P. King Duckling Explained
Genre: | Adventure Comedy Slapstick |
Creator: | Josh Selig Chen Gu Bo Fan |
Director: | Eddy Bo Fan Julian Kauffmann Yihong Zhang Mei Zhao Swee Lin Jan Qing |
Voices: | Marc Thompson Courtney Shaw Benjie Randall |
Theme Music Composer: | Josh Selig Sam Retzer |
Composer: | Sam Retzer Dong Liu |
Country: | United States China |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 2 |
Num Episodes: | 78 |
List Episodes: | - Episodes
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Executive Producer: | Xiaqiu Zhong Chen Gu Josh Selig |
Producer: | Nicole Torre Mary Tai Bing Yan |
Runtime: | 21 minutes |
Company: | UYoung Little Airplane Productions (season 1) |
Network: | Disney Junior (season 1) Disney Channel (season 2) |
P. King Duckling is an animated children's television series co-created by Josh Selig, Chen Gu, and Bo Fan. The series debuted its first season on Disney Junior in the United States on November 7, 2016 and ended it on May 11, 2017.[1] It is one of the only Disney series that is not accessible on DisneyNOW.
On May 22, 2017, UYoung ordered a second season of P. King Duckling.[2]
Premise
P. King Duckling is about the title character, a young duck, who has adventures in the town of Hilly Hole with his two best friends, Chumpkins and Wombat.
Characters
Main
- P. King (voiced by Marc Thompson) is a silly duck who loves to hop around and play with Wombat and Chumpkins. He's always happy.
- Wombat (voiced by Courtney Shaw) is one of P. King's sidekicks. Her talent is art. She is also very smart.
- Chumpkins (voiced by Benjie Randall) is another one of P. King's sidekicks. He's a techy pig with a big computer.
Major
- Mildred is an elderly beetle bug.
- Walter/Walrus is a somewhat clumsy walrus.
Supporting
- Giraffe is a young adult girly giraffe.
- Elephant is an African elephant and he is Giraffe's friend.
- Puppy Kid is a childish Labrador retriever pup.
- Uppity Moose is a character who likes tennis games.
- Maxine is a pink cat, She works in the diner.
- Anteater is a character who likes party things and dislikes trying not to damage the store.
- Paco is a Xoloitzcuintli (or a Mexican hairless pup) and he is Mildred's pet dog.
- Chameleon is sometimes a background character.
- Sir Scoops-a-Lot is a knight horse. He works in a medieval-themed ice cream truck at a medieval fair
- Baker is a light pink fox, she works in a Hilly Hole Bakery and He likes making cakes and pastries.
- Inigo Murphy is a cow, he says a gibberish word "Moo" because he's somewhat a cow.
- Turtle is a character who likes Hilly Hole.
- Arma Dillo is an armadillo who likes clothes.
- Mrs. Flamingo is a flamingo who likes the Hilly Hole park.
- Madam Mayor is a character who likes stories.
Recurring
- Hippo is the new member of Wombat and the Hilly Boyz.
- Greg the Goose is the main antagonist.
- Zoloton is a character who likes tricks.
- Mole is a mole who likes eating and digging, and dislikes wild animals.
- Mrs. Glockenspiel is a character who likes golf.
- Beverly Bison is a character who likes harmonies and golf.
- Garth is a character who likes golf and dislikes trying not to hit the houses.
Other
- Robo-Duckling is a character who likes taking garbage and painting the fence, and dislikes robots that cannot mess up.
- Marvin is a character who likes plants and dance parties.
- Melvin is a character who likes shows.
- The Bunny Family: Barry Bunny is a character who likes carrot smoothies, Buffy Bunny is a character who likes "Bon appetite", Bennett Bunny is a character who likes carrots and dislikes trying not to have fur sheds, and Bindy Bunny is a character who likes carrots.
- Butch is sometimes a background character.
- Dolph is sometimes a background character.
- Manny is a character who is also Walter's cousin.
- Bobo the Sheep is a character who is friends with P. King, Wombat and Chumpkins.
Episodes
Season 1 (2016–17)
Broadcast
Disney Junior has picked up P. King Duckling to air on its American, Latin American, Indian, Korean, and Southeast Asian channels. In Sweden, the show aired on SVT in Swedish, and in China, the show aired on CCTV-14 Kids Channel in Chinese, both following the show's sale to Disney Junior in the United States.[3] The show is also available on Netflix from November 7, 2017 until May 6, 2021.
Home media
A DVD release of the series, titled "P. King Duckling: Seize the Day!", was released by Shout! Factory on September 12, 2017.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Disney Junior to Debut 'P. King Duckling'. License! Global. October 27, 2016. October 27, 2016.
- Web site: UYoung Greenlights 'P. King Ducking' Season 2, Signs Licensing Agents. Animation Magazine. Mercedes. Milligan. May 22, 2017.
- Web site: 'P. King Duckling' Takes Wing in Sweden, Finland. Mercedes Milligan. Animation Magazine. October 17, 2016. October 27, 2016.
- Web site: P. King Duckling: Seize the Day! . Amazon US . 12 September 2017.