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Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in Turkey. It began broadcasting on November 1, 2003. The half-hour series features young mummy Tutankhamen who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face that his kingdom is gone. The series is based on an idea by Jay Stephens. The name is a portmanteau of Tutankhamun and Frankenstein. On October 11, 2008 a TV movie entitled Tutenstein: Clash of the Pharaohs aired on Discovery Kids. The production company, PorchLight Entertainment, which is based in Los Angeles, California, has won Emmys for the first and second seasons of the series. Irish TV production company Telegael, which is based in An Spidéal, Co Galway, also won an Emmy Award for the second season. The Hub aired the show after the closure of Discovery Kids.
- Jay Stephens
- Mark Seidenberg
- Brooks Wachtel
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Episode 1 - The Comeback Kid
Release Date: 2006-03-20Tut's desire to be human again leads him to carelessly cast a spell without giving thought to the entire process. The spell backfires, bringing a T-Rex skeleton back to flesh-and-blood life, and giving Set a chance to possess the Scepter of Was.
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Episode 2 - The Truth Hurts
Release Date: 2006-09-16Tut's tendency to be blunt insults the Ancient Egyptian gods, who cut him off from their protection and his own powers, and leave him vulnerable to the evil serpent Apep.
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Episode 3 - Was Not Was
Release Date: 2006-09-23Tut neglects the Scepter of Was and misplaces it. Unfortunately, Walter finds it, and thinks it's a promotional toy, leaving Walter fair game for an attack by Set and his demons.
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Episode 4 - Rest in Pieces
Release Date: 2006-09-12Tut wants to do too much at once, so he divides up his body to let his separate pieces enjoy different activities all at the same time. Set orders a hippo demon to hide Tut's pieces, just as Set did to his own brother Osiris in real Egyptian mythology.
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Episode 5 - Tut the Defender
Release Date: 2006-10-14Tut wants to be a great military leader like his father, but when he brings two museum statues of Viking warriors to life to do battle with him, Tut finds that it's harder to emulate his father than he thought it would be.
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Episode 6 - Irresistible You
Release Date: 2006-09-13Cleo really wants to be liked by Jake, but involving Tut in her problem only leads to chaos, as Tut orders the goddess Hathor to cast a love spell on Cleo and make her irresistible... with disastrous results.
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Episode 7 - Fearless
Release Date: 2006-10-29Tut tries to prove he is fearless by taking on more and more dangerous tasks until he descends into the Underworld where he finds more fearsome danger than he bargained for.
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Episode 8 - Sleepless in Sarcophagus
Release Date: 2006-09-14Tut gets a pet snake named Fang to keep him company and help him sleep. But the snake becomes possessed by Denwen, a demon snake god, sent by Set to steal the Scepter of Was. When Cleo becomes suspicious, Denwen tries to turn Tut against her.
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Episode 9 - Spells and Sleepovers
Release Date: 2006-10-28Cleo plans an all-girls slumber party and she doesn't invite Tut. Tut can't stand being left out and decides to crash the party. When Cleo dresses Tut up like a girl, to sneak him in, Tut ends up humiliated and storms off vowing to throw a rival all-boy party.
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Episode 10 - UnPharaoh
Release Date: 2006-11-25Set uses his scorpion minion to possess Dr. Vanderwheele into discrediting Tut's Pharaoh title. Cleo struggles to support her friend Tut and find a way to prove his identity, despite having doubts herself about his validity as Pharaoh.
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Episode 11 - Tut's Little Problem
Release Date: 2006-12-09Fed up with being short, Tut unleashes a spell to increase his size but, when it backfires, Tut first becomes a giant and then dangerously small. Tut learns to accept who he is - just because his height is small doesn't mean he's lacking.
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Episode 12 - Keep Your Wandering Eye to Yourself
Release Date: 2007-01-13Tut becomes jealous of Cleo's life beyond the museum and Cleo's new friend Kara. He decides that spying on them is the obvious answer to his problems of feeling left out and enlists "the wandering eye" to spy on Cleo.
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Episode 13 - Into the Past
Release Date: 2006-12-02The Mirror of Isis whisks our heroes back to Ancient Egypt, where Tut discovers things weren't quite as perfect as he remembered them. Meanwhile, Cleo is led on a wild goose chase for her missing father by Set and his minions.