The Hopkins (lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 2005)

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The Hopkins logo.jpeg

Official logo for the series.

Status: Lost

The Hopkins, also referred to as The Nicktoon Family, is a series of five 1-minute-long animated shorts produced by Studio Moshi that aired on Nickelodeon Australia starting in late 2005.[1]

Origin

A competition was held from March to June of 2005, named Search for The Nicktoon Family, where the grand prize was to be animated into a Nicktoon; According to marketing director David Ray, Nickelodeon were searching for a family that was "representative of modern Australia" and "reflective in a positive sense of what families are all about".[2]

This series was the result, and based on the winners out of the 5000 entries - The Hopkins family from Ferntree Gully, Victoria.[3] The main cast features characters modelled after Matthew, Jessica, Daniel and Tom, as well as their parents Jacqui and Tommy Hopkins.[4]

It was originally slated for October 2005 but instead premiered on December 16th, 2005 on the Sarvo programming block.

Status

For a while, the only material that had resurfaced was a promotional image on Nickelodeon Australia's website which shows a glimpse of the art style. And an official logo, which was presumably used in the episodes.

The portfolio of Ean Keat Ong, who provided animation work, states it used both 2D and 3D animation.[5]

Other credits that are currently known include Luke Jurevicius, who was a composer and voice actor for the series.[6] This suggests that the Hopkins family themselves did not do the voice acting for their characters.

When examining a page with a flash website for the schedule of The Hopkins, certain flash variables can be found by using inspect element, there is a description for a currently unknown wrestling episode, after cleaning up the text, the following result appears:

"Our Nicktoon family, the Hopkins, is always up to something. This family always seems to make normal routines abnormal! For instance, take breakfast time in the Hopkins' home:

At the breakfast table, there is a giant golden luxury chair. The first thing on everyone’s mind is how to get to this amazingly comfortable chair before any other Hopkins family member can sit in it.

So how better to sort it out than by wrestling for it! Lucky, the Hopkins' breakfast table converts into a wrestling ring, so every morning it’s a SITDOWN SMACKDOWN!!! Creative, a bit silly, but never boring, the Hopkins are true Nickheads!"[7]

On August 15, 2024, short clips of The Hopkins were uncovered in a showreel by Stephanie Howle on her Vimeo account, although its unknown if these clips are from any of the shorts.[8]

On the same day, LMW Discord user The ToonsOfJosh posted screencaps from multiple episodes on a forum post disscussing the subject, with the user stating that they were given to him by a user on the Nickstory Discord named the ultimate middlemost fanatic in 2023, who claims he found them trough the Wayback Machine.

Episode List

# Name Air Date Status
1 Unknown Dec 16th, 2005[9] Lost
2 Bath Matt Unknown Lost
3 Flee Wheeling Unknown Lost
4 Cake On The Brain! Unknown Lost
5 Unknown Wrestling Episode Unknown Lost

Gallery

Short clip from Stephanie Howle's Vimeo showreel, showcasing the show's animation style.

  • Screencaps from multiple episodes.

    Screencaps from multiple episodes.

  • Promotional art, via Nickelodeon Australia website on the Internet Archive.

    Promotional art, via Nickelodeon Australia website on the Internet Archive.

  • Card given to the Hopkins after winning the competition, found on a family member's Facebook account.

    Card given to the Hopkins after winning the competition, found on a family member's Facebook account.

See Also

Nickelodeon Australia

Anthology and Short Series

Bumpers and Promos

Films

Game Shows

Inaugural Series

Live Action

Pilots

Other

References

  1. ↑ The Age. 'Networking', 23/6/2005. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  2. ↑ The Age 'Matthews Hope to Become Aussie Simpsons', 5/6/2005. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  3. ↑ Nickelodeon Australia; Nicktoon Family, Mar 22 2005 via The Internet Archive. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  4. ↑ Nickelodeon Australia; Nicktoon Family - Profile, Dec 15, 2005, via The Internet Archive. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  5. ↑ LinkedIn; Ean Keat Ong, Senior Animator. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  6. ↑ LinkedIn; Luke Jurevicius, Director / Creator / Producer / Composer / Voice Actor. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
  7. ↑ Nickelodeon - The Nicktoon Family, Aug 21 2006 via The Internet Archive. Retrieved 07 Aug '24
  8. ↑ Stephanie Howle's showreel, which includes clips featuring The Hopkins. Retreived 15 Aug '24
  9. ↑ Nickelodeon Australia; Nicktoon Family (updated page), Dec 17 2005 via The Internet Archive. Retrieved 25 Dec '22
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