Chop Socky Chooks is a British/Canadian animated series produced by Aardman Animations, Decode Entertainment and DHX Media that debuted on 7 March 2008. It was created by animator Sergio Delfino, a prominent animator at Aardman. It currently airs only on Teletoon The show previously aired in the USA on Cartoon Network. The name is from "chop socky" which is slang for the Asian martial arts film genre, and "chook" which is Australian and New Zealand slang for chicken. Plot The show is about a trio of kung fu fighting chickens who live and work in a shopping mall.[1] Characters The Chop Socky Chooks Chick P (voiced by Shelley Longworth) -- Chick P is the most mature out of the team and probably the team's leader. In her childhood, she had a best friend named Oni (currently a villain known as Deadeye) whom she would play Blind Man's Bluff. She has personal issues with Dr. Wasabi who destroyed her home to build Wasabi World. Her daytime job is working as an electrician in the pipes of WasabiWorld. Her fighting clothes are similar to what the females wore in the old times of Japan. Her battle weapon is her razor fans. Chuckie Chan (voiced by Rob Rackstraw, Chris Hardwick (USA version)) -- Chuckie Chan was once a student of Master Yoshi learning the fighting style "Pow Kung". His daytime job is teaching the youth of Wasabi World his martial arts. He had an old rival named Koby/Korbua. His fighting clothing is similar to what master martial artists wore. He know to use proverbs in almost every episode. His battle weapon is his spiritual chi energy. K.O. Joe (voiced by Paterson Joseph) -- K.O. Joe is the team's funky crusader. He was shown to have a fear of bugs after they would crawl into an afro as a child. His daytime job is running a comic book shop. He has shown great skills with handling with troubled youth, a great skateboarder, and known to be a ladie's man. His fighting clothes are similar to people wore back in the 70's. His battle weapon is a grappling hook pick. Main Villains Dr. Wasabi (voiced by Paul Kaye) -- Dr. Wasabi is the ruler of Wasabi World and is the main antagonist of the show. He is a little piranha that has an astronaut-like attire with water filled inside. He has control of every place in Wasabi World, yet he has no idea of who the Chop Socky Chooks are. He is armed with his top henchman Bubba and his Ninja Chimps. His name is retained from his wasabi-like skin color. Bubba (voiced by Rupert Degas) -- Bubba is a large ape and wears a suit with a top hat. Although not intelligent, he's big in heart. He is to have the dumb and strong personality like many cartoon characters. He has proved himself very useful, besides his impressive strength. His favorite comic book hero is Captain Cockroach and enjoys reading comic books. Ninja Chimps -- A group of chimpanzees trained in ninjitsu that serve as Dr. Wasabi's foot soldiers. Other Villians Omnioni -- An ancient demon who is supposed to be so powerful and evil that he had to be bottled up by the Lord of the Underworld. In Big Bad Bubba, he possesses Bubba in an attempt to open a portal to the underworld. However, Bubba's inability to read slowed him down long enough for Chick P to make Bubba sneeze Omnioni out of him and was sucked into the portal. Kobi/Kobura -- An cobra-like creature who was Chuckie Chan's rival since before the show's history. According to his master, Kobi is bad-tempered. After he was bitten by cobras, he changed into an insane, merciless megalomaniac and for this reason, was banished forever (he also has a fork in his tongue). Soon, years later, Kobi becomes a powerful snake-like being with the ability to possess great strength, control cobras, and deadly venom that will explode a person's heart by sunset. In "Kobura Strikes", the Chooks were poisoned by Kobura and his snakes and attempt to find the cure before sundown. When they were finally cured, Kobura lunges toward K.O. Joe only to fall off a tower where his final battle with Chuckie took place. He, however, appears again in "Snake in the Class", this time revealing the Chop Socky Chooks secret identities and appears to be able to hypnotize people. This attempt failed as well though. Kobura is shown to be even more intelligent and ruthless than Doctor Wasabi while his voice appears to be a parody of John Hurt's.

• published: 14 May 2014
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