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Chop Socky Chooks

Chop Socky Chooks is an animated action television series produced by Aardman Animations, Decode Entertainment, and Cartoon Network Europe that ran on Cartoon Network from 7 March 2008 until 24 July 2009.[1] It was created and directed by Sergio Delfino, a prominent animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. 26 episodes were produced.

Chop Socky Chooks

Sergio Delfino

Sergio Delfino

Eggplant

"Chop Socky Chooks"

"Chop Socky Chooks" (Instrumental)

Lou Pomanti

United Kingdom
Canada

English

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26 (list of episodes)

  • Miles Bullough
  • Pete Lord
  • David Sproxton
  • Neil Court
  • Steven DeNure
  • Beth Stevenson
  • For Teletoon:
  • Madeleine Lévesque
  • Athena Georgaklis
  • Dominic Webber
  • For Cartoon Network Europe:
  • Daniel Lennard

  • Christine Ponzevera
  • Janice Walker
  • Series Producer:
  • Jacqueline White

22 minutes approx.

16 March 2007 (2007-03-16) –
4 September 2008 (2008-09-04)

The show previously aired on Cartoon Network throughout the United Kingdom, the United States, and much of the world, as well as Teletoon in Canada, and ABC3 in Australia. The name is from "chop socky", which is slang for the Asian martial arts film genre, and "chook", which is an Australian and New Zealand slang reference for chicken.

Premise[edit]

The show is about a trio of kung fu fighting chickens who live and work in a city-sized shopping mall owned by their archenemy, Dr. Wasabi.[2]

Chickadee "Chick P" Pao (voiced by ) – Chickadee Pao is the most mature of the team and is the only female, as well as the one with the most leadership skills. In her childhood, she had a best friend named Oni (currently a villain known as Deadeye) whom she would play Blind Man's Bluff. She has personal issues with Dr. Wasabi who destroyed her home to build Wasabi World. Her daytime job is working as a repair technician in the pipes of Wasabi World, and she wears historical Chinese female attire. Her battle weapon is her razor fans. She is based on Lucy Liu.

Shelley Longworth

K.O. Joe (voiced by ) – K.O. Joe is the most energetic and brash team member. His daytime job is running a comic book shop. He shows great skills with handling troubled youth and skateboarding, and fancies himself as a ladies' man. His main battle weapon is a grappling hook hair pick, and his biggest fear is insects as he remembers them crawling into his afro as a child. He is also afraid of jelly beans due to having one stuck up his nose as a baby. He eventually learns he is the estranged son of Bantam. He is based on Jim Kelly, and as such, his clothes have a 1970s aesthetic.

Paterson Joseph

Charles "Chuckie" Chan (voiced by (U.K.), Chris Hardwick (U.S.)[3][4]) – Chuckie Chan was once a student of Master Yoshi learning the fighting style "Pow Kung". He wears a stereotypical martial artist's outfit and sports a Fu Manchu moustache, and his daytime job is teaching the youth of Wasabi World his martial arts. He had an old rival named Koby/Kobura. He is known to use proverbs in almost every episode. His battle weapon is his spiritual chi energy. He is based on various Hong Kong martial artists and named after Jackie Chan. His voice changed when the series aired on Cartoon Network in the United States to avoid offending Asian audiences.

Rob Rackstraw

as Chuckie Chan (U.K.) / Dung Beetle

Rob Rackstraw

as Chuckie Chan (U.S.)

Chris Hardwick

as K.O. Joe

Paterson Joseph

as Dr. Wasabi

Paul Kaye

as Chick P.

Shelley Longworth

as Bubba

Rupert Degas

as Larry Sumo

Glenn Wrage

as Iron Butt Monk

Alan Marriott

as Siren Sung / Cabbage Lady / Cho

Jules de Jongh

Jared Stamm as House Seller

Marc Silk

Jimmy Hibbert

David Menkin

Justin Fletcher

Tom Clarke-Hill

as Oni/Deadeye

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Kulvinder Ghir

Danny John-Jules

Keir Stewart

Sandra Oh

Richard Hansom – Voice Director

Reception[edit]

The series was received negatively among critics and audiences. The criticism was for its content being too violent for children, boring storytelling and ugly and two-dimensional characters. Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars, complaining the show was too violent for children.[7]

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Chop Socky Chooks