Viva Piñata is a Canadian-American animated

Animated cartoon

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 television series seen around the world. It is based upon the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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 video game

Viva Piñata

Viva Piñata is a life simulation game developed by Rare, for the Xbox 360 video game console. The project was headed by Gregg Mayles and the team behind the Banjo-Kazooie series, based on an idea from Tim Stamper. Although rumors of the title circulated among fans for some time, Viva Piñata was...

 of the same name. It is produced by an American company, 4Kids Productions

4Kids Entertainment

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 and a Canadian company Bardel Entertainment

Bardel Entertainment

Bardel Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio founded in 1988.- Releases :*Silverwing *Dragons: Fire and Ice *Dragons: Metal Ages *Chaotic...

, a children's animation company in Canada. It aired to high ratings as part of the 4Kids TV

4Kids TV

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 programming block and later moved to The CW4Kids

The CW4Kids

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 before being removed from the schedule on October 25, 2008. It is aired on YTV in Canada

Canada

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, Nicktoons Network

Nicktoons UK

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 and CITV

CITV

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 in the UK, TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

 in Japan

Japan

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 and on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Australia

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 in Australia

Australia

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.

Viva Pinata was executive produced by Lloyd Goldfine (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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, Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh!

is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games...

, Pokémon

Pokémon

is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

) at 4Kids in New York and Paul Griffin at Bardel in Vancouver. The stories are edited by Mike deSeve, leading a team that includes the award-winning Daria

Daria

Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...

head-writer Anne Bernstein and Courage the Cowardly Dog

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...

story editor David Steven Cohen.

It is unlikely that Toonzai will continue airing episodes, as it has been announced by 4kids via a forum on PinataIsland.info that a third season of the series will not be made.

Synopsis

In a garden on Piñata

Piñata

A piñata is a papier-mâché or other type of container that is decorated, filled with toys and or candy and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Piñatas are most commonly associated with Mexico, but its origins are considered to be in China...

 Island, a multitude of happy, colorful Piñata species live, frolic, dance, and grow. The goal of the piñatas is to fill themselves with candy, so they can be chosen by Piñata Central to entertain at birthday

Birthday

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 parties or retirement

Retirement

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 parties and other special celebrations. The piñatas have their own gardens and love to party. Each species is a portmanteau of an animal and a sweet type of food.

It is here in the garden, among the burrowing Profitamole, the bovine Moozipan and the tree-swinging Cinnamonkey that we will find a small band of Piñata friend

Friendship

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s that have known one another since they were children when they first came to the garden.

Being a piñata means something different for piñatas. Some Piñatas can’t wait to reach their maximum candy

Candy

Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...

 level so they can leave the Piñata Factory over and over again, bringing joy to children and partygoers all over the world. Others are not happy about the prospect of being shipped off to a strange place where happy children in festive hats hang them from a tree, bludgeon them until their limbs fall off, and devour their innards. Still others physically train for the parties as if they were off to the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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—hardening their bodies to create a challenge for the children clamoring to get at their candy.

Why is it that Piñata Island is the only place in the world Piñatas can be found? Even the Piñatas don’t really know—but with so much happening in the garden, what with weird new Piñatas arriving all the time, crazed black-market Piñata poachers trying to muscle in on Piñata Central action, mysteries to solve, violent garden pests known as sours to contend with, and constant opportunities to dance—who has time to worry about it?

The only thing upon which these Piñatas can agree is that on Piñata Island, anything can happen.

Major characters

• Hudson Horstachio: A hors
  Mustang (horse)
  A Mustang is a free-roaming horse of the North American west that first descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but there is intense debate over terminology...
  
  tachio
  Pistachio
  The pistachio, Pistacia vera in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Persia , which now can also be found in regions of Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Sicily and possibly Afghanistan , as well as in the United States,...
  
   who is quite famous and surprisingly agreeable. Hudson is, according to the characters included in the series, the most handsome piñata of Piñata Island. Hudson's ego dominates much of his extravagant personality; he models himself in mirrors frequently and speaks sweet-nothings to himself, though this is often portrayed as a quirk. Hudson ranked First place in the 4kids Viva Piñata Character poll.
• Franklin Fizzlybear: A fizzly
  Fizzy Lizzy
  Fizzy Lizzy is a Manhattan-based producer of carbonated juice drinks. Founded in 2000 by Elizabeth Morrill, Fizzy Lizzy follows "a purist's approach: just juice, carbonated water and only the smallest amount of natural flavorings and 'filler' juices, like white grape juice." Starting with four...
  
  bear
  Grizzly Bear
  The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...
  
   who has a stereotypical surfer accent and lack of common sense, though he does have random bouts of intellectualism. He is quite a bit more laid back than other piñatas. He is completely incapable of lying. He has also shown a great talent for drawing portraits of different Pinatas.
• Paulie Pretztail: A no-nonsense pretz
  Pretzel
  A pretzel is a type of baked food made from dough in soft and hard varieties and savory or sweet flavors in a unique knot-like shape, originating in Europe...
  
  tail
  Red Fox
  The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
  
   who does a Parody of Chris Rock
  Chris Rock
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   or Will Smith
  Will Smith
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  , who could easily be considered to be "the clever-cloggs" of the main cast (besides Les). He shares Fergy's aversion of being sent to parties, though it seems more of an annoyance to him, rather than Fergy's idea of thinking of going to a party as frightening, and frequently avoids them. He seems to be good at cooking as shown from the episode ' Recipe for Disaster'.
• Fergy Fudgehog: A fudge
  Fudge
  Fudge is a type of Western confectionery which is usually very sweet, and extremely rich. It is made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk and heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency...
  
  hog
  Desert Hedgehog
  The desert hedgehog is a species of mammal in the Erinaceidae family.-Description:The desert hedgehog is one of the smallest of hedgehogs. It is 5.5 to 11 inches long and weighs about 10-18 ounces. The spines on its back can be banded with coloring similar to the four-toed hedgehog...
  
   who is in love with candy but terrified of parties. He is frequently sought out by Langston to attend parties but always manages to escape his bugcatcher's net. As his surname implies, he frequently says "Oh, fudge!" as an interjection.
• King Roario: A Roar
  Lion
  The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
  
  io
  Oreo
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   Who is King of Pinata Island. His voice sounds like Sean Connery
  Sean Connery
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  .
• Ella Elephanilla: An elephanilla
  Vanilla
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   who suffers from short-term memory loss
  Memory loss
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  . Essentially, her character is the opposite of the phrase "an elephant never forgets," although shown in later episodes that the only thing she does remember is to forget in a scene shown inside her head. She also has a likeness of ballet
  Ballet
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  , despite her large size. Because of her elegant moves, this caused Paulie and Fergy to both get huge, temporary crushes on her. They even asked her to a dance, but she forgot they had both asked her. No evidence has been shown that both Fergy and Paulie still have a crush on her, if they do, they are very subtle about it.
• Terry Tigermisu: A no-nonsense Tigermisu
  Tiramisu
  Tiramisu, , , literally "pick me up", is an Italian cake and dessert.It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone, and flavored with liquor and cocoa...
  
   who is more of a Scaredy-cat, but people do say that tigers are brave. He shares Paulie and Fergy's aversion of being sent to parties, though it seems more of an annoyance to him, rather than Paulie and Fergy's idea of thinking of going to a party as frightening, and frequently avoids them.
• Liam Limocerous: A Limeocerous who has a stereotypical Irish
  Irish people
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   accent and lack of common sense, though he does have random bouts of intellectualism. He is quite a bit more laid back than other piñatas. He is friends with Franklin, Les, Teddignton and tina. He has also shown a great talent for showing his Irish dance to different Pinatas.
• Les Galagoogoo: A Galago
  Galago
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  ogoo
  GooGoo Cluster
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   who is the smartest piñata on the island and even has ninja skills. Unfortunately, whenever Les speaks, it comes out as high-pitched gibberish. Les ranked second place in the 4Kids Viva Piñata character poll. It appears that the main cast may be able to understand him, but simply ignore him. In one episode, he was able to speak, but he was ignored as he always had been.
• Tina & Teddington Twingersnap: A two-headed Syru
  Syrup
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  pent
  Snake
  Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
  
   known as a Twin
  Boomslang
  The boomslang is a large venomous colubrid snake.-Taxonomy & etymology:It is currently the only species in its genus, although several species and subspecies have been described in the past...
  
  gersnap. Although they share a body, they differ on almost everything and become a pugnacious, argumentative pair. They have both been shown to have sub-par gardening skills. Despite the fact that they appear to hate each other (after all, they are Brother and Sister), in one episode when they are accidentally separated, they end up greatly missing their other half. Teddington is the worst singer on Pinata Island and for some reason has a refined British accent.
• Beverly Badge
  Badger
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  sicle
  Popsicle
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  : Hudson's biggest, very obsessive fan.
• Langston Lickatoad: The licka
  Licorice candy
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  toad
  Toad
  A toad is any of a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura characterized by dry, leathery skin , short legs, and snoat-like parotoid glands...
  
   who operates the Cannoñata. He regularly tries to catch the stealthy duo Fergy and Paulie in order to send them to parties.
• Professor Pester: The main villain of the series. In all the episodes he appears in, he and his Ruffians try to capture and destroy a piñata, (usually Hudson) if not all of them, to obtain their candy. Note that he does not appear to be a piñata. When he had his personality reversed and happily gobbled up all of Fergy's candy, he was scanned on the way to the Cannoñata and found to have no candy. Nor do any of his ruffians appear to be piñatas; an episode shows that they were the result of a disastrous Sours experiment. His catchphrase is "I have no regrets", he always says it when his plans backfire and he ends up losing.

Recurring characters

• The Bon
  Bonbon
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  boon
  Mandrill
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  : The Main Pinata Villain who is a con-man who pretends to be an all-knowing guru to steal candy from gullible piñatas like Professor Pester. He is usually meditating, but when no one is present, he talks to his friend Sid Sars
  Tomato sauce
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  gorilla
  Silverback Gorilla
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   on the phone in (what seems to be) his normal voice. Paulie is the only pinata who sees through his ruse.
• Cecil Cocoadile: A dull-sounding Cocoa
  Hot chocolate
  Hot chocolate is a heated beverage typically consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and sugar...
  
  dile
  Crocodile
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  . Cecil is the only piñata on the island who thinks Chortles' jokes are funny, causing him to burst into tears laughing. In the piñata world, cocoadile tears make excellent fertilizer
  Fertilizer
  Fertilizer is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin that is added to a soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. A recent assessment found that about 40 to 60% of crop yields are attributable to commercial fertilizer use...
  
  , so while laughing and crying at his bad jokes, he is also helping Chortles with his garden.
• Chortles Chippopotamus: A Chip
  Chocolate chip
  Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape. They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter.-Origin:...
  
  popotamus
  Hippopotamus
  The hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
  
   with a horrible sense of humor, but fantastic gardening skills. Only Cecil Cocoadile thinks his jokes are funny, and Chortles uses Cecil's tears to help his garden grow.
• Dr. Quack
  Duck
  Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
  
  berry
  Blackberry
  The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. The fruit is not a true berry; botanically it is termed an aggregate fruit, composed of small drupelets. The plants typically have biennial canes and perennial roots. Blackberries and...
  
  : A doctor and psychiatrist
  Psychiatrist
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   with a Groucho Marx
  Groucho Marx
  Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born...
  
  -like personality. He wears glasses and a tie, and he customarily tells poor jokes.
• Hamilton Horstachio: Hudson's rival, who later on turns into a Zumbug.
• Mable Moozipan: A moozipan
  Marzipan
  Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Persipan is a similar, yet less expensive product, in which the almonds are replaced by apricot or peach kernels...
  
   with a stereotypical southern accent and manner. She owns a well-kept vegetable garden and despises trespassers. She is friends with Florence Fizzlybear.
• Pecky Pudgeon: A Pud
  Pudding
  Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but it can also be a savory dish.In the United States, pudding characteristically denotes a sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, though it may also refer to other types such as bread and rice pudding.In the United Kingdom and...
  
  geon who takes pictures for the local newspaper of Piñata Island, the Pinata Yada Yada. He loves gossiping about everyone and will go to great lengths to bring in a juicy scoop for the paper.
• Pierre Parrybo: A stereotypically French Parry
  Parrot
  Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
  
  bo
  HARIBO
  Haribo is a German confectionery producer, founded in 1920 by Hans Riegel Sr. The company headquarters are in Bonn, and the name is an acronym for Hans Riegel, Bonn....
  
   who organizes various activities on Piñata Island. He's also the DJ for a call-in radio show.
• Ruffians: Professor Pester's bumbling henchmen who usually ruin his plans, since they don't comprehend orders well. They waddle from side to side in their walk, and they love to prank one another. According to Pester, three are boys and one is a girl.
• Petunia Pretztail: A kung-fu warrior who is also Haily's best friend.
• Prewitt Profitamole: A brilliant Profitamole
  Mole (animal)
  Moles are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; and short, powerful limbs with large paws oriented for digging. The term is especially and most properly used for the true moles, those of the Talpidae family in the...
  
   who seems to be the only mechanic on the island and he is a wonder at inventing. He also has a love for soaps, and watches them avidly.
• Betty Bunny
  Rabbit
  Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
  
  comb
  Honeycomb
  A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal waxcells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey...
  
  : A beach babe who has three ears, one which she keeps tied under her hair.
• Shirley Shellybean: A optimistic Shel
  Snail
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  lybean who always is ready to start a new adventure.
• Simone Cinna
  Cinnamon
  Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...
  
  monkey
  Monkey
  A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
  
  : Hudson's brisk and resourceful agent. She speaks very quickly, rapidly counting off Hudson's schedule. Sometimes, she seems to want her pay more than Hudson's fame, but she is occasionally shown to care for him in both stern and encouraging ways.

Secondary characters

• Beatrice Buzzle
  Bee
  Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...
  
  gum: Queen of a Buzzlegum hive.
• Berando Bunny
  Bunny
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  comb
  Honeycomb
  A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal waxcells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey...
  
  : Italian director.
• Boris Buzz
  Buzzard
  A buzzard is one of several large birds, but there are a number of meanings as detailed below.-Old World:In the Old World Buzzard can mean:* One of several medium-sized, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings....
  
  enge
  Lozenge
  A lozenge , often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and it is sometimes used simply as a synonym for rhombus. Most often, though, lozenge refers to a thin rhombus—a rhombus with acute angles of 45°...
  
  : A lair lord who rents rooms in his castle to tenants. Professor Pester was one of his tenants. He has an igor
  Igor (fictional character)
  Igor is the traditional stock character or cliché hunch-backed assistant or butler to many types of villain, such as Count Dracula or a mad scientist, familiar from many horror movies and horror movie parodies, the Frankenstein series and Van Helsing films in particular.-Origins:Dwight Frye's...
  
   like accent.
• Bollo Tricerato
  Triceratops
  Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
  
  pizza
  Pizza
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  : A Choc
  Chocolate
  Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
  
  lodocus
  Dinosaur
  Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
  
   Who has Lived from his Survival of Extinction.
• Corina Choc
  Chocolate
  Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
  
  strich
  Ostrich
  The Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...
  
  : Hudson's previous girlfriend.
• Charlie Camello: A Camello from the Desset Desert.
• Dr. Sweetooth
  Beaver
  The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...
  
  : Competent phycologist.
• Eddie Ea
  Eagle
  Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
  
  glair: The drill sergeant who Langston enlists to get Fergy and Paulie to go to parties.
• Flex Fudgehog: Fergy's ex-rival.
• Florence Fizzlybear: Franklin's crush.
• Francine Fudgehog: Fergy's mother who believes that her son is the most accomplished pinata on the whole island.
• Freddy Flap
  Pancake
  A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter, and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan. Most pancakes are quick breads; some use a yeast-raised or fermented batter. Most pancakes are cooked one side on a griddle and flipped partway through to cook the other side...
  
  yak
  Yak
  The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
  
  : A large pinata that helps Eddie.
• General Pen
  Penguin
  Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
  
  gum: Leader of the other Pengums.
• Gordon Goobaa: The evil Goobaa of the heard who frames Teddington for destroying a garden.
• Hack Horstchio: Hudson's Look-A-Like
• Hamilton Horstachio: Hudson's rival, who later becomes a Z
  Zebra
  Zebras are several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds...
  
  umbug
  Humbug (sweet)
  Humbugs are a traditional hard boiled sweet available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. They are usually flavoured with peppermint and striped in two different colours . They have a hard outside and a soft toffee centre...
  
  .
• Harry Horstachio: Leader of the wild Horstachios.
• Henderson Horstachio: Hudson's best friend who jumped into a suesaphine to give Hudson his career.
• Jerry Jeli: Jel
  Gel
  A gel is a solid, jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state...
  
  i
  Yeti
  The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology...
  
   who hasn't been hit with a snowball in 600 years.
• Louis Lem
  Lemon
  The lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...
  
  moning
  Lemming
  Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. They are subniveal animals, and together with voles and muskrats, they make up the subfamily Arvicolinae , which forms part of the largest mammal radiation by far, the superfamily Muroidea, which also includes rats,...
  
  : Leader of the Lemmonings in an Arctic.
• Marvin Mallo
  Marshmallow
  The marshmallow is a confection that, in its modern form, typically consists of sugar, corn syrup, water, gelatin that has been softened in hot water, dextrose, vanilla flavourings, and sometimes colouring, whipped to a spongy consistency. Some marshmallow recipes call for egg whites...
  
  wolf: The fastest caricature in the west and Franklin's rival.
• Max Buzzlegum: The King of a buzzlegum hive.
• Monchy Moo
  Moose
  The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...
  
  joo
  Jujube
  Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called jujube , red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily as a fruiting shade tree.-Distribution:Its precise natural distribution is uncertain due to extensive cultivation,...
  
  : A Moojoo who hates going to parties, like Paulie and Fergy, because of her antlers. She teams up with them to invade the Cannonata.
• Mongo Maca
  Macaroon
  A macaroon is a type of light, baked confection, described as either small cakes or meringue-like cookies depending on their consistency. The original macaroon was a "small sweet cake consisting largely of ground almonds" similar to Italian or Moroccan amaretti.The English word macaroon and French...
  
  racoon
  Raccoon
  Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
  
  : Retired sour macaracoon Franklin taught he could tame.
• Montauge Mouse
  Mouse
  A mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
  
  mallow
  Marshmallow
  The marshmallow is a confection that, in its modern form, typically consists of sugar, corn syrup, water, gelatin that has been softened in hot water, dextrose, vanilla flavourings, and sometimes colouring, whipped to a spongy consistency. Some marshmallow recipes call for egg whites...
  
  : King Roario's assistant who yells a lot, despite his small size.
• Monty Mousemallow: A paranoid mousemallow.
• Meinhart Mousemallow: A German
  Germans
  The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
  
  , bodybuilding Mousemallow who is a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
  
  . His motto is "Never let up, even for one minute!" He means this literally, however, for when he is Flattened by fergy who sleeps for a minute, he transforms into a weakling Mousemallow and must start all over.
• Ned Newt
  Newt
  A newt is an aquatic amphibian of the family Salamandridae, although not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts. Newts are classified in the subfamily Pleurodelinae of the family Salamandridae, and are found in North America, Europe and Asia...
  
  gat
  Nougat
  Nougat is a variety of similar traditional confectioneries made with sugar and/or honey, roasted nuts , and sometimes chopped candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from soft and chewy to hard and crunchy depending on its composition, and it is used in a variety of candy bars and...
  
  : Usual at the Tutie Frutie at Unhappy Hour.
• Prescott Pie
  Pie
  A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients....
  
  nna
  Hyena
  Hyenas or Hyaenas are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora , and one of the smallest in the mammalia...
  
   : Paulie's cousin.
• Parker Pololly
  Lollipop
  A lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, or sticky-pop is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. They are available in many flavors and shapes.- Types :Lollipops are available in a number of colors and...
  
  bear
  Polar Bear
  The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
  
  : Franklin's cousin.
• Pierce Profitamole: A former sour Profitamole that had a good singing talent as a sour.
• Rory Rashberry: A Scottish hiker rash
  Pig
  A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
  
  berry
  Raspberry
  The raspberry or hindberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves...
  
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• Silvia Sweetooth: Hudson's make up artist.
• Spalding Sparrow
  Sparrow
  The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
  
  mint
  Spearmint
  Mentha spicata syn. M. cordifolia is a species of mint native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, though its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive early cultivation. It grows in wet soils...
  
  : Paulie's lousy singing Rival.
• Uncle Hoofy Horstachio: Hudson's uncle.
• Wilson Whirlm: Whirlrm
  Worm
  The term worm refers to an obsolete taxon used by Carolus Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, and stems from the Old English word wyrm. Currently it is used to describe many different distantly-related animals that typically have a long cylindrical...
  
   who wants to go to a party.
• Wendell Whirlm: Whirlm who owns a popular garden.

Episodes

The program has also made the leap to DVD via Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...

 with the release of The Piñatas Must Be Crazy And Other Stories. This release includes the following episodes: "Cocoadile Tears," "Candiosity," "Queen For A Day," "A Chewnicorn In The Garden" and "Legs." In addition, "Lights, Camera, Action" was released in May 2009. This is the second DVD in the series.
The program has also made the leap to British DVDs for Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

 with the release of Viva Piñata: Mission Impinatable. This release includes the following episodes: "Royal Visit," "Crimes Of Passion Fruit," and "Piñatas Must Be Crazy." In addition, Viva Piñata 2: Trojan Horsatchio was released with the episodes: "Franklin Can't Dance", "Her Royal Forgetfullness" and "Talented Mr.Hack". This is the second British DVD in the series. In addition, Viva Piñata 3: Hero was released with the episodes: "Pig Out-Mountain", "A Match Made In Court", "Wrong Stuff" and "Candibalism". This is the third DVD Movie in the series.

Xbox Live Sneak Peeks

Two episodes have been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace

Xbox Live Marketplace

The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content...

 as sneak peeks. These episodes were "Chewnicorn in the Garden" and "Horstachio of a Different Colour". Over the past couple of months, more episodes of the show have been added to the Marketplace for download. All the episodes are in High Definition (Although one can watch them on an SD TV as well), and are between 550-600MB of space on the Hard Drive. The Special Edition version of the Viva Piñata game came with a bonus disc, which, among demos of Xbox Live Arcade games and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, contained the "Horstachio of a Different Colour" episode.

Cast

• Dan Green
  Dan Green (voice actor)
  Daniel Alexander Green , is an American voice actor, voice director and script adapter who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post and Central Park Media...
  
  : Hudson Horstachio
• Marc Thompson: Franklin Fizzlybear
• Sam Osborn: Paulie Pretztail
• R. L. Strong: King Roario, Roary Rasberry
• Rebecca Soler
  Rebecca Soler
  Rebecca Soler is an American voice actress who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment.-Notable Voice Roles:* Red Dead Redemption - Miranda Fortuna* Chaotic - Sarah* Magical DoReMi - Reanne Griffith...
  
  : Ella Elephanilla, Simone Cinnamonkey
• Jason Anthony Griffith
  Jason Anthony Griffith
  Jason Anthony Griffith is an American actor and voice actor who has worked on several animated TV series, and was the voice of SEGA mascot Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk, in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, where he is credited as Jason Griffith and...
  
  : Terry Tigermisu
• Kelston Carrol: Liam Limocerous, The Great Bonboon, Francine Fudgehog
• David Wills
  David Wills (voice actor)
  David Wills is an American voice actor, who works with 4Kids Entertainment and NYAV Post. He was formerly a disc jockey under the name Ghosty for Sirius Satellite Radio and was the host of channel 118: Radio Classics under the name Dave Wills...
  
  : Fergy Fudgehog, Boris Buzzenge
• Eric Stuart
  Eric Stuart
  Eric Stuart is a voice actor, voice director, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. As the lead singer of his own band, the Eric Stuart Band , he is an award-winning independent artist with a growing US and international fan base.Stuart gained acclaim as a voice actor not only because of his...
  
  : Les Galagoogoo, Pecky Pudgeon
• Caren Manuel
  Caren Manuel
  Caren Lyn Manuel , also credited as Caren Tackett, Caren Lyn Manuel, and Kathleen Delaney, is an American voice actress, singer & writer who works on Broadway and in the properties of 4Kids Entertainment....
  
  : Tina Twingersnap
• Jamie McGonnigal
  Jamie McGonnigal
  Jamie McGonnigal is a voice actor, actor, producer, activist and director, who has worked for various companies such as 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, DuArt Film and Video and FUNimation Entertainment....
  
  : Teddington Twingersnap
• Mike Pollock
  Mike Pollock
  Michael B. "Mike" Pollock , sometimes credited as Herb Lawrence, is an American voice actor, famous for playing characters in anime dubs by 4Kids Entertainment. He has appeared as the narrator for 4Kids shows like Pokémon and some promos on the original Fox Box and 4Kids TV. He is also well-known...
  
  : Langston Lickatoad
• Michael Alston Baley: Professor Pester
• Pete Zarustica
  Pete Zarustica
  Oliver Wyman is an American voice actor who has worked on many animated features, television shows, and video games. He has also narrated over 150 audiobooks. His audiobook recordings have won five Audie Awards from the Audio Publisher's Association, fourteen Earphone Awards from AudioFile...
  
  : Pierre Parrybo
• Scottie Ray
  Scottie Ray
  Scottie Ray , sometimes credited as Scott Rayow, is a voice actor who normally voices characters for properties of 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media and NYAV Post...
  
  : Marvin Mallowolf/ El Sketcho
• Sean Schemmel
  Sean Schemmel
  Sean Schemmel is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer who has worked for NYAV Post, Bandai Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment, OkraTron 5000, DuArt Film and Video, and 4Kids Entertainment...
  
  : Hamilton Horstachio, Chortles Chippopotamus
• Mike MacRae
  Mike MacRae
  Mike MacRae is an American comedian and voice actor.-Biography:A native of St. Louis, Missouri, MacRae moved to Houston, Texas in 1995 where he graduated from Rice University in 1999 and started performing in the The Laff Stop. He appeared on television for the first time in 2001 with Comedy...
  
  : Prewitt Profitamole
• Jay Callahn: Pierce Profitamole, Flex Fudgehog
• Darren Dunstan
  Darren Dunstan
  Darren Dunstan is a Canadian born voice actor and an occasional stage actor currently based in New York City. He has provided voice-over and voice direction on several properties of 4Kids Entertainment....
  
  : Mongo Macaraccoon
• Seiko Suzuki Shih: Petunia Pretztail
• Lisa Ortiz
  Lisa Ortiz
  Lisa Ortiz is an American theatre and voice actress, best known for her roles in English anime adaptations. She is perhaps best known for the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, Lina Inverse in Slayers, and Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece...
  
  : Betty Bunnycomb