Archibald the Koala is an animatic animated

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 children's television

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 series

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 produced by Millimages

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 in association with HiT Entertainment

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. The show began in 1998. It was based on the books written by Paul Cox. The show was made in both French and English versions.

In the United States

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, the show was seen on Cartoon Network

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's international showcase program aimed at pre-schoolers, Small World.

Rastepappe

This series is set on a secluded island called Rastepappe that is populated by Koalas and Badgers. Its city Koalaville is filled with various strange characters including a nervous mayor

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, a hopeless inventor and even a bossy painter. The stress of the mayor's job caused him to have trouble with migraines, or "meeegranes" as he pronounces it.

There are always strange things going on so Archibald, the trustful detective

Detective

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, is put on the job!

Characters

• Archibald the detective - the detective and main character
• Agatha - a novel writer
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   and Archibald's wife
• Archduke - the mayor
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   of the town
• Jozette - Archduke's wife
• Giovanni - an opera
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   singer
• John Dory - a fisherman
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   and Iris Dory's husband
• Iris Dory - a florist and John Dory's wife
• Edison - an inventor
• Marie - an architect
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   and painter
  Painting
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• Sullivan - a printer
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  , journalist
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   and Gazette's husband
• Gazette - Sullivan's wife
• Soufflé - the island's chef
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• Miss Julie - school teacher and astrologer
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There is a population

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 of approximately 500 other civilians on Rastepappe.

List of episodes

• The Heatwave
• Archduke's Anmesia
• Brass Band
• The Haunted House
• The Hazardous Fishing Contest
• The Meteorite
• Archduke's Statue
• The Missing Boat
• The Rugby Basket Mystery
• The Dragon
• Strange Vibrations
• A Hapless Birthday
• Read about Tomorrow, Today
• A Star is Born
• The New Restaurant
• The Flower & The Magician
• The Fire Fighters
• The Snow Cannon
• The Invasion
• The Mystery of the Floating Island
• The Flower Thief
• The Very Greedy Sleepwalker
• Ho Ho Ho Happy Merry Christmas (Christmas television special
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• Stop that Train!
• The Messenger
• The Dynamic Dynamo
• The Misunderstanding
• The Big Twister
• Fake Necklace
• Pizza Gazette
• A Detective Goes Camping
• A Mysterious Rescuer
• The World of Giants
• The Lucky Charm
• Edisons Clock
• Whale Song
• The Treasure Hunt
• Edison's Trophy
• The Umbrellas of Rastepappe
• The Sea Monster
• The Giant Mole
• The Big Show
• Ultra-Modern Town Hall
• Lighthouse of Rastepappe
• The Machine from the Sky
• Archduke's Cockatoo
• The Waxworks of Rastepappe

External links

• Archibald the Koala
• Magna Pacific