Wumpa's World

15min

Animation

A children's television series for three to five year olds that stars a collection of puppet characters who live in the Canadian North: Wumpa the walrus, Tiguak the polar bear, Seeka and Tuk the snow hares, and Zig and Zag, a pair of fun-loving snowmobiles. Wumpa the Walrus opens the episode with a concept and proceeds to tell a story concerning that concept. Each episode has a specific message or lesson within it.

Episodes

Cast

The Bear Who Came to Dinner

1. The Bear Who Came to Dinner

15min

4th Sep 2001

Tiguak becomes demanding after he injures himself.

The Longest Day

2. The Longest Day

15min

5th Sep 2001

What happens when Zag tries to stay up past his bedtime?

What's so Big About Being Big?

3. What's so Big About Being Big?

15min

11th Sep 2001

Zag wishes to be bigger after being made to feel too small.

Birthday Unsurprise

4. Birthday Unsurprise

15min

12th Sep 2001

Zag causes trouble when he peeks at his birthday present early.

The Ant & the Polar Bear

5. The Ant & the Polar Bear

15min

18th Sep 2001

A snow storm comes to the North and Tiguak did not prepare for it.

Noizy Ziggy

6. Noizy Ziggy

15min

22nd Sep 2001

Zig gets a case of the hiccups.

This Way or That

7. This Way or That

15min

26th Sep 2001

Zig gets lost after the snow man she built to help her find her way home gets ruined by Zag and the snow hares after they've played too rough with it.

Special Feeling

8. Special Feeling

15min

9th Oct 2001

Zig loses her hover hat.

Sleepytime

9. Sleepytime

15min

10th Oct 2001

It's that time of the year when it's continual daylight and Tiguak is having a terrible time sleeping so everyone tries to help.

Hot Enough for Ya?

10. Hot Enough for Ya?

15min

16th Oct 2001

Zig and Zag learn about the chinook.

Be Good to Bears Day

11. Be Good to Bears Day

15min

16th Oct 2001

Tiguak convinces everyone that it's 'Be Good to Bears Day' so that he can get special treatment.

Blubbering for Blubber

12. Blubbering for Blubber

15min

17th Oct 2001

Wumpa has trouble keeping his fish once they're caught so Zig and Zag investigate the matter.

The Big Race

13. The Big Race

15min

24th Oct 2001

Zag, Seeka, and Tuk have a race to find out who is the fastest.

The Bogeyman

14. The Bogeyman

15min

30th Oct 2001

Wumpa and friends celebrate 'Snowyween' and Tiguak's snow sculpture frightens everyone.

Big Bellyache

15. Big Bellyache

15min

31st Oct 2001

Tiguak gets a stomachache after eating his bag of maple fudge all at once.

Losing Your Hares

16. Losing Your Hares

15min

3rd Nov 2001

Zag notices that Tuk and Seeka are missing, but it turns out that they are just on vacation in Prince Edward Island.

Bigfoot

17. Bigfoot

15min

3rd Nov 2001

Zig and Zag find giant footprints in the snow and make a trip to the Tundra to investigate. It turns out that it is Tiguak's new boots that made the 'Big Foot' prints afterall.

The Snowlympics

18. The Snowlympics

15min

7th Nov 2001

Wumpa and friends compete in the Snowlympics.

The Treasure

19. The Treasure

15min

11th Nov 2001

Zag finds what he thinks to be a treasure so Zig goes on the hunt to try and find one too.

Miss Bossy Treads

20. Miss Bossy Treads

15min

13th Nov 2001

Zig tries to tell everyone else what to do.

Bedside Manners

21. Bedside Manners

15min

14th Nov 2001

Zig gets a cold and everyone tries to help her get better.

The Night Marathon

22. The Night Marathon

15min

17th Nov 2001

Wumpa's friends have a sleepover.

So You Want to be a Snow Hare?

23. So You Want to be a Snow Hare?

15min

20th Nov 2001

Zag and Tuk wish that they could be like each other instead of themselves.

Will You Play with Me?

24. Will You Play with Me?

15min

21st Nov 2001

Tuk misses Seeka when she leaves to visit her penguin friends in the South Pole so everyone tries to cheer him up.

Man of Stone

25. Man of Stone

15min

28th Nov 2001

Zig and Zag learn what the Inukshuk means.

Bright Star Night

26. Bright Star Night

15min

8th Dec 2001

Wumpa and friends celebrate Bright Star Night in tribute to the North Star.

First air date

4th Sep 2001

Last air date

18th Nov 2002

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks