Rolling with the Ronks! (French: Bienvenue chez les Ronks ![1]) is a French animated children's television series created by Olivier Jean-Marie and Charles Vaucelle. The series was animated by Xilam Animation with the participation of France Télévisions and Disney Channel. The series debuted on Disney Channel in Poland on August 22, 2016.[2]
| Rolling with the Ronks! | |
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| Genre | Comedy Science fiction |
| Created by |
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| Developed by | Franck Ekinci |
| Voices of | |
| Composer | Vincent Artaud |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original languages | French English |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marc du Pontavice |
| Producer | Marc du Pontavice |
| Editor | Lou Bouniol |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company | Xilam Animation |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 3 Disney Channel (France) |
| Release | August 22, 2016 – June 22, 2017 |
Plot
editRolling with the Ronks! follows Flash, an alien who is sent to Earth, to the Ronk tribe in 37,520 BC[3] to show them the future. To do this, the Ronk tribe are introduced to a variety of ideas. He is friends with two members of said tribe - Mila and Walter, who accompany him to try and prove he can succeed at his goal. However – Mormagnon, along with Godzi (his pet lizard), will do anything to ruin his plans.
Characters
edit- Flash (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a blue alien with two eye-stalks and frog-like legs. He acts as a mentor to the Ronk tribe, showing off concepts that would be recognizable but impossible to do at the time (as there is no electricity, etc.), like technology.
- Mila (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) is a cave girl. She is tomboyish and courageous, willing to try new ideas. However, this also ends up making her take advantage of Flash's ideas, but she feels sorry for what she does.
- Walter (voiced by Scott Whyte) is Mila's uncle. He is also well-meaning in assisting Flash, even if it means getting his niece involved. While he is large and is not very smart, he also cares about Mila.
- Mormagnon (voiced by Charlie Adler) is the main antagonist of the series. He is greedy and petty. Mormagnon wears a furry costume.
- Mama (voiced by Cree Summer) is the chief of the tribe, happy to accept Flash's next idea. However, she calls him out whenever her tribe is at a disadvantage at times. She appears to be the oldest member, with graying hair.
- Godzi (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker[episodes 1-12], Billy West [episodes 13-52]) is Mormagnon's pet, who resembles a frilled-neck lizard. While not as malicious as his owner, he follows along with Mormagnon's plans anyway. He can breathe fire - a trait sometimes used to the others' advantage.
Episodes
editPilot (2016)
edit| Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Date |
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| "Welcome to the Ronks!" | Charles Vaucelle | Louis Aubert & Guillaume Cochard | Charles Vaucelle | July 3, 2016 |
Season 1 (2016–17)
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Crash and Learn" "(Les Rois du ciel)" | Charles Vaucelle | Louis Aubert, Guillaume Cochard, and Jean-Marc Lenglen | Jean Cayrol, Charles Vaucelle, and Jean-Louis Champault | August 22, 2016 | |
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Mila wants to fly. | ||||||
| 2 | "Taming of the Gnu" "(Touche pas à mon gnou)" | Charles Vaucelle | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Jean-Louis Champault | October 18, 2016 | |
| 3 | "The Wheel of Misfortune" "(La Roue de l'infortune)" | Charles Vaucelle | Olivier Jean-Marie | Jean-Louis Champault | October 19, 2016 | |
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Flash invents the wheel. | ||||||
| 4 | "A Good Connection" "(Les Baskets de la gloire)" | Charles Vaucelle | Olivier Jean-Marie | Lionel Brousse | October 20, 2016 | |
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Flash brings a shellphone to Mila so that she can talk with her friend. | ||||||
| 5 | "Game On" "(Place au sport)" | Charles Vaucelle | Cindy Morrow | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | October 21, 2016 | |
| 6 | "Rubber Age" "(L'Âge du caoutchouc)" | Charles Vaucelle | Michel Coulon | Lionel Brousse | November 6, 2016 | |
| 7 | "HumonGorilla" "(Le Méga gorille)" | Charles Vaucelle | Dave Lewman | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | November 22, 2016 | |
| 8 | "No Shoes Is Good Shoes" "(Allô, les Ronks ?)" | Charles Vaucelle | Philippe Clerc | Julien Charles | November 23, 2016 | |
| 9 | "Mod-Cons" "(Le Confort moderne)" | Charles Vaucelle | Jean-Marc Lenglen | Olivier Thulliez | November 24, 2016 | |
| 10 | "Blue Genes" "(Flash et Les mutants)" | Charles Vaucelle | Story by : Jean-Marc Lenglen Teleplay by : Eddy Fluchon and Jérôme Erbin | François Reczulski | November 25, 2016 | |
| 11 | "The Ronk Race" "(Course pour les Ronks)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Mike Yank | Morade Rahni | November 28, 2016 | |
| 12 | "Go Your Own Way" "(Déboussolés)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Dayla Kennedy | Jean-Christophe Dessaint | November 29, 2016 | |
| 13 | "The Flying Dodo" "(Le Dodo au volant)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Renaud Gagnon | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | November 30, 2016 | |
| 14 | "Hold Back the Night" "(Retiens la nuit)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Michel Coulon | Julien Charles | December 1, 2016 | |
| 15 | "Flash a Smile" "(Le Sourire qui tue)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Olivier Jean-Marie | Brice Magnier | December 2, 2016 | |
| 16 | "No Tech Flash" "(Flash zéro techno)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Dave Lewman | Lionel Brousse | December 12, 2016 | |
| 17 | "Intergalactic Star" "(Star intergalactique)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Michel Coulon | Julien Charles | December 13, 2016 | |
| 18 | "Stuck on You" "(Mama recolle les morceaux)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Philippe Clerc | Laurent Jennet | December 14, 2016 | |
| 19 | "Walterproof" "(Épreuve de l'eau)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Michel Coulon | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | December 15, 2016 | |
| 20 | "I Smell a Hat" "(Une enquête dé-coiffante)" | J.C. Dessaint and Charles Vaucelle | Michel Coulon | Lionel Brousse | December 16, 2016 | |
| 21 | "Little Ronks of Horror" "(Un peu de sérieux)" | J.C. Dessaint | Dayla Kennedy | Laurent Jennet | January 25, 2017 | |
| 22 | "Turn Up the Heat" "(Ça chauffe pour les Ronks)" | J.C. Dessaint | Olivier Jean-Marie | Lionel Brousse | January 25, 2017 | |
| 23 | "The Inspection" "(L'Inspection)" | J.C. Dessaint | Jérôme Erbin and Eddy Fluchon | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | January 26, 2017 | |
| 24 | "Ronks and Relaxation" "(Club Ronk et relaxation)" | J.C. Dessaint | Sylvain Bousquet | Lionel Brousse | January 26, 2017 | |
| 25 | "Birthday Bashed (#27)" "(Un anniversaire explosif)" | J.C. Dessaint | Franck Ekinci | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | January 27, 2017 | |
| 26 | "The Ronks Hit the Slopes (#28)" "(Les Ronks font du ski)" | J.C. Dessaint | Jérôme Erbin and Eddy Fluchon | François Reczulski | January 27, 2017 | |
| 27 | "Seven Clicks from Disaster (#29)" "(Sept clics avant le désastre)" | J.C. Dessaint | Franck Ekinci | Laurent Jennet | January 30, 2017 | |
| 28 | "Stealing the Show (#30)" "(L'imposteur)" | J.C. Dessaint | Nicole Paglia | Jean-Louis Champault | January 30, 2017 | |
| 29 | "Baby Bother (#25)" "(Baby-sitting de l'extrême)" | J.C. Dessaint | Dave Lewman | Laurent Jennet | January 31, 2017 | |
| 30 | "You Can't Be Serious! (#26)" "(Flash, fais-moi peur !)" | J.C. Dessaint | Chara Campanella | Lionel Brousse | January 31, 2017 | |
| 31 | "Jurassic Flash Back" "(Retour au Jurassique)" | J.C. Dessaint | Michel Coulon | Lionel Brousse | February 1, 2017 | |
| 32 | "Godzi Said So" "(Parole de Godzi)" | J.C. Dessaint | Jérôme Erbin and Eddy Fluchon | François Reczulski | February 1, 2017 | |
| 33 | "Take It to the Field" "(L'important c'est de gagner)" | J.C. Dessaint | Sébastien Viaud | Julien Charles | February 3, 2017 | |
| 34 | "Stormy Weather" "(Tempête sur les Ronks)" | J.C. Dessaint | Jérôme Erbin | François Reczulski | February 3, 2017 | |
| 35 | "Body Swap" "(Sors de ce corps !)" | J.C. Dessaint | Philippe Clerc | Jérôme Fardini | June 12, 2017 | |
| 36 | "Growing Pains" "(Faut pas pousser !)" | J.C. Dessaint | Sébastien Viaud | Cédric Guaneri | June 12, 2017 | |
| 37 | "No Laughing Matter" "(Y a pas de quoi rigoler)" | J.C. Dessaint | Nicole Paglia | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | June 13, 2017 | |
| 38 | "Mila's Mutiny" "(Mila la rebelle)" | J.C. Dessaint | Caroline Torelli | Laurent Jennet | June 13, 2017 | |
| 39 | "Good Walt Hunting" "(Le chasseur qui savait chanter)" | J.C. Dessaint | Chara Campanella | Lionel Brousse | June 14, 2017 | |
| 40 | "Fashion Victims" "(Haute couture)" | J.C. Dessiant | Patrick Ducruet | Marc-Antoine Buhagiar | June 14, 2017 | |
| 41 | "No More Magnon" "(L'exil de Mormagnon)" | J.C. Dessaint | Story by : Andrew Caulcutt and Hélène Cica Teleplay by : Sébastien Viaud | Jérôme Fardini | June 15, 2017 | |
| 42 | "Substitute Mama" "(Le remplaçant de Mama)" | J.C. Dessaint | Dave Lewman | Jean-Louis Champault | June 15, 2017 | |
| 43 | "Out to Lunch" "(Illusions gourmandes)" | J.C. Dessaint | J.C. Dessaint | Laurent Jennet | June 16, 2017 | |
| 44 | "The First Ronk in Space" "(Le premier Ronk sur Mars)" | J.C. Dessiant | Olivier Jean-Marie | David Encinas | June 16, 2017 | |
| 45 | "Thirst and Furious (#46)" "(La ruée vers l'eau)" | J.C. Dessiant | Story by : Andrzej Radka Teleplay by : Renaud Gagnon | Jean-Louis Champault | June 19, 2017 | |
| 46 | "Love Coach (#45)" "(La science de l'amour)" | J.C. Dessiant | Story by : Andrew Caulcutt and Hélène Cica Teleplay by : Sébastien Viaud | Patrice Musson | June 19, 2017 | |
| 47 | "Flash, You're Fired! (#51)" "(Flash, t'es viré !)" | J.C. Dessaint | Renaud Gagnon | Laurent Jennet | June 20, 2017 | |
| 48 | "The Great Unwashed (#52)" "(La grande crasse)" | J.C. Dessaint | Nicole Paglia | David Canoville | June 20, 2017 | |
| 49 | "See No Evil (#47)" "(Pas vu, pas pris)" | J.C. Dessaint | Story by : Andrzej Radka Teleplay by : Jérôme Erbin and Eddy Fluchon | Jean-Louis Champault | June 21, 2017 | |
| 50 | "Think, Walter, Think! (#48)" "(Walter cogite !)" | J.C. Dessaint | Story by : Andrzej Radka Teleplay by : Renaud Gagnon | Yves Montagne | June 21, 2017 | |
| 51 | "Uber Mormagnon (#49)" "(Super Cro-Magnon)" | J.C. Dessaint | Jérôme Erbin | Laurent Salou | June 22, 2017 | |
| 52 | "The Legend of Santug Kroyd (#50)" "(Joyeux Noël)" | J.C. Dessaint | Renaud Gagnon | Paul-Etienne Bourde | June 22, 2017 | |
Broadcast
editThe series premiered on France 3 in France on February 6, 2017. The series premiered on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 22, 2017. The series was also broadcast in Germany.[4] In the United States, the series is on Primo TV.[5]
References
edit- ^ Nico Franks (October 12, 2014). "Disney goes back in time with Xilam". C21Media. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ Miss Tini. ""ERA RONKÓW" - NOWY SERIAL ANIMOWANY DISNEY CHANNEL". Disney Blog Poland. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "ROLLING WITH THE RONKS!". Xilam. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Ronks – Keine Steinzeit ohne Alien!: Episodenguide". fernsehserien.de. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Primo TV Shows, Videos, Games, Photos and Memes | PrimoTV.com". www.primotv.com.
