The Eggs is a children's animated television program that broadcast on the Nine Network on 2004 to 2005. There are 52 episodes of 12 minutes duration. Two cartoon episodes were usually screened together in a half hour timeslot. The Eggs was produced by Tony Byrne and Brendan Byrne (not related).[1]

The Eggs
Created byTony Byrne
Brendan Byrne
Don Arioli
Directed byGillian Carr
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Country of originAustralia
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time12 minutes
Production companiesB&T Entertainment
Funbag Animation Studios
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release2004 (2004) –
2005 (2005)

Series synopsis

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The Eggs follows the colourful adventures of the four anthropomorphic egg college graduates as they continue their mission through the Looneyverse to search out valuable new sounds for their music-loving home planet of Kazoo. On their travels, they visit many unique and strange different planets each with their own music and sounds.

Characters

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Main

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  • Benedict (voiced by Mike O'Reilly (speaking); John Koensgen (singing)) - Benedict is a level-headed scientist egg who is usually the leader of the group and has his own laboratory aboard Shelly. He wears a blue spacesuit.
  • Yolky (voiced by Kate Hurman (speaking); Andrea Lees (singing)[2]) - Yolky is a plucky, feisty female egg who is often made fun of for being slightly smaller than the others. She wears a red spacesuit.
  • Scramble (voiced by Terrence Scammell) - Scramble is a cowardly and lazy egg. He wears a green spacesuit.
  • Sunnyside (voiced by Hélène Joy) - Sunnyside is a friendly, positive and stylish egg. She wears a purple spacesuit.

Recurring

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Voice cast

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  • Mike O'Reilly - Benedict (speaking), Miney
  • John Koensgen - Benedict (singing)
  • Kate Hurman - Yolky (speaking), Min
  • Andrea Lees - Yolky (singing)
  • Terrence Scammell - Scramble, Eeny, Fred
  • Hélène Joy - Sunnyside, Shelly
  • Rick Jones - Eggor, Meeny

Additional voices

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Episode list

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Series 1 (2004)

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Episode # In Season Title Airdate
1 1 The Beginning 2004
2 2 One at a Time 2004
3 3 The Worms of Ineptune 2004
4 4 Planet Jollywood 2004
5 5 A Lullaby for Shelly 2004
6 6 The Dangerous Driver 2004
7 7 Where's Shelly 2004
8 8 There's Shelly 2004
9 9 Choog 2004
10 10 A Hairy Adventure 2004
11 11 A Hair Raising Tale 2004
12 12 The Ogre's Nose 2004
13 13 Yolky Saves the Day 2004

Series 2 (2004)

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Episode # In Season Title Airdate
14 1 The Bloogles 2004
15 2 Peanut Surprise 2004
16 3 The Stringiest Bean 2004
17 4 Gulpy Wulpy 2004
18 5 Rubbish Shoot 2004
19 6 Sunnyside Up 2004
20 7 Which Came First 2004
21 8 The Black Hole 2004
22 9 Doh Rey Me 2004
23 10 The Missing Egg 2004
24 11 Growth Spurt 2004
25 12 Tune Up 2004
26 13 Counting the Beat 2004

Series 3 (2005)

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Episode # In Season Title Airdate
27 1 Double Yolkers 2005
28 2 Cinderbot 2005
29 3 Message in a Bottle 2005
30 4 Music Trap 2005
31 5 The Big Freeze 2005
32 6 Too Much of a Good Thing 2005
33 7 Now You See Her 2005
34 8 Pet Show 2005
35 9 The Bubatuba 2005
36 10 The Silent Shell 2005
37 11 The Flying Pan 2005
38 12 The March of Ides 2005
39 13 Crosswinds 2005

Series 4 (2005)

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Episode # In Season Title Airdate
40 1 Treasure Island 2005
41 2 Water Music 2005
42 3 Top of the Pops 2005
43 4 The Dance Craze 2005
44 5 Lost in Space 2005
45 6 Copy Cat 2005
46 7 Country Music Blues 2005
47 8 Plunka 2005
48 9 A Visit to Oogy 2005
49 10 Don't Go Home 2005
50 11 Return to Monotogmous 2005
51 12 The Deserter 2005
52 13 Homecoming 2005

References

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  1. ^ "These Eggs get cracking". 14 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Andrea Lees' StarNow profile".
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