Messy Goes to Okido

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Messy Goes to OKIDO
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"When you need to know, go to OKIDO!" - Messy
GenreChildren's animation
Based onOKIDO Magazine
Directed byLiz Whitaker
Starring Adam Buxton
Kate Harbour
Shelley Longworth
Rob Rackstraw
Theme music composerSam Britton and Will Worsley
Opening themeMessy Goes to OKIDO
Ending themeMessy Goes to OKIDO
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes78
Production
Executive producerJulius Coke
ProducersGenevieve Dexter, Alice Britton
Running time11 minutes (Approx.)
Production companiesDoodle Productions
Rooks Nest Entertainment
Eye Present (formerly Squint/Opera)
Distributor DHX Media
Release
Original network CBeebies
Original release7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) 
30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)
External links
Website

Messy Goes to Okido is a 2015 animated comedy adventure television series for children, adapted from characters in OKIDO , a children's arts and science magazine. Inquisitive monster Messy, voiced by Adam Buxton, has adventures with his best friends Zoe and Felix in the colourful world of Okido. [1] The first series aired in 2015 premiering on the BBC channel CBeebies.

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Overview

The concept was picked up by London-based CG studio Squint/Opera. Working with Squint/Opera the concept was developed and re-imagined as a 52 part children's show combining live action footage with 3D renderings of Messy, his friends and the world of OKIDO.

The show aims to tackle a scientific topic in each episode, beginning with a question posed by Messy, for example: why do some things float and some things sink? He travels to OKIDO to discover the answers with the help of his friends Zoe & Felix and science trio Zim, Zam & Zoom who all have specific abilities which help them in their adventures.

Characters

Messy

Messy is a blue monster, excitable and curious. He lives underneath a bed and ventures out often to discover new things and learn. Whilst Messy means well his excitement can often land him in trouble, he can't control his urge to push buttons and can never get enough of eating socks (green socks are his preferred snack). Whenever Messy finds something new that he's curious about, he travels to OKIDO to meet his friends and discover the answer.

Zoe

Zoe is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with her brother Felix. Zoe is very smart and sensible, she hates being late and getting lost but has a passion for gadgets and gizmos, her favourite is her communications watch which she can use to call Zim, Zam & Zoom.

Felix

Felix is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with his sister Zoe. Felix loves using his imagination, being inventive and being prepared. He always packs a rucksack with useful things to help on their adventures.

Zim

Zim is a yellow talking computer with a white screen who knows a lots about science. He works in the ZZZ Tower with Zam and Zoom. Zim is not very good at practical things like reading maps and this often leads to disagreements with Zam. Whenever Zim gets confused his screen starts buffering.

Zam

Zam is a triangle-shaped engineer who is brilliant at fixing things; she also works in the ZZZ Tower. She is quite bossy and sometimes tells Zim off if he is getting in the way. Zam uses her tools to make all kinds of gadgets and vehicles. Zam also loves doing experiments, particularly when they blow up.

Zoom

Zoom is Zim and Zam's lab assistant. Zoom can morph into any shape they want as long as it is not bigger than their body. This is very useful when the OKIDO gang are on an adventure. He doesn't speak but can make noises.

Other characters

Mayor Oki – He is the Mayor of OKIDO, has his own TV show called OKIDO Today and a private jet 'Mayor-Force-One'. Mayor Okido panics easily.

Lolly – Lolly runs the ice-cream van and beach cafe. She is very friendly and chilled out.

Geoffrey – He owns the OKIDO cafe. He used to be an actor but one day forgot his lines and has never acted again...

Snowden – A friendly, fun loving monster that lives in the snowy mountains.

Fluff – Fluff a big white cloud from the mountains, she is very calm, sweet and kind.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 527 September 20156 June 2016
2 2622 October 201830 October 2019

Episodes

Series 1 (2015-2016)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Moon Landing"Melanie Halsall7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)101
Messy accidentally drops his jam sandwich, but why did it fall down and not up?
22"Felix Finds His Voice"Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)102
Messy hears a bird outside his window, but he can't understand what the bird is saying.
33"OKIDO in Bloom"Emma Boucher9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)103
Messy watches his sandcastle get washed away. Why does it have to rain?
44"Tastebuddies"Samantha Hill10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)104
Messy discovers that things just don't taste the same when he has a cold.
55"Messy's Lost Balloon"Gabby Dawnay11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)105
Messy finds out what's inside balloons to make them float up high into the sky.
66"Float or Sink"Stuart Beale14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)106
Why does Messy's rubber duck float instead of sink?
77"Bouncing Batwaves"Charles Hodges15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)107
Messy is having fun blowing loud notes through his horn.
88"Cavity Cave"Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)108
Messy brushes his teeth, but why must we use toothpaste and a toothbrush?
99"A Rainy Sunny Day"Neil Bennun17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)109
Messy can see something amazing outside his window. A beautiful arch of colours.
1010"Messy-morphosis"Stuart Beale18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)110
Messy monster can't find his caterpillar friends. Where did they go?
1111"Thirsty Robot"Melanie Halsall21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)111
Messy monster can't work out why his cart won't move.
1212"Mr Kite Takes Flight"Ian Carney22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)112
Messy monster goes to OKIDO to find out why the wind is so blowy.
1313"Weepy"Rebecca Stevens23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)113
Messy finds a very dusty sock underneath his bed, but why does it make him teary?
1414"Gills"Samantha Hill24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)114
Messy wants to know how his goldfish friend can stay underwater for so long.
1515"Paperchase"Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)115
Messy has a pair of green socks waiting for him. He eats one, but where is the second?
1616"Lolly's Keys"Neil Richards28 September 2015 (2015-09-28)116
Messy monster is having breakfast and sees objects on the fridge. Why don't they fall off?
1717"Ice Ice Messy"Darren Jones29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)117
Messy's new friend is in a spot of hot bother! They go on an icy adventure to help.
1818"A Messy Night Before Christmas"Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)118
Messy can't wait for Christmas Day. He learns that a good night's sleep is important.
1919"A Night at the Circuits"Neil Richards30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)119
Messy and his friends explore the electrical world of circuits to fix Zoe's communicator.
2020"Messy-Power"Emma Boucher1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)120
Hey, who turned out the lights? Messy goes to OKIDO and finds out about electricity.
2121"Planet Wobble"Joel Jessup2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)121
Messy and friends rocket into space, but Messy sends OKIDO's seasons into chaos!
2222"Alien Television"Neil Richards5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)122
Aliens on OKIDO telly? Skateboarders in the satellite?! Everything's upside down!
2323"Comet"Neil Richards6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)123
Messy has to save OKIDO from a falling comet before his bedtime!
2424"Bee Story"Rebecca Stevens7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)124
Where are all the bees? Messy and friends meet bee royalty and save the day!
2525"Tiny Sandwiches"Neil Bennun8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)125
Messy joins Zim and his friends on a mission inside a sandwich to photograph some atoms.
2626"Big Hearted Messy"Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)126
Messy and friends need to get Lofty's heart pumping and celebrate his birthday!
2727"Building Bridges"Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)127
Messy and his friends are joined by a group of robots when they build a bridge.
2828"Cheesy Feet"Gabby Dawnay3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)128
Messy thinks smelly socks and cheesy feet are great, until Lofty's feel start to smell.
2929"Colours"Jon Groves4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)129
Messy is left feeling blue when the vacubots suck all the colour out of OKIDO.
3030"Habitat"Neil Bennun5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)130
When the Cloudship soars off, it's up to Messy to return it to its natural habitat.
3131"Mayor Force One"Neil Bennun6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)131
Messy gets to fly Mayor Oki's plane, but he crash-lands it in a tree!
3232"Vivienne Blows Her Top"Rebecca Stevens9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)132
Messy and his friends have animals to save when Vivienne Volcano gets a rumbly tummy!
3333"Fossil Puzzle"Ian Carney10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)133
Messy is bored of his dino-jigsaw, so his friends help him with a real prehistoric puzzle!
3434"Funny Bones"Emma Boucher11 May 2016 (2016-05-11)134
Lofty has a broken finger. Messy saves the day and discovers that bones are amazing.
3535"Messy Antics"Stuart Beale12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)135
During Mayor Oki's birthday picnic, Messy gets into trouble with Zam's shrinkasizer.
3636"Spidermessy"Stuart Beale13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)136
Messy goes to OKIDO and helps his friends mend Loopy Bridge.
3737"Dizzy"Jon Groves16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)137
Messy and friends go on a rollercoaster and figure out why Stan Tall is in such a spin!
3838"Me and My Shadow"Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)138
When Messy breaks the lighthouse, things get shady. But he and his friends save the day!
3939"A Case of the Lightnings"Neil Bennun18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)139
Messy and friends visit Fluff the Cloud's family.
4040"Okidoasis"Samantha Hill19 May 2016 (2016-05-19)140
Messy goes to OKIDO to help his friends solve the mystery of the dried-up oasis.
4141"Messy Music"Jon Groves20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)141
Messy and friends must play the OKIDO concert.
4242"A Sock Too Far"Neil Richards23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)142
Messy and his friends go camping with a robot who can do anything.
4343"Rumbly Tummy"Gabby Dawnay24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)143
Messy's tummy is rumbling and so is Lofty the giant's!
4444"Rub-a-Dub Messy"Sean Carson25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)144
Messy and friends discover how levers work.
4545"Splish Splash Splosh"Rebecca Stevens26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)145
Messy and his friends must help to wash OKIDO clean of all the bad germs flying around.
4646"Eye Spy"Sean Carson27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)146
Messy and friends explore the forest with Tweedy.
4747"Snowflakes"Neil Richards30 May 2016 (2016-05-30)147
Messy wants to chill out in the snow, so he's lucky when the snowflakes come out to play!
4848"Wiggly Worms"Emma Boucher31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)148
When Mayor Oki's pumpkins aren't big enough Messy and his friends muck in to save the day!
4949"Second Chances"Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh1 June 2016 (2016-06-01)149
Messy helps his friends find Zoe's lost communicator, which has ended up in the recycling.
5050"Messy Races"Neil Bennun2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)150
Messy and friends enter a race in OKIDO and the various vehicles speed off!
5151"Giant Messy"Jon Groves3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)151
Messy and friends go to the funfair and they end up in a giant mess with mini Mini!
5252"Tick Tock Messy"Neil Richards6 June 2016 (2016-06-06)152
Messy goes to OKIDO to play with Zim and Zam's new discovery.

Series 2 (2018-2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
531"Glow Messy"Neil Richards22 October 2018 (2018-10-22)201
Messy, Felix, Zoe and Zoom go in search of a light that never goes out.
542"Vote OKIDO"Neil Bennun23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)202
Mayor Oki and Geoffrey make a lot of noise in an election for the next mayor of OKIDO.
553"Snowden's Ear-mergency"Neil Bennun24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)203
Snowden has lost his pine cone ears and he can't hear a thing!
564"A Touch of Sock"Neil Bennun25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)204
Messy and his friends try to help a robot who has no sense of touch.
575"Messy Has a Hoot"Emma Boucher26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)205
Messy and his friends go camping in OKIDO Forest and meet some nocturnal animals.
586"Sparkly Messy"Neil Richards29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)206
An amazing cave may contain the perfect material for OKIDO's most famous sculptor, Zinnie.
597"Journey to Socktropolis"Emma Boucher30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)207
Zam tries out her new navigator, which the friends use to find Socktropolis.
608"Messy Migration"Gabby Dawnay31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)208
A little turtle gets stranded on the beach in OKIDO.
619"The Sun in a Bucket"Neil Richards1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)209
When the sun mysteriously disappears, Messy zooms up to space to find out what's going on.
6210"Ex-Static Messy"Rebecca Stevens2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)210
Messy's fur is all spikey and everything's getting stuck together!
6311"Nimby Goes to Cloud Club"Gabby Dawnay5 November 2018 (2018-11-05)211
Messy and his friends come up with a plan to help Nimby overcome his nerves.
6412"A Touch of the Fogs"Neil Bennun6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)212
Everyone in OKIDO wants to see the dolphins dance at Vivienne Volcano's island.
6513"Geoffrey Kneads a Hand"Neil Richards7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)213
A spot of baking with Geoffrey goes awry when Messy gets the quantities wrong.
6614"A Mayor Too Far"Neil Bennun14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)214
Strawberries, mayors and Zam's latest invention help Messy find out more about himself.
6715"Blue Skies Ahead"Neil Bennun15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)215
The friends go on a trip in the rocket to find out why OKIDO's sky has turned so red.
6816"Sweet Sticky Messy"Emma Boucher16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)216
Why are the bees upset about Mayor Oki's popular new perfume?
6917"Messy Moves a Mountain"Neil Richards17 October 2019 (2019-10-17)217
Rocky Mountain wants to visit the beach, so Messy and his friends come up with a plan.
7018"Carroty Carrots"Neil Bennun18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)218
Things go wrong when Messy and his friends help make the biggest birthday cake ever.
7119"Bubble Trouble"Dan Haythorn21 October 2019 (2019-10-21)219
Things start to go a bit wrong when Zam invents a super-strong bubble machine.
7220"Supersonic Messy"Rebecca Stevens22 October 2019 (2019-10-22)220
Jealous of the new RoboCar and its super-fast speeds, Okidoodle tries to catch up with it.
7321"Muscly Messy"Emma Boucher23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)221
Messy and Zam race each other at the OKIDO Oki-lympics.
7422"Messy Mega Power"Rebecca Stevens24 October 2019 (2019-10-24)222
When OKIDO's electricity runs out, can Messy find a way of powering an Oki-dokis concert?
7523"Messy's Pixel Power"Dan Haythorn25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)223
How do pictures and cartoons get onto screens and TVs? OKIDO holds the answers.
7624"Sneezy Wheezy"Gabby Dawnay28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)224
Messy and his friends investigate the mysterious sound keeping everyone in OKIDO awake.
7725"The Gloria Express"Rebecca Stevens29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)225
With OKIDO's trains halted by leaves on the line, can the mayor get to his lunch in time?
7826"Zoom Has a Dream"Neil Richards30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)226
Zam invents a machine that makes it possible to enter other people's dreams.

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