Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
Genre	animation
Created by	Peter Viska and Esben Storm
Written by	Ray Boseley Robert Greenberg John Armstrong Kevin Nemeth Pepe Trevor Cameron Clarke
Directed by	Peter Viska Jan Van Rijsselberge Robbert Smit
Starring	Stig Wemyss Kylie Belling Marg Downey Bill Ten Eyck Michael Veitch Lynda Gibson David Cotter
Country of origin	Australia France Germany
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dr. Patricia Edgar Christian Davin
Producer(s)	Susie Campbell Patricia Edgar Leslie Brown
Editor(s)	Ralph Strasser Cliff Hayes Damian Harland
Running time	26 - 24 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC Television
Original release	6 March (1998-03-06) – 14 April 1998 (1998-04-14)

Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is a cool animated TV show from Australia. It was a really big project for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) because it was their first major animated series made with international partners. These partners included France 2 and France Animation from France, and Ravensburger from Germany.

The show tells the story of a group of kids and their exciting adventures in the outback of Australia.

The main character is Li'l Elvis, a ten-year-old boy who loves music. He's also really good at getting into trouble! All he wants is to find out who his real parents are and just be a normal kid. The show hints that he might be the child of Elvis Presley because he was found in a guitar case, thrown from a gold Cadillac.

Li'l Elvis is raised by his foster parents, Grace and Len, who run a truck stop. They are huge fans of Elvis Presley. Since Li'l Elvis is very talented at singing and playing the guitar, his foster mom is sure he's Elvis Presley's son.

Li'l Elvis and his two best friends, Lionel and Janet, form a band called "The Truckstoppers." Their adventures happen in the outback town of Little Memphis, which used to be called Wanapoo. Lionel is an Indigenous Australian boy who plays the didgeridoo and often says "deadly!" Janet is an Asian Australian girl who wears a beret and plays the drums while standing up.

The Truckstoppers' main enemy is a businessman named W.C. Moore. He wants to become their manager so he can make money from them and turn Little Memphis into a big tourist spot. He's also obsessed with finding a mysterious mineral called Berkonium. W.C. Moore has a special Berkonium marble that he uses to win against kids in marble games, which is a popular game in town. He also often zaps his unlucky driver, Duncan, with electricity.

Characters

Main Characters

• Li'l Elvis Jones (voiced by Stig Wemyss)
• Li'l Elvis Jones singing voice (voiced by Wendy Stapleton)
• Lionel Dexter (voiced by Kylie Belling)
• Janet Rig (voiced by Marg Downey)
• W. C. Moore (voiced by Bill Ten Eyck)
• Duncan (voiced by Michael Veitch)
• Grace Jones (voiced by Lynda Gibson)
• Len Jones (voiced by David Cotter)

Other Characters

• Spike is a kid who often picks on Elvis and usually sides with W.C. Moore.
• Old Man Viska runs the local junkyard. He used to be a firefighter and miner.
• Old Man Izard is a miner whose ghost is said to haunt the old mines under the town after he disappeared in a cave-in.

Episodes

Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers, Season 1 (1997)

Season 2: 1998

• 14 - Kidnapped
• 15 - Good Boy, Cruel World
• 16 - Space Junk
• 17 - RoboPop
• 18 - Hopping Mad
• 19 - Big Top Brouhaha - Haha
• 20 - Billionairiosis
• 21 - Cardaholic
• 22 - Know All
• 23 - The Good, The Bad and the Hanky
• 24 - Schmiko
• 25 - Minors in the Mine
• 26 - The Meanie From Down Under