History Franchise / Marsupilami

In 1992, a first AnimatedAdaptation was launched. Produced by {{Disney}} and aired as a segment on ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', it only lasted a season and had little in common with the original, [[InNameOnly beside the name and the general appearance of the hero]]. The title Marsupilami could talk and was a laid-back [[DeadpanSnarker smartass]] rather than a [[UnstoppableRage volatile]] PapaWolf. All of the supporting cast was original. He was accompanied by his buddy, a big ape named Maurice, and met a lot of [[MisplacedWildlife African animals]]. It was first aired on ''[[Creator/{{NBC}} NBC Saturday Mornings]]''. Then it was later reran on ''[[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]]'' and later, on ''[[Creator/ToonDisney Toon Disney]]''.

In 1992, a first AnimatedAdaptation was launched. Produced by {{Disney}} and aired as a segment on ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', it only lasted a season and had little in common with the original, [[InNameOnly beside the name and the general appearance of the hero]]. The title Marsupilami could talk and was a laid-back [[DeadpanSnarker smartass]] rather than a [[UnstoppableRage volatile]] PapaWolf. All of the supporting cast was original. He was accompanied by his buddy, a big ape named Maurice, and met a lot of [[MisplacedWildlife African animals]]. It was first aired on ''Creaor/{{NBC}} Saturday Mornings''. Then it was later reran on ''Creator/DisneyChannel'' and later, ''Creator/ToonDisney''.

In 1992, a first AnimatedAdaptation was launched. Produced by {{Disney}}, it only lasted a season and had little in common with the original, [[InNameOnly beside the name and the general appearance of the hero]]. The title Marsupilami could talk and was a laid-back [[DeadpanSnarker smartass]] rather than a [[UnstoppableRage volatile]] PapaWolf. All of the supporting cast was original. He was accompanied by his buddy, a big ape named Maurice, and met a lot of [[MisplacedWildlife African animals]].

''Marsupilami always dropping by,''\\

''"HOUBA!!"''

The '''Marsupilami''' is a fictional animal species starring in two Belgian comic book series that got adapted twice into an animated series. Marsupilamis are monkeylike, black-spotted yellow creatures with an insanely long prehensile tail, from the BananaRepublic of Palombia.

* LogoJoke: In the episode "Toucan Always Get What You want", Maurice grabs the Rainbow Tail Peacock of ''Creator/{{NBC}}''-TV Network to hide himself from Eduardo as Marsupilami hides from a tree.
** This was a third and final time Disney made a joke with the Rainbow Tail Peacock of ''Creator/{{NBC}}'' TV Network. The others include the first episode of Disney's Wonderful of Color (which introduced Ludwig Von Drake) and the TV Special: ''It's tough to be a bird''. This was before Disney bought ''Creator/{{ABC}}''-TV in 1996.

** This was a third and final time Disney made a joke with the Rainbow Tail Peacock of ''Creator/{{NBC}}'' TV Network. The others include the first episode of Disney's Wonderful of Color (which introduced Ludwig Von Drake) and the TV Special: ''It's tough to be a bird''. This was before Disney bought ''Creator/AmercianBroadcastingCompany ABC''-TV in 1996.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Noé, the clown/animal tamer. While he isn't too fond of other humans, he gets along famously with any and all animals.

* AscendedExtra: To some degree, the Marsupilami family themselves, since these particular Marsupilamis only appeared in one Spirou story, mainly to show that Spirou and Fantasio's Marsupilami wasn't the only one in existence. [note]One recent ''Marsupilami'' comic reveals that Spirou and Fantasio's Marsupilami is in fact the brother of the Marsupilami from this comic.[/note]

* JungleJapes: The deep Palombian jungle where the Marsupilamis live.
* PapaWolf: You do not wanna touch Marsu's babies.

* BannedEpisode: ''Romancing the Clone'' (Featured on ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'' Episode 6) was banned due to insulting the title character's dignity, (possibly) some sexual-themes, and a mixture of homosexuality & bestiality signs.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Disney had the character show up in commercial bumpers on WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon in the 1991-92 season, a year prior to the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage''.

* ShoutOut: In the Disney Series, Four jungle men who sound like Music/TheBeatles are based on the four cavemen from the classic {{Disney}} short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.
* SickEpisode: Jungle Fever (Where Marsupilami tries to cure Maurice from his cold).

* BadleyBatteredBabysitter: Marsupilami and Maurice babysat the Three Baby Monkeys in the episode: "Hey, Hey, They're the Monkeys!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Houba!" (the full phrase is "houba houba hop!"), present in both comic and animated series. Female marsupilamies go "Houbi!" and juveniles "Bi!" [[ComingOfAgeStory It's a big deal]] when they graduate to the adult versions. It's nearly the only syllables they can ever utter, although it depends on the material. Franquin's work on ''Spirou'' has the Marsupilami growling, roaring and making all sorts of noises beside "Houba!" He could even [[PollyWantsAMicrophone mimic human speech like a parrot]], a trait rarely used in other adaptation.

In 1987, Franquin decided to create his own publishing company, Marsu Production, and launched a [[SpinOff spin-off]] comic about a family of marsupilamis, unrelated to Spirou's pet. They too started in ''SpirouAndFantasio'', being the subject of a [[ShowWithinAShow documentary within the series]] in the album ''Le nid des marsupilamis'' (''The Marsupilamis' Nest''). Mainly drawn by Franquin's assistant, Batem (Luc Collin), the series counts 22 albums in 2009 and is geared toward a younger readership than ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio''.

* FlowerInHerHair: The main TertiarySexualCharacteristics of Marsupilamies.

* TheKiddieRide: From the makers of the offensive DonaldDuck ride, in the same [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3462/3376244737_0a34cc48dc.jpg offensive pose]]. Pass the BrainBleach, please!

* DeadpanSnarker: Marsupilami, sometimes leads to ''SnarkToSnarkCombat'' between him and Norman.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Disney had the character show up in commercial bumpers on TheDisneyAfternoon in the 1991-92 season, a year prior to the premiere of ''RawToonage''.

* MisplacedWildlife: The Disney series had this a lot.

Marsupilamis were created by Creator/AndreFranquin for the ''SpirouAndFantasio'' album ''Spirou et les héritiers'' (''Spirou and the Heirs'') in 1956. Capturing one of these elusive and fictional critters was the goal of one the trials the title heirs were tasked to do to receive their inheritance. The captured marsupilami (nicknamed "[[SpeciesSurname the Marsupilami]]") became a TeamPet for the duration of Franquin's run, serving as PluckyComicRelief, BigGuy and DeusExMachina, thanks to his [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands ever expanding]] list of anatomical peculiarities. When Franquin left the series, he kept the rights to the species, and the appearances of the Marsupilami dwindled in his birth series, before finally stopping in 1970. He remains one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most popular characters]] of the series.

In 1987, Franquin decided to create his own publishing company, Marsu Production, and launched a [[SpinOff spin-off]] comic about a family of marsupilamis, unrelated to Spirou's pet. They too started in ''SpirouAndFantasio'', being the subject of a [[ShowWithinAShow documentary within the series]] in the album ''Le nid des marsupilamis'' (''The Marsupilamis' Nest''). Mainly drawn by Franquin's assistant, Batem (Luc Collin), the series counts 22 albums in 2009 and is geared toward a younger readership than ''SpirouAndFantasio''.

* BreakoutCharacter: As explained above, the Marsupilami started out as the TeamPet of SpirouAndFantasio.

* BananaRepublic: The marsupilamis live in the jungles of Palombia, a Latin American country with a chronically unstable government.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Houba!" (the full phrase is "houba houba hop!"), present in both comic and animated series. Female marsupilamies go "Houbi!" and juveniles "Bi!". [[ComingOfAgeStory It's a big deal]] when they graduate to the adult versions.\\\
It's nearly the only syllables they can ever utter, although it depends on the material. Franquin's work on ''Spirou'' has the Marsupilami growling, roaring and making all sorts of noises beside "Houba!" He could even [[PollyWantsAMicrophone mimic human speech like a parrot]], a trait rarely used in other adaptation.

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Marsupilamis were created by Creator/AndreFranquin for the ''SpirouAndFantasio'' album ''Spirou et les héritiers'' (''Spirou and the Heirs'') in 1956. Capturing one of these elusive and fictional critters was the goal of one the trials the title heirs were tasked to do to receive their inheritance. The captured marsupilami (nicknamed "[[SpeciesSurname the Marsupilami]]") became a TeamPet for the duration of Franquin's run, serving as ComicRelief, BigGuy and DeusExMachina, thanks to his [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands ever expanding]] list of anatomical peculiarities. When Franquin left the series, he kept the rights to the species, and the appearances of the Marsupilami dwindled in his birth series, before finally stopping in 1970. He remains one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most popular characters]] of the series.

* TalkingAnimal: In the Disney version, Marsupilami can talk and not just saying "Houba!"

* {{Badass}}: Marsu eats piranhas, [[SuperStrength rips trees out of the ground]], and punches out lions and crocodiles, to the point where he is the most feared creature in the jungle. Yeah, he qualifies. And he [[CurbStompBattle savagely beats up a martial arts master]] who he saw as a threat to his masters, the two of them stopping him just shortly before he killed him.

Marsupilamis were created by AndreFranquin for the ''SpirouAndFantasio'' album ''Spirou et les héritiers'' (''Spirou and the Heirs'') in 1956. Capturing one of these elusive and fictional critters was the goal of one the trials the title heirs were tasked to do to receive their inheritance. The captured marsupilami (nicknamed "[[SpeciesSurname the Marsupilami]]") became a TeamPet for the duration of Franquin's run, serving as ComicRelief, BigGuy and DeusExMachina, thanks to his [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands ever expanding]] list of anatomical peculiarities. When Franquin left the series, he kept the rights to the species, and the appearances of the Marsupilami dwindled in his birth series, before finally stopping in 1970. He remains one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most popular characters]] of the series.

In 2012, a French live-action movie, ''Sur la piste du Marsupilami'' (''On the trail of the Marsupilami'') was released. Loosely based on the Franquin comics, it tells the story of a French reporter and his guide, who stumble upon the legendary Marsupilami.

It's nearly the only syllables they can ever utter, although it depends on the material. Franquin's work on ''Spirou'' has the Marsupilami growling, roaring and making all sorts of noises beside "Houba!" He could even [[PollyWantsAMicrophone mimic

human speech like a parrot]], a trait rarely used in other adaptation.