Kipper is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the characters from Mick Inkpen's Kipper the Dog picture book series. Seventy-eight episodes were produced. Out of these thirteen episodes - twelve of the first season, and the last of the third season, were written by Mick Inkpen himself. The videos have won awards including a BAFTA award for best children's animation. The show was released on VHS and DVD by HIT Entertainment PLC and HIT Video and Abbey Home Media in the United States of American, Canadian and Australia.
Summary
The series follows Kipper the Dog as he goes on many fun and exciting adventures in a variety of places throughtout the English countryside with his friends, Tiger, Pig, Arnold, and Jake.
Cast
Television Animation Cast
- Kipper the Dog - Martin Clunes
- Tiger the Dog, Pig, Arnold, Jake - Chris Lang
- Mouse - Julia Sawalha
Seasons
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Season 5
- Season 6
Season 1
The Vistor
- Kipper: Oh, no! Oh, dear! Hello. Can you hear me?
The Umbrella
- Kipper:
( rummaging sounds )
( thunderclaps and rain downpouring )
( wheels spinning )
( crows cawing )
( airplane whirring )
- Tiger: Ahoy! Kipper!
- Kipper: Hi, Tiger! How many.
The Seaside
( waves lapping )
- Kipper: Oh, no! The tide's coming in! That looks like our beach ball! And that looks like our duck! Oh, no!
- Tiger: Hurray, Kipper!
- Kipper: Hang on, Tiger! I'm coming to get you!
Nothing Ever Happens
- Kipper: What a boring day!
( window squeaking )
- Kipper: Nothing ever really happening!
( head and toe shaking )
( no mouse leaves and good-bye )
( books fall down )
( doorbell rings )
no tiger!
The End!
rabbit
( door slams )
Kipper and the Snowy Day
- Kipper: Okay, then. Here goes! It's not working. The snow won't stick to me.
( both laughing )
- Kipper: Let's try it together, come on! Here, you have this. I'll wrap the scarf around my head, and we'll have one glove each. Here, wrap that end round you. You ready? After three.
- Dogs: 1, 2, 3! ( laughing )
- Tiger: Let's build a snowman!
- Kipper: What about a snow dog?
- Tiger: Yeah! A snow dog!
- Tiger: It'll all be gone tomorrow. There's a warm wind coming.
- Kipper: ( sighs ) I hope you're wrong. And for once, Tiger was wrong! That night, another snowstorm wiped out all off our footprints, and the snow dog stood at the bottom of big hill for almost three whole weeks.
( bird chirping )
The Paddling Pool
- [Kipper is reach the sky, upside down.]
- Kipper: Phew, it's hot today. Hmm.
( laughs )
- Kipper: It's really hot. Ah. It's too hot, really. It's a padding pool kind of day. Yes! That's it! I'll get out my padding pool! Ah, yes, there it is. Ohhh... Ow!
( air blowing )
- Kipper: ( panting ) Ah! Wooo!
( water spraying )
- Kipper: Ahhh! Got you! Ice cream!
- [Kipper is lick white ice cream,
( water gushing )
- Kipper: ( slurping ) Mmm... Doh!
( licking )
- Kipper: Oh, no! It must have a puncture. Yes, it's leaking! Oh! How am I gonna mend that? Ouch ouch ooch. Ah. Perfect!
( air blowing )
( clattering )
- Kipper: Ohh ah ooh ooh ah! Oh, no! The sun's gone in!
( peltering )
- Kipper: Hailstones? Ooh ow ooh ow ooh!
( clinkers )
( air escaping )
Tiger's Torch
- Kipper: Nothing. I think it came from somewhere near here.
- Tiger: Ooh...
( owl screeching )
- Both: Ahh!!!
- Both: Ooh!!!
- Tiger: What is it? What is it?
- Kipper: Aw... Ooh!
- Tiger: ( whimpering )
- Tiger: Are we ready, then?
- Kipper: Yep.
- Tiger: Deep in the middle of the dark, dark wood there lived a horrible, horrendous, terrible, tremendous--
( music plays )
Season 2
Sleepless Night
- Kipper: Time for bed, Rabbit. Time for bed, Mr. Snake. Sleepy time, Big Owl. You get, Hippo and you, Sock Thing. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! (yawns) I'm so tired.
( yawns and snoring )
Hiccups
( doorbell rings )
- Kipper: Hic! Hic!
( drums, horns, noisemarkes all at once )
- Tiger: Quiet, everyone!
- Kipper: Well, I don't think it's very funny.
- Tiger: ( laughs )
Kipper Is Unwell
- Kipper: I want to paint something red. A rocket.
Kipper's Circus
- Kipper: Watch this, Tiger. Yes! I can walk the tightrope.
The Gismo
- Kipper: Ready, Tiger.
The Camping Trip
- Kipper: Hello, Rabbit. Want one.
- Tiger: Uh, did you bring a tin opener?
- Kipper: No, I'm sorry!
- (Tiger smells something burning and notices the hot dogs are burning.)
- Tiger: Oh! Oh, no! No, no! ( unison in the voice tower hill )
- (Kipper is NOT eat right now! It is now nighttime, and one of the rabbit is bounce, slide and roll his arms the tent all the way home.)
- Kipper: Just look at that. Thousands of stars.
- Tiger: Hmm...millions!
- Kipper: Billions!
- Tiger: Trillions!
- Kipper: Zillions!
- Tiger: Quillions!
- Kipper: There's no such thing a quillons.
- Kipper: I don't think so. I think, it's a cloud. A big, black, cloud.
- Tiger: Oh, hey!
- Kipper: I think, we better go inside. Bye, Rabbit.
- (Kipper and Tiger look outside from the tent door.)
- Tiger: This is fun!
( Tiger and Kipper grunting )
- (Lighting and thunder strikes which scares the two dogs, the two.
( wind blows )
- Kipper: Oof! We are get out of the rain!
- Tiger: Where?
- Kipper: You go that way.
- Tiger: Oof! Be careful!
- Kipper: I wonder if it's still raining outside?
- Tiger: I don't know. ( yawns )
- (The group goes to sleep and the episode is ends.)
Season 3
The Treasure Hunt
HIT Video
- Pig: Thanks, Tiger. Come on, Arnold, we'd better be going.
( music playing )
- Pig: Keep up, Arnold!
The Picnic
- Kipper: Ouch!
( apple thuds )
Season 4
"The Mouse
- Kipper: Ooh! (Yawns) What a mess! (Squeak) Morning Hippo!
- Mouse: Do You Mind I'm Trying To Get Some Sleep!
Big Owl's Bath
( water rushing )
( doorbell rings )
- Kipper: Coming!
( snaps )
- Kipper: Oh, no! Sock Thing!
- Tiger: And Mr. Snake.
- Kipper: Do you see slipper, Tiger?
- Tiger: Quick! He's going to fall in the mud!
- Kipper: Oh, yuck! Tiger, the blanket is gone!
- Tiger: Wow! Look it Goes! Oh, no!
- Both: The pond!
( blanket flipping )
Season 5
Hide and Side
- Kipper: Where are you? Whoa! Ouch!
( vase shakes )
Hedgehog Watch (2000)
- Tiger: Hegehog watch, very successful.
- Kipper: Tiger, have you been eating my donut?!?!
Season 6
The Farm
( music playing and birds tweeting )
- Tiger: Cock-a-doodle-doo!
( clucking )
- Arnold: Duck!
See Also
Kipper Books