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'''''Zazoo U''''' was a television series that ran on Fox Kids from September 8th, 1990, to January 19th, 1991. It had a total of 13 half-hour episodes. The show never got a home media release. Currently, only 2 episodes are available online, while the rest remain missing.
'''''Zazoo U''''' was a television series that ran on Fox Kids from September 8th, 1990, to January 19th, 1991.<ref>https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/720</ref><ref>http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=101181E445FF091D&p_field_direct-0=document_id</ref> The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf and had a total of 13 half-hour episodes.<ref>Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 939–940. ISBN 978-1476665993.</ref>
 
==Premise==
''Zazoo U'' involves a higher learning institution called Zazoo U where all the people going there are animals, and the extraordinary is ordinary.<ref>Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 724. ISBN 978-1538103739.</ref>
 
==Availability==
''Zazoo U'' received three DVD releases in the UK containing the first six episodes. The rest of the episodes have never been released to home video and remain lost (two of them were also reportedly unaired in the US, which are marked with *) as the show was taken off the air in 1991, never to be seen again in the US afterward.
 
The series has been dubbed into Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Latin Spanish, European Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Of the foreign dubs, only the French dub of "One Single Seed" has been found, but the first three minutes are missing.
 
The show was acquired by Disney in 2001, as part of the Fox Family Worldwide library. It is currently unknown if it will be released on Disney+.<ref>https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/advanced-search?records_per_page=10&subquery=%7B%22queryTerm%22%3A%22Zazoo%20U%22%2C%22operatorType%22%3A%22%22%2C%22fieldHeading%22%3A%22Title%22%2C%22searchType%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%2C%22searchTypeReverseLookup%22%3A%7B%22exact%22%3A%22Is%20%28exact%29%22%2C%22starts_with%22%3A%22Starts%20with%22%2C%22contains%22%3A%22Contains%22%2C%22phrase%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%7D%7D&page_number=0&date_field=representative_date&sort_field=representative_date&sort_order=asc&type_of_record=motion_picture</ref><ref>https://dejaview.news/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/</ref><ref>https://chroniquedisney.fr/fil-01-ABC/serie-bvs-entertainment.htm</ref>


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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|1
|The Nine Mile Pile
|The Nine Mile Pile
|'''Lost'''
|All the students arrive at Zazoo U for the first class and immediately struggle to adjust to the school and to each other.
|[https://youtu.be/RsjHJJO42N0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|-
|2
|2
|The Crayon Box That Talked
|The Crayon Box That Talked
|'''Lost'''
|A box of talking crayons is discovered; each crayon wants to be the greatest of the box and befriends each of the students to try to succeed.
|[https://youtu.be/oolUNIT8gZA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|3
|3
|The Search for the Meaning of Life
|The Search for the Meaning of Life
|'''Found'''
|A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life.
|[https://youtu.be/I2JgBSc2GLQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Yesterday's Zoo
|Yesterday's Zoo
|'''Found'''
|Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor and discover a world of past bygone relics.
|[https://youtu.be/vGXzpFtVnI8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|5
|5
|Is Bigger Better?
|Is Bigger Better?
|'''Lost'''
|The students enter a dispute about whether bigger means better. The dispute soon goes into bigger, but not better, dimensions.
|[https://youtu.be/V6ag8Vu3USY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|6
|6
|Har V and Sue
|Har V and Sue
|'''Lost'''
|Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends and vie for Boink's affections.
|[https://youtu.be/1KDB3qVVw38<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|7
|7
|Bully Loses His Temper
|Bully Loses His Temper
|'''Lost'''
|Bully gets mad and loses his temper - an enraged miniature version of himself jumps out and storms around wreaking destruction. The class must now get the Temper back to Bully.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|8
|8
|Share a Chair
|Share a Chair
|'''Lost'''
|Everybody at Zazoo U gets a special gadget-laden custom school chair, except for Grizzle. But no one will share with him, so he gets despondent and wanders off, leading the class to search for him.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|9
|9
|Ms. Devine's Blues
|Ms. Devine's Blues
|'''Lost'''
|Miss Devine is dejected about her pet Rarf being unremarkable, and thus possibly a worthless nothing. Rarf goes out of his way to prove he is special to her.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|10
|10
|No Strings Attached
|No Strings Attached
|'''Lost'''
|Boink discovers invisible strings that can be seen only with the imagination. But he's messing around with the strings causes the laws of physics to go seriously awry.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|11
|11
|Money for Music
|Money for Music
|'''Lost'''
|The classwork to earn money to get new musical instruments. Grizzle and Tess try all sorts of money-making schemes, while Boink and Bully go around looking for donations.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|12
|12
|One Single Seed
|One Single Seed*
|'''Lost'''
|The school is invaded by an alien... a talent agent who's looking for the next big star. The agent himself possesses creativity, but can the others help him realize his potential?
|[https://youtu.be/eMC7xAuQ4cg<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially found in French''']
|-
|-
|13
|13
|Boinks's Rap
|Boinks's Rap*
|'''Lost'''
|Everybody gets ready for the school talent show, and all sorts of incredible antics and performances are in store. But Boink gets a serious case of stage fright, so it's up to the others to coax the show's best act out of him.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
|}


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==Videos==
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==See Also==
*[[The All New Captain Kangaroo (partially found Fox Kids reboot of CBS children's series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Cybersix (partially lost Fox Kids version of animated series based on comic; 2000)]]
*[[Detective Conan (lost unaired Fox Kids English dub pilot; existence unconfirmed; 2000)]]
*[[The Fox Cubhouse (partially found Fox Kids preschool anthology series; 1994-1996)]]
*[[Fox Kids "Bartcasting" (found "The Simpsons" promotional event on children's program block; 1996)]]
*[[Fox Kids (partially lost animated "Frankenfox" bumpers from children's channel block; 1991-1992)]]
*[[Little Shop (partially lost Fox Kids animated series based on horror comedy film; 1991)]]
*[[The Mr. Potato Head Show (found Fox Kids puppet series; 1998-1999)]]
*[[The Slayers (lost Fox Kids version of anime series; 2001)]]
*[[Toonsylvania (partially found Fox Kids animated series; 1998-1999)]]
*[[The Vision of Escaflowne (partially lost Fox Kids dub of anime; 2000-2001)]]
*[[Youngblood (partially found production material for cancelled Fox Kids animated series based on comic; 1995)]]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazoo_U
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0218797/ The IMDb page for ''Zazoo U''.] Retrieved 20 Nov '17
 
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Latest revision as of 06:42, 11 February 2024

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Status: Partially Found

Zazoo U was a television series that ran on Fox Kids from September 8th, 1990, to January 19th, 1991.[1][2] The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf and had a total of 13 half-hour episodes.[3]

Premise

Zazoo U involves a higher learning institution called Zazoo U where all the people going there are animals, and the extraordinary is ordinary.[4]

Availability

Zazoo U received three DVD releases in the UK containing the first six episodes. The rest of the episodes have never been released to home video and remain lost (two of them were also reportedly unaired in the US, which are marked with *) as the show was taken off the air in 1991, never to be seen again in the US afterward.

The series has been dubbed into Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Latin Spanish, European Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Of the foreign dubs, only the French dub of "One Single Seed" has been found, but the first three minutes are missing.

The show was acquired by Disney in 2001, as part of the Fox Family Worldwide library. It is currently unknown if it will be released on Disney+.[5][6][7]

Episodes

# Episode Title Description Status
1 The Nine Mile Pile All the students arrive at Zazoo U for the first class and immediately struggle to adjust to the school and to each other. Found
2 The Crayon Box That Talked A box of talking crayons is discovered; each crayon wants to be the greatest of the box and befriends each of the students to try to succeed. Found
3 The Search for the Meaning of Life A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life. Found
4 Yesterday's Zoo Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor and discover a world of past bygone relics. Found
5 Is Bigger Better? The students enter a dispute about whether bigger means better. The dispute soon goes into bigger, but not better, dimensions. Found
6 Har V and Sue Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends and vie for Boink's affections. Found
7 Bully Loses His Temper Bully gets mad and loses his temper - an enraged miniature version of himself jumps out and storms around wreaking destruction. The class must now get the Temper back to Bully. Lost
8 Share a Chair Everybody at Zazoo U gets a special gadget-laden custom school chair, except for Grizzle. But no one will share with him, so he gets despondent and wanders off, leading the class to search for him. Lost
9 Ms. Devine's Blues Miss Devine is dejected about her pet Rarf being unremarkable, and thus possibly a worthless nothing. Rarf goes out of his way to prove he is special to her. Lost
10 No Strings Attached Boink discovers invisible strings that can be seen only with the imagination. But he's messing around with the strings causes the laws of physics to go seriously awry. Lost
11 Money for Music The classwork to earn money to get new musical instruments. Grizzle and Tess try all sorts of money-making schemes, while Boink and Bully go around looking for donations. Lost
12 One Single Seed* The school is invaded by an alien... a talent agent who's looking for the next big star. The agent himself possesses creativity, but can the others help him realize his potential? Partially found in French
13 Boinks's Rap* Everybody gets ready for the school talent show, and all sorts of incredible antics and performances are in store. But Boink gets a serious case of stage fright, so it's up to the others to coax the show's best act out of him. Lost

Videos

ToonAmp's Zazoo U review (part of his "History of Fox Kids" review series).

Theme song of the series.

See Also

References

External Links