Sitting Ducks
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Sitting Ducks
Sitting Ducks is a Universal Studios cartoon that premiered in Europe in September 2001. The show was based on the best selling books Sitting Ducks by Michael Bedard. It proved to be a big hit with the European children's show market, along with gaining the usual merchandising gig, toys, clothing, etc. Sitting Ducks also proved to be popular in Japan when it debuted there in the first quarter of 2002. It was not until 2 years later, in 2003, that Universal Studios brought the show to America, debuting on Cartoon Network in April of 2003. It lasted until February 2004 on the network, but is still shown in reruns overseas. The show focuses in a town called Ducktown, on a duck named Bill, and his best friend Aldo, a huge alligator from the neighboring town of Swampwood. Seeing as how ducks are favorite snacks of the alligators there, Bill and Aldo's friendship is rather unusual. The pair usually end up in varied situations and adventures.
Characters
- Bill-A shrimp duck who waddles to a different beat. A very kind-hearted, good-natured fellow who is always there when needed. One of his dreams is to fly. With the help of his friend Dr. cecil, he trys again and again to fly, and eventually is told that the reason he can't is because ducks became too terrestrial. Bills main appearance difference apart from his smallness is his bow tie, which he changes every year at the Ducktown Picnic. Bill lives in an apartment with his pet parrot, Jerry.
- Aldo-A lumbering, strong alligator from the town of Swampwood. He's Bill's best friend.
- Bev-Owner of the Decoy Cafe, where all the ducks go to eat. She's a sweet duck who also happens to have an alias, Madam Bevousky.
- Ed, Oly and Waddle-Three brothers who live next door to Bill, these three lovable losers tend to scheme there way into things and are usually the ones behind some prank or scheme.
- Cecil-Ducktown's only dentist, Cecil speaks with a British accent and is always there to offer advice to Bill or the others.
- Clair-Cecil's wife, who runs a jawbreaker store in Ducktown.
- Fred-a melancholy, but sometimes hyper penguin, who migrated from Antarctica to Ducktown. He's rather to himself most of the time.
- Raoul-A Spanish crow who tends to be the troublemaker, usually insulting Bill and the others.
Video Games
LSP and Asobo Studios picked up the rights from Universal Studios to create games for Sitting Ducks back in 2003. The PC and GBA versions were released in 2nd Quarter 2004, with the PS2 and XBox versions on their way.
Links
Cartoon Network's page for the show (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/tv_shows/sittingducks/) Japanese Sitting Ducks site (http://www.sittingducks.jp) The Art of Michael Bedard (http://www.sitting-ducks.com)