Angry Birds Toons

Finnish-American animated television series

Angry Birds Toons is a Finnish animated television series based on the Angry Birds series of games created by Rovio Entertainment. The series was first shown on channel Teletoon. It began on March 16, 2013. The duration of the episode was 2 minutes 48 seconds earlier, and later became 2 minutes 47 seconds. There are 52 episodes in the first season, and 26 in the second and third seasons.

Angry Birds Toons
Genre
Created byMikael Hed
Lauri Konttori
Mikko Pöllä
Based onAngry Birds
by Rovio Entertainment
Voices of
  • Antti LJ Pääkkönen
  • Antti Pääkkönen
  • Pasi Ruohonen
  • Lynne Guaglione
  • Heljä Heikkinen
  • Rauno Ahonen
  • Chris Sadler
Opening theme"Angry Birds Toons"
Composers
  • David Schweitzer
  • Benny Oschmann
  • Alexander Röder
  • Douglas Black Heaton
  • Salla Hakkola
Country of originFinland
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersSøren Fleng (season 1)
Pablo Jordi (seasons 2, 3)
Production companyRovio Entertainment
Original release
NetworkToons.TV, GMA Network, Discovery Kids (Latin America)
Release17 March 2013 (2013-03-17) –
13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)
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Characters

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The characters in Angry Birds Toons are birds, pigs, and other animals.[1] None of the characters in the series say anything. Birds chirp, pigs grunt. But these sounds, including shouts, groans, growls, squeaks, squeals, laughter, etc., are being published by people, Finnish actors (often the authors of the series themselves are scriptwriters, directors, composers).

  • Red is the clear leader among the birds. He takes special care of eggs, devoting all his free time to them. He tries to destroy pigs at the first opportunity. He made his first appearance in the episode "Chuck Time".
  • Jay, Jake, and Jim are three twin brothers who are cheerful and active chicks. They love pranks, and their actions often lead to trouble. They like to make fun of other birds and pigs. They made their first appearance in the episode "Full Metal Chuck".
  • Chuck is fast and athletic, a bit vain and arrogant. He has the ability to accelerate so that everything around he slows down. He made his first appearance in "Chuck Time".
  • Matilda is caring, kind, and has cooking skills, although sometimes her cooking can only be fed to pigs. Despite her kindness, Matilda can get very angry. She made her first appearance in the episode "Egg Sounds".
  • Bomb is fun and aggressive at the same time. He loves ice cream, corn and knows how to explode. He wants to do "heroic" deeds, but only succeeds sometimes. He made his first appearance in the episode "Off Duty".
  • Bubbles is cheerful and friendly, very fond of sweets, and when candy is taken away from him, he becomes enraged and does anything to get the candy back. Like the Bluebirds, they are a child. Can swell up to the size of Terence. He made his first appearance in the Halloween special "Night of the Living Pork".
  • Terence, as shown in this series, sullen, stubborn, and stern, even a little wild. Calm and solid as a wall. But despite this, he sometimes smiles. He made his first appearance in the episode "Gardening with Terence".
  • The Eggs are the unborn children of birds. According to the plot, pigs want to steal them and cook scrambled eggs from them. Each of the adult birds wants to instil their own character in their offspring. They made their first appearance in the episode "Egg Sounds".
  • Minion Pigs are the main population of Pig City, loyal servants of the King, ready to carry out any order. They are very sociable and social, they love parties and celebrations. They do not recognize high-ranking persons without their headdress. They made their first appearance in the episode "Where's My Crown?"
  • King Pig is the leader of the pigs. He dreams of getting bird eggs and making scrambled eggs from them. Greedy, stupid, fond of sweets. I'm used to the fact that everyone obeys his orders. Sometimes he behaves like a child. He also made his first appearance in "Where's My Crown?"
  • Corporal Pig is a pig with a helmet. He leads the minions and is also the head of the Pig King's guards. He constantly tries to steal bird eggs, but all his attempts and plans fail. He, once more, made his first appearance in "Where's My Crown?"
  • Foreman Pig is the head of security and Pig City's foreman. He wants to get a promotion from the King of Pigs, he is ready to do anything for this. He made his first appearance in "Slappy-Go-Lucky".
  • Chef Pig is the head chef and advisor to the King of Pigs. He dreams of taking the crown from him and becoming the ruler of Pig City. He made his first appearance in "True Blue?".
  • Chronicler Pig is the Chronicler, Priest, Judge, and Master of Ceremonies of Pig City, one of the Pig King's most loyal servants. He is very intelligent and calm. He made his first appearance in "Love is in the Air".
  • Professor Pig is a genius scientist and inventor, though his creations don't always work properly. He dreams of birds and pigs living in harmony. He made his first appearance in the episode "Slappy-Go-Lucky".
  • Fat Pig is a strong but narcissistic, arrogant and cowardly pig. He can sing very loudly. He made his first appearance in the episode "El Porkador!".
  • Hambo is a tenacious and brave fighter, a loyal apprentice of the Corporal. However, he is inattentive and a bit stupid. He made his first appearance in the episode of the same name "Hambo".
  • Muscle Pig is a pumped-up pig who is used to solving all problems with his immense strength. He loves to fight, but on the condition that he wins. He can't stand losing. He made his first appearance in the episode "Hamshank Redemption".

Episodes

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The following is a list of all episodes of Angry Birds Toons, split into three seasons and released over the course of 3 years, between 2013 and 2016.

Season 1 (2013-2014)

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  1. Chuck Time
  2. Where's My Crown?
  3. Full Metal Chuck
  4. Another Birthday
  5. Egg Sounds
  6. Pig Talent
  7. Cordon Bleugh!
  8. True Blue?
  9. Do as I say!
  10. Off Duty
  11. Slingshot 101
  12. Thunder Chuck
  13. Gardening with Terence
  14. Dopeys on a Rope
  15. Trojan Egg
  16. Double Take
  17. Crash Test Piggies
  18. Slappy-Go-Lucky
  19. Sneezy Does It
  20. Run Chuck Run
  21. Hypno Piggies
  22. Eggs Day Out
  23. Gate Crasher
  24. Hog Roast
  25. The Bird That Cried Pig!
  26. Hamshank Redimption
  27. Green Pig Soup
  28. Catch of the Day
  29. Nighty Night Terence
  30. Piggy Wig
  31. Pig Plot Potion
  32. Tooth Royal
  33. Night of the Living Pork
  34. King of the Castle
  35. Love is in the Air
  36. Fired Up
  37. Clash of Corns
  38. A Pig's Best Friend
  39. Slumber Mill
  40. Jingle Yells
  41. El Porkador!
  42. Hiccups
  43. The Butterfly Effect
  44. Hambo
  45. Bird Flu
  46. Piggies from the Deep
  47. Oh Gnome!
  48. Shrub It In
  49. The Truce
  50. Operation Opera
  51. Chucked Out
  52. Bomb's Awake

Season 2 (2014-2015)

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  1. Treasure Hunt
  2. Sweets of Doom
  3. Party Ahoy
  4. Hide and Seek
  5. Sink or Swim
  6. Super Bomb!
  7. Just So
  8. The Miracle of Life
  9. Cave Pig
  10. Joy to the Pigs
  11. Dogzilla
  12. Boulder Bro
  13. Chuck Mania
  14. Not Without My Helmet
  15. Mona Litha
  16. Sir Bomb of Hamelot
  17. Bearded Ambition
  18. Cold Justice
  19. Slow the Chuck Down!
  20. Brutal vs. Brutal
  21. Eating Out
  22. The Great Eggscape
  23. Sleep like a Hog
  24. Bombina
  25. Pig Possessed
  26. Epic Sax-Off

Season 3 (2015-2016)

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  1. Royal Heist
  2. Bad Hair Day
  3. Golditrotters
  4. A Fistful of Cabbage
  5. Porcula
  6. Didgeridork
  7. The Porktrait
  8. Fix It!
  9. Age Rage
  10. Catching the Blues
  11. Last Tree Standing
  12. Happy Hippy
  13. Mind the Pony
  14. Robo-Tilda
  15. King of the Ring
  16. Spaced Out
  17. Battling Buttlers
  18. Egghaustion
  19. Short and Special
  20. Hocus Porcus
  21. Romance in a Bottle
  22. The Butler Did It!
  23. Stalker
  24. Photochucked
  25. Bake On!
  26. Toy Hoggers

Development

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Rovio had announced a TV series based on the Angry Birds video games for Q4 2012. They planed to produce 52 short (sub-3 minute) episodes.[2] The series was produced by Finnish animation studio Kombo, which Rovio bought in June 2011.[3] The series will have 52 episodes, 4 seasons, and the theme song will be Angry Birds. "I am happy to say we are going to roll out a weekly animation series this year of short format content," said Nick Dorra, head of animation at Rovio.[4] It aired on the Angry Birds apps on March 16-17, 2013.

References

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  1. "Angry Birds Toons | Teletoon". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  2. Angry Birds animated series coming this fall, is a movie next?
  3. Angry Birds animated TV series to premiere in Autumn 2012
  4. Rovio confirms Angry Birds mobile animation series