Julius Jr. | |
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Based on | Julius the Monkey by Paul Frank |
Developed by |
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Directed by | Paul Brown Chris Labonte |
Voices of | E.G. Daily Julie Lemieux Athena Karkanis Benjamin Israel Steph Lynn Robinson Rob Tinkler |
Composers |
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Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producers | John Brian Casentini Elie Dekel Beth Stevenson |
Producers | Janice Walker John Hardman |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production companies | Saban Brands BrainPower Studio Paul Frank Industries |
Original release | |
Network | Nick Jr. |
Release | September 29, 2013 – August 9, 2015 |
Julius Jr. is an American animated children's television series based on the characters of the Paul Frank brand.[1] Co-produced by Saban Brands and BrainPower Studio, Julius Jr. aired on Family Channel and Family Jr. on May 12, 2015 in Canada and the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.[2] The series debuted on September 29, 2013,[3] with the second season premiering on November 3, 2014.[4] The show’s last episode aired on August 9, 2015, when the TV series was taken off the air. In 2019, all online content regarding the show was removed from the Nick Jr. website as well.
On May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold the rights to the series to Hasbro. The show was previously available on Netflix, but was removed from the streaming service on November 3, 2020. It was added to Crave on August 10, 2022. When SovereignMade was added, it was there on January 6, 2024.
Premise
The series centers around Julius Jr., a monkey with a penchant for invention. Together with his friends, 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 in a magical hall.
At the end of each episode, an original song is featured. The song shows highlights from the shown episode. Most known songs are Hey Hey Hey, Come on, Come On, Honesty (For You and Me), Stronger and Braver, Big Dance Party, and more.
Hall of Doors: The Hall of Doors has many doors and some doors they enter them. These are the doors, that they frequently go.
Characters
Main
- Julius Jr. (voiced by E.G. Daily) is the protagonist of the series. He is simply called "Julius" on most occasions, a young chimp and an aspiring inventor who loves to create gadgets to help his friends. He resides 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. He loves watermelon, called wiggly watermelon on the show. His music instrument is an electric guitar called the Box Top Guitar. His superhero alias is Captain Invention.
- Clancy (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is a short giraffe who resides in the box along with his friends. Clancy is a young teenage giraffe. 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. He is world record holder on the show. He likes kumquats, called kooky kumquats on the show. His music instruments are a hammond organ, and on rare occasions a saxophone, which is only seen during the music videos at the end of episodes. His superhero alias is Giraffe Boy. He is the sidekick of Captain Invention.
- Sheree (voiced by Athena Karkanis) is a light blue raccoon who resides in the box along with her friends. Sheree is girly, and she loves to bake cupcakes and other desserts. She also loves anything sparkly, and has a great sense of fashion. Only she and Julius wear clothes. She likes cupcakes and smooshberries (a parody of many kind of berries). Her music instrument is a pink electric bass.
- Worry Bear (voiced by Benjamin Israel) is a bear who resides in the box along with Julius and his friends. 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 including wearing latex gloves when his friends and him are in Icelaska. He is the only male band member to be voiced by an actor. He has a sock ape named Rocky. He likes grapefruit, called giggly grapefruit. His music instrument is a set of drums.
- Ping (voiced by Stephanie Lynn Robinson) is a squeaky-voiced panda cub who resides in "the box" along with her friends. She is very outgoing, cheerful, bubbly, giggly, and playful just like all kids and children. Unfortunately, due to her age, she is not very independent. Worry Bear is her step-cousin. She has a dance move which she kicks her knees to her chin. She likes cherries, called chew-chew cherries. Her music instrument is a tambourine.
Others
- Shaka Brah Yeti (voiced by Rob Tinkler) is a snowboarding yeti who resides in "Icelaska," which is located in "the hall of doors".
- Sylvia and Gloria (voiced by Michelle Norland-Arnis and Jadeah Lily Miller) are two caterpillars that reside in "Bugswana", which is located in "the hall of doors".
- Diamondbeard (voiced by Tysòn Blakely) is a gorilla pirate who resides on Seashelly Island (in “the hall of doors”). 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. He likes sour food, but hates gruel.
- The Wandering Wardrobe is an animated closet that contains different attires for Sheree and her friends.
- Bob (voiced by John Kingston) is the giggling red beagle who operates “Twirl-a-world” which is in “the hall of doors”.
- Sharky (voiced by Emma Ordal) is Diamondbeard's nephew.
- Nadia (voiced by Mikela Fe-McClurg) is a squid who repairs machines. She enjoys working a lot even if it means very few rest times. She lives in “Enginopolis” which is in “the hall of doors”.
- Rock Sock 3000 (squeaking noises performed by Gracie Anne) is 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. At the end he always says, “Under appreciated”.
- Dez is a shy dragon with a plaid blue color. He's quite socially close to Ping. He is also the pet of Marv.
- Brewster is the rooster who runs “Sagebrush Farm” which is in “the hall of doors”. He is a regular participant of Crow-Con.
- Marv is a magician who lives in “Castledonia” located in “the hall of doors”.
- Sidney is a millipede who lives in “Bugswana”.
- Scooter is an airplane.
- Hoozy Woozies are furballs that scream “Hoozy Woozy!”
- Two Giants - They’re two giants.
- Keepin’ Time Jones - He’s a clock that says the time.
- Nova is a star that is best friends with Ping and is very sensitive.
- Squeakers is Julius’ best friend, a rubber duck he lost as a baby. He then gave it to Ping and lives next to Chachi.
- Dr. Paperwork is the imaginary foe of Captain Invention.
- Barney is the barn (his name has the word barn in it) at Sagebrush.
- Chickens that always are on the loose, and disobey Brewster.
- Rocks is Worry Bear’s rock collection.
- Martians - Aliens that live on Mars.
- Super Sock is Worry Bear’s favorite superhero. He is very forgetful on remembering his most famous adventures. His villain is Polyester. He resides in Enginopolis, which is in the “hall of doors”.
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–2014)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Original air date [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Butterfly Dreams" / "Rock Sock 3000" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | September 29, 2013 | 0.55[6] |
2 | 2 | "Stretch Clancy" / "Pony Macaroni" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | 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 | "Pirates and Superheroes" / "Banana-licious" | Unknown | Ford Riley | October 20, 2013 | 0.75[9] |
5 | 5 | "Clancy's Sniffles" / "Shadow Play" | Unknown | Unknown | November 3, 2013 | 0.66[10] |
6 | 6 | "Dressed for Spook-cess" / "Think Pink" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | October 27, 2013 | 0.75[11] |
7 | 7 | "Worry Bear's Collection" / "Rocket Roller Skates" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | November 17, 2013 | 0.63[12] |
8 | 8 | "No Snow Mo" / "Gravity Games" | Unknown | Brendan Russell | December 1, 2013 | 0.39[13] |
9 | 9 | "Bouncy Beans" / "A Real Hero" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | December 15, 2013 | 0.39[14] |
10 | 10 | "Star Games" / "The Joke's on Who?" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Sheila Dinsmore | December 29, 2013 | 0.52[15] |
11 | 11 | "From Me to You" / "Give Ping a Chance" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | January 19, 2014 | 0.59[16] |
12 | 12 | "Magic Monkey" / "Perfect Pirate Day" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 2, 2014 | 0.48[17] |
13 | 13 | "Tidy Up" / "Robo Flop" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 16, 2014 | 0.43[18] |
14 | 14 | "Operation: Sand Squasher" / "Dr. Flossoraptor" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | May 3, 2014 | 0.68[19] |
15 | 15 | "Sneaky Snackers" / "Make Me a Flake" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | August 2, 2014 | 0.57[20] |
16 | 16 | "Fruitronic 5000" / "Flights of Fancy" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Katherine Sandford | May 10, 2014 | N/A |
17 | 17 | "Clancy, Be Careful!" / "Just Speak Up" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2014 | N/A |
18 | 18 | "Say Ping" / "Happy Birthday, Nova!" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 24, 2014 | N/A |
19 | 19 | "Shaka Brah in the House" / "Baby Squeakers" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 31, 2014 | N/A |
20 | 20 | "Giggle Goggles" / "Scavenger Safari" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 7, 2014 | N/A |
21 | 21 | "The Very Berry Race" / "Check the Check List" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | July 9, 2014 | N/A |
22 | 22 | "Crow Con" / "Rock Sitting" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | July 11, 2014 | N/A |
23 | 23 | "Plane Dilemma" / "Delayed Parade" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | September 6, 2014 | N/A |
24 | 24 | "Bump on Mars" / "Worry Bear Junior" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | August 9, 2014 | N/A |
25 | 25 | "Julius Goes Solo" / "Clancy Can't Win" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | August 16, 2014 | N/A |
26 | 26 | "Welcome Home, Chachi!" / "Chachi Time" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | September 13, 2014 | N/A |
Season 2 (2014–2015)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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27 | 1 | "Dazzle Girls" / "The Box" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 3, 2014 | N/A |
28 | 2 | "Great Inventini" / "Drive-In Distractions" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 5, 2014 | N/A |
29 | 3 | "Helping Hands" / "Imagineberry Jam" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | November 7, 2014 | N/A |
30 | 4 | "Duckyitis" / "Orange Day Dream" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 8, 2014 | N/A |
31 | 5 | "Capture the Pirate Flag" / "Gummiest Bear" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Mark Valenti | November 15, 2014 | N/A |
32 | 6 | "Party Me Hearties" / "Chore Bore" | Unknown | Betty Quan and Madellaine Paxson | November 22, 2014 | N/A |
33 | 7 | "A Snowflake Day" / "Deep Space Sport" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Betty Quan | November 29, 2014 | N/A |
34 | 8 | "Pumpkin Plumper" / "No Sleep Over" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 12, 2015 | N/A |
35 | 9 | "Sheree's Choice" / "Sharky in the Dark" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 19, 2015 | N/A |
36 | 10 | "Smellalicious Flower" / "Welcomesicle Party" | Unknown | Betty Quan and Amanda McNeice | April 26, 2015 | N/A |
37 | 11 | "Invention Tension" / "Flying Oh Ee Oh" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Elise Allen | May 3, 2015 | N/A |
38 | 12 | "Julius' All-iday" / "Worry Bear Finds the Light" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | December 13, 2014 | N/A |
39 | 13 | "Ping's Pretend Problem" / "Please Don't Sneeze" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | May 10, 2015 | N/A |
40 | 14 | "Worry Bear's Lucky Hat" / "Do the Dez Bop" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2015 | N/A |
41 | 15 | "We Love You, Rock Sock!" / "Clancy's Collection" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 24, 2015 | N/A |
42 | 16 | "Clancy's Dream Team" / "Magical Morphimal" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 31, 2015 | N/A |
43 | 17 | "Grump-Noceros" / "Later Skater" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | June 7, 2015 | N/A |
44 | 18 | "A Daisy for Dazzle" / "Waiting for Julius" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | June 14, 2015 | N/A |
45 | 19 | "Pirate Julius" / "Mars Bouquet" | Unknown | Anne-Marie Perrotta and Madellaine Paxson | June 21, 2015 | N/A |
46 | 20 | "Not So Funny Pages" / "Missing Piece Magic Show" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Amanda McNeice | June 28, 2015 | N/A |
47 | 21 | "2 Skate 2B Great" / "Sparkletasia" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | July 5, 2015 | N/A |
48 | 22 | "Appreciated" / "Our Hero Worry Bear" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | July 12, 2015 | N/A |
49 | 23 | "Julius-inator" / "Don't Worry Be Happy" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Elise Allen | July 19, 2015 | N/A |
50 | 24 | "Box Fort of Oz" / "Firefly Festival" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 26, 2015 | N/A |
51 | 25 | "Double O Sheree" / "Ping's in Charge" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Katherine Sandford & Anne-Marie Perrotta | August 2, 2015 | N/A |
52 | 26 | ""Funk in the Junk / Enginopalooza"" | Unknown | Rob Tinkler and Katherine Sandford | August 9, 2015 | N/A |
Broadcast
Following its U.S. premiere in 2013, the show later premiered on Discovery Kids in 2014 in Latin America. In the United Kingdom, Cartoonito premiered Julius Jr. on April 6, 2015.[21]
The show premiered in Albania on Çufo on May 4, 2016 under the title "Xhuliusi i vogël" (Little Julius). In Canada, The show premiered on Family Jr.
References
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- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (February 7, 2013). "Saban's 'Julius Jr.' Lands on Nick Jr". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Bibel, Sara (September 17, 2013). "Nick Jr.'s New Animated Series 'Julius Jr.' to Premiere Sunday, September 29". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (April 29, 2014). "Nick Jr. Picks up Second Season of Saban's 'Julius Jr.'". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
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