingo
- Jaguarundi
- Black-backed jackal
- Gray fox
- Bobcat
- Ocelot
- Margay
- Canada lynx
- Giant otter
- Virginia opossum
- Nine-banded armadillo
- Raccoon
- Asian elephant
- Coati
- White-headed capuchin
- Squirrel monkey
- White-tailed deer
- Spider monkey
- Muskrat
- Vole
- Mink
- Sitka deer
- Delmarva fox squirrel
- Rabbit
- Groundhog
- Husky
- Pug
- Mutt
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Rottweiler
- Terrier
- Afghan Hound
- Wildebeest
- Great Dane
- Chihuahua
- Bloodhound
- Tasmanian tiger
- White tiger
- Tiger quoll
- Maned sloth
- Przewalski's horse
- Orangutan
- Agile gibbon
- Lar gibbon
- Mountain gorilla
- Fisher
- North American river otter
- Kinkajou
- Paca
- Tayra
- Smilodon (mentioned)
- White-lipped peccary
- Brushtail possum
- Bent-wing bat
- Ghost bat
- Mastiff bat
- Vampire bat (mentioned)
- Caribou
- Giant anteater
- Sun bear
- Polar bear
- Kodiak bear
- Brown bear
- Pronghorn
- Indricotherium (mentioned)
- Woolly rhinoceros (mentioned)
- Stegodon (mentioned)
- Woolly mammoth (mentioned)
- Straight-tusked elephant (mentioned)
- Eritreum (mentioned)
- Deinotherium (mentioned)
- Gomphothere (mentioned)
- Imperial mammoth (mentioned)
- American mastodon (mentioned)
- Palaeoloxodon (mentioned)
- Palaeomastodon (mentioned)
- Gomphotherium (mentioned)
- Donkey
- Zebra
- Megistotherium (mentioned)
- Cave bear (mentioned)
- Condilar (mentioned)
- Holstein cattle
- Diprotodon (mentioned)
- Procoptodon (mentioned)
- Sea lion
- Aardwolf
Episode list
# | Episode | Other notes | Release Date | Release Date #2 |
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1 | Big Five Little Five | VHS release | June 3, 1996 | October 27, 2006 |
2 | City Critters | VHS release | June 4, 1996 | November 3, 2006 |
3 | Sharks | VHS release | June 5, 1996 | November 10, 2006 |
4 | Running With the Wild Dogs | VHS release | June 6, 1996 | November 17, 2006 |
5 | In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger | VHS release | June 7, 1996 | November 24, 2006 |
6 | The Great Defenders | VHS release | June 10, 1996 | December 1, 2006 |
7 | Pan Troglodytes: An In-depth Analysis | VHS release | June 11, 1996 | December 8, 2006 |
8 | The Great Canadians | VHS release | June 12, 1996 | December 15, 2006 |
9 | Rain Forests: Under the Canopy | VHS release | June 13, 1996 | December 22, 2006 |
10 | Creatures of the Night | VHS release | June 14, 1996 | December 29, 2006 |
11 | Elephants 1: Educating Emily | VHS release | June 17, 1996 | January 5, 2007 |
12 | Elephants 2: Wild Elephants Can't Drag Me Away | VHS release | June 18, 1996 | January 12, 2007 |
13 | Weird Creatures | VHS release | June 19, 1996 | January 19, 2007 |
14 | Planet of the Dolphins | VHS release | June 20, 1996 | January 26, 2007 |
15 | The Great Bear Show | VHS release | June 21, 1996 | February 2, 2007 |
16 | Mgobo of Baboon Mountain | VHS release | June 24, 1996 | February 9, 2007 |
17 | The How Show | VHS release | June 25, 1996 | February 16, 2007 |
18 | Kickboxing Kangaroos | VHS release | June 26, 1996 | February 23, 2007 |
19 | The Giant Bug Invasion | VHS release | June 27, 1996 | March 2, 2007 |
20 | Heavyweights of Africa | VHS release | June 28, 1996 | March 9, 2007 |
21 | The Redcoats Are Coming | July 1, 1996 | ||
22 | The Cow Show | July 2, 1996 | ||
23 | Maximum Cheetah Velocity | July 3, 1996 | ||
24 | Wild Ponies | July 4, 1996 | ||
25 | Who's Who? | July 5, 1996 | ||
26 | Arribada 1: Sea Turtle Invasion | July 8, 1996 | ||
27 | Arribada 2: Running the Gauntlet | July 9, 1996 | ||
28 | Around Australia in Eight Days | July 10, 1996 | ||
29 | Hyenas Are Cool | July 11, 1996 | ||
30 | Mungu's Revenge | July 12, 1996 | ||
31 | Creature Rescue | July 15, 1996 | ||
32 | Lion, King of Beasts? | July 16, 1996 | ||
33 | Marsh Mania | July 17, 1996 | ||
34 | Why? | July 18, 1996 | ||
35 | Koalas and Wombats: The Untold Story | July 19, 1996 | ||
36 | Backyard Bandits | July 22, 1996 | ||
37 | Hanging with the Monkeys | July 23, 1996 | ||
38 | The Best of the Best | July 24, 1996 | ||
39 | Polyp Power | July 25, 1996 | ||
40 | Wings | July 26, 1996 | ||
41 | Phantom Wolves | July 29, 1996 | ||
42 | Australia: Land of Mystery and Intrigue | July 30, 1996 | ||
43 | Leopard: Prince of Stealth | July 31, 1996 | ||
44 | When? | August 1, 1996 | ||
45 | Parched and Thirsty in the Outback | August 2, 1996 | ||
46 | Gatorglades | August 5, 1996 | ||
47 | Spots and Stripes Forever | August 6, 1996 | ||
48 | Three Cool Cats | August 7, 1996 | ||
49 | Where? | August 8, 1996 | ||
50 | Around Africa in Eight Hours | August 9, 1996 |
VHS releases
- In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger / Mungu's Revenge
- Ultimate Animals / Big Five, Little Five
- The Great Defenders / Spots and Stripes
- Kickboxing Kangaroos / Koalas or Wombats
- Wild Ponies / Phantom Wolves
- Leopard: Prince of Stealth / Creatures of the Night
- When? / The How Show
- Hyenas are Cool / Three Cool Cats
- Hanging with the Monkeys / Lion, King of Beasts
- Heaviweights of Africa / Wings
- Heaviweights of Africa / Around Africa in Eight Hours
- Gator Glades / Sharks
- Rainforests: Under the Canopy / Parched and Thirsty in the Outback
- Behind the Scenes
External links
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