Oscar's Oasis
| Oscar's Oasis | |
|---|---|
 Oscar's Oasis logo | |
| Format | Animated |
| Directed by |
David Garcia Tae-Sik Shin |
| Country of origin |
France South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Non-verbal / English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Genevieve Dexter Sung-Jai Ahn Corinne Kouper Eugene Kang Tom van Waveren Guillaume Hellouin |
| Running time | 7.5 minutes |
| Distributor | Cake Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
Canal+ Family (original version) |
Oscar's Oasis (French Oscar & Co) is a non-verbal animated cartoon produced by TeamTO and Tuba Entertainment in association with Cake Entertainment based on the original show broadcast on Disney Channel Asia.[1] It started as a series of 1-2 minute shorts under the title Ooohhh Asis. Oscar's Oasis can be viewed on the Nintendo 3DS in 3D. In the United States, some episodes can be seen on Netflix Streaming.[2] In Latin America and Brazil, the Spanish and Portuguese dub airs on Cartoon Network Latin America.
Synopsis
Oscar is a lizard living in a non-specific desert that has features from several different real deserts, like the Sahara, Kalahari Desert, and North American deserts. An asphalt concrete highway runs through the area, used from time to time by various cargo trucks. Oscar is generally searching for food or water; he sometimes discovers liquid, in bottles or elsewhere, but is usually frustrated from recovering it for drink. An oasis supplies the only fresh water in the area, but its thick population of irascible and hungry alligators renders it inaccessible. At considerable personal risk (lizard is a delicacy for chickens), Oscar occasionally manages to steal an egg from a nearby hen coop, and he sometimes explores one of the piles of trash that litter the parched landscape. Popy, a fennec fox; Buck, a vulture; and Harchi, a hyena, inhabit a derelict school bus situated on a neighboring hill, but they mostly race about on a cast-off warehouse or grocery cart powered by Harchi and directed by Popy. Like Oscar, the trio constantly search for food and water — often competing with him, sometimes abusing him as a means, but occasionally cooperating with him when it suits their purpose. The main characters often find themselves falling off cliffs a la Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner, wherein the law of gravity is briefly suspended while the character comes to realize his imminent doom.
Episodes
Each episode runs for 7 minutes and there are 78 episodes in total.
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1.Bad Trip[3] 2.Egg Race 3.Finding Water (First appearance of Manolo and Roco) 4.Baby Doll 5.Falling in Love (First appearance of Ocsar's Girlfriend) 6.The Fly 7.Hot Dog Way of Life 8.Walking on the Moon (First appearance of the Meerkats) 9.Chicken Charmer 10.Oasis cup 11.Home Sweet Home 12.Road Runners 13.Top Gun 14.Beach Dream 15.Blueberry 16.Meerkat Blues |
17.Parasol, Parabole and Satellite Dish 18.Barbecue Party 19.Pronto Express 20.Junior 21.Strike! 22.Cuckoo Horn 23.Fly Force One 24.The Great Escape 25.Rock a Bye Booboo 26.Fluff the Magic Lizard 27.Lost 28.Forbidden Zone (First appearance of the Skunk) 29.Chicken Ace 30.Lizard : wanted 31.Yummi Oscar 32.Mom in Spit of Himself |
33.Corn to be Wild 34.Amazing Chicken 35.Power of Love 36.Seventh Heaven 37.Pineapple Chase 38.Sweet Smell Of Success 39.Food Chain 40.Barrel Story 41.Egg Over Easy 42.Forbidden Paradise 43.Scam sandwich 44.Get Out of It 45.Winning Ticket 46.Collector Mania 47.Lucked Out 48.Firefly Flash |
49.Godlizard Returns 50.My Bodyguard 51.Touching Bottom 52.Sound Bites 53.Black Run 54.One For All 55.Frost Bitten 56.Day of the Chicken 57.The Unexpected Hero 58.Busy Day 59.Lizard in the Sky 60.Hiccup and Away 61.Bad Seed 62.Smells Like Trouble 63.Leader of the Pack 64.Momma Croc |
65.Toothbrush Tussel 66.Radio Active 67.Sweet Heart (Features clips from previous episodes, mainly the ones with Oscar's Girlfriend) 68.Golf Club 69.A Manolo's Best Friend 70.Revenge of the Small Fry 71.He's got Rhythm 72.Roco's Treasure 73.Follyball 74.Down In The Dumps 75.Witness The Fitness 76.Hunt for Red Hot Chilli Pepper 77.For a Fistful of Corn 78.Picture Perfect |
Main characters
The four main characters are:[1]
- Oscar - The main character of the show. He is a lizard that is always getting into trouble with the trio – Popy, Buck, and Harchi – and the chickens too. Oscar is always trying to catch flies and find some water, but most of the time things don’t come out right. Whenever he has something interesting, the trio always tries to take it from him. Whilst he in turn often tries to steal the trio's food.
- Popy - a fennec fox, the boss of the trio, the one who gives the orders. As shown in the episodes Pronto Express and Bad Seed, she is also greedy.
- Buck - a vulture, the nerd of the trio, he always approves when Harchi gets yelled at by Popy.
- Harchi - a hyena, the brawn of the trio, he is given the physical jobs. He normally acts as the driving force behind the makeshift cart that he along with his friends chase Oscar or the chickens with. In the event of them taking a collective tumble, it’s he who catches everyone so they avoid the ravine. Sometimes he can also show stupidity.
Minor Characters
- Manolo - a truck driver who transports various items in the series. He is always asleep at the wheel while his dog, Roco, drives.
- Roco - Manolo's loyal and faithful dog. He always tries to keep their cargo safe and frequently chases Oscar and the trio or tries to deter them from the contents of the moving vehicle.
- Oscar's girlfriend - a female lizard to whom Oscar's heart belongs. In one episode she has babies.* She’s unnamed but according to the POP website she’s called Lizzardette. (*Though it's unknown who her mate is.)
- The Chickens - their half-closed eyes give them a nonchalant, blasé appearance. They fall blindly into the traps laid for them, and get out of them without realizing they have escaped any kind of danger.
- The Crocodiles - the most feared animals of the desert and the top predators.
- The Skunk - He doesn’t smell good. He is always afraid of Oscar, but the trio are always afraid of him because of his smell. He often takes the trio's fruit.
- Meerkat
- The Dung Beetles - Oscar's friends who occasionally help him out of tough predicaments. Oscar once helped them roll up a large ball of dung, which they have never forgotten.
- Junior - Oscar's adopted son who made only one appearance in the show. He was shown to grow into a giant lizard, bigger than Oscar.
International broadcasting
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'sOasis_brochure_MIPCOM2010.pdf "Oscar's Oasis THE HEAT IS ON". Cake Entertainment. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ↑ "Oscar's Oasis on Neflix Streaming". Retrieved 13 Aug 2013.
- ↑ List of episodes