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Ferdy the Ant (also simply referred to as Ferdy and Ferda) is a 1984 German-British children's
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based on the
Ferda Mravenec Ferda (means "Ferdinand the Ant", translated as Ferdy/Ferdi outside of the Czech Republic and Slovakia) is a Czech literary and comics character, an anthropomorphic ant created by Ondřej Sekora, who both wrote and illustrated the stories. It was ...
series of picture books by
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author
Ondřej Sekora Ondřej Sekora (25 September 1899, Brno – 4 July 1967, Prague) was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Cz ...
. The animation was handled by Far Eastern Productions. There are three English dubs. The original British English dub, the short-lived
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dub and an American-produced 2000 dub. The show is primarily aimed towards children from ages 3 to 10, and has been owned by Entertaining Cartoon Productions and Licensing AG since 2000 and it was also an animation by Far Eastern Animation in Taiwan. It was also International Broadcast on the
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& ABC Kids in Australia.


Premise

The series revolves around a little boy-ant named Ferdy as he embarks on a variety of adventures in the insect Utopia of Käfertal with his close insect friends.


Episode format

Story-arcs usually last up to seven episodes.


Main characters

*
Ferdy Ferdy or Ferdie is a given name, often a diminutive of the masculine given name Ferdinand. It may refer to: People * Ferdie Aston (1871–1926), English-born South African rugby union player * Ferdie Bergh (1906–1973), South African rugby uni ...
* Bug Butterfingers * Cricket * Arambula * Woody * Gwendolyn (Referred to as Laura in later episodes) * Bug Sniffy * Bug Gobbler * Oskar


Episodes

# The Daring Rescue # The Danger from the Mill # The Crazy Snail Trip # The Valley of the Horses # My Friend the Star # On Butterfinger's Trail # A Coach for Gwendolyn # The Search # False Witness # The Camp of the Red Ants # The Silver Grotto # The Ghost Mill # The Robbers # Dangerous Excursion # Playing With Water # The New House # The Cuckoo's Egg # The Spring Festival # The Heatwave # The Trip to Italy # The Ill-Fated Skiing Trip # The Flight in a Balloon # Butterfinger's Art School # On a Treasure Hunt # The Forest Fire # Homesickness # The Mysterious Ship # Ferdy in the Ant Hill # The Slavedealers # The Raid # The Battle # The Wedding Feast # Movie Stars # The Unknown Weapon # A Nightmare Diet # The Honey Knight # The Tortise # The Dream of the Wild West # The Visitor From Space # The Beauty Contest # The Circus # Gwendolyn's Birthday # Robin Hood # The Ghost Driver # The Pizzeria # The Owl's Book # The Toadstool # The Waterskiing Race # The Musical # The Easter Egg # The Snake # Hocus-Pocus


Video game

A 3D episodic arcade video game based on the series was developed by Centauri Productions and released by Cenega in 2002 for the PC.


Home media

In 1986, select episodes of the
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English dub of the series received a small VHS release in the US. The entire series was released on
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in the Czech Republic in 2003.


References

{{Reflist 1980s British animated television series Czech animated television series German children's animated adventure television series Fictional ants Animated television series about insects