Babs sets out to destroy Yvon, until Tommy and Luba catch wind of her deadly plot and try to stop her. Yvon accidentally hits Willy on the head, unleashing Babs Tidwell, Willy's mysterious alter-ego "mother". After a series of hilarious failures, the townsfolk force Yvon to leave, until a deadly menace threatens Upyermukluk and they must seek out his help again. In a madcap race for notoriety, the people of Upyermukluk succeed, but in a surprising way.Īfter 300 years without bathing, Yvon's aroma has become unbearable even to Tommy, but getting the stubborn Frenchman to wash is next to impossible. They try to make the town map-worthy again by having someone set a world record. When a government cost-cutting measure leaves Upyermukluk off the map, Tommy and Yvon convince everyone that they must take action. In an effort to make Tommy feel better, Bill concocts a phony "Ancient Inuit Manhood Test", which inadvertently sends Tommy and Yvon, along with Harland and the Duke, out into a snowstorm. Tommy feels left out when all the other boys at school proudly display signs of becoming men (armpit hair, bigger muscles, cracking voices, etc). In 2005, Dennis Heaton won a Writers Guild of Canada Award for his work on the episode The Trouble With Mammoths. The show captured both awards again in 2004. Yvon of the Yukon won the 2002 Leo Award for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series and Greg Sullivan was awarded the Best Director award for a Youth or Children's Program. Chris Roberts – Rusty Knobbs, Norad Geek.Ian James Corlett – Willie Tidwell/ King Louis.He settles in the town of Upyermukluk, Yukon ("the hottest cold town in the Arctic, midway between Shivermetimbers and Frostbottom Falls") and attempts to adjust his life in the Yukon along with his unusual new neighbours. Yvon is cryogenically frozen in a block of ice for 300 years, until a sled dog owned by Inuk teenager Tommy Tukyuk urinates on it and thaws him out. He goes far off his intended course, into the frigid waters off Canada's northern coast, and is knocked overboard when his boat sinks an iceberg. Yvon of the Yukon is about a French explorer, Yvon Ducharme, who embarks on a voyage to North America on behalf of "King Louis" ( Louis XIV of France). Based in the fictional Canadian town of Upyermukluk, the show premiered on YTV during Fall 2000, and aired with the final episode on January 24, 2004. It was produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit with the assistance of British Columbia Film and the Film Incentive BC grant from the province of British Columbia. Rob, who voices both Farflung and Yoink, and is perhaps better known for his doing the voices of Raphael ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Yakko Warner ( Animaniacs), was a guest at Anthrocon 2007.Yvon of the Yukon is a Canadian animated television series produced by Studio B Productions (now known as "WildBrain") and Corus Entertainment in association with Alliance Atlantis Communications. When the perpetrator, called "Noof" the bear by the mounties, shows up and makes a demand to get the animal's furs back in trade for the stolen uniforms, they call in Yoink and Sergeant Farflung to find the bear and get the uniforms back.Ĭharlie Adler and Rob Paulsen provide the voices for most of the characters in this show. In this short cartoon, a Canadian RCMP base is broken into by a shadowy figure and wakes at dawn a few hours later to line up in their pajamas, much to their commander's dismay. It featured Cadet Yoink, an anthropomorphic animal, and his human superior officer, Sergeant Farflung. Aired on 30 July 1995, Yoink of the Yukon was a Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network collaboration which had only one known episode which was seen on Cartoon Network's "What A Cartoon" show.
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