Farmkids

Farmkids is an Australian animated series about pampered zoo animals accidentally being shipped to a dude ranch. It premiered in Australia sometime in 2008 and was popular enough in Cuboxia that has been aired on various channels throughout many years, despite its very short run.
== Plot ==
The series is based around the irony of farm animals who know nothing about living in the countryside. They are a bunch of fastlane pampered city animals who live a star studded life in a popular nursery petting zoo, but their lives take a funny unexpected turn when they are suddenly relocated. To top it off their new home is nothing like one would expect from a simple old farm. Dude Ranch, the Farmkids new home, is a place where the old, modern and twilight zone elements meet to make this a way out of the ordinary environment. At its core, this series is aiming at twisting and repackaging a strong and timeless farm theme into a fast, edgy comedy.
== Characters ==
* Doogie
* Dumpster
* MooLoo
* Gilly
* Poppit
* Buster
* Splat
* Drumstick
* Frizz
* Bean
* Punky
* Rodd
* Russ
* Phil
* Carlos
* Stretch
== Episodes ==
For unknown reasons, episodes aired out of order when they premiered on Jetix. Eventually every other channel, even Jetix/Disney XD itself in reruns, aired them in the correct order.
# "Fresh Country Air" (March 22,2008)
# "The K9 Factor" (March 22,2008)
# "Face Off" (April 12,2008)
# "Law and Disorder" (March 29,2008)
# "The Giant Alien Tomato Attack" (April 5,2008)
# "Small Gaseous Planet" (April 19,2008)
# "MooLoo's Big Day" (March 29,2008)
# "Bad TV" (April 12,2008)
# "Bean and Gone" (April 26,2008)
# "Little Farm of Horrors" (April 5,2008)
# "Splat is Back" (April 26,2008)
# "The Old Rooster and the Sea" (April 19,2008)
# "The Legend of One Eyed Jack" (May 17,2008)
# "Who's Fooling Who?" (May 24,2008)
# "A Fuss Over Russ" (May 10,2008)
# "Blinded by the Light" (May 10,2008)
# "The Long Road to China" (May 31,2008)
# "Mobile Madness" (May 3,2008)
# "Dude Ranch Boot Camp" (May 17,2008)
# "The Biz" (May 24,2008)
# "PapaRatzi" (June 14,2008)
# "Barn 54" (June 7,2008)
# "Beautiful Wild Thing" (June 14,2008)
# "The Unlucky Charm" (May 3,2008)
# "Festival and Festivities" (May 31,2008)
# "The Classroom" (June 7,2008)
== Release and Broadcast ==
Not much is known about the series' broadcast in Australia, due to unpopularity, but it's believed to have aired on ABC Kids around 2008. Internationally in english, it aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom and BBC Kids in Canada, and was released Direct-to-DVD in the United States.
In Cuboxia, it aired on 5 channels: It first aired on Jetix from 2008 to 2009, and then continued on its successor Disney XD from 2009 to 2010. Later on in 2008, it started rerunning on Animania HD, where it aired until 2010. In 2010, after the other two channels discontinued it, it was acquired by Ricochet, who aired it intermittently from 2010 up until 2016. In 2024, it was announced the show would return to Cuboxian TV via the channel Toonivision sometime in Fall of the same year.
It also aired on Jetix in Latin America and Brazil, dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese. The show also aired in Portugal, but not Spain. However, it did get Basque and Galician dubs. It also got alot of eastern European dubs, including Serbian, Croatian, Slovak, Czech and a Ukrainian voice-over. There's also Dutch and Korean dubs, but both are lost.
== DVDs ==
in the United States in 2008, 3 DVDs were released entitled Chaos in the Country, Hair, Wool, Feathers, and Fur, and Dude Ranch Boot Camp.
== Trivia ==
* The show was supposed to be syndicated to CTN Kids in 2010, but it was changed to Ricochet last minute.
* The show had its own website called farmkids.com at one point, but it has since been taken down. Although, it is available through the Wayback Machine.