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Pucca: Love Recipe

Production company(s)

Bazooka Studio
CJ E&M
VOOZ

Distributor(s)


Planeta Group (International) CJ E&M (South Korea) MBC Films (South Korea)

Network

MBC

Started

December 10, 2018

Ended

October 31, 2019

List of episodes

26 episodes

Pucca: Love Recipe (뿌까 Ppukka: New Pucca) is a South Korean animated TV series based on the franchise, Pucca. It is the second original Pucca TV show following the show produced by Jetix Europe and the third season of the original series (marketed as it at markets outside of South Korea). The show was made in part of an partnership of South Korean mass media company CJ E&M and VOOZ Character System as part to revive the franchise after a five-year-hiatus.[1] Planeta Junior, a imprint of Planeta Group, a Spanish mass media group picked up the show and expand it at international markets.[2]

This show first aired in South Korea on December 10, 2018 on MBC, and on December 19, 2018 on Tooniverse. It consists of 26 episodes (78 segments). Pucca: Love Recipe was released internationally by Planeta Group on Netflix on December 31, 2019. This series features redesigns of old characters (as in use since 2014). and new characters such as Dong King, Casano, and Dandy, and more (though before their appearance on Love Recipe, some had been in the Pucca web shorts).

Plot[]

There is an over-arching plot detailing the rivalry between the Goh-Rong Restaurant and the Sooga Island location of a multi-national restaurant chain called Dong King Restaurant. Ring Ring, a local 12-year old fashion star, who appeared in the Jetix show and also appeared as Pucca's rival for Garu's affections, is revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and at times works for him, while also directing his servants against Pucca. These servants, under the command of the Dong King Restaurant's manager, Fyah, continually attempt to steal the Goh-Rong's customers by means of various dirty tricks, including occasionally hiring villains such as The Boo Trio, Tobe and his ninjas or The Pirates.

New Characters & Villains[]

Cast[]

Korean Version[]

English Version[]

Distribution and broadcast[]

The series is distributed by MBC Films and CJ E&M in South Korea and by Planeta Group internationally.

Episodes[]

See also: List of Animations
Overall number Episode number Episode titles Synopsis Original airdate
40a 1a The Sooga Island Cooking Competition A compromised cooking competition is being hosted around Sooga Village by Dong King as a plan to get rid of the Goh-Rong restaurant. December 10, 2018 (MBC)
December 19, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
40b 1b Enter: Ring Ring The servants scramble around Sooga to find a lost can given to them by Dong King; Garu & Ring Ring get stuck in a giant spider's web and try to get out. Ring Ring falls in love with Garu. December 10, 2018 (MBC)
December 19, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
40c 1c The Lucky Can The Dong King Restaurant opens its millionth location in Sooga Village. Ring Ring tries to get Garu's attention by using a "lucky can" that brings people to the restaurant. December 10, 2018 (MBC)
December 19, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
41a 2a Spring Mushrooms December 17, 2018 (MBC)
December 26, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
41b 2b The Bodyguard Contest December 17, 2018 (MBC)
December 26, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
41c 2c Star Stickers December 17, 2018 (MBC)
December 26, 2018 (Tooniverse)
December 31, 2019 (Netflix)
42a 3a The Goh-Rong Taste December 24, 2018
42b 3b Golden Ninja Tobe December 24, 2018
42c 3c Attempt of Casano December 24, 2018
43a 4a Garu the Robot December 31, 2018
43b 4b Pucca's Dumpling December 31, 2018
43c 4c Go! Mask Woman December 31, 2018
44a 5a Secret of Dandy January 7, 2019
44b 5b Finding Honey Dumplings January 7, 2019
44c 5c The Sooga Island Alien January 7, 2019
45a 6a Garu and Tobe Switch! January 14, 2019
45b 6b Boo! Shriek! January 14, 2019
45c 6c Etiquette Class January 14, 2019
46a 7a The Dance of the Ruby Slippers January 21, 2019
46b 7b Graffiti is Alive January 21, 2019
46c 7c Master Chef of Dong King? January 21, 2019
47a 8a The Table Ghost February 11, 2019
47b 8b Tobe's Useless Skill February 11, 2019
47c 8c Pit-a-Pat Pendant February 11, 2019
48a 9a Goh-Rong's Special Guests February 18, 2019
48b 9b Love Letter February 18, 2019
48c 9c Amnesia February 18, 2019
49a 10a The Cat Bandits February 25, 2019
49b 10b Into Pucca's Dream February 25, 2019
49c 10c Abyo the Villain February 25, 2019
50a 11a The Beauty Competition March 4, 2019
50b 11b Depressed Bruce? March 4, 2019
50c 11c The Heart Gourd March 4, 2019
51a 12a The Punching Bag Fairy March 11, 2019
51b 12b Love Bracelet March 11, 2019
51c 12c The Magic Duel March 11, 2019
52a 13a The Batter Master March 18, 2018
52b 13b The Disappearance of Goh-Rong Part 1 March 18, 2018
52c 13c The Disappearance of Goh-Rong Part 2 March 18, 2018
Part 2
53a 14a Food Triathlon August 1, 2019
53b 14b Treasure Hunt August 1, 2019
53c 14c Tobe the Nice Guy August 1, 2019
54a 15a Abyo's Diet August 8, 2019
54b 15b The Chefs in Love August 8, 2019
54c 15c Ring Ring's Way of Making a Friend August 8, 2019
55a 16a Garu the Movie Star August 23, 2019
55b 16b Finding Won August 23, 2019
55c 16c The Maiden, Awakened August 23, 2019
56a 17a The Chefs’ Vacation August 28, 2019
56b 17b The Legendary Animal, Yeti August 28, 2019
56c 17c Love Soup August 28, 2019
57a 18a Ring Ring at the Martial Arts Studio September 3, 2019
57b 18b Wind Boy's Time Machine September 3, 2019
57c 18c Hip Hip Hooray! September 3, 2019
58a 19a Plunger Soda September 11, 2019
58b 19b The Search for Rice September 11, 2019
58c 19c A Scary Woman September 11, 2019
59a 20a Super Banana Donut September 19, 2019
59b 20b The Unbearable Itch September 19, 2019
59c 20c Valentine's Day September 19, 2019
60a 21a The Basketball Competition September 26, 2019
60b 21b Soozilla September 26, 2019
60c 21c AI Cook September 26, 2019
61a 22a The Alien Prince in Love October 4, 2019
61b 22b Garu in Jail October 4, 2019
61c 22c The Suspicious Games October 4, 2019
62a 23a The Dong King Mascot October 11, 2019
62b 23b Trick or Treat October 11, 2019
62c 23c Battle of the Psychic Powers October 11, 2019
63a 24a The Goblin Cape October 17, 2019
63b 24b Channel Goh-Rong October 17, 2019
63c 24c Villains, Unite! October 17, 2019
64a 25a Winter in Sooga Island October 24, 2019
64b 25b A Warrior's Credentials October 24, 2019
64c 25c Ring Ring the Cow October 24, 2019
65a 26a "The Dragon Tail" October 31, 2019
65b 26b "Dong King vs. Goh Rong Part 1" October 31, 2019
65c 26c "Dong King vs. Goh Rong Part 2" October 31, 2019

Production[]

Reception[]

Marketing[]

Writers[]

  • Jo Minju
  • Byun Wooyoung
  • Kang Naru
  • Ko Numjung
  • Na Hyemin
  • Song Hyejin

Storyboard Artists[]

  • Sarngkee Park
  • Euikook Lee
  • Jiwon Choi
  • Jeonghyeon Kim
  • Jimin Kwon
  • Jeongeun Kim
  • Seunghwan Noh

Storyboard Supervisors[]

  • Taehyun Ahn
  • Jonghyuk Lee
  • Byongpil Kong

Future[]

The show is on an indefinite hiatus as there is no plans for a fourth season.

Trivia[]

  • In the trailer, Dong King Restaurant was originally known as BonaSera.
  • Even though Pucca:Love Recipe is considered to be the third season, it acts more like a prequel due to the reintroduction of characters or a different continuity due to the reuse of premises and scenes from the previous series as well as changes to the continuity to the series.
    • Ring Ring does not know who Pucca or Garu are in her reintroduction episode. Ring Ring also didn't live in Sooga Village at the start of the series and deciding to move in Season 3.
    • An example of a scene being reused is The Chef's Vacation where the scene of Ching slicing up the vegetables into powder is reused from Chef Slump.
    • In the Jetix series, Ho was okay with cats. However, in this series, he's now allergic to cats, which causes him to sneeze whenever they are near him.
    • While still not much into pursuing romance, Abyo seems to take notice of Ching's crush on him.
    • Tobe is still Garu's rival, but do not fight as much as in the previous two seasons.
    • The Goblins from The original Vooz shorts and the Jetix series are completely absent in Love Recipe. If Love Recipe is a prequel canonically, it's unknown how they came to Sooga Village.
    • The Hai-Tais are regular statues in Love Recipe whereas in the Jetix series they were portrayed as sentient, animated statues.
    • The scene in The Beauty contest where Ring Ring uses a snail to unravel Pucca's outfit to sabotage her chances of winning is a nod to the scene from Little Miss Sooga where she has Yuni collect worms to ruin Pucca's dress.
    • In Season 2 episode Cuckoo Love, Chang seems surprised at Ching's lethargic condition when she first loses Won without knowing the cause. However, in Finding Won Chang knows the cause of Ching's weakened state and explains that Ching becomes weak without Won.
      • Also in 'Cuckoo Love', Ching doesn't gain any new abilities from the various Animals Chang gives her whereas in 'Finding Won', she derives power from an Eagle which she uses to fight against The Pirates.
    • In the Jetix series, Ring Ring had a pet Shi Zhu named Yuni but in Love Recipe she has a white cat with Blue ears as shown in Garu the Robot.
    • In this series' people take a bath in a bucket but, in the Jetix series there was serval episodes where people have a real bathtub. This leads that if season 3 is a prequel, stuff evolved over time.
    • If Love Recipe is canonically a prequel, it's unknown of what happened to new characters featured in the season such as Dandy, Panky, Granny, The Florist, Siva, The Pirates and the employees of Dong King as they never show up or are mentioned in the previous 2 seasons.
    • In High Voltage Ninjas of Season 1, Tobe is struck by lightning and gains electric powers. However, when Garu and Tobe are struck by lightning in Love Recipe episode Garu and Tobe Switch! they swap bodies as a result.
    • In this season, there is more nature life, like forests and more landscapes. This is another example of why season 3 may be a prequel due evolution over time.
    • Tobe tends to open his appetite more often than in the previous seasons and the shorts.
    • If season 3 is officially a prequel to the previous 2 seasons, it's unknown how Ring Ring grew out of her newly introduced romantic feelings for Garu.
    • Jajang Noodles are now referred to as their English name "Black Bean Noodles" instead of Jajang Noodles like in the previous 2 seasons. Also the Chefs cook a larger variety of meals in Love Recipe unlike the Jetix series where chefs almost exclusively cook noodles and to a lesser extent, dumplings.
    • Pucca and Garu lacking dialogue unlike the other characters seem to be more of a stylistic choice in Love Recipe. In the Jetix series, it was stated that Garu took a vow of silence whereas the reason why Pucca didn't talk in the series is unknown.
  • Several plotlines and scenes from the previous 2 seasons are reused or are used as inspiration for episodes in Love Recipe such as Chef Slump, Little Miss Sooga and Cuckoo Love.
  • A lot of buildings are much smaller compared to the buildings in the first two seasons.
  • If the series really is a prequel canonically, it is most likely that Sooga Village evolved over time.
  • Tobe and his ninjas now live in a treehouse instead of their "Secret Lair".
  • Garu no longer lives in the regular bamboo forest like he did in the first two seasons.
  • Pucca's Halloween Costume in Trick or Treat seems to be a reference to her ghostly lookalike from the Jetix episode Ghost of a Kiss.
  • Chances are that Garu does not have traps (or at least not as many) in his house due to Tobe and Pucca sneaking in without any issue.
    • For example, you can refer to the episode House of Doom from the first season to see a lot of traps.

References[]


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