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| Genre | Adventure |
| Created by | Daniel Bays |
| Written by | Daniel Bays Douglas Wood Ian Carney Moya O'Shea Darren Jones Allan Plenderleith Corey Powell Richard Preddy John Loy Sindy McKay Richard Dinnick |
| Directed by | Adam Shaw Kitty Taylor |
| Starring | Adam Henderson |
| Voices of | Sophie Aldred David Tennant Tim Whitnall Samantha Dakin Sharon D. Clarke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 72 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jackie Edwards Alison Stewart Bob Higgins Sander Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Bays Mark Bernard |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | FremantleMedia Kids and Family Blue-Zoo Productions CBeebies |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
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| Original network | CBeebies |
| Original release | 5 March 2012 – 3 October 2016 |
Tree Fu Tom is a British live-action/CGI television series which has been shown on BBC and CBeebies in the UK and Universal Kids, NBC and HBO in the USA. It is set in a miniature magical countryside and village area (Treetopolis) on the top of a part of a trunk of a big tree in a British-type woodland, where the trunk turns horizontal and then vertical again. Its characters are mostly anthropomorphised arthropods (which are not to size scale with each other as in reality). The programme is aimed at 2- to 6-year-olds. 72 episodes were produced across 5 series, premiering in 2012 and ending in 2016.
In it, some species of insects are raised and controlled like cattle on a ranch: aphids, ladybirds, and a rhinoceros beetle.
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Premise
In each episode, Tom comes out of his house, puts on a power belt, and runs across his lawn towards a crooked tree protected by a magic shield. Using the power belt, he performs some Tree Fu moves, jumps up, shrinks to insect size as he flies into the tree, and enters the world of Treetopolis. He is skilled in that world's magic, and often gets characters out of scrapes. Some of the characters are four of Tom's friends (five at the beginning of season 6), Twigs, Squirmtum, Ariela, Zigzoo and Catherine. The tree's sap is shown as a glowing orange magic liquid.
At least twice in each episode, Tom has to call on "the big world" for magical help: breaking the fourth wall, As a host, he asks his viewers to make magical moves and say magical words to assist him. The magical power is shown as an orange glow that appears offscreen and flies towards Tom, who uses it to complete the spell.
The movements which the audience are called on to make are particularly beneficial for the development of children with developmental coordination disorder.
The scenario includes magical hoverboards (called "leaf boards"), a sport called "Squizzle" and many sorts of cakes and snacks that the inhabitants of Treetopolis like to eat.
At the end of each episode, Tom says goodbye to his friends and flies out of the tree's magic field. Back in the normal world, Tom flies up and says to his viewers before he gets back to the surface: "Thanks for helping me in Treetopolis. See you soon for another adventure! Bye, for now!" Tom runs out of the woods, across his back lawn, and in through his back door before the credits play.
The series' two main voice actors each previously played major roles in Doctor Who: Sophie Aldred (who voices the animated Tom) as Seventh Doctor companion Ace and David Tennant (who voices Twigs) as the Tenth Doctor. The actor who plays Tom in the live action opening and closing sections of the show, Adam Henderson, is Sophie Aldred's son.
The character of Twigs is currently given a voice by actor Mark Bonnar, who has also been in Doctor Who, playing Jimmy and his "ganger" duplicate in the two-parter The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People.
Purpose
The series was developed in conjunction with the Dyspraxia Foundation with the aim of promoting movement. Foundation specialists Dr Sally Payne and Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes worked with the series creators to develop the movements Tree Fu Tom uses to create magic. Five percent of children have developmental coordination disorder, and these movements are similar to those used by occupational therapists to help child development. It is also hoped that the spells will help get exercise into the lives of young children.
Characters
Tom (Thomas), the main character, and a host. He uses a magical belt to transport into Treetopolis and cast spells with help from the 'big world'. Though he is usually the best at spells, he is a modest character and often has to turn to his friends for advice when things go wrong. One of his catchphrases is "Tree Fu Go!" Thanks for your help!' where he shows his viewers how to do the 'big world' magic spell segment. He Is 11 years old. He's the leader of the Tree Fu squad. Voiced by Sophie Aldred, Lucien Dodge (US), live actor Adam Henderson, Vincent Tong and Elizabeth Waterworth-Santo.
Twigs, a silly and energetic Scottish Acorn Fairy who is Tom's sidekick and best friend, and frenemy of Chezz, who he usually encounters conflict. His catchphrases are "I am a Genius" and "We're Doomed!" and "Wowzers!". He's the member of the Tree Fu squad. Voiced by David Tennant in the first two series (2012–2013), and Mark Bonnar in the other three (2014–2016) and Matt Hill in season 6 in both UK and US version.
Catherine, the newest girl in Treetopolis. She's Tom and Twigs' new best friend, and the second member of the Tree Fu squad. Voiced by Nika Futterman in both UK and US version.
Zigzoo, an eccentric tree frog who is the local inventor at Treetopolis, though not all of his inventions work out quite as well as he (or others) hope. Though it has never officially been confessed, certain episodes seem to suggest he may have a crush on Ariela. One of his catchphrases is "Oh Ribbety Roo". voiced by Tim Whitnall (2012–2015) David Holt (2016).
Squirmtum, a pill woodlouse who is a miner of sap in the caverns and general-purpose workman, and not the most intelligent of creatures. He can curl into a ball, and in that form he can roll fast. He wears a miner's helmet with a firefly called Flicker as his helmet light. Voiced by Tim Whitnall 2012–2015 Duncan Wisbey (2016).
Ariela, the alpha female character, a beautiful but feisty butterfly in charge of the Branch Ranch at Treetopolis, generally does not accept help from others, and likes to get her own way; but she is always there when her friends need her. She is highly competitive and rather impatient. She appears to have the closest relationship with Zigzoo – who invents many gadgets for her ranch throughout the episodes. voiced by Samantha Dakin.
Rickety McGlum, an elderly spider of Treetopolis; he used to be thought of as scary, but is now a close friend to Tom and his friends. He is also a Squizzle expert and trainer, and leader of the Tree Fu Rangers. He is also the grandfather of Racquette. Voiced by Tim Whitnall 2012–2015 Duncan Wisbey (2016).
Treetog the Tree Spirit, the plump friendly leader of Treetopolis. She also acts as the schoolteacher, teaching the young sprite creatures and Tom traditional tree fu spells. Voiced by Sharon D. Clarke.
The Mushas (Puffy and Stink), sister and brother respectively, forever arguing, and the main antagonists, two naughty animated toadstool-type fungi who cause trouble, though occasionally, Puffy seems to be the true antagonist. voiced by Sophie Aldred and Tim Whitnall 2012–2015 Duncan Wisbey (2016).
Zigzoo's Robot: He is a Robot that looks just like Zigzoo that he invented to help him with jobs at first he was on the fritz and didn,t know how to fix things until Zigzoo fixed him properly Tim Whitnall
Sprites including Chezz, Bertie, Hazel, Lavender, Sweetpea and Goose throughout the first series, these were only background characters, but they began to make more frequent appearances in the latter series. Chezz (also known as Chester) In particular is a very arrogant, badge-obsessed conker sprite with rhoticism, who likes to show off. Despite having mild respect for Tom, Chezz is usually arguing or attempting to compete with Twigs – often teasing him over his smaller size.
Muru, enigmatic, Spanish, praying mantis introduced as part of the new 2016 cast, red magic teacher and friend of Tom. Has a magical stick that is able to rewind and fast forwards time. He uses an extension of tree fu magic (red magic) that allows the user to take on attributes of a big-world animal such as the speed of a cheetah or strength of an elephant. He uses a magic spell stone which has all the animal spells upon it. Voiced by David Holt.
Racquette Troublesome female spiderling with a strong northern accent, and the granddaughter of Rickety. Although she loves and respects her granddad, she wishes he would allow her to adventure, believing him to be dull and overly cautious. She can be quite headstrong, though she usually realises when she makes a mistake. When bored or upset, she begins to spin webs in her hands. Spiders in this scenario appear to have a web spinning method similar to Spider-Man, where it comes from their wrists. Voiced by Sophie Aldred
Rootle and Shade, shy brother and sister dark sprites that live in the deep root caverns. They were afraid that the light would turn them to jelly. Unlike the normal sprites, they lack wings and have snail shells on their heads. Their ears and eyes are much larger than those of the other sprites. Rootle has an odd impediment where he switches the first letters of characters names around (Twom and Tigs, Pink and Stuffy, though he does not do this with Shade).
Episodes
Series 1 (5 - 22 March 2012)
Spells that appeared: Build-A-Wall Mega Attractor Grow Grow Grow Super Powers Go Super Shrinko Blow-A-Bubble Power Lasso Super Squeeze Super Lifto Chompa Chompa Chew Magic Go Back Super Net Go Blow Blow Blow Go Slow Lifting Wind Water To Jelly Helping Hand Fireflies Unite Super Speed Super Clean Go Dizzy Wind Giant Shield
- Episode 1: May the Best Berry Win: the episode is about the Biggest Chuckleberry In Treetopolis contest. (Aired: 5 March 2012)
Spells: Build-A-Wall Mega Attractor
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- Episode 2: Squizzle Quest: A game projectile goes astray when Twigs accidentally use the mega triple wing throw witch makes the squizzle fell into Rickety McGlum's Yard. (Aired: 6 March 2012)
Spells: Grow Grow Grow Super Powers Go
Note: Rumors can Hurt
- Episode 3: Zigzoo The Zero: Zigzoo gets tired of inventions failing (Aired: 7 March 2012)
Spells: Super Shrinko Grow Grow Grow
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- Episode 4: So Long Greenhorns: Tom and Twigs swap Spell School for running Ariela's ranch, and vice versa. (Aired: 8 March 2012)
Spells: Blow-A-Bubble Power Lasso
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- Episode 5: Hide and Squeak: A game of hide and seek; Squirmtum's fear of the dark gets the better of him. (Aired: 12 March 2012)
Spells: Super Squeeze Super Lifto
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- Episode 6: Wishful Thinking: The Mushas get hold of a magic pebble, (Aired: 13 March 2012)
Spells: Chompa Chompa Chew Magic Go Back
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- Episode 7: Robot Zigzoo: Zigzoo builds a robot of himself that causes more problems than it solves. (Aired: 14 March 2012)
Spells: Super Net Go Power Lasso
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- Episode 8: With Friends Like These: Some go off to play Squizzle when they are supposed to be helping Squirmtum. Stink and Puffy see a chance. (Aired: 15 March 2012)
Spells: Super Squeeze Blow Blow Blow
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- Episode 9: Buzzworthy: Bees get into the ranch (Aired: 16 March 2012)
Spells: Go Slow Lifting Wind
- Episode 10: Winging It: Squirmtum tries to fly using a jetpack with wings (Aired: 19 March 2012)
Spells: Water To Jelly Helping Hand
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- Episode 11: Crystal Catastrophe: Treetog's casting crystal gets broken. (Aired: 20 March 2012)
Spells: Fireflies Unite Super Speed
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- Episode 12: Fungus Among Us: The Mushas trick Tom and Twigs into making a mess of Treetog's castle. (Aired: 21 March 2012)
Spells: Super Lifto Super Clean Go
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- Episode 13: The Big Ranch Rodeo: Trouble organising a rodeo. (Aired: 22 March 2012)
Spells: Dizzy Wind Giant Shield
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Series 2 (3 September 2012 – 21 March 2013)
Spells that appeared: Mega Mover Super Freeze Super Squeeze Giant Shield Protecto Tunnel Super Lifto Helping Hand Super Shrinko Mega Power Boost Super Pull Mega Push Magic Stop Blow Blow Blow Super Roll Build-A-Bridge Power Smash Grow Grow Grow Super Powers Go Super Arrow Super Net Go
- Episode 14: One for All!: Tom leads his under-performing squizzle team on a quest to find the enchanted squizzle.
Spells: Mega Mover Super Freeze
- Episode 15: Treefle Tom: Tom and his friends' greed for tasty treefle treats leads to trouble.
Spells: Super Squeeze Giant Shield
- Episode 16: The Great Journey: Tom and Twigs get a crash course in being ranchers as they lead an epic baby beetle drive.
Spells: Protecto Tunnel Super Lifto
- Episode 17: Not So Fast: Ariela's impatience causes trouble for Tom and Treetopolis!
Spells: Helping Hand Super Shrinko
- Episode 18: Hovering Humblebugs: Tom's attempts to attain perfection cause problems for the humblebugs.
Spells: Mega Power Boost Super Pull
- Episode 19: Treasure Hunt: Treelings and Mushas are thrown together to compete in Treetopolis' annual treasure hunt.
Spells: Giant Shield Mega Push
- Episode 20: Tom's Big Mess: It's the Annual Tidy Up and Tom's careless cleaning efforts lead to disaster.
Spells: Magic Stop Mega Push
- Episode 21: Sappy Day: Preparations for Sap Day are thrown into turmoil when the Mushas get up to mischief.
Spells: Super Lifto Blow Blow Blow
- Episode 22: Grubble Trouble: Tom and Twigs' friendship isn't the only thing threatened when Twigs gets a new pet.
Spells: Super Lifto Super Shrinko
- Episode 23: Rickety Rescue: When Tom and friends get into trouble it's up to Rickety to leap to the rescue!
Spells: Super Roll Build-A-Bridge
- Episode 24: Weather Bother: Zigzoo invents a weather machine to create perfect conditions for each of his friends.
Spells: Power Smash Grow Grow Grow
- Episode 25: Tiny Tom: Tom tackles titanic troubles as he is accidentally shrunk to the size of Twigs' toes.
Spells: Super Powers Go Super Arrow
- Episode 26: The Lost Stone: A calm, quiet pond creature accidentally absorbs Tom's sapstone.
Spells: Super Net Go Helping Hand
Series 3 (30 Oct 2013 – 7 April 2014)
Spells that appeared: Super Lifto Super Shrinko Chompa Chompa Chew Chop Chop Chop Magic Ant Helping Hand Super Freeze Magic Go Back Grow Grow Grow Power Lasso Build-A-Bridge Power Smash Super Slime Go Super Squeeze Giant Shield
- Episode 27: Twigs' Big Boost: Twigs eats Ariela's special booster berries, which causes random growth spurts; He desperately tries to hide his dramatically growing hands, ears and feet from his friends
Spells: Super Lifto Super Shrinko
- Episode 28: Spincake Day: It is Zigzoo's job to make all of the spincakes for Spincake Day but he leaves his machine and it quickly goes out of control.
Spells: Chompa Chompa Chew Chop Chop Chop
- Episode 29: Harvest Antics: It is Harvest day in Treetopolis but it almost gets ruined when a colony of ants almost take over to eat all the food and Tom and Twigs try all sorts of methods to try to save the food from the ants but then they soon learn to listen to Rickety on some advise
Spells: Super Lifto Magic Ant
- Episode 30: Tom's Fan Club: After Tom masters an impossible Super Grab Spell the Sprites all worship Tom for demonstrating it but it gets in the way when Twigs has to deliver Boing Beetle eggs to Ariela's ranch, who thinks they belong in the barn, but when Twigs and Ariela get stuck in there Tom must leave his fan club in order to save them
Spells: Helping Hand Super Freeze
- Episode 31: Tom's Teddy: When it is Clean-Up Treetopolis Day Tom looses his Teddy and starts wrongfully accusing Twigs Ariela Squirmtum and Zigzoo for stealing it but it was really the Mushas who stole it for their Slime Teddy and when Tom learns what he has done he makes up for it
Spells: Magic Go Back Grow Grow Grow
- Episode 32: Conkerball Run: When Tom and Twigs find Rickety's old racing car the Turborantula and learn that he lost the Conkerball Cup in a race with the Mushas Tom Twigs and Zigzoo challenge the Mushas to a race to win it back but Tom and Twigs who are competitive and don't work as a team they might lose the race again, but when the car derails with a panicked Zigzoo on board Tom and Twigs must learn what they did wrong
Spells: Super Lifto Power Lasso
- Episode 33: Bad Tom: When the Mushas discover an Invisibility Ring they use it to frame Tom and Twigs on Spooky Day by doing mean tricks to Zigzoo Squirmtum and Ariela then they eventually learn not to jump to conclusions
Spells: Power Lasso Super Shrinko
- Episode 34: The Cavern Coaster: When Squirmtum has a lot to do in the Caverns Zigzoo invents a Cavern Coaster to speed things along up but since the Caverns are dangerous he gets carried away with it literally with him and the Sprites on board and then have to be saved
Spells: Build-A-Bridge Helping Hand
- Episode 35: Woodgrubs: Tom Twigs Zigzoo and Squirmtum investigate the Caverns when there are mysterious Treequakes and see that its cause Woodgrubs are eating the deadbark
Spells: Power Smash Super Slime Go
- Episode 36: Chuckleberry Tom: Tom uses Chuckleberry Juice to make himself funny; it's fun at first but then gets out of hand when Zigzoo almost falls off a bridge and distracts Treetog and the Sprites from cheating Mushas with Boohoo Berries
Spells: Super Lifto Magic Go Back
- Episode 37: Ranger Tom: Fungus Finder: Tom and Twigs empty out a cart full of stuff but it turns out flowers are useful to wake up Rickety they soon learn too be prepared when the Mushas Rickety Chezz Hazel and Twigs almost meet their end with a Whirlpool Fungus and a Spritetrap Fungus
Spells: Super Squeeze Grow Grow Grow
- Episode 38: Don't Go Glowy: Tom Twigs and Ariela are on the search for a Bubbleroot and Ariela's pet Gloworm Glowy eats one and turns into a Gremmel, getting her into trouble, but with Tom and Twig's help she overcomes her fears of her
Spells: Helping Hand Giant Shield
- Episode 39: Last Squizzle: Tom Twigs Stink and Puffy are in need of new squizzles, so they need to go looking for them but with Stink Puffy and Twigs unwillingness to cooperate they get into trouble will Tom be able to help them
Spells: Super Lifto Grow Grow Grow
Series 4 (30 June 2014 – 8 December 2014)
Spells that appeared: Helping Hand Enormo Dome Power Lasso Build-A-Bridge Mega Mover Magic Go Back Super Squeeze Super Pull Giant Shield Super Powers Go Water To Jelly Super Screech Super Speed Super Lifto Super Launcher Super Freeze Mega Push
- Episode 40: Tom's Big Spell: For the first time ever Tom can,t do the moves for a Tree Fu Magic Spell his struggles to find a way to avoid further failure only compound and escalate the problem when a School Book Broom and Zigzoo,s Wagon get brought to life by a Magic Potion run riot around Treetopolis Tom learns that if at first you don,t succeed try try again each time you try you get a little better
Spells: Helping Hand Enormo Dome
- Episode 41: Super Squirmtum: Squirmtum feels that the Sap Mining and Delivery job is rubbish and is made to feel inferior by Tom and friends so he decides to try out Tree Fu Magic to become Treetopolis, new super hero causing more harm than good like getting him along with the sprites stuck on a Hoverplatform and sweeping Ariela and Zigzoo down the Saplake
Spells: Helping Hand Power Lasso
- Episode 42: The Golden Spore: A Magical Golden Spore released from the Great Gnomestool grants everyones angry wishes during an argument Tom does everything he,s told to Twigs can,t talk Ariela is out of control silly and Stink is nice then they have to embark on a difficult quest to find another Golden Spore to reverse the wishes set against Puffy and having to cope with the consequences of their wishes and they all learn to appreciate each other more when Puffy Stink Twigs and Ariela get stuck and Tom has to find away to save them while making the wishes
Spells: Build-A-Bridge Helping Hand
- Episode 43: Ranger Tom: Super Helper: Tom and Twigs are desperate to get their Super Helper Badges and quickly become over stretched trying to help everyone who asks as soon as they ask never seeing any job through and each job descending into chaos but when Treetog,s Saproot traps Squirmtum in the Caverns Tom and Twigs must regain their composure to save him
Spells: Mega Mover Magic Go Back
- Episode 44: Tom and the Warble Weeds: On a Hot Day in Treetopolis Tom and Twigs are more intent on enjoying Frosty Berry Smoothies than clearing Warble Weeds from Ariela,s Ranch but they learn not to be lazy when the Warble Weeds almost blow Ariela Rickety and their houses away
Spells: Super Squeeze Super Pull
- Episode 45: Ranger Tom: Fun Guy!: Searching for a new Fungus to complete his Fungopedia Fungus identifying invention with the Tree Fu Rangers Zigzoo discovers a strange Fungus called a Triccup Fungus which gives everyone an illness so Tom Twigs and Zigzoo embark on a quest to retrieve a Fix-It Fungus but when Zigzoo loses his backpack in an accident with a Sprite Trap Fungus he has very low confidence but with Tom and Twig,s encouragement he manages to overcome his fears and get the Fix-It Fungus
Spells: Super Pull Giant Shield
- Episode 46: Twigs' Tall Tale: At Spell School Chezz taunts Twigs about his size he,s the smallest Sprite feeling he has something to prove Twigs ropes Tom into a competition against Chezz to collect Sparkle Spores for Treetog,s Sparkle Show in the Fungus Forest but it gets out of hand when Chezz makes up a story about a Bigfoot Beetle and him and Twigs almost get eaten by a Pitcher Plant but Twigs proves that being small isn,t such a big deal when he helps the Bigfoot Beetle get a Grumbleberry out that,s lodged up his nose
Spells: Helping Hand Power Lasso
- Episode 47: Ranger Tom and the Carrots of Doom: The Tree Fu Rangers are on Ariela,s Ranch trying to win their Green Fingers Badge much to the apprehension of his friends Tom plants some Carrot Seeds he,s bought from the Big World and they grow HUGE try as they might they can,t pull them up unknown to his friends Zigzoo rushes off to create an invention to help and starts pulling the Carrots down from underground with his new Harvesting Hands Invention this sparks fear in the Treelings who all think the Carrots are alive and out to get them their fear is fuelled as Zigzoo causes a cave in which creates a sinkhole above that Ariela falls into though Tom saves her with Big World Magic Zigzoo then decides to blast the Carrots upwards instead and this only adds to Toms problems as he tries to reassure his panicked friends that there must be a rational explanation as the giant Carrots rain down the Treelings fear drives them into a dangerous part of the caverns where they encounter Zigzoo in his wearable invention covered in debris and broken Carrot from the cave in their panic to escape this "Carrot Monster" they unleash a torrent of Sap from a blocked cave and only Tom,s Big World Magic can save them as the flood subsides the Treelings see that the Carrot Monster is actually Zigzoo and understand what has happened the Carrots are harmless Vegetables after all and actually tasty too Tom wins his Green Fingers Badge and heads home
Spells: Super Pull Magic Go Back
- Episode 48: Picture This: Tom and Twigs feel they,re ready for bigger things and are excited when Treetog decides to teach them a new tricky spell that can be used to control the magic of an enchanted scroll that brings into being whatever is drawn on its pages Tom and Twigs feel underwhelmed by the lesson which involves picking up loads of scattered Slimeweed Seeds in a particular way and decide that they,re ready to use the scroll without the Controlling Spell they draw a new vehicle to collect the Seeds but soon realize that they,re not as clever as they think first missing off something to collect the Seeds in then getting sucked into the collection hopper then falling into a trap set by the Mushas who are desperate to plant the Seeds and grow Slimeweeds all over the Castle adding and using more and more features to the machine before they,re ready or know how to control them leads to further trouble as the machine is given wings and Twigs is left hurtling towards the Pond on a collision course Big World Magic turns the Pond to Jelly for a safe but messy landing and Tom and Twigs realize that they must complete the task Treetog set to clear up their mess they find that the specific Seed collection movements are the moves of the tricky Spell and find that before they know it they,ve mastered it and can send their chaotic invention back into the scroll
Spells: Super Powers Go Water To Jelly
- Episode 49: Dragon Fruit Fiasco: Zigzoo borrows a Cropchopper Hover Platform and a Web from his friends without asking to create an invention to collect special Dragon Berries that are now at perfect ripeness but soon Zigzoo learns his lesson when a very annoyed Boing Beetle on the rampage pursues him and Ariela
Spells: Super Screech Super Speed
- Episode 50: Ranger Tom: A Badge Too Far: It,s a Bumper Badge Day at Tree Fu Rangers Club with Three new badges up for grabs Tom and Twigs are desperate to get more Tree Fu Ranger Badges than Chezz who keeps taunting them that he has one more by Bringing Zigzoos Robot over to pick Rainbow Berries at Ariela,s Ranch and Tom records Ariela,s herding calls with his Holopax though it goes out of control very quickly after his Holopax jams and leads the Beetles into a Slime Lake and Ariela gives an accidental command to Zigzoo,s Robot since he,s on voice control he malfunctions and gets Ariela and Zigzoo trapped under a Mushroom and then Tom and Twigs learn to just do one Challenge and give it their all they can still earn a badge
Spells: Super Pull Mega Mover
- Episode 51: King Stink: Stink accidentally finds the legendary Golden Crown of Greatness and becomes King of Treetopolis everyone except Tom is caught up in the Crown,s enchantment which causes them to treat Stink like a great King and do anything he asks then he learns being King is a big responsibility when he Puffy and Twigs get stuck in a Whirlpool Fungus
Spells: Super Lifto Super Launcher
- Episode 52: Tree Fu Tom: The Sprite Before Christmas: It,s Winterfest in Treetopolis an event just like Christmas Twigs can,t wait to show Tom the Courtyard where there are Presents Fireflies Cracker Pods and a Christmas Tree-Shaped Fungus
Spells: Super Freeze Mega Push
Series 5 (8 February 2016 – 3 October 2016)
Spells that appeared: Super Lifto Super Freeze Funnel Flow Mega Power Boost Mega Attractor Mega Mover Blow-A-Bubble Super Pull Helping Hand Chompa Chompa Chew Lifting Wind Magic Go Back
- Episode 53: Stuck: It,s annual Sticky Bug Day and if they are touched they are impossible to unstick unfortunately Zigzoo and Twigs learn it the hard way and they try to remove the Sticky Bugs with Zigzoo,s Robot The Helping Hand The Planting Machine the Weather Machine and the Spincake-A-Maker 3000 but they don,t work but Tom learns that Sticky Bugs love Popple Flowers and with the help of Ariela they are able to get the Sticky Bugs to unstick themselves in order to rescue Twigs and Zigzoo
Spells: Super Lifto Super Freeze
- Episode 54: Ranger Tom and The Musha Rangers: The Mushas decide to trick Twigs Hazel and Chezz into doing badges for doing hardly any work at all and also try to get them to do slime work but they don,t know its a trick until later
Spells: Super Freeze Funnel Flow
- Episode 55: Flicker Goes Out: Tom and Twigs have a new teacher named Muru who teaches them Red Crystal Magic which can only be found in the Deepest Darkest Caverns so Squrimtum guides them with Flicker but when a Mega Torch 4000 steals Flicker,s thunder he runs off
Spells: Super Lifto Elephant
- Episode 56: It's A Kind Of Magic: During a Red Magic lesson Twigs accidentally breaks Muru,s stick so they have to go on an escapade to the Dead Branch Desert to get a new one
Spells: Cheetah Gorilla
- Episode 57: Dark Sprites: When Tom and Twigs explore weird noises coming from the Caverns to see that their are two sprites named Rootle and Shade who are afraid of light because they think it will turn them into Jelly so they use a Dimbot to make everything dark but it backfires when Twigs,s impulsive thinking of using a Red Crystal makes the Robot out of control and makes all of Treetopolis permanently dark
Spells: Mega Power Boost Mega Attractor
- Episode 58: Ranger Tom a Friend Indeed: During a fight Tom Twigs and Chezz break a strange object belonging to Rickety so they decide to set out to fix it and while they are trying to gather Sap due to Twigs and Chezz,s bickering they get stuck between a boulder and a crevice but Tom gets them out though Tom has enough and decides he,ll get the Sap and Twigs will get the Helipod and Chezz will get the Fungus but disaster strikes when Twigs gets caught by a Helipod Seed and Chezz gets surrounded by a Carnivorous Fungus but Tom saves them just in the nick of time then they finally realize the best idea is to work together to gather all the supplies
Spells: Mega Mover Blow-A-Bubble
- Episode 59: How to Train Your Buggle: It's Pet Show Day in Treetopolis and Twigs is trying to train his pet Buggle Whizzy and inadvertently hurts her feelings causing her to run away and while looking for her they accidentally have a case of mistaken identity when Twigs gets Whiffy the Mushas misbehaving pet Buggle and the Mushas get Whizzy which goes from bad to worse when Whiffy wreaks havoc by sending Chezz's pet Ladybug Chudsey and Ariela,s Aphids on a stampede which fling Twigs who is tied up in both of the Buggle,s leashes onto a windmill luckily Tom rescues them before they fall to their doom and Twigs finds a way to get Whizzy to round up all the pets and bring them safely home.
Spells: Super Pull Helping Hand
Note: The title of this episode is a parody of the DreamWorks Animation franchise How to Train Your Dragon.
- Episode 60: Treenado: Tom and Twigs are supposed to practice a digging animal spell and when they try to take a Gorilla Eagle and Elephant spell it causes a Treenado soon they have to master the Aardvark spell
Spells: Elephant Aardvark
- Episode 61: Friendship Day: It,s Friendship Day and Twigs has been put in charge of things but Twigs starts panicking when he finds out that Squirmtum and Zigzoo haven,t made the Buddy Buns yet and learn from Treetog that Squirmtum and Zigzoo are Crystal Bearers too however they soon find out that Squirmtum Zigzoo have fallen out about something and are not talking but soon they have to make up when they get stuck on a spinning out of control Hover Platform
Spells: Helping Hand Super Freeze
- Episode 62: Box of Tricks: Muru wants to teach Tom and Twigs the Gripping Bear Spell as a test Tom and Twigs must deliver a box to Treetog and The Mushas get attracted to the box too and Twigs Stink Puffy and Tom all get sucked into the box due to temptation
Spells: Bear Crocodile
- Episode 63: Ranger Tom: Beetles and Grubbles: It,s Tree Fu Rangers Club and Rickety wants to teach Tom Twigs Chezz Hazel and Bertie a new game called Beetles and Grubbles and Chezz is a Beetle which means he leaves a trail for the Grubbles to follow so they can catch him but since he wants to win so bad he leads the Grubbles into the Fungus Forest which causes Twigs Hazel and Bertie to get stuck in a Sticky Fungus luckily Tom pulls them out and Chezz has an encounter with a hungry Bigfoot Beetle which causes him to be launched out of a Cannonball Fungus into a Slime Lake luckily Tom catches him before he falls and Chezz learns that winning isn,t everything
Spells: Super Pull Helping Hand
- Episode 64: Need For Less Speed: Today is the Race for Wonderful Wish Fruit ripens and there is a race for who get there first gets to choose what they all taste like Tom and Twigs use the Turborantula Tom wants Chuckleberries and Spincakes with Frostyberry Icing and Twigs wants Trillicake Ariela uses her Cart and wants Rainbowberry Zigzoo uses his Wagon and wants Treefle Squirmtum uses his Hover Platform and wants Bubbleroot and The Mushas use the Spore Bike and want Gillymoss with Swamp Gravy but they nearly lose when they almost fall into a Chasm and the Turborantula overheats
Spells: Elephant Chameleon
- Episode 65. The Good The Bad And The Mushas: It,s another Red Crystal Magic lesson and this time Muru wants them to do an animal with super strength and that,s why Tom and Twigs have to accompany Ariela on a mission to Red Rock Canyon to cure the Beetles Foot Fungus because she is scared of going since last time their was a Sandstorm she got stuck in and then there is a rockslide and Tom HAS to do the Rhino Charge Spell
Spells: Aardvark Rhinoceros
- Episode 66: Racquette Risks A Rescue: Rickety,s granddaughter Racquette comes for a visit in Treetopolis and Rickety is determined to stopping her from doing anything too exciting so he says he wants Tom and Twigs to give her a tour around Treetopolis first they go to Ariela,s Ranch where she accidentally causes Teabiscuit to stampede then she goes to Spell School where she triggers a Jittery Pea avalanche and then finally she breaks the Cavern Coaster causing it to hurtle towards the Bottomless Pit with her and Twigs on board will Tom save them in time
Spells: Chomper Chomper Chew Lifting Wind
- Episode 67: Musha Island: When Tom Twigs and Bertie discover a boat they decide to play Pirates Tom draws a treasure map and goes off with Twigs to find a flag meanwhile The Mushas try to trick Bertie into thinking their friends with Bertie and try to convince him to find the treasure but then later Bertie learns how to handle Peer Pressure
Spells: Super Lifto Magic Go Back
- Episode 68: An A-maze-ing Adventure: Muru sets Tom and Twigs on an amaze-ing quest to find something really really really special but they have to navigate through a maze and it,s a race against the Mushas but they learn the prize is water which helps a plant grow into a Fruit Tree for them to escape
Spells: Cheetah Gorilla
- Episode 69: Red Musha Mischief: The Dark Sprites are in Treetopolis again and want to try new things and The Mushas try to trick Rootle and Shade into thinking their nice and luring them by letting them play with their cool gadgets but they soon learn it,s a trap when they use a Red Crystal to power boost their Slime Bubbler
Spells: Kangaroo Cheetah
- Episode 70: Ranger Tom And Ginormous George: Tom Twigs and Racquette are trying to earn their Tent Building badge and the Mushas try to trick them into helping them with creating a monster named Ginormous George but when Puffy accidentally creates Stink into one they don,t believe them when they really need help
Spells: Super Freeze Magic Go Back
- Episode 71; Dead Branch Challenge: Muru challenges Tom Twigs and Racquette to a Dead Branch Challenge which means they can,t fly nor touch the ground because if they do they automatically fail so they have to use Bark to get around
Spells: Kangaroo Bear
- Episode 72; Raiders Of The Lost Bark: Twigs needs three new pieces of Bark for his collection so he can get something he really wants but a Termite is also after Tumble Bark and Whizz Bark and they fight over the Bark and they try to take the Whizz Bark which causes to have the Termites Nest pursue them but Tom accidentally breaks their nest so they decide to wish their house back
Spells: Gorilla Eagle
Series 6 ( 2021??? )
Spells that appeared: Super Lifto Helping Hand Grow Grow Grow Power Lasso Super Squeeze Giant Shield Magic Go Back Super Pull Super Freeze Super Shrinko Go Slow Magic Stop Super Roll Enormo Dome Super Launcher Super Speed Water To Jelly Mega Power Boost Mega mover
Note: Tom is now wearing an orange t-shirt under a yellow sweatshirt, and the pockets of his belt are now seafoam green; Catherine is a girl with black hair in two low pigtails, tied with blue scrunchies and a blue headband, she also has brown eyes, a red sweatshirt, blue overalls, navy blue slip-on shoes, blue and purple bracelets and navy blue glasses that match her shoes, she also has purple nail polish; In the European Portuguese version, Tom is now voiced by Inês Marques, Catherine is voiced by Sandra de Castro, and Squirmtum is now voiced by André Raimundo.
- Episode 73; Meet Catherine: Catherine is moving out to Treetopolis. Tom and Twigs meet her, and they become the Tree Fu squad.
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- Episode 74; New Teacher: Treetog is out sick today and there is a new substitute who Twigs doesn't respect and doesn't listen to the things she instructs.
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- Episode 75; Rainbow: A rainbow appeared in Treetopolis, Tom, Twigs and Catherine have fun with the colors.
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- Episode 76; Lots of Energy: Zigzoo needs a new Sap Cell for his Wagon that broke down and he needs some from a special Sap Pyramid, so he quests to there along with Squirmtum and Ariela, but since the Pyramid is a dangerous place, they got stuck in there and have to be rescued by Tom, Twigs and Catherine.
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- Episode 77; Ranger Tom, and the Hike to Wish Mountain: It's Rangers Club today and Rickety is having Tom, Twigs, Catherine, Ariela, Squirmtum, Zigzoo, Chezz, Hazel, Bertie and Racquette climb Wish Mountain because. The Mushas want to make wishes too and they want it to be a race on which team gets there first wins, since Zigzoo is the only one who has been to Wish Mountain agrees to lead them but since he was a Tadpole when he went he doesn't remember much about it and leads them on the wrong trail which first causes Squirmtum and Racquette to almost fall off a rickety bridge then he leads them to a ravine and accidentally causes a rock slide and finally he gets stuck on a loose rock and almost falls off a cliff but thankfully, Tom saves him and then he learns a valuable lesson that it's okay to admit when you've made a mistake.
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- Episode 78; Zigzoo's Better Best Friend: Zigzoo plans on having a Picnic for all his friends, but their all too busy, so then he decides to have his Robot, Helping Hand, Planting Machine, Weather Machine, and Spincake-A-Maker join his picnic, but then he learns that having real friends is more important when he gets stuck on his runaway houseboat and his inventions are unable to save him.
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- Episode 79; Tom's Birthday: It's Tom's Birthday and his friends are getting a Birthday set up for Tom, but Twigs accidentally locks himself and his friends inside the barn when trying to hide from Tom.
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- Episode 80; Treemini Tom: Tom gets shrunk again by Zigzoo's Size-O-Scope and goes on a journey to get back to normal side.
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- Episode 81; Valentine's Day: It's Valentine's day in Treetopolis. Tom, Twigs and Catherine celebrate the special time of year together.
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- Episode 82; Festival: It's a festival parade day, and Tom, Twigs and Catherine play music instruments: Tom plays the maracas, Twigs plays the tuba, and Catherine plays the recorder.
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- Episode 83; Ice Cream: It's a hot day in Treetopolis again. Tom, Twigs and Catherine are sly at ice cream.
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- Episode 84; Mermaid: Tom, Twigs, Catherine, Squirmtum and Zigzoo are fishing in Zigzoo's houseboat again, but Tom, Twigs and Catherine found a lost mermaid and get to turn into mermaids when they try to find her home and later, Zigzoo gets to turn into a mermaid when Twigs gets stuck in a Sunken Ship and is about to turn back to normal.
Spells: Mega mover; Super lifto
Note: Tom is seen for the first and only time doing his spells in his mermaid form.
- Episode 85; The Lost Baby: Tom, Twigs and Catherine are playing Squizzle, until suddenly, they found a baby. They try to find out who's baby this is, but it's no use. But actually, it belonged to Ariela, who was worried about the lost baby.
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- Episode 86; Trick or Treat, Treetopolis?: It's Halloween in Treetopolis, but the Mushas are ruining the party. So, Tom, Twigs and Catherine (including Treetog and the other Treelings) are having revenge for scaring the Mushas by using their ghoul scares.
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Note: This is the first and only appearance of Shadow, the black female sprite; This is also the Halloween themed episode; The song that Catherine was singing might be a resemblance to The Loud House song "You got tricked!" from the episode "Tricked!".
Episode 87; The Time Machine:
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Episode 88; Yoga of Duty:
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Episode 89; Cousin Barky's Visit:
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Episode 90; The Camping Trip:
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Episode 91; Squirmtum,s Runaway Balloon:
Spells: Super Speed Water To Jelly
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Episode 92; Zigzoo,s Thinking Cap
Spells: Mega Power Boost Power Lasso
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Episode 93; Tom in OZ: This story is about a girl named Dorothy (played by Catherine) and a dog named Toto (played by Whizzy), who lived with her uncles (played by Tom and Twigs) in a house that was floated by a treenado, and it went to the land of OZ, and they met the Tin Man (played by Zigzoo), the Scarecrow (played by Ariela) and the Cowardly Lion (played by Squirmtum), and they are going on an adventure to OZ, the Tin Man wants to have a heart, the Scarecrow wants a brain, the Cowardly Lion wants some courage, and Dorothy and her uncles want to go home, and go on adventures to beat the Wicked Warlock (played by Stink).
Spells: None
Note: This episode is a parody of the MGM film from 1939 The Wizard of Oz. This episode is a one-hour special
- Tree Fu Tom at BBC Programmes
See also
In Spanish: Tree Fu Tom para niños
