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The Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin   by jekky

Plot summary

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin follows young Teddy Ruxpin as he leaves his home on the island of Rillonia with his best friend Grubby to follow an ancient map which leads him to find a collection of crystals on the mainland of Grundo. With the help of his new friend Newton Gimmick, Teddy and Grubby discover the magical powers of what turns out to be an ancestral treasure as well as an organization with ambitions to use it for evil. Along the way, Teddy learns the long-lost history of his species and clues to the location of his missing father.

Characters

Species

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin features a large menagerie of sentient species for its character base:

Illiops, brown and bear-like, with kind dispositions.

Octopedes, orange and caterpillar-like with eight legs, each with fully-formed hands.

Perlunes, humans, who usually are professional in nature (eg scientist, doctor, wizard).

Illipers, near-relatives to humans but broad-faced with flat noses, who live in a medieval type society.

Grunges, relatives of the illipers but jungle-dwellers with antennae in lieu of ears, who tend to be passionate about their hobbies.

Fobs, small, furry, multicolored and penguin-like, sometimes kept as pets.

Elves, tiny humanoids with pointy ears and shoes.

Woodsprites, tiny humanoids with wings.

Snowzos, large, white and yeti-like, who look more dangerous than they are.

Bounders, red, round, two-legged and rhinoceros-like, usually sarcastic. Said by some viewers to resemble Goombas from Super Mario Brothers.

Mudblups, large and lumpy animated blobs of mud, dull witted and slow moving but very strong. Sensitive to bright light, since all of their lives are spent underground.

Trolls, green, thin, and with pointed noses, for them being good means being bad.

Gutangs, green and monkey-like who wear brown tribal-like armor, usually belligerent.

Main characters

The three main protagonists, often referred to collectively in fandom as The Trio:

Teddy Ruxpin, a young illiop whose father disappeared when he was a child. He comes to Grundo to follow a treasure map. Like other Illiops, he is kind and friendly. He loves adventure.

Grubby, an octopede about Teddy's age. They are best friends. Noted for his large appetite, he is fond of cooking and eating root stew and other foods made from roots (which usually do not taste good to most people). Though not the bravest or smartest of Teddy's friends, he always sticks by Teddy.

Newton Gimmick (usually referred to simply as Gimmick), a bald inventor with a slight stuttering problem and a broad and otherwise questionable definition of "science". He is also somewhat absent-minded.

Their most recurring allies include the following:

Prince Arin: The brave illiper son of the king and queen of Grundo. He lives at Grundo Castle and speaks with a British-sounding accent. He first met the trio while searching for his kidnapped sister.

Princess Aruzia: Prince Arin's younger sister who has a sweet demeanor. Though a princess, she does not mind doing work. Wooly apparently has a crush on her.

The Wooly Whatsit (usually referred to simply as Wooly): A large furry purple creature who is not very bright, but very helpful and good-hearted. Later revealed to be a snowzo.

Leota: A strict but kind woodsprite and schoolteacher. Most of her students are elves and woodsprites, but Wooly joined the class as well.

Burl Ruxpin: Teddy's long-lost father. An Illiop who lost his memory a long time ago, but regained his identity toward the end of the series.

There are three main antagonists:

Jack W. Tweeg (usually referred to as simply Tweeg), a troll/grunge hybrid and an evil wizard-wannabe who thinks he has a recipe to turn buttermilk into gold. He is very suspicious and often spies on Gimmick from his tower.

L.B. (short for Lead Bounder), a sarcastic bounder who usually acts as Tweeg's henchman. L.B. does not show a particularly high degree of loyalty or intelligence, but has enough sense to know that Tweeg's schemes never work.

Quellor, the Supreme Oppressor of the Monsters And Villains Organization (M.A.V.O.) which Tweeg desperately wants to join.

Cast

Phil Baron: Teddy Ruxpin/Burl Ruxpin

Will Ryan: Grubby

John Stocker: Newton Gimmick

John Koensgen: Jack W. Tweeg

Robert Bockstael: L.B./Prince Arin

Abby Hagyard: Princess Aruzia

Pier Kohl: The Wooly Whatsit/Additional Voices

Holly Larocque: Leota the Woodsprite

Les Lye: Quellor/Additional Voices

Heather Edson: Additional Voices

Donna Farron: Additional Voices

Rick Jones: Additional Voices

Anna MacCormack: Additional Voices

Doug Stratton: Additional Voices

Terrence Scammell: Additional Voices

(Note: In the tape & book series and the animetronic pilot episode, Tony Pope voiced Gimmick, Will Ryan voiced Tweeg (and Wooly), Katie Leigh voiced Princess Aruzia, and Russi Taylor voiced Leota.)

The Episodes

Overview

Although the series is mostly serialized, it is further broken down into weekly story arcs which involve visiting a different part of Grundo or exploring a major plot thread.

When the series was originally syndicated, each episode included a short segment called "Protect Yourself" which ran after a teaser for the next episode and prior to the credits. It featured an animated Teddy Ruxpin on a live-action set, who would introduce contemporary child stars such as Jason Bateman, Brice Beckham, Tiffany Brissette, Shannen Doherty and Corey Feldman. The guest would then give young viewers advice on topics such as avoiding strangers, what to do in an emergency, or how to respond to inappropriate touching.

Episode list

The Treasure of Grundo

Beware of the Mudblups

Guests of the Grunges

In the Fortress of the Wizard

Escape from the Treacherous Mountain

Take a Good Look

Grubby's Romance

Tweeg's Mom

The Surf Grunges

The New M.A.V.O. Member

The Faded Fobs

The Medicine Wagon

Tweeg Gets the Tweezles

The Lemonade Stand

The Rainbow Mine

The Wooly What's-It

Sign of a Friend

One More Spot

Elves and Woodsprites

Grundo Graduation

Double Grubby

King Nogburt's Castle

The Day Teddy Met Grubby

Secret of the Illiops

Through Tweeg's Fingers

Uncle Grubby

The Crystal Book

Teddy and the Mudblups

Win One for the Twipper

Tweeg Joins M.A.V.O.

The Mushroom Forest

Something in the Soup

Captured

To the Rescue

Escape from M.A.V.O.

Leekee Lake

The Third Crystal

Up for Air

The Black Box

The Hard to Find City

Octopede Sailors

Tweeg the Vegetable

Wizardland

The Ying Zoo

The Big Escape

Teddy Ruxpin's Birthday

Wizardweek

Air and Water Races

The Great Grundo Ground Race

A Race to the Finish

Autumn Adventure

Gimmick's Gizmos and Gadgets

Harvest Feast

Wooly and the Giant Snowzos

Winter Adventure

Teddy's Quest

Thin Ice

Fugitives

Musical Oppressors

M.A.V.O. Costume Ball

Father's Day

The Journey Home

On the Beaches

L.B.'s Wedding

The Mystery Unravels

DVD releases

In February 2006 First National Pictures released two volumes of the series (11 episodes) on DVD. Two additional volumes were to be released to complete the series but for unknown reasons they were never released.

In January 2008, Mill Creek Entertainment acquired the rights to the series; they subsequently released all 65 episodes in three volume sets. On January 27, 2009, Mill Creek Entertainment released a 6-disc complete series box set featuring all 65 episodes on DVD for the very first time.

DVD Name

Ep#

Release Date

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: Six Crystals

20

January 15, 2008

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: Mysteries of Hard to Find City

20

May 6, 2008

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: Return to Rillonia

25

July 22, 2008

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: Come Dream With Me - Complete Series

65

January 27, 2009

Original idea

Originally, AlchemyII Inc. had hoped to create a live-action series using animatronic characters, as Ken Forsse had helped Disney do with Welcome to Pooh Corner. However, due to production costs and difficulties in this format, Forsse, AlchemyII and Worlds of Wonder decided animation would be a better route and the 65 episode animated series was created. The pilot episode of what would have been the animatronic series was instead released as a stand-alone ABC Movie of the week in 1986 and can be found on videocassette. Also, they used the same voice actors from the book-and-tape series instead of Canadian voice talent like in the cartoon (and most DiC cartoons in the late 1980s and early 1990s).

Impact in popular culture

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin ( ), was one of the very first western cartoon shows to be seen by the population of Bulgaria in the late 1980s. The influence of this show can be seen in the text of the then modern post-punk band REVIEW ()and their song "Teddy Ruxpin"  ; also the very first underground music shop to open in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, was and is to this date called MAVO (), in reference to the antagonistic organization in the cartoon show.

References

^ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventures-Teddy-Ruxpin-The-Complete-Series/10910

^ "The Interview with Ken Forsse". Josh Isaacson, Teddy Ruxpin Online. http://www.teddyruxpinonline.org/ken.html. Retrieved 2007-02-06. 

^ http://www.novinar.net/?act=news&act1=det&stat=center&mater=Mjc3MDszMw==&sql=Mjc3MDs1MA==

External links

The Official Teddy Ruxpin Site for the new release of the toy in 2006

Teddy Ruxpin Online- A Fan Website with an interview with creator Ken Forsse

Illiop.com

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin at the Internet Movie Database

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin at TV.com

First National Pictures Press Release

The UNofficial Teddy Ruxpin Frequently Asked Questions website - The oldest Teddy Ruxpin fan website

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