This Bites

This Bites

October 27, 2007 TV Episode Tak and the Power of JuJu

Studio
Nicktoons Productions, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, THQ, Avalanche Software
Animation studio
Nicktoons Studios.
Character Animation (Main Characters and Elephant): Red Eye Animation Studios
Distributor
Nickelodeon Network, Viacom

Synopsis

Though it's against the rules, Tak uses magic to remove his aching tooth, and the magic brings his tooth to life. In fact, all the teeth in the Tooth Graveyard come back from the dead and return to the Pupununu village. And they all want to return to the mouths from which they came. As the teeth terrorize their former owners, it's up to Tak to fight them off and end the mess that he began.

Characters

Tak, Jeera, Lok, Antelope, Wife Stone Head, Chief, Log Hermit, Old Grinder, Chief Zogsnob, Jibolba, Mask Guy, Keeko, Husband Stone Head

Credits

Producing

Producer
Mitch Watson (Co-Producer)
Supervising Producer
Audu Paden

Voices

Voice
Hal Sparks (Tak), Kari Wahlgren (Jeera, Antelope, Wife Stone Head), Patrick Warburton (Lok), Maurice LaMarche (Chief, Log Hermit, Old Grinder), Jeff Bennett (Chief Zogsnob), Lloyd Sherr (Jibolba, Mask Guy)

Crew

Post-Production Supervisor
Oliver Pearce
Sound Editor
Michael Petak
Sound Effects Editor
Jake Allston
Foley Mixer
Roy Braverman
Story Editor
Mitch Watson

Companies and other credits

  • Voice: John Di Maggio (Keeko, Husband Stone Head

Production notes

This adventure comedy series follows the slightly skewed comic adventures of fun-loving, mischievous 14-year old Tak, who has gained access to the magical, mythical realm of the always colorful and powerful Jujus. Based on the hit Nick/THQ video game, Tak and the Power of Juju, is Nickelodeon's first CG-animated series produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank.

The series follows the teenage jungle-boy Tak and his fellow Pupununu villagers as they deal with their fate as the unluckiest tribe in the world. Their lives are sometimes helped – and frequently made more complicated – by the strange and mystical Jujus, magical beings with whom Tak has a special bond.

Tak is the only Pupununu who holds the “Power of Juju,” which allows him to access magic usually only available to 177-year-old shamans. For most, Juju power could be a recipe for success, but because of Tak's particular combination of imagination and irresponsibility, his powers only get him, the Pupununu villagers, and sometimes the Jujus, into outlandish trouble.

Tak is joined by a colorful cast of characters in this fantastical jungle setting: Chief, Jibolba, Jeera, Zaria, Lok and Keeko.