The Zhu Zhu Pets cartoons were made by the Canadian studios of Nelvana based on the characters created by Hugh Duffy and distributed by Cepia LLC. as a toy line. The series of 26 episodes lasting 22 minutes (which includes two cartoons of 11 minutes each) premiered in the United States on September 12, 2016 on the Disney Channel.
In Italy it has been broadcast since 28 August 2017 on the digital terrestrial channel Frisbee at 13,40 pm.
History stars Frankie Pamplemousse, an 8-year-old girl characterized by organic hair gathered in a ponytail and a green headband, who always wears a denim jacket. Frankie lives with her parents Ellen and Stanley who work as plumbers. Frankie has 4 amazing hamsters who help and support her morally in any difficulty
Characters from The Zhu Zhu Pets
Frankie Pamplemousse is the protagonist of the series, a very sociable 8-year-old girl who enjoys playing sports and making new friends. Characterized by blonde hair and blue eyes, she is always ready to try her hand at some exciting experience.
pipsqueak she is a Frankie hamster in symbiosis with her mistress, who is always ready to follow in any adventure. Pipsqueak is a sociable and feisty yellow-colored hamster who loves to engage in interesting adventures.
Mr. Squiggles is the orange Zhu Zhu hamster who loves science and technology. His great resource is to invent machines that can get his friends out of trouble, which is why he is characterized by a tool belt that he wears around his waist.
Num Nums is a purple Zhu Zhu hamster, characterized by a pair of big pink glasses, who loves culture and art. Num Nums unlike Pipsqueak is shy and fearful of venturing into new adventures, however she is always ready to help her friends and Frankie in particular.
chunk he is the largest celestial Zhu Zhu hamster that loves to eat. He can be counted on when there is a need to use force, but he is also the laziest and often prefers to sleep rather than get involved in other initiatives.
Ellen and Stanley Pamplemousse they are Frankie's parents and are plumbers.
Ellen is a very caring mother, always ready for good advice to give to Frankie. Her flaw is that she is terrified of the dark.
Episodes of Zhu Zhu Pets
1a "Happy anniversary"
Frankie doesn't find it fair to have missed her parents' wedding, so she and the Zhu Zhu Pets try to prepare an unforgettable wedding anniversary, but they are trapped inside a floating castle.
1b "Say he doesn't spray it"
2nd "Home Hamsters run"
2b "Chip out of the Old Chunk"
3a "Walter-Gate"
3b "Master's Day"
4th "Goldfish Fingers"
4b "Skate-lebrity"
5a "Sleeping Zombie"
5b "The No-Kart race"
6a "Storming the Cat Castle"
6b "Ha Hamster"
7a "Fur-Vivor"
7b "Zhuper's Girl"
When Frankie and Zhu Zhu pretend to be superheroes, Mr. Squiggles takes the role of villain too seriously.
8a "Wingin 'It"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu take care of a bird and teach it to fly.
8b "Hour of Dreams"
When his Aunt reacts two friendship bracelets to Frankie, the Zhu Zhu fight each other to see who is Frankie's best friend.
9a "Hour of Dreams"
Frankie's parents get a plumbing emergency call from Frankie's favorite pop star Jessica Beeker. Frankie dreams of meeting her idol. They then go to Jessica's mega-van home and Frankie is paralyzed with emotion when she meets her idol. Zhu Zhu realize that Frankie needs help so they help her by singing with Jessica, who wants them on her show.
9b "Winning girls"
Frankie must participate in the gathering of the winning girls, to get the 100 badges. Mom encourages her by telling her that when she was young, she too had to conquer the 100th camping pin, but being afraid of the dark, she was unable to conquer the full range. The Zhu Zhu want to help her by inviting her on a camping trip to win her latest pin, which would allow her to win and finally become a winning girl. Mom on the campsite has constant phobias of the dark. At night the Zhu Zhu invent games to entertain the mother, but she doesn't want to hear them, because she is too scared, so she decides to go home, but there is a storm and so Frankie and his companions take refuge inside a cave. Mom remembers that to win all 99 pins she was very good in other fields, so she manages to light the fire without matches, to get food and to save the whole group from that situation.
10a "Growing, What a Struggle"
At school, Frankie was awarded the best project in the world and tomorrow she will give her presentation on which profession she will be growing up. Mr. Squiggles convinces her that she will have to become an astronaut, so they do some unlikely exercises in the garden. Num Nums believes she should become a musician instead, so Frankie begins practicing the violin, but with disastrous results. Chunk offers her to become a stylist. The problem is that Frankie would like to take on too many trades.
10b "The Egg Game"
11 bis "If Wishes Were Rainbows"
11b "Deja Zhu"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu tell Ellen their stories of what happened when the lamp broke.
12a "A Contagious Ball"
The Zhu Zhu try to convince Frankie to stop dancing on the school's Talent Show after seeing her moves.
12b "The Grand Hotel Zhu Zhu"
Frankie gives Zhu Zhu their first vacation experience, running a backyard hotel.
13th "New Year's Party"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu remain on foot for the New Year.
13b "The Lost Cookies"
After Frankie's wishes for another treasure hunt are ruined, Mr. Squiggles hides a container of biscuits.
14a "The whispers of the pumpkin"
14b "Zhild Zhide Kicks"
15a "The Wrong Thing"
15b "The Web of Chunklette"
Chunk gets caught in a spider web and develops a fear of spiders.
16a "Story Book It"
Frankie wants to be an author to try and write a book, but ends up with writer's block. So the Zhu Zhu help him write the book by living the experience in real life.
16b "Mistabile Hairible"
Frankie gets a new haircut that he doesn't like because it's Ellen's, so the Zhu Zhu try to fix it.
17a "High temperatures"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu create their own emergency kit to prepare for the storm.
17b "The Breakup of Zhuper Girl"
18a "Zhurassic Park"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu are inspired to make cave paintings after watching a movie about them in school.
18b "Hamster a la Kart"
After learning that Madge has won the annual go-kart race every year, Frankie and the Zhu Zhu participate in the go-kart race so they can beat her.
19a "Zhu is improved"
When Mr. Squiggles hears the family's concerns with his inventions, he closes his profession for science and becomes a surfer.
19b "The unfortunate biscuit roars"
Frankie and the Zhu Zhu try to avoid an unfortunate day after a fortune cookie tells them they have one.
20a "Now Zhu see me, now Zhu don't"
After watching Amazing Donald's magical show, Frankie makes Chunk invisible but cannot restore him to his previous state of visibility.
20b "Walk a mile in our Zhu Zhu"
Frankie realizes she's too old to enjoy some of Zhu Zhu's favorite games, so she dreams of growing up.
21a "Zhu Got Game"
Frankie's board game turns his house into a castle.
21b "And the Hammy goes to"
Frankie names the Zhu Zhu on her awards show after learning that they have never won a trophy.
22 "Paradise of Pranksters"
When the Zhu Zhu have to take care of the cousins of Chunk Jilly and Bean, the Zhu Zhu must make sure that they get stuck in a floating bouncy castle. They don't ruin Frankie's party.
23a "Ball in a day's work"
23b "How Zhu Get Ahead in Advertising"
24a "Zhuper's Girl in a Jam"
24b "Frankielocks and the 4 Zhu Zhu"
25a "Your days are Num Num Numbered"
25b "Zhu Zhu the Boss"
26 "Zhu Land"
Frankie and Zhu Zhu are sent to Zhu Land to reunite the band The Zhu-riff-ics together.
