The Why Why Family
The Why Why Family (French: Les Kikekoi and also known as Saban's The Why Why Family) is a French cartoon television series for children, which originally aired in 1996, written by Annabelle Perrichon and François-Emmanuel Porché and produced by Saban Entertainment and CinéGroupe. Later, in 1998, the show was broadcast in the United States by Fox. Character design and others are vintage and comedy elements are also included throughout the episodes.
Synopsis
- Prior to the intro, the baby Victor (off screen) summarizes what his family members will teach him in the episode.
- There are 5 part-episodes in which he asks a popular scientific question, following an extensive answer by the family member with a particular expertise in the field of science involved in the question. Each of these part-episodes has its own short intro and The End sketches for the specific characters. Each sketch title is <(character name/s) in (episode title vis-a-vis topic)>.
- Prior to the end credits, Max asks Victor "Well Victor, what did you learn today?" to which he starts with "Tons of neat stuff", summarizing what his family members taught him. Max answers, "Sounds like a real big day." and Victor concludes, "It was, but I still have plenty of questions left for next time."
Characters
- Victor
- A baby and the protagonist of the series. All the time he has questions (though these are smarter ones) to ask his family members like any other kid.
- Max — Technology and electronics
- The young father of Victor and a stereotypical mechanic/handyman. He is Eartha and Matik's son and Micro and Scopo's brother. He seems to be the closest to Victor compared to the others. Resembles his mother Eartha and is never seen without his cap.
- Vanilla and birds Kwik and Kwak — Botany and zoology
- Vanilla is Victor's mother who he resembles. Kwik and Kwak are running gags of their episodes and usually bicker.
- Eartha (as her name suggests) and Basalt the dragon — Geography, geology and meteorology
- Eartha is Victor's grandmother who occasionally loses her cool. Basalt is green with orange polka dots, has a British accent, can be greedy and transforms into different modes of transport. Eartha is also the one who cooks for their family.
- Micro and Scopo — Biology of the human body
- Victor's uncles who are running gags. Micro is stubby and wears a white cowboy hat (is sometimes seen without it), does most of the explanations in their episodes. Scopo is the larger and goofier of the brothers, sometimes being the test subject yet expresses his own knowledge. They both have what look like glasses/masks, and 'dog ears' like their father Matik.
- Matik and dog Zygo — Astronomy and the Universe
- Matik is Victor's grandfather who has 'dog ears' and is never seen without his pilot hat. Zygo sounds like Daffy Duck and has webbed limbs.
Episodes
# | Topic | Character(s) | Title |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Camera | Max | Photo Opportunity |
Illnesses | Micro & Scopo | Sick Leave | |
Solar system | Zygo & Matik | O Solar Mio | |
Volcanoes | Earth & Basalt | All You Need Is Lava | |
Zebras | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Horse Of A Different Color | |
2 | Meteors | Zygo & Matik | Pleased To Meteor You |
Car engine | Max | Idle Chatter | |
Bird wing | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Feather Knows Best | |
Shells | Eartha & Basalt | Shell Shock | |
DNA | Micro & Scopo | I Resemble Mama | |
3 | Paresthesia | Micro & Scopo | Out On a Limb |
Flowers | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Petal Pushers | |
Gravity | Zygo & Matik | He Ain’t Heavy, He’s An Astronaut | |
Rain | Eartha & Basalt | Stormy Weather | |
Barcodes | Max | Bars & Stripes Forever | |
4 | Sneeze | Micro & Scopo | Sneezed To Meet You |
Remote control | Max | Beam My Baby | |
Plants | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Green & Bear It | |
Thunder and lightning | Eartha & Basalt | Sound & The Whywhys | |
Stars | Zygo & Matik | Star Treatment | |
5 | Spiders | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Web Sight |
Fax machine | Max | Just The Fax | |
Sweat | Micro & Scopo | No Sweat | |
Galaxy | Zygo & Matik | For Me And My Galaxy | |
Currents | Eartha & Basalt | Current Event | |
6 | Brain | Micro & Scopo | Brain Waives |
Photocopier | Max | Copy Cats | |
Bees | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | To Hive And Hive Not | |
Ice Age | Earth & Basalt | A Tree Froze In Brooklyn | |
Mars | Zygo & Matik | Mars Attracts | |
7 | Body covering | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Hair Today |
Aeroplanes | Max | Plane Speaking | |
Solar eclipse | Zygo & Matik | Sun Blocked | |
Tides | Eartha & Basalt | Fit To Be Tide | |
Ear | Micro & Scopo | Hear And Now | |
8 | Sunlight | Zygo & Matik | Light Entertainment |
Telephone | Max | Dial-A Whywhy | |
Nose | Micro & Scopo | Common Scents | |
Mountains | Eartha & Basalt | Uphill All The Way | |
Coral Reefs | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Hail To The Reel | |
9 | Lightning | Eartha & Basalt | A Bolt From The Blue |
Birds | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Chirp Thrills | |
CDs | Max | Pit Stop | |
Space stations | Zygo & Matik | Station Break | |
Eye | Micro & Scopo | Oh Say Can You See | |
10 | Wind | Eartha & Basalt | Breezy Does It |
Refrigerator | Max | The Chill It All | |
Gravity | Zygo & Matik | Down To Earth | |
Food | Micro & Scopo | Surely You Ingest | |
Cats | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | You’ve Gotta Be Kitten | |
11 | Mosquitoes | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Bite To Remember |
Sand | Eartha & Basalt | True Grit | |
Stars | Zygo & Matik | Great Balls Of Fire | |
Elevators | Max | Ready Willing & Cable | |
Reflexes | Micro & Scopo | A Touchy Subject | |
12 | Climates | Eartha & Basalt | Changing Climes |
Leaves | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Free Falling | |
Television | Max | Turn On… Tune In | |
Comets | Zygo & Matik | Dust To Us | |
Digestion | Micro & Scopo | Eater's Digest | |
13 | Ocean's bottom | Eartha & Basalt | Bottom Feeders |
Snakes | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | No Skin Off My Back | |
Light bulb | Max | Lights Out! | |
Day and night | Zygo & Matik | Sunrise… Sunset | |
Breathing | Micro & Scopo | Air Apparent | |
14 | Fog | Eartha & Basalt | Another Fine Mist |
Helicopter | Max | The Big Cover Up | |
Bats | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Blind Leading The Blind | |
Cavities | Micro & Scopo | Nothing But The Tooth | |
Seasons | Zygo & Matik | Seasons Greetings | |
15 | Coal and oil | Eartha & Basalt | No Fuel Like Old Fuel |
Submarine | Max | Way Down Under | |
Cactus | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Cactus If You Can | |
Scabs | Micro & Scopo | A Cut Above | |
Satellites | Zygo & Matik | Global Swarming | |
16 | Kangaroos | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | It’s In The Bag |
Microwave oven | Max | Nuking It Out! | |
Fungi | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | A Fungus Among Us | |
Heart | Micro & Scopo | To Bleed Or Not To Bleed | |
Moon | Zygo & Matik | Craters And Cream Cheese | |
17 | Snow | Eartha & Basalt | Snow Job |
Solar power | Max | Sunday Punch | |
Marine life | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Victor And The Glow Fish | |
Fever | Micro & Scopo | Heat Treatment | |
Washing machine | Max | Wash You Were Here | |
18 | Frogs | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | One Giant Leap For Frogkind |
Glue | Max | Stick Around | |
Nests | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Branching Out | |
Dizziness | Micro & Scopo | Spin Doctors | |
Telescopes | Zygo & Matik | Scope It Out | |
19 | Evaporation | Eartha & Basalt | That Thing You Dew |
Batteries | Max | The Powers That Be | |
Pollination | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Blowin’ in the Wind | |
Hair | Micro & Scopo | Hair-Raising Experience | |
Black Holes | Zygo & Matik | Hole In One | |
20 | Valleys | Eartha & Basalt | Ice Cycle |
Light | Max | The Light Show | |
Earthquakes | Eartha & Basalt | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On | |
Tears | Micro & Scopo | For Cryin’ Out Loud | |
Venus and Mercury | Zygo & Matik | Hot! Hot! Hot! | |
21 | Ozone layer | Eartha & Basalt | There’s No Zone Like Ozone |
Sleep | Micro & Scopo | Perchance to Dream | |
Cows | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | That Was Then, This Is Cow | |
Projector | Max | Lights, Camera, Action! | |
Speech | Micro & Scopo | O’ See Can You Say? | |
22 | Deserts | Eartha & Basalt | How Dry I Am! |
Jupiter | Zygo & Matik | Big | |
Butterflies | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Ch Ch Ch Changes | |
Water purification | Max | Go With the Flow | |
Asteroid belts | Zygo & Matik | It’s A Material Whirl | |
23 | Rocks | Eartha & Basalt | Goldirocks |
Growing up | Micro & Scopo | Home Grown | |
Roots | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | From the Ground… Up | |
Water | Eartha & Basalt | Water Water Everywhere | |
Space Travel | Zygo & Matik | One Giant Leap For Why Whys | |
24 | Rivers | Eartha & Basalt | It’s All Downhill From Here |
Locks | Max | A Turn-Key Operation | |
Habitat | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Sleeping In | |
Headaches | Micro & Scopo | Your Loss is Migraine | |
Planets rotate/revolve | Zygo & Matik | Moon Trek | |
25 | Storms | Eartha & Basalt | Sooo Cool |
Planets | Zygo & Matik | The Outer Planets | |
Dams | Max | Hold That Thought! | |
Brain | Micro & Scopo | Chuckleheads | |
Astrological symbols | Zygo & Matik | What’s Your Sign? | |
26 | Light | Eartha & Basalt | The Light Show |
Lenses | Max | Thru the Looking Glass | |
Reptiles | Vanilla, Kwik & Kwak | Snakes Alive! | |
Muscles | Micro & Scopo | Only the Strong Survive | |
Asteroids | Zygo & Matik | It Came from Outer Space | |
Cast
- Stanley Gurd Jr - Max
- Mendi Segal –
- Heidi Lenhart – Victor
- Derek Patrick – Matik
- Jamie Simone
- Genghis Studebaker – Zygo
- Kevin Schon - Micro (uncredited)
Crew
- Jamie Simone – Voice Director
- Bruno Bianchi - Producer
External links
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