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This causes a rift in Yvon and Tommy's friendship and reopens an old wound in a vengeful Harland, until Yvon finally realizes that Lumpy, like all creatures, must return home.Įvery ten years, Upyermukluk gets hot enough for the ice to melt and its citizens to flock to the beach.

#WHAT A CARTOON SHOW YOINK OF THE YUKON FREE#

Tommy signals Yvon, the final free man, to rescue them, setting the stage for a showdown that nearly destroys the entire town.ĭuring an ice-fishing mishap, Yvon's life is saved by 'Lumpy', a giant walrus, whom Yvon turns into his 'pet'. A hair-raising climax reveals two things: that there's more to Babs than meets the eye, and that Yvon still has some issues with his own mother.įrustrated by Luba's laissez-faire attitude toward lawbreakers, Willy hires a huge by-the-book RCMP officer, Major Sweetly, who jails everyone in Upyermukluk for the most ridiculous infractions.

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'.

#WHAT A CARTOON SHOW YOINK OF THE YUKON SERIES#

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. 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.

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