Hip-Hip and Hurra

Hip-Hip and Hurrah (org. Polish - Hip-Hip i Hurra) is a 2011-2013 Polish award winning comedy/educational animated series created by Elżbieta Wąsik produce by the biggest Polish animated studio Studio Miniatur Filmowych and Filmograf company. Series premier at Polish TV station "Kino Polska" and is currently airing at JimJam. Out side of Poland the series also aried in Argentina's TV Pakapaka (the show is know in Argentina as simply "Hip Hip Hurra"), Romania and Portugal. The cast included Grzegorz Kwiecień, Krzysztof Szczerbiński, Joanna Pach and a famous Polish cellebrity actor Jarosław Boberek as the voices for various secondary characters, most notably the Peacock and the Hummingbird. Most episodes where written by Elżbieta Wąsik, Maciek Kur and Marcin Graj (who also voice Hip-Hip in the second season)

Overview

The show, sets in the world of talking animals who try to live like humans. The stories focuses on the adventures of a detective duo of Hip-Hip (a pink Hippopotamus) and his assistant Hurrah (a purple weasel) The names Hip-Hip and Hurrah may stem from a common English expression: hip hip hooray.

In each episode the heroes try to solve a mystery that usually concludes with an environmental message for the children, such as how rainbow is created, how children are born, how the flowers feed, where do clouds come from, or simply with habits and nature of particular animals. One episode deals with optical perspective. All animal characters on the show appears to operate by very silly logic (similar to the one from Winnie-the-Pooh) and usually puzzled by the most basic of phenomenons.

While the series is intended for very young children, it often includes humor intended for adults as well. The series consist of 26 episodes. The style of animation is simple but very artistic.

Large portion of the episodes usually have subplot that sometimes isn't related to the main mystery. Other episodes have some twists on the usual formula - for example in one particular episode Hip-Hip and Hurra solve the mystery behind series of crimes early on (as a meta-joke even the end credits start rolling). However the thief who turn out to be a Magpie clamies she isn't responsible for the crimes she committed so the animals put her on a trail, with Hip-Hip as the judge. In the end they all learn that Magpies actions (steeling shiny objects) where strictly motivated by her natural instinc so she can't be trully punished for her "crimes".

Characters

Hip-Hip ("Hip" for short) - the main hero, a detective. His somewhat competent and clumsy at the same time. He has a big crush on Rose but is usually incredibly shy about it. His bold, fat and eats a lot. He consider himself a master of disguise but it often doesn't work as well as he was hoping for. Most animals in town consider him an authority figure as the result of all the cases he solve in the past. He also has a twin sister named Hopla.
Hurra - Hip-Hip's assistant, a purple, energetic weasel. While often clueless and a bit wacky he usually tries his best to help Hip-Hip solve the mystery. While Hip-Hip usually gets annoyed with him they appear to bond pretty well. Unlike Hip, Hurra isn't shy when it comes down to romance.
Rose the Giraffe - Hip's next door neighbor who speaks with a French accent. She's very kind and a professional painter (she paints with her tail). She's very popular artist as all animals in town appears to be the fans of her art. She's Hip-Hip's love interest and appears to have some admiration for him as well. She also work as a nurse.
Auntie Hen - Hip's landlady. She sometimes serve as the voice of wisdom.
Misia (Missy) - An ant who lives in Hip-Hip's front packet and is his apprentice. She assist heroes in some adventures, usually serving as a spy. Despite of her ambition she's very lazy and usually fals to sleep very easily.
Peacock - narcissistic and obsessed with his tail (which makes an umbrella-like sound each time it opens). He works at the local TV station "Ćwir TV" ("Tweet TV") and is a big celebrity in town.
Kinga - an attractive maillady kangaroo and Hurra's girlfriend. She's sweet but very eccentric. Despite of being an adult she lives with her imaginary friend a flower named Adelka and usually spents her free time entertaining her.
Hummingbird - small but aggressive wise guy with over the top groveling voice which is parody of Polish actor Witold Pyrkosz.
The Bear Family - A family of brwon bears (depicted as stereotypical people from Praga) who appears once a while as comedic relief. The family consist of Mr. Bear his wife and an adult son referred to as "Synek" ("Sunyboy") as well three cousins : The Polar bear, Sloth bear (who's a dancer from India) and a Panda from china.
Crane- A bank owner and Hip's friend. He panics a lot and easily gets paranoid.
Gorilla - Another of Hip's friends who loves to drive his scooter. He has a wife and a small child which is born in episode 6.
Squirrel - She loves to gossip, spread rumors and often is seen spying what other animals are doing in their houses.

Hip-Hip and Hurra

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