Monk Little Dog


Monk Little Dog is a series of animated shorts. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae of Kim's Licensing, and produced by Timoon Animation, SAMG Animation and Millimages. Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 on Canal+ in France and ran until June 11, 2010.
In the UK the series was broadcast by the CITV Channel, ABC3 in Australia. In Indonesia, the series was originally aired by Global TV from 2011 until early 2012, but later moved to RTV between 2014 until 2016, while in Latin America, it was broadcast on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

Development

Monk Little Dog was originated from a series of storybooks with plasticine characters released in 2006, notable books include Monk's Mouth Country Trip ; although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005. The difference is this storybook series included one human character while Monk Little Dog does not.

Characters

Main characters

  • Monk: A white bull terrier - He is the eponymous main protagonist of the series. He is cheerful, but also clueless and chronically unlucky.
  • Ding: A yellow English cocker spaniel - He is Monk's arch-rival and Kimmy's love interest.
  • Kimmy: A pink poodle - She is Monk's crush and Ding's girlfriend.
  • Ben: A Brown and Tan Bloodhound - He is Monk's best friend who's very lazy and always asleep.

    Recurring characters

  • Sushi: Kimmy's pet pussycat who hates and sometimes loves Monk.
  • Bubul: A gray pit bull who is Monk's best neighbour.
  • Bar: A funny and hilarious American Bulldog who does not appear so much.
  • Loo: A brown chow-chow.
  • Mi-hie: A comic book superhero and Monk's favorite character.
  • Peace: A naughty and smart lebrel.
  • San-say: A female dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu.
  • Sally: Bubul's wife.
  • Jimmy: An emo Old English Sheepdog who is Kimmy's cousin.
  • The Tweets: Monk's house owners.
  • Mr. Beaky: Monk's pet parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake".
  • Nonk and Jonk: Monk's parents. The father is identical to him, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of pale pink.
  • Mimmy: A gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color.
  • Len: Ben's dad who only appears on Monk's TV.

    Episodes