Greenwood Forest

Greenwood Forest: Adventures with Fyp and Company (more commonly referred to as simply Greenwood Forest) is a Kuboian animated television series created by Eric Graters, and the second television series to be produced by Kubokartoonz. The show follows the adventures of the titular character Fyp, and his ventures in the titular village he lives in. It premiered on Bumper's Block in 1993.

Premise
Greenwood Forest is a village within a large vibrant forest area. The show itself combines realistic and contemporary ideas with a childlike and fantasy setting.

Fyp, the son of Greenwood Forest's mayor, regularly goes on adventures in Greenwood Forest, typically accompanied by his younger sister Billie, his pet Spider and his talking wand Sticker. These can involve learning something new, taking part in an activity or keeping the peace in the forest when a threat or conflict appears.

Fyp's Bright Ideas
Every episode ends with a short segment called "Fyp's Bright Ideas", which involves Fyp either teaching another character an important lesson or making something with arts, crafts and other objects. As every episode lasts twenty-three and a half minutes, longer segments are used for shorter episodes and vice-versa.

Main characters

 * Fyp (voiced by Jack Carole) is a nine year-old boy, and the son of Greenwood Forest's mayor. He helps to look after the forest whilst his father is busy, and is generally seen delivering letters to people, observing all the buildings and other landmarks and notifying to his father if he notices anything unusual happening. Fyp is shown to be very imaginative and can often think up new ideas on the spot, especially if it involves something exciting like a journey or a new game to play. However, he does not cope well in danger, nor is he often successful at finding a solution when serious trouble arises.
 * Billie (voiced by Melissa Emery) is Fyp's eight year-old sister. Often shy and usually unwilling to talk to those she is not familiar with, she usually sticks by her brother's side and simply goes along with whatever idea he comes up with. Billie seems to have trouble making friends due to her introverted nature. However, she is a lot more outgoing and often the first to act when Fyp is in trouble. As time goes on, she builds up more confidence and becomes less hard on herself.
 * Sticker (voiced by Bruno Leon Vidal) is Fyp's wand which has a face, is capable of speech and can float (though only does this occasionally). Having been given to Fyp on his ninth birthday, he remains loyal to his ownerm normally remaining idle until Fyp needs to use him for magic. Sticker is capable of using a lot of magic, though this can lead to unwanted side effects if too much power is used and he can become tired if used too much within a short span. Because of this, Fyp rarely uses Sticker for magic and instead as a companion to talk to and get advice from. He is generally used by Billie when Fyp is not present for any particular reason.
 * Spider is Fyp's giant pet spider who he takes care of as if he is a dog, such as giving him food in a bowl and taking him on walks. He is incapable of speech, but can make some high-pitched grunts.
 * Edward (voiced by Tone Riddles) is Billie and Fyp's father and the mayor of Greenwood Forest. Although he tries to take care of the village the best he can, he is shown to be a bit lazy, regularly showing unwillingness to deal with issues occuring and preferring to sit inside watching TV all day.
 * Butler (voiced by Bruno Leon Vidal) is Edward's personal butler who also helps him look after Billie and Fyp. He seems to come from a rich background, as she speaks in a posh manner and has a tendency to complain about the quality of things a lot, though he is friendly otherwise. His real name is never revealed on the show.

Development
Development on Greenwood Forest began in late 1989 as an idea by Eric Graters. Although most of Kubokartoonz were working on The Incredible World of Riddles, Ashley Maverick and Harlow Morrison agreed to take some time out to help come up with ideas for the new show. Morrison suggested that it should possibly be more contemporary and less "bizarre" than The Incredible World of Riddles. However, Morrison decided to add fantasy elements to the show as the group felt that doing so made writing episodes funner, and thought the show would be more exciting with them.

Production
A majority of the show's episodes were written by Maverick and Morrison. The two took inspiration from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh when writing episodes, as well as the televised adaption of The Littles. The "Fyp's Bright Ideas" segments were added in so each episode had the same runtime, as Maverick noticed that certain stories needed longer durations to "get their point across" than others.

After the second series, Maverick and Morrison experimented with the show's format. Between the second and third series, several special episodes that ran for longer periods were produced. Most episodes from the third series, meanwhile, are part of multiple episode story arcs which have musical numbers performed by an unseen group of characters - these episodes do not feature any "Fyp's Bright Ideas" segments.

Cancellation
Greenwood Forest was cancelled, as a fourth series was scheduled to air in the autumn of 1997 but it never materialised due to Kubokartoonz wanting to focus on producing new programmes, such as Magma Eye. Ideas for episodes that were never produced were later worked into video games that were released a few years after the final episode in 1996.

Specials

 * 24th December, 1994
 * 14th March, 1995
 * 15th April, 1995
 * 2nd September, 1995