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Kampung Boy is a Malaysian animated series based on the best-selling 1979 graphic novel of the same name by Malaysian cartoonist, Mohd Nor Khalid, known professionally as Lat. The series centers about the adventures of a young boy, Mat, and his life in a kampung. [1]
The series' pilot episode aired in 1997 and began broadcasting from 1999 to 2000 with 2 seasons and 26 episodes aired. [2]
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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"Kampung Boy" | Frank Saperstein | Lat | 10 February 1997 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Title in English | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Naik Keretaku" | "Dad's Driving Test" | 14 September 1999 | |
Yeop goes to the city to undergo a driving test, but things go haywire. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Si Mat Main Wayang" | "The Shadow Knows" | 21 September 1999 | |
The kampung welcomes a town girl, Normah, whose parents died. Yeop and Tok Din hold a shadowplay for the kampung folks. Guest appearance: Halim Othman as Tok Dalang. | |||||
3 | 3 | "Sang Debab" | "The Debab" | 28 September 1999 | |
Mat saves a baby elephant trapped in the mud and he names her Debab. Debab's mother goes wild, looking for her baby. Mat and his schoolmates sing at a show. Things go out of control when the group of elephants go on a rampage. Debab then reunites with her mother. | |||||
4 | 4 | "Ana Hilang" | "Ana's Missing" | 5 October 1999 | |
Mat, Bo and Tak worry that Ana has gone missing after they refused to play with her. Yeop finds his way to repairing his new television while his wife and Opah prepare the food. Mat reunites with her younger sister and his family, as Mustapha and his son, Farouk watch the sunset. Guest appearance: Radhi Khalid as the judge. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Antara Monyet dan Bisnes Kelapa" | "Between the Monkey and the Coconut Business" | 12 October 1999 | |
Mat realises that he would need a new bike after he saw many kampung residences with bikes. He then makes profits for the bike by training a monkey named Leh to get coconuts. | |||||
6 | 6 | "Si Mat Manusia Pintar" | "Smart Like a Flying Fox" | 19 October 1999 | |
Mat gets a higher score in his school and becomes a smart boy. Bo becomes envious with Mat. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Rahsia Puan Hew" | "Mrs. Hew's Secret" | 26 October 1999 | |
Mat, Bo and Tak insist to know about their teacher, Mrs. Hew's plan to kill Tok Din. Normah worries if anything would happen to her grandpa. Mat realises it was just a show and Mrs. Hew did not kill Tok Din. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Antara Jaguh dan Rakan" | "Between the Champions and Friends" | 2 November 1999 | |
Mat and Tak quarrel over football. Having a big feud with Mustapha, Yeop arranges a kampung soccer team to compete with Mustapha's city soccer team. Tak thanks Mat for saving him from being slammed by Farouk, both of them reconciling and teaming up to defeat Mustapha's football team. | |||||
9 | 9 | "Mak, Kahwinkan Kami!" | "Gone With the Kahwin!" | 9 November 1999 | |
The whole kampung is struck by a flood. Yeop and Yah reminisce their wedding day in which they were almost not to be married. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Mat Si Anak Alam" | "Mat the Nature Boy" | 16 November 1999 | |
Tok Din takes Normah, Mat, Bo and Tak to the beach for camping. Upon Tok Din's advice, they let go of the turtle into the sea after Mat saves her. They later see the turtle's eggs hatching and the baby turtles go into the sea to find their mother. | |||||
11 | 11 | "Nasib Si Gadis Desa" | "It's a Girl's Life" | 23 November 1999 | |
Having been humiliated and bored being a girl, Ana decides to be a boy and changes her name from Ana to Effendi. | |||||
12 | 12 | "Orang Bandar Datang" | "Here Comes the Big City People" | 30 November 1999 | |
The kampung faces a shortage of water. Tok Din, accompanied by Mat and Normah go to the city to seek financial help, but they are rejected. Kamal and his family come to the kampung. | |||||
13 | 13 | "Oh Tok!" | "Oh Tok!" | 7 December 1999 | |
Mat laughs at the curse of an old banyan tree only to find himself being shackled by bad luck after he dances on its branches. Note: This episode won the TV Series of 13 Minutes and More category at the 1999 Annecy Awards. [3] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Title in English | Original air date | |
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14 | 1 | "Lain Rumput, Lain Belalang" | "Grass and Locust" | 20 June 2000 | |
Yeop and his family go to the city to meet Kamal and his family. Guest appearance: Chef Wan as himself Note: This is the last episode to feature Kamal and his family (first seen in "Orang Bandar Datang"). | |||||
15 | 2 | "Siapa Besar" | "Who's Bigger?" | 27 June 2000 | |
Mat lives in a fantasy world and becomes a big human. | |||||
16 | 3 | "Jutawan Dermawan" | "A Millionaire, A Philanthropist" | 4 July 2000 | |
The whole kampung is in chaos when Opah becomes a millionaire and a philanthropist. | |||||
17 | 4 | "Pah dan Pit" | "Pah and Pit" | 11 July 2000 | |
Things go out of control when a crow named Pit makes a fuss in the kampung. | |||||
18 | 5 | "Ada Budi, Ada Balas" | "Kindness Begets Kindness" | 18 July 2000 | |
Normah decides to nominate her grandfather, Tok Din in a loving mother contest. | |||||
19 | 6 | "Tiada Jalan Mudah" | "No Easy Way" | 25 July 2000 | |
Yeop and his children, Mat and Ana decided to sell a fish bait spray and make profits from selling it in order to buy a new video game. But things go out of the blue when some of kampung folks have hair loss after using the spray and seek compensation from Yeop. Yeop and Yah loss their hairs after got sprayed by the kampung folks. | |||||
20 | 7 | "Projek Sains Bo" | "Bo's Science Project" | 1 August 2000 | |
Bo creates a device that enables him to communicate with aliens. Soon, situation in the village became out of the blue after Bo successfully communicated with one of the aliens. | |||||
21 | 8 | "Curi Tulang" | "Stolen Bones" | 8 August 2000 | |
Tak finds a big dinosaur bone and receives praise from the kampung residence. But he does not resonate well with Mat, who found the bones at the beginning. | |||||
22 | 9 | "Pohon Berpuaka" | "Haunted Trees" | 15 August 2000 | |
Mat refuses to drink a green vitamin tonic, so he pours it onto a rose. The rose eventually became haunted. | |||||
23 | 10 | "Ragam Wanita" | "Women's Stories" | 22 August 2000 | |
Yeop and Mat are having big problems with women. Upon advice from Mustapha and Farouk, they make amends with the women. | |||||
24 | 11 | "Ana Ke Sekolah Oi!" | "Ana Goes to School!" | 29 August 2000 | |
Ana prepares herself for her first day to school and makes new friends. | |||||
25 | 12 | "Bahana Gerhana" | "Total Eclipse" | 5 September 2000 | |
Tok Din takes Mat, Bo and Tak going camping while waiting for the eclipse. | |||||
26 | 13 | "Jaga Rumah" | "Take Care of Our House" | 12 September 2000 | |
Yah goes to the Galora Island to see her sister receive an award. Yeop decides to turn his family's house into an entertainment leisure while his wife is not around. |
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