Lil' Elvis and the Truckstoppers

Lil' Elvis and the Truckstoppers
Written by	Ray Boseley Robert Greenberg John Armstrong Kevin Nemeth Pepe Trevor Cameron Clarke
Directed by	Peter Viska Jan Van Rijsselberge Robbert Smit
Starring	Stig Wemyss Kylie Belling Marg Downey Bill Ten Eyck Michael Veitch Lynda Gibson David Cotter
Country of origin	France Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Christian Davin Dr. Patricia Edgar
Producer(s)	Suise Campbell Patricia Edgar
Editor(s)	Ralph Strasser Cliff Hayes Damian Harland
Running time	26 - 24 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC Television
Original release	1997 – 1998

Lil' Elvis and the Truckstoppers is a French-Australian animated series produced by the ABC. The story follows a group of children and their adventures in outback Australia.

The title character of the series is "Lil' Elvis". The opening sequence and music reveal that he was thrown out of a Gold Cadillac in a guitar case, hinting that he is the illegitimate child of Elvis Presley. He is raised by foster parents, Grace and Len, who are fervent fans of Elvis Presley. Lil' Elvis is musically talented, singing and playing the guitar and his foster mother is convinced he is the son of Elvis Presley.

Lil' Elvis and his two friends, Lionel and Janet, form the band "The Truckstoppers", and the series follows their adventures in the outback town Little Memphis/Wanapoo. Lionel is an Indigenous Australian who plays the didgeridoo, and has a penchant for exclaiming "deadly". Janet is a beret wearing Asian Australian girl who plays the drums.

The Truckstoppers recurring enemy is the businessman W.C. Moore, who wants to become their manager to exploit them commercially, turning Lil' Memphis into a tourist attraction. He is also obsessed with finding deposits of the mysterious mineral Berkonium. He has a Berkonium marble, which he uses to beat children at the game of marbles, their major recreational activity. He also frequently electrically zaps his hapless limousine driver.

Characters

Main

• Li'l Elvis Jones (voiced by Stig Wemyss)
• Li'l Elvis Jones singing voice (voiced by Wendy Stapleton)
• Lionel Dexter (voiced by Kylie Belling)
• Janet Rig (voiced by Marg Downey)
• W. C. Moore (voiced by Bill Ten Eyck)
• Duncan (voiced by Michael Veitch)
• Grace Jones (voiced by Lynda Gibson)
• Len Jones (voiced by David Cotter)

Others

• Spike is a juvenile delinquent who picks on Elvis and is mostly on Moore's side.

Episodes

Season 1: 1997

• 1 - Caught in a Trap
• 2 - Boggled
• 3 - Memphis P.T.D
• 4 - Wandering Star
• 5 - I Hate My Own Birthday
• 6 - You Can't Buy the Playground
• 7 - Goondianna Smith, The Wonder Years
• 8 - Monkey Sea, Monkey Do
• 9 - Bearing All
• 10 - It's a Dog's Life
• 11 - D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
• 12 - Duncan's Big Day Out
• 13 - Fun In Acapulcolypse Now

Season 2: 1998

• 14 - Kidnapped
• 15 - Good Boy, Cruel World
• 16 - Space Junk
• 17 - RoboPop
• 18 - Hopping Mad
• 19 - Big Top Brouhaha - Haha
• 20 - Billionairiosis
• 21 - Cardaholic
• 22 - Know All
• 23 - The Good, The Bad and the Hanky
• 24 - Schmiko
• 25 - Minors in the Mine
• 26 - The Meanie From Down Under

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• Episode Synopsis