Kratts' Creatures

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Kratts' Creatures
Genre Children's television series
Created by Martin Kratt
Chris Kratt
Leo Eaton
Presented by Chris Kratt
Martin Kratt
Starring Shannon Duff
Ron Rubin
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 50
Production
Executive producer(s) Jon Slan
Leo Eaton
Richard Borchiver
Chris Kratt
Martin Kratt
Producer(s) Wilson Coneybeare
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel PBS
Original run

1994 (1994) – 1998 (1998)

October 2006 - May 2008 (PBS KIDS Go! Channel)
Chronology
Followed by Zoboomafoo
Related shows Wild Kratts

Kratts' Creatures is a children's television program on PBS. The show was hosted by the Kratt Brothers, Chris and Martin. It also featured Shannon Duff as Alison Baldwin and Ron Rubin as the voice of an animated anthropomorphic dinosaur. The show introduced its viewers to the world of animals. 50 episodes were produced in total. The show was first broadcast on PBS in 1994, as PBS stations carried the show until as late as 1998. Due to its popularity the show inspired an unofficial spinoff, Zoboomafoo, another show created by the Kratts, which premiered in early 1999.

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[edit] Cast

  • Kratt Brothers: Two creature adventurer brothers who explore the creature world.
    • Chris Kratt: The younger brother, Chris is usually the one wearing green (usually in America and Africa), but sometimes wears red (usually in Central American rain forests and Australia).
    • Martin Kratt: The older brother, Martin is usually the one wearing blue (usually in America, Africa and Australia), but sometimes wears white (usually in Central American rain forests).
  • Alison Baldwin (Shannon Duff): Usually known by her nickname "Al", she helps the Kratt Brothers with her computer, while at the same time learning some things about certain animals that she never heard before.
  • Ttark (voiced by Ron Rubin): A blue, dinosaur-like creature who hangs with Al at the Creature Club. His catchphrase is "Abso-tively", which is a mix of "absolutely" and "positively". He claims to know a lot of facts about animals, but sometimes his facts are way off, while at the same time he's usually right. Claims to have been around two hundred million years of "Arribadas".
  • Ken the Hippo-Test Dummy: A crash-test dummy used for several experiments.

[edit] Segments

  • A Kratt Brothers Scientific Experiment
  • Salad or Creature
  • A Chris and Martin Kratt Scientific Study
  • Stupid Things NOT To Do With Animals

[edit] Featured animals

[edit] Invertebrates

[edit] Insects

[edit] Arachnids

[edit] Arthropods

[edit] Crustaceans

[edit] Others

[edit] Vertebrates

[edit] Fish

[edit] Amphibian

[edit] Reptile

[edit] Bird

[edit] Mammal

[edit] Episode list

  1. Big Five, Little Five
  2. City Critters*
  3. Sharks
  4. Running With the Wild Dogs
  5. In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger
  6. The Great Defenders
  7. Pan Troglodytes: An In-depth Analysis
  8. The Great Canadians
  9. Rain Forests: Under the Canopy
  10. Creatures of the Night
  11. Elephants 1: Educating Emily
  12. Elephants 2: Wild Elephants Can't Drag Me Away
  13. Weird Creatures
  14. Planet of the Dolphins
  15. The Great Bear Show
  16. Mgobo of Baboon Mountain*
  17. The How Show*
  18. Kickboxing Kangaroos
  19. The Giant Bug Invasion
  20. Heavyweights of Africa
  21. The Redcoats Are Coming
  22. The Cow Show
  23. Maximum Cheetah Velocity
  24. Wild Ponies
  25. Who's Who?*
  26. Arribada 1: Sea Turtle Invasion
  27. Arribada 2: Running the Gauntlet
  28. Around Australia in Eight Days
  29. Hyenas Are Cool
  30. Mungu's Revenge
  31. Creature Rescue
  32. Lion, King of Beasts?
  33. Marsh Mania
  34. Why?
  35. Koalas or Wombats
  36. Backyard Bandits
  37. Hanging with the Monkeys
  38. The Best of the Best
  39. Polyp Power
  40. Wings
  41. Phantom Wolves
  42. Australia: Land of Mystery and Intrigue
  43. Leopard: Prince of Stealth
  44. When?
  45. Parched and Thirsty in the Outback
  46. Gatorglades
  47. Spots and Stripes Forever
  48. Three Cool Cats
  49. Where?
  50. Around Africa in Eight Hours
  51. Kratt's Swingin' Time
  52. Giraffes Find Out
  53. Australia: Land of Braveness and Discovery
  54. What's That Noise?

The * shows episodes in which Ttark didn't appear.

[edit] Funding

[edit] VHS releases

  • In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger / Mungu's Revenge
  • Ultimate Animals / Big Five, Little Five
  • Behind the Scenes

[edit] Trivia

  • The name "Ttark" is actually "Kratt" spelled backwards.

[edit] External links

PBS Kids shows
Current shows
PBS Kids Go!
See also
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