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Hello, We Must Be Going

Episode 1
USA: Nov 02, 2007 (Animania HD)
Australia: Sun, Nov 11, 2007 (Ten)
UK: Nov 19, 2007 (BBC1)
Canada: Dec 03, 2007 (CBC)
Written by Tom Ruegger

Alex and Zoe are two kids who find themselves in an extraordinary situation. After stumbling across a magical portal hidden in the town library they're led to a parallel dimension, a sophisticated world called Animalia.

Goodbye, We Must Be Staying

Episode 2
UK: Nov 20, 2007
Aus: Nov 18, 2007
Can: Dec 04, 2007
Written by Nicholas Hollander & Tom Ruegger

When Corespore blast off, Alex and Zoe must track them down and restore them to the Core or the Animalian population will return to its feral, uncivilized state. Zoe is torn between Animalia and her need to return home. As Alex and Zoe search for the missing core spores, the Animalians begin to exhibit strange behaviour, losing the power of communication and returning to their non-civilized state.

The Mist of Time

Episode 3
UK: Nov 21, 2007
Aus: Nov 25, 2007
Can: Dec 05, 2007
Written by Tom Ruegger

After The Corespore Of Time blasts off, G'Bubu is swept back in time, to an ancient era when his gorilla ancestors fought for control of the trees against their mortal enemies, the tree frogs... big, big tree frogs.

The Catcher in the Rhyme

Episode 4
UK: Nov 22, 2007
Aus: Dec 02, 2007
Can: Dec 06, 2007
Written by Sherri Stoner & Tom Ruegger

All the Animalians are compelled to speak in nothing but rhyme. If they can't think of a rhyme, they freeze.

Forget Me Not

Episode 5
UK: Nov 23, 2007
Can: Dec 07, 2007
Aus: Dec 16, 2007
Written by Nicholas Hollander & Tom Ruegger

The elephants suddenly forget everything. Alex and Zoe travel to Animalia's memory canyon to retrieve the core spore that will restore their memories.

Long Short Story

Episode 6
UK: Mon, Nov 26, 2007
Can: Mon, Dec 10, 2007
Aus: Dec 23, 2007
Written by Mark Seidenberg

After an important message is incorrectly communicated, the kids struggle to discover the truth about Livingstone's disappearance. Tyrannicus wants to have G'Bubu banished from Animalia.

Righting The Writing

Episode 7
UK: Tue, Nov 27, 2007
Can: Mon, Dec 24, 2007
Aus: Dec 30, 2007
Written by John P McCann

Chaos and confussion errupts when all of the words in Animalia go missing. With no written laws, Tyrannicus seizes the opportunity to change the rules of the jungle so he can get G'Bubu evicted from his home.

Butterfly Winter

Episode 8
UK: Wed, Nov 28, 2007
Can: Wed, Dec 12, 2007
Aus: March 21, 2008
Story by Tom Ruegger
Written by John K Ludin

Tyrannicus' latest scheme results in the Animalians becoming hooked on television.

Don Iguana

Episode 9
UK: Thu, Nov 29, 2007
Can: Fri, Dec 14, 2007
Aus: April 11, 2008
Written by Mark Sedenberg

To prove his bravery to Zoe, Iggy follows the lead of his literary hero Don Quixote and dons a disguise to become Don Iguana the Avenger of the Night and Animalia's hero.

Speechless in Animalia

Episode 10
UK: Fri, Nov 30, 2007
Can: Thu, Dec 13, 2007
Aus: April 04, 2008
Written by Sherri Stoner

When Tyrannicus' promotional campaign for Allegra's concert becomes too boisterous to tolerate, Livingstone calls out for "Quiet!" and he gets it, in spades. A Corespore blasts off, rendering Animalians incapable of speech. The animals can make nothing but feral sounds. Alex and Zoe must recover the Corespore in hopes of restoring verbal communication to Animalia.