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Zula Patrol

Grade Levels: K - Pre K
Core Subject(s): Science
Next Airing: Fri, Mar 28th, 2025 at 1:30 PM on UEN-TV

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In THE ZULA PATROL, a group of animated aliens travel the galaxies to learn new and exciting things about science and space exploration. The series, targeted to pre-kindergarteners through third-graders, delivers both astronomy-based science education (orbits, eclipses, moon phases, asteroids, comets, gravity), as well as character- building lessons. The Zula Patrol, stationed in the far reaches of outer space on the bright orange planet Zula. The group, always on the lookout for the villain Dark Truder & his toupee-wearing sidekick Traxie, includes: Bula, the fearless captain and intrepid explorer; his co-pilot Zeeter, a wild space jockey in her own right; Multo, an intergalactic absent-minded professor; Gorga, a loyal puppy-sized pet with amazing tranformative abilities, and Wizzy & Wigg, a cosmic pair of flying dictionaries. THE ZULA PATROL provides a dynamic, focused and fun learning experience for children, while encouraging them to think innovatively and approach problems evenhandedly.

Episodes:

  • Three Ring Gorga/Moon Mayhem

    THREE RING GORGA: In flashbacks, Bula regales the Zula Patrol with Gorga's back-story: Gorga and the Moon were performers in the circus, but they decided to quit their jobs and see the Universe. When the greedy Ringmaster came after Gorga, it was up to Bula and the Moon to team up and get their friend back. MOON MAYHEM: When Wizzy and Wigg visit Madame Luna (Dark Truder in disguise) who claims she can predict their future by reading the way that moons revolve around their planets. Madame Luna says Wizzy and Wigg must keep their friends indoors for a week or they will transform into Moon Zoombies. With the ZPers out of the way, Truder plans to take all the Solar System's moons and have them revolve around his asteroid base to form an impenetrable shield. Multo assures Wizzy and Wigg that no one can predict the future -- but the duo must learn the truth first hand. They get a little help from their friends, who expose Madame Luna as a fake by exposing "her" scientific ignorance about moons.

    Next Airing: Fri, Mar 28th, 2025 at 1:30 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • A Comet's Tale/This Looks Like A Job for the Zula Dudes

    A COMET'S TALE: When a comet passes near Zula, Zeeter decides she wants to race it. But when Zeeter, Wizzy and Wigg get too close, their Space Ship starts to freeze and they are forced to land on the comet. Bula, Multo, and Gorga's mission is to assist their Team in returning safely home to Zula. THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR THE ZULA DUDES: In his latest attempt to take over the Universe, Dark Truder empties out the Asteroid Belt, sending all the asteroids in the direction of Planet Zula. The ZP uses Multo's latest invention "The Multo-Grabber" to grab all the Asteroids and return them to their proper home.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • Fly Us to the Moon/Castaway Asteroid

    FLY US TO THE MOON: Wizzy and Wigg want to go to the Moon to see the moon-ball championship game. But when their rocket-powered scooter breaks down, and the other ZPers are too busy to give them a ride, the industrious twins try to find a new way to go to space. Their failed attempts frustrate them, but amuse their not-so-friendly friend, Larvi. However it's the imperfect Larvi who inadvertently gives them the pieces needed to build a rocket - the only true way to get to space. CASTAWAY ASTEROID: After Gorga snorts up Wizzy's and Wigg's toy box full of toys, Multo proposes that they make a solar sail kite to play with instead, and teaches them all about solar sails. Then a Zula Patrol fan (Dark Truder in disguise) calls to compliment the ZP on their new billboard on a distant asteroid. Our heroes get suspicious -- the Zula Patrol doesn't advertise. When they fly up to the asteroid to investigate, they discover it's a trap! Pirate Truder and his robot crew steal their ship, and the Zula Patrollers are left stranded on the asteroid. But Wizzy and Wigg use their new knowledge of solar sails to come up with a solution -- a "lifeboat" using the shiny foil of the billboard as a solar sail.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • My Episode Lady/You're Cramping My Space

    MY EPISODE LADY: When a windstorm knocks the electricity out at a Generator Station that powers all of Zula, our heroes are plunged into a Zulean version of the dark ages. Bula is also stranded at the station, which is filling with seawater. Zeeter leads a rescue mission in a vehicle created by Multo that runs on the properties of EPISODE. Our heroes each learn to appreciate the others talents, and what they are capable of themselves, using EPISODE to save the day. YOU'RE CRAMPING MY SPACE: Our ZPers are reunited with Buzzy the Ferret when he rescues them while they are stranded in space. Buzzy's on a mission to learn about planets and their atmospheres, and Bula's Zula Rocketeering Rulebook requires that our heroes serve as his crewmates until he can complete his mission. But as their new "Captain," Buzzy comically drives them crazy with his inability to listen and his silly demands. He also gets himself into hot water on each planet he visits - learning about atmospheres the hard way. When the Ferret lands on a mysterious planet with a breathable atmosphere, things escalate to the point where Buzzy realizes his bossiness has led him into a situation that's way over his head. He learns to work with the ZPers as a team, and only then does he find out he's been on Earth the entire time!

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • Show of Force/Adventures In Pet Sitting

    SHOW OF FORCE: The ZPers hold a race to see who can use clever variations of force to win. Hoping to buck astronomical villainous odds, Dark Truder also enters the race, intent on winning it on behalf of villains everywhere -- for as we've all seen, no bad guy ever wins a race - ever. Dark Truder, to his amazement, does win -- only to learn that the ZPers were more interested in having fun and learning about force, rather than achieving victory. Dark Truder is so angry he forfeits the race to our heroes -- setting a new record low for villains everywhere. ADVENTURES IN PET SITTING: While pet-sitting the Zlorgs' pet blob, Gloopy, the Zula Patrollers discover that Dark Truder is plotting to steal their entire Headquarters building and everything in it! With some help from Gloopy -- and two simple machines, the wheel-and-axle and the screw -- they manage to overcome the baddie and save their building. But first, Gorga must learn to deal with an attack of jealousy.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • Take Me to Your Ferret/Earth Hunt

    TAKE ME TO YOUR FERRET: The Zula Patrollers are forced to land on Earth after their ship's wiring develops problems. Stranded on Earth, they learn about the planet with the help of a new friend, a ferret named Buzzy. Buzzy was in training to run wires through shuttles for the space program, so he offers to help our heroes re-wire their ship. What follows is a romp in which our Zula Patrollers lead curious Earthling UFO seekers on a merry chase to avoid discovery, until their ship is repEPISODEed for take off. EARTH HUNT: Earth leaves its place in the solar system and the Zula Patrol races off to bring her back. When they find her, the little blue planet is cold, tired and still in no mood to return home, where she has been picked on by brother and sister planets. Our heroes nurse Earth back to health, and Wigg, who has learned his own lesson about his importance as a member of a team, ultimately convinces Earth she is an important part of the Solar System. The Zula Patrol ultimately takes her back for a happy homecoming.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • The Big Mess/Telescooped

    THE BIG MESSA sticky mess in Wizzy's & Wigg's room spawns a microscopic city. But when Wizzy's & Wigg's vacuuming threatens to destroy the micro-world, the other ZPers are ZAPPED into the tiny city by its resident microscopic Mad Scientist. TELESCOOPED: When all the telescopes on Zula begin disappearing, the Zula Patrol investigates and learns a lot about telescopes. They even shrink down to get inside one, just as it's stolen. The culprit: Dark Truder, who doesn't realize the tiny Zula Patrol are now trapped in his new 'asteroid headquarters.' They must escape to not only save themselves - but all the telescopes in the Solar System!

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • Wigg and Wizzy Light The Way/Look to the Rainbow

    WIGG AND WIZZY LIGHT THE WAY: When the Zula Patrol goes camping, a ghost story unnerves Wigg. His fears increase when a strange sound seems to be coming from behind their tent. As the Zula Patrol investigates, Bula warns everyone to stay together but Zeeter doesn't listen and wanders off by herself. Worried, the team enters the dark forest to search for her. When the flashlight goes dead, it's up to Wigg and Wizzy to use their lights to lead the group. LOOK TO THE RAINBOW: The Zula Patrol arrives in the Canyon Of The Rainbow just in time to prevent the native Chromeleons from being bilked by Professor Spectrum in a plot involving their world-famous rainbow.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025
  • Wish You Were Here/Weather Vain

    WISH YOU WERE HERE: The Zula Patrol is ready to go on vacation, but they can't decide which season is the best for R&R, especially when they think back, in a series of flashbacks, to their past vacations. Eventually they resolve to visit all the seasons again, and make new, better vacation memories. WEATHER VAIN: Zeeter takes over the weather forecasting job from Bula, and learns all about the components of weather. But when she tries to improve her forecast by using Multo's Weather-Matic machine to create weather, she unleashes a storm that threatens Zula Patrol headquarters.

    Length: 00:28:40
    Usage rights: 9/1/2014 to 4/1/2025

Availability:

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