Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Genre	Children's
Created by	Michael Paraskevas
Voices of	Kristen Bone Stephen Ouimette Michael Caruana Julie Lemieux Adrian Truss Tamara Bernier John McGrath
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Teletoon (Canada) Nick Jr. (US)
Original run	April 24, 2000 (2000-04-24) – February 4, 2004 (2004-02-04)
External links
Website
Production website

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated TV series based on the books by Michael Paraskevas and his mother Betty.^[1]

In the show, Maggie creates her own map of her imaginary world called Nowhere Land that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her friends. The show also features friends like mice, cows, and rabbits.

The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land," which is an original song by an unknown artist. Maggie and The Ferocious Beast is produced by Nelvana and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The series debuted in 2000 and the series aired its last episode 2004. The show was distributed by Nelvana, which owned the distribution rights. In the UK, the show was dubbed with British voice actors, replacing the original Canadian soundtrack.

The show first aired on Teletoon on August 26, 2000.^[2]

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast aired on American children's channel Nick Jr. from July 15, 2000 until October 30, 2010 and has not been shown on any US station ever since.

Characters

• Maggie: Maggie is a girl who is Hamilton's and the Beast's best friend. They both look up to Maggie very much and always turn to her for advice. Maggie is the leader of the group and is always there to be the compassionate voice of reason to her dear friends.
• The Ferocious Beast: The Ferocious Beast does not appear very scary or ferocious, however, he can shout louder than anybody. He is yellow, with big red removable spots, and 3 horns on his head. His favorite catchphrase is "Great googly moogly!", which he says several times per episode. He is just a big softie, despite his bold appearance. Beast loves pumpkins, which is convenient since there is an impressive pumpkin patch in Nowhere Land. As a matter of fact, Beast loves pretty much any kind of food and is almost always hungry. He even loves baths. He loves Hamilton's cooking. Maggie and Hamilton are his best friends. He wears multi-colored Galoshes which he pronounces as "Goo-loshes". Hamilton always corrects him about the pronunciation, but he doesn't believe him.
• Hamilton Hocks: Hamilton can be bossy and quite fussy, but he has a warm heart. He lives inside a portable cardboard box which he loves, is the best cook in Nowhere Land, and is a total clean-freak. Hamilton's most prized possessions are his beautiful "H" sweater and his cardboard box. Maggie and the Beast are his best friends.
• Rudy the Mouse: Rudy is a cheese-loving mouse who lives in a large wheel of Swiss cheese in a part of Nowhere Land called Cheese Town. It is revealed in one episode that Rudy's hat and boots do not come off because they are glued to him. Strangely enough, this character started off with the name Pippy, but was renamed by the writers soon after for some reason.
• Nedley the Rabbit: Nedley speaks in rhymes. He says rhymes almost all through every episode that he appears in, but sometimes he talks normally a little bit before starting his rhyme again. Nedley lives in a rabbit hole next to his carrot patch in Nowhere Land.
• The Moo Sisters: They are the three cows who live in a part of Nowhere Land called Mooville. They love to sing and do it often. They are sisters and their names are Mavis, Millicent, and Marge.
• Mr. Moon: He is the only non-human and non-animal character in the episode, "The Blue Moon". The credits do not show his name and his voice actor was unknown. He Is usually grumpy because people say he is made of green cheese.
• The Kindly Giant: The Kindly Giant is not at all scary but instead kind-hearted. The others are scared at first but they soon get used to him and they sometimes go to him for advice or a favor. He refers to Maggie, Hamilton, and the Beast as "little ones." He owns a garden full of fruit and vegetables, of which he always lets the ever-hungry Beast scarf up a giant blueberry or two. His face is never shown and he only appears in a few episodes. He is big and strong. Even the Beast seems small compared to the giant. The Kindly Giant lives in an area of Nowhere Land where all the fruits and vegetables are giant sized. Usually, his shoes and ankles are only seen due to his largeness.
• The Dream Sheep: White sheep that make "baa" noises. They are occasionally up in the clouds.
• The Jellybean Team: They are a group of eight jellybeans.There is a red one, orange one, yellow one, purple one, black one and two green ones. They are small, of course, but have big personalities. They also tend to argue with each other a lot because they all think they are more important than each other.
• The Triplets: Maggie's baby cousins (Zack, Max, and Oscar). They only appear in four episodes, "One Two Three", "Home of the Kindly Giant", "The New Rubber Ball", and "Which Way Did They Go?". However, in "One, Two, Three", Oscar playfully throws dirt at the Beast, Zack is the only one that still crawls around, and only Max can sit up and play patty cake. Voiced by Tara Strong.
• BB Cats: BB (Billy Bob) is a cat who lives near the Muck Bridge. He is a soulful jazz musician who plays bass and wears sunglasses.
• Sidestep: Sidestep is a very cranky crab who once got his house (or a sand castle, for that matter) destroyed by the beast accidentally. His home has been rebuilt by the characters twice on the series. Sidestep lives on the beach of Nowhere Land.
• Whales: A parent with her baby were seen in the episode, "The Beached Whale". Only the baby speaks, however, Baby Whale's voice actress is unknown because her name isn't shown in the credits after the episode, "Desert Cactus". Mother Whale appears in the map in the intro and website. The whales in the series are purple. They are possibly sperm whales.
• Wish Fish: A goldfish like fish that lives in a well. However, his voice actor is unknown when his name wasn't seen in the credits after the episode, "The Wishing Fish".
• Big Duck: A big duck who appeared in "The Big Duck", and was mentioned in "Guess Who I Am". She doesn't speak but only quacks.
• Calli The Camel: He only appears in desert episodes, and his voice actor is unknown since his name wasn't listed in the credits.
• The Teddy Bear: He appears as a helper with Maggie and her friends.
• Patrick The Worm: Only appears in "Oh, Give Me a Home". He comes from an apple.

There are many creatures who do speak in the series, like the chicken sisters (The Chicken Ladies), the other birds (in each episode), the Buffle Headed Booby (The Buffle-Headed Booby) and more.

Episodes

This is a list of episodes of the show.^[3]

Season 1 2000

Season 2 2001

Season 3

References

External links

• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at the Internet Movie Database
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at TV.com