Markus' World

Markus' World is an American-British-Japanese animated comedy cartoon sitcom that currently airs on Nickelodeon, and TVIka for reruns, new episodes, etc. The animated television series airs on Nickelodeon in the US, and on TVIka in both UK and Japan.

Markus Hibbler conceived Markus' World in 1970 with the idea of two characters, Big Markus and Small Benson. They wore red instead of pink, and Small Benson had no mustache. In 1984, Small Benson was reworked into Dr. Beanson, and Big Markus into Markus. The show was first produced as a original unaired pilot and a comic in 1987. In 1990, 20th Century Fox Television and Sony Wonder adapted Markus' World into a half-hour television series on Nickelodeon. The pilot episode originally first aired on January 1, 1991.

The show's popularity resulted in a feature-length theatrical film produced, titled Markus' World: The Movie, which was released on June 15, 1992, and a sequel titled Markus' World: The Movie 2, which was released on September 14, 2001, and a 3rd one, named Markus' World: The Movie 3: For Whom the Ball Rolls, which is currently in development.

In 2012, Mind Candy purchased the rights and the other rights to Markus' World for the equivalent of $100,000,000 (in US dollars). New episodes would be made, but using a mixture of Adobe Flash, GoAnimate (now Vyond), MS Paint, and Scratch.

Development
The show was first conceived by Markus Hibbler, at his house in 1970. The idea hit him after he came up with two characters, Big Markus, and Small Benson. They did not exactly look like Markus or Dr. Beanson. They wore red instead of pink, and Small Benson had no mustache. But when the year 1984 came, Dr. Benson changed his name to Dr. Beanson, and Big Markus to Markus. Then Markus came up with a Sing-Along Songs segment with Dr. Beanson's cousin, Dr. After that more characters came along such as Geo Guy, Little Guy, Blooter (PT), Chop Chop (MM), and more. Now the creators had came up for a name of the show. Markus' World. "It was a weird name," said Markus, also director of the series. A conception for the pilot had came.

Markus' World first appeared on January 1, 1987 as an original unaired pilot and a comic. As a result, the show was financed as an independent production by 20th Century Fox Television, with the aid of the chain of American family entertainment centers known as Chuck E. Cheese's (formerly Showbiz Pizza) and Markus' company Markustastic. The unaired pilot is the early version of "Pilot". In 1990, 20th Century Fox Television and Sony Wonder adapted Markus' World into a half-hour television series on Nickelodeon. The series was originally set to premiere on April 24, 1988 with the pilot they showed to Nickelodeon earlier that year, The Original Unaired Pilot, but the episode was declined to be used by Nickelodeon (until it was finally preserved on the season 1 DVD in 1998). The producers of the show then decided to "go ahead" and air another first episode, "Pilot" on January 1, 1991. The entire franchise was acquired by Paramount in 1992.

During 2002 and 2003, reruns of older episodes were broadcast on The N (back then a nighttime programming block on Noggin (both channels are now TeenNick and Nick Jr.), and the show was promoted at McDonald's locations as part of their sponsorship of Noggin and The N. At McDonald's locations was the Markus Zone, which contained of a Markus Arcade machine, a animatronic show (called the Markus' World Band, which was a Rock-afire Explosion animatronic show with Markus' World character cosmetics), a food and drink bar serving foods such as the Bananas in Pyjamas bananas, burgers, crunchy munchy honey cakes with yellow jelly, and more, a Markus' World-themed bowling alley, and a walkaround Markus or Dr. Beanson. All Markus Zones except for the ones at the McDonald's restaurants in Cheviot, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio are closed.

Mind Candy was a former copyright holder of the show, owing the rights from 2012 to 2019. TCFTV, Keegan Ltd., and Sony Wonder still own the rights to help produce and distribute episodes.

In 2012, Mill Creek Entertainment issued the Markus' World DVD Pack.

Characters

 * Markus
 * Doctor
 * Dr. Beanson
 * Chop Chop (Moshi Monsters)
 * Dr. Mother (also known sometimes as Mrs. Markus)
 * Blooter (Poppets Town)
 * Little Guy
 * The NBC Snake logo (1959-1975)
 * sukraM
 * Geo Guy
 * nosnaeB .rD

Voice cast

 * Robert Stainton as Little Guy
 * Markus Hibbler as Markus, sukraM
 * Geo G. as Geo Guy
 * Taylor Swift as Dr. Mother
 * Tim Burton as Doctor
 * Dav Pilkey as Chop Chop (Moshi Monsters)
 * Alex Harvey as Magic-Little Guy, Little Guy's father
 * Clancy Brown and Sean Astin as Big Top Little Guy
 * Richard Binsley as Blooter (Poppets Town)
 * Mellow G. as Mellow Guy
 * Earthy G. as Earthy Guy
 * Denis Akiyama as Dr. PBS, and Dr. Viacom
 * Tara Strong as Dr. PBS-son
 * Grey DeLisle as Little Guy's mother
 * Lyon Smith as Super Guy
 * Billie Eilish as herself

Films
20th Century Fox, Sony Wonder and Paramount Pictures produced Markus' World: The Movie, a film adaption of the Markus' World animated series released on June 15, 1992. The film was directed by series creator, Markus Hibbler. A sequel was released in 2001. A 3rd one is currently in development, named Markus' World: The Movie 3: For Whom the Ball Rolls.

Episodes
Main article(s): List of episodes

Trivia
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