The Why Why Family | |
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Les Kikekoi | |
Created by | Natalie Altmann Vincent Chalvon-Demersay |
Written by | Annabelle Perrichon François-Emmanuel Porché |
Directed by | Bruno Bianchi |
Voices of |
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Composer | Michel Dax |
Country of origin | France United States |
Original languages | English French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (130 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jacqueline Tordjman Vincent Chalvon-Demersay |
Producer | Bruno Bianchi |
Production companies | Saban Entertainment Saban International Paris |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Kids (international) France 3 (France) Das Erste (Germany) |
Release | 1996 |
The Why Why Family (French : Les Kikekoi, also known as Saban's The Why Why Family) is an animated children's television series, which originally aired from late 1996 to 1997. [1] It was produced by Saban International Paris and Saban Entertainment. [2] The show was broadcast internationally on Fox Kids (starting with Fox Kids Netherlands [3] and Fox Kids UK [4] feeds later expanded airs on other feeds), while in the United States it aired in first-run syndication. Character designs and comedy elements emulate vintage cartoons.
The exact airdates of the 26 episodes are unknown; with some having a 1996 copyright date in the credits and others having a 1997 copyright date. [5] In the United States, the series aired as part of a syndicated strand of Saban programmes called the "Saban Kids Network". [6] The block included other, more action-oriented programmes such as Eagle Riders , Samurai Pizza Cats , season 1 of Dragon Ball Z and season 2 of Masked Rider . With the series airing on the block per the guidelines of the Federal Communications Commission, it marked Saban's first entry into the educational television market. [7] The show was cancelled by Saban due to low ratings. [8]
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment. [9] [10] [11] In the 2000s, it later ran as part of Disney's Jetix block.
# | Topic | Character(s) | Title |
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1 | Camera | Max | Photo Opportunity |
Illnesses | Micro & Scopo | Sick Leave | |
Solar System | Zygo & Matik | O Solar Mio | |
Volcanoes | Earth & Basalt | All You Need Is Lava | |
Zebras | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Horse Of A Different Color | |
2 | Meteors | Zygo & Matik | Pleased To Meteor You |
Car engine | Max | Idle Chatter | |
Bird wing | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Feather Knows Best | |
Fossils | Eartha & Basalt | Shell Shock | |
DNA | Micro & Scopo | I Resemble Mama | |
3 | Paresthesia | Micro & Scopo | Out On a Limb |
Flowers | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Petal Pushers | |
Gravity | Zygo & Matik | He Ain’t Heavy, He’s An Astronaut | |
Rain | Eartha & Basalt | Stormy Weather | |
Barcodes | Max | Bars & Stripes Forever | |
4 | Sneeze | Micro & Scopo | Sneezed To Meet You |
Remote control | Max | Beam My Baby | |
Plants | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Green & Bear It | |
Thunder and lightning | Eartha & Basalt | Sound & The Whywhys | |
Stars | Zygo & Matik | Star Treatment | |
5 | Spiders | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Web Sight |
Fax machine | Max | Just The Fax | |
Sweat | Micro & Scopo | No Sweat | |
Galaxy | Zygo & Matik | For Me And My Galaxy | |
Currents | Eartha & Basalt | Current Event | |
6 | Brain | Micro & Scopo | Brain Waives |
Photocopier | Max | Copy Cats | |
Bees | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | To Hive And Hive Not | |
Ice Age | Earth & Basalt | A Tree Froze In Brooklyn | |
Mars | Zygo & Matik | Mars Attracts | |
7 | Mammals | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Hair Today |
Aeroplanes | Max | Plane Speaking | |
Solar eclipse | Zygo & Matik | Sun Blocked | |
Tides | Eartha & Basalt | Fit To Be Tide | |
Ear | Micro & Scopo | Hear And Now | |
8 | Sunlight | Zygo & Matik | Light Entertainment |
Telephone | Max | Dial-A Whywhy | |
Smell and taste | Micro & Scopo | Common Scents | |
Mountains | Eartha & Basalt | Uphill All The Way | |
Coral reefs | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Hail To The Reef | |
9 | Lightning | Eartha & Basalt | A Bolt From The Blue |
Bird sounds | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Chirp Thrills | |
CDs | Max | Pit Stop | |
Space stations | Zygo & Matik | Station Break | |
Eye | Micro & Scopo | Oh Say Can You See | |
10 | Wind | Eartha & Basalt | Breezy Does It |
Refrigerator | Max | The Chill Of It All | |
Gravity | Zygo & Matik | Down To Earth | |
Balanced diet | Micro & Scopo | Surely You Ingest | |
Cats | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | You’ve Gotta Be Kitten | |
11 | Mosquitoes | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Bite To Remember |
Sand | Eartha & Basalt | True Grit | |
Stars | Zygo & Matik | Great Balls Of Fire | |
Elevators | Max | Ready Willing & Cable | |
Reflexes | Micro & Scopo | A Touchy Subject | |
12 | Climates | Eartha & Basalt | Changing Climes |
Leaves | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Free Falling | |
Television | Max | Turn On… Tune In | |
Comets | Zygo & Matik | Dust To Us | |
Digestion | Micro & Scopo | Eater's Digest | |
13 | Ocean's bottom | Eartha & Basalt | Bottom Feeders |
Snakes | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | No Skin Off My Back | |
Light bulb | Max | Lights Out! | |
Day and night | Zygo & Matik | Sunrise… Sunset | |
Breathing | Micro & Scopo | Air Apparent | |
14 | Fog | Eartha & Basalt | Another Fine Mist |
Helicopter | Max | The Big Cover Up | |
Bats | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Blind Leading The Blind | |
Cavities | Micro & Scopo | Nothing But The Tooth | |
Seasons | Zygo & Matik | Seasons Greetings | |
15 | Coal and oil | Eartha & Basalt | No Fuel Like Old Fuel |
Submarine | Max | Way Down Under | |
Cactus | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Cactus If You Can | |
Scabs | Micro & Scopo | A Cut Above | |
Satellites | Zygo & Matik | Global Swarming | |
16 | Kangaroos | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | It’s In The Bag |
Microwave oven | Max | Nuking It Out! | |
Fungi | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Fungus Among Us | |
Heart | Micro & Scopo | To Bleed Or Not To Bleed | |
Moon | Zygo & Matik | Craters And Cream Cheese | |
17 | Snow | Eartha & Basalt | Snow Job |
Solar power | Max | Sunday Punch | |
Marine life | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Victor And The Glow Fish | |
Fever | Micro & Scopo | Heat Treatment | |
Washing machine | Max | Wash You Were Here | |
18 | Frogs | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | One Giant Leap For Frogkind |
Glue | Max | Stick Around | |
Nests | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Branching Out | |
Dizziness | Micro & Scopo | Spin Doctors | |
Space telescopes | Zygo & Matik | Scope It Out | |
19 | Evaporation | Eartha & Basalt | That Thing You Dew |
Batteries | Max | The Powers That Be | |
Pollination | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Blowin’ in the Wind | |
Hair | Micro & Scopo | Hair-Raising Experience | |
Black holes | Zygo & Matik | Hole In One | |
20 | Valleys | Eartha & Basalt | Ice Cycle |
Light | Max | The Light Show | |
Earthquakes | Eartha & Basalt | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On | |
Tears | Micro & Scopo | For Cryin’ Out Loud | |
Venus and Mercury | Zygo & Matik | Hot! Hot! Hot! | |
21 | Ozone layer | Eartha & Basalt | There’s No Zone Like Ozone |
Sleep | Micro & Scopo | Perchance to Dream | |
Cows | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | That Was Then, This Is Cow | |
Projector | Max | Lights, Camera, Action! | |
Speech | Micro & Scopo | O’ See Can You Say? | |
22 | Deserts | Eartha & Basalt | How Dry I Am! |
Jupiter | Zygo & Matik | Big | |
Butterflies | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Ch Ch Ch Changes | |
Water purification | Max | Go With the Flow | |
Asteroid belts | Zygo & Matik | It’s A Material Whirl | |
23 | Rocks | Eartha & Basalt | Goldirocks |
Growing up | Micro & Scopo | Home Grown | |
Roots | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | From the Ground… Up | |
Water | Eartha & Basalt | Water Water Everywhere | |
Space Travel | Zygo & Matik | One Giant Leap For Why Whys | |
24 | Rivers | Eartha & Basalt | It’s All Downhill From Here |
Locks | Max | A Turn-Key Operation | |
Habitat | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Sleeping In | |
Headaches | Micro & Scopo | Your Loss is Migraine | |
Planet rotation & revolution | Zygo & Matik | Moon Trek | |
25 | Storms | Eartha & Basalt | Sooo Cool |
Outer planets | Zygo & Matik | The Outer Planets | |
Dams | Max | Hold That Thought! | |
Brain | Micro & Scopo | Chuckleheads | |
Astrological symbols | Zygo & Matik | What’s Your Sign? | |
26 | Light | Eartha & Basalt | The Light Show |
Lenses | Max | Thru the Looking Glass | |
Reptiles | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Snakes Alive! | |
Muscles | Micro & Scopo | Only the Strong Survive | |
Asteroids | Zygo & Matik | It Came from Outer Space | |
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