Julius Jr. is an animated children's television series based on the characters of the Paul Frank brand.[1] Co-produced by American company Saban Brands and Canadian company BrainPower Studio, Julius Jr. aired on Family Channel and Family Jr. on May 12, 2015 in Canada and the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.[2] The series debuted on September 29, 2013,[3] with the second season premiering on November 3, 2014.[4] The show’s last episode aired on August 9, 2015, when the TV series was taken off the air. In 2019, all online content regarding the show was removed from the Nick Jr. website as well. The show features Elizabeth Daily as the voice of Julius.
| Julius Jr. | |
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| Based on | Julius the Monkey by Paul Frank |
| Developed by |
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| Directed by | Paul Brown Chris Labonte |
| Voices of | E.G. Daily Julie Lemieux Athena Karkanis Benjamin Israel Steph Lynn Robinson Rob Tinkler |
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| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Brian Casentini Elie Dekel Beth Stevenson |
| Producers | Janice Walker John Hardman |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | Saban Brands BrainPower Studio Paul Frank Industries |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nick Jr. |
| Release | September 29, 2013 – August 9, 2015 |
On May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold the rights to the series to Hasbro. The show was previously available on Netflix, but was removed from the streaming service on November 3, 2020. It was added to Crave on August 10, 2022.
Julius Jr. has also been available on Ameba TV and Kartoon Channel but as of March 2024, it has been removed from nearly every streaming website. Season 1 is available on KimCartoon.
Premise
The series centers around Julius Jr., a young sock monkey with a penchant for invention. Together with his friends, Worry Bear, Sheree, Clancy, and Ping, they build a playhouse out of a simple cardboard box. But when they walk inside, to their surprise and delight, they discover that ordinary objects magically come to life and amazing adventures are just a door away in a magical hall.
At the end of each episode, an original song is featured. The song shows highlights from the shown episode. Most known songs are "Hey Hey Hey", "Come on, Come On", "Honesty (For You and Me)", "Stronger and Braver", "Big Dance Party", and more.
The Hall of Doors leads the cast to:
- Icelaska- A parody of Alaska and Iceland.
- Bugswana- A parody of Botswana
- Seashelly Islands- Named after seashells.
- Twirl-a-World- A parody of Twirl-a-Whirl.
- Castledonia- Named after castles.
- Sagebrush Farm- Named after the sagebrush plants.
- Enginopolis- Named after engines.
- The Invention Dimension- As the name implies, it is where Julius creates all of his various inventions, though in most episodes it is only shown from the outside.
Cast
- Julius Jr. (voiced by E.G. Daily)
- Clancy (voiced by Julie Lemieux)
- Sheree (voiced by Athena Karkanis)
- Worry Bear (voiced by Benjamin Israel)
- Ping (voiced by Stephanie Lynn Robinson)
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Original air date [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Butterfly Dreams" / "Rock Sock 3000" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | September 29, 2013 | 0.55[6] |
| 2 | 2 | "Stretch Clancy" / "Pony Macaroni" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | October 6, 2013 | 0.82[7] |
| 3 | 3 | "Farmer Sheree" / "Dez the Dragon" | Chris Labonte, Paul Brown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | October 13, 2013 | 0.41[8] |
| 4 | 4 | "Pirates and Superheroes" / "Banana-licious" | Unknown | Ford Riley | October 20, 2013 | 0.75[9] |
| 5 | 5 | "Clancy's Sniffles" / "Shadow Play" | Unknown | Unknown | November 3, 2013 | 0.66[10] |
| 6 | 6 | "Dressed for Spook-cess" / "Think Pink" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | October 27, 2013 | 0.75[11] |
| 7 | 7 | "Worry Bear's Collection" / "Rocket Roller Skates" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | November 17, 2013 | 0.63[12] |
| 8 | 8 | "No Snow Mo" / "Gravity Games" | Unknown | Brendan Russell | December 1, 2013 | 0.39[13] |
| 9 | 9 | "Bouncy Beans" / "A Real Hero" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | December 15, 2013 | 0.39[14] |
| 10 | 10 | "Star Games" / "The Joke's on Who?" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Sheila Dinsmore | December 29, 2013 | 0.52[15] |
| 11 | 11 | "From Me to You" / "Give Ping a Chance" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | January 19, 2014 | 0.59[16] |
| 12 | 12 | "Magic Monkey" / "Perfect Pirate Day" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 2, 2014 | 0.48[17] |
| 13 | 13 | "Tidy Up" / "Robo Flop" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 16, 2014 | 0.43[18] |
| 14 | 14 | "Operation: Sand Squasher" / "Dr. Flossoraptor" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | May 3, 2014 | 0.68[19] |
| 15 | 15 | "Sneaky Snackers" / "Make Me a Flake" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | August 2, 2014 | 0.57[20] |
| 16 | 16 | "Fruitronic 5000" / "Flights of Fancy" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Katherine Sandford | May 10, 2014 | N/A |
| 17 | 17 | "Clancy, Be Careful!" / "Just Speak Up" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2014 | N/A |
| 18 | 18 | "Say Ping" / "Happy Birthday, Nova!" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 24, 2014 | N/A |
| 19 | 19 | "Shaka Brah in the House" / "Baby Squeakers" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 31, 2014 | N/A |
| 20 | 20 | "Giggle Goggles" / "Scavenger Safari" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 7, 2014 | N/A |
| 21 | 21 | "The Very Berry Race" / "Check the Check List" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | July 9, 2014 | N/A |
| 22 | 22 | "Crow Con" / "Rock Sitting" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | July 11, 2014 | N/A |
| 23 | 23 | "Plane Dilemma" / "Delayed Parade" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | September 6, 2014 | N/A |
| 24 | 24 | "Bump on Mars" / "Worry Bear Junior" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | August 9, 2014 | N/A |
| 25 | 25 | "Julius Goes Solo" / "Clancy Can't Win" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | August 16, 2014 | N/A |
| 26 | 26 | "Welcome Home, Chachi!" / "Chachi Time" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | September 13, 2014 | N/A |
Season 2 (2014–2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 27 | 1 | "Dazzle Girls" / "The Box" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 3, 2014 | N/A |
| 28 | 2 | "Great Inventini" / "Drive-In Distractions" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 5, 2014 | N/A |
| 29 | 3 | "Helping Hands" / "Imagineberry Jam" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | November 7, 2014 | N/A |
| 30 | 4 | "Duckyitis" / "Orange Day Dream" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 8, 2014 | N/A |
| 31 | 5 | "Capture the Pirate Flag" / "Gummiest Bear" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Mark Valenti | November 15, 2014 | N/A |
| 32 | 6 | "Party Me Hearties" / "Chore Bore" | Unknown | Betty Quan and Madellaine Paxson | November 22, 2014 | N/A |
| 33 | 7 | "A Snowflake Day" / "Deep Space Sport" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Betty Quan | November 29, 2014 | N/A |
| 34 | 8 | "Pumpkin Plumper" / "No Sleep Over" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 12, 2015 | N/A |
| 35 | 9 | "Sheree's Choice" / "Sharky in the Dark" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 19, 2015 | N/A |
| 36 | 10 | "Smellalicious Flower" / "Welcomesicle Party" | Unknown | Betty Quan and Amanda McNeice | April 26, 2015 | N/A |
| 37 | 11 | "Invention Tension" / "Flying Oh Ee Oh" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Elise Allen | May 3, 2015 | N/A |
| 38 | 12 | "Julius' All-iday" / "Worry Bear Finds the Light" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | December 13, 2014 | N/A |
| 39 | 13 | "Ping's Pretend Problem" / "Please Don't Sneeze" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | May 10, 2015 | N/A |
| 40 | 14 | "Worry Bear's Lucky Hat" / "Do the Dez Bop" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2015 | N/A |
| 41 | 15 | "We Love You, Rock Sock!" / "Clancy's Collection" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 24, 2015 | N/A |
| 42 | 16 | "Clancy's Dream Team" / "Magical Morphimal" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 31, 2015 | N/A |
| 43 | 17 | "Grump-Noceros" / "Later Skater" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | June 7, 2015 | N/A |
| 44 | 18 | "A Daisy for Dazzle" / "Waiting for Julius" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | June 14, 2015 | N/A |
| 45 | 19 | "Pirate Julius" / "Mars Bouquet" | Unknown | Anne-Marie Perrotta and Madellaine Paxson | June 21, 2015 | N/A |
| 46 | 20 | "Not So Funny Pages" / "Missing Piece Magic Show" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Amanda McNeice | June 28, 2015 | N/A |
| 47 | 21 | "2 Skate 2B Great" / "Sparkletasia" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | July 5, 2015 | N/A |
| 48 | 22 | "Appreciated" / "Our Hero Worry Bear" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | July 12, 2015 | N/A |
| 49 | 23 | "Julius-inator" / "Don't Worry Be Happy" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Elise Allen | July 19, 2015 | N/A |
| 50 | 24 | "Box Fort of Oz" / "Firefly Festival" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 26, 2015 | N/A |
| 51 | 25 | "Double O Sheree" / "Ping's in Charge" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Katherine Sandford & Anne-Marie Perrotta | August 2, 2015 | N/A |
| 52 | 26 | ""Funk in the Junk / Enginopalooza"" | Unknown | Rob Tinkler and Katherine Sandford | August 9, 2015 | N/A |
Broadcast
Following its U.S. premiere in 2013, the show later premiered on Discovery Kids in 2014 in Latin America. In the United Kingdom, Cartoonito premiered Julius Jr. on April 6, 2015.[21]
The show premiered in Albania on Çufo on May 4, 2016 under the title "Xhuliusi i vogël" (Little Julius). In Canada, The show premiered on Family Jr.
