Series synopsis
Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animation comedy kids family television series that premiered on YTV on September 7, 2003. It ended on September 17, 2006. It was created by Mordecai Richler. It stars Bret Hart, Janet-Laine Green, Fiona Reid and Harvey Atkin.
Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated TV series based on a trilogy of books written by Mordecai Richler that first aired on Canadian children's channel YTV and aired on the French Canadian VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob, in Spanish on Telemundo as Jacobo Dos Dos and in Portuguese on Canal Panda from Portugal as Jacob Dois Dois It also aired on ZigZap in the Poland and on Canal Futura from Brazil as 'Jacó Dois Dois'. It was produced by Nelvana; before being put on hiatus in 2005, it has 61 episodes. In th ...
Premise
Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated TV series based on a trilogy of books written by Mordecai Richler that first aired on Canadian children's channel YTV and aired on the French Canadian VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob, in Spanish on Telemundo as Jacobo Dos Dos and in Portuguese on Canal Panda from Portugal as Jacob Dois Dois It also aired on ZigZap in the Poland and on Canal Futura from Brazil as 'Jacó Dois Dois'. It was produced by Nelvana; before being put on hiatus in 2005, it has 61 episodes. In the United States, the show aired on qubo, a 24 hour children's television channel in 2006. It also aired on Jetix UK from April 14, 2007 and on CITV in the UK from Spring 2006. The series is set in the Canadian city of Montreal and follows Jacob Two-Two and his friends on their wild adventures, most of which are one-shots that are resolved in a single episode.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 62 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 7, 2003 | November 30, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 13 | February 22, 2004 | August 2, 2005 |
| Season 3 | 12 | October 14, 2004 | October 21, 2004 |
| Season 4 | 14 | March 13, 2005 | January 22, 2006 |
| Season 5 | 10 | July 9, 2006 | September 17, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jacob Two-Two vs. the Hooded Fang Jacob is fed up with sharing his room with his brother, Noah. He decides to try a living space --- the attic of his home. He finds it too scary though and thanks to his siblings' taunts, worries about being pursued by a wrestler that goes after children. He learns that he has to face his fears head-on in order to overcome them. |
September 7, 2003 |
| 2 |
Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom It's his first day at a brand new school, and Jacob wants to look cool, so he borrows his brother Daniel's favorite skull T-shirt to wear. What he doesn't realize is that skull shirts are against the school rules, and before he knows what's happening, Principal Greedyguts has confiscated the shirt and locked it away in the school vault. Jacob's got to get that shirt back! Aided by an odd kid named Buford and a daredevil skateboarder named Renee, Jacob dares to enter the forbidden Staff Room of Doom! Together, they face Greedyguts' Indiana Jones-style booby traps, and they make a daring escape. Jacob gets the T-shirt back, and he makes two new best friends in the process! |
September 14, 2003 |
| 3 |
Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card When Jacob receives a Gummer Gormley form dad he decides this is just the lucky charm that his hapless hockey team needs to end its record-breaking losing streak. With the card in hand, all goes well, and the team is finally winning some games... until perfectly loathsome Leo Louse steals the card from Jacob's locker. Jake and Buford visit the aged Gummer Gormley to ask for another card, but he turns them down, reminding them that skill wins games, not luck. Back at the arena, Jacob pulls himself together, and he leads the team to a win, proving the old hockey legend's words to be true. |
September 21, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jacob Two-Two and the Demon Drooler On a camp-out in the backyard, Jacob and Buford run into the "Demon Drooler", a cannibalistic beast who prowls through the ravines of the city in search of its victims. |
February 22, 2004 |
| 2 | Jacob Two-Two's Time Trials | February 22, 2004 |
| 3 | Jacob Two Two and the Fantastic Fountain | June 1, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Two-Two Times Two | October 14, 2004 |
| 2 | Jacob Two-Two and the Vintage Voice Vortex | October 21, 2004 |
| 3 | Jacob Two-Two and the Surprise Disguise | August 6, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Two-Two and the Boggie Beastie | March 13, 2005 |
| 2 | Jacob Two-Two and the Crumbling Cookie Catastrophe | September 11, 2004 |
| 3 | Jacob Two-Two's Broadcast Bungle | September 12, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Two-Two and the Persistent Assistant | July 9, 2006 |
| 2 | Jacob Two-Two and the Big Writing Wrinkle | July 16, 2006 |
| 3 | Jacob Two-Two and the Rose Coloured Calamity | July 23, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | YTV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 7, 2003 |
| Last aired | September 17, 2006 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 16:00:00 |