Potatoes and Dragons

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Potatoes and Dragons
Created by Jan Van Rijsselberge
Directed byJean-Christophe Roger
Voices of Danny Wells
Mark Camacho
Mark Hauser
Annie Bovaird
Carrie Finlay
John Vamvas
Theme music composer Jeff Fisher
ComposersRoy Fabi
Jeff Fisher
Country of originCanada
France
Germany
India
Luxembourg
Original languages
  • French
  • English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 [1] (78 segments) [2]
Production
Executive producersChristian Davin
Clément Calvet
Louis Fournier
Marc Gabizon
ProducersEmanuelle Colin
Lesley Taylor
Ariane Payen
EditorsStéphane Masseline
Nathalie Loriod
Running time22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
Network Canal J (France)
France 3 (France)
Teletoon (Canada)
ReleaseJanuary 5 (2004-01-05) [2]  
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) [2]

Potatoes and Dragons is an animated series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge for Canal J, France 3 and Teletoon and produced by Alphanim and CINAR Corporation (season 1)/Cookie Jar Entertainment (season 2) in association with DQ Entertainment, LuxAnimation and Europool.The series follows the efforts of a kingdom of potatoes led by King Hugo III to fend off the Dragon with usually unsuccessful results. It was formerly broadcast in the United States as a comedic cartoon until late September 2010 on This TV, it was also shown in the United Kingdom on ITV 1. [3]

Contents

Plot

The show generally begins with a new knight coming in to defeat the dragon, and after an amusing "battle" leaving either scared, running or happy.

Characters

Episodes

Season 1 (2004)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten by
11"Endangered Dragon"Thomas Barichella
22"Fried Green Potatoes"Jean-François Henry
Jérôme Richebon
33"Elementary, My Dear Dragon"Michel Coulon
44"An Elf in the Hand..."Jean-Marc Bouzigues
55"Hot Potato"Philippe Thirault
66"Ready Yeti?"Jean-Marc Bouzigues
77"Potato Bouquet"Philippe Thirault
88"King of the Potato Frontier"Sébastien Dejardin
99"Rose Party"Sébastien Dejardin
1010"It Wasn't Me"Sébastien Viaud
1111"Haunted Potatoes"Julien Monthiel
Baptiste Heidrich
1212"Can't Get No Respect"Michel Coulon
1313"Lady Ravage"Françoise Boublil
Jean Helpert
1414"All in the Family"Michel Coulon
1515"Mr. Croaky"Jean-Marc Bouzigues
1616"His Majesty, the Dragon"Philippe Thirault
1717"Crazy for Sale"Michel Coulon
1818"Cool, Baby!"Sébastien Viaud
1919"Agent Double-O-Nothing"Sébastien Dejardin
2020"Potatoes Alfredo"Julien Monthiel
Baptiste Heidrich
2121"G'Day Dragon"Marc Larmigny
2222"Loch Ness Mess"Sébastien Viaud
2323"Plastic Fantastic!"Baptiste Heidrich
2424"Some Like It... Not Too Hot"Sébastien Viaud
2525"The Tortures of Romance"Sébastien Dejardin
2626"Closed for Construction"Hadrien Soulez-Larvière
2727"Big Mama Torture"Philippe Thirault
2828"Prehistoric Story"Michel Coulon
2929"Being Stainless Isn't Painless"Grégoire Delaage
Jérôme Richebon
3030"Yodel!"Sébastien Viaud
3131"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"Sébastien Dejardin
Jérôme Richebon
3232"Incoming Inca"Sébastien Dejardin
3333"Summertime, and the Dragon Is Sleepy"Isabelle de Catalogne
3434"One Froggy Knight"Sébastien Dejardin
3535"Filthy Rich!"Michel Coulon
3636"Business Scents"Isabelle de Catalogne
3737"Trap Happy"Jean-François Henry
Jérôme Richebon
3838"Here Today, Gondola Tomorrow"Sébastien Viaud
3939"The Tooth, the Whole Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth"Isabelle de Catalogne

Season 2 (2004)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten by
401"Joust Kidding"Julien Gard
Claude Gars
Jérôme Richebon
412"Nostradumbo"Sébastien Dejardin
423"Deep-Sea Doodles"Sébastien Dejardin
434"That Was Zen, This Is Now"Julien Monthiel
Baptiste Heidrich
445"Flea at Last!"Isabelle de Catalogne
456"Un-Bear-Able"Sébastien Viaud
467"Blue Blunder"Sébastien Dejardin
478"Do Not Disturb!"Hadrien Soulez-Larivière
489"By the Skin of His Teeth"Jacques E. Bouchard
4910"Dragon, Fly!"Grégoire Delaage
Jérôme Richebon
5011"Robo-Flop"Michel Coulon
5112"Naughty or Nice?"Travis M. Williams
5213"Sir Lance-a-Lot"Jacques E. Bouchard
5314"The Royal Portraits"Stéphan Dubreuil
5415"The King and Aï"Jacques E. Bouchard
5516"Roughing It"Stéphan Dubreuil
5617"Mother Dearest"Robert Foxman
5718"Enough with Eternity"Stéphan Dubreuil
5819"The Curse"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
5920"Go Fish!"Arthur Holden
6021"Bye Bye Birdie!"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
6122"Dinner Is Served"Heidi Foss
6223"The Merman"Travis M. Williams
6324"Ka-Boom!"Arthur Holden
6425"The Substitute Ruler"TBA
6526"Yee-hah!"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
6627"Be Prepared... for Dragons!"Shelley Hoffman
Robert Pincombe
6728"Queen Cobra"Stéphan Dubreuil
6829"Far from Heaven"Sheila Dinsmore
6930"Corrida Del Dragon"Stéphan Dubreuil
7031"En Garde!"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
7132"Lightning Romance"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
7233"The Treasure Map"Jacques E. Bouchard
7334"Sir Jekyll and Sir Hyde"Gerald Lewis
7435"Wham! Bam!"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
7536"The Mole"Manon Berthelet
Muguette Berthelet
7637"Moby Dragon"Jacques E. Bouchard
7738"King of the Jungle"Jason Bogdaneris
7839"Tie Dye Dragon"Jacques E. Bouchard

References

  1. "Distribution".
  2. 1 2 3 "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (FTP). 2016-03-02.[dead ftp link](To view documents see Help:FTP) Alt URL
  3. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 325. ISBN   9781476672939.