Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop (known as Dr. Globule in France) is a 1994–1997 animated television series created by Tony Barnes and produced by Philippe Mounier PMMP and Fairwater Films and distributed in the UK by The Sleepy Kids Company Ltd (who also produced Potsworth & Co. and Budgie the Little Helicopter) which was later changed to SKD Media and Entertainment Rights and then dissolved into Classic Media (now DreamWorks Classics) and by PMMP and TF1 Intl in the rest of the world. 65 episodes were produced. The show aired in the United Kingdom on ITV starting 20 June 1994 and finishing 21 August 1997, while in France it aired on TF1 from 4 September 1996. The show ran for four series. Music for the series was composed by Danny Chang and Tony Barnes. A comic strip version of the show was included in Buster magazine from September 1994 to November 1996. The series was later repeated on Nickelodeon in the early 2000s until 2004, and had sporadic reruns on ordinary TV from 1999 until 2001 (it was put on hiatus in 2002). It was also aired on cable television in Australia first airing on Nickelodeon and later on Cartoon Network.

Plot summary

Dr. Zitbag was a Pet Shop worker who wasn't very good at selling any pets at all and because of this he was fired from the local Transylvanian Pet Shop. So he decides to set up his own Pet Shop at an old Haunted Castle and finds out that he will have to share the place with a skeleton dog, Horrifido. With Horrifido now helping him out, the doctor begins use with his inventions to create Horrific Pets to gain his profit.

Characters

List of episodes

Twelve of a total of 65 episodes were released on video.

Series One (1994)

There was no episode broadcast on 04/07/1994 due to a showing of Dragonslayer as a result of schedule changes regarding the 1994 FIFA World Cup. There was no episode shown on 29/08/1994 due to it being public holiday.

Series Two (1995)

Series Three (1996)

Series Four (1997)

Series Five (Unaired)

The following episodes never aired on CITV. Transylvania Pet Shop is currently one of the most requested unreleased DVDs at TVShowsOnDVD.com. Season 1 is currently available for download (In English) from Amazon UK.

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