Animal Crackers (1997)
The Animal Crackers is a 1997 television series produced by Cinar, and association with Alphanim, about a group of animals that live in a fictional jungle called Freeborn. It is based on the comic strip Animal Crackers. The show aired in the United States on Fox Family in 1998 and the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 to August 2009.
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Episode 1 - Sleepover
Release Date: 1998-02-05Eugene can't sleep, and decides no one else can. What he calls a sleepover is really an invitation to entertain him all night.
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Episode 2 - Classified Casanova
Release Date: 2003-02-05Gnu uses the classifieds to find a true love match. Things don't work out the way he'd hoped when Eugene turns out to be his surprise date.
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Episode 3 - Eight Hooves Out
Release Date: 1998-02-06Dodo gets his friends in way over their heads when he accepts a challenge to a baseball game from the All-Star monkeys. Especially when Eugene, the Babe Ruth of Freeborn, would rather do anything else.
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Episode 4 - My Brother's Keeper
Release Date: 2003-02-06Lyle takes over the responsibilities at a Ranger's Station when Dodo's misreading of a holiday brochure leads them to an abandoned park.
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Episode 5 - Lyle's Ark
Release Date: 1998-02-07Everyone ignores Lyle's warnings of an impending monsoon, and the good-hearted lion ends up building an ark with room enough for everyone — but him.
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Episode 6 - How To Be a Millionare
Release Date: 1998-02-07When news spreads about Lyle's inheritance, the lion becomes very popular as everybody starts manoeuvring for a piece of the riches.
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Episode 7 - Lyle Files
Release Date: 1998-02-08A firefly caught in the lens of Lyle's telescope has all of Freeborn believing in flying saucers.
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Episode 8 - The Butler Did It
Release Date: 1998-02-08After the gang convinces Eugene that Dodo saved his life, the pachyderm reluctantly agrees to become his butler. When Eugene finds out the truth, everyone pays.
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Episode 9 - Lyle in the Fast Lane
Release Date: 1998-02-09Lana shows appreciation for hard-partying monkeys, provoking a misguided Lyle to steal a jeep and take the gang for a joyride.
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Episode 10 - A Wing and a Prayer
Release Date: 1998-02-09When Dodo tries to take advantage of a money-back guarantee, he accidently attracts the Godfather of vultures to the Preserve.
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Episode 11 - Schooldaze
Release Date: 1998-02-09Much to their horror, our gang of regulars is invited to a Class Reunion.
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Episode 12 - Call of the Wild
Release Date: 1998-02-09Dodo, upset with how domesticated the Freeborn animals have become, arranges a return-to-nature expedition -- portable TV and all.
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Episode 13 - The Cold Shoulder
Release Date: 1998-02-10Lyle returns from meditating with Tibetan monks and tries to force his quacky ideas on a flu-ridden Freeborn. Thanks to Lyle's tireless efforts, everyone gets worse.
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Episode 14 - The Last Dodo Egg
Release Date: 1998-02-10When Dodo believes he's laid the last Dodo egg, he treats it with all the reverence the event implies. Eugene just wants to eat it.
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Episode 15 - Lana Turner Overdrive
Release Date: 1998-02-11Lana's had it with Lyle's constant pestering for a date, but when her efforts to chase him off works, she misses him.
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Episode 16 - Trust Me
Release Date: 1998-02-11The past comes back to haunt Lana when a Trust Councillor she hires turns out to be someone she slighted in school.
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Episode 17 - Birthday Palooza
Release Date: 1998-02-12No one throws a surprise birthday party like Lyle, except it's HIS birthday. He's got to get the idea into someone else's head before it's too late.
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Episode 18 - Tito in Love
Release Date: 1998-02-12A female chameleon moves to Freeborn, and Tito is smitten. With the help of his friends, his chances of capturing her tiny heart becomes next to none.
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Episode 19 - Downsizing
Release Date: 1998-02-13Dodo misunderstands a news report and sets all of Freeborn competing to prove their 'worth' to the community before being turfed out.
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Episode 20 - Gnus in Canoes
Release Date: 1998-02-13When Gnu sets off on a father/son adventure with Jr., the last thing he expects is to be joined by Lyle and Dodo.
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Episode 21 - Beauty and Eugene
Release Date: 1998-02-14The biggest star in the world is an elephant named Ella, and when her show makes a pit stop in Freeborn, Eugene does everything he can to capture her heart.
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Episode 22 - Freeborn for Rent
Release Date: 1998-02-14J.P. Weasel manages to turn Freeborn into a tourist trap with Eugene the Mad Elephant as its main attraction.
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Episode 23 - Horrorscope
Release Date: 1998-02-15When Eugene becomes a devout follower of his daily horoscope, all of Freeborn pays the price.
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Episode 24 - Lights! Camera! Gnu!
Release Date: 1998-02-15When a film director, famed for turning nobodies into big name stars, arrives in Freeborn for some R&R, Gnu sees it as an opportunity to find a new career path. Unfortunately, Gnu is lacking in that one quality the director desperately needs -- talent.
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Episode 25 - Loony Bin
Release Date: 1998-02-16A bird arrives believing he's Dodo's cousin. Much to Dodo's dismay, everyone falls for the loony imposter.
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Episode 26 - That's What Friends are For
Release Date: 1998-02-16Lyle and Dodo's friendship is tested when a piece of clothing proves more popular than the both of them.
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Episode 27 - Look Who's Not Talking
Release Date: 1998-02-17Lyle gets to play Uncle to his little nephew Louie, with all the expected, and disastrous results.
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Episode 28 - Paris, Freeborn
Release Date: 1998-02-17Lyle, just back from a trip to France, tries to instill some Parisian manners on his less than enthusiastic Freeborn friends.
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Episode 29 - Eugenius
Release Date: 1998-02-18Eugene is struck by lightning, provoking two startling changes; One, he's getting smarter in leaps and bounds. And two, he's become the largest magnet in the world!
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Episode 30 - Citizen Eugene
Release Date: 1998-02-18Eugene decides to publish a quality Freeborn newspaper which quickly deteriorates into a tabloid.
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Episode 31 - Dial-A-Phobia
Release Date: 1998-02-19A local radio shock-jock convinces the Freeborn community that EVERYBODY has a phobia!
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Episode 32 - Time Flies but Dodo Doesn't
Release Date: 1998-02-19Dodo bangs his noggin' and travels back to prehistoric times when dodo birds were a dime a dozen.
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Episode 33 - A Rumour of Her Own
Release Date: 1998-02-20Lana decides to prove how gullible everyone is by starting a ridiculous rumour. Problem is, everything she makes up keeps coming true!
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Episode 34 - Prime Time Crime
Release Date: 1998-02-20Dodo is everybody's best friend when they discover he has illegal cable. That is, until the cable police start asking questions, and the gang disappears.
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Episode 35 - Dustbusters
Release Date: 1998-02-21The gang believes unless they clean up their act, and Freeborn, they'll be sent packing by the Park Ranger.
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Episode 36 - Freeborn Online
Release Date: 1998-02-21Dodo discovers that ANYTHING can be bought online, provoking a Freeborn-wide buying spree. Then, the bill arrives.