Spliced (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Spliced is a Canadian
animated television series produced by Teletoon
and Nelvana
. The series made its world premiere on Jetix
in Latin America
on April 20, 2009. The series currently airs in Canada
on Teletoon
, in the United States
on qubo
, in Australia
on ABC3
, in the United Kingdom
on Nicktoons, in Latin America
on Disney XD
, and in Sweden
on Nickelodeon. The series began airing in the United States
on qubo
on September 19, 2009 until the network dropped it from its lineup on October 24, 2009 but returned on September 28, 2010 as part of its "Night Owl
" block.
. They live in an isolated tropical island called Keep Away Island. The mad scientist
who created them was arrested and removed by authorities via boat. Left to their own devices, the mutated beasts form a society based on what little they know about humanity from television
, radio
and comics.
and playing a game called "bucket-stick-fruit-ball" with his best friend Entrée that always ends with someone being hurt. Peri is voiced by Rob Stefaniuk
.
) is the best friend of Peri. He is a mutant that is part cow, pig
, chicken
and shrimp
. He was created for the purpose of being eaten. His home is a giant pizza oven and his bed is a barbecue
grill. He walks with his udders and has named them Nugget, Pokey, Cranky, Commador Uddersworth, Tina, A.J., Nippocles, and an unnamed seventh whom Entrèe claims will give it power should its name be spoken. Entrèe is very susceptible to evil, most of the time he ends up causing more destruction than Mr. Smarty Smarts. He is fond of food, especially mayonnaise
. Entrée is voiced by Joe Pingue
.
whose hindquarters are a bird
character named Lord Wingus Eternum. Two-Legs Joe is the mayor of the city, which ends up being destroyed most of the time. Wingus' species was also the Doctor's first and best creation. Two-legs Joe is voiced by Pat McKenna, and Wingus is voiced by Tom McCamus
.
that happened to live on Keep Away Island when the Doctor set up shop. She feels very lonely on Keep Away Island being the only creature that is not spliced. She is an author and has been shown writing a book of poetry as well as the novel: "Marzipan Meadows and the Kingdom of Adventure". She is a master of the martial art "Plat Kwon Do". Patricia is voiced by Katie Crown
.
onto the body of a gorilla
. She is one of the more aggressive mutants, but because she has the mental capacity of a very young girl, she doesn't quite understand how big and strong she is and often hurts others when she is simply trying to play with them or give them a hug. She also has a rather short temper, and will intentionally hurt any mutant who angers her. Her tree house is located deep in the forest and is completely pink inside, and she herself is colored pink and purple. She wears a ballet tutu
and slippers and enjoys very girly things. Although she's a girl, her voice is quite masculine and deep. Princess Pony Apehands is voiced by Kedar Brown.
with a computer implanted. He has very limited animation, for example: He cannot move his lips but speaks similarly to Stephen Hawking
, with a synthesized voice through his keyboard. His best friend is Calcupony and his rival is AlphaDonkey. In the virtual game "Cube Whacker" he's known as OmegaSteed. OmegaSteed is voiced by Mark Dailey
.
.
, chimp and a Jack Russell Terrier
with a well-developed primate brain, who attempts to take over the island. His lair is located on a slope of the volcano. Mister Smarty Smarts is voiced by Mike Kiss.
Octocat is a combination of a cat
and an octopus
. She is Mister Smarty Smarts's assistant(minion). Unlike the other mutants, she cannot talk, conversing solely in meows, but the others are still able to understand her. Octocat is voiced by Katie Crown
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
animated television series produced by Teletoon
Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)
Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...
and Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
. The series made its world premiere on Jetix
Disney XD (Latin America)
Disney XD Latin America is a cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney XD broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on November 8, 1996 as The Fox Kids Network. The network took on its current name on July 3, 2009. It is broadcast...
in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
on April 20, 2009. The series currently airs in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on Teletoon
Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)
Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on qubo
Qubo
Qubo is a multi-platform children's television specialty channel endeavor operated as a joint venture between ION Media Networks, NBCUniversal, Nelvana, Scholastic Corporation, and Classic Media...
, in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on ABC3
ABC3
-Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under...
, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on Nicktoons, in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
on Disney XD
Disney XD (Latin America)
Disney XD Latin America is a cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney XD broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on November 8, 1996 as The Fox Kids Network. The network took on its current name on July 3, 2009. It is broadcast...
, and in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
on Nickelodeon. The series began airing in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on qubo
Qubo
Qubo is a multi-platform children's television specialty channel endeavor operated as a joint venture between ION Media Networks, NBCUniversal, Nelvana, Scholastic Corporation, and Classic Media...
on September 19, 2009 until the network dropped it from its lineup on October 24, 2009 but returned on September 28, 2010 as part of its "Night Owl
Qubo Night Owl
Qubo Night Owl is a late night programming block on the American digital subchannel network Qubo, consisting of animated children's programming from the mid-1980s produced by defunct animation studio Filmation, via Qubo's programming deal with Classic Media, which purchased the rights to the...
" block.
Plot
Spliced tells the story of mutants that are the result of genetic experiments created by recombinant DNARecombinant DNA
Recombinant DNA molecules are DNA sequences that result from the use of laboratory methods to bring together genetic material from multiple sources, creating sequences that would not otherwise be found in biological organisms...
. They live in an isolated tropical island called Keep Away Island. The mad scientist
Mad scientist
A mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
who created them was arrested and removed by authorities via boat. Left to their own devices, the mutated beasts form a society based on what little they know about humanity from television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and comics.
Characters
Peri
Peri (short for failed exPERIment number 13) is a mutant of indeterminate species. His home is a plane that crashed on the island. He enjoys bowlingBowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
and playing a game called "bucket-stick-fruit-ball" with his best friend Entrée that always ends with someone being hurt. Peri is voiced by Rob Stefaniuk
Rob Stefaniuk
Rob Stefaniuk is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer who has worked in numerous television shows and films as both guest actor and series regular...
.
Entrée
Entrée (named in reference to the food courseEntrée
An entrée is a dish served before the main course, or between two principal courses of a meal.The disappearance in the early 20th century of a large communal main course such as a roast as a standard part of the meal in the English-speaking world has led to the term being used to describe the main...
) is the best friend of Peri. He is a mutant that is part cow, pig
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...
, chicken
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
and shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
. He was created for the purpose of being eaten. His home is a giant pizza oven and his bed is a barbecue
Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
grill. He walks with his udders and has named them Nugget, Pokey, Cranky, Commador Uddersworth, Tina, A.J., Nippocles, and an unnamed seventh whom Entrèe claims will give it power should its name be spoken. Entrèe is very susceptible to evil, most of the time he ends up causing more destruction than Mr. Smarty Smarts. He is fond of food, especially mayonnaise
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, , often abbreviated as mayo, is a sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. Lecithin in the egg yolk is the emulsifier. Mayonnaise varies in color but is often white, cream, or pale...
. Entrée is voiced by Joe Pingue
Joe Pingue
Joe Pingue is a Canadian actor.His film credits include The Boondock Saints, Pushing Tin, Repo Men, The Book of Eli and Knockaround Guys....
.
Two-Legs Joe and Lord Wingus Eternum
Two-legs Joe is an armless rhinocerosRhinoceros
Rhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
whose hindquarters are a bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
character named Lord Wingus Eternum. Two-Legs Joe is the mayor of the city, which ends up being destroyed most of the time. Wingus' species was also the Doctor's first and best creation. Two-legs Joe is voiced by Pat McKenna, and Wingus is voiced by Tom McCamus
Tom McCamus
Tom McCamus is an award-winning Canadian film and theatre actor who is most widely known for his work on the science-fiction television show Mutant X....
.
Patricia
Patricia is a platypusPlatypus
The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...
that happened to live on Keep Away Island when the Doctor set up shop. She feels very lonely on Keep Away Island being the only creature that is not spliced. She is an author and has been shown writing a book of poetry as well as the novel: "Marzipan Meadows and the Kingdom of Adventure". She is a master of the martial art "Plat Kwon Do". Patricia is voiced by Katie Crown
Katie Crown
Katie Crown is a Canadian actress hailing from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She made her first film appearance in the film Uranium as the doctor Joe Blow. In 2004, she won the Tim Sim's Encouragement award for her comedy.-Filmography:- External links :*...
.
Princess Pony Apehands
Princess Pony Apehands has the head and tail of a ponyPony
A pony is a small horse . Depending on context, a pony may be a horse that is under an approximate or exact height at the withers, or a small horse with a specific conformation and temperament. There are many different breeds...
onto the body of a gorilla
Gorilla
Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
. She is one of the more aggressive mutants, but because she has the mental capacity of a very young girl, she doesn't quite understand how big and strong she is and often hurts others when she is simply trying to play with them or give them a hug. She also has a rather short temper, and will intentionally hurt any mutant who angers her. Her tree house is located deep in the forest and is completely pink inside, and she herself is colored pink and purple. She wears a ballet tutu
Tutu
Tutu may refer to:* Ballet tutu, a type of costume for ballet performances* Tutu , poisonous New Zealand plants of the genus Coriaria* Tutu , a 1986 album by Miles Davis* Tūtū, a composition by Liliuokalani of Hawaii...
and slippers and enjoys very girly things. Although she's a girl, her voice is quite masculine and deep. Princess Pony Apehands is voiced by Kedar Brown.
Compuhorse
Compuhorse is a horseHorse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
with a computer implanted. He has very limited animation, for example: He cannot move his lips but speaks similarly to Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
, with a synthesized voice through his keyboard. His best friend is Calcupony and his rival is AlphaDonkey. In the virtual game "Cube Whacker" he's known as OmegaSteed. OmegaSteed is voiced by Mark Dailey
Mark Dailey
Mark Edward Dailey was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer. He was the host of 11 p.m...
.
Fuzzy Snuggums
Fuzzy is a small explorer seeking adventure beyond the island but always fails. He often begins talking with the phrase "Expedition note...". Though usually small and cute, Fuzzy's true form personality, which can resurface under extreme circumstances, is that of a giant, musclebound brawler. Fuzzy Snuggums is voiced by Julie LemieuxJulie Lemieux
-Character voices:Julie Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino and Young Sapphire in Sailor Moon, Darien Shields in Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose, and Peruru in Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole. She has also played Funshine Bear Care Bears:...
.
Mister Smarty Smarts
Mister Smarty Smarts is a dolphinDolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
, chimp and a Jack Russell Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier
The Jack Russell terrier is a small terrier that has its origins in fox hunting. It is principally white-bodied smooth, rough or broken-coated which is commonly confused with the Parson Russell terrier and the Russell terrier with the term "Jack Russell" commonly misapplied to other small white...
with a well-developed primate brain, who attempts to take over the island. His lair is located on a slope of the volcano. Mister Smarty Smarts is voiced by Mike Kiss.
Octocat
Octocat is a combination of a cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
and an octopus
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
. She is Mister Smarty Smarts's assistant(minion). Unlike the other mutants, she cannot talk, conversing solely in meows, but the others are still able to understand her. Octocat is voiced by Katie Crown
Katie Crown
Katie Crown is a Canadian actress hailing from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She made her first film appearance in the film Uranium as the doctor Joe Blow. In 2004, she won the Tim Sim's Encouragement award for her comedy.-Filmography:- External links :*...
.
Censorship and rating
In the US, the series was originally rated TV-PG, but after it returned on September 28, 2010, it was now rated TV-Y7-FV, due to its extreme gross humor and scariness. In Canada, it is rated G, which is a family friendly rating.External links
- Spliced at NelvanaNelvanaNelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
- Spliced at TeletoonTélétoon (Canadian TV channel)Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...
- Spliced at ABC3ABC3-Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under...
- Spliced at Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD Latin America is a cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney XD broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on November 8, 1996 as The Fox Kids Network. The network took on its current name on July 3, 2009. It is broadcast...