- “HOUBA!”
- ―Marsupilami's signature phrase
Marsupilami is a yellow, spotted, long-tailed marsupial and a character, who first appeared in the 1992 animated series Raw Toonage and later the titular character of the show of the same name, respectively. He lives in the jungle with Maurice. The character was originally created by André Franquin; the cartoon character is greatly different from Franquin's original version.
Appearances[]
Raw Toonage/Marsupilami[]
Marsupilami made his first animated debut on Disney's Raw Toonage. Here, he does not only say "HOUBA!" He can actually talk. And he has a gorilla sidekick named Maurice, and his human enemy is Norman instead of Bring M. Backalive,
Bonkers[]
He appeared with Darkwing Duck in the Bonkers episode "The 29th Page".
Trivia[]
- Marsupilami first appeared in the pages of Franco-Belgian comic Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio). In the comic "Spirou and Fantasio #4: Spirou and the Heirs", Spirou's friend Fantasio must compete in a series of tasks against his evil cousin Zantafio. The final task involved capturing the elusive creature which wounds up being more difficult than they thought. They return it home to Palombia in "Spirou and Fantasio #7: The Dictator and the Mushroom"... though at the end of that story, the Marsupilami stuck with going with Spirou and Fantasio.
- In the original Marsupilami comics by André Franquin, he lives in South America with his wife and three children Bibi, Bibo, and Bobo. In this version, he only says "Houba, houba", but he can mimic people like a parrot.
- In addition, Marsupilami's human antagonist is the hunter Bring M. Backalive (a pun on "Bring 'em back alive") instead of Norman. There was also Zabaglione, who debuted in "Spirou and Fantasio #5: The Marsupilami Thieves", in which Zabaglione is the Corrupt Ringmaster of a Circus, and use to have a Marsupilami (that he stole from the Zoo) as his attraction, before Spirou and Fantasio adopted it to be their pet.
- The Marsupilami owned by Spirou is actually a cousin of the Marsupilami that lives in the Palombian Jungle, as Cellophine (a friend of Spirou and Fantasio who helped return the Marsupilami to the Jungle) documented on the Marsupilami species and it's habitat (the comic titled "The Marsupilami's Nest" is actually a backdoor pilot for a Spinoff Comic that Marsupilami would get later on).
- The Marsupilami comics also introduces human ally characters, such as the Animal Taming Clown Noah, and the Feral Siblings Bip and Sarah. Noah had a Black Marsupilami as his pet, while Bip and Sarah befriended Noah, but later on the Marsupilami himself. There's also the Newman family, but they were a creation of Marathon Media, not André Franquin (who has since passed away in 1997).
Gallery[]
Marsupilami (as a doctor) checking the time on his watch while examining Maurice
Marsupilami and Eduardo
Marsupilami playing hockey
Marsupilami in his nest
Marsupilami and Maurice
Marsupilami and Norman
Marsupilami and Stewart
Marsupilami and Aunt Bethie
Marsupilami and Bongo
Marsupilami with a toucan.
Marsupilami with Darkwing Duck in Bonkers
Marsupilami with Jennie Garth on the front cover of Disney Adventure Magazine 1993.
Marsupilami with Maurice playing golf.
Marsupilami with Maurice flossing his teeth with his long tail.
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Marsupilami at Disneyland.
