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Curious George is an American media franchise based on the book series of the same name by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. The series began with the theatrical release of the first film in 2006. The film's success led it to receiving direct-to-video sequels, a television series (which aired three specials during its run) as well as a video game.
It stars a tailless monkey by the name George and his owner known as the Man with the Yellow Hat, or Ted as he is named in the films.
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Curious George (2006)
Curious George is the first film in the Curious George franchise. In an attempt to save the Bloomsberry Museum, a museum director named Ted goes to Africa to find a forty-foot idol, while encountering a monkey he later names George, who goes onto the boat to America with Ted, to Ted's apartment, causing a strict doorman named Ivan to go furious. After plenty of mishap, it is eventually George who saved the museum. It was released in theaters on February 10, 2006.
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! is the second film in the Curious George franchise. It follows George befriending an elephant at a magic show named Kayla. After learning Kayla has parents in California, George makes it him and Ted's mission to help reunite her with her family. Meanwhile Kayla's owner, Mr. Piccadilly, enlists the Head of Security, Danno Wolfe, to track George, Kayla and Ted down. The film received a theatrical release in Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland on July 10, 2009, and was released direct-to-video in other territories on March 2, 2010.
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle is the third film in the Curious George franchise. In the film, George is asked to take part in a special mission to space, but a mishap during the journey lands him back to the jungle where he originally came from. It was released on DVD on June 23, 2015. This was the first film in the franchise to not receive a theatrical release, and the last to be traditionally-animated, as further films would utilize flash animation.
Curious George: Royal Monkey (2019)
Curious George: Royal Monkey is the fourth film in the Curious George franchise. It focuses on George as he gets mixed up with a royal monkey named Phillippe. It was released on DVD on September 10, 2019.[1]
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild (2020)
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild is the fifth film in the Curious George franchise. The film features George and Ted traveling to Cousin Ginny's farm for a relaxing vacation, but their fun is cut short when a herd of animals escape and run loose. It was released exclusively on Peacock on September 8, 2020, and via digital and DVD on December 15, 2020.[2]
Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021)
Curious George: Cape Ahoy is the sixth and most recently released film in the Curious George franchise. George and Ted go on vacation to the town of Coddington with a small house owned by a treasure lover, Captain Elmer to find ancient treasure buried somewhere in his land or the beaches along with a baby seal making his way into the adventure with an endangered seal mom. There is also the legend of Captain TrumpetTooter and his abandoned, still intact, pirate ship as well as Getrude St. John, a Captain TrumpetTooter legend loving scientist and Emma, the niece of Captain Elmer who is an animal rescue scientist and would do anything to rescue the animals, including seals. It was released on Peacock on September 30, 2021.
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Television series
Curious George (2006–2022)
The series explores themes of learning, forgiveness and playful curiosity, and follows George, who is a sweet but trouble making African monkey. It premiered on September 4, 2006 and its most recent episodes aired on March 17, 2022.
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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.
- An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- U indicates an uncredited appearance.
- S indicates an appearance as a character's singing voice.
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