Tree Fu Tom
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 [2] across 5 series, premiering in 2012 and ending in 2016.
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| Also known as | Tree Fu Thomas |
| 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 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jackie Edwards Alison Stewart Bob Higgins Sander Schwartz |
| Producers | Daniel Bays Mark Bernard |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
| Production companies | FremantleMedia Kids and Family Blue-Zoo Productions CBeebies[1] |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies |
| Original release | 5 March 2012 – 3 October 2016 |
In it, some species of insects are raised and controlled like cattle on a ranch: aphids, ladybirds, and a rhinoceros beetle.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[3] Foundation specialists Sally Payne[5] and Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes[6] 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. 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!" voiced by David Tennant in the first two series (2012–2013), and Mark Bonnar in the other three (2014–2016).
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 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).
Catherine
Episodes
Series 1 (5 - 22 March 2012)
- 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
- 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
- Episode 3: Zigzoo The Zero: Zigzoo gets tired of inventions failing (Aired: 7 March 2012)
Spells: Super Shrinko Grow Grow Grow
- 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
- 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
- Episode 6: Wishful Thinking: The Mushas get hold of a magic pebble, (Aired: 13 March 2012)
Spells: Chompa Chompa Chew Magic Go Back
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Episode 11: Crystal Catastrophe: Treetog's casting crystal gets broken. (Aired: 20 March 2012)
Spells: Fireflies Unite Super Speed
- 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
- Episode 13: The Big Ranch Rodeo: Trouble organising a rodeo. (Aired: 22 March 2012)
Spells: Dizzy Wind Giant Shield
Series 2 (3 September 2012 – 21 March 2013)
- 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)
- 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
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)
- 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 persues after 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)
- 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 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:
Spells: Super Lifto Elephant
- Episode 56: It's A Kind Of Magic:
Spells: Cheetah Gorilla
- Episode 57: Dark Sprites:
Spells: Mega Power Boost Mega Attractor
- Episode 58: Ranger Tom a Friend Indeed:
Spells: Mega Mover Blow-A-Bubble
- Episode 59: How to Train Your Buggle:
Spells: Super Pull Helping Hand
- Episode 60: Treenado
Spells: Elephant Aardvark
- Episode 61: Friendship Day:
Spells: Helping Hand Super Freeze
- Episode 62: Box of Tricks
Spells: Bear Crocodile
- Episode 63: Ranger Tom: Beetles and Grubbles:
Spells: Super Pull Helping Hand
- Episode 64: Need For Less Speed
Spells: Elephant Chameleon
- Episode 65. The Good The Bad And The Mushas
Spells: Aardvark Rhinoceros
- Episode 66: Racquette Risks A Rescue
Spells: Chomper Chomper Chew Lifting Wind
- Episode 67: Musha Island:
Spells: Super Lifto Magic Go Back
- Episode 68: An A-maze-ing Adventure:
Spells: Cheetah Gorilla
- Episode 69: Red Musha Mischief:
Spells: Kangaroo Cheetah
- Episode 70: Ranger Tom And Ginormous George:
Spells: Super Freeze Magic Go Back
- Episode 71; Dead Branch Challenge:
Spells: Kangaroo Bear
- Episode 72; Raiders Of The Lost Bark:
Spells: Gorilla Eagle
Series 6 ( - )
- Episode 73; Meet Catherine: Catherine is moving out to Treetopolis. Tom and Twigs meet her, and they become the Tree Fu squad.
- 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.
- Episode 75; Rainbow: A rainbow appeared in Treetopolis, Tom, Twigs and Catherine have fun with the colours.
- Episode 76; Lots of Energy:
- Episode 77; Ranger Tom, and the Hike to Wish Mountain
- Episode 78; Zigzoo's Better Best Friend:
- Episode 79; Tom's Birthday:
- Episode 80; Treemini Tom:
- Episode 81; Valentine's Day: It's Valentine's day in Treetopolis. Tom, Twigs and Catherine celebrate the special time of year together.
- Episode 82; Festival:
- Episode 83; Ice Cream: It's a hot day in Treetopolis again. Tom, Twigs and Catherine are sly at ice cream.
References
- Milligan, Mercedes. "CBeebies Commissions 'Tree Fu Tom' Season 3". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 295. ISBN 9781476672939.
- "Dyspraxia Foundation welcomes innovative CBeebies programme: Tree Fu Tom". Dyspraxia Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- "Tree Fu Tom Episode list". David Tennant Radio Plays. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- Anuji Varma (16 March 2012). "Solihull occupational therapist behind kids' smash hit show Tree Fu Tom". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- "Children's animation could help dyspraxic kids". SEN Magazine. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
External links
- Tree Fu Tom at BBC Programmes
- Tree Fu Tom: the boy with magical powers comes to CBeebies
- Tree Fu Tom Episode list, images
- Tree Fu Tom at IMDb