Zazoo U | |
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Genre | Animation |
Created by | Shane DeRolf |
Written by |
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Voices of | (See "Voice cast") |
Opening theme | U Matta |
Ending theme | U Matta (instrumental) |
Composer | Jim Covell |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Phil Roman Shane de Rolf |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Film Roman Fox Children's Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Fox (Fox Children's Network) |
Release | September 8 – December 8, 1990 |
Zazoo U is an American animated television series that aired on Fox Children's Network block on Saturday mornings from September 8 to December 8, 1990. [1] [2] The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf. [3]
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide. [4] [5] [6]
The series follows the antics of a university college populated by different animals. [7]
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Nine Mile Pile" | September 8, 1990 | |
All the students arrive at Zazoo U for the first class, and immediately struggle to adjust to the school and to each other. | |||
2 | "The Crayon Box That Talked" | September 15, 1990 | |
A box of talking crayons is discovered; each crayon wants to be the greatest of the box, and befriends each of the students to try to succeed. | |||
3 | "The Search for the Meaning of Life" | September 22, 1990 | |
A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life. | |||
4 | "Yesterday's Zoo" | September 29, 1990 | |
Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor, and discover a world of past bygone relics. | |||
5 | "Is Bigger Better?" | October 6, 1990 | |
The students enter a dispute about whether bigger means better. The dispute soon goes into bigger, but not better, dimensions. | |||
6 | "Har V and Sue" | October 13, 1990 | |
Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends, and vie for Boink's affections. | |||
7 | "Bully Loses His Temper" | October 20, 1990 | |
Bully gets mad and loses his temper; an enraged miniature version of himself jumps out and storms around wreaking destruction. The class must now get the Temper back to Bully. | |||
8 | "Share a Chair" | October 27, 1990 | |
Everybody at Zazoo U gets a special gadget-laden custom schoolchair, except for Grizzle. But no one will share with him, so he gets despondent and wanders off, leading the class to search for him. | |||
9 | "Ms. Devine's Blues" | November 3, 1990 | |
Miss Devine is dejected about her pet Rarf being unremarkable, and thus possibly a worthless nothing. Rarf goes out of his way to prove he is special to her. | |||
10 | "No Strings Attached" | November 10, 1990 | |
Boink discovers invisible strings that can be seen only with the imagination. But his messing around with the strings causes the laws of physics to go seriously awry. | |||
11 | "Money for Music" | November 17, 1990 | |
The class work to earn money to get new musical instruments. Grizzle and Tess try all sorts of money-making schemes, while Boink and Bully go around looking for donations. | |||
12 | "One Single Seed" | December 1, 1990 | |
The school is invaded by an alien... a talent agent who's looking for the next big star. The agent himself possesses creativity, but can the others help him realize his potential? | |||
13 | "Boinks's Rap" | December 8, 1990 | |
Everybody gets ready for the school talent show, and all sorts of incredible antics and performances are in store. But Boink gets a serious case of stage fright, so it's up to the others to coax the show's best act out of him. |
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