The Why Why Family

The Why Why Family (French: Les Kikekoi and also known as Saban's The Why Why Family) is a French cartoon television series for children, which originally aired in 1996, written by Annabelle Perrichon and François-Emmanuel Porché and produced by Saban Entertainment and CinéGroupe. Later, in 1998, the show was broadcast in the United States by Fox. Character design and others are vintage and comedy elements are also included throughout the episodes.

Synopsis

Prior to the intro, the baby Victor (off screen) summarizes what his family members will teach him in the episode.

There are 5 part-episodes in which he asks a popular scientific question, following an extensive answer by the family member with a particular expertise in the field of science involved in the question. Each of these part-episodes has its own short intro and The End sketches for the specific characters. Each sketch title is <(character name/s) in (episode title vis-a-vis topic)>.

Prior to the end credits, Max asks Victor "Well Victor, what did you learn today?" to which he starts with "Tons of neat stuff", summarizing what his family members taught him. Max answers, "Sounds like a real big day." and Victor concludes, "It was, but I still have plenty of questions left for next time."

Characters

• Victor
  • A baby and the protagonist of the series. All the time he has questions (though these are smarter ones) to ask his family members like any other kid.
• Max — Technology and electronics
  • The young father of Victor and a stereotypical mechanic/handyman. He is Eartha and Matik's son and Micro and Scopo's brother. He seems to be the closest to Victor compared to the others. Resembles his mother Eartha and is never seen without his cap.
• Vanilla and birds Kwik and Kwak — Botany and zoology
  • Vanilla is Victor's mother who he resembles. Kwik and Kwak are running gags of their episodes and usually bicker.
• Eartha (as her name suggests) and Basalt the dragon — Geography, geology and meteorology
  • Eartha is Victor's grandmother who occasionally loses her cool. Basalt is green with orange polka dots, has a British accent, can be greedy and transforms into different modes of transport. Eartha is also the one who cooks for their family.
• Micro and Scopo — Biology of the human body
  • Victor's uncles who are running gags. Micro is stubby and wears a white cowboy hat (is sometimes seen without it), does most of the explanations in their episodes. Scopo is the larger and goofier of the brothers, sometimes being the test subject yet expresses his own knowledge. They both have what look like glasses/masks, and 'dog ears' like their father Matik.
• Matik and dog Zygo — Astronomy and the Universe
  • Matik is Victor's grandfather who has 'dog ears' and is never seen without his pilot hat. Zygo sounds like Daffy Duck and has webbed limbs.

Episodes

#	Topic	Character(s)	Title
1	Camera	Max	Photo Opportunity
	Illnesses	Micro & Scopo	Sick Leave
	Solar system	Zygo & Matik	O Solar Mio
	Volcanoes	Earth & Basalt	All You Need Is Lava
	Zebras	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	A Horse Of A Different Color
2	Meteors	Zygo & Matik	Pleased To Meteor You
	Car engine	Max	Idle Chatter
	Bird wing	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Feather Knows Best
	Shells	Eartha & Basalt	Shell Shock
	DNA	Micro & Scopo	I Resemble Mama
3	Paresthesia	Micro & Scopo	Out On a Limb
	Flowers	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Petal Pushers
	Gravity	Zygo & Matik	He Ain’t Heavy, He’s An Astronaut
	Rain	Eartha & Basalt	Stormy Weather
	Barcodes	Max	Bars & Stripes Forever
4	Sneeze	Micro & Scopo	Sneezed To Meet You
	Remote control	Max	Beam My Baby
	Plants	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Green & Bear It
	Thunder and lightning	Eartha & Basalt	Sound & The Whywhys
	Stars	Zygo & Matik	Star Treatment
5	Spiders	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Web Sight
	Fax machine	Max	Just The Fax
	Sweat	Micro & Scopo	No Sweat
	Galaxy	Zygo & Matik	For Me And My Galaxy
	Currents	Eartha & Basalt	Current Event
6	Brain	Micro & Scopo	Brain Waives
	Photocopier	Max	Copy Cats
	Bees	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	To Hive And Hive Not
	Ice Age	Earth & Basalt	A Tree Froze In Brooklyn
	Mars	Zygo & Matik	Mars Attracts
7	Body covering	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Hair Today
	Aeroplanes	Max	Plane Speaking
	Solar eclipse	Zygo & Matik	Sun Blocked
	Tides	Eartha & Basalt	Fit To Be Tide
	Ear	Micro & Scopo	Hear And Now
8	Sunlight	Zygo & Matik	Light Entertainment
	Telephone	Max	Dial-A Whywhy
	Nose	Micro & Scopo	Common Scents
	Mountains	Eartha & Basalt	Uphill All The Way
	Coral Reefs	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Hail To The Reel
9	Lightning	Eartha & Basalt	A Bolt From The Blue
	Birds	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Chirp Thrills
	CDs	Max	Pit Stop
	Space stations	Zygo & Matik	Station Break
	Eye	Micro & Scopo	Oh Say Can You See
10	Wind	Eartha & Basalt	Breezy Does It
	Refrigerator	Max	The Chill It All
	Gravity	Zygo & Matik	Down To Earth
	Food	Micro & Scopo	Surely You Ingest
	Cats	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	You’ve Gotta Be Kitten
11	Mosquitoes	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	A Bite To Remember
	Sand	Eartha & Basalt	True Grit
	Stars	Zygo & Matik	Great Balls Of Fire
	Elevators	Max	Ready Willing & Cable
	Reflexes	Micro & Scopo	A Touchy Subject
12	Climates	Eartha & Basalt	Changing Climes
	Leaves	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Free Falling
	Television	Max	Turn On… Tune In
	Comets	Zygo & Matik	Dust To Us
	Digestion	Micro & Scopo	Eater's Digest
13	Ocean's bottom	Eartha & Basalt	Bottom Feeders
	Snakes	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	No Skin Off My Back
	Light bulb	Max	Lights Out!
	Day and night	Zygo & Matik	Sunrise… Sunset
	Breathing	Micro & Scopo	Air Apparent
14	Fog	Eartha & Basalt	Another Fine Mist
	Helicopter	Max	The Big Cover Up
	Bats	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Blind Leading The Blind
	Cavities	Micro & Scopo	Nothing But The Tooth
	Seasons	Zygo & Matik	Seasons Greetings
15	Coal and oil	Eartha & Basalt	No Fuel Like Old Fuel
	Submarine	Max	Way Down Under
	Cactus	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Cactus If You Can
	Scabs	Micro & Scopo	A Cut Above
	Satellites	Zygo & Matik	Global Swarming
16	Kangaroos	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	It’s In The Bag
	Microwave oven	Max	Nuking It Out!
	Fungi	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	A Fungus Among Us
	Heart	Micro & Scopo	To Bleed Or Not To Bleed
	Moon	Zygo & Matik	Craters And Cream Cheese
17	Snow	Eartha & Basalt	Snow Job
	Solar power	Max	Sunday Punch
	Marine life	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Victor And The Glow Fish
	Fever	Micro & Scopo	Heat Treatment
	Washing machine	Max	Wash You Were Here
18	Frogs	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	One Giant Leap For Frogkind
	Glue	Max	Stick Around
	Nests	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Branching Out
	Dizziness	Micro & Scopo	Spin Doctors
	Telescopes	Zygo & Matik	Scope It Out
19	Evaporation	Eartha & Basalt	That Thing You Dew
	Batteries	Max	The Powers That Be
	Pollination	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Blowin’ in the Wind
	Hair	Micro & Scopo	Hair-Raising Experience
	Black Holes	Zygo & Matik	Hole In One
20	Valleys	Eartha & Basalt	Ice Cycle
	Light	Max	The Light Show
	Earthquakes	Eartha & Basalt	Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
	Tears	Micro & Scopo	For Cryin’ Out Loud
	Venus and Mercury	Zygo & Matik	Hot! Hot! Hot!
21	Ozone layer	Eartha & Basalt	There’s No Zone Like Ozone
	Sleep	Micro & Scopo	Perchance to Dream
	Cows	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	That Was Then, This Is Cow
	Projector	Max	Lights, Camera, Action!
	Speech	Micro & Scopo	O’ See Can You Say?
22	Deserts	Eartha & Basalt	How Dry I Am!
	Jupiter	Zygo & Matik	Big
	Butterflies	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Ch Ch Ch Changes
	Water purification	Max	Go With the Flow
	Asteroid belts	Zygo & Matik	It’s A Material Whirl
23	Rocks	Eartha & Basalt	Goldirocks
	Growing up	Micro & Scopo	Home Grown
	Roots	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	From the Ground… Up
	Water	Eartha & Basalt	Water Water Everywhere
	Space Travel	Zygo & Matik	One Giant Leap For Why Whys
24	Rivers	Eartha & Basalt	It’s All Downhill From Here
	Locks	Max	A Turn-Key Operation
	Habitat	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Sleeping In
	Headaches	Micro & Scopo	Your Loss is Migraine
	Planets rotate/revolve	Zygo & Matik	Moon Trek
25	Storms	Eartha & Basalt	Sooo Cool
	Planets	Zygo & Matik	The Outer Planets
	Dams	Max	Hold That Thought!
	Brain	Micro & Scopo	Chuckleheads
	Astrological symbols	Zygo & Matik	What’s Your Sign?
26	Light	Eartha & Basalt	The Light Show
	Lenses	Max	Thru the Looking Glass
	Reptiles	Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak	Snakes Alive!
	Muscles	Micro & Scopo	Only the Strong Survive
	Asteroids	Zygo & Matik	It Came from Outer Space

Cast

• Stanley Gurd Jr - Max
• Mendi Segal – Vanilla
• Heidi Lenhart – Victor
• Derek Patrick – Matik
• Jamie Simone
• Genghis Studebaker – Zygo
• Kevin Schon - Micro (uncredited)

Crew

• Jamie Simone – Voice Director
• Bruno Bianchi - Producer

External links

• The Why Why? Family at the Internet Movie Database