Jymn Magon (; born December 7, 1949) is an American

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and film writer. He was born in

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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

. He spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children's records, then later moving to

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. He created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as '' Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', ''

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'', '' Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''

TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the pro ...

'', '' Darkwing Duck'', ''

Goof Troop ''Goof Troop'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on the relationship between single father Goofy and his son, Max Goof, Max, as well as their neighbor Pet ...

'', '' Quack Pack'' and ''

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' books by authors A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, ''The New Adventures'' was the ...

''. In 1993 he began a freelance career, writing and story editing for numerous studios. His TV and film projects include '' A Goofy Movie'', ''

Make Way for Noddy ''Make Way for Noddy'', stylized ''make way for NODDY'' or also known as simply ''Noddy'', is a British animated television series based on the Noddy character by English children's author Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on Channel 5 (later know ...

'', '' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'', '' Casper Meets Wendy'', ''

Archie's Weird Mysteries ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'' ( French: ''Archie, mystères et compagnie'') is an animated television series based on the characters by Archie Comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of ...

'' and '' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series''. He also writes for ads, stage, books, and comics. He also wrote three of the

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for '' Sitting Ducks'': "Feather Island/King of the Bongos", "Holding Pen 13/Daredevill Ducks" and "Iced Duck/Duck Footed. While working at MGM Animation he worked as writer on ''MGM Sing Along Videos'', '' The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue'' and '' Tom Sawyer''. He was also a producer and creative consultant on '' Titanic: The Legend Goes On'' and the script editor on the first chapter of the 2022 indie game " BROK the InvestiGator".

Screenwriting credits

Television

Series head writer denoted in bold *''

Adventures of the Gummi Bears ''Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' is an American animated children's television series created by Jymn Magon and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series, loosely inspired by gummy bear candies, takes place in a fantasy world ...

'' (1986–1989) *''

'' (1987–1990) *''

'' (1988–1991) * '' The Magical World of Disney'' (1989) *''

'' (1990–1991) *'' Darkwing Duck'' (1991) *''

'' (1992) *'' Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad'' (1994–1995) *'' Quack Pack'' (1996) *'' The Wacky World of Tex Avery'' (1997) *'' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series'' (1997–1998) *'' Archie’s Weird Mysteries'' (1999–2000) *''

Mickey Mouse Works ''Mickey Mouse Works'' (also known as ''Disney's Mickey Mouse Works'' or simply ''Mouse Works'') is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of anima ...

'' (1999-2000) *''

The Book of Pooh ''The Book of Pooh'' is an American preschool educational children's television series that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on the Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based ...

'' (2001) *''

House of Mouse ''Disney's House of Mouse'' (or simply ''House of Mouse'') is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that originally aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC and Toon Disney from January 13, 2001 ...

'' (2001) *''

'' (2002–2003) *'' Sitting Ducks'' (2003) *'' JoJo’s Circus'' (2006) *'' Ben & Izzy'' (2007) *''

Gormiti ''Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature'' ( Italian: ''Gormiti: Gli Invincibili Signori della Natura''), later changed to ''Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!'', is a toy property based primarily on tall non-articulated mini figures with a t ...

'' (2010) *'' Maryoku Yummy'' (2010) *''

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures ''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'', known in Japan as is an animated television series produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions, a partnership between Sprite Animation Studios and OLM, Inc., and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo ...

'' (2013–2015) *'' Heroes of the City'' (2014) *'' Tumble Leaf'' (2016) *'' Filly Funtasia'' (2019)

Film

*'' A Goofy Movie'' (1995) *'' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'' (1997) *''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...

'' (1997) *'' Casper Meets Wendy'' (1998) *'' An All Dogs Christmas Carol'' (1998) *'' The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue'' (1998) *'' Tom Sawyer'' (2000) *'' Titanic: The Legend Goes On'' (2000) *'' The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart'' (2001) *'' Mickey’s House of Villains'' (2001)

External links

*
Magon's blog
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