# The New Adventures of Lucky Luke

Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke (English: The New Adventures of Lucky Luke) is a 2001–2003 animated television series based on the Franco-Belgian comic book series of the same name created by Belgian cartoonist Morris. 52 episodes were produced.
The show was directed by Olivier Jean-Marie and produced by Marc du Pontavice at the Xilam studios in Paris, France. The music for the series was composed by Ramon Pipin, Hugues Le Bars and Hervé Lavandier. A theatrical feature-length film directly based on the series titled Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure was later released in 2007.

## Plot

Lucky Luke is a cowboy who shoots faster than his own shadow. With the help of his faithful horse Jolly Jumper (the world's smartest horse) and sometimes also Rintindumb (the world's dumbest dog), he maintains peace and order in the Wild West. He hunts down desperadoes, keeps sharpshooters like Billy the Kid in check and constantly recaptures and returns The Daltons to prison.

## Voice cast
### Original French cast

* Antoine de Caunes as Lucky Luke
* Eric Legrand as Jolly Jumper, Jack and William Dalton
* Bernard Alane: Averell Dalton
* Gérard Surugue as Joe Dalton
* Francis Perrin as Rintindumb
* Isabelle Mangini as Calamity Jane
* Eric Metayer as Général Custer
* Donald Reignoux as Billy the Kid
* Marc Saez as Shérif Sleekhorn, TchinasTchin
* François Siener as Aigle Intègre, John Glutton
* Françoise Vallon as Lola Montes
* Valérie Karsenti

### English cast

* Marcel Jeannin as Lucky Luke and Rintindumb
* Mark Camacho as Additional Voices
* Ellen David as Additional Voices
* Sonja Ball
* John Stocker as Joe Dalton, Général Custer
* Arthur Holden
* Daniel Brochu
* Laura Teasdale
* Bronwen Mantel
* Pauline Little as Lotta Legs
* Rick Jones as Jack Dalton
* Terrence Scammell
* Rick Miller
* Susan Glover
* Terry Simpson
* Kathleen Fee as Big Bone Bear
* Adrian Truss as Jolly Jumper

## Episodes

| No. | Title (French title bottom) | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Liki Liki" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Franck Ekicni | Olivier Jean-Marie | September 16, 2001 (2001-9-16) |
| 2 | "Lucky Luke In Alaska" "Lucky Luke en Alaska" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Franck Ekinci | Charles Vaucelle | February 24, 2002 (2002-2-24) |
| 3 | "Lucky Luke vs Sherlock Holmes, The Daltons Against Sherlock Holmes" "Les Dalton contre Sherlock Holmes" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Yves Coulon | François Rosso | September 23, 2001 (2001-9-23) |
| 4 | "Lucky Luke Meets Lucky Luke, Lucky Luke Against Lucky Luke" "Lucky Luke contre Lucky Luke" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Franck Ekinci | Luc Vinciguerra | September 30, 2001 (2001-9-30) |
| 5 | "Hurray For Holly Woods, Light in the West" "Lumière dans l'Quest" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Olivier Jean-Marie and Jean-Luc Promental | Olivier Jean-Marie | October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14) |
| 6 | "Neither Dalton Nor Master, Flower Power For The Daltons" "Ni Dalton, Ni Maître" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | Jean-Charles Finck | October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21) |
| 7 | "Indian Roulette" "Roulette indienne" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Luc Promental | Olivier Jean-Marie | October 28, 2001 (2001-10-28) |
| 8 | "Fort Custer" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | Jean-Jacques Prunes | November 4, 2001 (2001-11-4) |
| 9 | "The Treasure Of The Daltons, The Daltons' Treasure" "Le tresor de Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | Diego Zamora | December 4, 2002 (2002-12-4) |
| 10 | "The Flying Cowboy, The Flying Man" "l'Homme volant" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Luc Fromental | Charles Vaucelle | November 18, 2001 (2001-11-18) |
| 11 | "For A Fistful Of Dalton" "Pour une poignee de Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Luc Fromental | Jean-Charles Finck | November 25, 2001 (2001-11-25) |
| 12 | "The Crown Princes, The Heirs" "Les heritiers" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | François Rosso | December 2, 2001 (2001-12-2) |
| 13 | "The Dalton Indians, The Daltons go Native" "Les Indien dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Charles Vaucelle | December 9, 2001 (2001-12-9) |
| 14 | "The Last Bison, The Last Of The Buffalo" "Les derniers bisons" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | François Rosso | March 12, 2002 (2002-3-12) |
| 15 | "Justice for the Daltons" "Justice pour les Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Stephen Desberg | Phillipe Leconte | March 3, 2002 (2002-3-3) |
| 16 | "The Daltons' Christmas" "Le Noël des Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Kamel Benyahia and Jean-François Henry | Augusto Zanovello | December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13) |
| 17 | "Cuff Love, The Daltons Unleashed" "Les Dalton se dechianent" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Yves Coulon | Eric Serre | December 30, 2001 (2001-12-30) |
| 18 | "Vultures in The Plain, Vultures Over The Prairie" "Vautours dans la plaine" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Phillipe Leconte | January 6, 2002 (2002-1-6) |
| 19 | "A New Dad For The Daltons" "Un papa pour les Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Monique Reboh and Patrick Nordmann | Olivier Jean-Marie | January 13, 2002 (2002-1-13) |
| 20 | "The Promised, Unlucky in Love" "Les promises" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Laurent Rullier and Jean-François Henry | Jean-Charles Finck | January 20, 2002 (2002-1-20) |
| 21 | "Desperadoes Union" "Desperados Union" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Olivier Jean-Marie and Jean-François Henry | Laurent Salou | January 27, 2002 (2002-1-27) |
| 22 | "Ghosts And Bagpipes" "Fantômes et cornemuses" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Lorris Murail and Jean-Luc Fromental | Bruno Couette | February 3, 2002 (2002-2-3) |
| 23 | "The Commodore" "Le Commodore" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Luc Fromental | Pilar Balsalobre | February 10, 2002 (2002-2-10) |
| 24 | "Don Quijote of Texas" "Don Quichotte del Texas" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Jean-Luc Abiven | March 10, 2002 (2002-3-10) |
| 25 | "The Battle" "La bataille" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-François Henry | Olivier Grabias | February 17, 2002 (2002-2-17) |
| 26 | "The Mare, A Wanted Woman" "La cavale" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Laurent Salou | March 17, 2002 (2002-3-17) |
| 27 | "Lola Montes" "Lola Montès" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Kamel Benyahia and Jean-François Henry | Charles Vaucelle | April 14, 2002 (2002-4-14) |
| 28 | "The Beast of Alabama" "La bête de l'Alabama" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Charles Vaucelle | April 28, 2002 (2002-4-28) |
| 29 | "The Daltons See Double" "Les Daltons voient Double" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Peter Berts | Bruno Couette | July 23, 2002 (2002-7-23) |
| 30 | "A Cannon For The Daltons" "Un canon pour les Dalton" | Jean-Charles Finck | Charles Imbert and Franck Ekinci | Laurent Salou | September 15, 2002 (2002-9-15) |
| 31 | "Indian Romance" "Romance indienne" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Yves Coulon | Pilar Balsalobre | September 22, 2002 (2002-9-22) |
| 32 | "The Undead Daltons', The Daltons' Ghosts" "Les Dalton fantômes" | Jean-Charles Finck | Claude Gars and Jean-François Henry | Charles Vaucelle | September 29, 2002 (2002-9-29) |
| 33 | "The Kid's Gang" "Le gang des loupios" | Jean-Charles Finck | Peter Berts | Phillipe Leconte | October 6, 2002 (2002-10-6) |
| 34 | "High Flying Daltons, The Daltons Rise In The Air" "Les Dalton montent en l'air" | Jean-Charles Finck | Claude Gars and Jean-François HenryBased on the idea by: Stephanie Joalland and Marc Journeux | Richard Faby | October 13, 2002 (2002-10-13) |
| 35 | "Custermania" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-François Henry | Yves Montagne | October 20, 2002 (2002-10-20) |
| 36 | "Jackpot For The Daltons" "Jackpot pour les Dalton" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Laurent Salou | October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27) |
| 37 | "Martian Theory" "La théorie martienne" | Olivier Jean-Marie | Olivier Jean-Marie and Jean-François Henry | Pilar Balsalobre | November 3, 2002 (2002-11-3) |
| 38 | "The Daltons go Cowboys" "Les Dalton cow-boys" | Jean-Charles Finck | Yves Coulon | Serge Ellisalde | November 10, 2002 (2002-11-10) |
| 39 | "The Spies" "Les espions" | Jean-Charles Finck | Franck Ekicni | Alexi Ducord | November 17, 2002 (2002-11-17) |
| 40 | "The Charitable Daltons', Charity Dalton" | Jean-Charles Finck | Olivier Jean-Marie | Richard Faby | November 24, 2002 (2002-11-24) |
| 41 | "Dalton Junior" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Laurent Salou | December 8, 2002 (2002-12-8) |
| 42 | "The Trappers" "Les trappeurs" | Jean-Charles Finck | Franck Ekicni | Jean-Charles Finck | December 15, 2002 (2002-12-15) |
| 43 | "The Revenge Of The Daltons" "La vengeance de Dalton" | Jean-Charles Finck | Kamel Benyahia | Sandra Derval | March 2, 2003 (2003-3-2) |
| 44 | "War of The Medics" "La guerrue des toubibs" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Sandra Derval | March 9, 2003 (2003-3-9) |
| 45 | "The Daltons vs. Billy The Kid" "Les Dalton contre Billy The Kid" | Jean-Charles Finck | Yves Coulon | Philippe Leconte | March 16, 2003 (2003-3-16) |
| 46 | "Crown Witness" "Témoin à charge" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Philippe Leconte | March 23, 2003 (2003-3-23) |
| 47 | "A Bone For The Daltons" "Un os pour les Dalton" | Jean-Charles Finck | Olivier Jean-Marie | Stephane Pierra | March 30, 2003 (2003-3-30) |
| 48 | "The Great Nose Of Talisman" "Le talisman des grands nez" | Jean-Charles Finck | Claude Gars | Yves Montagne | April 6, 2003 (2003-4-6) |
| 49 | "The Daltons in Uniform, The Dalton Soldiers" "Soldats dalton" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-François HenryBased on the idea by: Patrick Micel | Laurent Salou | April 13, 2003 (2003-4-13) |
| 50 | "The Return Of Liki Liki" "Le retour de Liki Liki" | Jean-Charles Finck | Jean-François Henry | Alexis Ducord | April 20, 2003 (2003-4-20) |
| 51 | "Sequoia Bay" "Séquoia Bay" | Jean-Charles Finck | Beatrice Marthouret | Jean-Luc Abiven | April 27, 2003 (2003-4-27) |
| 52 | "The Schoolmaster" "Le maître d'école" | Jean-Charles Finck | Franck Ekicni | Alexis Ducord | May 4, 2003 (2003-5-4) |

## Production

Ten years after the last series of Lucky Luke episodes, Xilam has launched the production of new ones. The hope for Marc du Pontavice for this series is that it has to fill in the gap between the series already aired "which have aged" the new episodes "which have not aged". Fifty-two episodes were made with a budget of 120 million francs (just over EUR 18 million). These episodes are new stories written for the series.
* Because he died in July 2001, and the show was not released until September, apart from a few rushes, Morris never viewed the series.
* The series uses the graphic process Morris used that employs colors to differentiate a character according to its value in the (foreground, background), according to his mood state (green rage, ...) or to describe a mood (red fire, night blue, ...).
Some characters are caricatures (Garcimore, Roberto Benigni, Woody Allen, ...)
* This series features new historical characters (General Custer, the Lumière brothers, Lola Montez, Buffalo Bill, John Ford, Ulysses S. Grant, Queen Victoria), or literary (Sherlock Holmes, Don Quixote).
* An error seems to have occurred in the chronology of events. In episode 47, "A Bone For The Daltons", Lucky Luke states that he knows an archaeologist who he later meets for the first time in the next episode, "The Great Nose Of Talisman".

## Broadcast

In France, the show aired on France 2 and France 3, while in Canada, it was broadcast on Télé-Québec and also shown on Teletoon in Canada, Italia 1 in Italy, Super RTL in Germany and BBC Two and CBBC in UK.