| Tupu | |
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| Format | Animated television series |
| Created by | Pepper Sue Elastik Jane |
| Country of origin | France Canada |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marc du Pontavice (Xilam Animation) |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | France 3 |
| Original run | 2004 – 2005 |
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| Website | |
Tupu is an two-dimensional animated television series co-produced by France and Canada, being developed by the French animation studio Xilam, featuring the adventures of the fictional New York mayor's son, Norton, with a redheaded girl named Tupu in New York, focusing in Central Park. One series was produced, consisting of twenty-six episodes.
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the series revolves around a semi-wild girl in a similar, although she retains manners and a basic understanding of English. Tupu lives with her friend, Whatsup, a squirrel, and also spends a lot of time with Norton. Norton lives with his father and has a privileged life, being chauffeured around town, especially to Central Park in a stretch limousine. Tupu is incessantly chased by the Central Park guard, Shoobert Shoobz, who makes every endeavor to prove her existence. Yet he keeps failing in catching her. His unconfirmed claim that a wild girl hides in the park has led people to perceive him as deranged.[1]
Tupu is a barefoot wild girl who has been raised in Central Park and lives in the big oak tree. She gets along well with Norton, and can speak to animals as well as understand them. She is often hunted by Shoobz, but always manages to escape being captured. Tupu dislikes anyone who mistreats animals and nature. She is often accompanied by her squirrel friend, Whatsup.
Norton's father is the mayor of New York City, and is best friends with Tupu. He is one of the few who know Tupu's secret. Norton wants to become an adventurer like his father and mother.
Whatsup is Tupu's closest animal friend, is always seen with her, and comes to her aid when she is in trouble.
Shoobz is the caretaker of Central Park, and has made it his life goal to capture and prove the existence of Tupu. He lives with his overbearing mother.
| Episode # | Title | ABC1 Airdate (fourth-run) |
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| 1 | "Members Only" | February 24, 2008 |
| Norton tring to fit in with the 'cool' kids at school, askes Tupu to assist him in completing the initiation process. However, Norton gets mad at Tupu and chooses to take the final test to find the silver yoyo alone. | ||
| 2 | "Old Dogs, New Tricks" | March 23, 2008 |
| Who Tupu and Norton call The pigeon lady has gone, however they find her living in a retirement village with Norton's uncle. Tupu does not understand why people retirement and takes the residents on a exiting advenure, hoping to cheer them up. | ||
| 3 | "It's A Hard Rock Life" | February 17, 2008 |
| Tupu is woken up by loud noise and soon finds the sky lit up in yellow lights, crowds of people and music played by the singer Zyzo Pozzy. Norton explains it was a concert, however Tupu does not grasp the idea well. | ||
| 4 | "A star at home" | |
| 5 | "First steps on stage" | |
| 6 | "One for all and all for one" | |
| 7 | "The Kangaroo" | March 2, 2008 |
| Tupu accidentally wrecks the decorations Norton made for the school Open Day. Hoping to patch things up with Norton, she sends her friend's pet female kangaroo to perform, however the animal escapes. | ||
| 8 | "The rule of the game" | |
| 9 | "Monkey Business" | March 16, 2008 |
| A circus monkey, Tycoon, becomes lost in Central Park. He soon befriends Tupu and Norton, when he uses his ability of mimicing people in Norton's limo, he is driven to City Hall where Norton was to give a speech. | ||
| 10 | "The hunter, Tupu" | |
| 11 | "Baby John" | March 9, 2008 |
| Norton tries babysitting to earn extra pocket money, however with Baby John's continous crying, Norton takes him to Tupu for help, however she suggests an assorted range of activities which Norton thinks of being too dangerous. | ||
| 12 | "Norton goes vertigo" | |
| 13 | "The account is good" | |
| 14 | "A friend for Tupu" | |
| 15 | "Tupu moved" | |
| 16 | "Tupu on vacation" | |
| 17 | "Birthday Norton" | |
| 18 | "Do not be fooled by appearances" | |
| 19 | "The scarecrow" | |
| 20 | "Beware the gorilla" | |
| 21 | "Farewell" | |
| 22 | "The best Christmas" | |
| 23 | "Tupu for you" | |
| 24 | "The concert of animals" | |
| 25 | "The hat thief" | |
| 26 | "Break the ice" | |
Note: The Australian Broadcasting Company did not broadcast the episodes in order, this order is descended from the original French list
| Country | Channel | Year |
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| France | France 3[2] | 2004–2005 |
| Canada | Super Écran | 2005–2007 |
| Australia | ABC Kids[3] | 2005 - 2008 (Inc. Repeats) |
| France | Disney Channel France[2] | 2005–2006 |
| Great Britain | POP! | 2006–2007 |
| Germany | ZDF[2] | 2006 |
| Italy | Rai Uno[2] | 2006 |
| Netherlands | Z@PP | 2006 |