Captain Flamingo
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Captain Flamingo is a Canadian animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of the protagonist and main character Milo Powell (also known as Captain Flamingo). The television series was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV in Canada on February 7, 2006.
The titular character is of an unspecified young age. He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids" in trouble. His "super powers" take the form of novelty items, such as a whoopee cushion, among other things.
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[edit] Plot
Milo Powell is an ordinary young boy until a kid is in trouble. Any time a kid yells "Uh-oh! Flamingo!", Milo transforms into Captain Flamingo, whose mission is to help little kids who need assistance. Captain Flamingo is aided in his missions by his best friend Lizbeth Zaragoza, who apparently has a secret crush on him. CF also has a little brother named Thor.
In trying to solve the simple problems of various little kids he encounters (such as, say, a lost pencil or a missing sock), Captain Flamingo often gets into tight spots. He has, in various episodes, gotten trapped in a bubble with a full bladder, gone underwater to battle an eel, and has gotten trapped in a deadly matrix of bouncing superballs. He eventually gets out of these situations by using his "Bird Brain" – which at times is Lizbeth and at others is his own instincts. This show seems to be a gigantic Batman parody, as evidenced by the basic concept of a male dressed as an animal using gadgets to help people. Some advanced concepts, such as their non-acceptance of relationships is further proof Captain Flamingo is parodying Batman.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- The Flamingo Has Landed!
- Pancake Panic
- Beyond the Thundermonkey Dome
- Gum Control
- Sink or Swim?
- Basement of Yuck
- Water You Worried About?
- Portrait of a Superhero
- I Scream, You Scram!
- Ball of Confusion
- Ack! Give me my Backpack Back, Jack!
- Appointment Terror
- Run, Milo, Run!
- Blizzard of Ooze
- Cheese the Day!
- Beach Blanket Flamingo
- Ten-Pin Peril
- Whack-a-Max
- The Best Episode Ever
- Charge It!
[edit] Season 2
- A Fish Called "Milo"
- High and Flighty
- Much Ado About... A Do
- Talking to Ralph on the Big Porcelain Phone
- Flowers and Candy
- Snot Funny
- The Last Stand
- Fifty Ways to Leave your Liver
- Alien Avalanche
- Thor All Over
- Milo and the Gang Face More Problems
- The Even Greater Escape
- Bunny Run
- Tape That!
- Play-On Words
- Present Tense
- Missed Manners
- Domo Ari-Otto, Mr. Robotto
- The Good, the Bad, and the Little
- Pop goes the Milo!
[edit] Season 3
- Just Looking!
- Outrageous Fortune... Cookie
- In-Field Error
- A New Bird on the Block
- Bug-Out!
- Pasta Your Bedtime
- Under There? Under Where?
- Exhibit YIKES!
- Burr in the Hand
- Blind-Sided
[edit] Voice Cast
- Tabitha St. Germain as Milo Powell/Captain Flamingo
- Melanie Tonello as Lizbeth
- Peter Keleghan as "The Narrator"
- Demetrius Joyette as Rutger
- Scott Beaudin as Owen-Only
- John McGrath as Incidental Characters
- Cole Caplan as Wendell/Commander Whooping Crane
[edit] Trivia
- Running Gags: Milo is unaware that Lizbeth has a crush on him and instead has a crush on Ruthann. The fourth wall is broken several times, usually through the use of characters talking to the narrator (like in one episode where the narrator kept saying things related to vomiting, whereupon Milo yells at him: "WE GET IT, ALREADY!!!"). Also, Milo seems to be clueless, as in one episode he was completely unaware that he wasn't wearing any trousers. A similar joke happened while he was packing up for YTV's Big BBQ Blowout; Milo finished packing his bags, but Ian pointed out that he wasn't wearing pants.
- "Quantum Vigilante" is a reference to Superman.
- "Little Kid Clients" include Max, Rutger (two fairly common clients), Owen-Only, Avi the "Avalanche Kid", Kirsten, Tabitha and Ruthann.
- Ian Kelley from Being Ian has invited Milo to a BBQ to celebrate Canada Day. A commercial seems to indicate that he's been busy assembling titanium briefs for Yvon from Yvon of the Yukon.
- In various episodes, it is shown that Milo's uniform consists of a flamingo beak, a cape, boots and a jumpsuit. In other episodes (as well as YTV's Big BBQ Blowout) he takes his pants off and still has a shirt.
- Milo and Lizbeth seem to be able to speak French. In one episode, Rutger is in a play and forgets his lines, so Milo says them in French (while Rutger makes similar mouth movements).
