Lunar Jim

22min

Animation

Lunar Jim is an animated preschool-oriented stop-motion television show produced in Canada by Halifax Film and Alliance Atlantis, and aired in the USA as well on Discovery Channel and V-Me from 2005-2012. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar. Season 1 was Executive Produced by Jeff Rosen. It was script-edited in Season one by Peter Sauder. Season two was helmed by award-winning veteran producer/writer Jed MacKay. Ben Zelkowizc provided the voice of Jim. Jim and his team; Rover the Robot Dog, Ripple the Super Space Mechanic, Eco the Farmer, and TED, the Technical Equipment Device, live on Blue Moon L22, the second-to-last moon on the edge of the Milky Way. Focusing on exploration and inquiry, Lunar Jim intends to promote such life skills as problem-solving, persistence, creativity, and cooperation, with an emphasis on "pre-science skills". His rallying cry is "Let's get lunar!"

Production Companies

CBC

Alliance Atlantis

Halifax Film Company

Episodes

Cast

Meteor Mystery

1. Meteor Mystery

1st Jan 2016

That Sinking Feeling

2. That Sinking Feeling

Pest Problem

3. Pest Problem

The Secret of Crystal Cave

4. The Secret of Crystal Cave

The Moon Thief

5. The Moon Thief

That's Odd, Where's the Pod?

6. That's Odd, Where's the Pod?

Up, Up, and Away (almost)

7. Up, Up, and Away (almost)

The Whistling Craters

8. The Whistling Craters

Wrong Way, TED

9. Wrong Way, TED

Running on Empty

10. Running on Empty

Jim Gets Mucky

11. Jim Gets Mucky

Forget Me Nots

12. Forget Me Nots

Recipe for Rover

13. Recipe for Rover

Voice Recorder TED

14. Voice Recorder TED

Real Slick, TED

15. Real Slick, TED

The Space Pirate

16. The Space Pirate

Puddle Predicament

17. Puddle Predicament

The Chime Flowers

18. The Chime Flowers

Ripple ends up having an unplanned siesta when she wanders into a meadow of sleep-inducingflowers and Jim, Rover and T.E.D. have to find a way to wake her without snoozing themselves.

Mind and Muscle

19. Mind and Muscle

Moonbubbles and Bellyburps

20. Moonbubbles and Bellyburps

The Big Switcheroo

21. The Big Switcheroo

A Little Moon Music

22. A Little Moon Music

Rover's Big Dig

23. Rover's Big Dig

The Big Sneeze Mystery

24. The Big Sneeze Mystery

Too Many Fluffies

25. Too Many Fluffies

Jim and TED's Wild Ride

26. Jim and TED's Wild Ride

Cosmic Kite

27. Cosmic Kite

Crater Critter

28. Crater Critter

Lost and Found Friends

29. Lost and Found Friends

Space Junk

30. Space Junk

Ripple's Moon Blast-Off Board

31. Ripple's Moon Blast-Off Board

Force Field Trampoline

32. Force Field Trampoline

The Fallen Star

33. The Fallen Star

Big Bowling Bash

34. Big Bowling Bash

When Jim teaches TED how to bowl, he starts to get obsessed with bowling. He reluctantly goes with Jim and his friends for a treasure search, but the cave with the treasure is blocked by large rocks. It turns out bowling is the solution to the answer when they notice a large boulder on a slope, which could be pushed to knock away the large rocks.

Scooperbot Hide'n'Seek

35. Scooperbot Hide'n'Seek

Ripple's Web Sprayer

36. Ripple's Web Sprayer

Moon Mischief

37. Moon Mischief

Short Circuit Gloves

38. Short Circuit Gloves

I'm Like a Bird

39. I'm Like a Bird

A beautiful moon bird leads Jim and friends on a merry chase all over the moon. It all comes to a screeching halt when the bird manages to snatch the key to Jim's vehicle and they need to find a way to get it back.

Lunar Lily Pads

40. Lunar Lily Pads

Jim's discovery of some marvellous lunar lily pads proves to be just the right solution when Eco and the Hopper end up in a mucky mess.

The Topsy Turvy Zone

41. The Topsy Turvy Zone

Everything is the wrong way around when Jim starts doing everything backwards - he's eating breakfast at night, even flying and walking in reverse. A return trip to the Topsy-Turvy Zone will set him right again.

Robo Puzzle

42. Robo Puzzle

The team rescues a battered and broken Colby and put their heads together to put him back together.

Lunar Litter Bugs

43. Lunar Litter Bugs

Jim dives into Stinky Lake to find out what's wrong with the pipes and is thrilled to discover a beautiful underwater world.

Rhyme Me a River

44. Rhyme Me a River

A day in Moonaluna turns into rhyme-time when a stone with special powers is discovered.

Incredibly Shrinking TED

45. Incredibly Shrinking TED

It's a weird and wacky day in Moonaluna when blue moon bananas grow to giant size and poor Ted shrinks smaller than a moon rat. It takes the sweet strains of Eco's music to restore harmony.

Rover's Rocket Roamer

46. Rover's Rocket Roamer

The super robo-pup takes the controls when his small size is just what the team needs to save the supply pod.

TED and the Beanstalk

47. TED and the Beanstalk

Intrepid explorer Ted discovers an amazing seed that sprouts like a sky-scraper. But instead of bringing it home to Moonaluna, he has to use it in an "up, up and away" rescue.

Moon Pixies

48. Moon Pixies

There's lots of moon monkey business when a shovel plays baseball with a rake, chairs spin on their own and Ted's head get stuck facing backwards. What could be causing all this trouble?

Lunar Attraction

49. Lunar Attraction

Crashing comets! Ted is bonked on the head by a comet chunk and loses his memory.

The Floating Fruit

50. The Floating Fruit

After eating some recently discovered fruit, both Jim and Eco experience pretty strange side effects. A balanced diet turns out to be the cure.

Cowboy TED

51. Cowboy TED

It's a rootin' tootin' time at the Moonaluna corral as Ted goes western and saves the day with his lassoing skills.

A Surprise for Jim

52. A Surprise for Jim

Happy birthday Jim! It's a fun-filled mission for Jim as he travels around the moon looking for clues that lead to a big surprise.

First air date

1st Jan 2016

Last air date

1st Jan 2016

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks