Jelly Jamm

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Jelly Jamm is a Spanish-British 3D animated preschool television series created by Carlos L. Del Rey, Victor M. Lopez and David Cantolla. Jelly Jamm follows the adventures of seven characters: Bello, Goomo, Rita, Mina, Ongo, King and Queen; who live on a planet named 'Jammbo'. The planet has a music factory where all music in the universe originates from, and this music is produced continuously through bubbles. If this factory stopped, the characters would become suspended in a fixed position and be unable to move with no memory. The intention of Jelly Jamm is to "celebrate music, fun and friendship," and in each episode the characters interact with each other in various games and activities, learning morals and lessons. The show is aimed to kids 4 to 6 years.

Jelly Jamm is a production of Vodka Capital and 737 SHAKER, two Spanish producers, based in Madrid and Segovia. The series is co-produced by RTVE, Japanese toy, action figure and video game company Bandai and home entertainment distributor BIGPICTURE.

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Characters

Main

Jelly Jamm consists of a mostly small cast of characters, mainly featuring the five main characters, and King and Queen, who are the only adult characters in the series.

• Bello (voiced by Lizzie Waterworth-Santo) is a red boy, and is a resident of the planet 'Jammbo'. He is the leader of the crew. Bello is 10 years old and he is described to have "an insatiable curiosity and boundless energy" and "a driving force among his friends" of whom he keeps close to, in particular, Goomo, his sidekick. Bello enjoys reading comics, particularly his own comic that he draws called "Jammboman", who is his childhood superhero identity. In addition to drawing, he enjoys dancing. His personality, combined with his extensive general knowledge, leads to him being highly involved in the various show's adventures. When he was old enough, he became a superhero, and took on a different identity, leaving the name Jammboman behind, but never forgot it. He keeps his old costume and a titanium plate bearing the name, 'Jammboman' in his secret lair. He is also one of the greatest martial artists in his entire universe, thanks to Grandpa Dodo.
• Goomo (voiced by Maria Darling) is a magenta boy who is pretty sensitive, quiet and friendly. He always seeks a quick solution in any conflict to make everyone happy again. His solutions are often based only on feelings, and that makes either things out of control or completely resolved. Goomo is basically a cheerful child who expresses himself freely through dance. He is a little chubby and sometimes has a big appetite, but has shown an interest in exercise. Goomo loves his best friend Bello, and they love to play together, especially when Bello makes Goomo Sidekickman, Jammboman's assistant. He usually wears a helmet to hide his tousled hair.
• Mina (voiced by Emma Weaver) is a blue girl whose role is to be the brains of the group. She speaks with an unknown foreign accent, and spends time experimenting and making inventions at home as a scientific and generally curious character. These inventions, combined with her knowledge, frequently help the group, so she is a source of help when others face adversity in the adventures. Mini Mina is a miniaturized mechanical part of Mina that appears in "Mina's Swing," "Goomo's Birthday" and "Look At Me!" and in "Party," Mina uses Mini Mina to better explain the best activities. She and Bello fight often, but after all, they need each other.
• Rita (voiced by Isabella Blake-Thomas) is a pink tender, sweet, affectionate and playful girl. Rita is small and polite and enjoys playing dress-up with her "Princess" doll. Princess is a stuffed rag-doll and Rita's best friend. She is sometimes impulsive, which leads her to ignore potential dangers. Rita loves petting Dodos, but sometimes she does it with too much emotion, and makes them flee. Luckily, the little animals run faster than her. She loves tea parties, especially with her princess doll. Her favorite people are the Queen and her hero Bello, and she someday wants to be like them. Rita is considered a simple younger sister.
• Ongo is a purple boy who rarely speaks and mostly communicates through sounds, dance, and music. Being very quiet, he is depicted as highly mysterious, but still expressive. He is the most skilled musician among the characters. He lives in a "house" which he created, consisting mainly of a couch placed among a floor plan of rooms traced in chalk on the ground, without any walls or ceilings.
• The King (voiced by Adam Longworth) - He is educated and wise when speaking in public, but in private he is more childish and mischievous. He loves being the king, and decrees things at random. He spends most of his time doing "real work" (of any kind), but what he likes most is to play video games or look at his amazing collection of toys and objects stored in his gift vault.
• The Queen (voiced by Beth Chalmers) - She's a Purple, Yellow queen who works while the King is busy playing: organize the work of the Dodos, who adore her, and directs the Music Factory to keep running. She loves working in her garden, knitting, and playing castanets as she slightly shakes her hips. She has a strong moral sense, and therefore she is a great guide for children, though she may not always know how to respond to people's questions. According to the King, the Queen was the most naughty girl of all. The "La-La Plants" are a favourite of the queen (not counting the musical bamboo) that appeared in "The Instant Gardener", "Silent Sheriff" and "Tree Mystery."

Minor Characters

• The Dodos - The Dodos are horn-shaped creatures, described as "the most amazing Jammbo beings." They have black bodies and green faces, with a hook curved tail. They live on the land, in the air, and in the water. Like real mammals, dodos are scary and often flee in groups. Most of them work in "musical factory", or in "the Kingdom". They love music and keep up with it by whistling or singing the chorus. Their most important task is to keep the musical factory running. From the second season on, the dodo's colours get more varied. There are giant dodos, with blue bodies and light yellow faces, who are always asleep and only wake up if someone bothers them. The dodos are often born green, but change colour if they are of another species.
• Cheating Bracelets - They are one of many entities in Jammbo that are evil. Usually they convince people to use them, often working to trap and win all the time; however, they may never release the user in theory. Cheating Bracelets can speak and have great powers. One managed to convince Rita to use it, and she discovered her mistake too late. Fortunately, Bello found a way to remove the bracelet from Rita and incidentally gave a good lesson to the bracelets.
• The Chompers - They are a trio of crocodiles who used to only pass by Jammbo, but they may appear in other episodes in the future.
• Walking Ball - His real name is Fred and he is a basketball and a dancer, who wears tap dancing shoes. He appears in the episodes "Cheating Bracelets", "Haunted Castle", "Goomo's Birthday", "The Flying Bathtub", "Dodo Butterfly," "Double Bello", "The Fall of JammboMan" and in the video "You Are Great" as one of the guests at Rita's birthday party.
• Sun - It is a bright yellow character in the music video "Jump". Sun is the last remnant of a Mega-Sun that gave light for hundreds of years before it was destroyed. Back then, the Mega-Sun was responsible for giving light and heating the Jammbo planet, and the rest of the galaxy. In fact, the Mega-Sun was so bright, there was no night. It has not been confirmed what the name of the Mega-Sun was. As sun is made of energy, it can fly and travel at the speed of light.
• Burlona Skull - It's a giant skull that loves to taunt adventurers seeking treasures with challenges that test their value. He is the guardian of a great booty. It appears in the episode "One-Eyed Bello".
• Dodo Dancer - It is a forest dodo that loves music, like every creature in Jammbo, but is noted among other dodos for its unique red dancing suit. It likes many musical genres including rap, and its favourite dance is the Break Dance. It appears in the episodes: "Inventor Bello", "The Flying Bathtub", "Back-Up" and in the video "You Are Great," and it appears as one of Rita's birthday party guests.
• Grandpa Dodo - Also known as "Dodo Sensei," is a senile dodo that is over 1000 years old, and is purple with a moustache and white hair. He uses a small wooden stick to walk, but above all it is very wise: it is said to be the wisest of all dodos. He nursed Bello since birth (He has many photos of Bello), and is like a grandfather to him. He knows that Bello can be reckless and impatient, but despite this, he is proud of him because he knows he has a big heart, and despite the difficulties, he always makes the right decisions. It appears in the episodes "Grandpa Dodo", "A Day at the Races," "The Assistant Grandpa", "Plant", "Repetition, Repetition", "Choose Me," "My Turn" and "Holding Hands" in season 2.
• Archenemy - He is the archnemesis of our hero, Jammboman and alter ego of Sidekickman. He was created in an accident by Mina in an attempt to contact different dimensions of themselves. In the episode "The Fall of Jammboman", Goomo turned evil, but after he went back to good, the Archenemy persona still existed inside him. And once Goomo and entered the machine, alter ego activated. Being a supervillain with the power to manipulate acid strong enough to bring down energy, he will stop at nothing to defeat and destroy Jammboman.
• Archenemy's Assistant - Archnemesis of Sidekickman, alter ego of Jammboman and with the power to manipulate magic, this villain is Archenemy's sidekick. No one knows his origins, not even Bello. He was in "The Fall of Jammboman" when Bello tried to cheer Goomo by being his sidekick and eventually got his best friend back. He just appeared there when the dimension travel machine test failed. Many theories say that Archenemy pulled him out with him from Bello when he came out of the machine.

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Songs

Jelly Jamm is known for its music and songs, either at the beginning, middle or end of each episode. They are also popularly known as Jelly Songs or Jelly Sounds in the UK. Below are the original names of the songs.

• Let's Go Together!
• Jump Now!
• You Are Great
• Holding Hands (Holding Hands Around The World)
• It's a Beautiful World
• Don't be Afraid
• I Love You (You're My Friend)
• Just do it!
• Together we're a team
• You'd better smile
• Don't get angry
• We Did It!
• So Long

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Songs and special topics

Also during the show and each episode, you can hear other songs like:

• Flying Bathtub Rap
• Our Favourite Superheroes
• Play Time
• Surfing Jammbo
• Mina's Lessons
• Moving Time
• JammboMan
• White Dodo
• This is Jelly Jamm!
• Go!
• Jammbobot
• Fantastic
• Half Day
• Charleston
• Dodo's Theme

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Episodes

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International broadcast

"Jelly Jamm" has been on TV stations in more than 150 countries. The series is available in 18 languages in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

Europe

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Popular cultural influences and curiosities

• The author is Guille Milkyway, who composed the songs for this series and is the composer in the original version. Incidental Music and BSO composed the whole series was composed with Julio Tejera, Pablo Cebrián and Francisco Hernandez. For the Latin American version, all songs Jelly Jamm were sung by the pop rock group Mexican Liquits.The incidental music and BSO is the same for all countries (by July Tejera, Pablo Cebrián and Francisco Hernandez).

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia