Chowder (TV series)

Chowder is an American animated television series that started on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2007. The show was created by C.H. Greenblatt, a former storyboard artist on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The title character is a young child named Chowder. Chowder is a student to a chef named Mung Daal, who owns a baking company serving the fictional "Marzipan City". The show has animation with stop motion animation and puppetry.

Chowder
Created byC.H. Greenblatt
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes49
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseNovember 2, 2007 (2007-11-02) 
August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07)

Plot

The series revolves around the titular Chowder, a cat-bear-rabbit hybrid and aspiring young cook at Chef Mung Daal's catering company. Though he is lighthearted and carefree, Chowder's actions habitually land him in circumstances beyond his control, partly due to his large appetite and absent-mindedness. Mung and his wife Truffles, Mung's rock monster employee Schnitzel, and Chowder's gaseous pet Kimchi all try to aid Chowder in his ambitions to become a great chef, but frequently find themselves undermined by the calamitous antics that ensue. Chowder is also undermined by Panini, a girl who has an unrequited love for Chowder, going so far as to say that he is her boyfriend despite the pair not actually dating.

Characters

Main

  • Chowder (voiced by Nicky Jones): A chubby lavender cat/bear/rabbit[1] hybrid who serves as an apprentice under the chef Mung Daal, Chowder lives with Mung Daal and his wife, Truffles, in a room at the top of the catering business. Chowder wants to become a great chef, but he is very impulsive and scatterbrained and often gives in to his urges. He is always hungry and eats anything, even a customer's order. Chowder can also regurgitate objects, and he is used as a storage container by the other characters. According to Greenblatt, he is a composite of a cat, a bear, and a rabbit, and his species was verified in at least one episode.[2] C.H. Greenblatt voiced his adult self in the last episode. In the final episode, "Chowder Grows Up" Chowder takes over the Catering Company, has his own apprentice, and marries Panini. He is also a father to 50 babies.
  • Mung Daal (voiced by Dwight Schultz): The elderly goblin chef who runs the catering company at which Chowder works.[3] He serves as Chowder's cooking master. Although his exact age has not been stated, he has mentioned that he has cooked for at least 386 years,[4] and he celebrated 450 years of marriage to Truffles (see below). He likes to impress ladies, to the point where as a child apprentice, he prepared a dish incorrectly due to becoming distracted, which he and Chowder had to time travel to fix.[5] He is a light blue-colored humanoid with an oversized nose and ears and is named after the Indian dish mung daal. Greenblatt had originally planned to give Mung an Indian accent, but later decided against it.

Episodes

Season 1
2007-2008
No.TitleDate shown
1The Froggy Apple Crumble Thumpkin/Chowder’s Girlfriend (New Series)November 2, 2007
2Burple Nurples/Shnitzel Makes a DepositNovember 2, 2007
3Grubble Gum/The Cinamini MonsterNovember 9, 2007
4Certifrycation Class/Sing BeansNovember 16, 2007
5The Wrong Address/The Wrong CustomerNovember 23, 2007
6Mahjongg Night/Stinky LoveNovember 30, 2007
7The Thrice Cream Man/The Flibber-Flabber DietDecember 7, 2007
8Gispacho Stands Up/A Taste of MarzapanDecember 14, 2007
9The Puckerberry Overloads/The ElemelonsJanuary 18, 2008
10Sniffleball/Mung on the RocksMarch 6, 2008
11The Moldy Touch/The Heavy SleeperApril 3, 2008
12At Your Service/Chowder and Mr. FuguMay 1, 2008
13The Vacation/The Sleep EaterJune 5, 2008
14The Bruised Bluenana/Shnitzel and the Lead FarfelJune 12, 2008
15The Thousand Pound Cake/The Rat SandwichJune 19, 2008
16Chowder Loses His Hat/Brain GrubJune 26, 2008
17Shnitzel QuitsJuly 3, 2008
18The Broken Part/The Meach HarvestJuly 10, 2008
19Banned from the Stand/Creme Puff HandsJuly 17, 2008
20The Apprentice GamesJuly 24, 2008
Season 2
2008-2009
No.TitleDate shown
21The Arborians/The Garage SaleOctober 2, 2008
22Panini for President/Chowder's BabysitterNovember 6, 2008
23The Fire Breather/The Flying Finger LingonsNovember 13, 2008
24Hey Hey It's Knishmas!December 4, 2008
25Chowder's Catering Company/The Catch PhraseDecember 11, 2008
26The Hot Date/Shopping SpreeFebruary 12, 2009
27The Party Cruise/Won-Ton BombsMarch 26, 2009
28The Big Hat Biddies/The Deadly MazeApril 2, 2009
29Kid Shnitzel/Gispacho Fights BackApril 9, 2009
30The B.L.T.'s/The Trouble with TrufflesApril 16, 2009
31The Dinner TheaterApril 30, 2009
32Big Ball/The Brain FreezeJuly 9, 2009
33The Snail Car/The LollistopsJuly 16, 2009/July 23, 2009
34Endive's Dirty Secret/Big FoodJuly 30, 2009
35Paint the Town/The BlackoutApril 23, 2009
36The Dice Cycle/The Chain RecipeAugust 13, 2009
37The Garden/SheboodlesAugust 20, 2009
38Gispacho Moves In/My Big Fat Stinky WeddingAugust 27, 2009/September 3, 2009
39Apprentice Appreciation Day/The Grape WormSeptember 10, 2009/September 17, 2009
40A Faire to Remember/Tofu-Town ShowdownSeptember 24, 2009/October 8, 2009
Season 3
2009-2010
No.TitleDate shown
41Hands on a Big Mixer/The Spookiest House in MarzapanOctober 15, 2009/October 22, 2009
42The Poultry Geist/The Blast RazOctober 29, 2009/November 5, 2009
43The Belgian Waffle Slobber-Barker/The Apprentice ScoutsNovember 12, 2009/November 19, 2009
44A Little Bit of Pizzazz!/The Birthday SuitsDecember 3, 2009/December 10, 2009
45The Heist/The PrankJanuary 7, 2010/January 14, 2010
46Old Man Thyme/Chowder's MagazineJanuary 21, 2010/January 28, 2010
47Weekend at Shnitzel's/Taste BudsMarch 4, 2010/March 11, 2010
48Gispacho!/The TootsMarch 18, 2010/April 5, 2010
49Chowder Grows Up (Series Finale)August 7, 2010

References

  1. "Character Facts of the Week: Chowder". March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Chowder is a mix between a cat, bear, and rabbit.
  2. "The Puckerberry Overlords". Chowder. January 18, 2008.
  3. "Chowder". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  4. "Certifrycation Class". Chowder. November 16, 2007.
  5. "Won Ton Bombs". Chowder. June 1, 2009.
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