Wicked! (TV series)

Wicked! is an Australian animated television series based on the book series of the same name by Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman. It was co-produced by Energee Entertainment in Sydney, Australia and France Animation (later known as the MoonScoop Group).[1]

Wicked!
GenreComedy horror
Created byPaul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman
Written byMary Morris
Andrea Del Bosco
Directed byJo Boag and Paul Leadon
Country of originAustralia
France
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (+1 movie) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerCarmel Travers
ProducersMargaret Parkes
Suzanne Ryan
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesEnergee Entertainment
France Animation
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Picture format4:3
Original release18 November 2000 (2000-11-18) –
2001 (2001)

The series is about two step-siblings named Rory and Dawn as they try to protect their own town from viruses caused by the Appleman, a man with a head shaped like a half-eaten apple. It was intended as a "comedy of horrors" aimed at children aged 8 to 13.[2]

Wicked! began with 13 short webisodes released on the eKidz website in late 2000.[3] The series ran for 26 episodes and an 80-minute movie. By the end of 2001, it had become Energee Entertainment's most successful series, with over €8 million in sales.[4] However, the producers were unable to continue the series, as Energee shut down in 2002 due to financial losses from its film The Magic Pudding.[5][6]

In Australia, the series aired on both the Seven Network and the Oh! channel by Optus Television. Internationally, the series was picked up by the BBC[2] in the United Kingdom and TF1 in France.[7]

About

Dawn and Rory are two step-siblings who live with their newlywed parents in a small Australian town called Terngabbie. They find themselves terrorized by the Appleman, a mysterious evil scientist with a head shaped like an eaten apple. He is infected with a virus and plans to contaminate everything around him with the help of his mutants.

Characters
The main characters.
  • Dawn is a redheaded girl who lost her mom in a bus accident. She likes sports and video games, but she has some trouble in school, where she is failing science and gets bullied by Tori and Tiffany. Dawn and her new stepbrother Rory are always bickering, but they find themselves forced to work together to stop the Appleman's schemes.
  • Rory is a smart brown-haired boy whose parents got a divorce. His biological dad mysteriously vanished years ago, but Rory receives a package from him on the day of his mother's wedding. The package has an apple-headed doll inside, and it is later revealed that the Appleman himself is Rory's dad.
  • The Appleman is the main villain. He lives in his lab, hidden deep within an abandoned refinery full of animals that he treats as his minions. He has a rotten apple for a head and wears a suit with a blue tie. The Appleman's goal is to make others miserable by contaminating things with his virus, which feeds off of negative emotions.
  • Jack is Dawn's dad and Rory's stepdad. He works as a sheep shearer.
  • Eileen is Rory's mum and Dawn's stepmum who drives a motorcycle. She works as a mail courier.
  • Gramps is Dawn's grandfather. He is a veteran of World War II and often helps Dawn and Rory.
  • Tori and Tiffany are Dawn's bratty rivals at school. Tori has dirty blonde hair and wears green, while Tiffany has dark brown hair and wears pink.

Episodes
No.Title [8]
1"Slobberers"
2"Croaked"
3"Curdled"
4"Face to Face"
5"Carnivorous"
6"Fever"
7"Stitched"
8"Bad Weather"
9"Composted"
10"Indigestion"
11"Shear Terror"
12"Lemon Twist"
13"Insectified"
14"Claws"
15"Big Mess"
16"Death Disk!"
17"Spooked"
18"Bad Medicine"
19"Mod Cons"
20"Collected"
21"Fit Wits"
22"Decayed"
23"Sand Trap"
24"Feathered"
25"Double Troubled"
26"Apple Cored"

References
  1. "Archive » Energee breaks into film". Kidscreen. 1 May 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. "The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia on August 17, 2000 · Page 76". Newspapers.com. 17 August 2000. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Moving experiences". Newspapers.com. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. "RTV Family Entertainment - Annual Report 2001" (PDF). p. 17.
  5. Torre, Dan; Torre, Lienors (2 November 2018). Australian Animation: An International History - Dan Torre, Lienors Torre - Google Books. ISBN 9783319954929. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. "Magic Pudding a Wicked shame". Afr.com. 18 October 2002. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  7. "Animation World News - People". Awn.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  8. "Watch Wicked | Prime Video". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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