Combo Panda (2007 TV series)

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Combo Panda is a American-Canadian flash animated television series created by Naya Wayoko. The show is distributed by in North America.

Combo Panda premiered in the United States on August 18, 2007 on Cartoon Network, and in Canada on September 3, 2007 on Teletoon. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, praising it's animation, story, tone, and voice acting.

Summary
This series revolves around a panda named, Combo Panda, who is a video game fanatic, and his sidekick, Peck. One day, they were sucked into the virtual world after Peck accidentally pressed the red ring of death button. They go on adventures in the virtual world and occasionally, through different video games, along with Big Gil, Gus, Coco, and Alpha Lexa, to stop the evil Packrat from hacking and taking over the virtual world.

Episodes
Main article: List of Combo Panda (2007 television series) episodes

English

 * Combo Panda (voiced by Tom Kenny); a self-proclaimed "hardcore" video game fanatic panda, and the leader of the entire crew. He is energetic and very playful with a big appetite. He can be lazy at times, and sleeps in a lot, but he also likes to hang out with his friends.
 * Coco (voiced by Tara Strong): Combo's younger sister from another dimension. She can be quite annoying, but is learning about having fun because she was born in a post-apocalyptic world, where an evil alien killed everyone except her.
 * Peck (voiced by Grey DeLisle); a nerd who did not have many friends in his life due to being smart. At first, his friends were annoyed by his long, complicated scientific explanations, but they realized how creative and useful he is and became more friendly towards him. Peck is the comic relief of this show.
 * Gus (voiced by Tara Strong); an American Alligator with a horrible case of body odor. He is portrayed as silly, hyperactive, naive, and an annoying pest. However, he is actually intelligent with a fairly large vocabulary, which is exhibited at special moments. He is also very loving and caring, but he can be clumsy and clueless at times. When he first joined the crew, he was on his way to a zoo in Papua New Guinea where he was going to be sold for 69 cents.
 * Alpha Lexa (voiced by Cathy Cavadini); a pink and cerulean cat who is sweet, fashionable, wealthy and adorable, and is Combo Panda's love interest. She is obsessed with glitter, sparkles, stars, and hair accessories. She is also a caring, empathetic friend who will do what she can to make a person feel better. She is mature and creative, but she is not above begging or manipulating someone occasionally with tears to get what she wants. Her catchphrase is "Alpha Awesome!"
 * Big Gil (voiced by Peter Kelamis); a big blue shark who wears a red sweater, and is very helpful to the entire crew, protecting from enemies surrounding them.
 * Packrat (voiced by Arthur Holden): an evil hamster who wants to hack and take over the virtual world, as well as stopping the crew in video games from defeating him.

Home video releases
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Critical reception
Combo Panda received positive reviews from critics and audiences, praising the animation, premise, tone, and voice acting. It currently has a 7.2/10 on IMDb and a 7.8/10 on TV.com. The Kawa Times writer Emmanuel Carvallo gave the show a 3.9 out of 5 stars, writing "Animated series revolving a video game fanatic panda does an impressive job with crafting with the story, even if it tries to look edgy at times."

Criticism and controversy
Despite the positive reviews the show had, the episode "The Worst Camping Trip Ever!" spawned a major controversy when it first aired, receiving many complaints from parents due to one scene where Peck and Daniel gets punched by a zombie in the corner, causing the Daniel to say "you son of a b****" but Peck grabbed Daniel's lips to silence him before he could say the last word entirely. One viewer said, "I'm just confused... I mean... how did they get away with adding that swear word in the episode? Sure, he didn't say the whole all the way, but it's still rather inappropriate for a family-friendly show." The episode was also controversial due to a disturbing scene where one of the campers' head get chopped off when he used the axe the wrong way trying to chop down the tree, even though there was no gore. Jetix decided not to air the episode in America after that, resulting to the episode being banned in the country until 2010 when it aired on Disney XD with the controversial scenes being cut from the episode.

The episode "Attack of the Earth!" was scheduled to air in Japan on March 18, 2011, but due of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that occurred a week before its scheduled airing, the episode was banned from airing in the country. The episode was allowed to air from April 24, 2015.

Video game
A video game based on the animated series called, "Combo Panda: Time Travel," was released in North America on September 4, 2010, in Europe on September 11, 2010, and in Japan on September 14, 2010 on Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, and Nintendo DS. It was developed and published by Sega.

Upcoming feature film
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