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Encyclopedia > Lunar Jim

Lunar Jim is a pre-school-oriented stop-motion television show produced in Canada by the Halifax Film Company and Alliance Atlantis. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar, and is written by Peter Sauder of Nelvana fame. In the United Kingdom it was revoiced using local actors. Child picking up book. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Halifax Film Company is a Canadian media company. ... Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based media company. ... Peter Sauder is a Canadian screenwriter best known for his contributions to Nelvana franchises such as Care Bears (whose three movies he wrote), Babar, Strawberry Shortcake and Droids. ... Nelvana logo Nelvana logo from 1985-1996 Nelvana is a Canadian company that produces childrens animation and other series. ...


Jim and his team – Rover the Robot Dog, Ripple the Super Space Mechanic, Eco the Farmer, and T.E.D. the Technical Equipment Device – live on Blue Moon L22, the second-to-last moon on the edge of the Milky Way. Focusing on exploration and inquiry, Lunar Jim intends to promote such life skills as problem-solving, persistence, creativity, and cooperation, with an emphasis on "pre-science skills". His rallying cry is: "Let's get lunar!" The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxias), sometimes referred to simply as the Galaxy), is a barred spiral galaxy of the Local Group. ...

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Characters And Description

  • Jim is the main character in the series. He loves adventure and is always looking for a mission on the moon.
  • Rover is a robot dog and is always by Jim's side. Rover loves to play fetch and is always helping Jim on his lunar missions.
  • Ripple is the engineer on the moon. She is always coming up with new inventions to help Jim and often helps him on his missions.
  • Eco is the farmer on the moon who works in the Eco dome growing plants and raising the animals. Eco loves to collect rocks and plants to study and help Jim. He doesn't often go on missions because he is too busy farming in the eco dome.
  • TED (Technical Equipment Device) is another robot. Unlike Rover, TED is a humanoid robot. He is the most clumsy on the moon and usually trips on rocks. However, he is quite smart and sometimes solves the problem in the story.
  • Pixel is the computer that helps Jim and his friends find things on the lunar surface and tell them their jobs for the day.
  • Dolores is a chicken.
  • Daisy is a cow.

Adjective lunar Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ...

Moona Luna

Moona Luna is the small settlement where Jim and his friends live. The settlement includes the Eco dome, Mission control, Jim's home, Ripple's home (never mentioned) and a windmill which is also never mentioned. Mission control is the building where Jim "gets lunar" and where all the vehicles are stored. The Eco dome is basically a greenhouse and this is the place where Eco is usually found farming and taking care of Daisy and Dolores. Jim's home is where he Rover live and is sometimes a place where the story begins. The place where TED lives is never mentioned. A reference to colonization, or the resulting communities. ... Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... A greenhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...


Vehicles

  • The Hopper
  • The Lunar Lifter
  • The Crawler (with a selection of arms)
  • The Scooter (used by Ripple)
  • The Scrambler

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