Pigeon Boy

Infobox television
show_name = Pigeon Boy
format = Animated children's television series
runtime = 25 minutes approximately
creator = Millimages
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country = France
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Pigeon Boy is a children's cartoon created by Millimages of France, and is shown on a number of television networks, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia. [cite web
url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/596
title=Millimages Takes Four Shows Down Under | Animation Magazine
publisher=www.animationmagazine.net
accessdate=2008-06-03] It is set in the fictional city of Ultrapolis and centres on the lives of three teenagers: Randolph Dove (nicknamed Randy), and his two companions, one who is extremely fat and the other who is the complete opposite.

Plot

Randy was chosen by the city pigeons to become their hero, and every time something weird or evil happens, he transforms into a half developed pigeon who cannot fly. He makes up for this by using a bike, which turns into odd and whimsical inventions each time he transforms along with it. His friends travel by scooter and in one episode say that riding in cars is old fashioned.

Pigeon Boy, once transformed, generally investigates something odd or suspicious. He carries only one weapon, a squirt bottle full of bird seed porridge, a foul smelling but healthy edible goo that generally find itself on a villain's face. He generally "saves the day", but even though his friends know of his transformations, they don't tell him, even when face to face, because they think he'll stop doing his crime fighting if that happens. Pigeon Boy's famous catch-cry is "coo-coo-ra-coo cooo!"

The cartoon is set in the fictional city of Ultrapolis which has a population of ten million. The city contains many glass buildings and many older style ones suggesting it is an old city.

Characters

*Randolph Dove/Pigeon Boy
*Arthur and Chloe
*Bruno Glibstone: the bully at Randy's school, son of Victor Glibstone

Randy is short for Randolph Dove. Randolph is shown to be a good user of computers, and with his friends runs the "New Utopian" e-paper. He replaces his old computer for a new one with an increased monitor so he can edit two pages at once. His father and mother are often seen as embarrassing. Randolph often finds he must transform during an awkward moment. He has a crush for a female musician, Lena, which his friends despise and call a 'vampire girl'. The age of Randolph is said to be 14-15 years old.

Episodes

26 episodes of the show have been made. They include: [cite web
url=http://www.millimages.com/site/tv/prod.php?lang=en&tv_id=32&menu=liste
title=Television ::: PIGEON BOY
publisher=www.millimages.com
accessdate=2008-06-03]
*Oil Slick
*Milo's Venus

References

External links

* [http://www.millimages.com/site/tv/prod.php?lang=en&tv_id=32 Official site]
* [http://www.millimages.com/site/tv/prod.php?lang=fr&tv_id=32 (French version)]