Three Delivery facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Three Delivery |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Martial Arts |
| Created by | Larry Schwarz |
| Directed by | Andy Coyle Tavis Silbernagel |
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| Opening theme | Delivery by Ten Minute Turns |
| Composer(s) | Ten Minute Turns John Angier |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Animation Collective Fatkat PVP Animations |
| Distributor | Cake Entertainment |
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| Original network | Nicktoons (United States) YTV (Canada) |
| Picture format | 1080i ( HDTV) |
| Original release | June 27, 2008 – June 28, 2009 |
Three Delivery (also known as Chop Suey Trio) is an animated TV show from Canada and the United States. It's inspired by exciting kung-fu movies! Larry Schwarz created the show. He also made other cartoons like Kappa Mikey and Speed Racer: The Next Generation.
The show was made by two companies: Animation Collective in New York and Fatkat in Canada. Three Delivery was their last project together. It first aired on Nicktoons in the U.S. and YTV in Canada on June 27, 2008. Before that, a special episode was shown at the New York Comic Con on April 19, 2008. The show also played on CBBC in the UK and Once TV in Mexico.
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What the Show is About
Years ago, a bad student named Kong Li found a magical cookbook. He used its power to spread dangerous recipes all over Chinatown. To keep the magic from escaping, an old spell put a force field around the city. This protected the rest of the world for many years.
But now, Kong Li is back! He wants to find all the powerful recipes. If he gets them, their evil magic will be set free, and the whole world will be in danger.
Luckily, three brave teenage heroes are ready to stop him. They are skilled in kung-fu. These orphans, Sue, Sid, and Tobey, were hired by Nana to deliver food for Wu’s Garden Chinese restaurant. They thought it was just a way to leave the orphanage and ride cool bikes. But they soon learned they would be fighting evil to save the world! Besides their normal teenage problems, these heroes must find every magic recipe. They also need to stop Kong Li for good.
Meet the Characters
- Sue Yee (Stephanie Sheh): Sue is a strong girl who cares a lot about her friends and family. She and her older brother Sid sometimes argue, but they always protect each other. Sue secretly likes Barney.
- Tobey Li (Robby Duncan Sharpe): Tobey has a big heart and a great sense of humor, even though he has a tough past. He loves being a superhero and will always protect his friends.
- Sid Yee (Johnny Yong Bosch): Sid is calm and smart. He loves music. He is Sue's older brother and takes his job of protecting Chinatown very seriously.
- Nana (Nancy Wu): Nana is a kind but tough old lady. She guards the magic cookbook and is very good at fighting Kong Li. She knows a lot about both magic and martial arts. Nana takes in Sue, Sid, and Tobey and trains them to defend Chinatown. Her real name is Mei Wa, and she is Mr. Wu's mother and Barney's grandmother.
- Mr. Calvin Wu (Michael Alston Baley): He is the proud owner of Wu's Garden Restaurant. Sue, Sid, and Tobey work for him as delivery people. Mr. Wu often yells at his employees for being lazy and makes them try his strange new recipes. But deep down, he has a good heart.
- Barney Wu (David Chen): Barney is Calvin's son. He often seems lost in thought or busy with chores. He doesn't even notice that Tobey, Sid, and Sue are protecting Chinatown! Like his dad, he has odd ideas but a good heart.
- Kong Li (Lex Woutas): Kong Li used to be a martial arts student. Now, he is a mean and ambitious magician. He will do anything to get the magic cookbook. For now, he is stuck inside the barrier around Chinatown.
- Eugene (Jamie McGonnigal): Eugene is Sue, Sid, and Tobey's friend and classmate. He is a science whiz.
How the Show Was Made
Animation Collective worked with FatKat to make the show's animation smooth and traditional. This style is not always seen in shows made with Flash. Even the backgrounds were painted using Flash. Larry Schwarz said he was interested in the show's idea because he used to live near Manhattan's Chinatown. He wanted the show to reflect some of his own experiences.
To promote the show, the studio first made 11 short, two-minute adventures for mobile phones in 2007. This also helped them practice working with the new characters before the full series. Three of these shorts first aired on May 2, 2007, on Nicktoons Network. They were shown during commercials for Speed Racer: The Next Generation. Some of the shorts were named after fortune cookie messages, like "A Silver Tongue is fine, but Silence is Golden." The other eight shorts were planned to be shown in 2009.
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| Shorts | 4 | May 2, 2008 | May 9, 2008 | |
| Series | 26 | June 27, 2008 | June 28, 2009 | |
Shorts (2008)
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| 1 | "A Silver Tongue is fine, but Silence is Golden" | May 2, 2008 | |
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Tobey uses a magic fortune to make Sue unable to talk.
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| 2 | "Two Heads Aren't Always Better than One" | May 2, 2008 | |
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Sid uses a fortune cookie to make a copy of himself. He wants the copy to clean the kitchen so he can go to the movies with Sue and Tobey.
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| 3 | "Out of Sight? You're Out of your Mind!" | May 2, 2008 | |
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An invisible man bothers Sue and Tobey while they eat. It turns out to be Sid!
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| 4 | "There is Nothing to make the Spirit Soar like the Passing of the Wind" | May 9, 2008 | |
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Tobey uses one of Nana's cookies to fly in the wind.
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Series (2008–09)
The main series began on June 27, 2008, on Nicktoons Network and finished on June 28, 2009.
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| 1 | "I Feel the Earth Move" | June 27, 2008 | |
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Mysterious earthquakes shake Chinatown. Sue, Sid, and Tobey find out they are linked to an old well. Nana learns that Kong Li is trying to wake up an ancient dragon with a special recipe. The heroes must stop him from breaking the barrier around Chinatown. Recipe Obtained: The Di Xia Spicy Noodle Recipe |
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| 2 | "Bottomless Soup" | July 4, 2008 | |
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Sue, Sid, and Tobey must find out why soup is flooding Chinatown. Recipe Obtained: The Bottomless Soup of General Yang Recipe |
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| 3 | "Great Balls of Fire" | July 11, 2008 | |
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A kid named Eugene, who looks up to the heroes, draws comics with special ink. His drawings come to life and set the town on fire! Recipe Obtained: The Crocus Ink Recipe |
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| 4 | "Let Them Eat Cookies" | July 25, 2008 | |
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Tobey opens a magic fortune cookie and turns into a flying monkey. Recipe Obtained: The Fu Fortune Cookie Recipe |
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| 5 | "The Other Garden" | August 1, 2008 | |
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Sid is tired of always training and never doing normal teen things. He wishes they had never met Nana. Then, he sees a different world where that wish came true.
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| 6 | "Shape Shifter" | August 8, 2008 | |
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Kong Li sends a shape shifter to find old antiques. Recipe Obtained: The Mokupow Recipe |
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| 7 | "The Tutor" | August 15, 2008 | |
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Sue wants to learn magic because she thinks kung fu alone can't beat Kong Li. She finds a magic master and trains with him, but he might be using her to get a recipe. Recipe Obtained: The Crab Rangoon Recipe |
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| 8 | "Happy Birthday to Sid" | August 22, 2008 | |
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On Sid's birthday, Kong Li puts a potion in a cake. It turns Nana and Mr. Wu into children! Little Nana then thinks the heroes are her enemies. Recipe Obtained: 'unknown' |
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| 9 | "Terracotta Warriors" | August 29, 2008 | |
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The siblings are practicing teamwork at an art museum. They discover that the terracotta warrior statues are coming to life! Recipe Obtained: The Qin La Chili Recipe |
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| 10 | "The Jiangshi" | October 31, 2008 | |
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Sid, Sue, and Tobey try to avoid delivering to the spooky house of Mr. Von Yang. Sue sees a child in the window, who turns out to be the soul of Von Yang's dead twin brother. Sid runs into zombie-like monsters called the Jiangshi. Recipe Obtained: The Hopsink Shrimp Recipe |
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| 11 | "Cocoon" | November 7, 2008 | |
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A silk maker uses a magic recipe to grow silk. But his worms grow too big and turn into giant moths! Recipe Obtained: The Danshaku Soup Recipe |
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| 12 | "Night of the Nian" | November 14, 2008 | |
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A dog food seller uses a magic recipe to make a lot of dog food. But it's used too much, and 10 neighborhood dogs turn into huge monsters called Nian. Recipe Obtained: The Gocheok-dong Soup Recipe |
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| 13 | "Paint Problem" | November 21, 2008 | |
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Sue gets stuck inside a house while looking for the source of purple paint on it. Both she and the house magically disappear. Meanwhile, Mr. Wu goes on a date, but he messes it up. Recipe Obtained: 'unknown' |
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| 14 | "Friday the 13th to the 4th Power" | March 13, 2009 | |
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Sue, Sid, and Tobey keep living the same Friday the 13th over and over again.
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| 15 | "Bedtime for Baku" | March 19, 2009 | |
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Kong Li uses a recipe to make everyone in Chinatown fall asleep. This allows him to search for the missing recipes.
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| 16 | "Cookbook Crooks" | March 26, 2009 | |
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Thieves try to steal Nana's cookbook. They try to cook some of the recipes without knowing what they are really for.
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| 17 | "Underworld Rising" | April 2, 2009 | |
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A kid and his brother cook a recipe that brings boar soldiers to life. The soldiers want the kid to be their master.
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| 18 | "New Employee" | April 9, 2009 | |
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The shape shifter from an earlier episode applies for a job at Wu's Garden. He wants to find the cookbook.
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| 19 | "Night of the Living Vegetables" | April 16, 2009 | |
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A child adopts a strange pet: a living bok choy!
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| 20 | "Fear Factor" | May 7, 2009 | |
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Kong Li uses a recipe that makes people see their worst fears.
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| 21 | "Qiang Wall of Chinatown" | May 14, 2009 | |
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The heroes' history teacher makes a recipe that makes him want power. He orders everyone in Chinatown to build a wall.
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| 22 | "Super Sid" | May 21, 2009 | |
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Sid wants to win a video game tournament. He hears about a recipe that makes you unstoppable. He cooks it wrong and accidentally brings Chi-yu soldiers to life.
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| 23 | "Chinese New Year" | June 27, 2009 | |
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During the Chinese New Year party, Kong Li cooks a recipe that will bring all the other recipes back to him.
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| 24 | "Heat Wave" | June 27, 2009 | |
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Kong Li uses a heat wave recipe to make Nana release the force field around Chinatown.
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| 25 | "Time Travel" | June 28, 2009 | |
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When most of the monsters come back, Nana makes a recipe that lets Sue, Sid, and Tobey travel through time.
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| 26 | "Origins" | June 28, 2009 | |
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Kong Li reveals a big secret: he is Tobey's father!
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Show Popularity
The first episode of Three Delivery was watched by over 571,000 people. The second episode had even more viewers, with 593,000. By the third episode, over 1.5 million people were watching! The show was number one on Nicktoons Network for a while. Later, Wolverine and the X-Men got over 3.1 million viewers, making Three Delivery number two. Then, Avatar: The Last Airbender became number two, and Three Delivery moved to number three. But it still had a lot of fans, with over 4.7 million viewers, staying at the top of the ratings.
See also
In Spanish: Three Delivery para niños
