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Becky Brass

**Becky Brass** is a drummer and percussionist living in London. She plays a wide variety of instruments ranging from drum kit, to Indian and Egyptian tabla, to tuned percussion and has played in many different environments.

Becky graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Greenwich in 2015 with first class honours in drums and percussion.

Becky was recently the percussionist for 'Guys and Dolls' at the Sheffield Crucible Dec 2019 - Jan 2020, and played drums for The National Theatre and Queens Theatre production of Shaina Taub's 'As You Like It' in August 2019. Prior to this Becky was the drummer for 'Heathers' (Kenwright Productions) at the Theatre Royal Haymarket September - November 2018, following a stint at the Other Palace, and can be heard on the Official West End Heathers Cast Recording. She also performed as the onstage drummer for the National Theatre of Scotland's Olivier Award - Winning production of 'Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour' for its 2015 debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, 2016 World Tour (UK, USA, Ireland, Australia) and 2017 West End run at The Duke of York's Theatre (Sonia Friedman Productions). In addition to this Becky played Arabic percussion as a guest musician at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for the 2015 debut, and 2017 performances of Hofesh Shecter's 'Untouchable'. As well as composing and performing a piece for solo tabla at Kuljit Bhamra's 2017 London Tabla book launch, Becky has performed in various theatre shows at the Unicorn Theatre, Arts Ed, LAMDA, the Southbank's Festival of Percussion, Southwark Playhouse and the 2012 London Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Becky was a Finalist for Trinity Laban's prestigious Gold Medal Award at Kings Place, January 2016.

Becky has appeared as a deputy percussionist for Disney's 'Lion King' at the Lyceum Theatre, and as a deputy drummer for 'Six The Musical', Arts Theatre Leicester Square.

Becky is also the arranger and percussionist for in-demand ensemble Chiqas, and creates bespoke arrangements of anything from Britney to Bach. Becky also designs and presents drumming workshops for adults and school groups, and in her spare time is an extremely keen baker.

1. ↑ https://www.beckybrass.com
Theo Arran

**Theo Arran** is a dancer who started dancing at the age of 15, taking classes in Breakdance and Ballet at his local performing arts school. He later studied at Rambert and then Trinity Laban graduating with a first-class BA Honours in Contemporary Dance. During his time at both schools, Theo had the opportunity to work with artists including Ben Wright, Zoi Dimitriou, Robert Cohan and Daniel Squire. Before starting his vocational training in dance Theo also played double bass for jazz bands, touring Memphis, Paris and Amsterdam.
Otto's Cartoon Film

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Otto's Cartoon Film is the 3th episode of Happy Family Season 3

## Plot

Otto decides to create a cartoon film. Jeung Choi wants to help, but is convinced that he cannot do anything helpful. Otto Goes to an animation studio at the city, to make a Cartoon film with help from animators,

## Summary

On a rainy day, Otto walks home from the art museum and slips on plastic, noticing an animation cel, he goes to the owner's house, and returned it, The man introduces Otto to animation, and Otto has a idea

**Otto's Cartoon Film**

At dinner, Otto tells the family that he has a new hobby, "Animation" and tells about a frog who is laughed at, Jeung Choi decides to help,

At night, Otto is in his room surrounded by paper and, with a pencil in hand, is drawing tiredly. Kim Choi is revealed to be looking for Jeung and Otto and, from the top of the staircase, Kim spots him and Otto sharpening a pencil with a Can,

At the morning, Otto sleeps until 8AM, and he notices it's sunny, and goes to the animation studio,

At Korean Animation Studio, which is depicted as a loony place, he meets the showrunners, Greg Barley who give a tour. he enter the writers' room where the writers are suffering a creative block on how the show should end. Otto offers his idea which is well accepted by the group. However when Jeung Choi offers his idea, the writers prefer his as it is easier and quicker. This angers Otto and he resolves to stop the production of the episode with the "flawed" ending all the while Jeung Choi tries to get his ending produced. but leaves angrily

Otto, still animating, draws the character, with green paint, and ink,

Otto is worried that the Boss will fire him, the animators decide to make it all better, The next day, The Animators are planning to release it, Otto approaches him, announcing that he has finished the cartoon,

The animators mailed it to Canada, the animators in Canada are exicted to show it in Film Festival,

At the Film Festival, the Choi family go to the film festival and Watched it, Otto's film opens with Korean Animation Studio presents, A Otto Production, it starts with baby frogs, playing but the eighted one decides to join but he couldn't, A pencil, draws legs and feet, The eighted one joins and they lived happily ever after, THE END,

Everyone claps to Otto and The Choi Family are proud at him and said he did good Animation, the old man shows up and Shows Otto the Cels,

## Characters

* Otto
* Jeung Choi
* Kim Choi (no lines)
* Mr. Choi (no lines)
* Mrs. Choi
* Animators
* Canadian Animators
* Tadpoles
* Frogs
* Octopus
* Pencil
* Fish

## Trivia

* The sequence of The Little Frog is animated by FilmFair using animation cels, which CiNAR acquired FilmFair in 1996
* The Syndication versions pitches to 2x
* The 2022 Peacock version blurs out a Russian flag due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukriane,
* In 2022, Universal Kids released a PSA featuring clips from other episodes,
* The Giraffe from the 1995 film Otto in Africa reappears again as a picture from Otto's album
Katie Lusby

**Katie Lusby** is a physical theatre performer.

Katie trained at London Studio Centre and London Contemporary Dance School. She has worked with Richard Alston Dance Company, the Van Huynh Company and New Adventures (*Swan Lake* tour and film). Katie performed in David McVicar’s *Aida* at the Royal Opera House and later remounted the choreography (by Fin Walker) at Den Norske Opera & Ballett in Oslo. Katie has also worked with choreographers such as Aletta Collins, James Cousins, Sarah Dowling, Akram Khan (Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games), Liam Steele and Didy Veldman. She joined Gecko in 2015 for *The Time of Your Life* (BBC4).
Happy Family The Musical

**"Happy Family The Musical"** is a Season 2 episode from the Happy Family cartoon show. It is considered that season's premiere episode.

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Kim Choi
* Otto
* Mr Choi
* Ms Choi
* Seoung Cho (does not speak)
* Kang-Il
* Topi
* Maria Ramos
* Tiger
* Unnamed students
* Lion
* Koalas
* Cloud Dog
* Cloud Mouse
* Cloud Cat
* Cloud Donkey
* Unnamed Birds
* Ducks
* Grandma
* Grandpa
* Aunt Choi

## Plot

A series of vignettes are strung together regarding the Happy Family characters. Each vignette has a song that involves various characters

* Otto's Song - Otto goes to a Senegal Desert to visit Topi
* I Know Now - Jeung Choi sings about what he had learned as he had grown up.
* Clouds - Kim Choi lays about in a grassy meadow, talking about what she sees in the clouds.
* Poor Sweet Baby - Maria Ramos and Jeung Choi discuss understanding what love is.
* I Am Going To Be A Big Star - Otto wants to be a Big Star

## Background Information

* This episode had recycled a few songs from Snoopy! The Musical, because this episode was composed by Larry Grossman, Desiree Goyette, Hal Hackady
* As of 2019, NBC aired this episode during Thanksgiving
* In Canada and the UK, It's known as The Music Festival of the Happy Family
* During Playhouse Disney Asia airings, Otto's Song in its entirety and some parts of "I Know Now" is cut, specifically the verse "That you can't trade a pig for a dog"
* In the Arabic version (Both 1994 and 2005), All the songs were all undubbed because an unknown dubbing studio in Jordan don't want to translate the songs
Naomi Banks

### Social Media

Insta: @naomibanksofficialYouTube: @naomibanks767Music: https://naomibanks.lnk.to/IDontKnow

### End date

Present

**Naomi Banks** is a singer who emerged from the burgeoning Neo Soul and Jazz scenes, opting to break free from the genres and instead settle into her own buttery fusion of Soul, Pop and Electronica. Naomi launched her solo career in 2018 with the release of singles: ‘Enough’ and ‘Daydream’. The singles generated widespread online acclaim including support from Clash Magazine, London in Stereo, HypeBeast, Fault Magazine, Women in Pop (and many more) culminating in single: ‘Enough’ being added to the BBC R1 playlist with plays from Scott Mills, Clara Amfo, Dev & Alice, Matt and Mollie and more.
Iphigenia

## Cast

### Played By

Dafni Krazoudi, Fern Grimbley, Jahmarley Bachelor, Lou Ditaranto, Sharol Mackenzie, Stefanie Noll, WenHsin Lee

Iphigenia is the sole surviving Princess of the Greeks, and daughter to King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra.

Her story arc revolves around her transformation from a naive young girl, betrayed by her father, into the blood-thirsty Hecate (a character featured in Punchdrunk's *Sleep No More*), with the vengeful mission of seducing and luring young men away from Troy, as a sacrifice to Artemis.

## Loop

- Bear ritual

- Sing Sing Sing

- Sacrifice at the Czech Hedgehog

- Artemis takes her to the desert, to be resurrected

- She changes clothes and goes to Troy

- Date with a man at Ciacco's

-Seduction chase from Ciacco’s back into Mycenae

- Returns to Mycenae, kills solider on Hedgehog

## 1:1s

1:1 before being reunited with her father and the finale.

After wiping the blood off her hands from the previous scene she takes her ring off placing it into the WM's hand and explains how a mother's daughter who "was the apple of her eye" went missing and went on a search to find her. Looking across the whole planet she decided to look in the heavens where she discovered that everything wasn't as beautiful as it seemed. "The sun was just a dried sunflower and the moon was just an upturned bucket". When unable to find her daughter she tried to return to the earth but wasn't able to.

While explaining this story the lamp in the small bedroom slowly dims until it is completely dark.

## Trivia

In previews, when she was resurrected, she wore a green dress similar to Eurydice's. Later, this was changed to a red dress resembling Hecate's from *Sleep No More*. There is mythological basis for Iphigenia becoming Hecate[1]. Punchdrunk first depicted Hecate's background as Iphigenia at the McKittrick Hotel's May Fair 2015, where the Paisley Players performed a clown show titled "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia."

Connection to Melinoe (daughter of Hades)

## Mythology

* A short description of this character's mythology
Happy Family: The Legend Of The Sword

Happy Family: The Legend Of The Sword is a is an American animated feature dark fantasy made-for-television film produced by CiNAR and Film Roman and originally released on direct-to-video on May 2 1998. and aired on television on July 1 1998

## Plot

Otto accidentally send himself to the middle-ages, It's up to Otto, Raymond, and his best friend, Giro the Barbarian, as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a quest to save Raymond’s mom from the Wicked Wizaed. Will our heroes survive?

## Summary

Otto is busy making a novel, about a Time-Traveler, stuck in the 1800's, Later, Otto goes to Dr Smitzles' house, and says that he wants to go to the 1800's, Dr Smitzles sets the time and year, to the 1800's, only for it to change to the 1400's

As Otto wakes up from the Time-Machine, He notices he was sent to the Middle Ages!

Then Otto witnessed a boy who lived in poverty, named Raymond during a period where it was dangerous to go outside your village. But even so, Raymond always dreamed of going on adventures just like his grandpa once did. But Raymond’s parents wanted to keep the boy inside and made him play a flute.

At night, Otto went to Raymond's house for supper,
Don't Copy Me Jeung Choi!

Don't Copy Me Jeung Choi! (날 따라하지마 최정! in Korean) is a book based on the episode from the 1990's series Jeung Choi the Copycat published in July 22 2016 as part of the Emotional Fairy Tale Book

## Plot

Jeung Choi is teasing Kim Choi about her toy rabbit when he accidentally knocks it out of the window. He then goes on a hunt for the lost rabbit as finally returns it to find Kim Choi has transferred her affections to another toy.

## Summary

On a rainy day, Kim is cuddling her toy rabbit. Jeung Choi offers her his teddy in exchange, but she doesn’t want it. Jeunh sneaks up and takes the rabbit, and then teases Kim by keeping it just out of reach. Kim cries so hard that it caused a thunder sound, and Jeung Choi thinks it’s a huge joke, but he’s not so happy when Kim starts jumping up and down on the teddy. He tosses the rabbit away,

Jeung and Kim started copying each other, "Stop Copying Me" "Stop Copying Me" they screamed, That makes Jeung Choi so angry that he punched Kim so hard in the face,

Mr and Ms Choi come in to find out what is going on. Jeung Choi denies any wrongdoing on his part, but is told to go and get the rabbit. As he’s going to the window he trips and knocks the rabbit out of the window. Jeung Choi is told to go and get it back, but he stomps his feet so hard that he shook the neighborhood and, rather reluctantly, he goes outside to get it. He tosses it into the air and it lands on the sledge, but as Jeung Choi goes to get it from the sledge he trips again and knocks the bike away. The nike doesn’t stop so Jeung Choi goes after it, following the tracks it’s made in the snow. When at last he catches up he finds that Hickory has now got the rabbit. Hickory won’t give it back, and he does to Jeung Choi what Jeung Choi was doing to Kim, keeping the rabbit just out of reach as Jeung Choi tries to get it. When Hickory finally flips it away Jeung follows it, but he can’t find it anywhere. He’s about to give up when he sees it drifting away on the playground. Fortunately, there’s a stick in the ground, and he uses the stick for Hickory to go home as it drifts past. He returns triumphantly home, but Kim is now happily playing with the teddy, which is on a chair being offered a pretend cup of tea. Jeung Choi offers her the rabbit, but she doesn’t want it, so Jeung Choi sits it on a nearby chair and goes away.

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Kim Choi
* Ms Choi
* Mr Choi
* Hickory
* Squrriels
* Frogs

## Trivia

* Like the episode, the plot is similar to the Pingu episode, Pinga's Lost Rabbit
* At some point in this book, Jeung Choi said the word "Dummy" which can be inappropiate to some readers.
* In the original Kidsicon version, a teaser of the Pororo book I Want to Win can be seen,
The Refugee Neighbor

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The Refugee Neighbor is the 24th episode of Season 3 of the Cartoon series

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Rocki
* Kim Choi
* Rocki's Mom
* Rocki's Dad
* Rocki's Baby Sister
* Rocki's Sister (flashback)
* Otto
* Mr Choi
* Ms Choi
* Seoung Cho
* Kang-Il
* Walter (mentioned)
* South Philippine Villagers
* Soilders

## Plot

### Act I

2 Years ago..... Rocki lived in a small village in South Philippines with his family. Despite his optimism, he was well aware of the war in the North growing closer and closer to his village, that he knew eventually the two had to leave home for a better life in South Korea. During the mass chaos of refugees trying to escape the country, the North Philippine and British soldiers could only make room for one more passenger on the helicopter. So Rocki allowed his sister to escape to South Korea for a better life, separating the family indefinitely.

Today, 1997....... Rocki and his family moved South Philippines to South Korea, Jeung Choi welcomes Rocki to his house,

(Under Construction)

## Background Information

* This is the sixth *Happy Family* episode to tackle a serious issue, which is war and refugee. 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, *Otto And The Poor Family*, which discusses poverty, The Shivering Wind, Which discusses Child Abuse,
* This was one of the few Season 3 episodes to be adapted from a book
* According to an AWN magazine from 1998, UNICEF offices across the country requested copies of this episode due to its theme of war and refugee.
* On 2004, Classic Media released a DVD of the episode along with other episodes like "The Shivering Wind"
The Tree Of Hate

The Tree Of Hate is the 13th episode of Season 4 of the 90's series

## Plot

If there is one thing that the evil sorceress Dr. Hate cannot abide, it is other people's happiness. The spectacle of the Leprechaun's gentle and song-filled life. Dr Hate hackles up. He must destroy that tinkling laughter, smother those happy repartees... She plants the tree of evil in the forest and soon, no one is on speaking terms with another

## Characters

* Dr Hate
* Otto
* Leprechauns
* Topi (mentioned)
* Jeung Choi (Cameo, does not speak)
* Kim Choi (Cameo, does not speak)
* Walter

## Destructions

* The Flying Balloon - Deflated by the Leprechauns
* Dr's Hate's house - demolished

## Trivia

* This episode is similar to The Smurfs episode, "The Root Of Evil"
* This episode is one of the first episodes to use digital coloring

## Goofs

* When the Leprechaun's destroy the flying Balloon Jeung Choi isn't colored
USL-RM

USL-RM is an Indian animation studio. The studio is responsible for doing the animation in Season 4 of the Happy Family cartoon series

## Works

* The *Adventures of Oliver Twist*
* Bad Dog

* *Bratz: Super Babyz*
* *Christmas Carols* (BKN TV movie)
* *Daft Planet*
* *Dr. Disaster*
* *For Better or for Worse* (2000 series)
* *Freej*
* *Honk Toot and Swo-Swoosh*
* *King* (2003 series)
* *Kong: Return to the Jungle*
* *Legends of the Ring of Fire*
* *Magic Cellar*
* *Meena* (starting in 2001)
* *MICA*
* *Toad Patrol* (season 2, replacing AKOM)
* *Tripping the Rift* (certain episodes of season 2)
* *Untalkative Bunny*

## Other Works

* UNICEF Cartoons For Children's Rights: Children Have The Right To Protection From War (1999)
* UNICEF Animated Jam (2003)
A Happy Family Christmas

***A Happy Family Christmas*** is an hour-long *Happy Family* special that first aired on December 1 1999. It has since been released on home videos on December 9 2000.

## Plot

While the residents of Seoul get ready for Christmas, they want their holiday celebrations to be perfect—but just what does that mean?

## Background Information

* This is the first TV Special to use digital ink-and-paint
Happy Family (1992 TV series)/Season 4

**Season 4**, which aired from 1998 to 1999, was a different season from all the seasons that preceded it, in that instead of its episodes taking place primarily in the Seoul Korea and/or Jeung Choi's neighborhood, they now took place around the world, thanks to the traveling plane that Otto rides, that appeared in the first episode "The Runaway".

In 1998, Film Roman and CINAR decided that Otto, Jeung Choi, and Kim Choi, will go around the world in Season 4,

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Kim Choi
* Otto
* Walter (supporting)
* Quicky
* Buzz Buzz

The Choi parents, Jasper, Kate and Greg Taylor only made guest appearances in the season premiere episode "The Runaway".

## Trivia

* This is the last season to have overseas animation production services provided by Big Star, Wang Film Productions Inc, takes over starting with the next season.
* This is the first season to use digital ink-and-paint animation, even though The Runaway aired in November 7 1998, the first 9 episodes use animation cels while the other 19 episodes use digital ink and paint animation
* This is the first season to be produced by Siriol Productions
* This is also the last season to have Entertainment Rights credited as Sleepy Kids PLC
* In Australia and the UK, this is the last season to be in the 4:3 SD format.
* This is the only season to have overseas animation production services provided by, USL-RM,

* A majority of episodes from this season were released on VHS by Entertainment Rights during the 2000s.

* In October 7 2018, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD set for Australia, with all the episodes included.
* This is the last season to have the vehicles fully animated with traditional animation, the next season will have the vehicles animated with cel shaded animation.

## Happy Family (TV series), 1992-2003

Season 1-Season 2-Season 3-**Season 4**-Season 5-Season 6
Campo

Campo is a minor character that appeared in the Detective Otto episode, The Magic Fountain

## Appearance

Campo is a man with tan skin, ragged clothes and black hair

## Description

He is a man living in poverty with his family, he met Otto and Tootle Turtle, in the episode, "The Magic Fountain" later, his town got destroyed by the soilders with his Sari-Sari Store being bombed, later, Otto, Tootle Turtle, took the squatters including his family to a new town, by a plane, he later returns in the Season 4 episode, "Otto in Manila"

## Trivia

* His character is voiced by Alan Young
* He was mentioned in the Season 3 episode "The Shivering Wind"
* In the episode Otto in Manila he learns to play the guitar
Happy Family (1992 TV series)/Season 1

**Season 1**, which aired from 1992 to 1993, It was during this season that a cartoon special, "Why Jeung Choi Why" (July 1 1993), was aired, that dealt about cancer and PTSD

Season 1 consisted of a lot of episodes that were adaptations to the book series. However, notable differences had to be made either because of social and cultural differences, or to fit them into 11-minute or 22-minute episodes, or to be consistent with the cartoon show universe.

In its infancy stage, most of the episodes heavily rely on slapstick antics with very few hints of story. It hasn't been fully developed yet, as it is firmly rooted in the Hanna Barbera era (but without the fast-paced narration and the dialogue sometimes kept to a minimum). Given in fact that Glen Kennedy previously worked with Hanna Barbera, so the style of writing is almost noticeable. A few new villains and allies are added to the series, making it feel far from formulaic. The basic characterizations of Jeung Choi are more or less the same as in Marc Brown's original books, which would be developed or toned down in later seasons. The look of the series hasn't been nailed down because the animators of CiNAR are still learning how to draw in Marc Brown style. Animation errors are more prominent in this season.

## Video Releases

* Classic Media has released two volume sets of Season 1 episodes.
* Amazon Prime has individual episodes available for download.
* In 2020, meWATCH released season 1 in a brand new HD remaster of the original uncut USA editions.

## Background Information

* The season along with Seasons 2 and 3 misfortune of misshapen character models. Sometimes, the off-model characters would cause inconsistently with the structure of the episodes, such as "The Biggest Fight" and "Jeung Choi in The City". In later seasons after the switch to digital ink-and-paint, dynamic and character models were much more consistent.
* In 1993 the episodes were re-edited to carry one opening sequence for all episodes; this happened for at least non-English markets. The video scenes consist of Jeung Choi waking up, which is presumably the Season 1 opening of the US version. The music consists of a vocal song sung by a children's choir
* Universal Kids crop the season to 16:9

## Happy Family (TV series), 1992-2003

**Season 1**-Season 2-Season 3-Season 4-Season 5-Season 6
Why Jeung Choi Why/Other Languages

Since its creation, Why Jeung Choi Why has been made in many languages other than English

## Korean

최정과 옆에 걸린 아이 is the Korean dub that originally aired on KBS in 1996 but was redubbed in 2018, on EBS1, this dub was distributed by ICONIX Entertainment

## Polish

   Jeung Choi I Studentka Z Rakiem is the Polish dub that originally aired on TVP1 on Christmas 1995 and was aired again on MiniMini+ in 2003
Snowy Days

Snowy Days is the first episode of the 80's series

## Plot

Jeung Choi and his friends are feeling dreary, but can't put a finger on why. It eventually dawns on them that their listless feeling is a result of the fact that there have been no major holidays in quite some time, so they plan to try inventing a new one

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Kang-Il
* Kim Choi
* Mr Choi
* Ms Choi
* Poor Kid
* Poor Family
* Santa Claus (mentioned)
Happy Family (2018 TV Series)

Uh oh! Very Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Happy Family book series, the 1990s Happy Family cartoon show series, or the 2006 Happy Family cartoon show series, and should not be considered part of the overall storyline of any of those media universes.

Happy Family is a 2018 Korean-American animated series created by Atoonz with Dreamworks

## Plot

Set during poverty and difficulties in the Korea of the 1960s. Jeung Choi and his family do fantastic activities

## Production

In January 2005, Atoonz announced a Happy Family spin-off series for EBS and Cartoon Network, in May 2005, the show went under development for 13 years, In 2017, the character designs are revealed, In 2018, the show was aired on EBS and later aired on Universal Kids

## Criticism and Lawsuit

### Criticism

The show was heavily panned by fans due to the poor animation

## = Lawsuit

Main Article:Marc Brown v Atoonz

In 2019, Marc Brown Film Roman and DreamWorks filled a lawsuit against Atoonz for using the characters without permission, Marc Brown, Film Roman, and DreamWorks won the lawsuit

## Trivia

* Uncommonly for a DreamWorks production, all of the characters' voices were recorded in Seoul, South Korea, with the exceptions of Frank Welker Sonja Ball, and Melissa Altro whom all recorded their lines from Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, Canada.
* Frank Welker reprises his role as Otto and the Narrator
* When Bommie Han voices Jeung Choi in the english dub, he sounds alot like Pororo
* The series is now owned by Dreamworks Classics
* The Family is poorly animated due to the Animation errors, and dialogue errors, that Atoonz was fired by Marc Brown
* Universal Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD as Happy Family:The Complete Series
* The episode The Kingdom Of Trouble reveals that Otto lived in the cave for 7 Years
* There was a US dub made by Outloud Audio
* The Ani100 dub has Bommie Han Anna Paik Matt Anipen Jackie Youn Josh Schwartzentruber Frank Welker Sonja Ball Melissa Altro and Samantha Kim Daniel
* Some episode have blood that Peacock has to censor it
Happy Family (1985 TV series)

Happy Family is an animated comedy children's television series that originally aired on CBS from 21 September 1985 to 25 March 1988, Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, it is based on the book series by the same name,

## Production

When Hanna-Barbera owned the rights to Happy Family franchise in 1981, Hanna-Barbera opened a subsidiary "Hanna-Barbera-Brown Productions" to make TV Specials, and One TV Series for NBC, In 1984, Hanna Barbera and TF1 signed a deal to make a Happy Family TV Series, During production, Marc Brown decided that it will enter syndication in 1986,

In 1988, after the Happy Family TV Series ended, Hanna-Barbera broke the deal with Marc Brown and causing the studio to shut down

## Trivia

* The show never got a home release until 2013, when Warner Archive signed a deal with StudioCanal to digitized the entire series
* It was rumored that DreamWorks Classics sued Warner Archive for neglecting the property, however Greg Bailey debunked the rumored
D'Ocon Films

D'Ocon Films Productions is a Spanish animation production company based in Barcelona, Spain.
The studio is founded by Antoni D'Ocon and was discovered by Greg Bailey on one of his vacations in Spain. Baikey met Antoni D'Ocon, and so, they agreed to do animation for the episodes of the fifth and sixth seasons of Happy Family.

## Shows Produced

* *Los Aurones*
* *Basket Fever*
* *Captain Fricassee*
* *Delfy And His Friends*
* Fix And Foxi And Friends
* *The Frog Show* (co-production with Ellipsanime)
* *The Fruitties*
* *Kong: The Animated Series*
* *Lacets*
* *Magic Adventures of Mumfie* (certain episodes were animated by D'Ocon Films)
* *Pocket Dragon Adventures* (co-produced with Bohbot Entertainment)
* *Problem Child* (co-production with Universal Cartoon Studios; season 1 only)
* *Scruff*
* *Sylvan*

## Other Projects

* UNICEF Cartoons For Children's Rights - Children Have The Right To Acquire Knowledge About The Natural Environment (1999) [1] [2] [3]
The Magic Fountain

The Magic Fountain is the 1st episode of the Detective Otto segments

## Characters

* Otto
* Tootle Turtle
* Campo
* Campo's Wife
* Campo's Family
* Squatters
* Soilders
* Police
* Prisoner
* Dog
* Mayor Lopez

## Plot

A search for a magic fountain by Otto and Tootle is the only hope for squatters in Mindanao

## Summary

Otto and Tootle accompany Mayor Lopez on an ocean voyage. Tootle suffers from seasickness, but when the ship runs into a storm improves dramatically while everyone else is left ill. The storm ends up sinking the vessel, and Otto and Tootle become separated from Mayor Lopez, who they fear have been lost. Otto and Tootle wash up on an unknown shore, where they are found and taken in by a poor couple. They awaken sometime later to find the couple being antagonized by a soilder, whom Otto gets the handcuffs.

Unfortunately, the soilder turns out to Joe, a malevolent man who has been lording over the locals for some time with the help of several henchmen. At the urging of the couple, Otto and Tootle flee into the nearby woods, but are pursued by Joe and his men with dogs. Unexpectedly, the pair run into Mayor Lopez, who have similarly washed up in this unfamiliar land, and the group manage to throw off the pursuers. A group of squatters then arrives to lead Otto and Tootle to the Squatter's village, but during the journey, they prove unable to keep up with Otto and Tootle's normal walking pace.

The squatters explain that they are the Pibbles, and that their people were cursed years ago by a man and deprived of their strength. As such, they lack the means to stand up to Joe's cruelty, and their only hope of throwing off the spell is water from the Magic Fountain. The journey to the fountain is too strenuous for any of the Feebles to manage, so Otto volunteers himself - and a less than enthusiastic Feeble - to retrieve the water for them. But, Otto smelled smoke coming from the houses!

Otto asked the couple The Good News and The Bad News he told the Good news that he saved the poor from the Soilders, and the Bad News is the squatters house are on fire,
Mountain Bombs

Mountain Bombs is a 30-second non-verbal PSA made by the Korean Safety, Shown in the episode "Otto and the Mountain Incident"

## Plot

It shows an overview of but fades, to see the Bomb, Then we see Otto in the Mountain and he is waiting for the Bomb to explode, eventually the Bomb explode with a message "Be Safe From Bombs''
The Happy Family (1988 TV Special)

Happy Family is a 1988 TV Special based on the book by Marc Brown, produced by CiNAR Animation known as Crayon Animation at the time, with France Animation

## Plot

### Peacock

The TV Special is about a Korean family living in the 1980's Korea, as many people are living in poverty, Jeung Choi and his family all live in harmony

### Netflix and TV Guides

Set in the 1980's 60s, South Korea was still a developing country with many of its citizens living in poverty. Because of this, there are a lot of references to that time period such as the street vendors and the school bread deliveries.

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Kim Choi
* Mr Choi
* Ms Choi
* Seoung Cho
* Kang-Il
* Students
* Teacher Hoon
* The Hoon Twins

## Broadcast

The special has aired on Syndication in 1988 and it was back on air when the special aired on Cartoon Network
Happy Family:City Adventures

* English
* French

Happy Family: City Adventures (famille beureuse Les aventures urbaines de Jeung Choi) is a 2022 French-American flash animated series)

## Summary

Jeung Choi moves into a new town SunnyRoad Homes, with his new friends, Marco (a Mexican-American 7 year old) and Jimmy (a American boy) go on adventures in the city, to explore, to make mysteries

## Production

In 2020 Xilam announced a Happy Family series that will air on 2022,

In 2021, footage of the series where leaked but where deleted,

In 2022, it's announced, Season 1 finished production and Season 2 started production
Dwaler 27,5

Editie 27,5 (**Feest van Overwinning**) vond plaats op ? t/m ? 1232.

Petrov, Kostadin, Romanov, Markö, Stefana, Gregor, Ivar, Iosef, Valerija, Dana, Boris, Bojan, Vidi, Medved, Radko, Grigorii, Teo, Mila, Ivan, Michaelius, Filipa, Danijela en Vesna waren aanwezig.

## Wat gebeurde er op Editie 27,5?

* Op zaterdagochtend was er een markt. Hier stonden meerdere mensen met kraampjes. Ook onze eigen Medved, Vidi en Vesna boden hier hun diensten aan.
* Zaterdagmiddag was de bruiloft van Petrov en Stefana. Er waren veel gasten aanwezig, waaronder Vrouwe Vreile, Commandeur Marcus van de Tempeliers, Caledon (de schout) en Sennay de Zwart, Faremir, Commandeur Wilhelm van de Johannieters en natuurlijk alle Zmajevit. Na afloop heeft Vrouwe Vreile ons een dans geleerd.
* Zaterdagavond was er een feest. Hierop hebben leden van vele verschillende groepen stukjes opgevoerd en liedjes gezongen, onder het genot van drank en muziek.
* Zondagmiddag was er gedoe om een baby en een buts idk
Happy Family (1973 TV series)

Happy Family was a cartoon series featuring the eponymous characters which was produced by Perpetual Motion Pictures from 1973 to 1978. It was based on book series "Happy Family" by Peyo. This was the first animated Happy Family production, which was 19 years earlier than the 1990s one.

## Production

In 1972, Perpetual Motion Pictures planned a Happy Family TV Series after Joe Cates brought a Happy Family book, Marc Brown loved the idea, Marc Brown hired Perpetual Motion Pictures to make the TV Series,

The family was crudely drawn, because Marc Brown had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead, they just traced over his drawings. The animation was produced domestically at Perpetual Motion Pictures

In 1978, NBC and Marc Brown cancelled the series due to poor animation

It was not until the success of Film Roman's Happy Family cartoon that the TV Series began to gain widespread attention: in the early 1990s, Seo Young-hoon, the former KBS president, acquired the Korean rights to the film for $1,000,000. In doing so, he sold those rights to Daekyo (until 2006) ICONIX (2006-)

In 2018, DreamWorks Classics digitized the entire series

In 2020 The series along with the Happy Family Productions Library are available for streaming on Peacock
Happy Family: The Movie (2016 film)

Happy Family The Movie (*The Precious memories of the Choi Family* in some european conturies in South Korea) is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Dreamworks Animation and ICONIX and distributed by Universal Pictures worldwide and ICONIX Entertainment in South Korea and Japan)

## Summary

In Seoul during simpler times when folks didn't have much, two siblings spend ordinary days having extraordinary fun with family and friends

## Production

Originally, the CGI Film of Happy Family was planned to be shown in late 2009. Some of the content was similar to a fantasy animation, and the storyline was completely different, and there was a sense of distance between the characters and the voice actors in the main story and the subsequent 4 episodes. Unfortunately, it was said that it could not be produced because it could not find an investor.

Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies were supposed to produce the film with Studio Liddell named "Happy Family: The Search For The Missing Glass"
Fil-Cartoons

**Fil-Cartoons, Inc.** was a Manila, Philippines-based animation company founded in 1987 by Jerry Smith, as an overseas unit and a subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera. It went defunct in 2001

It provides animation to many cartoon shows, by Film Roman, mainly The Mask: The Animated Series, and is one of the animation studios in *Happy Family* alongside with *AKOM*. Big Star, in Seasons 1-3

The studio also works with Hanna Barbera, UNICEF, and other companies to animate other shows.

## Episodes Animated By Fil-Cartoons

### Season 1

* Jeung Choi In The City
* The Underwater Adventure
* The Cave-Monster
* Jeung Choi's Chicken Pox
* Jeung Choi and the Rich Neighbor
* The Christmas Star
* The Biggest Fight
* So Funny I Forgot To Laugh (with Mr Big Cartoons)

### Season 2

* The Ballad Of Otto
* Otto The Betrayal

### Season 3

* Otto And The Poor Family
* Otto's Cartoon Film
* The Shivering Wind (With AKOM)
* Otto The Brave Wizard (With Big Star)
* A Seollal Disaster (final episode to be animated by Fil-Cartoons, USL-RM will provide the animation services in Season 4, and D'Ocon Films in Spain for a few episodes in seasons 5 and 6.)

## Differences compared to AKOM and Big Star-animated episodes

* In some scenes, Otto and Jeung Choi's bodies are taller and fatter, and their arms tend to get unusually long
* Other characters' arms are sometimes shorter

## Trivia

* Something common with AKOM's animation is Jeung Choi and Otto's bodies sometimes appearing taller and fatter, as well as their arms getting unusually long
The Cave-Monster

* Image
* US Title Card
* UK Title Card

The Cave-Monster is the 8th episode of the 90's series

## Characters

* Otto (debut)
* Jeung Choi
* Kang-Il
* Jing-Gong
* Grandpa
* Ki-Choi
* Hickory
* Wolf
* Seoung-Cho (opening)
* Kim Choi
* Ms Choi

## Plot

Jeung Choi and his friends are going on a trip to a village, But Kang-Il is worried because, a monster might turn him into food

## Summary

The episode starts out with Seoung-Cho putting his toe in the cold lake and shivering before falling into Jeung Choi's arms and the two of them fall into the lake. Jeung Choi speaks to the viewers about why parents send their children to camp: for punishment! Such as, it looks like a hamburger, right? Wrong! It's a worm-burger. After that, on Monday, they serve macaroni-and-fleas. And how the hungry mosquitoes try to break into the tent. A tornado then comes and sucks up the boys tent. Jeung Choi finishes by saying the worst part of camp is... THE GIRLS!

After the title card, it starts off with everyone at the camp bus stop. Jeung Choi's mother brings him a stack of postcards stamped and addressed so he can write back. Before Jeung Choi gets on the bus, Kim comes running with Jeung Choi's underwear. The girls laugh. Jeung Choi angrily takes them from her and takes his seat on the bus. Soon, all the parents wave good-bye as the bus drives away

(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

## Background Information

* This episode marks the debut of Otto
* This is one of the few Happy Family episodes to be animated at Roman-Avila Studios, Film Roman's Philippine unit in Pasay, Philippines (founded by Rex Avila) who did a lot of animation work for Film Roman between the late 1980s through the early 1990s. This explains why the backgrounds look different from CiNAR's Animation unit
* In the UK, It's called "Jeung Choi and the Monster In The Cave" for unknown reasons

## Errors

* When Jeung Choi tells Kang to stop being a coward, his right arm is small
Jeung Choi

**Jeung Young Choi** is the eponymous protagonist of the series. He is the oldest child and only son of Mr and Ms Choi, and the brother of Kim Choi He is a student in Grade 1 of his school

## Appearance

Jeung Choi is a Korean child with fair skin, undercut hair worn in the center of the forehead.

## History

On 1959, Marc Brown created a character named Joong Choi, on the school newspaper, however around 1964, Marc Brown stopped making comics about Joong Choi, however around 1969, the first Happy Family book was published and Jeung Choi was redesigned

## Reckless Behavior

Of course, it wasn't always completely good. There were a lot of excerpts from both the 90's series and the 2006 Series especially. Of course, Jeung Choi's actions are more of a prank than an evil act, but there are also pranks that are close to a bad act that has no room for consideration. Of course, since you're young, even if you say your personality is evil, you can at least get hit with a stick, and there are quite a few things that go too far

* **Imitating**: After watching a Wild Creature on TV and playing with a Wild Creature, he took off his clothes and put on a furoshiki, shouting here and there, and ran wildly here and there. After losing, Jeung Choi and his friends told Kim Choi, who was playing in the corner, to run away quickly, but Kim Choi saw Jeung Choi naked. When Seoung Cho made fun of him, Jeung Choi became furious and quickly hid under the wall of another house and yelled at him not to come to my house to play from tomorrow.

## Trivia

* Jeung Choi's bedtime is 10:00pm
* On the Spainsh-Canadian-Australian-American series *The DUCKS*, in every episode, the theme song of the show ended with Twiky saying, "You know, I bet Jeung Choi doesn't have to deal with stuff like this." *The DUCKS* was another production of Happy Family Productions and CiNAR that also aired on FOX Kids.
* Jeung Choi and his family are of the Catholic faith.
* Jeung Choi and his family are Korean
* In Early Season 5, Jeung Choi's voice is slightly deeper, and was replaced by Justin Bradley
Little Otto

***Little Otto*** is the second incarnation of the Happy Family 1992 Series. This spin-off/prequel of The 1992 Series*.* was created by Greg Bailey, and premiered on April 28 2003; running for four seasons on ION Television After the series ended, there would be no more shows featuring Otto for eight years, until 2015, when *Otto in Paris* revitalized the character

## Production

When ION Television commissioned CiNAR to produce *Little Otto*, it effectively canceled *Happy Family*, as ION Television was unable or unwilling to pay for both shows.

Marc Brown encouraged Greg Bailey to produce a younger version of Otto

After the second season was finished, The show was switched to CiNAR to Cookie Jar, When Sunbow Entertainment wanted to make more episodes

Roughly in 2006, Cookie Jar decided to make the last and fourth season of the series

## Reception

According to IMDb, the series received 5/10 and on iTunes it received 4.3/5.

## Background Information

* In 2020 the UK copies of the show where streamed on Peacock
Detective Otto

***"Detective Otto"*** is a series of episodes from the 1990s Happy Family cartoon show that have appeared in Seasons 1 and 2 where the main characters are Otto and Tootle Turtle. These episodes usually run for around 18 minutes and have their own episode title card that appears at the beginning of the story. In syndication, the Detective Otto episodes were aired separately from the Happy Family cartoon

## Plot

The series follows the adventures of a detective cavemonster named, Otto who lives in a city of style noir set in New York, Helped by his friends and Tootle Turtle he will be forced to confront the evil villains to protect the peace of citizens.

## Episodes

Originally from Season 1:

1. The Magic Fountain
2. The Donut Problem
3. Person To Prison
4. Kiss The Cook
5. Elephant Issues
6. The Cursed Country
7. The Prince And The Tootle
8. The Impostor of Otto
9. Otto's Heroes
10. Bear Foot Soilders

Originally from Season 2:

1. Merlin's Lost Book of Magic
2. The Moo-ing Liza
3. 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea
4. Heavens to Planetoid
5. Follow the Yellow Brick Gold
6. There's No Place Like Nome

## Background Information

* On 1999 the entire segments were released on VHS
* Peacock streamed all the episodes
* There is once a rumor that Stan And Jan Berenstain sued both Film Roman and CiNAR for using Tootle Turtle without permission, Mike Berenstain debunked the rumor and said, Stan And Jan Berenstain knew about the segments as thet send the letter to Both Marc Brown and Film Roman to make the segments with the Otto character
PEEP Bar

The bar in The Burnt City is known as **Peep** (stylised as PEEꟼ).

It opens after the first hour of the show, having been transformed from the museum entrance area.

Characters cross through the bar at various points during their loops, and even perform there.

There are three characters who stay in the bar and do not usually cross into the main show; two Peep Cabaret hosts plus Orpheus.
Jeung Choi and the Refugee Neighbor

* English
* Korean

Jeung Choi and the Refugee Neighbor is a Happy Family book published in 1995. it was later adapted as a Season 3 episode in 1997

## Plot

The war in Mindanao between Muslims and Christians is very real and this is how an innocent child experiences it. Feel their fear,

Rocki and his Family Refugee to Seoul to Move with Jeung Choi and his Family, Otto Introduces Rocki to Novel-Making

## Characters

* Jeung Choi
* Rocki
* Rocki's Sister
* Rocki's Mom
* Rocki's Dad
* Rocki's Baby Sister
* Otto
* Mr Choi
* Ms Choi
* Kim Choi
* Kang-Il
* Seoung-Cho
* Hickory
* Teacher Kim

## Trivia

* This is the second *Happy Family* book to tackle a serious issue, which is refugee and war. The first was *The Chois and the Poor Family*, which discusses poverty.
* On 1997, this book was adapted into an episode under "The Refugee Neighbor"
* In 2022, this book is reprinted for Ukrainian refugees during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War
* The idea for this book came from George McBean, an illustrator for UNICEF, who wrote a letter to Brown asking if he could publish in which the *Happy Family* characters explained the subject of refugee and war to children. Although Marc Brown initially expressed doubt, he eventually agreed to the idea
* Around 2017, This book became available on Fully Booked and National Book Store throughout the Philippines due to the Marawi Siege
* Around 1997, UNICEF republished the book with Random House