Kratts' Creatures
Kratts' Creatures is a children's television program on PBS. The show was hosted by the Kratt Brothers, Chris and Martin. It also featured Shannon Duff as Alison Baldwin and Ron Rubin as the voice of an animated anthropomorphic dinosaur. The show introduced its viewers to the world of animals. 50 episodes were produced in total. The show was first broadcast on PBS in 1994, as PBS stations carried the show until as late as 1998. Due to its popularity the show inspired an unofficial spinoff, Zoboomafoo, another show created by the Kratts, which premiered in early 1999.
Cast
- Kratt Brothers: Two creature adventurer brothers who explore the creature world.
- Chris Kratt: The younger brother, Chris is usually the one wearing green (usually in America and Africa), but sometimes wears red (usually in Central American rain forests and Australia).
- Martin Kratt: The older brother, Martin is usually the one wearing blue (usually in America, Africa and Australia), but sometimes wears white (usually in Central American rain forests).
- Alison Baldwin (Shannon Duff): Usually known by her nickname "Al", she helps the Kratt Brothers with her computer, while at the same time learning some things about certain animals that she never heard before.
- Ttark (voiced by Ron Rubin): A blue, dinosaur-like creature who hangs with Al at the Creature Club. His catchphrase is "Abso-tively", which is a mix of "absolutely" and "positively". He claims to know a lot of facts about animals, but sometimes his facts are way off, while at the same time he's usually right. Claims to have been around two hundred million years of "Arribadas".
- Ken the Hippo-Test Dummy: A crash-test dummy used for several experiments.
Segments
- A Kratt Brothers Scientific Experiment
- Salad or Creature
- A Chris and Martin Kratt Scientific Study
- Stupid Things NOT To Do With Animals
Featured animals
Invertebrates
Insects
Arachnids
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Others
Vertebrates
Fish
Amphibian
Reptile
Bird
Mammal
Episode list
- Big Five, Little Five
- City Critters*
- Sharks
- Running With the Wild Dogs
- In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger
- The Great Defenders
- Pan Troglodytes: An In-depth Analysis
- The Great Canadians
- Rain Forests: Under the Canopy
- Creatures of the Night
- Elephants 1: Educating Emily
- Elephants 2: Wild Elephants Can't Drag Me Away
- Weird Creatures
- Planet of the Dolphins
- The Great Bear Show
- Mgobo of Baboon Mountain*
- The How Show*
- Kickboxing Kangaroos
- The Giant Bug Invasion
- Heavyweights of Africa
- The Redcoats Are Coming
- The Cow Show
- Maximum Cheetah Velocity
- Wild Ponies
- Who's Who?*
- Arribada 1: Sea Turtle Invasion
- Arribada 2: Running the Gauntlet
- Around Australia in Eight Days
- Hyenas Are Cool
- Mungu's Revenge
- Creature Rescue
- Lion, King of Beasts?
- Marsh Mania
- Why?
- Koalas or Wombats
- Backyard Bandits
- Hanging with the Monkeys
- The Best of the Best
- Polyp Power
- Wings
- Phantom Wolves
- Australia: Land of Mystery and Intrigue
- Leopard: Prince of Stealth
- When?
- Parched and Thirsty in the Outback
- Gatorglades
- Spots and Stripes Forever
- Three Cool Cats
- Where?
- Around Africa in Eight Hours
- Kratt's Swingin' Time
- Giraffes Find Out
- Australia: Land of Braveness and Discovery
- What's That Noise?
The * shows episodes in which Ttark didn't appear.
Funding
VHS releases
- In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger / Mungu's Revenge
- Ultimate Animals / Big Five, Little Five
- Behind the Scenes
Trivia
- The name "Ttark" is actually "Kratt" spelled backwards.
External links
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| See also |
- PBS network shows
- Educational television
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