Plasmo facts for kids
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The main character of the series, Plasmo.
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Developed by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Written by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Directed by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Voices of | Abbe Holmes Pia Morley Phillip Houghton Vivien Davies Simon Watt |
| Theme music composer | Phillip Houghton |
| Composer(s) | Phillip Houghton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Producer(s) | Tony Wright Anthony Lawrence |
| Production location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Editor(s) | Bruce Joy |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Plasmo Mega Studios Film Victoria |
| Distributor | Beyond Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC (Australia) BBC (UK) TV2 (New Zealand) SABC 2 (South Africa) BFBS (Germany) |
| Original release | 4 June – 20 June 1997 (except Plasmo and the Bookworm which was first aired in 1993) |
Plasmo (stylised as PLASMO) is an Australian children's science fiction claymation TV series that consisted of a half-hour short film ("Happy Hatchday to Plasmo") made in 1989 followed by thirteen 5-minute episodes made in 1996 which aired on the ABC in 1997, and 24 other countries. The series was certified a G rating.
Plasmo Mega Studios, the show's production company, was founded in 1993 "with the express purpose of producing the stop motion animation series". The company closed down 11 years later in 2004.
Plasmo models were featured in the 1998 Canberra Design and Construction Exhibition Concepts, at the National Film and Sound Archive.
According to Anthony Lawrence, he "devised, wrote, directed, co-produced and co-animated" the series.
Lawrence has uploaded all 13 episodes in a playlist on his YouTube channel, as well as excerpts of his 20 minutes documentary in a separate playlist.
The characters
Plasmo
Plasmo, the main character of the series, is a "three and a half year old polybop" who is capable of shape-shifting. He spent the first few years of his life on the planet Pynco, after the Hatchery his egg was upon steered off course and crashed. He is trying to find his parents.
The character of Plasmo was voiced by Australian voiceover artist Abbe Holmes.
Parsty
Parsty is a polybop, and a day older than Plasmo. She wears a tiara upon her head which allows her to create a protective forcefield around her. She has a little pet called Niknik. Parsty is quite protective of Plasmo and she will assert herself against bullying characters, such as Coredor, if she senses they are trying to exploit Plasmo's niceness and friendliness.
The voice of Parsty was originally performed by Robyn Oakley, and in later episodes by Pia Morley.
Nik-Nik
Nik-Nik is a dog-like creature and Parsty's pet who accompanies Parsty and Plasmo loyally.
Although the end credits state that Nik Nik is performed by "himself", later they thank Colin Timms for "creating the 'NIK NIK'...sounds for the series".
Coredor
Coredor, a self-proclaimed "intergalactic space mercenary". He is secretly fascinated by Plasmo, and accompanies him as an effort to understand himself. He only ever has one eye at a time, but every seven years a new eye buds on the opposite side of his face to replace the "old" eye. He has "warped reasoning and moral ineptitude".
This character was performed by Phillip Houghton who also wrote and composed the music for the series.
Brucho
Brucho is a space mechanic who yearns to become a famous intergalactic space adventurer. He and Coredor teamed up, after they both flunked Bounty Hunter School - he as the pilot, Coredor as the navigator. He always wears a helmet.
This character was performed by Phillip Houghton (same actor as Coredor) who also wrote and composed the music for the series and Australian comedian Paul McDermott in the original 1993 version of Plasmo and the Bookworm.
Episode list
- Plasmo and the Moontower
- Blast Off!
- Deep Space
- Plasmo Arrives!
- Tour of Monjotroldeclipdoc
- Space Ghosts!
- Plasmo and the Bookworm
- Rainy Day
- Big Dam
- Nice to be Nice
- Plasmo and the Golden Robot
- Bon voyage to Plasmo
- The return of Kila Wami!
Dubbing
The series has been translated into French, Catalan, Spanish and Japanese.
