Captain Flamingo
| Captain Flamingo | |
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From left to right: Lizbeth and Milo
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| Created by | Suzanne Bolch John May |
| Written by | Suzanne Bolch John May Kenn Scott Christin Simms Shelley Hoffman Robert Pincombe |
| Voices of |
Melanie Tonello Tabitha St. Germain Scott Beaudin |
| Composer(s) | Jono Grant |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marc du Pontavice |
| Producer(s) | Steven Banks Mark Zaslove Kevin Gills Ira Levy Petter Williamson Trevor Bentley Frank Saperstein Minby Eloriaga |
| Production company(s) |
Atomic Cartoons Breakthrough Films and Television Heroic Film Company Philippine Animation Studio Inc. YTV Productions |
| Distributor | Breakthrough Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | YTV |
| Original release | February 17, 2006 – October 21, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Captain Flamingo is a Canadian animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of Milo Powell, whose alter-ego is Captain Flamingo.
The television series was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV in Canada on February 17, 2006.
The titular character is of an unspecified young age. He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids" in trouble. His "super powers" take the form of novelty items, such as a whoopee cushion, among other things.
Milo Powell is an ordinary young Canadian boy until a kid is in trouble. Any time a kid yells "Uh-oh! Flamingo!", Milo transforms into Captain Flamingo, whose mission is to help little kids who need assistance. Captain Flamingo is aided in his missions by his best friend Lizbeth Amanda Zaragoza, who apparently has a not so secret crush on him. CF also has a little brother named Thor.
Quite often, when called upon to carry out a mission, Captain Flamingo is busily engaged with something else, a personal goal or problem (such as waiting in line to buy an ice cream before the truck leaves or runs out of ice cream, but someone calls to him, needing his help); like a true hero, he must, and usually does, put aside his own needs to help others (although, quite often, his actions in successfully aiding the person in distress lead to a successful outcome for his personal goals). Captain Flamingo seldom successfully solves a problem on his first try; in fact, it is not uncommon for his initial attempts to make things worse. In trying to solve the simple problems of various little kids he encounters (such as, say, a lost pencil or a missing sock), Captain Flamingo often gets into tight spots. He has, in various episodes, gotten trapped in a bubble with a full bladder, gone underwater to battle an eel, and has gotten trapped in a deadly matrix of bouncing superballs. Despite this, he never gives up and meets every failure or setback with a new attempt. He eventually gets out of these situations by using his "Bird Brain"; this can be his own instincts, but it usually is Lizbeth. A random thought he speaks aloud might be picked up on by Lizbeth and elaborated into an actual, detailed plan (which Lizbeth will assume was what Captain Flamingo planned to do all along), or he can assume that a suggestion spoken aloud by Lizbeth is his "Bird Brain" speaking to him (although he usually misinterprets her suggestion; however, his misinterpretation usually works). In the end, Captain Flamingo always seems to stumble upon a solution either through Lizbeth's cleverness, persistent refusal to give up and constantly trying new novelty items and plans until he succeeds, or sheer luck (or, quite often, some combination of the three).
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