Rayman: The Animated Series
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Rayman: The Animated Series, or The Rayman TV Series, is a French
3-D animated children's television series featuring the French video game hero Rayman
. Created by Ubisoft
and based on the Rayman
adventure game series, the show was originally in French but was dubbed into various languages for foreign countries. Ubisoft
was able to produce only four episodes and never managed to broadcast its episodes in the United States
.
). Inside the circus is a group of imprisoned performers: LacMac, a blue rabbit-looking humanoid; Betina, who is presumably a fairy but looks more human; Cookie, a pompous humanoid mole (who always questions Rayman's ideas), and Flips, a dragonfly-like little fairy girl. LacMac is then called to perform for the customers, and after the performance, is thrown in the cageroom with his fellow performers by Razorbeard as Rigatoni laughs maniacally.
Later on, Rigatoni and Razorbeard bring in a new performer, Rayman, who can do many tricks with his limbless hands which he does behind Razorbeard's back. However, Rayman is a rebellious performer, and refuses to perform for Rigatoni, ultimately ending up caged with the other performers.
It is then that LacMac demonstrates his incredible strength by twisting a strong metal wire into the shape of a dog. At Rayman's suggestion, LacMac uses his ability to bend the cagebars open for them to escape while Flips flies around the surveillance cameras, preventing Rigatoni from seeing them. They barely manage to escape Razorbeard's grasp by tearing a hole in the circus wall and jumping out while the circus crashes into the ground.
But Rigatoni doesn't give up there, enlisting the help of Inspector Grub to hunt down and capture Rayman and his friends. Meanwhile, on land, Rayman and the gang stumble across a faulty car, whose owner agrees to hand it over should they fix it. Cookie succeeds, and they all drive off for a hiding place. Unfortunately, Grub sees them and gives chase in his police car, but Rayman manages to evade Grub by making a sharp turn and causing Grub to crash into a nearby stack of crates.
However, the gang turns around to see the car being taken away by a tow-truck. At first, they are unconcerned after seeing the "No Parking" sign above them, but give chase after LacMac points out that Flips is trapped in the car. Eventually, they run into a nearby train station, where Rayman spots Inspector Grub outside. Posing as an Italian Waiter, Rayman asks Grub where the tow-truck would take a car, and Grub tells him that it is headed for the Scrapyard which can be reached by the 7 Train. Unfortunately, Grub finally realizes that the Waiter is really Rayman, and after a brief chase in the station, Rayman and the gang manage to escape from Grub by catching the 7 Train just in time. While the train is moving they spot Flips on another scrapyard train going right next to them. LacMac attempts to get her but the train speeds up and he can't reach.
Rayman and co. arrive at the Scrapyard. There, Rayman and the others see that the cars are being loaded on a conveyor belt and dumped into the mouth of a giant monster. Worse, Rayman sees Inspector Grub park his car outside the Scrapyard, so they all get inside a towed car and hook Grub's car to it, pulling Grub's car into the Scrapyard and leaving him with no transportation. Rayman manages to climb up the conveyor belt and use his magic hands to save Flips in the nick of time, just as Grub finds them. Getting into a nearby steamroller, LacMac drives away after chasing Inspector Grub with the latter, but the Lacmac doesn't see drop below and falls off a pier. Although Rayman manages to keep everyone in the air with his Helicopter Hair for a few moments, he loses concentration and they all fall into a chasm.
Waking up, they all see that they actually landed in a cosy bedroom, and it is now daylight. However, what they do not know is that they are actually in the room on the first floor of Inspector Grub's house.
After the experiment, the doctor comes out with the results, and breaks the news that Cookie has only been imagining it all and needs to be committed immediately. Cookie is then taken by the orderlies into the mental asylum basement, where he is thrown into a cell with a roommate: an old lady who seems sweet at first but can sometimes have a quick temper.
In the waiting room, Rayman and the others talk about how to spring Cookie out of the asylum. Then, to their horror, Grub enters the building, and they all hide behind chairs to see what Grub is up to. They don't hear him, so after Grub goes into the hospital, Rayman and the others pose as Grub's family and ask where he went. Unfortunately, they take a wrong turn, and end up looking all over the cells for Cookie. Eventually, Rayman and the others manage to find Cookie just as Grub finds him. Thanks to the intervention of Cookie's roommate, Rayman and the gang finally manage to escape from the asylum after a long chase given by Grub. Eventually, Grub is caught by two orderlies, who mistake him for a similar-looking patient who escaped earlier on, and is thrown into the prisoners cell as Rayman and the others finally manage to escape from the hospital.
Strangely, Grub starts to clean his house and brush his hair, but when his date arrives, he makes a complete buffoon of himself by accidentally hitting her with her umbrella and leaving the oven on for too long, burning the meal in the process.
Feeling sorry for Grub, Rayman suggests helping him out despite being his enemy, much to Cookie's annoyance. After Grub accidentally breaks his date's nose with a bottle cap, she storms into the bathroom to fix it while Grub sulks. Initiating their plan, Rayman deliberately sets off the fire alarm, and hides behind the door as Grub comes into the kitchen, giving Rayman, Betina and Flips to quickly tidy up the living room.
As Grub comes back into the dining room with his date, Rayman, Betina and Flips sneak back into the kitchen and prepare a secret feast with the help of Cookie and LacMac after seeing Grub's messed up meal, but LacMac clumisily drops the plates and breaks them, attracting Grub's attention.
Grub goes into the kitchen just as Rayman and his friends go out. Grub then sees the feast on the table and takes it to his date as Rayman watches them from the first floor. Unfortunately, Grub foolishly ties the tablecloth to his neck and gets up to get some soda, accidentally pulling the tablecloth off the table and making a complete mess, much to Rayman's dismay.
Grub's date then storms out of the house, so Rayman, in a last ditch effort to save Grub's happy evening, Rayman poses as a mailman and delivers flowers and a "romantic message" from Grub, asking her to the movies. The date then phones Grub, and he excitedly agrees to take her to the cinema the following day.
Rayman and his friends smile in triumph.
Her appearance and personality may be based on Ly, a character in the Rayman video games. It can also be noted that she has a similar appearance and even name to Betilla, a character in the PlayStation
Rayman
game.
of the show. He is obsessed on catching Rayman, who is constantly getting his name wrong, calling him "Linguini" or "Ravioli".
. Although he was the main antagonist in the video game, in the TV series however, he was the main antagonist's assistant, the main antagonist part went to Rigatoni.
August 2, 1999,-April 3, 2000
: Himself
Betina: Betilla the Fairy
Cookie: Teensies
LacMac: Globox
Flips : Murfy
Sir Rigatoni : Himself
Admiral Razorbeard : Himself
Inspector Grub : Henchman 800
, notably France
, Germany
and the Netherlands
. The fifth, unfinished episode was to be called "My Fair LacMac," earning much fan speculation about the episode's content. This episode was almost done in production, but it had to stop at the last minute.
VHS was released in the United States
, while a French
one can be found in France
and Belgium
. A DVD is also available, but only in France
. Though the text on the cover is in French
, the English
and German
-dubbed versions are included as well as the original French version. This is most likely to be found on major auction sites such as eBay
.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
3-D animated children's television series featuring the French video game hero Rayman
Rayman (character)
Rayman is a platform video game series developed and published by Ubisoft and created by Michel Ancel.-Gameplay:Rayman games are typically platformer games, although spin-offs have had radically different gameplay. The original Rayman was a 2D sprite based platformer similar to those of the 16 bit...
. Created by Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
and based on the Rayman
Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
adventure game series, the show was originally in French but was dubbed into various languages for foreign countries. Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
was able to produce only four episodes and never managed to broadcast its episodes in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Plot summary
LacMac is the star of a galactic circus, run by Rigatoni and Admiral Razorbeard. He and his friends are forced to live life as circus freaks, only to be hit by whips, and generally tortured. They only wish they can be free from their dreadful unfair lives. One night, after LacMac has just done a great performance, the circus closes for the night and Rigatoni picks up a new circus recruit, Rayman. Rayman is forced to stay at the circus because he can do amazing trick with his floating limbless hands. He discovers that the other performers are forced to stay in this prison when they haven't done anything bad. Rayman won't take this. That night, he helps them escape. Rigatoni hires the bumbling detective, Inspector Grub, to bring the "fugitives" back. Rayman leads the circus freaks in outsmarting Grub and living in the city of Aerotropolis, on the populated world the traveling circus landed.Episode 1: LacMac Napping
The series opens with the a mobile circus floating in a dark forest. This circus is owned by the sinister Sir Rigatoni, and his minion Admiral Razorbeard (the villain from Rayman 2Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is a platform game and the sequel to Rayman. It was developed by Ubisoft and first released on October 29, 1999. It is considered to have raised standards regarding 3D, level design and game play, being praised by numerous reviews...
). Inside the circus is a group of imprisoned performers: LacMac, a blue rabbit-looking humanoid; Betina, who is presumably a fairy but looks more human; Cookie, a pompous humanoid mole (who always questions Rayman's ideas), and Flips, a dragonfly-like little fairy girl. LacMac is then called to perform for the customers, and after the performance, is thrown in the cageroom with his fellow performers by Razorbeard as Rigatoni laughs maniacally.
Later on, Rigatoni and Razorbeard bring in a new performer, Rayman, who can do many tricks with his limbless hands which he does behind Razorbeard's back. However, Rayman is a rebellious performer, and refuses to perform for Rigatoni, ultimately ending up caged with the other performers.
It is then that LacMac demonstrates his incredible strength by twisting a strong metal wire into the shape of a dog. At Rayman's suggestion, LacMac uses his ability to bend the cagebars open for them to escape while Flips flies around the surveillance cameras, preventing Rigatoni from seeing them. They barely manage to escape Razorbeard's grasp by tearing a hole in the circus wall and jumping out while the circus crashes into the ground.
But Rigatoni doesn't give up there, enlisting the help of Inspector Grub to hunt down and capture Rayman and his friends. Meanwhile, on land, Rayman and the gang stumble across a faulty car, whose owner agrees to hand it over should they fix it. Cookie succeeds, and they all drive off for a hiding place. Unfortunately, Grub sees them and gives chase in his police car, but Rayman manages to evade Grub by making a sharp turn and causing Grub to crash into a nearby stack of crates.
Episode 2: No Parking
After escaping from Inspector Grub, Rayman and the gang stop at a park to rest for a while, but a disgruntled Cookie starts to regret joining Rayman on "this foolish adventure", and decides to write a will, believing that he will die soon. Unfortunately, he rudely shuns the playful Flips while writing, causing Flips to fly sadly into the car and cry herself to sleep under the sunroof.However, the gang turns around to see the car being taken away by a tow-truck. At first, they are unconcerned after seeing the "No Parking" sign above them, but give chase after LacMac points out that Flips is trapped in the car. Eventually, they run into a nearby train station, where Rayman spots Inspector Grub outside. Posing as an Italian Waiter, Rayman asks Grub where the tow-truck would take a car, and Grub tells him that it is headed for the Scrapyard which can be reached by the 7 Train. Unfortunately, Grub finally realizes that the Waiter is really Rayman, and after a brief chase in the station, Rayman and the gang manage to escape from Grub by catching the 7 Train just in time. While the train is moving they spot Flips on another scrapyard train going right next to them. LacMac attempts to get her but the train speeds up and he can't reach.
Rayman and co. arrive at the Scrapyard. There, Rayman and the others see that the cars are being loaded on a conveyor belt and dumped into the mouth of a giant monster. Worse, Rayman sees Inspector Grub park his car outside the Scrapyard, so they all get inside a towed car and hook Grub's car to it, pulling Grub's car into the Scrapyard and leaving him with no transportation. Rayman manages to climb up the conveyor belt and use his magic hands to save Flips in the nick of time, just as Grub finds them. Getting into a nearby steamroller, LacMac drives away after chasing Inspector Grub with the latter, but the Lacmac doesn't see drop below and falls off a pier. Although Rayman manages to keep everyone in the air with his Helicopter Hair for a few moments, he loses concentration and they all fall into a chasm.
Waking up, they all see that they actually landed in a cosy bedroom, and it is now daylight. However, what they do not know is that they are actually in the room on the first floor of Inspector Grub's house.
Episode 3: High Anxiety
Due to the collision they experienced earlier on, Cookie finds himself with a splitting headache, so they all borrow Betina's new taxi and drive him to the doctor, where he is strapped to a chair and experimented on in a few hilarious moments.After the experiment, the doctor comes out with the results, and breaks the news that Cookie has only been imagining it all and needs to be committed immediately. Cookie is then taken by the orderlies into the mental asylum basement, where he is thrown into a cell with a roommate: an old lady who seems sweet at first but can sometimes have a quick temper.
In the waiting room, Rayman and the others talk about how to spring Cookie out of the asylum. Then, to their horror, Grub enters the building, and they all hide behind chairs to see what Grub is up to. They don't hear him, so after Grub goes into the hospital, Rayman and the others pose as Grub's family and ask where he went. Unfortunately, they take a wrong turn, and end up looking all over the cells for Cookie. Eventually, Rayman and the others manage to find Cookie just as Grub finds him. Thanks to the intervention of Cookie's roommate, Rayman and the gang finally manage to escape from the asylum after a long chase given by Grub. Eventually, Grub is caught by two orderlies, who mistake him for a similar-looking patient who escaped earlier on, and is thrown into the prisoners cell as Rayman and the others finally manage to escape from the hospital.
Episode 4: Big Date
Arriving back at Grub's home, Rayman, Betina, Flips, LacMac and Cookie complain about not having anything to eat, so Rayman suggests going to the grocery store, but Cookie refuses, fearing Grub is still at home. Rayman starts pacing the room thinking when he trips over LacMac, LacMac infers the idea to look through the floor. In order to keep an eye on things, Cookie invents a telescope that peeks through a loose floorboard to the ground floor. Betina sees Grub enter the house carrying a bouquet of flowers, and immediately assumes Grub has a date. Rayman realizes that if Grub has a Girlfriend, the gang won't have to worry about him trying to arrest them.Strangely, Grub starts to clean his house and brush his hair, but when his date arrives, he makes a complete buffoon of himself by accidentally hitting her with her umbrella and leaving the oven on for too long, burning the meal in the process.
Feeling sorry for Grub, Rayman suggests helping him out despite being his enemy, much to Cookie's annoyance. After Grub accidentally breaks his date's nose with a bottle cap, she storms into the bathroom to fix it while Grub sulks. Initiating their plan, Rayman deliberately sets off the fire alarm, and hides behind the door as Grub comes into the kitchen, giving Rayman, Betina and Flips to quickly tidy up the living room.
As Grub comes back into the dining room with his date, Rayman, Betina and Flips sneak back into the kitchen and prepare a secret feast with the help of Cookie and LacMac after seeing Grub's messed up meal, but LacMac clumisily drops the plates and breaks them, attracting Grub's attention.
Grub goes into the kitchen just as Rayman and his friends go out. Grub then sees the feast on the table and takes it to his date as Rayman watches them from the first floor. Unfortunately, Grub foolishly ties the tablecloth to his neck and gets up to get some soda, accidentally pulling the tablecloth off the table and making a complete mess, much to Rayman's dismay.
Grub's date then storms out of the house, so Rayman, in a last ditch effort to save Grub's happy evening, Rayman poses as a mailman and delivers flowers and a "romantic message" from Grub, asking her to the movies. The date then phones Grub, and he excitedly agrees to take her to the cinema the following day.
Rayman and his friends smile in triumph.
Rayman
The main character and protagonist of the show, Rayman has magical abilities and powers which he uses to help his new friends defeat Grub. He has no neck, legs, or arms. His feet stand on the ground and his hands, torso and head float in the air. He comes up with plans to get away from Grub.Betina
A human-like girl, possibly a fairy. She can perform great acrobatics and can land perfectly. She takes care of Flips like an older sister. She has a similar personality to Rayman and is kind and caring.Her appearance and personality may be based on Ly, a character in the Rayman video games. It can also be noted that she has a similar appearance and even name to Betilla, a character in the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
Rayman
Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
game.
Cookie
A paranoid, anthropomorphic dog-like creature. Cookie is whiny and dramatic. He is also a good handyman, as he fixed the group's car, and made the periscope to keep an eye on Grub. On top of all that,he is a great cook, and is constantly questioning Rayman's ideas. At first it seems like he doesn't care about others' feelings, however, this is not so. It is revealed in "No Parking" that his surname is Levagetto.Flips
A young fairy, possibly a ludiv. Flips can't speak, instead communicating by squeaking, but it seems the others understand her and she does others. Flips rarely walks and flies everywhere. She is always trying to help.LacMac
A slightly dumb, linguistically challenged anthropomorphic rabbit-like creature that can juggle and bend cast iron steel bars. LacMac is sometimes clueless to the world around him and is dragged into doing things by Cookie who takes advantage of him. His appearance and personality may be based on Globox, a character in the Rayman video games. LacMac can be described as naïve and even shy, but he means well, even if his trying to help ends in catastrophe. There are subliminal hints across the series that he may have a crush on Betina, but this is only hinted at and never mentioned. It is surprising how quickly LacMac gets over the mistreatment by Rigatoni.Rigatoni
The cruel owner of the flying Circus and responsible for Rayman and his friends' statuses as fugitives. Rigatoni is the main villain and main antagonistAntagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
of the show. He is obsessed on catching Rayman, who is constantly getting his name wrong, calling him "Linguini" or "Ravioli".
Razorbeard
A robot pirate who is working for Rigatoni. He is in charge of making sure that the "freaks" are in their cages and behaving. He was also the main antagonist in Rayman 2: The Great EscapeRayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is a platform game and the sequel to Rayman. It was developed by Ubisoft and first released on October 29, 1999. It is considered to have raised standards regarding 3D, level design and game play, being praised by numerous reviews...
. Although he was the main antagonist in the video game, in the TV series however, he was the main antagonist's assistant, the main antagonist part went to Rigatoni.
Inspector Grub
He's sent by Rigatoni to bring Rayman and his friends back to Rigatoni's circus.Original French Voice Cast
- Emmanuel Garijo as Rayman
- Michel Elias as Sir Rigatoni, Cookie and Inspector Grub
- Patricia LegrandPatricia LegrandPatricia Legrand is a French voice actress who specializes in dubbing.-Television animation:*The Adventures of Tintin *Argai: The Prophecy *Back to the Future: The Animated Series...
as Betina - Patrice Baudrier as LacMac
- Emmanuel Fouquet as Additional Voices
- Patrick Guillemin as Admiral Razorbeard
- Philippe Bozo as Additional Voices
- Catherine Hamilty as Additional Voices
- Olivier Hémon as Additional Voices
- Marie Vincent as Additional Voices
English-Dub Voice Cast
- Billy WestBilly WestWilliam Richard "Billy" West is an American voice actor. Born in Detroit but raised in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Billy launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN. He left the radio station to work on the short-lived revival...
as RaymanRaymanRayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,... - Carlos AlazraquiCarlos AlazraquiCarlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Denzel Q...
as Admiral Razorbeard, Cookie - Carolyn LawrenceCarolyn LawrenceCarolyn Lawrence is a American actress and voice actress best known for her long-running-role as Sandy Cheeks on SpongeBob SquarePants.-Life and career:...
as Betina (Episodes 1 and 2) - Lacey ChabertLacey ChabertLacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls...
as Betina (Episode 3) - Kath SoucieKath SoucieKatherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
as Betina (Episode 4) - Kate Donahue as Additional Voices
- Danny MannDanny MannDaniel "Danny" Mann is an American voice actor, writer, singer, musician, and production manager. He is best known for his voice of Hector from Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, Freeway, Cloudraker and Lightspeed in Transformers, Backwoods Beagle in DuckTales, Kaltag in Balto, Ferdinand from Babe,...
as Sir Rigatoni, Lac-Mac, Inspector Grub - Candi MiloCandi MiloCandi Milo is an American voice actress and singer. She voiced many different animated characters such as the voice of Jacobo on Disney's The Replacements, Coco, Madame Foster and Cheese on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Irma Lair on Disney's W.I.T.C.H., lead character Maya Santos on Maya &...
as Additional Voices - Brian StepanekBrian StepanekBrian Stepanek is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Arwin Hawkhauser in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...
as Inspector Grub, Additional Voices
August 2, 1999,-April 3, 2000
Equivalents
RaymanRayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
: Himself
Betina: Betilla the Fairy
Cookie: Teensies
LacMac: Globox
Flips : Murfy
Sir Rigatoni : Himself
Admiral Razorbeard : Himself
Inspector Grub : Henchman 800
Production
Apparently, a total of thirteen episodes were planned, but after the fourth episode was completed, the show was canceled, due to poor writing and lack of funds despite being funded by the government of Quebec, Canada, and they were aired in very few countries in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, notably France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The fifth, unfinished episode was to be called "My Fair LacMac," earning much fan speculation about the episode's content. This episode was almost done in production, but it had to stop at the last minute.
VHS & DVD releases
Although very rare, the Rayman animated series is available on VHS and DVD. An English-dubbedEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
VHS was released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, while a French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
one can be found in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. A DVD is also available, but only in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Though the text on the cover is in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
-dubbed versions are included as well as the original French version. This is most likely to be found on major auction sites such as eBay
EBay
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.
Trivia
- In "No Parking," when Grub crashes into some boxes, they have Ed, the main character from Tonic TroubleTonic TroubleTonic Trouble is a 3D platforming video game by Ubisoft Montreal. The story follows the main character, Ed, after a magic potion spills on the Earth and causes vegetables to become living killers. The game was received poorly; critics cite poor controls, a wordy exposition, and sloppy graphics...
, on them. Inside the crates are jack-in-the boxes with Ed's head on the tip of the springs.
- Rigatoni and Razorbeard are only seen in the first episode.
- Rayman uses his magical powers only in "No Parking," when he has to save Flips.
- Razorbeard's pirate hat is different in the series. His mouth is only seen in the series as well (strangely, the mouth was under his beard).
- The map of Aéropolis shows much resemblance to "Band Land" from the PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
RaymanRaymanRayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
game.
- In "No Parking", Cookie's surname was mentioned as being Levagetto. This was also mentioned in "High Anxiety", making him the only character in the series, aside from Grub, with a confirmed surname.
- Grub's first name is Archie.
- "High Anxiety" is actually a parody of the 1977 Mel Brooks film of the same name.