Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
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| Genre | Children's |
| Created by | Michael Paraskevas |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
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| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated TV series, based on the 1996 book "The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide" and its follow-ups by Michael Paraskevas and his mother Betty.[1]
The show began as a series of shorts aired on Teletoon in 1998, and premiered its first long-form episode on August 26, 2000.[2] Maggie and the Ferocious Beast aired on the American children's channel Nick Jr. from July 15, 2000 until October 30, 2010, and has not been shown on any US station ever since.
Plot
A young girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as "Nowhere Land" that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her friends.
Characters
- Maggie: Maggie is a 5-year-old girl and the human protagonist of the show. She is Hamilton's and the Beast's best friend. They both look up to Maggie very much and always turn to her for advice. Maggie is the leader of the group and is always there to be the compassionate voice of reason to her dear friends.
- The Ferocious Beast: The Ferocious Beast does not appear very scary or ferocious, however, he can shout louder than anybody. He is yellow, with big red removable spots, and 3 horns on his head. His favorite catchphrase is "Great googly moogly!", which he says several times per episode. In "Hide And Go Beast", it is shown he is allergic to pollen. He is just a big softie, despite his bold appearance. Beast loves pumpkins, which is convenient since there is an impressive pumpkin patch in Nowhere Land. As a matter of fact, Beast loves pretty much any kind of food,including Hamilton's cooking and is almost always hungry. He even loves baths. Maggie and Hamilton are his best friends. He wears multi-colored Galoshes which he pronounces as "Goo-lashes". Hamilton always corrects him about the pronunciation, but he doesn't believe him.
- Hamilton Hocks: Hamilton is a pig who can be bossy and quite fussy, but he has a warm heart. He lives inside a portable cardboard box which he loves, is the best cook in Nowhere Land, and is a total clean-freak. Hamilton's most prized possessions are his beautiful "H" sweater and his cardboard box. Maggie and the Beast are his best friends.
- Rudy the Mouse: Rudy is a cheese-loving mouse who lives in a large wheel of Swiss cheese in a part of Nowhere Land called Cheese Town. It is revealed in one episode that Rudy's hat and boots do not come off because they are glued to him. Strangely enough, this character started off with the name Pippy, but was renamed by the writers soon after for some reason.
- Nedley the Rabbit: Nedley speaks in rhymes. He says rhymes almost all through every episode that he appears in, but sometimes he talks normally a little bit before starting his rhyme again. Nedley lives in a rabbit hole next to his carrot patch in Nowhere Land.
- The Moo Sisters: They are the three cows who live in a part of Nowhere Land called Mooville. They love to sing and do it often. They are sisters and their names are Mavis, Millicent, and Marge.
- Mr. Moon: He is the only non-human and non-animal character in the episode, "The Blue Moon". He is Voiced By John Edwads. He is usually grumpy because people say he is made of green cheese.
- The Kindly Giant: The Kindly Giant is not at all scary but instead kind-hearted. The others are scared at first but they soon get used to him and they sometimes go to him for advice or a favor. He refers to Maggie, Hamilton, and the Beast as "little ones." He owns a garden full of fruit and vegetables, of which he always lets the ever-hungry Beast scarf up a giant blueberry or two. His face is never shown and he only appears in a few episodes. He is big and strong. Even the Beast seems small compared to the giant. The Kindly Giant lives in an area of Nowhere Land where all the fruits and vegetables are giant sized. Usually, his shoes and ankles are only seen due to his largeness.
- The Dream Sheep: White sheep that make "baa" noises. They are occasionally up in the clouds.
- The Jellybean Team: They are a group of seven jellybeans. There is a red one, orange one, yellow one, purple one, black one and two green ones. They are small, of course, but have big personalities. They also tend to argue with each other a lot because they all think they are more important than each other.
- The Triplets: Maggie's baby cousins (Zack, Max, and Oscar). They only appear in four episodes, "One Two Three", "Home of the Kindly Giant", "The New Rubber Ball", and "Which Way Did They Go?". However, in "One, Two, Three", Oscar playfully throws dirt at the Beast, Zack is the only one that still crawls around, and only Max can sit up and play patty cake. Voiced by Tara Strong.
- BB Cats: BB (Billy Bob) is a cat who lives near the Muck Bridge. He is a soulful jazz musician who plays bass and wears sunglasses.
- Sidestep: Sidestep is a very cranky crab who once got his house (or a sand castle, for that matter) destroyed by the beast accidentally. His home has been rebuilt by the characters twice on the series. Sidestep lives on the beach of Nowhere Land.
- Whales: A parent with her baby were seen in the episode, "The Beached Whale". Only the baby speaks. Mother Whale appears in the map in the intro and website. The whales in the series are purple. They are possibly sperm whales.
- Wish Fish: A goldfish like fish that lives in a well.
- Big Duck: A big duck who appeared in "The Big Duck", and was mentioned in "Guess Who I Am". She doesn't speak but only quacks.
- Calli the Camel: Only appears in desert episodes.
- Pauly the Teddy Bear: Only appears in "Camping Trip".
- Patrick the Worm: Only appears in "Oh, Give Me a Home". He comes from an apple.
- Reggie Van Beast: Beast's cousin. His coloring is the inverse of Beast's, being red with yellow spots, and he wears a monocle. He is rather stuck-up and rude, and never really seems to enjoy anything that Beast and his friends want to do. He also often speaks in rhymes, similar to Nedley. He first appeared in "Guess Who's Coming to Visit".
There are many creatures who do speak in the series, like the chicken sisters (The Chicken Ladies), the other birds (in each episode), the Buffle Headed Booby (The Buffle-Headed Booby) and more.
Episodes
This is a list of episodes of the show.[3]
Shorts (1998)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 0 | 1 | "The Big Sneeze" | 1998 |
| Beast sneezes his spots off after sniffing flowers. | |||
| 0 | 2 | "Move to the Moosic" | 1998 |
| The trio discovers "Mooville," a land of singing cows. | |||
| 0 | 3 | "Beach Ball Bonanza" | 1998 |
| Beast can't play with beach balls without popping them, so Maggie gives him some socks to cover his horns. | |||
| 0 | 4 | "Song for a Sunset" | 1998 |
Season 1 (2000–2001)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1 | 1 | "My One and Only Box/Spot the Spot/Recipe for Trouble" | October 11, 2000 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Lemonade Stand/Walk the Walk/What's in a Laugh?" | November 8, 2000 |
| 3 | 3 | "Pack Up Your Troubles/Rub a Dub Dub/The Big Carrot" | November 15, 2000 |
| 4 | 4 | "Out of Water Beast/Rain, Rain, Come and Stay!/Hamilton the Ham" | November 22, 2000 |
| 5 | 5 | "This Little Pig/Hide and Go Beast/One, Two, Three" | January 26, 2001 |
| 6 | 6 | "What's In The Bag?/Beastly Picture/The Push-Me Popper" | February 2, 2001 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sun Spots/Say Cheese/Sailing Away" | February 9, 2001 |
| 8 | 8 | "Hamilton's Pet/Slooow Motion/The Big Duck" | February 16, 2001 |
| 9 | 9 | "Flim-Flam-A Fiddle/A Beastly Garden/Spring Cleaning" | February 23, 2001 |
| 10 | 10 | "Three Little Ghosts/The King of Nowhere Land/The Big Scare" | March 2, 2001 |
| 11 | 11 | "Mr. Shivers/Nap Time/Up, Up, and Away" | April 27, 2001 |
| 12 | 12 | "Louder! Louder!/Once Upon a Time/Maggie the Mommy" | May 4, 2001 |
| 13 | 13 | "Hamilton's Box Car/Happy Birthday to All of Us/The Really Big Show" | May 11, 2001 |
Season 2 (2001–2002)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 14 | 1 | "Hamilton Blows His Horn/The Big Cheese/Roll Over Archie" | December 28, 2001 |
| 15 | 2 | "Desert Treasure/Morning in Nowhere Land/The Missing Sweater" | January 4, 2002 |
| 16 | 3 | "Just a Little Off the Top/Little Pig Lost/The Cecil Bunions Detective Agency" | January 11, 2002 |
| 17 | 4 | "The Jelly Bean Express/Let's Play Croquet/Little Ducky" | January 18, 2002 |
| 18 | 5 | "Don't Dump That Junk/Soup Bowls and Roller Coasters/Rainy Day" | January 25, 2002 |
| 19 | 6 | "Guess Who's Coming to Visit/The Lonesome Traveler/The Home of the Kindly Giant" | February 1, 2002 |
| 20 | 7 | "The Funny Smile/Guess Who I Am/House for a Mouse" | March 8, 2002 |
| 21 | 8 | "Nothing in the Beach Ball/Picnic Time/The New Rubber Ball" | March 15, 2002 |
| 22 | 9 | "Ride 'Em Cowboy!/Right Next Door/Hamilton's Sailboat" | March 22, 2002 |
| 23 | 10 | "The Big Hat/Camping Trip/The Leaning Tower of Carrot" | April 26, 2002 |
| 24 | 11 | "Catch Me If You Can/Strings, Pumpkins, and Hats/The Missing Bass" | May 3, 2002 |
| 25 | 12 | "Message In a Bottle/A Visit to Cake Town/Hamilton's Important Letter" | May 10, 2002 |
| 26 | 13 | "The Snow Show/School Days/The Nowhere Land Parade" | May 17, 2002 |
Season 3 (2003)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 27 | 1 | "The Beast and the Balloon/The Beast's Big Surprise/Land of the Antique Toys" | April 14, 2003 |
| 28 | 2 | "Maggie's Song/The Buffle-Headed Booby/Hamilton and the Bee" | April 21, 2003 |
| 29 | 3 | "Go to Sleep, Sheep/The Missing Spot/Blue Moon" | April 28, 2003 |
| 30 | 4 | "The Beached Whale/A Flag for Nowhere Land/Desert Cactus" | May 5, 2003 |
| 31 | 5 | "The Invitation/Trick or Treat/The Trade Off" | May 12, 2003 |
| 32 | 6 | "Hamilton's Magic/Nedley's Circus/Chasing a Rainbow" | June 2, 2003 |
| 33 | 7 | "The Ice Cream Cart/That's A-Mazing!/The Humongous Fungus" | June 9, 2003 |
| 34 | 8 | "The Big Hole/Oh Give Me a Home/Which Way Did They Go?" | June 16, 2003 |
| 35 | 9 | "Blast Off/Hamilton's Hat/The Wish Fish" | June 23, 2003 |
| 36 | 10 | "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy/Friendship Day/The Contraption" | June 30, 2003 |
| 37 | 11 | "The Chicken Ladies/Nedley Needs a Box/Tag-Along Reggie" | July 7, 2003 |
| 38 | 12 | "Curtain Up/Icing on the Cake/Where's Maggie?" | July 14, 2003 |
| 39 | 13 | "The Bunny Slippers/The Windy Day/Nedley's Glasses" | July 21, 2003 |
Production
The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land," which is an original song by an unknown artist. Maggie and The Ferocious Beast is produced by Nelvana and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The series debuted in 2000 and the series aired its last episode 2004. The show was distributed by Nelvana, which owned the distribution rights. In the UK, the show was dubbed with British voice actors, replacing the original Canadian soundtrack.
References
- ↑ "Show Summary". nelvana.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Nelvana's "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast" soars to a ferocious No. 1 on Nick Jr. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ↑ "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at the Internet Movie Database
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at TV.com
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