Basic Insting
- Studio
- Walt Disney Television Animation.
- Animation studio
- Wang Film Productions, Walt Disney Animation France S.A.
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Television
Synopsis
Sebastian unknowingly gets a fishhook tangled on his back, and a nearsighted female scorpion falls in love with him.
Characters
Sebastian the Crab
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ed Wexler, Bob Hathcock
Writing
- Writer
- Bill Matheny, Len Uhley, Gary Sperling
Voices
- Voice
- Samuel E. Wright (Sebastian)
Music
- Music
- Stephen James Taylor, Mark Watters
Editing
- Editor
- Elen Orson, Susan Edmunson
Crew
- Story Editors
- Bill Matheny, Kevin Crosby Hopps
- Voice Directors
- Ginny McSwain, Jamie Thomason
- Animation Directors
- John Kimball, Marsh Lamore, James T. Walker
- Timing Directors
- Vincente Bassols, Rick Leon
- Directing Supervisor
- Karen Peterson
- Storyboards
- Ryan Anthony, Thom Enriquez, Karl Gnass, Denise Koyama, Shawna Cha
- Character Design
- Tom Bird, Kenny Thompkins
- Key Layout Design
- Brooks Campbell, Derek Carter, Thom Enriquez, Bill Lorencz
- Prop Design
- Tom Bird, Tom Foxmarnick, Terry Hudson
- Key Background Stylists
- Brooks Campbell, Bill Lorencz, Raymond Zibach
- Color Key Stylists
- Yolanda Rearick, Jill Stirdivant
- Assistant Producers
- Michelle Pappalardo-Robinson, Matt Pook
- Overseas Animation Supervisor
- Bob Baxter
- Overseas Layout Supervisor
- Pere Van Reyk
- Continuity Coordinators
- Vonnie Batson, Kathrin Victor
- Talent Coordinator
- Daniel Pensiero III
- "Marsupilami" Theme By
- John Beasley, John Vester, Ed Fournier
- Additional Themes
- Ed Fournier, Alan Menken
- Associate Producer, Music
- Bambi Moe
- Unit Layout Director
- Chen Shyh Chang
- Unit Background Director
- Henry S. Lee
- Unit Animation Supervisor
- Yan Shuenn Fa
- Unit Production Managers
- Liou Shen Yen, Richard Pimm
- Directors
- Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi
- Art Director
- Jean-Christophe Poulain
- Animators
- Bolhen Bouchiba, Sylvain Deboissy, Patrick Delage, Marc Eoche-Duval, Pierre Fassel, Bruno Gaumetou, Dominique Monfery, Catherine Poulain, Jean-Christophe Roger, Stephanie Sainte Foi, Yoshimi Tamura
- Layout Artists
- Bolhem Bouchiba, Jean Duval, Vincent Massy, Richard Poulain
- Background Supervisor
- Pierre Pavloff
- Background Artists
- Olivier Adamn, Jean-Paul Fernandez, Helene Godefry, Patricia Millereau, Vincent Misser
- Effects Animation
- Thierry Chaffoin
- Production Manager
- Jean-Luc Florinda
- Assistant Director
- Raphael Vicente
- Production Assistant
- Etienne Longa
- Post Production Manager
- Cheryl Murphy
- Post Production Supervisor
- Wendy J. Miller-Smith
- Sound Dubbing Supervisor
- Christopher Keith
- Post Production Sound
- Advantage Audio
- Sound Effects Editing
- Roy Braverman, Bill Koepnick, Jim Hodson, Robert Duran
- Music Editing
- Marc Perlman
- Dialogue Editing
- Melissa Gentry-Ellis
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Jim Hodson, Bill Koepnick
- Track Reading
- Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen
- Administrative Coordinator
- Johanne Beaudoin
- Script Supervisor
- Anita Lish
- Script Coordinators
- Nanci Battelle, Janna Bryan, Pamela Kincheloe Finck
- Production Assistants
- Michelle Schlicht-Pniewski, Yolanda Valdez-Saylor, William Waggoner
- Post Production Assistants
- Jason Spratt, Steve Werner
- Production Art Service Coordinator
- Mercedes Sichon
- Shipping Coordinator
- Craig Simpson
- Crew
- Produced by
Companies and other credits
- Animation Production: Wang Film Production Co
- Animation Production: Ltd
- Animation Production: Walt Disney Animation France S.A
- Post Production Sound: Inc
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- © 1993 The Walt Disney Company
- All Rights Reserved
Production notes
Based on the Belgian comic strip Spirou by Andre Franquin, Marsupilami came to television as part of Disney's Raw Toonage. What that program left the air, Marsupilami gained its own half-hour series, sharing air time with other shorts Sebastian the Crab and Shnookums and Meat.
Sebastian the Crab moved the popular Calypso crustacean from The Little Mermaid to the topside world, where he worked as a lifeguard, a concierge, a Crab Scout leader, and more. The loopy Chef Louie was another carryover from the animated film, continuing to antagonize Sebastian.
Each weekly show featured two Marsupilami shorts with one Sebastian or Shnookums & Meat segment sandwiched in between. The show lasted only one season, but the battling cat and dog went on to headlining roles in The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show.
Sebastian the Crab moved the popular Calypso crustacean from The Little Mermaid to the topside world, where he worked as a lifeguard, a concierge, a Crab Scout leader, and more. The loopy Chef Louie was another carryover from the animated film, continuing to antagonize Sebastian.
Each weekly show featured two Marsupilami shorts with one Sebastian or Shnookums & Meat segment sandwiched in between. The show lasted only one season, but the battling cat and dog went on to headlining roles in The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show.