New episodes of Nelvana’s animated series inspired by the successful toy phenomenon will premiere on the Disney Channel every Saturday and Sunday between January 7-29.
The ZhuZhus are back with all-new adventures featuring the intrepid Frankie and her pet pals Pipsqueak, Num Nums, Chunk, and Mr. Squiggles. A hilarious new episode of the adorable animated series will premiere on the Disney Channel every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. between January 7 to 29 – beginning with a super-cute celebration of the New Year!
Produced by Nelvana and inspired by the successful toy phenomenon that swept the “Zhuniverse” beginning in 2009, The ZhuZhus delights young fans with the hijinks of a curious bunch of fun-seeking furry adventurers who live with their human friend Frankie in Anytown. With their distinctive coloring, undeniable charm, and fur-raising escapades, the ZhuZhus certainly prove they are no ordinary pets – they’re extraordinary!
Saturday, January 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Zhu Years Eve: Frankie’s parents have agreed to let Frankie and the Zhus stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year for the first time ever. Frankie wants the night to be perfect and spends the day rushing around preparing the party to end all parties, completely dismissing her Mom’s suggestion to take a nap. Will she make it to midnight?
Lookies for Cookies: Squiggles hides the family cookie jar as part of a treasure hunt and Frankie’s stoked because she loves treasure hunting. Problem: the clue Squiggles provided has Frankie and the other Zhus stumped. Bigger problem: Squiggles discovers his clue doesn’t lead them to where he thought the cookie jar was and he’s forgotten where he actually hid it. Biggest problem: Frankie finds out that the tickets to the concert Mom and Dad are going to were in the cookie jar. The mad search is on!
Sunday, January 8 at 9:30 a.m.
Storming The Cat Castle: When Frankie’s next door neighbor’s cat carries Num Nums off, Frankie and the Zhu Zhus mount a rescue mission. Frankie must keep her neighbor Madge occupied outside, a tall order as Frankie can’t stand her. Meanwhile the Zhus sneak into Madge’s house in search of Num Nums. They manage to track her down, but when the cat realizes Num Nums is gone, the chase is on. The Zhus narrowly escape and free not only Nums Nums but Frankie from the playdate from hell.
Ha Ha Hamsters: Frankie and the Zhus are watching one of their favourite TV shows, “World’s Funniest Pets” when Frankie decides that her pets, the Zhus, should be on the show. Frankie submits a bunch of videos but none of them are accepted. So they decide to try again, but each time they think they have a winning video, they get rejected again! Finally they submit an elaborate stunt video of Chunk, but it’s a video of Num Nums accidentally falling in a mud puddle that wins first prize!
Saturday, January14 at 9:30 a.m.
Fur-Vivor: Every year the Zhus compete in Frankie’s Iron Hamster Games and Frankie isn’t about to let a little rain stop the games from happening. She creates new events that can take place indoors. It’s all fun and games until a strange cat that’s trying to escape the rain, sneaks into the house by cramming itself through one of the tubes. Now the Zhus are facing a far more serious challenge; not becoming someone’s dinner!
Zhuper Girl: Frankie creates a superhero character for herself, Zhuper Girl, and Pipsqueak becomes her sidekick. That leaves Num Nums, Chunk and Squiggles to play the make-believe villain roles so that Zhuper Girl has someone to defeat. Frankie finds defeating Nums and Chunk way too easy and this causes Squiggles to up his game. He takes his role of the mad scientist a little too far and it’s going to take everything Zhuper Girl’s got to win.
Sunday, January 15 at 9:30 a.m.
Wingin’ It: Frankie and the Zhus find a baby bird in the backyard and beg Mom to let them take care of it. Mom agrees on the condition that they do it properly and stay with the bird until it’s ready to fly on its own. As it turns out, raising a bird is way more work and way less fun than Frankie and Zhus had hoped, but they made a promise. Their only way out is to teach this bird to fly so they can go back to their normal lives of fun and games.
Friendship Friend-zy: Frankie’s aunt gives her a pair of “Friendship Bracelets” as a gift, but there is a problem – there is only one extra bracelet and Frankie has four hamsters. The Zhus begin competing to decide which one of them is Frankie’s best friend. They even stage a game show to prove who knows Frankie best, but that does not solve the problem either. In the end Frankie shares the extra bracelet with all of her Zhus, because they’re all her BFFs!
Saturday, January 21 at 9:30 a.m.
Dreams O’Clock: When Frankie learns that her parents are heading off to do an emergency plumbing job for Jessica Beeker, her favorite pop star, Frankie begs to come along. She believes that she and Jessica are destined to be besties. Unfortunately, anytime Jessica talks to Frankie, she freezes up like a statue. The Zhus, however, are getting along like gangbusters with the celeb and get invited to be her backup singers on tour. Has Frankie lost her Zhus forever?
Badge To the Bone: Frankie has joined the Power Badge Girls and she wants to earn 100 badges to get into the Hall Of Fame! She finds out that her mom is only one badge short – she just needs her Camping Badge. Mom admits that she is afraid of the dark, so she can never get that badge. Frankie and the Zhus convince mom to go camping with them. Mom tries her best, but her fears get the best of her and she wants to go home. Only when Frankie and the Zhus are in danger does Mom rally and save the day – and the night!
Saturday, January 22 at 9:30 a.m.
Full Groan: Frankie is excited to work on her school project “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up” – but she’s not exactly sure what she wants to be. The Zhus each try to help by making suggestions – an astronaut, a musician, a runway model, a sports star – all great, but Frankie still can’t pick. In the end, Frankie decides to dress up as all of those things and more – to tell her class that she hasn’t made her mind up yet, but it’s exciting to think about it!
The Shell Game: After she breaks yet another skateboard, Mom and Dad decide Frankie needs to learn how to be more responsible with her things. They give Frankie and egg and tell her that if she can go a week without breaking it, then – and only then – will she get a new skateboard. Hurt that Frankie believes she has a better chance without their help, the Zhus acquire eggs of their own to prove who is more responsible. Prepare yourselves for eggs-plosive laughter!
Saturday, January 28 at 9:30 a.m.
If Wishes Were Rainbows: Chunk accidentally uses a rainbow scratch and sniff sticker that Frankie got as a present for Mom as a stamp to mail a letter to the Rainbo-Roo, a magical kangaroo that lives at the end of the rainbow and grants wishes to hamsters on days where there’s a rainbow in the sky. It seems the only way to get the sticker back is for Frankie and the Zhus to head to the end of the rainbow and visit this never-before-seen Rainbo-Roo.
Deja Zhu: When Mom finds Frankie and the Zhus standing around a broken lamp on the living room floor, they each launch into a wild, entertaining and somewhat fictional story about their whereabouts when they heard the lamp break. Each tale seems to top the next one in terms of departure from reality. In the end, it turns out they’re all innocent… so who did break the lamp?
Sunday, January 29 at 9:30 a.m.
A Total Bust A Move: When Frankie announces her plan to dance in the school talent show, the Zhus are stunned. They’ve always found dancing to be the one thing Frankie can’t do. They don’t want to hurt her feeling by just saying she’s a bad dancer, so they try to get her to consider other options. When that fails, they attempt to teach her how to actually dance. In the end, Frankie dances in the talent show in her own unique way and the Zhus are surprised by the outcome.
The Grand Zhu Zhu Pets Hotel: When Frankie returns from a trip and raves about the hotel, the Zhus get all dreamy eyed. They’ve never been to a resort, but it sounds amazing. This inspires Frankie to turn the backyard into an all-inclusive resort for her best hamster buddies. She insists that SHE take care of everything and soon discovers that running an all-inclusive resort all by your self is exhausting!
Source: Nelvana
