Ovide and the Gang
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| Ovide and the Gang | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Created by | CinéGroupe |
| Directed by | Raymond Burlet Jean Sarault |
| Voices of | Fred Butter Arie Cupe Lucie de Lange Ruud Drupsteen Paul van Gorcum Tom Hartmann Ad Hoeymans Just Meyer Marianne Vloetgraven |
| Theme music composer | Carlos Leresche |
| Country of origin | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium Canada |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jacques Pettigrew Jacques Vercruyssen Violette Vercruyssen |
| Running time | 13 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original airing | October 6, 1988 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
La Bande à Ovide, a.k.a. Ovide and the Gang, was a 1980s animated TV show produced by the Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe (who also produced Sharky and George and The Little Flying Bears). It ran from 1987 to 1988 and also goes by the names "Ovide Video" and "Ovide's Video Show". There are 65 episodes, each running for 13 minutes.
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[edit] Synopsis
The show stars a blue Platypus named Ovide who lives on a non-descript South Seas island, where he has adventures with his friends and thwarts Cy and Bobo, the show's villains.
[edit] Main Characters
- Ovide - The main character of the show. A duck-billed platypus, he is the unofficial leader of the group, and is smart, responsible and kind hearted.
- Saphron - Saphron is Ovide's cousin, and also a platypus. He is a good cook and gardener.
- Polo - A red lizard who always carries around a broom. The island's janitor and the "tough guy" of the group.
- Groaner - A white toucan, and one of Ovide's friends.
- Doe, Rae & Mi - Protagonist koalas, always on twigs or the couch. Doe wears headphones hearing music (Hear no Evil), Rae wears sunglasses (See no Evil), and Mi almost always covers his mouth, and sometimes hiccups (Speak no Evil).
- Matilda - A female kangaroo. Not originally from the island, she mistook the others for cannibals and hid from them, but then warmed up to them. She is skilled with herbal remedies and with the boomerang. She is first seen in episode 18.
- Cy Sly - The primary antagonist of the show. He is a vain, scheming, megalomaniacal python. He is jealous of Ovide and wishes to eliminate him and gain absolute control of the island.
- Bobo - Cy's bumbling, Keel-billed toucan minion and only friend. Refers to Cy as "Boss". Despite his association with Cy, he has a good heart and wishes Ovide and his friends no ill-will.
[edit] Role of television in Ovide
Television plays an important role in this series. In every episode, Ovide and his friends are watching a program; Ovide carries a brown briefcase which contains a portable TV set; and there's a wandering TV on the island that approaches the characters at crucial moments and provides information important to the plot.
It should also be noted that the name "Ovide" is an anagram of "video," a fact that is pointed out in the show's opening sequence.
[edit] Episodes
- Case of the Disappearing Hens: Cy steals all of Saffron's Hens and tries to make business by selling eggs, but Ovide and His pals bust Cy and Bobo.
- Cy and the Solo Sailor: a lonely dark-blue Platypus comes to the island and Cy wants to get His Vicious Syrup to turn living things rabid and ravenous, but was thwarted.
- The Ghostly Galleon: Cy and Bobo find a box of magic things after a Pirate ship washed ashore, so he decides to trap Ovide's pals in the galleon, and only Ovide can save them.
- The Prophet
- The Creature in the Cave
- Treasure of the Endzones
- The Island Games
- Cy the Sorceror
- Spellbound
- Great Slave Cake
