Max and Ruby

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Max and Ruby
Format Animated series
Created by Rosemary Wells
Starring Samantha Morton(seasons 1-2), Rebecca Peters (Seasons 3-), Billy Rosemberg, Julie Lemieux and Katie Grffin
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 103
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Diana Manson, Scott Dyer, Micheal Hirsh, Tina Peel
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon
Original run October 21, 2002 – present
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Max and Ruby is a 2002 animated series aimed at a preschool audience. Created by children's book author/illustrator Rosemary Wells and based on the world of her Max and Ruby books, the episodes present stories about Max, a rambunctious, anthropomorphised 3-year-old toddler bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a patient, goal-oriented, sometimes restrictive 7-year-old girl bunny. The show presents an uplifting message for its audience by showing Max and Ruby playing together and exercising respect and love in resolving their conflicts. A pilot episode for this series aired in 2001 and as a regular series in 2002. According to Rosemary Wells on the Nick Jr. site, "Max & Ruby celebrates the relationship between Ruby and her younger brother, Max, and the universal nature of sibling relationships."

Each episode consists of three self-contained vignettes. Within each, Ruby is typically engaged in some sort of project or activity, while Max has a particular mania of his own which either runs counter to his sister's or distracts her. Amusingly, Max's dialog within each story is usually limited to just one word or a two-word phrase, which he repeats periodically. For example, "Tow truck!" or "Jellyballs!" By the end of the story, Max's passion often dovetails with Ruby's in some way, to her benefit and delight. Ruby is almost always dumbfounded, Max outsmarts her, and the episode reveals as a waste of time.

It features Samantha Morton as the voice of Ruby, Billy Rosemberg as the voice of Max and Julie Lemieux as Louise. In season three, Rebecca Peters replaced Morton as the voice of Ruby.

Oddly enough, it doesn't seem the two bunny children have parents. Even so, they have a grandmother who they are occasionally with. Ruby can be seen in many of the episodes baking cakes, buying Max new overalls and such things you'd expect of a mother. Although a picture of Max, Ruby and their parents can be seen above the living room couch in the show. Max and Ruby are the only two characters to appear in every episode of the show.

However, it is worthy of note that there is a purple and white vase, possibly an urn, in the center of the mantel above the fireplace with 2 different, framed photos of a bunny facing it. Probably these are of Max and Ruby's parents' and that the urn/vase contains the remains of them both.

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Throughout series 1, Jamie Whitney was the director, and all 39 episodes were written by Kate Barris and Paddy Granleese. Some of the stories were adapted from the books, although the number of TV episodes soon surpassed the number of books written by Wells.

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Max & Ruby Live (Our Favorite Things) is a live touring show of the series' two stars.

A musical version of Max and Ruby, entitled Max and Ruby, is produced by Theatreworks USA and tours the United States. The show was written by Carol Hall and Glen Berger. Lyrics: Max and Ruby Ruby and Max Max and Ruby Ruby and her little brother Max Max and Ruby (didn't that take some deep thought.)

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