Untalkative Bunny is a Canadian

Canada

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/British

United Kingdom

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 co-produced animated series about a yellow rabbit

Rabbit

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 and its life in the big city (closely based on Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Canada

Canada

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.) The series consists of small episodes (about 4–5 minutes long each), and are aired by Teletoon, as well as Disney in many parts of the world including the UK & France (excluding the US). It no longer airs on Teletoon. It was cancelled after June 2005. The episodes usually deal with Bunny and the problems of a modern life in the big city, and often present surreal

Surrealism

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 elements. The show is full of "modern life" elements, such as diet

Dieting

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s, vegetarianism

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, racism

Racism

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, and environmentalism

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.

The name of the show comes from the fact that Bunny, the main character, never says any word at all, expressing itself completely by facial expressions and other forms of body language. The true gender

Gender

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 of Bunny is not completely defined, since it seems to portray both gender role

Gender role

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s in different episodes.

Other recurring characters include:

• Squirrel: An orange Squirrel, who frequently pays visits to Bunny, and lives in the wild (as far as a city allows, such as city parks), but still with all the affordable modern comforts. He is sometimes accompanied with his son and daughter.
• Emu: A grumpy, frustrated cantankerous blue emu
  Emu
  The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. There are three subspecies of Emus in Australia...
  
   who usually puts Bunny in bad situations.
• Friendly Friend: An unknown creature who usually annoys Bunny.
• Beaver: A beaver with the latest trends. His favorite sport is hockey.

65 five minute episodes were made for the first season. A subsequent 2nd and 3rd season was made with Dawn Wilton supervising the co-writers from the first season. Some of the episodes in the third season were written solely by the UK department. The cartoon soundtrack consists of a wide range of musical styles including bossa nova

Bossa nova

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 and jazz

Jazz

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tunes written by Canadian composers David Burns and Wayne Bartlett.

Season one

• Note, the episodes in blue are about Untalkative Bunny's adventure outside the city, and Squirrel's mission to find him; the episodes in gold are specials, and the episodes in khaki are Untalkative Bunny's fairs.

#	Title	Plot
1	Pilot	Untalkative Bunny receives a call from a telemarketer.
2	Bunny Fish	Untalkative Bunny swims to an underwater arabesque when his apartment is flooded.
3	Clam!	Untalkative Bunny is harassed by a talkative clam.
4	Squirrel of Horror	Untalkative Bunny is stalked by Squirrel with a bag of pistachio nuts.
5	Passport Photo	Untalkative Bunny poses for pictures to get to Honolulu.
6	Ballet Lesson	Untalkative Bunny takes a CD-ROM ballet lesson and must maintain a cheesecake-free figure.
7	Rain Day	Untalkative Bunny mails a letter in the rain.
8	Airport Luggage Tags	Untalkative Bunny visits the airport as luggage.
9	A Relaxing Afternoon with Dostoyevsky	Untalkative Bunny's afternoon is disturbed by bells and buzzers.
10	Autumn	Untalkative Bunny turns his apartment into a sick ward for fallen leaves.
11	New Sofa	Untalkative Bunny has his sighing eyes on a horse pattern sofa.
12	Milk Day	Untalkative Bunny milks a cow in a grocery store.
13	Papa Bunny	Untalkative Bunny takes in three stray kittens.
14	Cat Door Bunny	Untalkative Bunny trespasses a house like Goldilocks.
15	Squirrel Likes Nuts	Untalkative Bunny is overexposed to Squirrel and his Hoard.
16	Mascot Bunny	Untalkative Bunny and Emu try out for a cheerleading team's mascot position.
17	Squirrel Problem	Squirrel has a pesty appetite for birdseed.
18	Office Building	Untalkative Bunny puzzles with an elevator.
19	Youth of Today	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel represent the youth of today.
20	Friendly Friend	Untalkative Bunny meets Friendly for the first time before future misused appearances.
21	Boogeyman	Untalkative Bunny's bedtime is disturbed.
22	Fly Bunny	Untalkative Bunny undergoes a metamorphosis.
23	Short Ears	Untalkative Bunny's hair is styled by Jordano.
24	Cleaning The Apartment	Untalkative Bunny cleans up.
25	Enjoy Your Meal	Untalkative Bunny is put off by the attentive wait staff.
26	Fitness Centre	Untalkative Bunny Pumps up.
27	Squirrel Safari	Untalkative Bunny faints from an encounter with a tribe of soundmaking squirrels.
28	Chocolate Bunny	Untalkative Bunny schemes to rescue a chocolate bunny from the sun.
29	Psychiatrist	Untalkative Bunny slams teachers in a therapy session.
30	Airplane Ride	Untalkative Bunny abandons Happy Air Flight 909.
31	Sheep Federation	Untalkative Bunny is sheered by a duncey sheep federation.
32	Stuck in a Dump	Untalkative Bunny gets driven to a dump outside of town.
33	Farm Animals	Untalkative Bunny is missing; Squirrel sets up a search for his missing friend.
34	Animal Music	Untalkative Bunny disco dances through the night with a newly hatched chick.
35	Country Morning	Untalkative Bunny wakes up perched on a fencepost and is caught having coffee.
36	Big Race	A fox is enamoured by Untalkative Bunny.
37	Rare Golden Sloth	Untalkative Bunny poses as a golden sloth at the zoo.
38	At The Movies	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel rent a Mothra video when their theatre experience is dashed.
39	Black Out	Emu skulks in Untalkative Bunny's apartment during a blackout.
40	Late Bunny	Untalkative Bunny is late for school and has a chat with the principal.
41	Book Store	Untalkative Bunny is mistaken for a reclusive author at a bookstore.
42	The Vet	Squirrel gorges on peanut butter.
43	The Horror of Loneliness	Untalkative Bunny follows a radio doctor's hugging cure for loneliness.
44	Kindergarten	Untalkative Bunny is stifled in kindergarten.
45	Shower Curtain Bunny	Untalkative Bunny rubs soap in his eyes and gets caught in his shower curtain.
46	Car Trouble	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel become terrible mechanics.
47	Turkey	Untalkative Bunny frees a turkey from the supermarket with a personality to shrug about
48	Pet Shop	Untalkative Bunny browses a pet store and makes a purchase.
49	Fishing Trip	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel befriend dolphins.
50	Squirrel's Party	Squirrel's son is one year older and crushes Untalkative Bunny with an ungracious response to his gift.
51	Mangoose	Untalkative Bunny has a creepy faced introduction to a pink-faced Mangoose.
52	Summer Camp	Untalkative Bunny camps unhappily.
53	Weather Report	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel bring the elements indoors through mime.
54	Police Questioning	Untalkative Bunny is a suspect.
55	Fashion Bunny	Untalkative Bunny models a fruit plate.
56	On Vacation	Emu spoils the salad bar at the Giant Peanut Motel.
57	Sleeping Pastry Ballet	Untalkative Bunny, Squirrel, and Emu perform a ballet story.
58	Cell Phone	Untalkative Bunny runs errands for the father of a stranger who tossed out his cell phone.
59	Vegetable Factory	Untalkative Bunny wanders through a vegetable factory.
60	Big Date	A matchmaking cat sets Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel up on a date.
61	Bunny and Beaver	Untalkative Bunny visits Beaver for his television set.
62	Bungee Bunny	Untalkative Bunny cautiously approaches an elastic thrill recreation activity.
63	Sports Store	Untalkative Bunny shops at a sports store and lets his football imagination run wild.
64	Acting School	Untalkative Bunny joins an acting school and flexes his thespian talents.
65	In the Basement	Untalkative Bunny blows a fuse and explores the basement of his apartment building.
66	Gymnastics	Untalkative Bunny holds his own Olympics.

Season two

#	Title	Plot
67	Tropical Fantasy	Mer-Emu appears in Untalkative Bunny's fantasy escape from a cold apartment.
68	Warm Neighbours	Emu fuels his fireplace with his neighbour's clothes.
69	Squirrel Hotel	Untalkative Bunny journey's to the centre of Squirrel Hotel.
70	Bunny Buns	Untalkative Bunny bakes a warm wardrobe.
71	Hot Party	Untalkative Bunny hosts a lame party.
72	Goodbye TV	Untalkative Bunny parts with his beloved television set.
73	A Show For Everyone	Untalkative Bunny visits his neighbours with cable television.
74	Hoard All You Can	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel watch Emu participate in the grocery game show "Hoard All You Can".
75	Real Life Drama	Untalkative Bunny walks in on the set of a soap opera drama.
76	Friends Are Better Than Cable	Untalkative Bunny has friends and a film projector.
77	Vegetarian Vigilantes	Untalkative Bunny tries to jog out his carrot cake gut.
78	Marathon	Untalkative Bunny races as an international star athlete.
79	Socks & Sandals	Untalkative Bunny shops at a health food store and gets hit in the wallet.
80	Yoga Master	Untalkative Bunny takes up yoga and gets an inaccurate aura reading.
81	Silent Skater	Untalkative Bunny takes up skating to impress girls.
82	Mistress Rainbow	Untalkative Bunny impressionably calls a psychic hotline.
83	Teen Idol Concert Fun	Untalkative Bunny has teen idol concert fun.
84	Book Club	Untalkative Bunny joins a severe book club.
85	Fairy Tale Curse	Untalkative Bunny transports himself into medieval times while at the theatre.
86	Video Game Challenge	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel duel at the arcade on a game called "Hoard All You Can."
87	What's that Noise?	Emu gets a specific kind of piano and reveals a possible sensitive side.
88	Too Much Bunny	Emu redecorates his apartment; however, he is fickle.
89	Secret Passageway	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel explore a voyeur's (not-well-hidden) passageway.
90	Beach Escape	Untalkative Bunny escapes jackhammers at the beach.
91	Don't Play At Construction Sites	Untalkative Bunny plays at a construction site and gets encased in concrete.
92	Friendly Together	Untalkative Bunny shares tea with a Friendly Friend and feels alone in the world.
93	Squirrel Family Reunion	Untalkative Bunny Joins Squirrel for classic family reunion games.
94	Long Lost Llama	With dial-up internet, Untalkative Bunny enlists a family finding service to bring a living animal in his life.
95	Singles Mixer	Untalkative Bunny mingles and dates.
96	Phone-a-Friend	Untalkative Bunny puts Nazca lines in his carpet and gives Phone-a-Friend Enterprises a second chance.
97	Eating With Manners	Untalkative Bunny, Squirrel, and Emu are in for a half-hour of being taught etiquette.
98	Opening Doors	Untalkative Bunny amuses himself by a dream sequence about a walking carrot.
99	Proper Grooming	Untalkative Bunny, Squirrel, and Emu watch a film about grooming while having crumbs in their fur.
100	Animal Obedience	Emu has a conditioned relationship with French soft cheeses.
102	The Last Nut	Squirrel goes to the tall peanut butter sandwich.
103	Mystery Friend	Untalkative Bunny takes a spill from a runaway shopping cart.
104	Psychoalas	Emu swaps vacation homes with Australians.
105	Canape Killer	Untalkative Bunny is invited to an evening of mystery.
106	Concerned Marmot Surfers	A wave sweeps Untalkative Bunny into an underwater castle.
107	Marmoteer Recruitment	Untalkative Bunny is visited by a cute premise and professional marmot model.
108	Charity Gala	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel attend a fundraiser.
109	Volunteer Round Up	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel sample volunteering opportunities.
110	Catch and Release	Untalkative Bunny is misguidedly shuttled to the forest. Then he has a social afternoon.
111	Art Museum	Untalkative Bunny takes a stringment afternoon at the art museum, but is turned into conceptual art.
112	Smile-A-Matic 3000	Untalkative Bunny suffers hits of disturbance.
113	Betty Sue	Untalkative Bunny's misassigned compassion appeals an animate doll.
114	Sound and Smell	Untalkative Bunny has a fashion show on his ears and purchases a home sensory ambiance improvement device.
115	Vendor	Untalkative Bunny exercises his face before a ballet studio's vending machine arrives.
116	Robotic Home Beauty Centre Deluxe	Untalkative Bunny is made over by a monstrously fangled beauty machine.
117	Medieval Fair	Yellow Sir gets a friendship scroll at the fair; Beaver makes a lagoon appearance.
118	Organization Fair	Untalkative Bunny finds out orderliness cramps his living.
119	Food Fair	Untalkative Bunny spices up his palate at the food fair.
120	Home Decor Fair	Once again, Untalkative Bunny is dumped out in a dumpster again.
121	Franchise Fair	Untalkative Bunny is sold on fruit and vegetable paper product.
122	Get a Lifestyle	Untalkative Bunny gets his home remodelled.
123	Recreational City Hang Gliding	Squirrel presents his danger-cheating nature.
124	DJ Bun-E in the House	Untalkative Bunny has a velvety record collection and Emu has a pimped out ride.
125	Bunny Lake	Untalkative Bunny slides backstage on a performance of Swan Lake and dresses up.
126	Larry Tunes	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel go to see a perplexingly cheesy lounge act.
127	Paintball	Untalkative Bunny goes paintballing and admires his crafty look in goggles.
128	Temptation Hat	Untalkative Bunny returns a Carmen Miranda apple.
129	Practical Joker	Untalkative Bunny falls prey to a joke shop.
129	Dream Machine	Untalkative Bunny jobs up to a tri-tone lemon machine.
130	Amazing Crockery	Untalkative Bunny tries his hand at unappealing pratfallery.

Season three

• Note, the episodes in dark tangerine are Untalkative Bunny's adventures of discovering magic.

#	Title	Plot
131	Lettuce Make Magic	Untalkative Bunny pulls a rabbit out of a hat multiplied by heads of lettuce after he failed other kinds of magic.
132	Journey To The Bottom of The Hat	Untalkative Bunny journeys to the bottom of a hat.
133	Buttercups and Daisies	Untalkative Bunny becomes a fully fledged magician.
134	Card On the Window	Untalkative Bunny apprentices a card throwing trick.
135	Long Term Levitation	Untalkative Bunny can't stop floating adorably.
136	Cuckoo Crisis	Untalkative Bunny develops sewing skills and cute scenes of sleep-deprivation
137	Fur Ball	Untalkative Bunny gets a hairpiece.
138	Late Phobia	Untalkative Bunny has to get to macramé class on time.
139	Futuristic Ant Encounter	Untalkative Bunny shares his apartment with ants and has a watermelon-induced hallucination.
140	Youth Therapy	Untalkative Bunny turns back the clock.
141	Straight Down the Middle	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel take to the links.
142	Treasure Hunt	Untalkative Bunny and his whole gang compete in a scavenger hunt.
143	Hide & Seek	Untalkative Bunny corrals friends with the party game of hide and seek.
144	Soy Substitute Nut	Untalkative Bunny worries about nut allergies on behalf of Squirrel.
145	Knitting Circle	Untalkative Bunny joins a stereotypically inane knitting circle.
146	Go-Karting	Untalkative Bunny, Squirrel, and Emu race.
147	Eye Test	Untalkative Bunny gets prescription glasses.
148	Plant Pal	Untalkative Bunny raises an ungrateful flytrap.
149	Garnish Me Beautiful	Garnish overload.
150	Squirrel Sitting	Untalkative Bunny is a poor disciplinarian.
151	Day Trip	Untalkative Bunny travels the countryside by rail
152	Seaside Safety	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel star in an instructional episode with funnily square narration.
153	Home of the Future	Untalkative Bunny gets a high-tech houseguest.
154	Hiccups	The horror of a hugging machine rids Untalkative Bunny's hiccups.
155	Superstition	Untalkative Bunny runs through a list of superstitions.
156	Horseback Heroes	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel are city mama's boys.
157	Portrait of a Bunny	Untalkative Bunny is misled by a portrait painter.
158	Secret Valentine	Emu has a secret Valentine.
159	Fairground Prizes	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel win a coconut at the midway.
160	Duckling Patrol	Ducklings hatch in Untalkative Bunny's window box.
161	That Certain Smile	Untalkative Bunny has a toothache.
162	Stress Busting	Untalkative Bunny gets stressed.
163	Lazybones	Untalkative Bunny's chores stack up.
164	Chopsticks	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel dine out and rescue a cat with giant utensils.
165	Robot Dog	Untalkative Bunny is a cat person.
166	Chain Letters	Untalkative Bunny gets a life-tip from the postman.
167	The Missing Piece	Untalkative Bunny scouts his house for the central piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
168	Goldibunny	Untalkative Bunny visits the Bear Brothers department store.
169	Superbunny	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel rescue citizens from the domestic unhandiness.
170	Aromatherapy Mud Wrap	Untalkative Bunny and Disco Chick have an introductory pass at the spa.
171	Urban Gardener	Untalkative Bunny grows an oasis in the city.
172	Window Cleaner	The most tickling snapshot of Emu.
173	Let There Be Light	Untalkative Bunny upgrades from a desk lamp to the hypnotic bulbs of a discothèque.
174	Piano Lesson	More player piano action.
175	Double Mocha	Untalkative Bunny breaks away from Starbucks.
176	Gotta Dance	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel have grace in their feet.
177	Cafe Society	Poet Cat passes Mellow Yellow some ketchup.
178	Cool Cat Jazz Bunny	Poet Cat hosts an evening party.
179	Museum Watchmen	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel take a shift as night watchmen.
180	Shhhhh!	Untalkative Bunny is shushed out of the library.
181	Hotel Fabuloso	Untalkative Bunny and the gang have a towel snapping frenzy.
182	Coffee Quitters	Untalkative Bunny sits in on a coffee quitting club.
183	Bunny Catches a Cold	Untalkative Bunny touches germs in a public washroom.
184	Sticker Mania	Naked Guy and Small Red Guy get into stickers.
185	Rare Stick Insect	A rare stick insect on Untalkative Bunny's television.
186	Taxi Ride	Untalkative Bunny gets in the cab of a discomforting driver.
187	Memories of the Forest	Untalkative Bunny and Squirrel tap a maple syrup bottle.
188	Passing the Puck	Untalkative Bunny passes a puck.
189	Squirrel's Revenge Driving School	Untalkative Bunny has a stint as a driving instructor.
190	Vertigo	Untalkative Bunny tours the CN Tower.
191	Hockey Fanatic	Untalkative Bunny and Beaver attend a hockey game.
192	Squirrel's New Friend	Untalkative Bunny renews his driver's licence on his birthday.
193	Musical Ride	Untalkative Bunny and Llama tour a local attraction.
194	Landromat Life	Untalkative Bunny interacts with humans at the laundromat.
195	Split Personality	Untalkative Bunny witnesses opposite personalities of Emu.

External links

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