# Mumfie (2022 TV series)

Mumfie is a French-Italian animated children's television series and a reboot of the 1994 British animated television series Magic Adventures of Mumfie by Britt Allcroft, in turn based on the works of Katherine Tozer. It was produced by Zodiak Kids & Family France with animation production done by Animoka. 78 episodes were produced. It was the last project to be produced by Britt Allcroft before she passed away in December 2024.

## Characters
### Main

* Mumfie - The main character of the show. He is an elephant who lives in a treehouse.
* Jelly Bean - A color-changing jellyfish.
* Pinkey the Flying Pig.

### Recurring

* Black Cat - A mischievous cat confidant, who is the advisor of King Kaleb.
* King Kaleb - A cheeky crocodile who thinks he's a king. His advisor is Black Cat.
* Mr. Bernard - A hermit crab mayor.
* Yoyo - A giraffe who runs a hotel on an iceberg.
* Zephyr - A zebra who likes skateboarding.
* Boo Whale - A jolly yellow whale. She gives Mumfie, Jelly Bean and Pinkey advices at times when there is a problem.
* Captains Ruby, Quartz and Agatha - They are the pirate wolves who run a café.
* Captain Krank - He is the pirate wolves' cousin. He sometimes likes showing off.
* Frogs - A group of funny frogs who help Mr. Bernard with garden work.
* Penguins - A group of penguins who help Yoyo in a hotel.

## Production

In May 2014, Britt Allcroft stated that she had begun production on a reboot of Mumfie. In July 2015, it was revealed that the kids' division of Zodiak Entertainment, which was behind shows such as Zack & Quack and Totally Spies!, had begun development of the show, with Britt Allcroft Productions.
In 2020, the series was announced to premiere in 2021, and would be animated by Italian animation studio Animoka. The series, which is now set on an island named Flutterstone, has new designs for pre-existing characters from the original series, giving them a more toy-like look as was the intention of the books (including Mumfie being shorter, with a smaller trunk and ears and actual hands and Pinky now having a flower near her left ear), as well as new characters such as a jellyfish named Jelly Bean (who, due to the new setting, replaces Scarecrow as a central character), a crocodile named King Kaleb (to whom the Black Cat is now the advisor of) and Boo Whale (a re-imagined version of Whale). In 2022, it was announced that the series had been pre-sold to many networks overseas, including the original broadcaster, ITV.

## Episodes

| No. in series | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "The Sand Castle" | Mathilde Maraninchi, Cyril Deydier and Antonin Poirée | TBA |
| When Mumfie and his friends decide to go and have some fun at the beach, Kaleb cannot join in because, according to Black Cat, someone of his importance must have a Beach Castle. But who knows how to build one? How about Mumfie and his friends? ||||
| 2 | "A Handy Treasure Hunt" | Mathilde Maraninchi | TBA |
| Black Cat's kite has fallen somewhere in the scary Foggy Forest. Kaleb went to look for it but has still not returned and the cat is worried. He tells Mumfie, Jelly Bean and Pinkey that he has just found an old map in his attic which shows the way to a treasure hidden in the forest. He suggests that they accompany him on a treasure hunt - which will be very useful for hiding his anxiety at going into the forest alone to look for Kaleb. ||||
| 3 | "The Invitation" | Cyril Deydier | TBA |
| Mr. Bernard is organising his first tea-party, featuring the famous Iced Tea of the Pirates. However, the Pirates’ ice-making machine breaks down and they now have to find some ice-cubes. Mumfie shows great imagination in trying to solve this problem, even if his ideas mean sending the ice by air or moving a large piece of iceberg. Maybe the solution is simply to change the location of the tea-party? ||||
| 4 | "Beloved Pirates" | Antonin Poirée | TBA |
| The pirates are going to have a visit from their cousin, the terrible Krank. So that he does not find them ridiculous, the pirates will have to learn to become fearsome again. But it has been a very long time since they were the terror of the high seas so Mumfie tries his best to train them to become frightening once more. Will he succeed before Krank arrives? ||||
| 5 | "The Photo For Yoyo" | Mathilde Maraninchi | TBA |
| Yoyo gets a postcard from her cousin who is worried about her. To show that she is fine, that her ice hotel has been built and that she has some friends, Yoyo wants to send a photograph as her cousin only believes what she sees. Mumfie, Jelly Bean and Pinkey agree to pose in front of the hotel but they do not know that it has just rained and the ice is much more slippery than usual. ||||
| 6 | "The Present" | Cyril Deydier | TBA |
| Today is Friend’s Day in Flutterstone and everyone has prepared a gift for a friend. When Jelly Bean gives Mumfie a superb trampoline, the little elephant thinks that the gift he had prepared for Jelly is now not good enough. Mumfie tries to find a fabulous present for Jelly Bean, even if it means making his friend spend a rather difficult day. ||||
| 7 | "The Pink Mouse" | Antonin Poirée | TBA |
| Mumfie finds a soft toy pink mouse. This belongs to Black Cat but he does not dare admit it in case the others make fun of him. As no one claims the pink mouse and as everyone would like to have it, the friends decide to settle the issue with a game of ‘coconut shy’. Mumfie wins and Black Cat leaves, looking very sad. When the friends think about Black Cat’s attitude from the very beginning, they realise that the mouse belongs to him and so they decide to return it - without making the cat lose face. ||||
| 8 | "The Restaurant" | Cyril Deydier | TBA |
| Mumfie is making some of his famous tarts and Jelly Bean thinks they are so good that his friend could almost open a restaurant. Pinkey starts to get very excited at the idea but Black Cat arrives and points out that playing at restaurants is not at all as easy as they might think. ||||
| 9 | "Story Night" | Cyril Deydier | TBA |
| Boo Whale has decided to organise a late-night storytelling party. She advises everyone to take a midday nap so as to be on form for the evening. But it is not easy to go to sleep when you are told to. Mumfie and his friends decide to go and spy on Kaleb, the king of the siesta, to see how he manages to nap during the day. Will they be able to do it without waking him up? ||||
| 10 | "Firefly Day" | Cyril Deydier | TBA |
| When Pinkey sees Mumfie having fun with Captain Ruby, she decides to join in to show the little elephant that he can have just as much fun with her and Jelly Bean. Things take a turn for the worse when Mumfie starts to have fun with Zephyr the zebra. Pinkey tries to attract her friend’s attention but goes too far – before finally realising that Mumfie is just trying to organise a surprise for his friends. ||||