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The Brothers Flub
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The cover of Plan C: Panic!, depicting Guapo (left) and Fraz
Genre Comic science fiction
Created by David Burke
Laslo Nosek
Written by Susie Singer Carter
Dan Danko
Tom Mason
Don Priess
Ralph Soll
David Burke
Bob Widmer
Andrew Brenner
Kati Rocky
Shaun McLaughlin
Laslo Nosek
Directed by Bob Boyle
Ralph Grairl
Thom Kins
Bert Ring
Charlie Adler (voice)
David Bucs (animation art)
Jeff Hall (timing)
Jamie H. Huang (timing)
Carole A. Beers (timing)
Michael Lyman (timing)
Voices of Scott Menville
Jerry Sroka
Charlotte Rae
Ron Hale
Christine Cavanaugh
Theme music composer Nathan Wang
Country of origin United States
Germany
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26 (52 segments)
Production
Producer(s) Bonni Freeman (coordinating)
C.J. Kettler (executive)
Geraldine Clarke (supervising)
Jodey J. Kaminski (associate)
Salaam Coleman (Nickelodeon executive)
Wolfgang Heidrich (Ravensburger Film + TV executive)
Running time approx. 22-26 minutes (2×11-minute episodes)
Production company(s) Ravensburger Film + TV
Videal
Sunbow Entertainment
Sony Wonder Television
Distributor Sony Wonder
Release
Original network Nickelodeon (United States)
Super RTL (Germany)
Original release January 17, 1999 (1999-01-17) – January 8, 2000 (2000-01-08)

The Brothers Flub is an animated television series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and co-produced by jigsaw puzzle manufacturer Ravensburger. It aired in the United States on the television network Nickelodeon. The show's title characters are a pair of alien brothers named Guapo and Fraz, both of whom work as couriers, who travel throughout their universe to deliver packages to a different planet in each episode of the series. It ran from January 17, 1999 until January 8, 2000.

Summary

The Brothers Flub takes place in outer space. The show's title refers to its two central characters: a pair of blue-furred alien brothers named Guapo and Fraz Flub. Guapo is shorter and fatter than his brother, and is a lighter shade of blue. Both wear bodysuits, shoes and caps.

In the series, they work for a company called RetroGrade Interdimensional Couriers, of which a green-colored female alien named Tarara Boomdeyay is the boss. Other characters at their job include a female alien named Valerina and an older orange, male alien named Squish. The brothers, who are couriers, travel through their universe in their spacecraft (called the Hoog) to deliver packages to various planets. Each episode features a different planet with a different characteristic, such as "The Land of Oversized Games", which comprises life-sized game pieces such as a pinball machine, or "Hip City", a planet inhabited by beatnik aliens.

Production

The creators marketed the series for children ages six through eleven. Sunbow contracted with Animatics, an Orlando, Florida-based company, allowing for Animatics to create the storyline and the storyboard for the series. Laura Sullivan, the senior director of marketing of Sony Wonder, said in a 1999 Promo article that the series attracted equal numbers of male and female children and that it was "very Nickelodeon-looking." The series was delayed for a year from its original scheduled debut.

Episodes

  • 1. Bard Brain/Bunch of Troubles
  • 2. Cookie Crumbles/Fitness Freaks
  • 3. Flub, Flub and Away/Flub's Overeasy
  • 4. Guapo's Funhouse/Guapos Galore
  • 5. Hair Brains/Heads Up
  • 6. Madman Mambo/Pay Dirt
  • 7. Pizza! Pizza!/ Prehysteria
  • 8. Queen Bees/Scared Stiff
  • 9. Snow Doomed/Tiresome Twosome
  • 10. Unlucky Charmers/Village Idiots
  • 11. Wrestlemaniacs/Bad Judgment Day
  • 12. Thanks for the Memories/Sloppy Sentiments
  • 13. Paradise Shmaradise/Sore Losers
  • 14. Warped Speed/Double Feature
  • 15. Finders Keepers/Shrinky Dinky
  • 16. For The Birds/It's a Mystery
  • 17. Yippy-Ki-Yay/Teacher's Pest
  • 18. Wishmasters/Train in Vain
  • 19. Boy's Toys/A Courier's Carol
  • 20. Play Time/On My Case
  • 21. Good Sports!/Sidekicked
  • 22. Big Business/Tarara Birthdeeyay

Cast

Main cast

Additional voices

Crew

Merchandising

The Brothers Flub was used in several promotional deals for various brands. Fast food chain KFC announced that it would use the characters in a kids' meal, while Carl's Jr. and Hardee's branded tray liners and bags with The Brothers Flub images. GNC planned to include The Brothers Flub yo-yos in its children's vitamins, while department store chain Macy's used the characters in their back-to-school advertising flyers. Skechers started a sweepstakes that distributed Skechers and The Brothers Flub-branded items.

VHS release

Sony Wonder released two videocassettes of the show in 1999. These were entitled Plan C: Panic! and Doom Wears Funny Tights!. Each one featured four episodes of the series. Both tapes are now out of print and hard to find.

International Broadcast

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