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There is also a VHS of the 1969 animated feature ''Tintin and the Temple of The Sun ''that included a ''Gîbus'' episode: ''Gîbus et les gogos ''(Biceps steals Gîbus' laughing hand puppets, the gogos, and turns them evil)''.''
There is also a VHS of the 1969 animated feature ''Tintin and the Temple of The Sun ''that included a ''Gîbus'' episode: ''Gîbus et les gogos ''(Biceps steals Gîbus' laughing hand puppets, the gogos, and turns them evil)''.''
In October of 2017, French nostalgia forum Le Pays du Manga (''"the Land of Manga"'', aka LPDM) has managed to find 8 other episodes.


==List of known episode titles==
==List of known episode titles==
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#Gîbus pique-nique ("Gîbus goes on a picnic")
#Gîbus pique-nique ("Gîbus goes on a picnic")
#Gîbus contre le bonhomme de neige ("Gîbus VS. the snowman")
#Gîbus contre le bonhomme de neige ("Gîbus VS. the snowman")
#Gîbus et Pharaon  ("Gîbus and the Pharaoh")
#Gîbus et Pharaon  ("Gîbus and the Pharaoh") - found by LPDM
#Gîbus perd la boule  ("Gîbus loses his mind")
#Gîbus perd la boule  ("Gîbus loses his mind") - found by LPDM
#Gîbus toréro  ("Bullfighter Gîbus")
#Gîbus toréro  ("Bullfighter Gîbus") - found by LPDM
#Gîbus et l'auto magique  ("Gîbus and the magical car")
#Gîbus et l'auto magique  ("Gîbus and the magical car")
#Gîbus et les pêcheurs de perles ("Gîbus and the pearl fishers") - available
#Gîbus et les pêcheurs de perles ("Gîbus and the pearl fishers") - available
#Gîbus contre le fakir  ("Gîbus VS. the fakir")
#Gîbus contre le fakir  ("Gîbus VS. the fakir")
#Gîbus fait ses preuves  ("Gîbus proves himself")
#Gîbus fait ses preuves  ("Gîbus proves himself")
#Gîbus et les gogos ("Gîbus and the gogos") - on Tintin VHS
#Gîbus et les gogos ("Gîbus and the gogos") - on Tintin VHS, found by LPDM
#Gîbus au Texas ("Gîbus in Texas")
#Gîbus au Texas ("Gîbus in Texas")
#Gîbus somnambule ("Sleepwalking Gîbus")
#Gîbus somnambule ("Sleepwalking Gîbus")
#Gîbus et l'île au trésor ("Gîbus and the treasure island")
#Gîbus et l'île au trésor ("Gîbus and the treasure island")
#Gîbus 1er de cordée ("Gîbus leading the rope team")
#Gîbus 1er de cordée ("Gîbus leading the rope team") - found by LPDM
#Gîbus au bal masqué ("Gîbus at the costume party")
#Gîbus au bal masqué ("Gîbus at the costume party") - found by LPDM


==Available episodes==
==Available episodes==
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==References==
==References==
*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673547/ IMDB page
*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673547/ IMDB page
*http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5825&sid=add343a110f5051d798227438f36a7f6 Forum topic talking about the series
*http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5825&sid=add343a110f5051d798227438f36a7f6 Forum topic talking about the series
*http://www.vhsdb.org/fiche.php?vhs=uleo92pb&PHPSESSID=120a76b910b43916106fc642c700e217 VHS website talking about the Tintin VHS
*http://www.vhsdb.org/fiche.php?vhs=uleo92pb&PHPSESSID=120a76b910b43916106fc642c700e217 VHS website talking about the Tintin VHS
*http://dessins-animes.com/das/2237/name/gibus_le_magicien Original list of episodes (partial)
*http://dessins-animes.com/das/2237/name/gibus_le_magicien Original list of episodes (partial)



Revision as of 22:36, 11 December 2017

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Gîbus, the main character of the series..

Status: Partially Lost

Gîbus is a 1965 animated series produced by the Belgian studio Belvision. It had 26 episodes of 6 minutes in length each.

Premise

The series was about the random adventures of a small stage magician named Gîbus (his name is a French word for the collapsible type of top hat stage magicians wear). He often confronts a large and brutish villain called Biceps.

In order to avoid confusion with multiple other uses of the word "gibus", the series is frequently referred as "Gibus le magicien" (Gibus the magician) among watchers (not to mention the circumflex accent is very often omitted).

Availability

The series was aired only a few times ever since its creation. According to some witnesses, the last time it was aired was in 1993 on French cable channel Canal J.

Gîbus never had a VHS release, or a DVD release in any form, and its episodes are now very hard to find. So far, only two episodes are available on the Internet.

Appearances on Tintin VHS tapes

Animation studio Belvision also created the first Adventures of Tintin animated series in the 1960s, so, when some of its episodes were released on VHS, they would sometimes come with an episode of Gîbus as well.

This is similar to what was done with the old French animated series Virgul, of which two episodes would often appear at the beginning and the end of Fil à Film VHS tapes for children's media.

One contributor, Reynard, remembers owning a very long time ago a VHS of two-part episode The Calculus Affair that came with a Gîbus episode, different from the two available online.

However, he couldn't tell from the plot (Biceps impersonates a businessman to steal a crystal ball and a young female agent helps Gîbus thwart him) the episode title. It is likely there are more copies of the episode, since cable channel CFI (Canal France International) once aired the Calculus Affair episodes along with that same Gîbus episode.

It is possible this episode is the first one, Gîbus est un héros, since Gîbus receives a medal at the end for his bravery. It could also be Gîbus perd la boule, which literally means "Gîbus loses the ball" (a French expression for becoming crazy), and could be related to the crystal ball plot.

There is also a VHS of the 1969 animated feature Tintin and the Temple of The Sun that included a Gîbus episode: Gîbus et les gogos (Biceps steals Gîbus' laughing hand puppets, the gogos, and turns them evil).

In October of 2017, French nostalgia forum Le Pays du Manga ("the Land of Manga", aka LPDM) has managed to find 8 other episodes.

List of known episode titles

  1. Gîbus est un héros ("Gîbus is a hero") - on Tintin VHS?
  2. Gîbus contre Biceps ("Gîbus VS. Biceps")
  3. Gîbus joue et gagne ("Gîbus plays and wins")
  4. Gîbus et le rhinocéros ("Gîbus and the rhinoceros")
  5. Gîbus vainqueur à Waterloo ("Gîbus wins Waterloo") - available
  6. Gîbus pique-nique ("Gîbus goes on a picnic")
  7. Gîbus contre le bonhomme de neige ("Gîbus VS. the snowman")
  8. Gîbus et Pharaon  ("Gîbus and the Pharaoh") - found by LPDM
  9. Gîbus perd la boule  ("Gîbus loses his mind") - found by LPDM
  10. Gîbus toréro  ("Bullfighter Gîbus") - found by LPDM
  11. Gîbus et l'auto magique  ("Gîbus and the magical car")
  12. Gîbus et les pêcheurs de perles ("Gîbus and the pearl fishers") - available
  13. Gîbus contre le fakir  ("Gîbus VS. the fakir")
  14. Gîbus fait ses preuves  ("Gîbus proves himself")
  15. Gîbus et les gogos ("Gîbus and the gogos") - on Tintin VHS, found by LPDM
  16. Gîbus au Texas ("Gîbus in Texas")
  17. Gîbus somnambule ("Sleepwalking Gîbus")
  18. Gîbus et l'île au trésor ("Gîbus and the treasure island")
  19. Gîbus 1er de cordée ("Gîbus leading the rope team") - found by LPDM
  20. Gîbus au bal masqué ("Gîbus at the costume party") - found by LPDM

Available episodes

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An episode.

References