What if Paris Filmes was founded in 1923/Paris Animações was founded in 1989?/Trunk Train

Trunk Train (Portuguese: Tromba Trem) is a stop-motion/hand-drawn animated series created by Zé Brandão, Nick Park and Adam Shaheen and produced by Copa Studio. It was originally released in 2010 as an animated short for the showcase AnimaTV in 1999. At the end of the short was one of those chosen to become a TV series on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons. It has international distribution of Cake Entertainment.
== Premise ==
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=== Characters ===
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== Production ==
=== Development ===
According to Zé Brandão and Nick Park, the target audience of the show is Big kids and teenagers from 6 to 14 years old. However, it also has a cult following of teen and adult fans of the Paristoons show Gajah and Duda. Zé Brandão and Nick Park, who were fans of Paristoons, wished to spread its fame to other parts of the world and thus created the series.
The series features the adventures of animated versions of the duo, who have been immensely popular in Brazil since making their debut, and is the second television show to be based on the Paristoons show after the Paristoons 30th Anniversary Collection DVD. During production of the series, Tom Kenny learned some English Tara Strong, Kate Higgins, Bob Buchholz and Doug Erholtz of whom speak the language fluently.
Zé Brandão and Nick Park  originally pitched the idea of Gajah and Duda franchise having their own television series and afterwards Aardman and Cuppa Coffee developed a test short on April 26, 1997 in hopes of making Nickelodeon and Nicktoons's greenlight the show's production. The pilot was not broadcast, but was initially successful, and got the green-light from Nickelodeon. Finally, it was shown in non-full version as a preview on Nickelodeon VHS tapes. The entire pilot was found by series' director, Darrell Van Citters, and was uploaded to Vimeo on April 5, 2020.
The series was officially announced at Nickelodeon upfront on August 26, 1997. It was originally planned to premiere on December, but was later moved up a week to February 8.
=== Writing ===
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=== Voice actors ===
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=== Animation ===
The cartoon was one of the few cartoons at the time produced entirely in the United States (thus making their choice of characters quite ironic), with a number of characters designed by famed Canadian artist Lynne Naylor which got the show nominated for the coveted Annie Award. It used a combination of Macromedia Flash and Aardman's stop-motion clay.
The show takes inspiration from various works animated in Brazil such as Cocorico, X Tudo, and Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum. Other inspirations included old MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons, as well as Paristoons cartoons from 1945 to 1967, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, UPA shorts, and the Disney cartoons.
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=== Broadcast ===
==== United States ====
* Nickelodeon (2002-present)
* Nicktoons (2002-present)
* Lucastoon Network (2004-present)
==== Canada ====
* Teletoon (English/French, 2003-2008)
* YTV (English, 2002-present)
==== Latin America & Brazil ====
* Nickelodeon (2002-present)
* TV Cultura (2005-2013)
* TV Brasil (2009-2012)
* SBT (2012-2016)
==== Spain ====
* Boing (2010-present)
==== United Kingdom & Ireland ====
* Channel 4 (2003-2004)
* Pop (2008-2009)
==== Italy ====
* Nickelodeon (2004-present)
* Italia 1 (2003-present)
* Frisbee (2010-2012)
== Episodes ==
Main article: What if Paris Filmes was founded in 1923/Paris Animações was founded in 1989?/List of Trunk Train episodes
Season	Episodes	First Aired 	Last Aired
1 	 	February 8th 2002	July 2, 2002
2 	20 	November 6th 2003	December 18, 2006
3 	 	October 2nd 2004 	May 1, 2009
== Reception ==
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=== Critical reception ===
Trunk Train received universal critical acclaim from critics and audiences, and became one of Evan Network's top rated and most popular series.
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=== Legacy ===
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== Other media ==
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=== Films ===
In December 2004, Paramount Pictures and Paris Filmes produced and released a theatrical feature film titled Trunk Train: The Movie into theaters and was originally going to be released direct-to-video, but due to popular demand the film was released in theaters instead. In this film, Gajah, Duda, Queen, Captain and Junior inadvertently get caught in the middle of an international conspiracy. It received very positive reviews from critics and fans and was a box office success, grossing over $216 million worldwide on its $60 million budget.
On April 28, 2015, Viacom announced a second film was in development. In January 2019, it was announced that the film would be titled Trunk Train: The Lost Jungle and would be released in 2021. In March 2019, it was announced that the film would include a mix of hand-drawn animation and stop-motion animation. The stop-motion animation segments will be fully computer animated and will be animated by the Aardman's animation department. On October 12, 2019, the film's release date of September 3, 2021 was announced and the film began production.
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=== Theme park attractions ===
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=== Video games ===
Numerous video games based on the show have been produced. Some of the early games include Trunk Train: Attack of Formikhan (2003), Trunk Train: The Power (2005), Trunk Train: Race for the Jungle (2006) and Trunk Train vs. The World (2009).
=== Merchandise ===
The series was so popular that a lot of merchandise was made from T-shirts to posters. It is also the second most distributed property of Paris Filmes, behind Paristoons.
Kids' meal tie-ins have been released in fast food restaurants in many parts of the world, including Burger King in Europe and North America, and Bob's in the Brazil. A McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in with Trunk Train-themed Happy Meal boxes and toys was released in Europe and other international markets in the summer of 2008. In August 2012, McDonald's released Trunk Train toys for big kids to promote the 2012 Summer Olympics.
A line of toys intended for girls was produced by Hasbro (makers of the popular My Little Pony and Transformers sets) and released for the 2005 Christmas season. The American costume company Rubie's produced a line of Trunk Train costumes and accessories for big kids for Halloween 2009.
== Home media ==
{| class="article-table" 	Title 	Release date	No. of episodes	Years aired	No. of discs
Trunk Train: The Complete First Season 	November 16, 2005	20 	2002-2004 	2 	
Trunk Train: The Complete Second Season	October 11, 2006 	20 	2003-2006 	2 	
Trunk Train: The Complete Third Season 	October 3, 2007 	20 	2004-2009 	2 	
Trunk Train: The Complete Fourth Season	November 11, 2010	20 	2005-2011 	2