The following is a list of episodes for the animated television series Viva Piñata.
Overview
Viva Piñata premiered on August 26, 2006 on 4Kids TV. It is a co-production between 4Kids Entertainment and YTV Original Production, and is animated by Bardel Entertainment.[1] It aired in more than 107 different countries and was translated into 27 languages.[1]
As of January 18, 2009, 40 episodes have aired on the United States and 52 episodes have aired in Canada. The first 20 episodes of Season 1 were aired from August 26, 2006 to April 28, 2007, while the last 6 episodes were held over until the fall season, beginning September 8, 2007. The first 8 episodes of Season 2 were then aired following them, until December 8, 2007. The remaining 18 episodes of Season 2 aired on the Canadian television network YTV, and aired on The CW4Kids beginning September 13, 2008, but then was removed from the block on October 18, 2008 after airing six episodes. Each season consists of 26 episodes, while each episode consists of two eleven-minute segments.[1]
Series overview
Episodes
Unless otherwise noted, the original airdates refer to the episodes' premieres on 4Kids TV.
Season 1 (2006–07)
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| 1 | "Cocoadile Tears" "Candiosity" | August 26, 2006 | ||||
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Cocoadile Tears: Tina and Teddington try to gather Cocoadile tears to improve their garden. Candiosity: Fergy tries everything to decrease his Candiosity so that he does not have to go to a party. | ||||||
| 2 | "Queen for a Day" "A Chewnicorn in the Garden" | August 26, 2006 | ||||
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Queen For a Day: After being tired of Beatrice Buzzlegum, the Buzzlegums make Franklin their leader. A Chewnicorn in the Garden: Fergy and Franklin work to convince Paulie that Chewnicorns are real. This episode title is a reference to the animated short Unicorn in the Garden | ||||||
| 3 | "Legs" "Horstachio of a Different Color" | August 26, 2006 | ||||
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Legs: After losing his Legs during practice for a dance competition, Fergy must use the legs of a Cluckles instead. Horstachio of a Different Color: Simone must convince Hudson to enter the Spring Fair Horstachio Competition after Hudson becomes disheartened by a new rival in named Hamilton. | ||||||
| 4 | "Whirlm with a Dream" "The Crush" | August 26, 2006 | ||||
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Whirlm with a Dream: Wilson Whirlm wants to go to a party, but cannot due his small stature. The Crush: Ella Elephanilla accepts invites from both Fergy and Paulie to go to the Dance of Romance, causing conflict between the two. | ||||||
| 5 | "Trojan Horstachio" "The Piñatas Must Be Crazy" | September 23, 2006 | ||||
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Trojan Horstachio: Professor Pester and his henchmen disguise as a female Horstachio to capture Hudson. The Piñatas Must Be Crazy: The Great Bonboon convinces everyone that a balloon animal is a supreme being named Pinator. | ||||||
| 6 | "Franklin Can't Dance" "Les Saves the Day...Again!" | September 30, 2006 October 14, 2006 | ||||
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Franklin Can't Dance: Franklin tries to impress a female Fizzlybear with his dancing after his friends say that he's a champion but is unable to. Les Saves the Day...Again!: Les tries to save everyone from a volcanic eruption, but as usual, they cannot understand his warnings, resulting in his friends turning against him. | ||||||
| 7 | "Sick Day" "Lights, Camera, Action!" | October 7, 2006 | ||||
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Sick Day: When the other Pinatas fall ill and begin sneezing out their candy Fergy takes care of them in hopes of catching their cold. Lights, Camera, Action!: Professor Pester disguises himself as Hollywood director Reg Upchuck, causing everyone but Paulie to want to be in his production. | ||||||
| 8 | "Mad Mongo" "Hudson's Biggest Fan" | October 21, 2006 October 28, 2006 | ||||
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Mad Mongo: The Piñatas discover a Sour Macaraccoon in their jungle, and Franklin tries to tame it. | ||||||
| 9 | "Mission: Impiñatable" "My Little Fergy" | November 11, 2006 November 18, 2006 | ||||
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Mission: Impiñatable: Hudson is captured by Professor Pester but takes a liking to the professor's lair, thinking he's in an exotic club. My Little Fergy: Fergy's mother comes to visit, causing Fergy great embarrassment for never having gone to a party, despite his letters to her claiming otherwise. | ||||||
| 10 | "The Great Gob Rush" "Hero" | November 4, 2006 | ||||
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The Great Gob Rush: Fergy wanders off from a picnic and finds a cave filled with golden caramel clusters. Hero: Franklin saves Hudson's life, making him a hero, but has difficulty coping with this new identity and Hudson struggles to cope with his own fame being overshadowed by Franklin's. | ||||||
| 11 | "On a Sour Note" "Pig Out Mountain" | November 11, 2006 November 18, 2006 | ||||
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On a Sour Note: The Piñatas start a rock band and become a success after a Sour joins the band as lead singer. Pig Out Mountain: Paulie and Fergy join Roary Rashberry and his gang on an expedition up Pig-Out Mountain, the supposed location of a great bounty of food with the intention of living there. | ||||||
| 12 | "Piñatapartyphobia" "Royal Visit" | February 17, 2007 | ||||
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Piñatapartyphobia: After watching a film, Dr. Quackberry discovers that Fergy fears parties and attempts to cure him of it. Royal Visit: Fergy attempts to King Roario to become a knight so that he will no longer have to go to parties, But the King teaches Fergy a lesson by telling him he must slay a Dragonache. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Wraisins Of Wrath" "Piñata Island Idol" | February 17, 2007 | ||||
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The Wraisins of Wrath: The raisins in Fergy and Paulie's pie cause the Piñatas to act in the opposite of their usual behavior. Piñata Island Idol: After the dance hall collapses from a wild night of dancing, Hudson hosts a talent show, and the residents of Piñata Island must gather ten thousand chocolate coins to rebuild it. | ||||||
| 14 | "To Catch a Piñata" "Invasion of the Boogie Snatchers" | February 24, 2007 | ||||
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To Catch a Piñata: Fergy takes over Langston's vacated position as Piñata Wrangler. Invasion of the Boogie Snatchers: Professor Pester uses hypnosis to turn the Piñatas into zombies so that he may claim their candy while Paulie feuds with his neighbour Spalding Spearrowmint. | ||||||
| 15 | "Candibalism" "Pecky Pudgeon, Private Eye" | March 3, 2007 | ||||
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Candibalism: Fergy tries to pass off a chocolate Bunnycomb as his cousin, but as a result he is charged with cannibalism after eating it. Pecky Pudgeon, Private Eye: After Ella goes missing, Pecky Pudgeon begins a search for her. | ||||||
| 16 | "Rocket To Nowhere" "Twingersnapped!" | March 10, 2007 | ||||
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Rocket to Nowhere: Bonboon offers to send Fergy to another planet in exchange for all his candy. Twingersnapped!: After being lost in the jungle, Teddington and Tina become split in two. | ||||||
| 17 | "Franklingestion" "Confetti-itis" | March 17, 2007 March 31, 2007 | ||||
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Franklingestion: After a party he can't remember, Franklin finds himself spewing out vegetables. Confetti-itis: Franklin comes down with a case of Confetti-itis, losing much of his coat, and must consult Dr. Quackberry for a cure. | ||||||
| 18 | "Soil and Green" "I, Pretztail" | March 24, 2007 | ||||
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Soil and Green: Fergy and Paulie discover an abandoned farm where they meet Wendell, a Whirlm who can make plants grow wherever he digs. I, Pretztail: Paulie learns from the official files that he is not a Pretztail, but rather a Squazzil (due to a file misplacement). | ||||||
| 19 | "Free the Piñatas" "For My Next Trick" | April 7, 2007 April 14, 2007 | ||||
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Free the Piñatas: Professor Pester persuades the Piñatas to march on Piñata Central and destroy the Cannonata. For My Next Trick: Franklin takes up being a magician after receiving a magic wand, but Professor Pester seeks to take the wand for himself. | ||||||
| 20 | "Treasure of Piñata Madre" "Between a Flock and a Hard Place" | April 21, 2007 | ||||
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Treasure of Piñata Madre: Franklin, Fergy, and Paulie discover a treasure chest from a saltwater taffy factory and Professor Pester seeks to take it for himself. Between a Flock and a Hard Place: A disgruntled Goobaa leads his flock on a rampage through Piñatas' gardens, leaving the blame placed squarely on Teddington. | ||||||
| 21 | "High Plains Drafter" "Pester's Party" | October 13, 2007 April 28, 2007 | ||||
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High Plains Drafter: A caricature artist named El Sketcho arrives and with his work, causes great damage to the confidence of the other Piñatas. As a result, Franklin comes out of caricature retirement to take El Sketcho down. Pester's Party: Professor Pester changes the coordinates of the Cannonata so that it launches the Piñatas to a fake party of his own. | ||||||
| 22 | "Mouse Flap" "Snow Place Like Home" | October 20, 2007 | ||||
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Mouse Flap: Monty Mousemallow, a paranoid Piñata, becomes furious when he is sat on by Franklin. Snow Place Like Home: Paulie and Fergy retire to Amazing Acres, which, to their surprise, turns out to be in the Arctic tundra. | ||||||
| 23 | "The Abominable Jeli" "Mirror Shmirror" | October 27, 2007 | ||||
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The Abominable Jeli: Fergy, Franklin, Hudson and Les find themselves caught in a great snowball war between an army of Pengums and Jerry Jeli. Mirror Shmirror: Franklin is launched into a different dimension where he encounters an evil version of himself, Spanklin, who acts as dictator of Piñata Central. | ||||||
| 24 | "My Pal Langston" "Snail's Pace" | October 27, 2007 | ||||
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My Pal Langston: Fergy and Paulie aim to become Langston's best friends so that Langston will not force them to go to parties. Snail's Pace: In the Piñata Island soccer tournament, Fergy's team reaches the final despite having the very sluggish Shirley Shelleybean on board. However, everyone must work together, including Shirley, when a band of Sours replaces their opponents in the final game. | ||||||
| 25 | "Hudson On Hudson" "Wild Horstachios" | November 3, 2007 | ||||
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Hudson on Hudson: Hudson puts on a show with a puppet version of himself, but quickly finds himself in an ego crisis as a result. Wild Horstachios: Hudson winds up living with a group of wild Horstachios, having to live out in the rough for the first time in his life. | ||||||
| 26 | "My Sweet Sours" "Six Million Dollar Piñata" | November 10, 2007 | ||||
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My Sweet Sours: Professor Pester recalls when he first created the Sours and began his scheming ways. Six Million Dollar Piñata: Fergy is rebuilt as a bionic Piñata, but quickly loses control of his new functions and goes on a rampage. (parody of The Six Million Dollar Man, Jurassic Park and Godzilla) | ||||||
Season 2 (2007–09)
| # | Title | Original airdate | ||||
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| 27 | "A Terrible Tribute" "Pester the Piñata" | November 17, 2007 | ||||
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A Terrible Tribute: Hudson is placed on a show called "This Here's Your Life", where he is met by different Piñatas from his past. | ||||||
| 28 | "Fudge Match" "Hudson's Holiday" | November 24, 2007 | ||||
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Fudge Match: When an impressive Fudgehog named Flex comes to town, Fergy becomes jealous of him and races him to prove himself to his friends. Hudson's Holiday: After Hudson gets a twitch from stress due to being overworked, he is forced on vacation on a deserted island. | ||||||
| 29 | "Hudson Tells All" "Langston's Jameleon Cousins" | December 1, 2007 | ||||
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Hudson Tells All: Hudson's angry rant against several Sweetooth workers gets recorded onto his talking doll by accident, offending the other Piñatas. Langston's Jameleon Cousins: Langston's three Jameleon cousins come to visit and pull pranks on Langston, befriending Fergy in the process. | ||||||
| 30 | "The Fudgetive" "She Stomps at Night" | February 17, 2008 (YTV) / September 13, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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The Fudgetive: Fergy's plan goes awry when he tricks the Piñatas into believing he has been kidnapped by Professor Pester, who is currently on vacation. She Stomps at Night: Professor Pester's plan to seize candy involves luring a sleepwalking Ella to his lair, and Fergy and Paulie must do what they can to stop it. | ||||||
| 31 | "Les The Jet Setter" "Slayin' em at the Sands" | February 24, 2008 (YTV)/ September 20, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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Les the Jet Setter: Fergy swallows Les's jetpack to hide it, and he uses it to avoid going to parties. Slayin'em at the Sands: Pester captures Paulie's cousins and performs a comedy routine to make them laugh until they lose their candy. | ||||||
| 32 | "Crimes of Passion Fruit" "The Antlers are Blowin' in the Wind" | March 2, 2008 (YTV) / September 27, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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Crimes of Passion Fruit: Fergy goes to the Big Boss of Piñata Central, finding that he is actually a bowl of fruit, and smashes him with a stapler. The Antlers are Blowin' in the Wind: Paulie and Fergy work with their new friend Machi Moojoo to escape from going to parties. | ||||||
| 33 | "Sumo Tsunami" "Recipe for Disaster" | March 9, 2008 (YTV) / October 4, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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Sumo Tsunami: Fergy becomes a sumo wrestler so he can gorge himself with food. Recipe for Disaster: Fergy and Paulie enter a cooking contest, facing Shirley Shellybean and Professor Pester for a lifetime supply of candy. | ||||||
| 34 | "Mr. Unbustable" "Too Many Fergys" | March 30, 2008 (YTV) / October 11, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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Mr. Unbustable: Fergy works out at the gym so that he may become unbreakable at parties; however, his plan backfires when this turns him into a spectacle. Too Many Fergys: Fergy travels through a time portal, resulting in meeting himself from the previous day. | ||||||
| 35 | "Party Parasite" "Hibernation Nation" | November 4, 2007 | ||||
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Party Parasite: Hudson learns from Dr. Quackberry that he has a parasite that is eating up all of his candy. Hibernation Nation: Franklin invites his friends to a hibernation party in the mountains. | ||||||
| 36 | "The Old Pinatas Home" "Shirley Shells Out" | April 6, 2008 (YTV) / October 18, 2008 (The CW4Kids) | ||||
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The Old Piñatas Home: Fergy and his friends visit Fergy's uncle at a retirement home and decide that they need to spruce it up. Shirley Shells Out: Shirley is entered into a race, during which she is given a potion to her by Professor Pester that turns her into a Sour. | ||||||
| 37 | "The Transparent Trap" "To Catch A Pester" | June 8, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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The Transparent Trap: The Great Bonboon convinces Fergy that he has turned invisible after drinking his special tonic. To Catch a Pester: The Piñatas decide to lock up Professor Pester in their new jail, but wind up waiting on him hand and foot as a result. | ||||||
| 38 | "My Sweet Swanana" "Ella Forgets to Forget" | December 8, 2007 | ||||
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My Sweet Swanana: Fergy and Paulie set up Rory Rashberry on a date with Svetlana Swanana in hopes that Rory will move out of Paulie's house. Ella Forgets to Forget: Fergy sets up a service in which Piñatas can unload their secrets on Ella, since she always forgets what she is told; however, she begins to remember them. | ||||||
| 39 | "Motivational Beak" "Bringing Up Cluckle" | April 20, 2008 (YTV)/ June 27, 2009 (The CW4Kids Vault | ||||
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Motivational Beak: Langston enlists a drill sergeant to whip Fergy and Paulie into shape and force them to go to parties. Bringing Up Cluckle: Hudson begins a big brother program and finds himself taking care of a mother Cluckle's three children, one of them being a Dragonache. | ||||||
| 40 | "Beauty and the Beasts" "The Talented Mr. Hack" | April 27, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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Beauty and the Beasts: Hudson hosts the Miss Piñata beauty pageant, but after meeting all three contestants he hates, he asks Fergy, Franklin, and Paulie to enter disguised as females. The Talented Mr. Hack: Hudson hires a hillbilly Horstachio named Hack to be his look-alike, but after feeling used, Hack imprisons Hudson and takes his place among the Piñatas. | ||||||
| 41 | "De-Mock-Racy" "Her Royal Forgetfulness" | May 18, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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De-Mock-Racy: The Big Boss decides to hold elections for Langston's position as "Commander Guy", and Hudson emerges as the frontrunner Her Royal Forgetfulness: After learning that she is a queen, Fergy convinces Ella that he is her husband, the king, since royalty is exempt from going to parties. However, he soon begins to abuse his newfound power, So it's up to Hudson, Franklin, Paulie and Of Course, King Roario. | ||||||
| 42 | "The Wrong Stuff" "Piñatametermania" | May 25, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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The Wrong Stuff: Langston announces that Hudson will be sent to the first ever party on the moon, but it turns out to be Professor Pester's space station. So Langston and the gang must get Hudson back from Professor Pester. Piñatametermania: After a mix up at a movie theater, the Piñatas wind up with the wrong Piñatameters, resulting in each of them having the wrong job. | ||||||
| 43 | "Heads and Tails" "Speechless" | June 22, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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Heads and Tails: A faulty Piñata repair robot known as the Assemblata causes Hudson's head to be placed on Fergy's body, and he is placed in a Freakata show by a circus ringmaster. Speechless: Tina loses her voice, allowing Teddington to pursue his terrible singing without her complaints. | ||||||
| 44 | "Good Clop, Bad Clop" "Announce This" | June 29, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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Good Clop, Bad Clop: When Hudson becomes a police officer, he arrests every Piñata on the island, including himself. Announce This: Hudson, Pierre, and Pecky compete for the position of commentator for the Party Animals Championship Challenge. | ||||||
| 45 | "Ruffians On Strike" "Zip It Good" | September 7, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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Ruffians On Strike: After leading the Ruffians in a strike against Professor Pester for his cruel behavior, Hudson finds himself wanting to send the Ruffians back to their master. Zip it Good: Hudson takes a vow of silence after a crisis of self-indulgence. | ||||||
| 46 | "Tabloid for Two" "All Spun Out" | September 14, 2008 (YTV) | ||||
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Tabloid for Two: When rumors of celebrity rivals Hudson and Hayley Horstachio being an item are spread by their agents which upsets Beverly Badgesicle, the two are forced into a wedding despite hating each other. All Spun Out: Professor Pester opens the spinning Red Hot nightclub in a scheme to draw in all of the Piñatas and make them lose their candy. | ||||||
| 47 | "Arctic Invasion" "Say Uncle Hoofy" | January 11, 2009 (YTV) | ||||
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Arctic Invasion: A popular band named "The Pengums" takes Piñata Central by storm, prompting Hudson and Langston to work together to get rid of them. Say Uncle Hoofy: Hudson and Fergy discover that Fergy's mother Francine and Hudson's uncle Hoofy are now married, and the two of them fight over who is the "favorite son." | ||||||
| 48 | "A Match Made In Court" "Hudson's Better Half" | January 18, 2009 (YTV) | ||||
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A Match Made In Court: Hudson has been sent to court by Beverly for avoiding her, and Langston rewards her with an attaining order, the opposite of a restraining order, where she must be in ten feet's range of Hudson. Hudson's Better Half: Hayley Horstachio and her all-female team face Hudson's all-male team in an obstacle course championship challenge, but a twist soon has them competing to lose rather than win.[2] | ||||||
| 49 | "Hudsonly Ever After" "Hudson Who-Stachio?" | September 8, 2007 | ||||
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Hudsonly Ever After: Finding himself unable to sleep, Hudson tells his dummy the story of Hansel and Gretel, but decides there isn't enough of himself in it. Hudson Who-Stachio?: Hudson falls into a personal crisis after being ignored by kids at a party. | ||||||
| 50 | "The Horstachio Who Never Was" "Fergy Drops Out" | September 15, 2007 | ||||
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The Horstachio Who Never Was: Fearing Pester will kidnap Hudson, Langston gives Hudson a new identity. However, Hudson makes himself a third identity that the others might prefer to the original. Fergy Drops Out: After Langston initiates a party re-education course for the entire island, Fergy and Paulie flee to the desert, where they find a group of free spirit Chocstriches who reject parties. Since Fergy has never been to a party, they declare him their master. | ||||||
| 51 | "Super Hero Hudson" "The Amazing Hudini" | September 22, 2007 | ||||
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Super Hero Hudson: Hudson gains superpowers after accidentally licking a meteorite that lands in his bathtub, and so he becomes Super Hud. However, after Super Hud becomes overbearing, Hudson's friends conspire with Professor Pester to get him to stop. The Amazing Hudini: In order to revive his career, Hudson seeks to become a stunt performer, and goes to a retired impossiblist named Blaine Bunnycomb to learn the ropes. | ||||||
| 52 | "Variations On A Theme Park" "Masters Of Klutz Fu" | May 18, 2009 | ||||
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Variations on a Theme Park: Rodney Raisant's attempts to build an amusement park named RodneyLand are repeatedly squashed by Hudson. Masters of Klutz Fu: Fergy and Paulie decide to learn martial arts to fend off kids at parties. However, since finding that Petunia Pretztail's style, Petunia Fu, is exclusive to her, they develop their own martial art, Klutz Fu. | ||||||
DVD releases
Region 1 (United States/Canada)
The DVDs are distributed through Shout Factory.
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 1: The Piñatas Must be Crazy and Other Stories [3] | February 10, 2009 | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 2: Lights, Camera, Action! [4] | May 19, 2009 | ||||
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Region 2 (United Kingdom)
The DVDs are distributed through Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Volume 3 is the Last Volume because the Last episode is Candibalism which has Fergy Catapulted To the Moon, where he finds candy at the ending of the episode.
| Title | Release Date | ||||
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| Viva PiñataVol. 1: Viva Piñata: Hudson's Better Half [3] | February 10, 2009 | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 2: Viva Piñata 2: Invasion of the Boogie Snatchers! [4] | May 19, 2009 | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 3: Viva Piñata 3: A Match Made In Court! [4] | May 19, 2009 | ||||
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Region 4 (Australia/New Zealand)
DVDs in these regions were released by magna pacific As of January 2009, 3 volumes had been released with a 4th due in March, However magna pacific followed their usual habit of releasing kids TV shows and stopping after a few releases (Megaman) thus, at this stage no more are being released.
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Region 3 (New Zealand)
The DVDs are distributed through Warner Home Video.
| Title | Release Date | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 1:[3] | February 10, 2009 | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 2:[4] | May 19, 2009 | ||||
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| Viva Piñata Vol. 3:[4] | May 19, 2009 | ||||
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References
- 1 2 3 "4Kids Entertainment Secures Multiple Broadcast Deals for Popular Animated Series Viva Piñata" (Press release). 2007-08-21. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ↑ The "mini-challenges" in this episode are all minigames present in the video game Viva Piñata: Party Animals.
- 1 2 3 "Viva Piñata DVD 1". 2008-12-15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Viva Piñata DVD 2". 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
External links
- 4Kids.tv episode listing page
- YTV Viva Piñata episode listing page
- Viva Pinata wiki - PinataIsland.info