Jungle Junction is a current CGI animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. It airs on Playhouse Disney , Playhouse Disney , Playhouse Disney and Playhouse Disney . It is produced in the UK by animation company Spider Eye Productions.

Synopsis

Set deep in the heart of an unexplored, road-filled Jungle, the show features a group of fun-loving animals on wheels and aims to help preschoolers develop their pre-literacy skills, as well as encouraging them to care about the environment.

The CGI-animated series follows the wheeled animals of Jungle Junction as they zoom their way through the jungle on fast-moving, fun adventures.

Part animal, part vehicle, the residents include Zooter, an energetic pink pig scooter who is the jungle messenger, Ellyvan, a cross between an elephant and a van who provides the jungle residents with their delivery service, and the Beetlebugs who are the playful kids of the jungle, always eager to learn.

Each episode follows the story of one of the key characters solving a problem they need to overcome.

Like all Playhouse Disney programming, humour and fun are an integral part of the show, so learning becomes an enjoyable and playful experience for preschoolers.

The series is underpinned by an innovative curriculum that encourages preschoolers to be aware of their impact on the natural world and helps them foster an early appreciation for the environment.

Cast/Characters

Character Name	Voiced by	Appears in	Other Information
Main Characters
Zooter	Janet James	21 episodes	An energetic pink piglet scooter, who is the jungle messenger.
Ellyvan	Billy West	21 episodes	A blue elephant van, that carries the deliveries around the jungle. He is the biggest animal in the jungle and Zooter's best friend.
Bungo	Keith Wickham	21 episodes	A rabbit that loves to make signs and put them all over the jungle.
Taxicrab	Jess Harnell		A crab that loves to dance.
Carla	Laraine Newman		An orange koala bear that owns a grocery shop.
Crocker	Keith Wickham		A crocodile fire chief
Hippobus	Amanda Symonds		A hippopotamus school bus, which usually carries The Beetlebugs to school.
The Beetlebugs	TBA		The junior wheelers.
Lance	Dee Bradley Baker		A rhinoceros ambulance.
Bobby	Jimmy Hibbert		A toucan police chief.
Dozer	Keith Wickham		A bull construction worker.
Mrs Jolly	Amanda Symonds		A zebra school mistress.
Toadhog	Ron Orbach		A grumpy toad, which likes worms.
Minor characters
Worms	N/A	1 episode	Appears in Bungo To The Rescue.
Prickly	N/A	1 episode	Taxicrab's cactus dancing partner in Prickly Pal.

Episode List

The first series of 21 episodes have been produced and airing. The episodes air in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Portugal, Spain and Canada.

Ep #	Title			Original Airdate					Synopsis	Animals Most Involved
	English Title	Portuguese Title	Spanish Title	USA	/ UK & Ireland	Portugal	Spain	Canada
Series 1 (2009)
1	Bungo To The Rescue/Pinky Picnic	O Bungo AO Salvamento/Piquenique de Pinky	Bungo Al Rescate/Picnic de Pinky	October 6, 2009	September 26, 2009	October 24, 2009	September 26, 2009	TBC	Bungo is out putting up signs when he passes Bobby's fire station. Bobby has a medal and Bungo wants to get one like it, so he pretends to be a superhero, El Kabungo. But he causes trouble. Zooter is testing Ellyvan's brakes on a hill and Zooter lets go of the rope, which keeps Ellyvan from rolling off. But he heads for Toadhog, The Beetlebugs and Hippobus. Bungo saves Ellyvan, by putting up signs. The residents crown Bungo a hero of Jungle Junction and give him a medal; The animals are going to have a pinky picnic. The weather is sunny, but Toadhog wishes it would rain. The flowers are near where the animals are having a picnic. The flowers are brown. The animals wonder why. They need rain. Ellyvan and Crocker go to the lake to find water. Ellyvan sucks up the water, then sprays the water over the pinky patch. The flowers grow and the animals have their pinky picnic.	Bungo; Zooter
2	The Big Race Around/Zooter Loses Her Zip	O Racearound Grande/O Zooter Perde Sua Energia	El Racearound Grande/Zooter Pierde Su Cremallera	October 9, 2009	October 17, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	Bungo is out putting up signs, but he spots rocks on the road. He puts up a sign to avoid people getting into danger. Dozer, Bobby and Zooter come along and cannot decide which is the best to get through the rock. Wheels, tracks or wings? They decide to compete each other in a race to find out. Bungo has a map and shows it to Zooter, Bobby and Dozer. The race begins. The wheelers have to face mud, trees and rocks in the race. When the finish line comes all the wheelers win; The wheelers are chasing fireflies and get tired and go to bed. Zooter refuses and decides to stay up and chase fireflies more. Zooter finally gets tired and goes to bed, but the sun rises soon after. Ellyvan wants to play with Zooter, but he cannot find her. He relises that she is asleep. Ellyvan wakes up Zooter using his trunk. Ellyvan quickly discovers that Zooter has lost her zip. Zooter tries to do all the things that she can do when she zips, but it doesn't work. Bungo, Carla and Taxi Crab help her. Bungo tells Ellyvan and Zooter to meet them at the highest road in the jungle. Bungo invents a machine which makes Zooter go fast. Zooter crashes and Mrs Jolly explains why Zooter has lost her zip. Zooter falls asleep.	Dozer, Bobby and Zooter; Zooter
3	Nothing To Sneeze At/Firestation Hero	O nada a Espirrar Em/Herói de Firestation	Nada Estornudar En/Héroe de Firestation	October 7, 2009	October 10, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	Crocker is watering the flowers and Zooter and Ellyvan get pollen on their noses. Ellyvan starts sneezing. Bungo stops Zooter and Ellyvan from driving through the muddy puddle. Toadhog gets stuck in the mud. Zooter trys to get rid of the sneezes. She ties a knot in Ellyvan's trunk, but it comes unloose. Mrs Jolly thinks they should have a town meeting. Ellyvan decides to leave Jungle Junction. The animals decide to look for him. Zooter spots him and finds him. The desert air has cured Ellyvan's sneezes. The animals decide to camp out there until the pollen has gone; Zooter and Ellyvan are driving around the jungle when they spot the Beetlebugs. They ask which way is the river. Zooter and Ellyvan stop at Crocker's. They ask him if he wants to go with them. Zooter and Ellyvan help Crocker with his firefighting duties. The Beetlebugs are in danger. They are stuck on a island surrounded by water. Crocker, Zooter and Ellyvan rush to rescue them. The firefighters cannot reach them. Zooter steps in to save the Beetlebugs. Zooter and Ellyvan get a award for helping the Beetlebugs.	Ellyvan; Zooter
4	The Treasure Of Jungle Junction/Shrinky			October 5, 2009	October 3, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	Zooter, Ellyvan and Bungo find a dusty old box near the pink mud pond and find a map in the box, so they follow the map and go on a treasure hunt. Taxicrab, Mrs Jolly, the Beetlebugs, Dozer and Bobby joins them. They find the treasure and inside is a gold stretchy rock. The gang cannot decide who the treasure should belong to. They share it; Zooter and Ellyvan are playing ball. The ball gets stuck in a shrinky bush. Ellyvan touched the shrinky bush and starts to shrink. They go and see Lance to get some shrinky cream. Lance does not have any cream. The gang gets the recipe for it and decides to get the ingredients to make the shrinky cream and stop Ellyvan from shrinking. The animals give the ingredients to Carla to make the shrinky cream to stop Ellyvan from shrinking. The shrinky cream works.	Zooter, Ellyvan and Bungo; Ellyvan
5	A Mystery For Bobby/Signs Of Trouble			October 12, 2009	October 31, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	Bungo puts up a road sign to prevent off-roading through the jungle after a big rainstorm. After on patrol, Bobby searches for the person that went through the mud and destroyed that area of the jungle. Bobby calls everyone to find out who did it. He compares the wheels to the muddy tracks. It was Bobby!; Bungo is painting signs. He needs one to put next to a hole, so nobody falls in it. He decides to be a painter after Toadhog complains about the signs. Bungo plans a show to show his paintings to the others, but he removes all his signs in the jungle, causing everyone to get lost and not get to his painting show. Bungo puts up signs directing to the show.	Bobby; Bungo
6	Smile Toadhog/Zooter's Surprise			October 19, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Miss Jolly convinces Toadhog to go on a Beetlebug field trip; Ellyvan is faced with obstacles while trying to plan Zooter's surprise party.	Toadhog; Ellyvan and Zooter
7	A Beautiful Stink/Prickly Pal			October 8, 2009	October 24, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	Crocker opens a new compost recycling system in Jungle Junction. While Crocker goes and collects the garbage, the smell of the garbage is very bad. The animals want rid of it. Crocker takes it to Carla's garden and explains to the animals about compost; Taxicrab wants to dance, but he cannot find anybody to dance with. He tries the desert and finds a cactus. He names it Prickly. The animals in Jungle Junction put on a dancing show for Taxicrab and Prickly the cactus. Prickly starts to wilt. Taxicrab takes it to Lance and finds out that the climate is wrong. Taxicrab takes Prickly back to the desert. Now that Prickly is in the desert, Taxicrab does not have a dancing partner. The other animals of Jungle Junction agree to be his dancing partner. The friends dance into the sunset.	Taxicrab; Crocker
8	Sap Trap/River Race Rescue			October 13, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Zooter and Bobby get stuck in sap; the Wheelers leap into action to save a runaway Beetlebug.	Zooter and Bobby; TBC
9	Stuck!/Coco-nuts!			October 26, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	When Ellyvan takes a short cut to make a delivery he becomes stuck in a hole; Falling coconuts inconvenience everyone.	Ellyvan; TBC
10	Rainy Daze/King Ellyvan			November 2, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Everyone gets ready to gather rainwater when the cloud stops; Ellyvan discovers a king's crown.	TBC; Ellyvan
11	The Star Juggler/Bungo's Box			October 15, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Taxicrab shows off his juggling skills and neglects his juice bar job; Bungo gets locked inside his shed when he forgets to build a door.	Taxicrab; Bungo
12	Bungo The Magnificent/Thingums			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Bungo pretends to be a magician; TBC	Bungo; TBC
13	A Bubbly Emergency/Funny Fruit			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
14	The Missing Glasses/Dozer's Daisy			30 November, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Miss Jolly must find her missing glasses; Dozer tries to protect a flower while filling a pothole.	Miss Jolly; Dozer
15	Follow That...Thing!/The Spooky Road			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	The animals are following something; There is a spooky road in Jungle Junction	TBC
16	Muddy Zooter/Stargazing			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Zooter is muddy; The animals stargaze.	Zooter; TBC
17	Dozer Digs/Taxicrab's Whistle			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC; Taxicrab has a new whistle	Dozer; Taxicrab
18	Wheeler Ball/The Great Garden Caper			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
19	The Night Before Zipsmas/A Gift For Zooter			5 December, 2009	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Miss Jolly shares a holiday story while the Wheelers take a ride; Ellyvan looks for a perfect gift.	TBC; Ellyvan and Zooter
20	Hiccup Power/Fifi Frenzy			TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
21	Halloween/Haunted Clock Tower	Dia das bruxas/Torre assombrada de Relógio	Víspera de Todos los Santos/Torre de reloj obsesionada	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	The animals prepare for halloween; The animals think the clock tower is haunted.	TBC

Broadcast

The show airs in several countries around the world.

Country	Channel	Airing Information			Title	English Meaning
		Date	Time	Other Information
	Playhouse Disney	Airs from September 26, 2009	9.50am - 10.15am	New episodes on Saturdays. The episodes that air between September 26 - 25 October 2009 air on weekends. The episodes that air 26 October - 1 November air daily. The following air weekends. No new episodes were broadcast after November 7, 2009.	Jungle Junction
	Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney	Airs from October 5, 2009	10am - 10.25am	Airs Monday-Sunday with new episodes on certain days.
	Playhouse Disney	TBA	TBA	Coming soon
	Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney	Airs from October 24, 2009	8am - 8.25am	New episodes Saturday-Sunday	Selva Sobre Rodas	Jungle About Wheels
	Playhouse Disney	Airs from September 26, 2009	8.30am-8.55am	Airs weekends. First country to air "Jungle Junction".	Jungla Sobre Ruedas	Jungle On Wheels

Songs

This is a list of songs that play in the episodes.

Song Name	Episode plays in	Written by	Composed by	Performed by	Other information
Jungle Junction Theme Tune	Every episode	Peter Lurye	Mark Blackledge	Peter Lurye, Steve O'Reilly, Janet James, Jimmy Hibbert, Amanda Symonds, Billy West and Keith Wickham
Gotta Zip	The Big RacearoundPinky Picnic The Treasure of Jungle Junction Shrinky Nothing To Sneeze At Firestation Hero Zooter Loses Her Zip A Beautiful StinkPrickly Pal	Peter Lurye	Mark Blackledge	Peter Lurye, Steve O'Reilly, Janet James, Jimmy Hibbert, Amanda Symonds, Billy West and Keith Wickham	When the song plays in Pinky Picnic there are two short intervals within it. Also known as The Zippy Song

Credits

• Voices of - Janet James, Billy West, Keith Wickham, Jess Harnell, Laraine Newman, Keith Wickham, Dee Bradley Baker, Jimmy Hibbert, Amanda Symonds and Ron Orbach

• Creator - Trevor Ricketts

• Writers - Craig Carlisle, Dan Chambers, Gillian Corderoy, Jill Cozza-Turner, Stan Cullimore, Paul Dawson, Jimmy Hibbert, Samantha Hill, Mark Holloway, Bridget Hurst, Paul Larson, Laura Beaumont, James Mason, Allan Neuwirth, Trevor Ricketts, Claudia Silver, P. Kevin Strader and Andy Yerkes

• Director - Morgan Francis

• Opening theme - Peter Lurye

• Composer - Mark Blackledge

• Executive producer - Erica Darby

• Editor - Mark Edwards

• Casting - Maria Estrada

• Art/Storyboards - Richard Nye

• Visual Effects/Digital Compositor - Fynn Tucker

• Animation - David Beer, Mariella Capasso and Rikki Knight-Trembath

• Animation Director - Stephen Cavalier

• Original Dialogue Mixer - David W. Barr

• Dubbing Mixer - Nick Harris

Quotes

Disney says:

Notes

1. In order of production
2. The Big Race Around will be the premiere episode of Jungle Junction in America and will air on October 4th at 8.50pm
3. This episode was supposed to air on October 24, 2009, but was not listed to.
4. This episode was supposed to air on October 31, 2009, but was not listed to.
5. Once, Jungle Junction has started airing during 10.15am - 10.40am, due to Playhouse Disney airing Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure.

External links

Jungle Junction at Disney.co.uk

Jungle Junction at Disney.com

Jungle Junction at Disney.es