Happy Monster Band

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Happy Monster Band (also known as Happy Monster Band: World Tour for its second series) is an animated children's television series that originally aired on Playhouse Disney from October 1, 2007, to October 28, 2008. The series was created by Don Carter and produced by Kickstart Productions. It is about a group of monsters who perform songs about friendship, love, exercise, chores, and other preschool themes.

Characters

Main

There are four monsters that make up the Happy Monster Band: Ink, Bluz, L.O., and Frred. Each of the monster's name reflects its color: Ink's signature color is pink, Bluz's is blue, L.O.'s is yellow and Frred's is red. They were designed by Don Carter. All four of the band members are children, but their singing voices are those of the members of the band

• Frred (voiced by Rob Cantor (singing voice) and Kurt Doss (speaking voice)) is one of the band's lead singers and plays a purple electric guitar. While Ink may appear to be the leader, many fans tend to regard Frred as the actual leader.
• L.O. (voiced by Zubin Sedghi (singing voice) and Trevor Gagnon (speaking voice), Nathan Simpson in the UK version) is the other lead singer. L.O. is yellow and plays a green bass guitar with four strings. He is the only monster in the band that goes against traditional thinking, preferring to paint and write poetry instead of scaring. He is considered to be a shy introvert. He is the oldest member in the band.
• Bluz (voiced by Joe Hawley (singing voice), Jonah Lees (Direct from Monsterland), and Jake T. Austin (World tour) (speaking voices)) is the band's keyboardist, is blue and has four legs. His keyboard is magenta and has twelve black keys. Bluz often contradicts L.O.'s opinions, stating that monsters should scare and not care about art. During the World Tour, Bluz knows a little bit about foreign languages, which makes him appear unintelligent. However, he shows kindness and empathy for others. He can also be very friendly. He is the youngest member of the band.
• Ink (voiced by
  pink, magenta or purple. Unlike the other band members, Ink only sings during choruses. However she has a solo verse in "Do the Monster Stomp". During the World Tour, she carries a globe
  that shows where the band is and is fluent in several languages.

• Roc and Raoul (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal and Sam Riegel, respectively) are two-headed purple monster brothers and are the show's hosts. They speak in rhyme, except while backstage, and are also present in season two (World Tour).
• La, Dee, and Da are the show's judges and are only in the first season. They are all bright green and are based on Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell.

World Tour

• Akito is the band's pen pal in
  Tokyo, Japan. He has a robot
  named Robo-Dude.
• Joey is a
  Sydney, Australia
  .
• Dwight is a giant monster in Italy who is often hungry and is used as a comedic explanation for the Tower of Pisa's leaning and for the Colosseum missing a large part of its wall.
• Ravi is an energetic four-year-old boy in India. He has the biggest star in Bollywood, Pooja.
• The Rancher is an introducer in Texas.
• Johnny and Franklin were introduced in the World Tour episode "The Monster Tangle" in Argentina.
• The Queen is a three-eyed monster who lives in Buckingham Palace.
• The Gondolier is a monster who rows a
  Venice, Italy
  .
• The Beret Monster is a monster with a beret which Bluz talks to in France.

Episodes

Series 1 (Direct from Monsterland, 2007)

• "I Will Be Your Friend"(L.O.'s memory book)– the monsters celebrate their long friendship together.
• "Do the Monster Stomp"(the missing dance move)– Frred thinks that Bluz found what was missing.^{[clarification needed]}
• "Monster Hoe Down"(a monster scare dance)– the monsters are all dress up as 3 cowboys and 1 cowgirl and are ready to hoedown.
• "Dirty, Smelly Monster Chores"(waiting for L.O.)– L.O. does chores, spreading clothes on the floor, bringing in garbage and tracking mud around.
• "Scare Up Some Fun"(band: gone missing)– the twins see an empty room and think that the band is not there. The band tries to scare them.
• "I'm the Best at Being Me"(L.O. the best)– L.O. is not as scary as Bluz because he likes to write poetry and paint.
• "Do Re Mi–Mi–Mi"(ink's rhyme struggle)– Ink struggles to write a song for work until her friends help her.
• "Even Monsters Cry Sometimes"(touch me circle)– Frred is sad because his father has a flat tire and he worries he will miss the concert, making him cry until his friends comfort him, saying it’s okay for anyone, even monsters, to cry.
• "Get Up and Go Go Go"(morning routines ON!)– the band tell the twins all about their routines.
• "Practice Makes Progress"(get ready to practice)– Ink's jump rope contest is coming up, so she practices her skills.

Series 2 (World Tour, 2008)

• "Here in Australia"(a search for joey)-The band rocks at the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
• "A Wonderful Time in France"(bluz and the beret)-While The band is in France, Bluz wanted to ask The Beret Monster where did he got his beret from.
• "Yin & Yang"(catch that dragon)-The band is in Hong Kong.
• "London Town"(queen me)-The band finds a
  double decker bus
  in England because their bus has a flat tire.
• "In India"(lights, camera, happy monsters)-The band makes a
  snake charmer and Pooja the elephant
  in India.
• "Siesta! Siesta!"(fútbol bluz)-The band plays soccer in Spain.
• "The Monster Tangle"(are you tangled up now?)-The band does the Monster Tangle instead of a
  tango in Argentina
  .
• "Konichiwa!"(hello akito)-The band rocks in
  Tokyo
  .
• "At the Rodeo"(the wild west show)-The band is in Texas and is at the ranch. Frred is on a horse and twirls a lasso. Frred is a rock-and-roll rodeo cowboy.
• "The Italian Way"(L.O. lost his camera)-The band is in
  Venice and Frred is very hungry but L.O. accidentally drops his camera
  .

External links

• Happy Monster Band at
  IMDb