| Julius Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Julius the Monkey by Paul Frank |
| Developed by |
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| Directed by | Paul Brown Chris Labonte |
| Voices of | E.G. Daily Julie Lemieux Athena Karkanis Benjamin Israel Steph Lynn Robinson Rob Tinkler |
| Composers |
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| Countries of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Brian Casentini Elie Dekel Beth Stevenson |
| Producers | Janice Walker John Hardman |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | Saban Brands Brain Power Studio Paul Frank Industries |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nick Jr. |
| Release | September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29) – August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09) |
Julius Jr. is an animated preschool children's television series based on the characters of the Paul Frank brand.1 Produced by American company Saban Brands, with animation services provided by Canadian company Brain Power Studio, the show aired on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.2 The show debuted on September 29, 2013,3 with its second season premiering on November 3, 2014.4 The show’s last episode aired on August 9, 2015, when the TV series was taken off the air. In 2019, all online content regarding the show was removed from Nick Jr.'s website as well. The show features Elizabeth Daily as the voice of Julius.
Premise
The series centers around Julius Jr., a young sock monkey with a penchant for invention. Together with his friends, Worry Bear, Sheree, Clancy, and Ping, they build a playhouse out of a simple cardboard box. But when they walk inside, to their surprise and delight, they discover that ordinary objects magically come to life and amazing adventures are just a door away in a magical hall.
At the end of each episode, an original song is featured. The song shows highlights from the shown episode. Most known songs are "Hey Hey Hey", "Come on, Come On", "Honesty (For You and Me)", "Stronger and Braver", "Big Dance Party", and more.
The Hall of Doors leads the cast to:
- Icelaska- A portmanteau of Alaska and Iceland.
- Bugswana- A parody of Botswana.
- Seashelly Islands- Named after seashells.
- Twirl-a-World- A parody of Twirl-a-Whirl.
- Castledonia- Named after castles.
- Sagebrush Farm- Named after the sagebrush plants.
- Enginopolis- Named after engines.
- The Invention Dimension- As the name implies, it is where Julius creates all of his various inventions, though in most episodes it is only shown from the outside.
Cast
- Julius Jr. (voiced by E.G. Daily)
- Clancy (voiced by Julie Lemieux)
- Sheree (voiced by Athena Karkanis)
- Worry Bear (voiced by Benjamin Israel)
- Ping (voiced by Stephanie Lynn Robinson)
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–14)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Original release date 5 | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Butterfly Dreams" | Chris Labonte | Katherine Sandford | September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29) | 0.556 |
| "Rock Sock 3000" | Paul Brown | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Pony Macaroni / Stretch Clancy" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06) | 0.827 |
| 3 | 3 | "Farmer Sheree / Dez the Dragon" | Chris Labonte, Paul Brown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) | 0.418 |
| 4 | 4 | "Pirates and Superheroes / Banana-licious" | Unknown | Ford Riley | October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20) | 0.759 |
| 5 | 5 | "Clancy's Sniffles / Shadow Play" | Unknown | Unknown | November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03) | 0.6610 |
| 6 | 6 | "Dressed for Spook-cess / Think Pink" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) | 0.7511 |
| 7 | 7 | "Worry Bear's Collection / Rocket Roller Skates" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17) | 0.6312 |
| 8 | 8 | "No Snow Mo / Gravity Games" | Unknown | Brendan Russell | December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01) | 0.3913 |
| 9 | 9 | "Bouncy Beans / A Real Hero" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15) | 0.3914 |
| 10 | 10 | "Star Games / The Joke's on Who?" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Sheila Dinsmore | December 29, 2013 (2013-12-29) | 0.5215 |
| 11 | 11 | "From Me to You / Give Ping a Chance" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19) | 0.5916 |
| 12 | 12 | "Magic Monkey Hidden Dragon / Perfect Pirate Day" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 2, 2014 (2014-02-02) | 0.4817 |
| 13 | 13 | "Tidy Up / Robo Flop" | f | Brendan Russell and Jymn Magon | February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16) | 0.4318 |
| 14 | 14 | "Operation: Sand Squasher / Dr. Flossoraptor" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03) | 0.6819 |
| 15 | 15 | "Fruitronic 5000 / Flights of Fancy" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) | 0.5720 |
| 16 | 16 | "Clancy, Be Careful! / Just Speak Up" | Unknown | Cathy Moss and Katherine Sandford | May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10) | N/A |
| 17 | 17 | "Say Ping / Happy Birthday, Nova!" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17) | N/A |
| 18 | 18 | "Shaka Brah in the House / Baby Squeakers" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 24, 2014 (2014-05-24) | N/A |
| 19 | 19 | "Giggle Goggles / Scavenger Safari" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | June 7, 2014 (2014-06-07) | N/A |
| 20 | 20 | "The Very Berry Race / Check the Check List" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07) | N/A |
| 21 | 21 | "Crow Con / Rock Sitting" | Mike Weiss | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) | N/A |
| 22 | 22 | "Sneaky Snackers / Make Me a Flake" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11) | N/A |
| 23 | 23 | "Bump on Mars / Worry Bear Junior" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06) | N/A |
| 24 | 24 | "Julius Goes Solo / Clancy Can't Win" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice | August 9, 2014 (2014-08-09) | N/A |
| 25 | 25 | "Plane Dilemma / Delayed Parade" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | August 16, 2014 (2014-08-16) | N/A |
| 26 | 26 | "Welcome Home, Chachi! / Chachi Time" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) | N/A |
Season 2 (2014–15)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date 5 | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Dazzle Girls / The Box" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03) | N/A |
| 28 | 2 | "Great Inventini / Drive-In Distractions" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) | N/A |
| 29 | 3 | "Helping Hands / Imagineberry Jam" | Paul Brown and Mike Weiss | Jymn Magon and Amanda McNeice | November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07) | N/A |
| 30 | 4 | "Duckyitis / Orange Day Dream" | Paul Brown and Mike Weiss | Amanda McNeice and Anne-Marie Perrotta | November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08) | N/A |
| 31 | 5 | "Capture the Pirate Flag / Gummiest Bear" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Mark Valenti | November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15) | N/A |
| 32 | 6 | "Party Me Hearties / Chore Bore" | Paul Brown and Mike Weiss | Betty Quan and Madellaine Paxson | November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22) | N/A |
| 33 | 7 | "A Snowflake Day / Deep Space Sport" | Mike Weiss | Amanda McNeice and Betty Quan | November 29, 2014 (2014-11-29) | N/A |
| 34 | 8 | "Pumpkin Plumper / No Sleep Over" | Mike Weiss | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12) | N/A |
| 35 | 9 | "Sheree's Choice / Sharky in the Dark" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Anne-Marie Perrotta | April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19) | N/A |
| 36 | 10 | "Smellalicious Flower / Welcomesicle Party" | Unknown | Betty Quan and Amanda McNeice | April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26) | N/A |
| 37 | 11 | "Invention Tension / Flying Oh Ee Oh" | Unknown | Mark Valenti and Elise Allen | May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03) | N/A |
| 38 | 12 | "Julius' All-iday / Worry Bear Finds the Light" | Mike Weiss | Katherine Sandford | December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13) | N/A |
| 39 | 13 | "Ping's Pretend Problem / Please Don't Sneeze" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | May 10, 2015 (2015-05-10) | N/A |
| 40 | 14 | "Worry Bear's Lucky Hat / Do the Dez Bop" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17) | N/A |
| 41 | 15 | "We Love You, Rock Sock! / Clancy's Collection" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 24, 2015 (2015-05-24) | N/A |
| 42 | 16 | "Clancy's Dream Team / Magical Morphimal" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Amanda McNeice | May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31) | N/A |
| 43 | 17 | "Grump-Noceros / Later Skater" | Unknown | Amanda McNeice and Brendan Russell | June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07) | N/A |
| 44 | 18 | "A Daisy for Dazzle / Waiting for Julius" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14) | N/A |
| 45 | 19 | "Pirate Julius / Mars Bouquet" | Unknown | Anne-Marie Perrotta and Madellaine Paxson | June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21) | N/A |
| 46 | 20 | "Not So Funny Pages / Missing Piece Magic Show" | Unknown | Brendan Russell and Amanda McNeice | June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28) | N/A |
| 47 | 21 | "2 Skate 2B Great / Sparkletasia" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford | July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) | N/A |
| 48 | 22 | "Appreciated / Our Hero Worry Bear" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Anne-Marie Perrotta | July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12) | N/A |
| 49 | 23 | "Julius-inator / Don't Worry Be Happy" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Elise Allen | July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19) | N/A |
| 50 | 24 | "Box Fort of Oz / Firefly Festival" | Unknown | Katherine Sandford and Brendan Russell | July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) | N/A |
| 51 | 25 | "Double O Sheree / Ping's in Charge" | Unknown | Jymn Magon and Katherine Sandford & Anne-Marie Perrotta | August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) | N/A |
| 52 | 26 | "Funk in the Junk / Enginopalooza" | Unknown | Rob Tinkler and Katherine Sandford | August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09) | N/A |
Broadcast
Following its U.S. premiere in 2013, the show later premiered on Discovery Kids in 2014 in Latin America. In the United Kingdom, Cartoonito premiered Julius Jr. on April 6, 2015.21
In France, the show premiered on TF1's TFOU block on June 16, 2014.
In Canada, the show premiered on Family Jr. on May 12, 2015.
The show also premiered in Albania on Çufo on May 4, 2016 under the title "Xhuliusi i vogël" (Little Julius).
On May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold the rights to the series to Hasbro. The show was previously available on Netflix, but was removed from the streaming service on November 3, 2020. It was added to Crave on August 10, 2022.
Julius Jr. has also been available on Ameba TV and Kartoon Channel but as of March 2024, it got removed from both apps.
As of September 2025, the show is officially available to watch on The Roku Channel, and Tubi with all 2 seasons and 52 episodes.
References
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