Shoebox Zoo (2004)
Score
Believe.
Overview
Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
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Creator
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Creator
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Creator
Series Cast
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Marnie McBride
26 Episodes
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Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
26 Episodes
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Edwin the Eagle (voice)
26 Episodes
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Bruno the Bear (voice)
26 Episodes
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Ailsa the Adder (voice)
26 Episodes
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Ross McBride
26 Episodes
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Michael Scot
26 Episodes
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William McTaggart
26 Episodes
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The Storyteller (voice)
26 Episodes
Last Season
Season 2
2005 • 13 Episodes
Marnie, with the Shoebox Zoo animals in tow, travels from Edinburgh to her hometown of Denver. Now accompanied by her best friend Kyle, the quest for the Book of Forbidden Knowledge continues as the two friends must piece together several clues in order to find the true location of the book, all the while having to once again stop the evil plans of Toledo, who is seemingly back from the dead as a ghostly apparition. Will Marnie and Kyle be able to find the book and turn the Shoebox Zoo back to their human forms? Or will the nefarious shapeshifter prevail?
A review by Zen
Written by Zen on January 8, 2022
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Status Ended
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Type Scripted
Original Language English
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Content Score
100
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