November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02) – August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07)
Chowder is an American animatedtelevision series that started on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2007. The show was created by C.H. Greenblatt, a former storyboard artist on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The title character is a young child named Chowder. Chowder is a student to a chef named Mung Daal, who owns a baking company serving the fictional "Marzipan City". The show has animation with stop motion animation and puppetry.
Plot
The series revolves around the titular Chowder, a cat-bear-rabbit hybrid and aspiring young cook at Chef Mung Daal's catering company. Though he is lighthearted and carefree, Chowder's actions habitually land him in circumstances beyond his control, partly due to his large appetite and absent-mindedness. Mung and his wife Truffles, Mung's rock monster employee Schnitzel, and Chowder's gaseous pet Kimchi all try to aid Chowder in his ambitions to become a great chef, but frequently find themselves undermined by the calamitous antics that ensue. Chowder is also undermined by Panini, a girl who has an unrequited love for Chowder, going so far as to say that he is her boyfriend despite the pair not actually dating.
Characters
Main
Chowder (voiced by Nicky Jones): A chubby lavender cat/bear/rabbit[1]hybrid who serves as an apprentice under the chef Mung Daal, Chowder lives with Mung Daal and his wife, Truffles, in a room at the top of the catering business. Chowder wants to become a great chef, but he is very impulsive and scatterbrained and often gives in to his urges. He is always hungry and eats anything, even a customer's order. Chowder can also regurgitate objects, and he is used as a storage container by the other characters. According to Greenblatt, he is a composite of a cat, a bear, and a rabbit, and his species was verified in at least one episode.[2] C.H. Greenblatt voiced his adult self in the last episode. In the final episode, "Chowder Grows Up" Chowder takes over the Catering Company, has his own apprentice, and marries Panini. He is also a father to 50 babies.
Mung Daal (voiced by Dwight Schultz): The elderly goblin chef who runs the catering company at which Chowder works.[3] He serves as Chowder's cooking master. Although his exact age has not been stated, he has mentioned that he has cooked for at least 386 years,[4] and he celebrated 450 years of marriage to Truffles (see below). He likes to impress ladies, to the point where as a child apprentice, he prepared a dish incorrectly due to becoming distracted, which he and Chowder had to time travel to fix.[5] He is a light blue-colored humanoid with an oversized nose and ears and is named after the Indian dishmungdaal. Greenblatt had originally planned to give Mung an Indian accent, but later decided against it.
Episodes
Season 1
2007-2008
No.
Title
Date shown
1
The Froggy Apple Crumble Thumpkin/Chowder’s Girlfriend (New Series)
November 2, 2007
2
Burple Nurples/Shnitzel Makes a Deposit
November 2, 2007
3
Grubble Gum/The Cinamini Monster
November 9, 2007
4
Certifrycation Class/Sing Beans
November 16, 2007
5
The Wrong Address/The Wrong Customer
November 23, 2007
6
Mahjongg Night/Stinky Love
November 30, 2007
7
The Thrice Cream Man/The Flibber-Flabber Diet
December 7, 2007
8
Gispacho Stands Up/A Taste of Marzapan
December 14, 2007
9
The Puckerberry Overloads/The Elemelons
January 18, 2008
10
Sniffleball/Mung on the Rocks
March 6, 2008
11
The Moldy Touch/The Heavy Sleeper
April 3, 2008
12
At Your Service/Chowder and Mr. Fugu
May 1, 2008
13
The Vacation/The Sleep Eater
June 5, 2008
14
The Bruised Bluenana/Shnitzel and the Lead Farfel
June 12, 2008
15
The Thousand Pound Cake/The Rat Sandwich
June 19, 2008
16
Chowder Loses His Hat/Brain Grub
June 26, 2008
17
Shnitzel Quits
July 3, 2008
18
The Broken Part/The Meach Harvest
July 10, 2008
19
Banned from the Stand/Creme Puff Hands
July 17, 2008
20
The Apprentice Games
July 24, 2008
Season 2
2008-2009
No.
Title
Date shown
21
The Arborians/The Garage Sale
October 2, 2008
22
Panini for President/Chowder's Babysitter
November 6, 2008
23
The Fire Breather/The Flying Finger Lingons
November 13, 2008
24
Hey Hey It's Knishmas!
December 4, 2008
25
Chowder's Catering Company/The Catch Phrase
December 11, 2008
26
The Hot Date/Shopping Spree
February 12, 2009
27
The Party Cruise/Won-Ton Bombs
March 26, 2009
28
The Big Hat Biddies/The Deadly Maze
April 2, 2009
29
Kid Shnitzel/Gispacho Fights Back
April 9, 2009
30
The B.L.T.'s/The Trouble with Truffles
April 16, 2009
31
The Dinner Theater
April 30, 2009
32
Big Ball/The Brain Freeze
July 9, 2009
33
The Snail Car/The Lollistops
July 16, 2009/July 23, 2009
34
Endive's Dirty Secret/Big Food
July 30, 2009
35
Paint the Town/The Blackout
April 23, 2009
36
The Dice Cycle/The Chain Recipe
August 13, 2009
37
The Garden/Sheboodles
August 20, 2009
38
Gispacho Moves In/My Big Fat Stinky Wedding
August 27, 2009/September 3, 2009
39
Apprentice Appreciation Day/The Grape Worm
September 10, 2009/September 17, 2009
40
A Faire to Remember/Tofu-Town Showdown
September 24, 2009/October 8, 2009
Season 3
2009-2010
No.
Title
Date shown
41
Hands on a Big Mixer/The Spookiest House in Marzapan
October 15, 2009/October 22, 2009
42
The Poultry Geist/The Blast Raz
October 29, 2009/November 5, 2009
43
The Belgian Waffle Slobber-Barker/The Apprentice Scouts