Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Genre	Children's
Created by	Michael Paraskevas and Betty Paraskevas
Voices of	Kristen Bone Stephen Ouimette Michael Caruana Julie Lemieux Adrian Truss Tamara Bernier John McGrath
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (117 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Teletoon Original Production Nelvana
Release
Original network	Teletoon (Canada) Nick Jr. (US)
First shown in	1998 (shorts)
Original release	August 26, 2000 (2000-08-26) – June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09) (long-form series)
External links
Website
Production website

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated TV series, based on the 1996 book The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide and its follow-ups by Michael Paraskevas and his mother Betty,^[1] who are also the creators of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch's Marvin the-Tap Dancing Horse

The show began as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon in 1998, and premiered its first episode on August 26, 2000.^[2] Maggie and the Ferocious Beast aired on the American children's channel Nick Jr. for 10 years from August 26, 2000 until October 30, 2010, and has not been shown on any US station ever since.

Plot

A young girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as "Nowhere Land" that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her friends.

Characters

• Maggie: Maggie is a five-year-old girl and the human protagonist of the show. She is Hamilton's and the Beast's best friend. They both look up to Maggie very much and always turn to her for advice. Maggie is the leader of the group and is always there to be the compassionate voice of reason to her dear friends.
• The Ferocious Beast: The Ferocious Beast does not appear very scary or ferocious, however, he can shout louder than anybody. He is yellow, with big red removable spots, and three horns on his head. His favorite catchphrase is "Great googly moogly!", which he says several times per episode. In "Hide And Go Beast", it is shown he is allergic to pollen. He is just a big softie, despite his bold appearance. Beast loves pumpkins, which is convenient since there is an impressive pumpkin patch in Nowhere Land. As a matter of fact, Beast loves pretty much any kind of food,including Hamilton's cooking and is almost always hungry. He even loves baths. Maggie and Hamilton are his best friends. He wears multi-colored Galoshes which he pronounces as "Goo-lashes". Hamilton always corrects him about the pronunciation, but he does not believe him.
• Hamilton Hocks: Hamilton is a pig who can be bossy and quite fussy, but he has a warm heart. He lives inside a portable cardboard box which he loves, is the best cook in Nowhere Land, and is a total clean-freak. Hamilton's most prized possessions are his beautiful "H" sweater and his cardboard box. Maggie and the Beast are his best friends.
• Rudy the Mouse: Rudy is a cheese-loving mouse who lives in a large wheel of Swiss cheese in a part of Nowhere Land called Cheese Town. It is revealed in one episode that Rudy's hat and boots do not come off because they are glued to him. Strangely enough, this character started off with the name Pippy, but was renamed by the writers soon after for some reason.
• Nedley the Rabbit: Nedley speaks in rhymes. He says rhymes almost all through every episode that he appears in, but sometimes he talks normally a little bit before starting his rhyme again. Nedley lives in a rabbit hole next to his carrot patch in Nowhere Land.
• The Moo Sisters: They are the three cows who live in a part of Nowhere Land called Mooville. They love to sing and do it often. They are sisters and their names are Mavis, Millicent, and Marge.
• Mr. Moon: He is the only non-human and non-animal character in the episode, "The Blue Moon". He is Voiced By John Edwads. He is usually grumpy because people say he is made of green cheese.
• The Kindly Giant: The Kindly Giant is not at all scary but instead kind-hearted. The others are scared at first but they soon get used to him and they sometimes go to him for advice or a favor. He refers to Maggie, Hamilton and the Beast as "little ones." He owns a garden full of fruit and vegetables, of which he always lets the ever-hungry Beast scarf up a giant blueberry or two. His face is never shown and he only appears in a few episodes. He is big and strong. Even the Beast seems small compared to the giant. The Kindly Giant lives in an area of Nowhere Land where all the fruits and vegetables are giant sized. Usually, only his shoes and ankles are seen due to his largeness.
• The Dream Sheep: White sheep that make "baa" noises. They are occasionally up in the clouds.
• The Jellybean Team: They are a group of seven jellybeans. There is a red one, orange one, yellow one, purple one, black one and two green ones. They are small, of course, but have big personalities. They also tend to argue with each other a lot because they all think they are more important than each other.
• The Triplets: Maggie's baby cousins (Zack, Max, and Oscar). They only appear in four episodes, "One Two Three", "Home of the Kindly Giant", "The New Rubber Ball", and "Which Way Did They Go?". However, in "One, Two, Three", Oscar playfully throws dirt at the Beast, Zack is the only one that still crawls around, and only Max can sit up and play patty cake. Voiced by Tara Strong.
• BB Cats: BB (Billy Bob) is a cat who lives near the Muck Bridge. He is a soulful jazz musician who plays bass and wears sunglasses.
• Sidestep: Sidestep is a very cranky crab who once got his house (or a sand castle, for that matter) destroyed by the beast accidentally. His home has been rebuilt by the characters twice on the series. Sidestep lives on the beach of Nowhere Land.
• Whales: A parent with her baby were seen in the episode, "The Beached Whale". Only the baby speaks. Mother Whale appears in the map in the intro and website. The whales in the series are purple. They are possibly sperm whales.
• Wish Fish: A goldfish like fish that lives in a well.
• Big Duck: A big duck who appeared in "The Big Duck", and was mentioned in "Guess Who I Am". She doesn't speak but only quacks.
• Calli the Camel: Only appears in desert episodes.
• Pauly the Teddy Bear: Only appears in "Camping Trip".
• Patrick the Worm: Only appears in "Oh, Give Me a Home". He comes from an apple.
• Reggie Van Beast: Beast's cousin. His coloring is the inverse of Beast's, being red with yellow spots, and he wears a monocle. He is rather stuck-up and rude, and never really seems to enjoy anything that Beast and his friends want to do. He also often speaks in rhymes, similar to Nedley. He first appeared in "Guess Who's Coming to Visit".

There are many creatures who do speak in the series, like the chicken sisters (The Chicken Ladies), the other birds (in each episode), Howard the Buffle Headed Booby (The Buffle-Headed Booby) and more.

Production

The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land," which is an original song by an unknown artist. Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is produced by Nelvana and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The series debuted in 2000 and the series aired its last episode in 2002. The show was distributed by Nelvana, which owned the distribution rights. In the UK, the show was dubbed with British voice actors, replacing the original Canadian soundtrack.

Episodes

This is a list of episodes of the show.^[3] Each season had 13 episodes and aired in different years.

Shorts (1998)

Season 1 (2000)

Season 2 (2001)

Season 3 (2002)

References

External links

• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at the Internet Movie Database
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at TV.com