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Rupert (TV series)

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Canadian-British-French animated children's television series
This article is about the 1990s animated TV series. For the 1970s puppet television series, seeThe Adventures of Rupert Bear.

Rupert
GenreAdventure
Fantasy
Educational
Comedy drama
Children's television series
Based onRupert Bear
byMary Tourtel
Directed by
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Opening themeThe Happy Farmer Returning from WorkbyRobert Schumann
Ending themeThe Happy Farmer Returning from WorkbyRobert Schumann
ComposerMilan Kymlicka
Country of originCanada
France (seasons 1–3)
United Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Patricia R. Burns
  • Merle-Anne Ridley
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) –
19 June 1997 (1997-06-19)

Rupert is an animatedchildren's television series based on theMary Tourtel characterRupert Bear, which aired from 7 September 1991 to 19 June 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced.[1] The series is produced byNelvana, in co-production withEllipse Programme for the first three seasons, in association withYTV Canada, Inc. (seasons 1–3 and 5), and ITV franchisees TVS Television (season 1) and Scottish Television (seasons 2–5).

Synopsis

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Rupert is a very intelligent and witty bear, and has many friends from every corner of the world. Although he lives in a small village called Nutwood, he enjoys traveling around the world, discovering new cultures, living great adventures, unraveling mysteries and unmasking villains. The visual style of the cartoon has many European and Nordic elements, with many castles, citadels and particular styles of dress, as well as myths likeelves and theLoch Ness Monster. The landscapes of the Rupert Bear books, which inspired the series, were based on the regions ofSnowdonia andVale of Clwyd in the northern part ofWales.

Episodes

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Main article:List of Rupert episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1137 September 1991 (1991-09-07)23 November 1991 (1991-11-23)
21313 September 1992 (1992-09-13)9 December 1992 (1992-12-09)
3133 March 1994 (1994-03-03)26 May 1994 (1994-05-26)
4133 September 1995 (1995-09-03)26 November 1995 (1995-11-26)
51327 March 1997 (1997-03-27)19 June 1997 (1997-06-19)


Characters

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Rupert's family

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  • Rupert Bear is a considerate, smart, resourceful, brave, trusty, good-spirited bear who is extremely popular with all the residents in Nutwood. On occasion, he breaks thefourth wall in addressing his observations and making comments to the viewer.
  • Mr. Bear is Rupert's father. He is much more clumsy and forgetful compared to Rupert. He often smokes a pipe. It as revealed in the episode "Firebird" that both Mr. Bear and Podgy's father are part of the Nutwood Fire Brigade.
  • Mrs. Bear is Rupert's mother. Like her son, she is wise and often offers advice to Rupert who later uses it during his adventures.

Recurring characters

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  • Bill Badger is Rupert's best friend, who, unlike Rupert, often presents a lot of flaws, such as cowardice, impatience, clumsiness, a quick temper, and a horrible singing voice. He has a baby brother named Toby, who is fond of Bill's singing voice.
  • Podgy Pig is a jolly, yet greedy and not very bright pig with a large appetite. He is very friendly to others and appears not to see that his friends sometimes find him annoying. His appetite at times can lead him and his friends into trouble, but Rupert can look past this to go out of his way to help Podgy.
  • Pong Ping is a Pekingese from China who owns an elevator that can travel underground all the way to China. He has a wealth of knowledge of his culture including dragons and various magical objects. He's also good at math.
  • Tiger Lily is Rupert's female andChinese friend. The only human student in school and the member of one of few human families inNutwood. She and her family have a lot of knowledge on magical and mystical objects.
  • Algy Pug is Rupert's friend, a pug who often overestimates his abilities and takes a lot of pride in himself. Despite his flaws, he is shown to be a good and helpful friend for Rupert and others.
  • Edward Trunk is another friend of Rupert. An elephant, very kind, sensitive and strong. He is often seen helping his father who works in plumbing.
  • Gregory Guinea Pig is a very kind guinea pig and another friend of Rupert. Sometimes he can be nervous and scared, but he meets the challenges head on when his friends need help.
  • Ottoline Otter is Rupert's friend who is an otter of a Scottish descent who loves Shakespeare and lives in an old castle that belonged to her ancestors. The castle has many secret entrances hidden all over. Ottoline has vast knowledge of each entrances' location and will prefer to use them instead of the stairs.
  • Freddy and Ferdy Fox are two mischievous twin foxes who spread mischief around the village of Nutwood.
  • Constable Growler is adog and local policeman who rides abicycle. He constantly says he needs to do "everything by the book, you know" and is always turned to by Rupert and his friends whenever they need help catching a criminal.
  • The Professor is a very friendly and eccentric human scientist who resides in an old castle tower inNutwood, who invents many incredible devices during the series. Rupert often helps out with his experiments. Once the Professor starts an experiment, he never rests. He has the catchphrase, "Think of the possibilities, my boy(s)!" whenever he is explaining his experiments and all the benefits that can come from it to Rupert and his friends.
  • The Sage of Um is a jolly wizard who comes from the island of Um and flies in an upside-down umbrella. He is a friend of Tiger Lily's father; the Conjurer.
  • Odmedod is a talking friendly scarecrow that lives in Farmer Turbit's farm and a friend of Rupert.
  • Reika is a Swiss human girl who lives in Lapland looking after the reindeer ofSanta Claus and a friend of Rupert and Pong Ping.

Villains

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  • Billy Blizzard is an ambitious villain, who with the help of a magic whistle, plans to freeze the snow villagers of the North Pole as well as its ruler, King Frost and become the leader of the place.
  • Sir Humphrey Pumphrey is a greedy, ruthless explorer who tries to find or plunder riches for his own selfish desires.

Voice cast

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Production

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The series was produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé, andTVS for its first season, withScottish Television taking over for the second season onwards when TVS lost its franchise.[3]

Broadcast

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It was broadcast in syndication onYTV in Canada. In the United States, the series first aired onNickelodeon as part of theNick Jr. block in 1995 before moving toCBS Saturday mornings in 1999.[4] Repeats of the series came toDisney Channel on thePlayhouse Disney block,Toon Disney, and onQubo from January 8, 2007, to July 25, 2020.

The series was broadcast in the United Kingdom onCITV,Tiny Pop, andKidsCo. In Portugal, the series was broadcast during the 1990s on theRTP channel. In Australia, the series was broadcast onABC, and later onNickelodeon Australia, as well as onTV2 in New Zealand. It aired onRTÉ in Ireland as part of their children's blockThe Den.

In South America, the series was broadcast in Brazil byTV Cultura from February 2, 1998 to 2006,[5] with audience peaks between 2002 and 2004, according to theFolha de São Paulo portal.[6] In South Africa, the series was broadcast on bothBop TV andM-Net as part of their wrapper programme for children,K-T.V. In Zimbabwe, the series aired on bothZBC and ZTV. In Kenya, it aired onKBC. The series was also played in Namibia onNBC.

Rupert also aired in the United Arab Emirates; it was broadcast on the English free-for-air channelDubai 33. The series was also broadcast onRTB in Brunei. InGuam, the series was screened onKUAM-LP. In Saudi Arabia, the series was played on the country's English-speaking channelSaudi 2, and in the Arab world, it aired onSpacetoon from 2000 to 2014 in Arabic.

Theme and closing song

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Both the theme and closing song were composed byMilan Kymlicka.[citation needed] They are based onRobert Schumann'sThe Happy Farmer, Returning from Work in F major, Op. 68, No. 10.[citation needed]

When the series aired on Nickelodeon in the US, a different theme song was used, with lyrics and vocals in the intro, and an instrumental of that same tune in the outro. This composition,Rupert's Number One, was co-penned bySheree Jeacocke and Gerry Mosby.[citation needed]

Feature film version

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According toBBC News, Nelvana made plans in 2000 to produce a Hollywood feature film based on the Rupert property, but the project was not implemented. The film would have been released possibly between 2001 and 2002.[7]

References

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  1. ^Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 697–699.ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. ^"Dan Hennessey Dead: Voice Actor For 'Care Bears' 'Inspector Gadget' Was 82".deadline.com. Retrieved25 August 2025.
  3. ^"Rupert".TVMAZE.
  4. ^Josef Adalian (13 December 1998)."Nick vet CBS-bound as nets alter kidvid skeds".Variety. Retrieved6 October 2017.
  5. ^NewsPrime."Programação de TV de 2 de fevereiro de 1998 (SP)". Retrieved22 June 2018.
  6. ^"Folha de S.Paulo – Programação de TV – 21/05/2003".www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved22 June 2018.
  7. ^"Rupert the Bear turns 80". 8 November 2000. Retrieved21 June 2018.

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