Chowder The Arborians (2007–2010) Online
- Original Title :
- The Arborians
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
- Year :
- 2007–2010
- Directror :
- Kris Sherwood,Eddy Houchins
- Cast :
- Nicky Jones,Dwight Schultz,Tara Strong
- Writer :
- C.H. Greenblatt,C.H. Greenblatt
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 11min
- Rating :
- 5.7/10
Mung creates a batch of pancakes, but he, Chowder, and Shnitzel finds them too dry. Mung decides that it needs syrup from an Arborian tree, and plants a seed in the kitchen, which instantly grows into an annoying tree named Arbor. They manage to extract some syrup from him but Chowder finds it awful. Arbor explains that good syrup only come from mature Arborian trees, and they only mature when they are in a comfortable home. Arbor demands that the kitchen is covered with marble columns. Unsuccessful into getting Ms. Endive into telling them where she got her columns from, they end up stealing them from the local Marzipan City bank (which instantly collapses). Arbor then demands that the doorway are greeted by two lion sculptures, which they reluctantly oblige. While Arbor is satisfied, he decides to get input from his family, and another Arborian tree grows in the kitchen. Soon Arbor's family invades Mung's kitchen, outraging Mung. Arbor tricks Mung into thinking that there are good ...
Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Nicky Jones | - | Chowder (voice) | |
Dwight Schultz | - | Mung Daal / Cousin Arbor (voice) | |
Tara Strong | - | Truffles / Baby Arbor / Arbor's other Daughter (voice) | |
John DiMaggio | - | Shnitzel / Brother Arbor (voice) | |
Mindy Sterling | - | Miss Endive / Abora / Abor's Daughter (voice) | |
Ron Perlman | - | Arbor / Man (voice) |
According to C.H. Greenblatt, Nicky Jones, the voice of Chowder, was excited to work with Ron Perlman due to Perlman's fame as the comic-book hero Hellboy. To commemorate the occasion, Greenblatt drew a scene of Chowder meeting Hellboy and posted it on his blog.
The Arborians are named after the Armenians and Arvernians, and the Latin word "arbor" (meaning "tree").
Shnitzel is asked to play-seed planting music, and the tune that is heard is a spoof of the band Devo. Shnitzel is wearing a yellow turtleneck sweater and a pink bucked hat, which was what the members of the band wore a lot.
Ron Perlman had played a similar character (a sentient tree antagonist) in the Aladdin (1994) episode "Garden of Evil". His character was named Arbutus, while here his character was named Arbor.