Jungle Junction
Jungle Junction is a children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was part of its Playhouse Disney block. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to its Disney Junior block, which served as Playhouse Disney's replacement. 45 episodes were produced over 2 seasons. The show follows Wheelers on their adventures. It aired on Disney Channel in the United States, and it was produced by British animation company Spider Eye Productions in the UK and it was listed in airing order. It tells the story of some friends who live in a jungle together and all have wheels in place of feet, which allow them to 'zip' on the jungle's roads.
Characters
Main
- Zooter is a pink two-wheeled pig who is the jungle messenger. She can zoom around the jungle. She is Ellyvan's best friend. She says the title of every episode.
- Ellyvan is a blue elephant van who can deliver everything. He is Zooter's best friend. His name is a compound word, albeit fictitious. He is capable of sucking improbable quantities of liquids up his trunk and spraying them.
- Bungo is a golden yellow bunny. He gets to put signs all over the jungle. He is the only Wheeler who is good at jumping; being able to leap many times his own height into the air. He carries a sign with the episode's title at the beginning. During the credits at the end of every episode in Season 1, he appears with signs and he asks the viewers for some help finding the right sign.
Recurring
- Taxicrab is a red crab with eyestalks who likes to dance. He makes the greatest smoothies in the jungle. His name derives from "taxi cab", and he's the only Wheeler capable of driving sideways. Despite the fact that Toadhog is often impatient, Taxicrab tolerates him the most.
- Carla is an orange koala and cargo who owns a grocery shop.
- Crocker is a green lisping crocodile and the fire chief. He wears a yellow helmet with a red flashing light on top. He has a skill at gardening and knows how to make compost. His name comes from the phrase which is slang in the United Kingdom, used to describe many second hand cars.
- Hippobus is a bright yellow hippopotamus and school bus. Her name derives from "Hippie Bus", usually a redecorated Volkswagen Bus. She brings the 5 Beetlebugs to school.
- The Beetlebugs are tiny Wheelers. Their shape derives from the Volkswagen Beetle. Their speech is mostly synchronized. There are 5 of them: Reddie, Orangey, Greenie, Bluey, and Goldie.
- Lance is a purple rhinoceros and an ambulance. He is the jungle's doctor. His name is both a contraction of ambulance and a reference to a weapon used by lancers who attacked with it at a full charge, much like a rhino attacking things by charging at them.
- Bobby is a blue toucan as the police chief of the jungle. His name derives from the British slang word for police officers. He is the only Wheeler who can fly and the only one to have a 3-wheeled chassis.
- Dozer is a beige bull and a construction worker. His name and shape derives from "bulldozer", being a pun. His talent is digging and repairing roads with his yellow dozer blade.
- Miss Jolly is a white zebra with black stripes. She is the school teacher as well as the only oldest and wisest of the Wheelers. She wears glasses.
- Toadhog is a grouchy green toad who likes Fifi flies. His sticky tongue can shoot out a long way to grab things. His name derives from "roadhog", which is used to describe an aggressive and reckless motorist. He might be responsible for Jungle Junction's power supply; his water wheel powers the generator for all the lights, and he has a supplementary generator that is used to power the Christmas lights. He loses his patience with almost everyone, except for Taxicrab.
Episodes