
Joy Ride
- 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
When a Juju gives Jeera with her own J-Runner (a Juju version of a car), Tak gets jealous. So that night, he and Keeko "borrow" the J-Runner and take it on a joyride! It's fun at first... until they accidentally hit a Juju! If anyone finds out that Tak and Keeko took out a Juju, who knows what kind of punishment is in store for them. So they do what any two boys would do in this situation- pretend that the Juju is still alive.
Characters
Tak, Keeko, Jeera, Lok, Guard Chief, Roadkill Juju, Emu, Pugnacious Juju, Gremlin Juju, Chief, George, Belly Juju, Log Hermit, Pupununu, Burt, Gillbert, Guy, Judge Juju, Party Juju, Doris, Jibolba
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Heiko Drengenberg, Lane Lueras, Mark Risley, Jim Schumann
Producing
- Producer
- Mitch Watson (Co-Producer)
- Supervising Producer
- Audu Paden
Writing
- Writer
- Brandon Auman, Nicole Dubuc, Mitch Watson
- Story Editor
- Mitch Watson
Voices
- Voice
- Hal Sparks (Tak), John Di Maggio (Keeko, Guard Chief, Roadkill Juju), Kari Wahlgren (Jeera, Emu), Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Jeera), Patrick Warburton (Lok), Kirk Ward (Pugnacious Juju), Jeff Bennett (Gremlin Juju), Maurice LaMarche (Chief, George, Belly Juju, Log Hermit, Pupununu), Rob Paulsen (Burt, Gillbert, Guy, Judge Juju, Party Juju), Dannah Feinglass (Doris), Lloyd Sherr (Jibolba)
Animation
- Animation Supervisors
- Randy Dormans, Jason Meier, Chris Neuhahn
- Animator
- Michael Franceschi
- Story Artists
- Dean Criswell, Heiko Drengenberg, Michael Daedalus Kenny, Lane Lueras, Alex Mann, Al Zegler
- CG Creative Director
- Josh Book
- Lead CG Artist
- Joseph R. Alessandra
- CG Artists
- Joe Brogno, Alex Rial, Ant Ward
- CG Apprentices
- Andrew Bina, Elyse Hartey, Joy Johnson, Sergio Lorenzo, Danielle Powers, Harry Sanchez, Candice Stephenson
- Lead Effects Artist
- Matt Cawood
- Technical Director
- Jon Finch
- Lead Texture Artist
- Angela Ursillo
- Texture Artists
- William Dely, Sonserae Leese, George Taylor
Sound
- Sound Editor
- Michael Petak
- Foley Mixer
- Roy Braverman
Production Management
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Oliver Pearce
- Production Assistant
- Alan Chow
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.
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.
