MINNIE’S BOW-TOONS
(Disney Junior,
November 14, 2011-January 22, 2016)
Disney Television
Animation, DQ Entertainment, Technicolor Animation Productions
Spinning
off out of the Mickey
Mouse Clubhouse episode “Minnie’s Bow-Tique”, Minnie’s Bow-Toons followed
Minnie Mouse (Russi Taylor)
and Daisy Duck (Tress MacNeille)
as they ran Minnie’s Bow-tique; a specialty shop stocked with an assortment of
colorful bows and bowties. Helping them out was their clock-dwelling bird
assistant, Cuckoo Loca (Nika
Futterman). Also residing in the Bow-tique was Figaro (Frank Welker), the pet cat from Pinocchio.
Although the male Disney characters
weren’t stars in the series, they did make occasional guest appearances.
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Minnie, Daisy and Cuckoo taking a break from the bow business for some kitchen adventures. |
Minnie’s
Bow-Toons debuted on Disney
Junior on November 14, 2011. Like Clubhouse, the series was
completely rendered in CGI. Episodes would typically start out with something
bow-related that would serve to help in a given situation; such as rubber bows
being used to stop leaky pipes, Figaro-shredded material helping a cheerleader
friend replace her lost pom-poms, or fluorescent paint on bows to light-up
Daisy’s birthday party when the fuses blow. Over the course of the series, the
focus expanded to include a new pet-grooming salon across from the Bow-tique,
as well as a world-spanning travel adventure. The series ran for 5 seasons,
spawning a variety of merchandise and video games.
The series would continue on in reruns on Disney Junior, eventually finding its
way onto the Saturday morning schedule.
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