Wunschpunsch

Wunschpunsch
Based on	The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende
Directed by	Philippe Amador
Country of origin	Germany
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Tordjman Jacques Pettigrew Ralf Fronz
Producer(s)	Burno Bianchi Hubert Gariépy
Running time	25 mins.
Production company(s)	Saban Entertainment CinéGroupe
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Fox Kids TF1 (France) ARD (Germany)
Original release	2000

Wunschpunsch (or Wounchpounch) is an animated series for children, inspired by the novel The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende.

In every episode, a wizard named Bubonic and his aunt, a witch named Tyrannia, must wreak havoc on the city in which they live or suffer a severe punishment from their supervisor, Maledictus T. Maggot. To be able to do so, they use an ancient magical parchment that, once utilized to activate a spell, said spell must be reversed within the next seven hours; otherwise, its effects will become permanent. To make sure the spells are reversed, Bubonic's and Tyrannia's pets, Mauricio the cat and Jacob the crow, must seek out Aunt Noah, an old turtle at the local zoo and head of the Animal Council, for a riddle on how to reverse the spell, which they usually manage to do in the nick of time. One of the episodes, Night of Wishes, is particularly inspired by the book. In that episode, the animals foil the spell by dropping a bell sound into the potion cauldron and Maledictus Maggot punishes Bubonic and Tyrannia for the foiled spell by attaching their homes, forcing them to live together. Unlike the other known punishments that never last enough to be seen in later episodes, this one seems to be permanent and has lasted at least five years (the animals recall it has been five years since it happened). Bubonic and Tyrannia are so clumsy that some of their spells bring trouble to themselves, and when the spells are undone, they feel a temporary relief that quickly ends when Maggot shows up to punish them for their failure.

Titles of English episodes

Tyrannia and Bubonic make the plants grow and turn evil.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make any mirror create a double of a person who looks at it.

Tyrannia and Bubonic ruin Christmas by making the toys received by the children alive and evil.

Tyrannia and Bubonic turn everyone into children.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make everyone lose their colors.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make paintings alive.

Tyrannia and Bubonic turn everyone into cavemen.

Tyrannia and Bubonic enlarge everyone's feet.

Tyrannia and Bubonic turn the city back to the Middle Ages. Bubonic sabotages the spell in order to make himself a king and turn Tyrannia into his slave.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make electrical appliances come to life and do what they want.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make insects become big.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make anyone's wish come true, but the wish turns against the person.

Tyrannia and Bubonic turn everyone into animals.

Tyrannia and Bubonic make fairy tale characters come to life.

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