''Monk Little Dog'' (; ) is a series of animated shorts. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae, of Kim's Licensing, and produced by Timoon Animation and

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. Season 1 of Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 on

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in France and ran until June 11, 2010. In the UK the series was broadcast by the CITV Channel,

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. In

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, the series was originally aired by Global TV (now GTV) from 2011 until early 2012, but later moved to RTV between 2014 until 2016. While on

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it was broadcast on

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and

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Development

''Monk Little Dog'' was originated from a series of storybooks with

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characters released in 2006, notable books include ''Monk's Mouth Country Trip'' (); although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005. The difference is this storybook series included one human character while ''Monk Little Dog'' does not.

Characters

Main characters

*Monk: A white bull terrier - He is the eponymous main protagonist of the series. He is cheerful, but also clueless and chronically unlucky. *Ding: A yellow

English cocker spaniel The English Cocker Spaniel is a breed of gun dog. It is noteworthy for producing one of the most varied numbers of pups in a litter among all dog breeds. The English Cocker Spaniel is an active, good-natured, sporting dog standing well up at ...

- He is Monk's arch-rival and Kimmy's love interest. *Kimmy: A pink

poodle The Poodle, called the in German () and the in French, is a breed of water dog. The breed is divided into four varieties based on size, the Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, although the Medium Poodle is no ...

- She is Monk's crush and Ding's girlfriend. *Ben: A Brown and Tan

Bloodhound The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar, rabbits, and since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is ...

- He is Monk's best friend who's very lazy and always asleep.

Recurring characters

*Sushi: Kimmy's pet pussycat who hates and somethings loves Monk. *Bubul: A gray

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who is Monk's best neighbour. *Bar: A funny and hilarous

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who he does not appear so much. *Loo: A brown chow-chow. *Mi-hie: A comic book superhero and Monk's favorite character. *Peace: A naughty and smart lebrel. *San-say: A female dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu. *Sally: Bubul's wife. *Jimmy: An emo Old English Sheepdog who is Kimmy's cousin. *The Tweets: Monk's house owners. *Mr. Beaky: Monk's pet parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake". *Monk's parents (Nonk and Jonk): The father is identical to him, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of pale pink. *Mimmy: A gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color. *Len: Ben's dad who only appears on Monk's TV.

Episode list

References

2000s French animated television series 2010s French animated television series 2009 French television series debuts 2010 French television series endings French children's animated comedy television series South Korean children's animated comedy television series French computer-animated television series Animated television series about dogs Animated television series without speech Long stubs with short prose {{SouthKorea-tv-stub