Kung Fu Jimmy Chow

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Kung Fu Jimmy Chow is an online animated series produced by Camp Chaos Entertainment for Heavy.com.^[1] Satirizing anime and mall culture, the story centres on Jimmy Chow who fights ninjas while searching for the Purple Lady, the villain who killed his master.^[2]

The show was used to launched the Heavy Animation channel provided by video streaming service Joost following a 7 May 2007 deal between the two companies.^[3][4]

Contents 1 History 2 Opening song 3 Characters 3.1 Jimmy Chow 3.2 Purple Lady 3.3 Rainbow Ren 3.4 The little boy 3.5 Master Joon Ree 3.6 Yuu Fat 3.7 The Purple Ninjas 3.8 The Fangirls 3.9 The Monkey 3.10 Master Chen 3.11 Evil Jimmy Chow 4 Episode list 4.1 Pilot 4.1.1 Synopsis 4.2 Episode 2 4.3 Episode 3 4.4 Episode 4 4.5 Episode 5 4.6 Episode 6 4.7 Episode 7 4.8 Episode 8 4.9 Episode 9 4.10 Episode 10 4.11 Episode 11 4.12 Episode 12 5 Credits 5.1 Production 5.2 Cast 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

While working on an anime style comedy series called Farewell, Manga Squad, Bob Cesca and John Christian Plummer developed the idea of Kung Fu Jimmy Chow as another series that would both parody and salute anime. The impetus behind the series was to have a kid who was a kung fu master, Jimmy Chow, named in homage to film director, Stephen Chow. The idea developed to have Chow travelling across the United States, much like David Banner of The Incredible Hulk, in search of the Purple Lady, a villainous ninja who killed Chow's master. To finance his travels, Chow takes mall jobs and it is while working at these malls that Chow is ambushed by Purple Ninjas in the employ of the Purple Lady, shapely fangirls, and various other obstacles.^[2]

Cesca and Plummer had been working with Heavy.com on projects such as Superficial Friends and Heavy wanted to produce Jimmy Chow with high production values in a way that would appeal to both an anime audience and a wider crowd. The mall culture and pop references were seen as being very strong and Heavy commissioned a pilot and ten episodes of the series which started showing in April 2007.^[2]

Although only the pilot was done by Bishop Animation, the subsequent episodes use many of the assets created by Bishop Animation. They have not worked on any episodes after the pilot.

[edit] Opening song

The theme song for the opening sequence tells the backstory behind Jimmy Chow's mission to find the Purple Lady. Cesca wrote nonsense lyrics which he passed on to musician Billy Sherwood. Sherwood had the lyrics translated into Japanese by his in-laws and the finished song set the tone for the whole show. With English subtitles the opening sequence gives the show the appearance of being an actual Japanese anime that has merely been dubbed.^[2]

Sexy girls observe the boy riding fast!
Searching for the inexplicable villain...
Who utterly killed his Master Chen
Happy Awesome Power!
Kung Fu Jimmy Chow!
Fast and mighty Jimmy Chow!!
Exciting Kung Fu Master!
Working mall jobs - low pay, no insurance!
Will he capture that cruel monkey?
The monkey always bites his head!
Kung Fu Jimmy Chow!
Happy Awesome Power!
Strong Jimmy Chow!
Exciting Kung Fu Master!
Watch out! The purple nurple attack
Exciting Kung Fu Master!
Kung Fu Jimmy Chow!

[edit] Characters

[edit] Jimmy Chow

Kung Fu Master who kills all the purple ninjas and gets all the cute fan girls. He has amazing Kung Fu skills and often declares various things to have "Happy Awesome Power!"

[edit] Purple Lady

Jimmy Chow's nemesis. She killed Jimmy's Kung Fu master to become Jimmy's new master, but since he refused, she's now out to kill him. She has a seemingly endless horde of Purple Ninjas that worship her and do her bidding.

[edit] Rainbow Ren

A teenage girl that follows Jimmy Chow around for her "very serious investigative blog 'Over the Rainbow'". She is believed to be Jimmy Chow's love interest, despite a brief lesbian relationship with Yuu Fat.

[edit] The little boy

During each episode, a little boy wearing a coloured panda suit briefly appears and utters an unusual phrase. During episode 5 it is revealed that this boy is the reincarnated Ch'i of Chow's murdered master.

[edit] Master Joon Ree

An accomplice/master of the Purple Lady who demonstrates amazing abilities despite having only one arm.

[edit] Yuu Fat

Rainbow Ren's lesbian lover for a brief period. She intimidated Ren to be her girlfriend, but when Yuu Fat said that she hates Jimmy Chow, Ren broke up with her.

[edit] The Purple Ninjas

The Purple Lady's loyal henchmen. A large horde of lookalike ninjas that swarm to kill Jimmy Chow and spout one-liners. They sometimes call each other by their first names to criticize each other. Usually, they are killed in gruesome, bloody ways by Jimmy Chow, the Purple Lady, and each other.

[edit] The Fangirls

Three fangirls follow Jimmy Chow around everywhere, cheer for him, and bug him to do things for them, like sign plasma TVs with a giant pencil, or watch them model underwear. In episode 6, they are killed when a giant mecha stomps on them, but they return a few episodes later.

[edit] The Monkey

The monkey is another servant of the Purple Lady. He usually tries to "utterly bite" Jimmy Chow's head. In some episodes he accidentally gives away the Purple Ninjas ambushes.

[edit] Master Chen

Jimmy Chow's sensei. He is killed by the Purple Lady just after declaring JC a Kung Fu Master. Thus far he appears only in Episode 5 but is mentioned frequently.

[edit] Evil Jimmy Chow

An evil twin of Jimmy Chow introduced in Episode 12 whose origin is currently unknown. He appears and sounds like Jimmy Chow, except he wears an eye patch and a guard on his forearm. He is the apprentice of the Purple Lady.

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Pilot

• Title: none
• Heavy title: The 31 Flavors of Shaolin
• Little boy phrase: "Meat helmet"

The pilot episode was animated by Floyd Bishop,^[1][5] a computer animator who had previously done character animation on the Academy Award nominated film Ice Age.^[6][7]

[edit] Synopsis

The pilot episode sees Chow working at the Freezing Rock Ice Creamery, serving ice cream to a line of infatuated girls. A Purple Ninja emerges from one of the ice cream buckets and two more emerge from the bathroom carrying a small monkey. The monkey attacks Chow and starts biting his head. Chow leaps onto a spinning ceiling fan, the motion of which causes the monkey to vomit over the girls before letting go of Chow. A horde of ninjas emerge from the ice cream buckets and one administers the "Purple Nurple" attack on Chow, tweaking his nipple painfully. Chow is able to reach an ice cream spoon and cuts the ninjas into pieces with it. Chow vows that the Purple Lady will die and the scene shifts to the monkey climbing to the roof of the ice-creamery, joining the Purple Lady who then launches into the air.

[edit] Episode 2

• Title: Into The Blackened Fires Of A Curious And Colorful Rainbow^[8]
• Heavy title: Hot Gothic Ninja Bloodbath
• Little boy phrase: "Cover me, Porkins", a line from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

[edit] Episode 3

• Title: Farewell, Jimmy Chow In Which He Will Die! Lesbian?^[9]
• Heavy title: Purple Ninja Head Stomp Attack
• Little boy phrase: "Go Norsemen!" (origin unknown)

[edit] Episode 4

• Title: War! The Purple Lady Hastens To Impress Her Stinky Teacher^[10]
• Heavy title: The Purple Lady and a Stinky Old Man
• Little boy phrase: "You stay classy, San Diego", a line from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

[edit] Episode 5

• Title: O The Garden Temple Of Sunshine And Little Remembrances Of The Past Pluperfect^[11]
• Heavy title: Master from the past, Ch'i-incarnated
• Little boy phrase: "There is no 'I' in team, but there is an 'i' in 'pie'", a line from Shaun of the Dead

[edit] Episode 6

• Title: Jimmy Chow Fights The Giant Mecha Constructed By The Villain Master Joon Ree^[12]
• Heavy Title: Jimmy Chow vs. The Giant Purple Mecha
• Little Boy Phrase: "Dude, You look like a Man O' Lantern", a line from The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• Note: Season finale

[edit] Episode 7

• Title: Jimmy Chow Fights The Giant Mecha Constructed By The Villain Master Joon Ree: PART TWO^[13]
• Heavy Title: The Utter Return of Jimmy Chow!
• Little Boy Phrase: "Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench", a line from Die Hard

[edit] Episode 8

• Title: Stars Merge In Super Formation to Gladly Fight The Hero of the Day^[14]
• Heavy Title: Stars Merge to Fight the Hero
• Little Boy Phrase: "Bumblebee, stop lubricating on the man", a line from Transformers

[edit] Episode 9

• Title: Longing To See The Forms Of Kung Fu In The Guise Of The Dirty Creatures, And Such As^[15]
• Heavy Title: Kung Fu in the Guise of Dirty Creatures
• Little Boy Phrase: "Here's McLovin, a 25-year old organ donor", a line from Superbad

[edit] Episode 10

• Title: Feelings of Anger! The Masters and the Villains Fight Upon the Super Juicy Underpants^[16]
• Heavy Title: Fight Upon the Juicy Underpants
• Little Boy Phrase: "You look like Babe Ruth's gay brother: Gabe Ruth", a line from Knocked Up

[edit] Episode 11

• Title: Confusing Machination of too many Girls must Rescue the soul of the Big Bombs Part One^[17]
• Heavy Title: Confusing Machinations of Too Many Girls (part 1)
• Little Boy Phrase: "You should had gone to China ya' know; 'cause I here they give away babies like free iPods" a line from Juno

[edit] Episode 12

• Title: Confusing Machination of too many Girls must Rescue the soul of the Big Bombs Part Two^[18]
• Heavy Title: Confusing Machinations of Too Many Girls (part 2)
• Little Boy Phrase: "You're nothing but a bastard in a basket." a line from There Will Be Blood

[edit] Credits

[edit] Production

• Produced by Camp Chaos for Heavy.com
• Created by Bob Cesca and John Christian Plummer
• Direction, Storyboards, Edit & Sound Design by Bob Cesca by Bob Cesca
• Character Designs by Glenn Andrean
• CG Models by Joel Moser, Pedram Shohadai, Elia Filippone, Floyd Bishop
• Animation by Joel Moser, Thomas D. Moser, Ben Brigham
• Pilot Animation by Floyd Bishop
• Theme Song by Billy Sherwood
• Japanese Translations by Michi Sherwood

[edit] Cast

• Jason Nash as Jimmy Chow and Young Jimmy Chow
• Maia Guest as Rainbow Ren, The Fangirls, and The Purple Lady
• Bob Cesca & John Christian Plummer as The Purple Ninjas
• Charlie Plummer-Guest as The Little Boy
• John Christian Plummer as The Master Joon Ree and The Master Chen

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kung Fu Jimmy Chow on Heavy.com