Wapos Bay


Wapos Bay is a stop motion animated family drama comedy television series that follows the adventures of three children as they explore their remote Cree community in northern Saskatchewan It is aired across Canada by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and in the United States on the First Nations Experience Network.
It is aired in the languages of Cree, English, French and Inuktitut.
The series was created by Dennis and Melanie Jackson of Saskatoon, and is a humorous look at aboriginal life featuring positive role models for children. The producers have been able to procure the help of people including Jordin Tootoo, Lee Majors and Mike Holmes to supply voices to their own characters.
The pilot episode There's No "I" In Hockey received the Canada Award for best Canadian multicultural program as well as a Golden Sheaf Award for best children's production. In 2012, the film Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes was nominated for the 2012 Kidscreen Award for Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie and end up winning against its other nominees, ZhuZhu Pets: Quest for Zhu and HeartCatch PreCure! The Movie: Fashion Show in Paris!! The first two seasons of Wapos Bay were coproduced with the National Film Board of Canada.

List of episodes

  1. There's No 'I' in Hockey debuted May 15, 2005
  2. Journey Through Fear debuted October 9, 2006
  3. They Dance at Night debuted 2007
  4. Something to Remember debuted 6 November 2006
  5. A Time To Learn debuted 16 October 2006
  6. The Elements debuted October 16, 2006
  7. All's Fair debuted 2007
  8. As the Bannock Browns debuted 20 November 2007
  9. Guardians debuted 11 December 2007
  10. All Access debuted 11 November 2006
  11. As Long as the River Flows debuted 4 December 2007
  12. Tricks 'n' Treats debuted 12 February 2008
  13. The Hunt debuted 20 November 2007
  14. A Mother's Earth debuted 23 December 2008
  15. Going for the Gold debuted 18 November 2008
  16. Raven Power debuted 25 November 2008
  17. Lights, Camera, Action debuted 2 December 2008
  18. Dance, Dance debuted 9 December 2008
  19. Raiders of the Lost Art debuted 16 December 2008
  20. The Hardest Lesson debuted 2009 or 14 June 2010
  21. Dance Monkey Dance debuted ? 2009
  22. Self Improvement debuted 28 October 2009
  23. Patients debuted 18 November 2009
  24. A Time for Pride debuted 25 November 2009
  25. Breakin' Too debuted ? 2009
  26. It Came from Out There debuted ? 2009
  27. Time Management debuted 6 October 2010
  28. The Ways of the Quiet debuted 13 October 2010
  29. The World According to Devon debuted ? 2010
  30. Catch the Spirit debuted ? 2010
  31. Partic-Inaction debuted ? 2010
  32. The Wapos Falcon debuted ? 2010
  33. Too Deadly debuted ? 2010
  34. Treasure of the Sierra Metis debuted ? 2010
  35. Long Goodbyes debuted 23 October 2011
  36. *This was a 72 minute film, not a standard 1/2 hour episode of the TV series.

    Characters

These are the characters listed:

Children

  • Thomas Bear "T-Bear" Morin is the son of Jacob and the cousin of Raven and Talon. His mother died when he was a baby and his father raised him alone. He is initially 10, later 11 years old.
  • Raven Marasti
  • Lynn is an older girl competing against Raven in the scavenger hunt in "Treasure of the Sierra Metis". T-Bear, Talon, and Devon once had a crush on her, but were all unsuccessful at asking her out to the dance.
  • Melanie Thunderbird is a girl who is a hockey player, and is T-Bear and Talon's new friend in "There's No 'I' in Hockey".
  • Betty is T-Bear's handicapped cousin, who sits in a wheelchair. She appears in the episode "All Access".
  • Elue Winlock is a new student in school, a hockey player, and T-Bear's new friend in "All's Fair".

    Adults

  • Cyril "Mushom" Morin is the father of Jacob and Sarah and grandfather of Talon, Raven and T-Bear.
  • Roslie "Kohkum" Morin is the wife of Cyril, mother of Jacob and Sarah, and grandmother of T-Bear, Talon, and Raven. Not to be confused with Kohkum Mary. Cyril's wife's name is revealed in the episode "The Elements".
  • Jacob Morin is the son of Cyril and Kohkum, the father of T-Bear and the uncle of Raven and Talon. He works in the Wapos Bay First Nation BAND OFFICE. He wears a pink sweater annually for Breast Cancer Awareness Week and also when The Village People broke up. He has the same surname as Raven's Cree voice actress and Devon's Cree voice actor. Closed captions for the show have mistakenly spelled his surname "Moren".
  • Sarah Marasti is the mother of Raven and Talon, sister of Jacob, aunt of T-Bear, and the wife of Alphonse.
  • Alphonse Marasti is Raven and Talon's father, and the husband of Sarah. His name is revealed in the Mike Holmes episode and the one where Raven sneaks cereal into her mom's shopping cart without permission. He is not credited with a voice actor since a running gag is him not talking, at most mumbling.
  • Jordin Tootoo is a professional hockey player, a doctor, and is welcomed to meet T-Bear's family in "All's Fair".
  • Ancestor
  • Elue
  • Pitsi
  • Uncle Peter is the uncle of someone and brother of someone else. Bald with grey moustache.
  • Kohkum Mary
  • Principal Steele
  • Chief Big Sky
  • Officer Musqua is a cop.
  • Captain Machon
  • Hector runs the Wapos Bay Gas Bar.
  • Horatio
  • Emarus' father is a chef who the kids think is a vampire. He is originally introduced as the Supa-Dupa Cooka in "Partic-inaction".
  • Mrs. Valentine is Devon's mom, the Mary Kate cosmetics salesperson.
  • Ron McCrane
  • Don Redcherry hosts the local radio network with Ron.
  • Mr. Darian is the boys' teacher at Wapos Bay School.
  • Ms. Cooper runs the summer camp in "Patients".
  • '''Nurse Pitsi'''

    Outsiders

  • Mike Holmes
  • Dr. Lee Wilson appears in "Patients".
  • Lenny Littlehorn aka Iced Latte appears in "Breakin' Too", a rapper who knows Big Sky.
  • Mr. Coombs speaks French.