Pig City (TV series)
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Release | April 16, 2002 January 10, 2004 | –
Pig City is a French-Canadian
About
The show features a teenage country pig (Mikey) moving to the big city to live with his wealthy cousins (Martha and Reggie). Thirty-nine[6] half-hour episodes have been produced.
Cast
- Thor Bishopric as Mikey
- Philip Lemaistre as Reggie
- Emma Campbell as Martha
- Michael Yarmush as E. Brian
- Lindsay Abrahams as Betty
- Matt Holland as Dave
- Teddy Lee Dillon as Bob
- Pier Kohl as Uncle Porter
- Jennifer Seguin as Trish
- Harry Standjofski as V.P. Larden
- Ellen David as Aunt Yardley
- Brett Watson as Link
- Ricky Mabe as Stig
- Pierre Lenior as Principal Hamhock
Characters
- Mikey Hoggins – a 15-year-old country pig that goes to the big city to live with his cousins, Reggie and Martha. He can be described as humble.
- Reggie DeBoar – a rocker, complete with his own band, 'Reggie And The Rashers'.
- Martha DeBoar – a bit self-centered pig and Reggie’s sister. She is also concerned with her looks.
Episodes
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The episode order below follows that of the original airdates on Teletoon, which also matches the season 1 episode order on
Season 1 (2002)
No. | Title [6] | Original air date [7] |
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1 | "Wag the Hog" | April 16, 2002 |
2 | "Taking Care of Bacon" | April 23, 2002 |
3 | "Pork Barrel Politics" | April 30, 2002 |
4 | "Hogtied" | May 7, 2002 |
5 | "Mr. Mikey" | May 14, 2002 |
6 | "It's the Principal" | May 21, 2002 |
7 | "Meteorite Madness" | May 28, 2002 |
8 | "Porkstars" | June 4, 2002 |
9 | "Raising a Stink" | June 11, 2002 |
10 | "Pigmalion" | June 18, 2002 |
11 | "Honey Mommy" | June 25, 2002 |
12 | "Motivational Ham" | June 30, 2002 |
13 | "Pork Up the Volume" | July 1, 2002 |
Season 2 (2002)
No. | Title [6] | Original air date [7] |
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14 | "Bachelor Daze" | September 2, 2002 |
15 | "Martha and the Razorbacks" | September 6, 2002 |
16 | "Coming to Grips" | September 9, 2002 |
17 | "Family Plot" | September 13, 2002 |
18 | "Driven" | September 16, 2002 |
19 | "Dear Martha" | September 20, 2002 |
20 | "The Hogfather" | September 23, 2002 |
21 | "Reggie vs. His Brain" | September 27, 2002 |
22 | "Headcheese of the Class" | September 30, 2002 |
23 | "Capitalist Pig" | October 4, 2002 |
24 | "Pig in Japan" | October 7, 2002 |
25 | "Pork n' Screams" | October 21, 2002 |
26 | "Christmas Ham" | December 10, 2002 |
Season 3 (2003–04)
No. | Title [6] | Original air date [7] |
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27 | "The Big Catch" | September 6, 2003 |
28 | "A Geek Of Our Own" | September 7, 2003 |
29 | "Rind Date" | September 14, 2003 |
30 | "The Royal Visit" | September 21, 2003 |
31 | "Fame Or Shame" | October 5, 2003 |
32 | "Deep Space Swine" | October 12, 2003 |
33 | "Rockey Night In Pork City" | October 19, 2003 |
34 | "Metal Mayhem" | October 26, 2003 |
35 | "Pigs On A Train" | November 2, 2003 |
36 | "Pigs Don’t Plant Trees" | November 9, 2003 |
37 | "Pigs On Ice" | November 23, 2003 |
38 | "Snowblitzed" | November 30, 2003 |
39 | "Northern Lightweights" | January 10, 2004 |
Production
During production in 2001, the show was titled The Three Pigs.[8][9][10] Originally, CinéGroupe's then-owner Lions Gate was attached to the show's production.[8]
SMEC Media & Entertainment in Taiwan (uncredited) and SMEC Animation & Graphic Technology in China were the
CinéGroupe's distribution arm distributed the series in Canada, the U.S., Asia, Australia and New Zealand, with
Release
Home video
In November 2002, a VHS and DVD volume was released in Canada by CinéGroupe Star titled "Pig City/Porcité - Volume 1". It contained the Series 1 episodes "Wag the Hog", "Hogtied" and "Porkstars". The VHS versions were released in both separate English and French versions, while the DVD counterpart featured both languages.[13][14]
Although a promo as seen on the release showcases Volume 2 and Volume 3 sets for release in Late-2002, they were never released.
Streaming
In March 2022, the
The series became unavailable in November 2022 due to the closure of Encore+.Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Gemini Awards | Best Animated Program or Series | Jacques Pettigrew | Nominated | [17] |
Soundtrack
On December 3, 2002, Les Disques Star Records Inc. released a soundtrack CD in Canada called "Reggie and the Rashers", named after the band of the same name as featured in the show, and contained the songs sung by them.[18] It was available in both English[19] and French.[20]
Three
References
- ^ "Cinegroup Pig City distribution ::: Jetix". June 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
- ^ Waller, Ed (November 20, 2001). "Slate of new toons from CineGroupe". C21 Media.
- ^ "MIPCOM News - Cinegroupe And Fox Kids Europe Team For Pig City Distribution". Animation World Network.
- ^ Fraser, Fiona (October 8, 2002). "FKE pairs with CineGroupe on Pig City". C21 Media.
- ^ 2002-07-25T15:16:49. "FOX GIVES PIG STARRING ROLE IN AUTUMN LINE-UP". Broadcast.
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- ^ a b c "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. March 2, 2016.[dead link] Alt URL
- ^ a b Tillson, Tamsen (November 11, 2001). "Cinegroup, Lions Gate toon up kidvid series".
- ^ "CinéGroupe Adds Two New Shows". Animation World Network.
- ^ "dFX News - Monsters, Inc. Expands - Clusterball Screenshots". www.digitalmediafx.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ "Pig City ::: Jetix".
- ^ "MIPCOM News - Cinegroupe and Fox Kids Europe Team for Pig City Distribution".
- ^ "Porcité - Volume 1". May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
- ^ "Pig City / Porcite - Vol. 1(bilingual) on DVD Movie". www.inetvideo.com.
- ^ "Pig City - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "PorCité - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ https://acctmembership.secure.force.com/database/Media?id=a0k0H00000flkerQAA [bare URL]
- ^ "De Porcité, Reggie et les Tranches de Bacon". May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
- Amazon.com.
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- ^ "Sacré Délire - Volume 1". May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2003.
External links
- Pig City at IMDb