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''Marsupilami'' is a
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character and fictional animal species created by
André Franquin André Franquin (; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are '' Gaston'' and ''Marsupilami''. He also produced the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period s ...
. Its first appearance was in the 31 January 1952 issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular
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'', as a pet of the main characters, until Franquin stopped working on the series; the character's final appearance in the series during Franquin's lifetime was in 1970. In the late 1980s, another character of the same species, distinct from the pet Marsupilami owned by Spirou and Fantasio, got its own successful spin-off series of
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s entitled ''Marsupilami'', written by
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, Yann, and Dugomier, and drawn by Batem. The 1987 release of the first ''Marsupilami'' album marked the debut publication of the publishing house Marsu Productions, which was named after the character. ''Marsupilami'' has since become a
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Marsupilami ''Marsupilami'' is a comic book character and fictional animal species created by André Franquin. Its first appearance was in the 31 January 1952 issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Since then it appeared regularly in th ...
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and a variety of other merchandise. The asteroid 98494 Marsupilami is . Marsupilami's adventures had been translated to several languages, like
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, and several
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. The most recent English translations are published by the British publishing house Cinebook. More than three million albums of the ''Marsupilami'' series are claimed to have been sold by Marsu Productions. In 2013,
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bought Marsu Productions and its characters, thereby allowing a new production of ''Spirou & Fantasio'' adventures including the Marsupilami. The Marsupilami returned to the ''Spirou & Fantasio'' series in the album ''La Colère du Marsupilami'', released in 2016.


Naming

The name is a
portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsmarsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a po ...
'', ''Pilou-Pilou'' (the French name for
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, a character Franquin loved as a child) and ''ami'', French for ''friend''. The species'
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is given in Franquin's ''
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'' as ''Marsupilamus fantasii''. Its specific epithet refers to the character Fantasio, who was tasked with finding a specimen by his late uncle. He successfully found one on his expedition to South America with Spirou and subsequently brought it to Europe, where it later became the pair's pet. In ''Houba Banana'', a 1997 album from the ''Marsupilami'' spin-off comic series written by Xavier Fauche and Eric Adam, its binomial name is given as ''Marsupilami franquini'', referring to the real-life creator of the species, Franquin.


Appearance and behavior

The marsupilami is a black-spotted yellow
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-like creature with
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-like ears. Male marsupilamis have an incredibly long, strong, flexible, prehensile tail, used for almost any task. Female marsupilamis have a much shorter tail, but still long compared to real animals. Both the male and female are able to use their tail as a weapon, by tightening the end into a fist and the remainder of the tail into a springlike spiral for maximal force. This attack was responsible for the Danish and Norwegian translators choosing words similar to "spiral" over "marsupial" as the creature's name. Unlike the males, the females also walk on the tips of their toes. When the animal rebounds, he makes the noise: "Boing". Males are also drawn with their eyes not completely separated, as if the
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e of both eyes have merged, while females are often drawn with two completely separate eyes. Female marsupilamis also have a different voice compared to the males. Males say "houba" most of the time, while females say "houbi". According to the ''L'Encyclopédie du Marsupilami'', they are
monotreme Monotremes () are prototherian mammals of the order Monotremata. They are one of the three groups of living mammals, along with placentals (Eutheria), and marsupials (Metatheria). Monotremes are typified by structural differences in their brain ...
s like the
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and
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, which explains why they lay eggs while having
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features. Like
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birds, the Marsupilami can also mimic human speech, and like an
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is able to breathe underwater as well as on land.


Specimens

The appellation "The Marsupilami" originally referred to the individual captured and then adopted by Spirou and Fantasio, which they never bothered to name because he was the only known specimen. The ''Spirou & Fantasio'' album ''
Le nid des Marsupilamis ''Le nid des Marsupilamis'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story, and another, ''La foire aux gangsters'', were serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before the release in a hardc ...
'' introduces more marsupilami characters, none of whom are in captivity; the album is mostly concerned with a documentary-within-the-comic about the life of a family of marsupilamis living in the wild in Palombia. The later spin-off series ''Marsupilami'', drawn by Batem, stars this family, and the title of the series, "''Marsupilami''", refers to the father in this family, who is also unnamed, and not to the pet Marsupilami owned by Spirou and Fantasio. In these series, Marsupilami's wife is referred to as Marsupilamie (a female version of the name) but their three young are named, respectively, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo. Mars le noir (''Mars the Black'') is another specimen, which first appears in the album ''Mars le Noir''. A former captive marsupilami, he first finds it hard to live again in the forest. After failing to seduce Marsupilamie, he becomes jealous of Marsupilami and nearly gets into a fight with him. Later, he meets a black female marsupilami, named Vénus, who becomes his mate. In ''Baby Prinz'', another specimen, an elderly male who lives in a zoo, is featured. Altogether, that comes to eight specimens in Palombia, plus Spirou and Fantasio's pet. Marsupilamis have been shown with multiple different fur colourations – yellow, yellow with black spots, black, white, white with black spots, and black with yellow spots. The most frequently seen fur colours are yellow with black spots, yellow with no spots, and black all over, as these are the variations seen within the main Marsupilami family in the ''Marsupilami'' comic series; these are also the fur colours that are regularly seen in the French animated series featuring the same family.


Comics


''Spirou & Fantasio''

The following albums of ''Spirou & Fantasio'' feature the Marsupilami: *4. ''
Spirou et les héritiers ''Spirou et les héritiers'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the fourth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and a great leap in the expansion of the Spirou universe. After serial publication in '' Spirou'' magazine, it was released as a ...
'' (''Spirou and the Heirs'', 1952). First appearance of the Marsupilami. *5. '' Les voleurs du Marsupilami'' (''The Marsupilami Thieves'', 1952, after an idea by Jo Almo). This story picks up exactly where ''Spirou et les héritiers'' ends. *7. ''
Le dictateur et le champignon ''Le dictateur et le champignon'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventh album of the '' Spirou et Fantasio'' series. After serial publication in '' Spirou'' magazine, the story was released as a hardcover album in 1956. Story When the M ...
'' (''The Dictator and the Mushroom'', 1953) *8. ''
La mauvaise tête ''La mauvaise tête'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the eighth album in the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. After serial publication in '' Spirou'' magazine the complete story was published, along with the Marsupilami short story ''Touchez pas ...
'' (''The Wrong Head'', 1954) (Only in a short story at the end of the album) *9. '' Le repaire de la murène'' (''The Murena's Hideout'', 1955). *10. ''
Les pirates du silence ''Les pirates du silence'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the tenth album of the '' Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story, and another, ''La Quick Super'', were serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before both were published in one hardc ...
'' (''Pirates of Silence'', 1956, with
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(backgrounds)); followed by ''La Quick Super'' (1956) *11. ''
Le gorille a bonne mine ''Le gorille a bonne mine'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story and ''Vacances sans histoires'' (A Quiet Holiday), were serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine, before the hardcov ...
'' (''Gorilla's in Good Shape'', 1956); followed by ''Vacances sans histoires'' (''Uneventful Holidays'') *12. ''
Le nid des Marsupilamis ''Le nid des Marsupilamis'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story, and another, ''La foire aux gangsters'', were serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before the release in a hardc ...
'' (''The Marsupilamis' Nest'', 1957), which introduces a family of Marsupilamis living in the wild in Palombia; followed by ''La foire aux gangsters'' (''Gangsters at the Fair'') *13. ''
Le voyageur du Mésozoïque ''Le voyageur du Mésozoïque'', written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the thirteenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story, and another, ''La Peur au bout du fil'', were first seria ...
'' (''The Traveller from the Mesozoic'', 1957); followed by ''La peur au bout du fil'' (''Fear at the End of the Line'', 1959, with Greg (writing)) *14. '' Le prisonnier du Bouddha'' (''The prisoner of the Buddha'', 1959, with Greg (writing) and
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(backgrounds)) *15. ''
Z comme Zorglub ''Z comme Zorglub'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and the first part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych. The story was initially serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before its release as a h ...
'' (''Z is for Zorglub'', 1960, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). First appearance of Zorglub. *16. ''
L'ombre du Z ''L'ombre du Z'', written and drawn by Franquin with Greg and Jidéhem, is the sixteenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and the second part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych. The story was initially serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine, be ...
'' (''The Shadow of Z'', 1960, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). Concludes a diptych. *17. ''
Spirou et les hommes-bulles ''Spirou et les hommes-bulles'' (''Spirou and the bubble-men''), written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventeenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story appeared sequentially (in black & white) in '' Le Parisien Libéré'', ...
'' (''Spirou and the Bubble Men'', 1959); followed by ''Les petits formats'' (''The Small Formats'', 1960); both with Roba (art). These stories, along with ''Tembo Tabou'', first appeared in a newspaper, '' Le Parisien Libéré''. *18. ''
QRN sur Bretzelburg '' QRN sur Bretzelburg'' (''Eng. Lit.'', ''QRN over Bretzelburg''), written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the eighteenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The story was initially serialised in ...
'' (''Q.R.N. over Bretzelburg'', 1963, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). A longer version was published in 1987 in a limited printing. *19. ''
Panade à Champignac ''Panade à Champignac'' is the nineteenth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The story, written and drawn by Franquin, was serialised along with ''Bravo les Brothers'' in '' Spirou'' magazine before publication as a hardcover album in 19 ...
'' (''Babysitting in Champignac'', 1968; with
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and Gos (writing)); followed by ''Bravo les Brothers'' (''Hurray for the Brothers'', 1967; with Jidéhem (backgrounds)) *20. ''
Le faiseur d'or ''Le faiseur d'or'', written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and the first to follow the ''Spirou'' retirement of André Franquin. The story was initially serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine, befo ...
'' (''The gold maker'', 1970) *24. ''
Tembo Tabou ''Tembo Tabou'', written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin and Jean Roba, is the twenty-fourth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and the twentieth under Franquin's authorship. The story was initially serialised in '' Le Parisien L ...
'' (1958, with Roba (art)); followed by short stories *55. ''
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''Marsupilami''

By the late 1960s, Franquin decided to retire from drawing the ''Spirou & Fantasio'' series, which was passed to a new artist,
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. Franquin did not give permission for the character to continue appearing in the series after the first Fournier story, ''
Le faiseur d'or ''Le faiseur d'or'', written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series, and the first to follow the ''Spirou'' retirement of André Franquin. The story was initially serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine, befo ...
'' ("The Gold Maker"), in which Franquin drew the Marsupilami himself. Spirou's Marsupilami ceased to feature in the comics after that, and was absent from ''Spirou & Fantasio'' until 2016. In 1987, Franquin launched a new series centering around the Marsupilami with the new publishing house, Marsu Productions. This series featured the Marsupilami family which had appeared in ''
Le nid des Marsupilamis ''Le nid des Marsupilamis'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' series. The title story, and another, ''La foire aux gangsters'', were serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before the release in a hardc ...
''. The first four volumes were illustrated by both Franquin and Batem. From the fifth volume onwards, Batem is the sole illustrator of the series. The stories in the first two volumes were written by
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. Afterwards, Greg stopped working on the series, and the next seven volumes were written by Yann. Various others have written for the series since; the most recent writer is Colman, who has received writing credits in the twelve most recent volumes. The first published album of the series is '' La Queue du Marsupilami''. In 2002, an album #0 was published, consisting of short stories featuring the Marsupilami, drawn by Franquin before 1987. *0. '' Capturez un Marsupilami'' (''Capture a Marsupilami'', 6/2002) (Short-Story collection). Art and story by Franquin. *1. '' La Queue du Marsupilami'' (''The tail of Marsupilami'', 10/1987). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Greg. *2. ''Le Bébé du bout du monde'' (''The baby of the end of the world'', 6/1988). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Greg. *3. ''Mars le Noir'' (''Mars the Black'', 3/1989). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Yann. *4. ''Le Pollen du Monte Urticando'' (''The pollen of Mount Urticando'', 11/1989). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Yann. *5. ''Baby Prinz'' (10/1990). Art by Batem, story by Yann. *6. ''Fordlandia'' (11/1991). Art by Batem, story by Yann. *7. ''L'Or de Boavista'' (''The Gold of Boavista'', 10/1992). Art by Batem, story by Yann. *8. ''Le Temple de Boavista'' (''The temple of Boavista'', 10/1993). Art by Batem, story by Yann. *9. ''Le Papillon des cimes'' (''The butterfly of the summit'', 10/1994). Art by Batem, story by Yann. *10. ''Rififi en Palombie'' (4/1996). Art by Batem, story by Xavier Fauche and Eric Adam. *11. ''Houba Banana'' (7/1997). Art by Batem, story by Xavier Fauche and Eric Adam. *12. ''Trafic à Jollywood'' (7/1998). Art and story by Batem. *13. ''Le Défilé du jaguar'' (''The fashion show of the jaguar'', 9/1999). Art by Batem, story by Kaminka and Marais. *14. ''Un fils en or'' (''A golden child'', 6/2000). Art by Batem, story by Bourcquardez and Saive. *15. ''C'est quoi ce cirque !?'' (''What's this circus!?'', 9/2001). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier. *16. ''Tous en Piste'' (''Everyone to the ring'', 6/2003). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier. *17. ''L'orchidée des Chahutas'' (''The orchid of the Chahutas'', 6/2004). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier. *18. ''Robinson Academy'' (6/2005). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier. *19. ''Magie Blanche'' (''White magic'', 11/2006). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *20. ''Viva Palombia'' (6/2007). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *21. ''Red monster'' (4/2008). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *22. ''Chiquito Paradiso'' (4/2009). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *23. ''Croc Vert '' (5/2010). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *24. ''Opération Attila'' (20 May 2011). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *25. ''Sur la piste du Marsupilami'' (4/2012). Art by Batem, story by Colman, Chabat and Doner. *26. ''Santa Calamidad'' (11/2012). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *27. ''Coeur d'étoile'' (11/2013). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *28. ''Biba'' (11/2014). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *29. ''Quilzèmhoal'' (11/2015). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *30. ''Palombie secrète'' (04/2017). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *31. ''Monsieur Xing Yùn'' (04/2018). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *32. ''Bienvenido a Bingo !'' (5/2019). Art by Batem, story by Colman. *33. ''Supermarsu'' (6/2021). Art by Batem, story by Colman.


Other

* Marsupilami makes an appearance in
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(1964), as a side-show attraction among the many that spring up in anticipation of the titular contest. The stall presenting the Marsupilami is run by Menagerix, who has an image of it as an adertisement of his tent. * ''L'Encyclopédie du Marsupilami'', published in 1991, is an "Encyclopedia" about the natural history of the Marsupilami, not a comic book. Text is by Cambier and Verhoest, art by Batem and Franquin. * ''Gaston et le Marsupilami'' was published by Dupuis in 1978. This album groups all the short stories featuring both
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and Marsupilami, previously published in '' Spirou'' magazine. All these strips were then published in the album '' Capturez un Marsupilami''. * In December 2006, an illustrated book series featuring the Marsupilami as the main character was created in the Bibliothèque Rose Collection, published by
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. Scenarios are taken from the animated series ''Mon ami Marsupilami''. * A short-lived series produced in connection to the TV series was published from 1993 to 1994 in the American ''
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'' magazine. Some stories were also reprinted in the German magazine ''Limit''. * Several Marsupilami cameos and tributes have been produced in Franco-Belgian comics; among the earliest was in
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's series '' Blondin et Cirage'', which was another series published in ''Spirou'' magazine during Franquin's tenure on ''Spirou & Fantasio''. In the volume ''Les soucoupes volantes'' (1956), the characters Blondin and Cirage find an African Marsupilami, ''Marsupilamus africanus'', which is a slightly different species than the South American species ''Marsupilamus fantasii''. The African Marsupilami species is tailless and has a stockier build.


English-language publication of comics

An early example of an English-language translation of ''Spirou & Fantasio'' was published in 1960, when the Franquin story ''Le nid des Marsupilamis'' was printed in the weekly
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boys' magazine ''
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'', under the title ''Dickie and Birdbath Watch the Woggle.'' In that early localization, Spirou was called "Dickie", Fantasio was "Birdbath",
Seccotine Seccotine is a recurring character from the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' comics, and the first major female character of the series, a strong-willed reporter. She was created by André Franquin, and made her first appearance in ''La turbotraction'' ser ...
was "Cousin Constance", the Marsupilami was "the Woggle", and the female Marsupilami was "the Wiggle." One album of ''Spirou & Fantasio'' featuring Marsupilami, number 15, was translated to English by Fantasy Flight Publishing in 1995. Plans on releasing number 16 ended halfway through the translation process, due to bad sales. In 2007, Egmont's subsidiary Euro Books translated the ''Spirou & Fantasio'' albums numbered 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 into English for the Indian market. The Marsupilami was renamed "Beastie" in these translations. The British publishing company Cinebook have published English-language translations of ''Spirou & Fantasio'', including some of Franquin's albums featuring the Marsupilami. The first of Franquin's albums that they translated was ''The Marsupilami Thieves'', which they released in 2013. In 2017, Cinebook began to release English translations of the spin-off series ''Marsupilami''.


Animation


Disney animation

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's version of the Marsupilami first appeared on television in ''
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'' in 1992, and was then spun off into his own eponymous show on the
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network and
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in 1993. Marsupilami's supporting characters included among others Maurice the
gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...
, Stewart the
elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...
, Eduardo the
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, Leonardo the
lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
, and Norman the
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. The original Marsupilami stories by Franquin never featured a
gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...
or
elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...
in the Marsupilami's wild habitat, since those species are native to
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, whereas the Marsupilami species in the comics was said to come from
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. Another change is that Marsupilami can speak; his comic counterpart can only mimic sound like a parrot. In this version, Marsupilami is voiced by Steve Mackall. Shnookums and Meat was a secondary segment on this show. There were thirteen episodes in the series, and the series lasted one season. Reruns of the show were aired on
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(from October 1994 to June 1995), and later on
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. Animators
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and Michael Surrey are in the character design ending credits.


Marathon animation


Season 1 – Marsupilami (2000)

A second animated series, this time produced in France, premiered in March 2000 and ran for 26 episodes on the French television channel
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. Produced by
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,
Marathon Production Zodiak Kids & Family (formerly known as Marathon Media, Marathon Animation, Marathon Productions or Marathon Media Group) is a worldwide French television production company based in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The company was originally founded as Mar ...
and Marsu Productions, this series more closely followed the character in the original comic. In this first season, there's a more comedic side. Marsupilami went on adventures alone or with his family (his wife Marsupilamie and their three young, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo). For example, in one episode he saved a group of circus animals, got them back to the city and saved the circus from closing. In another, he had to go to the city again to save one of his young, captured by their constant enemy, the hunter Bring M. Backalive.


Season 2 – My Friend Marsupilami (2003)

In the 15-episode Marsupilami and his family become best friends with a human family, The Newmans, that comes to live near them. Amanda is a Marsupilami researcher, while her husband David is a computer technician that works from home and they have two children, Leo and toddler Zoe. Leo and Marsupilami become best friends and they have many adventures, with both new friends and old enemies, like Backalive.


Seasons 3–4 – Marsupilami Hoobah Hoobah Hop! (2009–2011)

The third series, started in 2009, features a preteen boy named Hector Forster and his aunt Diane Forster, who are going to live in the jungle for one year to study its fauna and flora. They become best friends with the Marsupilami family. Their main enemies are megalomaniac industrialist and jungle-hater Felicia Devort, who plans to level out the Palombian jungle and build the Devort City megalopolis in its place, and her two henchmen, and Blouprint. Their old enemy, hunter Bring M. Backalive, also appears.


Season 5 – Our Neighbors the Marsupilamis (2012)

The fourth Marathon series, featured the Marsupilami family living with veterinarian Bernard Vanderstadt and his four children Sarah, Iris, Isidore and Zoe. Their mother, Caroline, frequently contacts them by phone, but appears in the last three episodes. Once again Backalive makes an appearance. Marathon's Marsupilami series has been broadcast in 37 countries. Among the countries to have received at least one season are Germany (
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), Algeria (Programme National), Belgium (RTL TVI), Canada ( Télé-Quebec and
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), Estonia (
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), Bulgaria (Super7), United Kingdom (
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), Spain ( Antena 3,
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,
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and TV3), Finland (
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), Cyprus (
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), Greece (
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), Ireland (
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), Italy (
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), Portugal ( Prisvideo), Switzerland ( TSR), Russia ( THT Network), Hungary ( Minimax (Hungary)), Slovenia ( RTV), Serbia (
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and
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), Montenegro (
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and
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), Bosnia and Herzegovina (
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), North Macedonia (
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), Morocco ( 2M TV), Turkey (
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), Sri Lanka (
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), Mexico (
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, Brazil (
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), Venezuela ( RCTV), Indonesia (
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and
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), Malaysia ( TV3 and TV9), the Africa Pansat ( CFI), Latin America ( ZAZ), the Near East and Middle East ( TV5 and
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), Vietnam (
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), Thailand (
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), South Korea (
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), Iceland ( Uppeldi EHF), and South Africa (
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).


Belvision animation

In 2019, it was announced that a new
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series was in development from Belgian studio
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. The new series focuses on three marsupilamis named Marsu, Pila and Mi.


Movies

'' Sur la piste du Marsupilami'' (On the Trail of the Marsupilami) is a live-action, computer-animated, comedy adventure film directed by
Alain Chabat Alain Chabat (; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of ''La C ...
and released in 2012. Chabat himself stars in the movie alongside
Jamel Debbouze Jamel Debbouze (; ar, جمال دبوز, Jamāl Dabūz; born 18 June 1975) is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in ...
, Frédéric Testot,
Géraldine Nakache Géraldine Nakache (born 16 February 1980) is a French actress, director and screenwriter of Algerian Jews, Algerian Jewish descent. Life and career Nakache grew up in an Algerian Jews, Algerian Jewish family. She earned a Diplôme d'études uni ...
,
Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson (born 3 August 1958) is a French actor, singer and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'' and ''The Matrix Resurrections''. Biograph ...
,
Patrick Timsit Patrick Timsit () is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy '' Un indien dans la ville''. In 2006, he p ...
,
Liya Kebede Liya Kebede ( am, ሊያ ከበደ; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue'' three times. Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for M ...
, Aïssa Maïga and
The Great Khali Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) is an Indian professional wrestler and wrestling promoter better known by his ring name The Great Khali. He is best known for his tenure in WWE where he became the first Indian-born WWE World Heavywe ...
. Though Marsupilami and his family are featured prominently, the movie features new characters rather than any of the established cast from the comics or television shows. The central focus is on French reporter Dan Geraldo (Chabat) and Palombian vet Pablito Camaron (Debbouze), whose name humorously translates to ''Little Pablo Shrimp'', as they go searching for the indigenous Paya people led by Queen Paya (Kebede). The duo end up in a complicated plot involving the Marsupilami, an evil botanist (Testot) who discovers the elixir of youth, and a major, (Timsit) whom the botanist teams up with to overthrow the Palombian president (Wilson) and said president's love for
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.


Fame

* A wax figure of a Marsupilami was manufactured and exhibited at the
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, a museum displaying realistic statues of famous personalities, along with two other famous Franco-Belgian comics characters,
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and
Asterix ''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, wi ...
. * Many commercial products have been created by several companies: clothes (Avance Diffusion), shoes (Léomil), clocks, watches, decoration, dishes (Tropico), figurines (Pixi and Plastoy), cuddly toys (Nounours), socks (Agofroy), schoolbags (
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), school products (Oberthur), linen (MCT), puzzles (Jumbo), and underwear (United Labels). * Marsupilami appears on a stamp created by the French Poste in 2003 (n° 3569). * The official website www.marsupilami.com claims to have more than 25,000 subscribers. * The Marsupilami is a fairground attraction in ''
Asterix and the Big Fight ''Asterix and the Big Fight'' is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix comic book series. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. Its original French title is ''Le Combat des chefs'' ("The Battle of the Chief ...
''. * Marsupilami is honoured by Asterix illustrator and occasional writer Albert Uderzo on page 11 of Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book. * A statue of the Marsupilami can be found at the center of a
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roundabout and another has been seen at the train station of
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, the city of France's largest comics festival. * Asteroid 98494 Marsupilami, discovered by French astronomer
Jean-Claude Merlin Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (french: Société Astronomique de Bourgogne) and a discoverer of minor planets. He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fond ...
in 2000, was named after the comic-strip character. The official was published by the
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on 18 September 2005 ().


References


External links


Marsupilami Projet BD in French







Marsupilami on Franquin.com

Save Palombia site
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Marsupilami
at cizgifilmizledur.com

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