The Shivering Wind

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The Shivering Wind is the 12th episode of the 90's cartoon series

In this darkly themed episode, the poor witness Jeung Choi, who was hit with a Hairbrush, a new friend of theirs, as Jeung Choi and Otto go back home, Jeung Choi envisions about being hit with a belt,

## Plot

After leaving the dog all night in the Snow, Jeung Choi decides to run away, joining Otto with him

## Summary

### Part I

On Chuseok Day, Kim is making a centerpiece for Chuseok which honors men such as Sejong The Great, and King Arthur, Meanwhile, Jeung Choi is outside with Otto and Hickory while playing with the snow,

While their Uncles Aunts and Grandmas arrive and assemble at the table, Kim Choi brings in her carefully-crafted centerpiece and proudly presents it. Otto brings in the turkey, and he complains that the centerpiece is "taking up real value estate" for the turkey. (meaning that the centerpiece was taking up space.) Jeung and Kim Choi descend into chaos, causing the centerpiece to get thrown into the fireplace and quickly burn to a cinder. The siblings are then separated by their parents. Kim runs to her room in tears , Meanwhile, The Dog is shivering in the Snow, that morning, an angry Ms. Choi angrily spanks Jeung Choi with a Hairbrush for letting the Dog out of the snow, while Otto takes the dog to the vet,

After Ms Choi consoles Kim Choi, she sternly tells Jeung Choi that if he can give Kim Choi a genuine apology in front of everyone and mean it, he can come to the living room to dinner. Jeung Choi refuses, stubbornly insisting that he didn't do anything wrong, and Kim is to blame. Scoffing at the directive and thinking that he doesn't have to take his punishment, he decides to teach his family a lesson by running away from home. However, The dog bites Otto and confines him outside when he tries to eat some of the turkey, and Jeung Choi decides to take Otto with him.

During the walk, Jeung Choi and Otto sneak into Walter's mansion, where they attempts to steal a freshly baked pie, but there soon caught and forced outside by the hounds.

Jeung Choi and Otto then wander to the seedy part of town (known as "The Slums"), and Jeung Choi donates his plasma at a blood bank for $12 (The cashier says that he needs to be at least 18, so Jeiung Choibpulls out His ID). Jeung Choi then goes to a soup kitchen, where Chuseok dinner is served to homeless people. There, The Newsman is doing a report on the dinner, where he delivers a self-serving commentary on how the patrons are forgotten on Chuseok. Later, the Newsman interviews Jeung Choi and Otto, where Jeung Choi mocks his family and refuses to offer an apology. The family sees the report on TV, and Mr Choi immediately calls the police. When the police failed to locate him, Ms Choi regret saying severe things that drove him away.

### Part II

As Jeung Choi and Otto exit the shelter, one of the poor asks Jeung Choi if he's got a home. Jeung Choi says yes and seeing how the poor need the money more than he does, offers the money he got from his blood donation to the poor. Remorseful, Jeung Choi and Otto realizes how he has more than the poor with whom he shared Chuseok and so chooses to return home. However, once he arrives home, Jeung Choi considers what his mom might do to him. He imagines himself being greeted warmly and offering an apology, only to be scornfully Hit with a belt

Ms Choi gets furious, snaps and begins beating up Jeung Choi and also whips him with his belt afterwards, Jeung Choi said "YOU ARE MEAN" as Miss Choi resumes whipping Jeung Choi once more with the belt.

Meanwhile, Mr and Ms Choi are interviewed by the police after the rest of their somewhat unsympathetic family leave. Kim Choi is in her room, writing in a piece of Paper and conceding defeat. She begins to cry because of Jeung Choi and Otto's absence, after which Jeung Choi and Otto call her outside. There, the two discuss what happened,

Happy to see Jeung Choi and Otto, Ms Choi grabs Jeung Choi and hugs him. Mr Choi and Kim Choi find them together and apologizes for what happened earlier. Otto steps on an 11 year old Pie (eating a Banana in some International markets) Otto goes back to his own house and sleeps in his bed

## Characters

### Main

* Jeung Choi

* Otto

### Supporting

* Ms Choi
* Mr Choi

* Kim Choi

* Hickory

### Minor

* Walter
* Grandma
* Grandpa
* Aunt Choi
* Uncle Choi
* Frog
* Topi (cameo)
* Seoung-Cho (cameo)

* Strangers

* Poor Little Girl

* Cat

## Production

The idea for *The Shivering Wind* was conceived by George McBean from UNICEF USA, he sent a letter to Marc Brown, asking him to produce a short animated film about child abuse featuring the *Happy Family* characters

Marc Brown was initially doubtful because of the anticipated high production costs. Eventually, McBean received input from CiNAR, which convinced Film Roman to produce, rather than just a five-minute film,

Producer of the series, Phil Roman and UNICEF initially balked at this idea, but eventually agreed to do it because of Marc Brown's enthusiasm for the project. The script of the episode was completely written by Marc Brown, with George McBean and UNICEF serving as consultants

The episode has rarely aired on US television since its last airing in 2006; Disney Channel has re-aired it while Nickelodeon and PBS, aired the syndicated version, It has been seen on Cartoon Network in some European countries.

On 1998, A book adaptation of the episode, titled *Happy Family: A Story About Child Abuse*, was published by Random House some weeks before the episode's premiere on PBS, and was reissued in 2010.

## Background Information

* This episode was made in support of the United States Department of Justice and UNICEF's Anti-Abuse campaigns. According to an Emmy consideration ad from 1998, they thanked Film Roman and Cinar for "taking a stand" with the program

* The episode's story is an analogy of child abuse, with the Jeung Choi being hit with a belt being what the TV Tropes website calls a Corporal Punishment. Otto would later appear in a related crossover cartoon special, "Cartoon All-Stars Say No To Child Abuse", which dealt with child abuse.
* The episode was aired on channels like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS
* The episode had two different endings: one in South Korea, Japan, US, Canada, Australia and the UK and th one in international airings.
	+ In the ending for US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Korea and Japan, Otto steps on a 11 year old Pie from 1986
	+ In the ending for the international market, Otto ate a banana that he brought from the market. This is the version that ended up in the French video on YouTube
* This episode almost got the series cancelled due to Film Roman going against Marc Brown and CiNAR's wishes. Thankfully, Hoon got Marc Brown to wise up and production resumed as normal.
* There is a goof in the American version where Otto's bag is tan instead of brown
* The scene where Jeung Choi's mother spanks Jeung Choi with a Hairbrush in the head is edited out by the ABC when released on VHS and DVD in Australia. This episode was removed from French airings because of said scene; however, it did air on TF1 as part of the TFOU block in France However, the episode was shown uncut on DVD, Boomerang, and in TV airings in South Korea. This episode also has been pulled from FOX Kids due to the subject matter of Child Abuse
* On December 1998, This episode was aired as part of UNICEF's International Day Of Broadcasting
* In Australia, UK and Syndication, it was split into two parts
* This is the fifth *Happy Family* episode to tackle a serious issue, which is child-abuse. The first was "It's The End Of The World as We Knew It" which discusses Misinformation, "Seoung's Crazy Car" which discusses Addiction "Jeung Choi and the Stinky Smoke which discusses Smoking and Cigarettes and *Otto And The Poor Family*, which discusses poverty
	+ Because of this, in some European conturies, Boomerang skips over this episode, although it does air the Peanuts Special, "Why Charlie Brown Why" where Janice gets cancer.
* According to George McBean, schools and hospitals across the country requested copies of this episode due to its theme of Child-Abuse

* Despite being dropped after its first airing on FOX Kids, this episode aired in reruns on Universal Kids in the US and was aired on Tiny Pop in the UK and Nickelodeon and Nick Jr in Australia.
* This episode revolves around Child-Abuse where Jeung Choi envisions about him being hit with a belt
* According to Phil Roman, this episode was based on Article 19 of the Child Rights Convention
* On it's PBS airing from 1999, a message was shown before the screening of the episode, "THIS EPISODE IS MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and UNICEF'S ANTI-ABUSE CAMPAIGNS, THIS EPISODE IS A SUBJECT MATTER of CHILD ABUSE, and THIS EPISODE HAS SOME VIOLENT SCENES, PLEASE WATCH IT WITH AN ADULT VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED"
* On 1999. a series of episodes have been released on VHS by Paramount Home Video
* The Cereal brand **Cereal Partners Worldwide** partnered with Marc Brown to produce four print ads based on this episode for their new Happy Family cereal in 2020. These print ads were only available in the Supermarkets in the philippines
* The Poor Little Girl’s voice closely resembles Emily Leduc voice in *Arthur*, as both characters are voiced by Vannesa Lengies. However, this episode was released in 1997, which was a year after Arthur was released
* This is one of the few episodes where Kang-Il's computer is never seen. This is most likely due to the seriousness of this episode
* This episode holds the distinction of being the first time that an animated series openly addressed the subject of child-abuse. As a result, it has been used at schools and health services to explain the serious subject to children

## Trivia

* The Background music where Jeung Choi and Otto drown in the swamp, was actually recycled from Why, Charlie Brown, Why? where Linus stands up against The Bully for Janice, Both shows were created by Bill Melendez and were co-composed by Judy Munsen (Melendez worked with Lee Mendelson on *Why, Charlie Brown Why?*)
* On 2001, Cartoon Network re-aired this episode for Children's Day

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## Goofs

* When Ms Choi is pounding her chest, her ear disappeared
* On the promo of the episode shown on the 1997 print of Jeung Choi's Very Bad Report Card, it's shown to premiere on Thursday at 8:30

## Gallery

### Promotional Images

Promo of the episode shown on the 1997 print of Jeung Choi's Very Bad Report CardNickelodeon promo for the episode from 1997Fox Kids Promo

### Screenshots

To see the screenshots, see The Shivering Wind/Gallery