Crocadoo
| Crocadoo | |
|---|---|
 title screen | |
| Starring |
Tony Barry Simon Westaway Dave Gibson Judy Morris Aaron Pedersen Mary-Anne FaheyGibson David Cotter |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Gerry Travers John Travers |
| Producer(s) | Katie Cordes |
| Location(s) | Artarmon, Australia |
| Editor(s) | Djordje Lukic |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Energee Entertainment (Sydney, Australia) |
| Distributor | Ravensburger (Germany) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format | PAL |
| Original release | 31 May 1996 – 1998 |
Crocadoo is an Australian animated series produced by Energee Entertainment and the Nine Network from 1996 to 1998. It follows the adventures of a group of blue crocodiles trying to protect their riverbank from a mad developer. CROCADOO was Energee Entertainment's first original series, its first season being digitally colored and composited with Apple computers running Adobe, Linker Systems and COSA software. First season's 3D backgrounds (Hotel, hotel interiors) were created using SGI Power Animator. Halfway through the first series, beginning with "Watch out for the Wonglebacks", some character animation was outsourced to Vietnam. CROCADOO's second season utilized Energee Entertainment's own CECAPS computer paint software. [1]
Characters
- Jazz: A skinny, young male croc who has all the plans and ideas to encourage all the other croc's to do as he gives away plans.
Voiced in the first season by Simon Westaway and in the second season by Hugo Weaving
- Brian: A muscled-up, young male croc who is easily gets confused, but nice and frienldy.
Voiced by Dave Gibson.
- Melba: A female croc who wears glasses, red necklace and orange dress. She is the babysitter of the baby crocs and often tries to put all the crocs on track.
Voiced by Judy Morris.
- Gina: A blue, red haired, female croc that Brain thinks she loves him.
Voiced by Maryanne Fahey
- Waldo: A big fat croc who loves to eat everything.
Voiced in the first season by Simon Westaway and in the second season by Hugo Weaving
- Ol' Vern: An elderly croc the oldest of the crocs as you know. He is a storyteller and the keeper of Crocadoo.
Voiced by Dave Gibson.
- Billy: An aboriginal teenage boy who loves playing reckless with his vehicles.
Voiced by Aaron Pedersen
- Kelly: A teenage girl that wears green glasses who has a big brain.
Voiced by Maryanne Fahey
- Rufus B. Hardacre: A Hotel manager who hates crocodiles and plans to get rid of them to pave way for his new hotel development. He even hates his tourists and only cares about his money to be super rich. The antagonist of the show.
Voiced by Tony Barry.
- Ajax: A Cockatoo who is Hardacre's sidekick and dislikes him, and will tease and belittle Hardacre any way he can.
Voiced by Dave Gibson. [2]
Episodes
Season 1: 1996
- The Noise Machine
- Watch out for the Wonglebacks
- Daycare Nightmare
- The Club
- Almost A Ghost
- Jobs For The Crocs
- Jailhouse Croc
- Rumble In The Jungle
- Crocadoo Breakout
- The Frame Up
- Gone Troppo
- Big Fish Blues
- The Big Dry
- Frankencroc
- The Tourist Trap
- X Is For Explorers
- Urban Crocodile
- Slippery Dip
- Making Movies
- Red Eyed Rogue
- Hiccups
- Cane Toad Chaos
- Mixed Up Love
- Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
- Croc Haven
- Crocs In Peril
Season 2: 1998
- Friday The 13th
- The Big Dig
- Robocroc
- Wipeout
- White Christmas
- I Scream Of Genie
- Baby On Board
- Trouble Ahead
- Space Dog
- A Bunyip Story
- Pick-a-Silly-Circus
- Robbing Hood
- Crocodile Magic
- Tree Lurking Crocs
- Birthday Surprise
- Holiday Hazards
- Waldo The Wondercroc
- Easter Feast
- What’s The Time Mr. Croc?
- Tiny Bit Of Trouble
- Croc Olympics
- Pollution In Paradise
- Lost Island
- Venus Croctrap
- Arty Party
- The Year Of The Croc