Difference between revisions of "China Challenge"

China Challenge
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Premiere date	September 28, 1996
Starring	Aria Noelle Curzon; Christine Cavanaugh; Frank Welker; Susan Tolsky; Rob Paulsen; Taylor Gunther; E.G. Daily
Music composed by	Guy Moon
Writer(s)	Susan Talkington
Director(s)	Marija Miletic Dail
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"China Challenge" is the second episode of Cave Kids season one. It aired on September 28, 1996 in first run syndication. It was written by Susan Talkington, and produced and directed by Marija Miletic Dail.

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm travel to China where they are caught in a civil war between anthropomorphic silverware.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dino	Frank Welker
Bamm-Bamm Rubble	Christine Cavanaugh E.G. Daily (singing)
Pebbles Flintstone	Taylor Gunther (baby) Aria Noelle Curzon
Bird	N/A
General Fork	Frank Welker
Piecemaker	Susan Tolsky
Piecemaker's monkey helper	N/A
General Ladle	Rob Paulsen
Forchette	Rob Paulsen
Santa Claus	N/A

Locations

Objects

Pebbles's china plate
Bamm-Bamm's club

Vehicles

Construction vehicles

Production

Development

Katharine Sloan wrote the prologue.

Filming

Music

The opening/closing titles were composed by Bill Burnett, while the rest of the episode's music was composed by Guy Moon. Bodie Chandler was the director of music production.

Songs

The song before the end credits was "Hand in Hand," which was written by Robin Frederick.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 28, 1996 in syndication

Behind the scenes

Errors

They're supposedly in China, although there's not much to go on.
Welker is credited as "Plate #1", even though this scene doesn't happen.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- June 10, 1997: Warner Home Video releases Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Make New Friends on VHS.

References

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-'''"China Challenge"''' is the second episode of ''[[Cave Kids (TV series)|Cave Kids]]'' season one. It aired on September 28, 1996 on [[Cartoon Network]]. It was written by [[Susan Talkington]], and produced and directed by [[Marija Miletic Dail]].
+'''"China Challenge"''' is the second episode of ''[[Cave Kids (TV series)|Cave Kids]]'' season one. It aired on [[September 28]], [[1996]] in first run syndication. It was written by [[Susan Talkington]], and produced and directed by [[Marija Miletic Dail]].
 Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm travel to China where they are caught in a civil war between anthropomorphic silverware.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
 {{CastTop}}
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Dino]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Frank Welker]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Christine Cavanaugh]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Christine Cavanaugh]]<br />[[E.G. Daily]] (singing)
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| Baby [[Pebbles Flintstone]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Pebbles Flintstone]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Taylor Gunther]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Taylor Gunther]] (baby)<br />[[Aria Noelle Curzon]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bird
 |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
-|-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| Pebbles Flintstone
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Aria Noelle Curzon]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[General Fork]]
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 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Forchette]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Paulsen
-|-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| Singing Bamm-Bamm Rubble
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[E.G. Daily]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Santa Claus]]
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 ==Locations==
-* [[United States]]
+* [[Earth]]
-** [[Bedrock]]
+** [[United States]]
-*** Flintstone residence
+*** [[Bedrock]]
+**** [[Flintstone residence]]
+** [[China]]
+*** [[Happy Spot]]
 * [[Moon|The Moon]]
-* [[China]]
-** [[Happy Spot]]
 ==Objects==
 * Pebbles's china plate
+* Bamm-Bamm's club
 ==Vehicles==
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 ===Filming===
+==Music==
+The opening/closing titles were composed by [[Bill Burnett]], while the rest of the episode's music was composed by [[Guy Moon]]. [[Bodie Chandler]] was the director of music production.
+===Songs===
+The song before the end credits was "[[Hand in Hand]]," which was written by [[Robin Frederick]].
-==Music==
+==Release==
-The score was performed by [[Guy Moon]], with [[Bodie Chandler]] being the director of music. [[Bill Burnett]] handled the opening and closing title.
+Dates are in order of release:
-===Songs===
+* United States: September 28, 1996 in syndication
-The song before the end credits was "[[Hand in Hand]]", which was written by [[Robin Frederick]].
 ==Behind the scenes==
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 ==Critical reception==
 ==In other languages==
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ==Home availability==
-* On June 10, 1997, it was released for the first time by [[Warner Home Video]] in the United States on a VHS called ''[[Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Make New Friends]]''.
+* In the United States:
+** [[June 10]], [[1997]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Make New Friends]]'' on VHS.
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[Category:1996]]
 [[Category:Cave Kids episodes]]
+[[Category:Directed by Marija Miletic Dail]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Flintstones (franchise)]]
 [[Category:Flintstones episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:Syndication]]