Tickle Pickle
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios, Mattel, Inc.
- Animation studio
- Sekiguchi Co., Ltd.
Synopsis
Monchhichis live in the the very top of the tallest trees that hide well above the clouds. They are a tribe of monkey type creatures. They are lead by the eldest Monchhichi named Wizzar, who is a magical wizard that can conjure up spells and potions to defeat the evil Grumplins.
Characters
Moncho, Kyla, Tootoo, Patchitt, Thumkii, Horrg, Wizzer, Snogs, Shreeker, Snitchitt, Gonker, Yabbott, Fasit, Scumgor
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Carl Urbano, John Walker, Rudy Zamora
- Supervising Director
- Ray Patterson
- Assistant Directors
- Bob Goe, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Don Lusk, Ann Tucker
Producing
- Producer
- George Singer
- Executive Producers
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
Writing
- Story Editors
- Dick Robbins, Bryce Malek
Voices
- Voice
- Bobby Morse (Moncho), Laurel Page (Kyla), Ellen Gerstell (Tootoo), Frank Welker (Patchitt), Hank Saroyan (Thumkii), Sidney Miller (Horrg), Frank Nelson (Wizzar), Bob Arbogast (Snogs), Peter Cullin (Shreeker, Snitchitt, Gonker), Laurie Faso (Yabbott, Fasit, Scumgor), Jack Angel, Carol Bacall, Dick Beals, Julie Bennett, Susan Blu, William Callaway, Victoria Carroll, Nancy Cartwright, Jeff Doucette, Walker Edmiston, Peggy Frees, Jennifer Ann Fujardo, Joan Gerber, Gary Goran, David Hollander, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Erv Immeman, Buster Jones, Stan Jones, Ham Larsen, Laurie Main, Patty Maloney, Bill Martin, Gregg Marx, Scott Menville, Robert Ridgely, Shavar Ross, Rick Segal, B.J. Ward, Evie Williams, William Woodson, Ted Ziegler
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Animation
- Animation Supervisors
- Don Patterson, Roger Chiasson, Sean Newton, Don Spencer
- Layout Supervisor
- Margaret Parkes
- Layout
- Nancy Avery, Christopher Boyer, Mark Hubley, D. T. La Vercombe, Phil Normand, Shan Price, Rick Rouse, James Wahlberg
Art Department
- Character Design
- Sandra Berez, Ronald Evans
- Background Styling
- Al Gmuer, Dennis Durrell, Dennis Venizelos
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
Camera
- Camera
- Bob Marples
Editing
- Editor
- Gil Iverson
- Supervising Film Editor
- Larry C. Cowan, Larry C. Cowan
- Show Editor
- Gil Iverson
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Alvy Dorman, Phil Flad
- Effects Editors
- Michael Bradley, David Cowan, Jerry Winicki
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Cecil Broughton
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte, Paul DeKorte
- Musical Director
- Hoyt Curtin
Casting
- Recording Director
- Gordon Hunt
- Animation Casting Director
- Ginny McSwain
Production Management
- Production Manager
- James Wang
- Production Coordinator
- Peter Aries
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joed Eaton
- Production Assistant
- Robin Carmichael
- Executives in Charge of Production
- Jayne Barbera, Jean MacCurdy
Crew
- Story Direction
- Cosmo Anzilotti, Chad, Jeff Hall, Gary Hoffman, Emilie Kong, Alex Mann, Bill Tollis, Tom Yakutis
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
- Design Supervisor
- Bob Singer
- Title
- Bill Perez
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
- Supervising Executive
- Margaret Loesch
- Crew
- Used with permission
Companies and other credits
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- Characters © 1983 Sekiguchi Co. Ltd. and Mattel
- Inc
- "Monchhichis" and other related characters are trademarks of Sekiguchi Co
- Ltd
- © 1983 Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Inc. All rights reserved
Production notes
The monkeylike Monchichis lived in the forest land of Monchia, swinging on vines and looking cuter than any cartoon characters had a right to. The show was co-produced by Mattel, who created a line of thumb-sucking "Oh so soft and cuddly" Monchichi dolls.
The peace of Monchia was threatened by the Grumplins of Grumplor, led by nasty Horgg. Fortunately, the Monchichis had a wizard among them, the kind and wise Wizzar. His spells and good advice were always enough to turn back the Grumplins. The other Monchichis included Moncho, Kyla, Tootoo, Patchitt, and the easily-excitable little Thumkii. There was no doubt who the bad guys were, with names like Snogs and Scumgor.
The show didn't catch on as well as Hanna-Barbera's other little critter shows like Smurfs and Snorks, lasting only one season on ABC's Saturday morning. But thanks to a catchy jingle and their undeniable cuteness, the Monchichi dolls lived on.
The peace of Monchia was threatened by the Grumplins of Grumplor, led by nasty Horgg. Fortunately, the Monchichis had a wizard among them, the kind and wise Wizzar. His spells and good advice were always enough to turn back the Grumplins. The other Monchichis included Moncho, Kyla, Tootoo, Patchitt, and the easily-excitable little Thumkii. There was no doubt who the bad guys were, with names like Snogs and Scumgor.
The show didn't catch on as well as Hanna-Barbera's other little critter shows like Smurfs and Snorks, lasting only one season on ABC's Saturday morning. But thanks to a catchy jingle and their undeniable cuteness, the Monchichi dolls lived on.