Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop

Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop
Created by	Tony Barnes
Starring	Kerry Shale Christian Rodska Nicolette McKenzie
Country of origin	France United Kingdom
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	65
Production
Producer(s)	Philippe Mounier
Running time	25 min
Release
Original release	June 13, 1994 – August 21, 1997

Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop (known as Dr. Globule in France) was an animated television series created by Tony Barnes and produced by Philippe Mounier PMMP Philppe Mounier Marketing Production. The show originally aired on TF1 and it was later dubbed for English audiences as well; even the show's title got a name change. It aired in the United Kingdom on ITV; starting June 13, 1994 and finishing August 21, 1997, the show ran for four seasons.

A comic strip version of the show was included in Buster magazine from September 1994 to November 1996. The series was later repeated on Nickelodeon in the early 2000s until 2004, and had sporadic reruns on ordinary TV from 1999 until 2001 (it was put on hiatus in 2002).

Plot summary

Dr. Zitbag was a Pet Shop worker who wasn't very good at selling any pets at all and because of this he was fired from the local Transylvanian Pet Shop. So he decides to set up his own Pet Shop at an old Haunted Castle and finds out that he will have to share the place with a skeleton dog, Horrifido. With Horrifido now helping him out, the doctor begins use with his inventions to create Horrific Pets to gain his profit.

Characters

Dr. Sidney Zitbag (voiced by Kerry Shale) - The main character of the show, he is a mad scientist type of character who wants to become the world's best pet shop owner, but his plans don't always work and certain mishaps do tend to happen.
Horrifido (voiced by ?) - Horrifido is the actual owner of the old Haunted Castle where Dr. Zitbag has now set up his pet shop. He is a skeleton dog with green bat winged like ears, who now works as Dr. Zitbag's assistant. Sometimes Horrifido is seen wearing a pink bow collar around his neck.
The Exorsisters (voiced by Nicolette McKenzie) - The Exorsisters are Dr. Zitbag's neighbours, both ladies are twins resembling the bride of Frankenstein. Every often Dr. Zitbag always tries to impress them both, but the two often argue at each other. Sinista, the sister with purple streaks in her hair often dismisses Dr. Zitbag whereas Bimbella, the sister with white streaks in her hair is more willing to give him a chance.
Zombunny - Zombunny appears to be a zombified rabbit who never seems to move. Most of the time he is seen with Dr. Zitbag and Horrifido as Dr. Zitbag would use Zombunny as part of his experiments. Zitbag would often throw him aside while saying a cursory "Excuse me, Zombunny".
Officer Deadbeat (voiced by Christian Rodska) - Officer Deadbeat is the local police officer of Transylvania and Zitbag's antagonist, he appears to have no neck and so his head is floating at where his would be neck should be. He has a personal grudge against Dr. Zitbag, believing that the doctor is a con-artist, if he ever arrests the doctor for good, his ultimate goal is to claim the old Haunted House as a new police station, as the one he has got is very small and he often bumps his head off.
Professor Sherman Vermin (voiced by ?) - Zitbag's rival. Sinistra and Bimbella sometimes call him to help them, eventually making Dr Zitbag jealous.

List of episodes

Twelve of a total of 65 episodes were released on video.

Series One

Welcome To The Transylvania Pet Shop - first aired: 13/06/1994 (the obvious pilot episode of the show)
Grime Does Not Pay - first aired: 20/06/1994
Food Glorious Pet Food - first aired: 27/06/1994
Bringing Up Horribaby - first aired: 04/07/1994
Every Dog Has Its Show - first aired: 11/07/1994
Ants In Your Pants - first aired: 18/07/1994
Bungle in the Jungle - first aired: 25/07/1994
Pirate Parrot - first aired: 01/08/1994
Double Trouble - first aired: 08/08/1994
Halloween Horse Race - first aired: 15/08/1994
Where Mouse? - first aired: 22/08/1994
Gorilla Thriller - first aired: 05/09/1994 (most sources say 'Double Trouble' and 'Halloween Horse Race' are the last two episodes, but the last two episodes in series one are actually 'Where Mouse?' and 'Gorilla Thriller') [though these are only the last two episodes in series one; not the last two episodes of the whole show]
Triassic Lark - first aired: 12/09/1994

Series Two

Inspector Spector - first aired: 09/06/1995
Pyramid Pandemonium - first aired: 16/06/1995
Hooray for Horrywood - first aired: 25/08/1995

Series Three

Don't Hoot I'm Only the Piano Slayer - first aired: 11/06/1996

Series Four

A True Fairy Tale - first aired: 29/05/1997
What's Up Doc? - first aired: 07/08/1997
Dances the Hula - first aired: 21/08/1997

Transylvania Pet Shop is currently one of the most requested unreleased DVDs at TVShowsOnDVD.com.

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