bro'Town
Format	Animated Sitcom
Created by	The Naked Samoans
Voices of	Mario Gaoa David Fane Shimpal Lelisi Oscar Kightley
Country of origin	New Zealand
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	TV3
Picture format	576i (PAL) 4:3 (2004-2006) 576i (PAL) 16:9 (2007-present)
Original run	2004 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

bro'Town is New Zealand's first adult-targeted animated series. It is set amongst New Zealand's growing Pacific Islander community. bro'Town is regarded by its viewers as New Zealand's answer to The Simpsons (though its visual crassness is reminiscent of other animated series, and the central cast of five young boys invites comparison with South Park) and is based on the performance of the local four-man group The Naked Samoans. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Mario Gaoa is a Samoan-New Zealand actor, writer and director, best known as a member of the Naked Samoans comedy group. ... Shimpal Lelisi is a New Zealand actor and TV presenter, best known as one of the members of the Naked Samoans. ... Oscar Kightley is a Samoan-born actor, television presenter and writer who has been a resident and citizen of New Zealand for most of his life. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... TV3 is a commercial television station in New Zealand. ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Pacific Islands (or Pacific Person, pl: Pacific People, also called Oceanic[s]), is a geographic term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe the inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

Vale, Valea, Jeff da Māori, Sione and Mack live in the suburb of Morningside (catchphrase: "Morningside 4 Life!"), and attend the local college, St Sylvester’s, where their principal is a Fa’afafine and the P.E. teacher is the legendary ex-All Black Michael Jones. Morningside is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. ... Faafafine (Samoa), fakaleiti (Tonga), rae rae or mahu (French Polynesia) is a Polynesian concept related to gender role and gender identity. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ... The All Blacks are the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand. ... Michael Niko Jones (born April 8, 1965 in Apia) has been named as one of the worlds greatest rugby union players of the all-time by The Times and also the 3rd greatest all black of all-time after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick respectively. ...

Produced by New Zealand company Firehorse Films and funded by New Zealand On Air, bro'Town was made using three animation studios – two in New Zealand and one in India – and involved over 100 staff. New Zealand on Air or the Broadcasting Commission of New Zealand is a New Zealand government entity responsible for the funding of public good broadcasting and the promotion of New Zealand culture on radio and television in New Zealand. ...

Each episode took up to six months to make and consists of 16,000 drawings, making it a huge undertaking for all involved. Despite the carefully planned nature of animation, the Samoans' performance style often gives the dialogue an improvisational, spontaneous feel. When successful this effect is fresh and funny but at times it renders the dialogue indistinct, with characters stepping on each other's lines.

The show satirises the boys’ culture, with vivid dialogue in the local vernacular, expressing what is like to grow up as a minority culture in Auckland, the largest Polynesian city in the world. Although the setting is contemporary and the satire topical, the humour often reflects a nostalgia for the 1980s period of the Naked Samoans' own boyhood. The series is also scattered with references to New Zealand literature, particularly the novels and short stories of Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand English (NZE) is the English spoken in New Zealand. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The series have strong religious references, with most episodes starting with events between God, Jesus Christ and other historical figures, which leads to the theme of the episode and the subsequent events between the boys. Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Characters

The Boys

• Vale Pepelo (Oscar Kightley) (Vale loosely translates to Dumb) - brother of Valea Pepelo and has a strong social conscience. Contrary to his given name, Vale is considered the intelligent one of the group, frequently seen carrying a literary classic.
• Valea Pepelo (Shimpal Lelisi) (Valea loosely translates to Dumber) - brother of Vale Pepelo, is more interested in girls than his brother Vale. Whenever he sees an attractive one, he does a rendition of the 'schwing!' gesture (peyow peyow!) Valea's name is an apt description.
• Sione Tapili (Mario Gaoa) - Vale and Valea’s best mate and fancies himself as a bit of a ladies' man, while he constantly looks for ways to impress the girl of his dreams, sixth former Mila Jizovich. Unfortunately, when Sione's mother saw Mila sleeping in his room, she got out her emergency axe and cut off Mila's head, making Mila's son, Sione cry. So, in the end Sione jr had to be brought up by Mila's parents.
• Jeff da Māori (David Fane) - Jeff Da Māori lives with his mum and eight dads in a car shell outside the house. He was brought up in the country by his Aunt Queenie (a caricature of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper) but then moved to the city ‘for better TV reception and "because the thieving colonialist bastards stole our land’". You can never see Jeff without his trusty guitar. He is often portrayed with a horribly runny nose. More than the other boys, Jeff's character is assembled from clichés drawn mostly from Witi Ihimaera stories and Once Were Warriors.
• Rodney McCorkenstein-Taifule aka Mack David Fane - Mack rounds out the group, a heavyset boy who has definite gay tendencies and a knack for talking his way out of things, but he does stand behind his word eventually. Mack is considered a tough guy by the group, raised in the streets. He actually lives in a high class mansion with a loving mum and dad.

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Other residents of Morningside

• Pepelo Pepelo (David Fane) - Vale & Valea's dad is a benefit bludging, occasional fork-lift driver with a love of beer, pornography and gambling (aka "The Town Drunk"). Pepelo's wife died when the boys were young and they were entrusted to his care. However, his method of child rearing was ignoring them to fend for themselves. He's known to discriminate against other ethnic minorities in Morningside. Pepelo is very similar to the father character in Milburn Place, another comedy production involving Naked Samoans.
• Wong (David Fane) - A Chinese student from Hong Kong. He quickly became buds with the Boys after an initiation rite which involved insulting Rakeesh. He once helped the Boys by joining in the St. Sylvester's Rugby team in Get Rucked and bet a million dollars on Honky the Wonderhorse. Wong has a twin brother named White, who exists only to facilitate a pun about being unable to tell White from Wong.
• Fong (Mario Gaoa) - Fong appears to be a big menacing Chinese guy who lives in an apartment. In reality, he's a smart engineering student who seems to be incompetent in a fight.
• Constable "Bobby" Bababiba (Mario Gaoa) - A cold and seemingly-emotionless policeman who has been involved with many of the Boys' mishaps as much as he restores Morningside Order. His name may be a reference to the 'bee-baa' sounds made by children impersonating the old style of New Zealand police sirens, one of the many 'childhood nostalgia' touches of bro'Town.
• Rakeesh Maadkraklikka (Mario Gaoa) - A disgruntled South Asian (Indian) dairy store owner. He is eager to shoot and zap any potential troublemaker in his store. Pepelo owes a massive debt to Rakeesh's store due to his indulgence and improper spending. Is married to the beautiful Satisha. Until Rakeesh's father died and he had to spend more time with his mother in India.
• Satisha Maadkraklikka - Rakeesh's spouse. She isn't as brash as her husband, but Satisha is just as tough. Twice, so far, Satisha helped The Boys with their problems and issues.
• Reverend Minister Mccat (Real name Sam Mccat) (Vela Manusaute) - Stereotypical minister who heads a Samoan flock in Morningside. He frequently preaches about the local issues in very vivid and exaggerated ways (as was featured in Sione-rella and Touched by a Teacher). He is also quick to drive his flock on mindless angry mob sprees. As a sideline for his church he also sells 'authentic' holy items at high prices (like holy water and sheep-shaped caps). There seems to be an intimate relationship between him and Agnes (or it may be that they're husband and wife, who knows?). Agnes' youngest child has an uncanny resemblance to the minister, including his hairdo - for that matter, so do most of the very young children of his congregation. He is very similar to the Minister character in the recurring sketch Milburn Place, part of the Skitz comedy series in which several Naked Samoans were involved.

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Tapili family

Agnes Tapili (David Fane) - Sione's mother and the Pepelos' neighbour. Deeply religious and physically aggressive, especially to Sione (she refuses to show this side of her in public, though). Despite this, she seems to have intimate relations with the local minister. A caricature of the overbearing Polynesian mother who won't hesitate to humiliate her children. But, Agnes took her mother's advice away and got an axe from a sinner and used it to cut off Mila's head while she was sleeping in Sione's room. And it seemed to have humiliated Sione and Mila's son who ended up living with Mila's parents.

Sina Tapili - (Teuila Blakely) - Sione's big sister and Mila's friend. Sina does not think kindly of her brother and The Boys. She is only kind to Mack. But the rest of the boys, she dislikes them. Attends St Cardinal's College for girls, known to the boys of neighbouring St. Sylvester's as 'Car(di)nal Knowledge.'

Motorcycle Boy (Real name - Timothy Tapili) - Agnes' eldest son. A delinquent who is a regular in the local delinquent centre (which Agnes euphemistically calls a "boarding school") and jail. His real name was revealed in the episode "Go and ask Agnes" as timothy tapili.

Samson - Agnes' youngest son. He is also the secret son of the minister

Sione Jizovich-Tapili - Son of Sione and the late Mila Jizovich.

School folk and students

Brother Ken - St. Sylvester's Fa’afafine principal. Is a personal friend of many famous New Zealanders, including Lucy Lawless and Prime Minister Helen Clark. Brother Ken is a caring principal and once helped a then-young Mack (a nickname created by Brother Ken) to become friends with The Boys. Faafafine (Samoa), fakaleiti (Tonga), rae rae or mahu (French Polynesia) is a Polynesian concept related to gender role and gender identity. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other persons named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ...

Rex Ruka - Rex is a typical sort of 'jock' or alpha male in St. Sylvester's. He is regularly seen mocking the boys due to their supposed inferiority with Joost by his side. Rex is Sione's rival for Mila's hand until Mila's head was cut off by Sione's mother's axe. Look up Jock, jock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Joost Van der Van Van - A South African immigrant whose father Hansje manages the local zoo. As is expected, he acts as Rex's partner/toady, providing appreciation for his many putdowns (often saying "Hilarious!"). However, it was revealed in "A Chicken Roll At My Table" that Joost's racism was an act and he only did it because he was discouraged by his grandfather from making friends with coloured people. His name is a nonsense parody of Dutch surnames and means 'of the of.' Although unknown, it has been suggested that his name may have been derived from Springbok player Joost van der Westhuizen. Springbok can have the following meanings: Springbok Antelope, a small antelope inhabiting central and western Africa. ... Joost van der Westhuizen (born 20 February 1971) is a former South African rugby union player who was the Springboks first choice scrum half in the late 1990s. ...

Mila Jizovich - A student of St. Cardinal's, best friends with Sina Tapili and the girl of Sione's dreams. Right until the inncident where Agnes Tapili got an axe and listened to the voice of Satan and killed Mila for sleeping in Sione's room. She is best known for helping Lucy Lawless with the birth control presentation in "Sionerella". And also, she's best known for Anges Tapili cutting her head off. Her name appears to be a combination of tribute to the actress Milla Jovovich and a somewhat unsavoury joke. For other uses, see Birth control (disambiguation). ... Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Милица Јововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian: Мілла Йовович/Mіlla Jovovič; born Milica Nataša Jovović on December 17, 1975) is an American supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer. ...

Abo (Abocrombie Smith the Third) - An Aboriginal Australian who studies in St. Sylvester's. His nickname is either derived from his ethnicity or his real name, Abercrombie. Abo is known to celebrate every occasion with a (often very long) traditional song or dance he rides an emu. Though Abo has made political comments regarding Indigenous native title, the satirical point of this character is unclear as very few Aboriginal Australians live in New Zealand; he is more surreal than satirical. Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ... Native title is a concept in the law of Australia that recognises the continued ownership of land by local Indigenous Australians. ...

Ms. Lynn Grey - A teacher who manages The Boys' class at St. Sylvester's. She seems to have an affection for the Māori Man (as is shown in "A Māori at my Table"). A parody of well-meaning liberal Anglo-Saxon ( white ) - she will carefully use Māori vocabulary but immediately follow it with a slightly patronising English explanation. Her name is a reference to the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn.

Figures in Heaven

God (Mario Gaoa) - As himself. As the creator of the universe, God can choose to be anything he wants. Thus he is portrayed as a well-built Pacific Islander in a lavalava. He appears mellow and easy-going, rather than strict and wrathful. God starts each episode in Heaven as if it were a fairytale, usually telling it to Jesus Christ and historical figures like Julius Caesar, Hone Heke, or the Buddha. Mario Gaoa is a Samoan-New Zealand actor, writer and director, best known as a member of the Naked Samoans comedy group. ... A lava-lava is a kind of clothing worn by Polynesians, especially Samoans. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Hone Heke with his wife Hariata, circa 1845 Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai (1810? - August 6, 1850) was a Māori chief and war leader in New Zealand. ... Media:Example. ...

Jesus (Shimpal Lelisi) - The Lord's only son. Unlike the past serious and solemn renditions of the Christian divinity, Bro'Town portrays him as young and naive (despite his past mortal life more than 2000 years ago). He generally seems like a somewhat wimpish teenager, who often needs to be gently taught a lesson by his Father. Shimpal Lelisi is a New Zealand actor and TV presenter, best known as one of the members of the Naked Samoans. ...

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Occasionally long-lost relatives such as Pepelo's wife (Vale & Valea's mother), or Aunt Queenie and Mila Jizovich are featured, appearing in dreams to communicate with the living.

There are also two female angels Angelina and Angelita.

Guest stars

• HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
• New Zealand Warriors Awen Guttenbeil, Henry Fa’afili, Stacey Jones and captain Steve Price
• All Black players Joe Rokocoko and Tana Umaga
• Boxer David Tua
• Hip-hop artist Scribe
• Hip-hop artists Nesian Mystik
• TV3 News/Current Affairs personalities John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld
• Director Niki Caro
• Author Witi Ihimaera
• Prominent businessman Alan Gibbs as Richie Whichwhite
• Art patron and collector Jenny Gibbs as Faye Whichwhite
• Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes
• Actor Cliff Curtis
• Actor Robert Rakete
• Actress Lucy Lawless (Xena)
• Australian TV host and celebrity Rove McManus
• New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark
• Politician Rodney Hide
• Actor Russell Crowe
• Musician Neil Finn
• Legendary New Zealander Fred Dagg
• Hollywood Star Temuera Morrison & his uncle, Sir Howard Morrison

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Episode list

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Season One (2004)

• The Weakest Link - The boys of bro'Town are infamous for giving St. Sylvester's a bad name every year on an "It's Academic"-style quiz show, but after being hit by a bus and getting a concussion on the head gives Valea the knowledge of the universe, the boys ace this year's competition. Thinly disguised appearances by Auckland Grammar School as "F.A.G.S", Diocesan School and Saint Cuthberts College combined as "Saint Cutherscans", Howick College as "Howick Beijing College" and The Northern Club.
• Sione-rella - Due to the news that student pregnancy rates rise after the school ball, Sione's uber-religious and short-tempered mother refuses to let Sione go.However, The boys decide to hatch a plan to let Sione go to the Ball, with unfortunate results. The main highlight involves Xena Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless having a sex-ed demonstration with a banana.
• The Wong One - Wong, a Chinese student, moves to Morningside and quickly makes friends with the Boys. His family's wealth from selling 'Western'-style chopsticks makes him an ideal target for kidnapping. The fun occurs when a mysterious woman known only as 'Grasshopper' arranged his abduction and kidnapped Vale instead, although now they plan to kill him unless Wong's parents can pay up $100.000.
• Get Rucked - The All Blacks of 2004 play a game of rugby with St. Sylvester's - and the boys get to cook, but due to improper food handling the school's rugby team gets a bad case of diarrhoea and Food poisining. Thus, the boys of Bro'Town must fight the A.B.s on St. Sylvester's behalf (with Mack as the team captain, who just happens to be horrible at rugby).
• A Māori At My Table - The five boys go on a school visit to Jeff's marae, where the mantle of RaNgātira is unexpectedly thrust upon him when his Auntie dies of diabetes. Cousin Cliff Curtis appears and persuades the Whānauto sell the land to Japanese investors and Jeff has to make a decision. References to The Whale Rider are common.
• Go Home, Stay Home - When Pepelo takes a long time to come home from a night out, the CYFS takes Vale and Valea away to loving homes. Pepelo becomes ecstatic when his 'two useless sons' are taken away, but quickly realises that they are crucial to his domestic purposes benefit. Will he get them back (his boys and his benefit)?

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Season Two (2005)

• Zeelander - It’s Morningside Fashion Week, and one of the world’s top fashion designers discovers Jeff da Māori and catapults him to international catwalk fame. Jeff becomes 'the new black' and thanks to his "brown eye for the white guy", celebrities all over the world start dressing in school uniforms and bare feet with guitars on their back. However, Jeff suddenly get thrown into a world of drugs and fame, which suddenly has him losing his friends and his mind. This episode explores the vagaries of fame, and of being flavour of the month. It also looks at true vs. false friends. This episode has many allusions to popular culture, including the usage of "upside down B", also known as P.
• Survival of the Fattest - The class sets out for a day in the bush, but the boys get lost and stranded in the wilderness. Sione starts to go mad and presumes he is a Maori warrior chief, and starts to enslave the boys and turn into a cannibal. This episode is about savage instincts and human nature.
• Honky the Wonderhorse - Vale and Valea feel sorry for a racehorse who is about to get killed – so Pepelo takes him home for dinner! The boys arrive just in time and persuade him to let them train it and race it. Unfortunately, the only one who is left to ride it is Valea, who just happens to have Equinophobia-the fear of horses. Our story then takes on the formulaic path of great horse films like Sea Biscuit. Pepelo becomes the horse whisperer and keeps whispering threats into Honky's ear. The episode’s theme is unconditional love.
• Touched by a Teacher - When Mack tries to impress his mates by inventing a story about being abused and 'bad touched' by Brother Ken. Brother Ken gets thrown into jail and a witch-hunt ensues, led by the Minister and Mrs. Tapili. Mack becomes a celebrity and is lauded for his braveness in coming forward and subsequently finds himself in a major conundrum! This episode deals with mob mentality and the sheep-like nature of human beings.
• Half-Caste Away - The boys find a baby in the creek and try to bring it up, but struggle from sleep deprivation and the ordeal of nappy-changing until they have to search elsewhere for parents for the baby.
• A Chicken Roll At My Table - Joost’s conservation-loving zoo-keeping Dad invites the boys to the Van den Van Van’s African-themed Morningside Shore home for a weekend cultural exchange after the boys save Joosts life from a rampaging elephant... but an incident with a chicken roll turns the weekend into a weird kind of Whodunit. The episode’s theme is bullying and karma. The chicken roll incident is a specific reference to the notorious Broomstick Incident involving boys from Napier.
• Morning Side Story - An incident of racial violence inspires Vale to write a school musical addressing the issue. When the school finds out that Prince Charles will be attending they redouble their efforts, but Mrs Tapili throws a spanner into the works when she realises that Sina will have to kiss a Māori in the play. The episode’s theme is racial harmony.

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Season Three (2006)

• In My Mother's Den - The boys wake up to a Canadian at their table, and it turns out to be dad's new girlfriend who has moved in and seems set on being their new Mum!
• Know Me Before You Haunt Me - It's Halloween and the boys go trick or treating and end up at a haunted house on the outskirts of Morningside. There they meet the ghost of a young Māori boy who died in the 1800s, but is still stuck between the dead and the living.This ghost starts to haunt and possess Jeff which gets him thrown into a Mental Hospital, which means the boys have to find the secret to this boy, and release his soul from jeffs body
• Upstairs Brownstairs - Dad becomes a member of the prestigious Morningside Club and becomes the club's most regular visitor. But when Valea starts dating the Club President's daughter, the president tries to kick Dad out.
• Go Ask Agnes - When the Minister convinces Mrs Tapili to give more money to the church, she gets hooked on gambling and ends up almost losing everything!
• Mack Is From Mars, Sione's A Psycho - When Mack sees how bad the St Cardinal's netball team is, he decides they need help from an expert. He disguises himself as a Muslim called Mamushika and impresses the girls with his excellent netball skills! Surprisingly, Sione suddenly starts to take a taste in Mamushika. Meanwhile, The Muslims are not happy with Mamushika and try to put a stop to it.
• I Still Call Australia Home-oh - With special guests Russell Crowe and Rove McManus, as well as Scribe, Neil Finn and 3's own John Campbell and Carol Hirschfield, the boys are at the annual Polyfest - the secondary schools cultural competition - and are desperate to get into the glamorous Samoan group. However, when that doesn't work out (because Sione almost burnt down the stage the previous year), they decide to try something that no one has ever done - they form New Zealand's first Australian group!
• The Summer The Brazilian Came - The boys head out to Te Hiha surf beach, where Mack 'breaks in' to a very flash beach-house. Vale falls for Victoria, a volleyball player from Brazil, and must overcome his fear of water. The classic Kiwi summer story, full of barbecues, beach scenes and bonfires. Final.

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Season Four (2007)

• Homo go home - Motorcycle Boy arrives home from jail, the boys start up a gang, Mrs Tapili prepares Motorcycle Boy's 21st, and rumours of Sione's dad start to rise. There are multiple references to the 1979 cult film The Warriors.

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Other

• The World According to Bro Town - An episode that never appeared on the first season DVD. "The World...", which takes place after "The Wong One", is merely a clip show about the past episodes as presented by the boys of Bro'Town while camping out beside Vale and Valea's home.

• Black Widower - The final apperance of Mila. Mila is pregnant and then, she gave birth to the wonderful Sione Jizovich-Tapili. Mrs Tapili then finds out that Sione Tapili got pregnant with Mila and she then decided to cut off Mila's head while she was asleep. With listening to the devil's instructions, Agnes then was given an axe by a man who goes to a church of Satan. So, Agnes went into Sione's room and cut off Mila's head, causing Sina to lose her best friend and Sione to lose his girlfriend. So, in return Sione decided his son is better off living with Mila's parents.

• Statisha Pepelo - Rakeesh has been called over to India by his mother to be informed that his father got very sick and died, but then he ends up having to be living with his mother because she isn't confortable with him being with Statisha. So, Valea Pepelo finally got the girl of his dreams!

Books

• bro'Town Annual (2005) - A hardback book with character profiles, map of Morningside, puzzles etc. It also has a couple episode story-boards from the first season.
• bro'Town Annual 2 (2006) - The sequel to the first book which has more profiles and other things.

Trivia

• Product placement is prevalent in the series, with blatant ads for local products such as G-Force, Starburst Sucks and L&P. A series of G-Force energy drink ads marked the beginning of Firehorse Films' career, and the characters designed for these advertisements have appeared in bro'Town.
• It has been confirmed that a feature film is in the works^{[citation needed]}.
• Nearly every episode title is a parody from movies e.g. "Zeelander" = Zoolander, "Morningside Story" = West Side Story, "In My Mother's Den" = In My Father's Den

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Worldwide Distribution

• New Zealand - TV3 (New Zealand)
• Fiji - Fiji TV
• Australia - The Comedy Channel, SBS
• Canada - APTN
• Latin American - Cartoon Network's Adult Swim
• US - Link TV
• Portugal - SIC Radical

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See also

• brotown.co.nz

External links

• The bro'Town official website