Power Trip
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Hinton Animation Studios
Synopsis
After having his electricity cut off for failing to pay his bills, Cyril Sneer decides to build a hydroelectric dam. Meanwhile, Ralph and Melissa have gone camping and Bert is playing host to adventurous Great Aunt Gertie.
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Cyril Sneer, Cedric Sneer, Broo, Pigs, Bears, Mr. Mammoth, Sidekick, Aunt Gertie, Game Show Host
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kevin Gillis
- Assistant Director
- Gerald Tripp
- Co-directed By
- Paul Schibli
Producing
- Producer
- Kevin Gillis
- Executive Producer
- Sheldon S. Wiseman
- Associate Producer
- Ursula Clarkson
- Assistant Producer
- Gerald Tripp
Writing
- Writer
- Gerald Tripp, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two and Three, Game Show Host), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer), Carl Banas (Mr. Mammoth, Bear), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon, Bear), Sharon Lewis (Broo), Susan Roman (Melissa Raccoon), Nick Nichols (Pig One), Geoffrey Winter (Narrator), Pauline Rennie (Aunt Gertie), Rick Jones (Sidekick)
Music
- Music
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis, Jack Lenz
Animation
- Animator
- Chris Butler, Graham Falk, Jim Hiltz, Neil Hunter, Allan Jeffery, Mark Koetsier, Hana Kukal, Jean Lajeunesse, Gerard Paquette, Nick Rijgersberg, Bill Speers, Susan Spriggs, Glen Sylvester, Paul Teglas, Teruyo Watanabe, Jamie Whitney, Lee Williams
- Senior Assistant Animator
- Gloria Hsu
- Assistant Animators
- Daniel Barnaby, Michael Bass, Rose Biviens, Michael Csunyoscka, Jane Gardner, Rebecca Greenwood, Daniel Lafrance, Bob Latzer, Luc Marier, Moira Moxley, Kristina Paquette, Brigit Pollanen, Heather Sawyer, Ronit Schneidman
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Mik Casey, Paul Schibli
- Backgrounds
- Greg Gibbons, Michel Guerin, Michel Breton
- Executive Story Consultant
- Kevin Gillis
Editing
- Editor
- Sue Robertson
- Assistant Editors
- Carla Densmore, Michael Parker, Kelly Kincaid, Sean McAllister
Crew
- Created By
- Kevin Gillis
- Head Writer
- Derek Diorio
- Series Writers
- Mary Crawford, Gail Kerbel, Dan Lalande, Chas Lawther, Paul Schibli, Alan Templeton, Gerald Tripp, Rick Jones, Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio
- Animation Director
- Sebastian
- Layouts and Backgrounds Director
- Peter Moehrle
- Layouts
- Richard Forg, Doug Williams
- Layouts and Backgrounds Co-ordinator
- Shirl Kwan
- Design and Timing Supervisor
- Kathy Harker-Fiander
- Timing
- Bob Browning
- Assistant Animation Director
- Karen Munro-Caple
- Animation Co-ordinator
- Kathie Robillard
- Animation Layouts
- Hilary Phillips, Maryl Morris, Dan Craig
- Ink and Trace Department Supervisor
- Valda Champagne-Marks
- Ink and Trace Department
- David Cowdery, Mike Schauer, Jeff Quigley, Elsa Anton
- Matching
- John Gajdecki, Kerry-Michael Deevy, Wanda Chow, Kokila Weerasinghe
- Opaquing Supervisor
- Florence Bach
- Opaquing
- Susan Andrews, Suzanne Boutin, Mae Clifford, Catherine Copp, Guy Daw, Brenda Desharnais, Richard Greenham, Micheline Heroux, Jon W. Last, Sue de Leeuw, Serge Lefebvre, Todd Legault, Robert Mole, Laurieann Norris, Kathleen O'Malley, Denyse Ouellette, Stephen Popowicky, Suanne Rogers, Graham Ross, Jill Sawyer, Mark Steel, Grazyna Terlecki, Diederik Van Den Weghe, Anne Wistaff
- Special Effects Supervisor
- Ben Ballon
- Special Effects
- Martin Butler
- Color Co-ordinator
- Lise Gravel-Murka
- Animation Check/Camera Check Supervisor
- Lorraine Decoste
- Animation Check/Camera Check
- Kim Murdock, Paul Dewar, Craig Wilson
- Camera Department Supervisor
- Ronald E. Haines
- Camera Department
- Paul Webster, Sylvie Paquette, Jan Topper
- Camera Department Co-ordinator
- Cindy Moehrle
- Technical Co-ordinator
- Weldon Poapst
- Musical Direction and Score
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Music Arrangements
- Jon Stroll
- Concert Master
- John Gomez
- Recording
- John Cybanski, Peter Mann, Sal Ciampini, Vic Pyle, Terry O'Bright
- Re-Recording
- Sounds Interchange, Vic Pyle, Mike Kelly
- Songs Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- "Hold Back Tomorrow" Sung by
- Lisa Lougheed
- Negative Cutting
- Gerde Gerke, Hildegard Schaefer
- Colour Timers
- Michel Brohez, Vladmir Zabransky
- Video Services
- Kim Krause, Bernie Clayton, Fred Melsted
- Financial Co-ordinator
- Janet MacMillan
- Financial Services
- Cathy Morriscey, Bernard Vezina
- Studio Secretary
- Louise Daw
- Production Office Co-ordinator
- Elizabeth Foster
- Production Accountant
- Brenda Spero
- Production Secretary
- Claire Wilmut
- Executive in Charge of Production for Hinton Animation Studios
- Carl McMullin
- Executive in Charge of Production for CBC
- Nada Harcourt
- Psychological Consultant
- Gerald D. Pulvermacher Ph.D, C. Psych
- Production Supervisor
- Lesley Harris
- Production Co-ordinator
- Jonathan Deachman
- Production Assistants
- Margaret Macaulay, John Surmachynski
- Crew
- In Memory of Chuck Anderson
Companies and other credits
- Laboratory Services: Sonolab Inc
- Video Services: PFA Film and Video
- For Hinton Animation Studios:
- For Evergreen Raccoons:
Production notes
The Raccoons was a classic 1980s cartoon set in the backdrop of Evergreen Forest. Scheming tycoon Cyril Sneer would regularly attempt to enlarge his fortune, often at the expense of the environment. Luckily, the Raccoons were on hand to thwart him: Bert- the comic one; Ralph- the editor of the local paper; Melissa- Ralph's girlfriend; Cedric Sneer- Cyril's son, and turncoat; plus Schaeffer and Broo- two odd looking sheepdogs.