The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | |
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| Genre | Adventure Fantasy, Comedy |
| Created by | Thurop Van Orman |
| Directed by | Thurop Van Orman John Infantino (assistant director) |
| Creative director(s) |
J.G. Quintel John Infantino |
| Voices of | Thurop Van Orman Brian Doyle-Murray Roz Ryan Jeff Bennett Steve Little Daran Norris Jackie Buscarino Richard McGonagle S. Scott Bullock Kent Osborne June Foray Kevin Michael Richardson |
| Opening theme | "The Misadventures of Flapjack", written by Thurop Van Orman & Dan Cantrell; performed by the cast |
| Composer(s) | Dan Cantrell |
| Country of origin | United States, Canada, Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English and others |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 46 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Thurop Van Orman |
| Producer(s) | Pernelle Hayes Supervising Producer: Jennifer Pelphrey |
| Editor(s) |
Kent Osborne Dave Tennant (story editors) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Cartoon Network Studios Screen Novelties (stopmotion segments) |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | June 5, 2008 – August 30, 2010 |
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| Website | |
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , also known simply as FLAPJACK, is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network that premiered in North America on June 5, 2008. It stars creator Thurop Van Orman as the voice of Flapjack, a naive young boy who was raised by a whale named Bubbie and is mentored by a salty sea pirate called Captain K'nuckles. Together the trio they spend their days in Stormalong Harbor, where most of the show takes place, whilst on the search for the elusive Candied Island.
Van Orman, who pitched the idea to Cartoon Network as early as 2001, incorporated his own dreams of marine adventures, acquired while living in Florida as a boy, into the series. After three seasons and 46 episodes, the series concluded on August 30, 2010. During its run, Flapjack received one Primetime Emmy Award, two Annie Award nominations, and one Golden Reel Award nomination. On April 20, 2012, reruns of the series returned to Cartoon Network on the revived block, Cartoon Planet.
The series revolves around best friends Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles. Flapjack is a young boy who was raised by a talking whale named Bubbie. Flapjack leads a peaceful life until the duo rescues a pirate by the name of Captain K'nuckles, who tells Flapjack of a place called Candied Island, which is made completely of candy. Inspired by the adventurous pirate, Flapjack, Captain K'nuckles and Bubbie get into strange predicaments and "misadventures" in search of candy, Candied Island and the coveted title of "Adventurer". The three spend most of their time in Stormalong Harbor, their place of residence, and home to many strange characters.
As a child, show creator Van Orman lived in Panama City, Florida, and "used to fantasize about living near the dock and having adventures all the time." When he was 13, his family moved to Utah, but Van Orman still dreamed of adventure. He worked after school as a janitor, saving money for a plane ticket back to Florida. There, he packed some rice and potatoes, and paddled a surfboard to Shell Island. He planned to live off sea urchins and "even speared a manta ray," but things soon went sour. Eventually he became badly sunburned and began to starve. He returned to the mainland, but later tried again: he "went to Mexico and lived in the jungles and found [himself] eating out of dumpsters." Orman took his failures in stride, chalking all these bad circumstances up as "part of the adventure".
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