Monk Little Dog

Monk Little Dog (French: Monk: La cata sur pattes; Korean: 멍크) is a series of animated shorts. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae, of Kim's Licensing, and produced by Timoon Animation and SAMG Animation. Season 1 of Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009^[1] on Canal+ in France and ran until June 11, 2010.

Monk Little Dog
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Natalys Raut-Sieuzac Kim Sung-jae
Voices of	David Gasman Sharon Mann Matthew Géczy
Country of origin	France South Korea
Original language	None
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Producers	Sandrine Hguyen Boris Hertzog Suhoon Kim
Running time	3 minutes
Production companies	Kim's Licensing Timoon Animation SAMG Animation Millimages
Original release
Network	Canal+ EBS Cartoon Network
Release	June 16, 2009 (2009-06-16) – June 11, 2010 (2010-06-11)

In the UK the series was broadcast by the CITV Channel, ABC3 in Australia. In Indonesia, the series was originally aired by Global TV (now GTV) from 2011 until early 2012,^[2] but later moved to RTV between 2014 until 2016. While on Latin America it was broadcast on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

Development

Monk Little Dog was originated from a series of storybooks with plasticine characters released in 2006, notable books include Monk's Mouth Country Trip (Korean: 멍크의 입속 나라 여행);^[3] although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005.^[4] The difference is this storybook series included one human character while Monk Little Dog does not.

Characters

Main characters

• Monk: A white bull terrier - He is the eponymous main protagonist of the series. He is cheerful, but also clueless and chronically unlucky.
• Ding: A yellow English cocker spaniel - He is Monk's arch-rival and Kimmy's love interest.
• Kimmy: A pink poodle - She is Monk's crush and Ding's girlfriend.
• Ben: A Brown and Tan Bloodhound - He is Monk's best friend who's very lazy and always asleep.

Recurring characters

• Sushi: Kimmy's pet pussycat who hates and somethings loves Monk.
• Bubul: A gray pit bull who is Monk's best neighbour.
• Bar: A funny and hilarous American Bulldog who he does not appear so much.
• Loo: A brown chow-chow.
• Mi-hie: A comic book superhero and Monk's favorite character.
• Peace: A naughty and smart lebrel.
• San-say: A female dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu.
• Sally: Bubul's wife.
• Jimmy: An emo Old English Sheepdog who is Kimmy's cousin.
• The Tweets: Monk's house owners.
• Mr. Beaky: Monk's pet parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake".
• Monk's parents (Nonk and Jonk): The father is identical to him, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of pale pink.
• Mimmy: A gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color.
• Len: Ben's dad who only appears on Monk's TV.

Episode list

No.	Title	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Monk Hammers a Nail"	June 16, 2009 (2009-06-16)	101
Monk wants to hang a Kimmy's picture on Kimmi's wall, but all becomes out of control and Monk destroys Kimmi's house.
2	"Monk on a Desert Island"	June 23, 2009 (2009-06-23)	102
Monk, Kimmi, and eventually, Ding get stuck on a desert island, and they try to save him.
3	"Monk Watches TV"	July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)	103
Monk is very excited to watch his favorite TV series: The Mi-hie Adventure, but Ding and Loo annoy Monk.
4	"Monk Goes Ballooning"	July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14)	104
Monk and Kimmi go ballooning, but Ding makes madly to Monk.
5	"Monk Takes a Bath"	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)	105
Monk takes a bath with perfumed shampoos.
6	"Monk the Babysitter"	July 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)	106
Monk meet Kimmi's pet, Sushi, and began with "left foot".
7	"Monk Has Really Got to Go"	August 4, 2009 (2009-08-04)	107
Monk eats too many hot dogs, and needs to go to the toilet.
8	"Monk Goes Fishing"	August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)	108
Monk goes to fishing, but the others' way is very old.
9	"Monk at the Beach"	August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18)	109
Monk has a good vacation on the beach with his friends.
10	"Monk Goes Skiing"	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)	110
Monk goes skiing in the snow.
11	"Monk Plays Tennis"	September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)	111
Monk plays tennis with his friends.
12	"Monk at the Ice Skating Rink"	September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)	112
Monk goes to skate.
13	"Monk's Breakfast"	September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)	113
Monk is lovely to eat some toast for his breakfast.
14	"Monk Sends a Postcard"	September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)	114
Monk sends a postcard for a friend.
15	"Monk's Great Jump Stunt"	October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)	115
Monk buys a trampoline. He tries to make a great jump stunt, but Kimmy and Dink annoy him.
16	"Monk Mows the Lawn"	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)	116
Monk tries to mow the lawn, but his lawnmower goes madly.
17	"Monk Wants to Sleep"	October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20)	117
Monk and Ben stay at home, but Ben is scared and hoarse.
18	"Monk and Mouch"	October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)	118
Monk tries to make friends with a bull shark.
19	"Monk's Picnic"	November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)	119
Monk goes for a picnic but a wasp annoys Monk.
20	"Monk Goes Climbing"	November 10, 2009 (2009-11-10)	120
Monk has gone to a trip to the mountains, where he's forced to sleep with Ben after his tent breaks down. The next day when he gets up he spots Kimmi with Ding. When he sees a daisy to give Ben on the top of a hill, Monk tries to get it. While Monk is trying to climb the mountain, Kimmi tells Ding to get the daisy for her. Monk then sees Ding and he goes down with the daisy and gives it to Kimmi. Monk gets mad and does his iconic yell on the top of the mountain like Tarzan, which everyone hears even Ben, Ding and Kimmi. Monk then falls off.
21	"Monk and the Magic Mirror"	November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17)	121
Monk looks a new mirror.
22	"Monk Cleans the Facade of His House"	November 24, 2009 (2009-11-24)	122
Monk tries to clean his house, but it ends badly.
23	"Monk's Moon Adventure"	December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)	123
Monk tries to make a space moon stunt, but he fails a lot.
24	"Monk Plays with a Boomerang"	December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08)	124
Monk plays with Kimmi and Ding's boomerang.
25	"Monk the Artist"	December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15)	125
Monk makes a statue of himself after Ding gets a statue of himself.
26	"Dance Up, Monk!"	December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22)	126
Kimmi teaches Monk, Ding, Ben, Sally and Bubul dancing ballet lessons.
27	"Monk and the Big Madly Birthday Cake!"	December 29, 2009 (2009-12-29)	127
Monk tries to make a birthday cake for Kimmi., but the things go madly.
28	"Monk meets Bubul"	January 5, 2010 (2010-01-05)	128
Monk thinks his neighbor Bubul, is scary!
29	"Monk Does the Laundry"	January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)	129
Monk orders a new washing machine, but it starts washing other things rather than laundry.
30	"Monk at the North Pole"	January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19)	130
Monk tries to make the most of it when he tries to enjoy his day at the North Pole.
31	"Monk the Treasure Hunter"	January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)	131
Monk finds some treasure, but he gets trapped with his friends on a dangerous rainforest.
32	"Monk and the Hidden Camera"	February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)	132
Monk tries pranking his friends, but he gets pranked too.
33	"Mon-Karate"	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)	133
Monk learns kung fu, but a naughty toad outdos him.
34	"Monk Time Travels"	February 15, 2010 (2010-02-15)	134
Monk tries to back in time, but he ends on the present.
35	"Monk's Sports Day"	February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)	135
Monk makes sports with his friends, but he loses and gets rejected in the end.
36	"Monk Makes Exercise"	February 28, 2010 (2010-02-28)	136
Monk makes to exercise to impress Kimmy, but then he was lied and gets kicked away by Kimmy.
37	"Monk the Greather"	March 7, 2010 (2010-03-07)	137
Monk gets a new speedy-faster racing motorcycle, but it goes out of control by Ding's fault!
38	"Monk Meets Quack-Quack"	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	138
Today is the anniversary of the time when Monk first got Quack-Quack at a fair, but when he got home at that time, Ben wanted to use Quack-Quack for a ugly turkey, and then it got attacked by a hawk, but it then got saved by Monk. In the present day, Monk unfortunately drops Quack-Quack, and Quack-Quack starts having a mind of his own.
39	"Monk Celebrates Christmas"	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	139
Monk tries to decorate a Christmas Tree, but the tree explodes in the end, making Monk sad.
40	"Monk the Magician"	March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)	140
Monk makes magic, but his disappearing act is not too good!
41	"Monk, Mouch, and the Toothache"	April 3, 2010 (2010-04-03)	141
Monk reunites with Mouch, but Mouch gets a toothache, and he tries to get it out with Ben!
42	"Monk Goes Curling"	April 10, 2010 (2010-04-10)	142
Monk plays curling with his friends.
43	"Monk on Mission Impossible"	April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17)	143
Monk hears screaming from Bubul's house, and he tries to sneak into it. It turns out Bubul was dancing and he was getting hurt with Sally.
44	"Monk, the Master of Ceremonies"	April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24)	144
Monk makes the most of it when he enters his goldfish into a pet show.
45	"Monk Plays Golf"	May 1, 2010 (2010-05-01)	145
Monk plays golf, but his friends out-do him.
46	"Monk's Great Racing Kart"	May 8, 2010 (2010-05-08)	146
Monk invites his friends to play to Best Racing Car Game Ever!.
47	"Monk Crashes a Dinner Party"	May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)	147
Monk gets invited into Ding's house, but unfortunately he ruins his dinner.
48	"Monk the Movie Star"	May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21)	148
Monk becomes to be in the new Mi-hie movie.
49	"Monk, We've Lost"	May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21)	149
Monk loses his memory.
50	"Monk the Superhero"	May 28, 2010 (2010-05-28)	150
Monk becomes able to fly, but he ends do the worst.
51	"Monk, Quack-Quack, and the Little Chick"	June 4, 2010 (2010-06-04)	151
Monk defends his Quack-Quack by a hilarous and madly chicken.
52	"Monk Investigate"	June 11, 2010 (2010-06-11)	152
Monk tries to find and seeks Ben.