Tutenstein (2003)
Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in Turkey. It began broadcasting on November 1, 2003. The half-hour series features young mummy Tutankhamen who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face that his kingdom is gone. The series is based on an idea by Jay Stephens. The name is a portmanteau of Tutankhamun and Frankenstein. On October 11, 2008 a TV movie entitled Tutenstein: Clash of the Pharaohs aired on Discovery Kids. The production company, PorchLight Entertainment, which is based in Los Angeles, California, has won Emmys for the first and second seasons of the series. Irish TV production company Telegael, which is based in An Spidéal, Co Galway, also won an Emmy Award for the second season. The Hub aired the show after the closure of Discovery Kids.
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Episode 1 - Friends
Release Date: 2004-09-04King Tut is seeking a new companions. He finds some, but trouble ensues by the bad events they partake in.
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Episode 2 - Green-Eyed Mummy
Release Date: 2004-09-11There is a new interest at the museum, a fake mammoth. The guests are no longer paying attention to Tutenstein, so he uses magic to make the mammoth disappear.
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Episode 3 - The Shadow Gobbler
Release Date: 2004-09-25Some trouble comes about when King Tut's shadow comes alive through magic. His shadow has its own mind.
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Episode 4 - Tut Jr.
Release Date: 2004-10-02Tut convinces Cleo that he is responsible enough to watch her little cousin Thomas; and then loses him.
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Episode 5 - Something Sphinx
Release Date: 2004-10-09A fresh servant has seemed to taken Luxor's place. This makes Luxor feel sad. He decides to go somewhere else because he thinks his service is no longer needed. Some harm comes about to Tutenstein and his helper after Luxor left.
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Episode 6 - The Supreme Tut
Release Date: 2004-10-16King Tut doesn't think anyone listens to him, even though he is a pharaoh. With this in mind, Tutenstein decides to raise his powers, in to a god-like authority. How will Luxor & Cleo react to this?
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Episode 7 - Old Man Tut
Release Date: 2004-11-27Tutenstein becomes aggravated, so he decides to change his appearance to look older, even though he is over 3000 years old because he can't get into adult movies and clubs.
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Episode 8 - Cleo's Catastrophe
Release Date: 2004-12-04Luxor switches his mind with Cleo's, while attempting to divide himself in two, so he has an equal amount of duration with Tutenstein and Cleo.
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Episode 9 - Queen for a Day
Release Date: 2005-01-15The Scepter of Was is still at King Tut's coffin, but he isn't there. Luxor and Cleo realize he was captured by a god, so now Cleo must learn to use the Scepter and rescue Tut along with Luxor by her side.
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Episode 10 - Day of the Undead
Release Date: 2005-02-26When Tut learns about Halloween. He wants to go Trick or Treating.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
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Episode 12 - Behdety Late Than Ever
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2005-11-19