Yam Roll
Yam Roll | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Developer | Jono Howard Jon Izen |
Production company | March Entertainment |
Country | Canada |
Original run | February 6, 2006 - December 23, 2006 |
Wikipedia |
Yam Roll (also known as The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom) is a Canadian animated series created by Jono Howard and Jon Izen. It is comprised of three-minute and eleven-minute episodes. The show is set in Happy Kingdom, a city populated by anthropomorphic Japanese food. The cab driver Yam Roll has a frustrating life because of his friends and unrequited love. He also fights off giant monsters using his special powers, which his teacher Katcho Miso forbids him from using for fun or personal gain.
Contents
3-minute episodes
A Very Taxing Cab!
Yam Roll recounts the time a pufferfish customer sneezed and inflated inside his cab.
The Short Short
The restaurant in Shortyville that Yam Roll visits has an image of a full-bellied shellfish on the front.
11-minute episodes
Doozy of a Doze (E04)
To stop an erupting volcano, Ebi has a sleeping Yam Roll freeze it with a mint lozenge-infused super breath.
Whoop There It Isn't (E07)
Tamago eats too many bacon-wrapped prunes at the party held in Katcho's cave. Later, Katcho forces the party to last a year, and Yam Roll ends up eating snacks constantly.
Maybe Next Tuesday? (E17)
Tamago stuffs himself with the bananas from the box that contains Tuesday's events.
Two Tons of Love (E23)
Katcho transfers Yam Roll's love for Minamiko to tartar sauce. Because his love is so great, Yam Roll eats bottles of tartar sauce and gets fat.
Krappy Kingdom (E24)
As Yam Roll and his friends trek through the Forest of 1000 Idiosyncrasies, Tamago gets distracted by a cake bush.
Holy Teriyaki (E25)
Tamago and Heavy Cream compete in a challenge where they each have to eat a car, which Tamago wins.