The Legends of Blinky Bill

Warner Bros. Television Studios (US)

Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala

and

The Adventures of Blinky Bill

by Yoram Gross

Warner Bros. Animation

**The Legends of Blinky Bill** is an Australian-American animated adventure television series, based on the Blinky Bill character created by Dorothy Wall and also based on The Adventures of Blinky Bill by Yoram Gross. The series picks up a a year after the events of The Adventures of Blinky Bill and a few months after the events of Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala, with the title character and his troop now guardians of Greenpatch. Rounding out the cast are the dingo-siblings (Shifty, Danny, Daisy and Meatball) and the ex-circus animals from Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure (Tico, Slippery, Ling Ling, Penelope, Yoyo and Leo), as well as some new characters exclusive to this series. The series overseas animated at DeviantArt Animation in New York City. The series also serves as a sequel series of the 2021 live-action/computer-animated adventure film Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala. The series aired on March 1, 2022 in Australia on Seven Network and on March 4, 2022 in the United States On Disney Channel.

## **Characters**

### **Main characters**

* **Blinky Bill** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - the series main protagonist

* **Nutsy** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - Step-sister and now also love interest of Blinky.
* **Kirsten Parker** (voiced by Michela Luci) - a teenage girl and Blinky's human friend.
* **Eric Walker** (voiced by Leonardo Navarrete) - a teenage boy and Kristen's love interest.
* **Allison Walker** (voiced by Hannah Levinson) - a teenage girl, Kristen's best friend and Blinky's human friend. She also likes calling Blinky "BB".

* **Alex Parker** (voiced by Ryder Jack Parker) - a 6 year old boy, Kristen's younger brother, Blinky's human friend and Shifty's best friend.
* **Mary Connors** - a 6 year old girl and Alex's love interest.
* **Marcia** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - a tomboy marsupial-mouse and Blinky's friend.
* **Splodge** (voiced by Keith Scott and Brad Norman in the US) - a kangaroo and Blinky's friend. He often acts as the muscle of the gang (along with Danny, Meatball and Slippery).
* **Flap** (voiced by Keith Scott and Eric Bauza in the US) - a platypus and Blinky's biggest best-friend. He still wears his iconic yellow-pants, but now has a belt with them so they won't fall off frequently like they used to.

* **Shifty** (voiced by Keith Scott) - Originally enemies of Blinky and the gang and now friends with the gang. he is also an official member of the gang and he is athletic and tough on par with Blinky. He has also taken a degree in medics since every team needs a doctor at some point. He is also Alex's best friend and pet dingo.
* **Danny** (voiced by Keith Scott) - Danny was once the juvenile delinquent of Greenpatch, but now he usually turns good (which Blinky actually finds useful), and even has a heart for Alex often being a bodyguard, best friend and pet dingo (along with his siblings Shifty, Meatball and Daisy).
* **Meatball** (voiced by Keith Scott) - Pretty much still the same old chubby dummy, Meatball may not look like it, but he has changed considerably: not afraid to stand up for himself or save lives if he has too. Though his stupidity can be a liability the others know he means well.

* **Daisy** (voiced by Robyn Moore and Sadie Stanley in the US) - The only sister amongst the dingo sibs, Daisy is rough and tough, not wanting to rely on men to protect her all the time. She retook her dream of being a hair-stylist and is actually starting to have feelings for Splodge.

* **Jacko** - The comic relief of the gang as well as the newest member until Kristen, Eric, Allison and Alex arrived. Jacko is always ready to lighten the mood whenever someone's not feeling happy, but he can be serious when he has to. Due to being one of the few teammates capable of flight, he can be vital in locating lost people or objects over considerable distances. He still wears his blue straps, but now also wears a red ascot and an airplane-hat and goggles (reminiscent of *Blinky Bill: the Mischievous Koala*).

* **Leo** - "Someone's gonna get hurt, and it's always me!" is Leo's rallying cry. Having retired from Africa back to Australia, Leo may be old, but is tough and willing to take on challenges, yet is still a coward like before - he is afraid of anything and everything, including bacteria, pond scum, piranhas (which are not found in Australia), and anything else that can be named. But when it comes to helping Blinky in trouble, Leo shows know-it-all Tico a thing or two in the bravery department and leads the way. He still wears his purple pants, but now also wears a lighter purple-poncho and carries a cane around with him.

* **Yoyo** - Yoyo the monkey was happy to find his place in the world since *Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Balloon Adventure*, but later grew bored of it and decided to return to Greenpatch where the real fun was and still is. Along with Jacko he acts as the comic relief of the gang. He still wears his yellow-strapped pants, but now also wears a purple shirt.

* **Ling Ling** - Ling Ling the panda is now a full-fledged magician and has become a foreign exchange-student for Greenpatch's school. She has perfected and acquired many different magic-tricks which can come in handy during a peril. She now wears blue Chinese-robes.

* **Slippery** - Slippery the Weddell seal didn't get to enjoy much time with Blinky when he freed him and the others from the circus-brothers, but he does now. He continues to do some circus acts, but now under Tico's leadership and is still best-friends with Yoyo. Though still cumbersome on land, this doesn't stop him from helping his friends, and is of great importance when a situation moves to water (along with Flap). He now wears light purple-pants.

* **Queen Penelope** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - Penelope the French poodle has become the first monarchy to live in Greenpatch. After rising in the ranks, she grew bored of Paris and missed the excitement Blinky had brought to her. She eventually moved to Greenpatch and now resides there permanently. She can still be snobby but can be serious when she has to. Meatball has developed a crush on her but she rarely reciprocates. She now wears a dark-pink royal dress.

* **Tico** (voiced by Sarah Aubrey) - Now host of his own little circus, Tico the toucan has come a long way after taking the juggling-animal-trio Magid, Alsana and Sanjay under his wing and now have set up permanently in Greenpatch. He still tags along with Blinky on his adventures and often teams up with Danny when needing to do some good acting. He also takes those who want to volunteer like Slippery and even Blinky and Nutsy and the gang. He now wears a dark-blue leotard.

### **Allies**

* **Mrs. Koala** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - If his woes become too great or his thoughts too burdensome, Blinky seeks seclusion and the calm council of his mother, Mrs. Koala. A sympathetic ear when Blinky needs someone wise to talk to, Mrs. Koala acts as the voice of reason, always reminding Blinky of his unique obligations to Greenpatch. She is also Kristen's closest confidant. The two share a warm, strong bond, and Kristen regards her as her only kindred spirit in the bush. From Mrs. Koala's point of view, Kristen will always help her. Her open mind is a well of great wisdom and she is almost always right.
* **Walter "Wambo" Wombat** (voiced by Keith Scott) - The Village elder and the repository of all local knowledge, history and lore. He recalls how he hated his old nickname "Wombo", but began accepting it more after Allison complimented it (and found amusement in her nicknaming Blinky "BB"). Like Mrs. Koala he is a good choice for Blinky to find words of encouragement. Although kind to Blinky, Kristen, and all the young-animals, Walter is almost undoubtedly the bravest person in Greenpatch after Kristen and Allison. When the residents were trapped in a cave by Staquait the dragon, Wambo bravely stood up to the villain, and encouraged all the others to be brave as well. His presence and support keeps the town together and ensures that they are always there for each other even in the most dire situations.
* **Miss Magpie** (voiced by Robyn Moore) - Miss Magpie remains Blinky's teacher at Greenpatch school.
* **Mayor Pelican** (voiced by Keith Scott) - The same grouchy and irritable pelican mayor of Greenpatch.
* **Alice Parker** - A kind heart mother of Kristen and Alex.
* **Darren Parker** - a work-hard father of Kristen and Alex.

* **Miss Glennys Pym** - A slick, opportunistic human proprietor of "Pym's shop", whose lust for material gain is compromised only by her begrudging admiration towards Blinky. Though she's Blinky's arch-nemesis in the original series, she later becomes a reluctant ally of Blinky after he saved her from a rampaging *Kronosaurus*. A good example is when she disguises herself as a high-ranking official in order to secure the release of Blinky, Nutsy, Yoyo, Danny, Hugo and Hooft. She even allows Blinky and his friends to borrow a jeep of hers to find out the source of the poison that has flown into the river and endangered the bush (knowing that the contaminated water would ruin her business).
* **Cedric** - Miss Pym's pet canary who remains friends with the Blinky Bill Gang. In "The Return of Ysanne", he is briefly transformed into a *Microraptor* by Ling Ling possessed by Ysanne's ghost.
* **Hugo and Hooft** - Loose caricatures (though not in appearance) of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, c. the "Road to" series. Hugo is a blue-tongued skink and Hooft is an Australian water rat. Deserters of a Tasmanian empire, these captive-born beasts now work for Pym, though they still have the occasional run-in with Emperor Dumon (their former superior), who considers their insubordination (refusal to raze a village of women and children) a capital offense. They also seem to owe money to "Joey the Shark", a loan shark in San-Diego (which is probably why they joined the empire in the first place). Although they are smooth-talking conmen who try to cheat people out of money, they are good-natured and willing to do anything for their friends. A good example is when they are arrested and sent to prison; when Blinky, Nutsy, Danny, and Yoyo help them escape, they have the chance to flee, but return to save them from being executed.

* **Dania** - A beautiful female dingo who wants to be with Danny for her love. Alex gets the two dingoes together and they hit it off. Dania meets Danny's friends and relatives, with the exception of Blinky and Kristen, who are out tracking poachers. Dania has a great dislike of both Alex and Kristen, regarding them as obnoxious and loud and forces Danny to choose between them when all their attempts to break the dingoes up fail. After the poachers are defeated and Alex rescued, Dania approaches Danny and offers to give him another chance at being her boyfriend. Danny refuses and dumps her, causing Dania to storm off in anger.
* **Chief Keewazi** - Leader of an Aboriginal tribe, a group of natives who live deep in the bush.
* **Basuli** - Chief Keewazi's headstrong son and future leader of the Aboriginal tribe. He becomes a good friend of Blinky. Blinky once aided Basuli in retrieving an eagle's feather, which he needed as part of a rite of passage in order to marry. Though he and Blinky are friends, they compete in many ways.
* **Madam Wu** - A female panda who originally appeared in *Blinky Bill and the Strange Koala* and has Flap smitten. The first time she came was alongside Coco Phil and his gang to study the Aborigines with the Blinky Bill Gang, Flap was afraid he was too weird for her and sought out a fountain that he thought would make the drinker young again, however she reveals she likes him just the way he is.

* **Moyo** - One of the older rabbit children (around teenage). He once believed Blinky cared more about Nutsy than Greenpatch. When Hista, an enormous centipede, attacked while Blinky was with Nutsy, Moyo managed to chase Hista away for the time being. When Blinky returned, he boasted about this one time accomplishment, claimed that Blinky was too busy being with Nutys to protect the town, and challenged Blinky for leadership of the Blinky Bill Gang. Moyo defeated Blinky, though only because Blinky had saved Moyo from an imminent death from being impaled on sharp spikes. Moyo led the gang away and, by an error of judgment, they walked into a tar pit. After some conflict, Moyo and Blinky cooperated to rescue the gang and lure Hista into the tar pit, where the great arthropod became stuck and sank, killing him and forever ending the centipede's reign of terror. Moyo reconciled with Blinky, finally seeing that Nutsy was part of the team, and stepped down as leader. He promised to wait until he was worthy to be a member again. Despite his arrogance and stubbornness, when the koalas and platypuses engage in jungle warfare, Moyo plays a big part in helping Kristen settle the feud. Just as all seemed lost, a fire breaks out, and Moyo is the first to follow Kristen's lead in forming a truce in putting out the fire. He wears a red shirt and purple pants.

### **Villians**

* **Emperor Dumon** – A vicious, scar-faced Tasmanian devil and leader of a Tasmanian empire. He sees himself on the right side of the law, but his draconian means do not justify his actions, putting him at odds with even Danny. He acts as judge and executioner, and has made it his goal to hunt down Hugo and Hooft because they refused his order to burn down a village full of women and children. Blinky and his crew helped fake their demise, but eventually the devil learned the truth and imprisoned them. Blinky, Nutsy, Danny and Yoyo ended up imprisoned in his fortress as well, then after allowing Hugo and Hoof to escape, they were sentenced to be hanged, but were released after Pym impersonated a Tasmanian magistrate, which Dumon doesn't notice as the heroes safely returned to the mainland by steamship. He wears a uniform similar to Grand Admiral Thrawn of *Star Wars*.

* **Thaddeus Hunt** - The leader of a band of kidnappers (presumably drug traffickers) who try to kidnap Blinky and U.S. President Joe Biden for ransom money. His two main minions are Jake and Sam, his third named is Jones. He and his men are eventually arrested by Biden's two government agents.

* **Hista** – A giant Vietnamese centipede that threatens Greenpatch until Blinky and Moyo manage to lure him into a tar pit, where the myriapod dies after sinking into it. His weakness is that he, like other centipedes, has poor vision and senses with his antennas to hunt, a weakness Blinky uses to his advantage.

* **Lady Waltham** - An aristocrat and cousin of Basil and Cyril Circus who wants revenge on Blinky for harming Basil (at least, in her own mind). She had her valet Hobson capture those close to him and then poison Blinky. Blinky was then given a challenge by Lady Waltham which was either save those he is close to from danger or head to a mountain she dubbed "Circus Peak" where the antidote is. Though Blinky saves his friends and family, he ends up saving Lady Waltham from *Dromornis*. Afterwards, she gave Blinky the antidote realizing that Blinky would never have hurt her cousin on purpose. She is implied to have made peace with Blinky and his family and has returned to her original life.
* **Hobson** - Lady Waltham's valet.
* **Dylan** - a treacherous Aboriginal warrior and one of Basuli's subordinates. Despite serving for Basuli, Dylan holds a personal hatred and jealousy against the chief's son, and is hostile towards outsiders (mainly Blinky and his friends). Upon learning that Basuli is planning to get an eagle's feather with Blinky's help as part of the customs for Basuli to marry and be future chief, Dylan secretly plotted to dispose of Basuli so that he himself can be the new chief. He caused several incidents during Blinky and Basuli's journey: such as chopping down a tree into a river they were crossing over, disturbing a herd of dinosaurs to stampede after the duo and causing a rock slide on them in a prehistoric graveyard near the mountain. After the third attempt fails, Dylan reveals his true colors to both Blinky and Basuli before engaging into a fight with the latter. Fortunately, Basuli defeats Dylan and banishes him from the tribe for his treachery, and Dylan is last seen walking away into the midst with an angry look on his face, implying that he might return to get revenge.

### **Minor characters**

* **Bob Markham** - A logger, widower, and single father to his daughter Abby. After his wife died, he sunk everything he had into logging. However, the way he was logging tore up so much soil, that a long dormant plague was released and threatened to kill his men, daughter and Daisy Dingo. With help from Blinky, Danny and Splodge, Markham gathered all but one of the ingredients for the cure. The last one was a flower that was only found in one part of the bush, until Markham's men bulldozed over them while logging. By some luck, Abby had picked one of them before, and Splodge showed her how to press it, thus preserving it. After Abby and Markham's men were cured, they ceased logging and started to plant the seeds saved from the flower.
* **Abigail "Abby" Markham** - Abby Markham is the daughter of Bob Markham, she is 10 years old. Markham loves his daughter, and will do anything for her. When she falls ill with the same plague that threatens his men and Daisy Dingo, he asks for Blinky's help to cure her. Together, they get all but one ingredient for the cure, a flower found only in an area that Markham's men had already bulldozed over; Luckily, Abby had picked one of the flowers prior to the bulldozing and preserved it by pressing it. She is last seen playing tag with Penelope, Daisy and even Mayor Pelican.

* **Dorothy Wall** (voiced by Robyn Moore and Grey Griffin in the US) - A book writer who was in need of inspiration for her next novel. She eventually finds it when discovering about Blinky Bill. After meeting some of Blinky's acquaintances, she finally meets Blinky when Blinky saves her. After a talk with Blinky and his mother he creates a novel (in comparison to the reality version of it) and her boss says everyone will remember her by it. She was also a real person who wrote the Blinky Bill series.

## **Episodes**

See *List of The Legends of Blinky Bill episodes*