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| Created by | Rashed Al Harmoodi |
| Country of origin | United Arab Emirates |
| Original languages | Arabic (Emirati Arabic) English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 105 (93) |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
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| Network | Cartoon Network Arabic MBC 3 Majid Kids TV Emirates TV Sama Dubai TV |
| Release | January 20, 2013 – March 21, 2019 |
Mansour (Arabic: منصور) is an Emirati animated television series. It was created to engage young Arab audiences in their native customs, culture, and heritage.[1]
Plot
[edit]The show revolves around Mansour, an excitable, curious 12 year old who tends to live life to its fullest. Throughout the show, Mansour finds himself thrown into numerous escapades alongside his friends and family, teaching both Mansour and the audience important morals and lessons along the way.
Characters
[edit]Mansour (منصور)
Voiced by: Badour Mohammad (Season 1) / Marwa Rateb (Season 2) / Mashael Al-Shehi (Seasons 3-5)
Mansour is the titular main character of the show. He is a young Emirati boy with a penchant for sports and science, although his natural inquisitiveness often lead him to various misadventures.
Nano (نانو)
Voiced by: Adnan Al-Hameed (Season 1) / Khawla Al Mehrizi (Seasons 2-5)
Nano is Mansours flying robot that helps Mansour out of the many troubles he and his friends cause. He also briefly turned evil.
Salem (سالم)
Voiced by: Talal Mahmoud (Season 1) / Omar Al-Mulla (Seasons 2-5)
Salem is Mansour and Obaid's best friend and Turki's cousin.
Obaid (عبيد)
Voiced by: Salama Al-Mazrouei (Season 1) / Neven Madi (Seasons 2-5)
Obaid is Salem and Mansour's close friend. He loves eating food although it can cause problems when they spill on electronics, he is also clumsy.
Khalid (خالد)
Voiced by: Abdullah bin Haider (Season 1) / Saoud Karmastaji (Seasons 2-5)
Khalid is Mansour's father. As a pilot, Khalid frequently travels and witnesses all sorts of sights from all over the world, many of which he shares with his family through his countless stories.
Mariam (مريم)
Voiced by: Maryam Mansouri (Season 1) / Raja Al-Noaman (Seasons 2-5)
Mariam is Mansour's mother who is shown to dote lovingly on her family. She is a creative, artistic person who firmly believes in the importance of women in today's world.
Sara (سارة)
Voiced by: Huda Hamdan (Season 1) / Raja Al-Noaman (Seasons 2-5)
Sara is Mansour's younger sister. She is talkative and terribly curious about the things Mansour and his friends do. Her pet parrot, Bibi, is equally as loud as her, if not more.
Saqer (صقر)
Voiced by: Abdullah bin Haider (Season 1) / Mansour Al-Feeli (Seasons 2-5)
Saqer is Mansour's grandfather who often serves as a bridge between Mansour and his heritage. He used to be a pearl diver in the past, but now he regales those days by teaching his grandchildren about the traditions and life back then.
Naser (ناصر)
Voiced by: Khaled Al Nuaimi (Season 1) / Omar Al-Mulla (Seasons 2-5)
Naser is Mansour's older brother. He is a university student working towards his business degree. Naser and Mansour are prone to the occasional quarrel, but Naser is more than willing to give his little brother advice when he needs it.
Turki (تركي)
Voiced by: Asma Qasimi
Turki is Salem's cousin. He is from Saudi Arabia, his first appearance was in "The Whirlpool of Doom" when he saves Mansour, Nasser, Salem, and Obaid in a heroic way during the sandstorm, he doesn't talk much as his peers, but he is an intelligent and athletic person.
Shamma (شما)
Voiced by: Navin Madi
Shamma is Mansour's cousin (but she was his sister in season 1). She sometimes helps Mansour out of the many troubles he and his friends cause.
Tarek (طارق)
Voiced by: Muhammad Al-Mulla (Season 1) / Asma Al-Shamsi (Season 2) / Khawla Al-Mahrezi (Seasons 3-5)
Tariq is Mansour's classmate. He alternates between being a bully or being kind to Mansour and his friends.
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Mansour was created by Rashed Al Harmoodi and was initially produced by Fanar Productions during its first season.[2] The concept for the show was pitched at the Abu Dhabi Festival and its positive reception led Al Harmoodi to continue with the project. Negotiations for its release soon followed throughout the latter half of 2012, eventually ending with its primary investor Mubadala Development Company signing agreements with Abu Dhabi Media and Dubai Media Incorporated in December.[3]
Al Harmoodi developed Mansour as a way of "strengthening Emirati youths' bonds to their national identity and values" and "encouraging them to learn about all the modern developments taking place in [the UAE]". A few writers from Shaabiyat Al Cartoon (شعبية الكرتون), another home-grown production, have also joined the crew in an attempt to keep the humor "snappy and very local".[4] Other than its stories and morals, its production team has also worked on making Mansour's animation as "first-class" as possible to stand out amongst international standards. The Co-Founder and General Manager of Fanar Productions, Haider Mohamed, boasted to use "cutting-edge technology with powerful storylines" in hopes of attracting young audiences to the show, making it another creative first for the UAE.
Broadcast
[edit]In January 2013, Mansour debuted its 13-episode run on some of the UAE's major. Mansour was then extended for a second season, but it would no longer be produced by Fanar Productions. The second season was instead produced by Cartoon Network Arabic and Twofour54, with Mubadala keeping its stay on the project as its main source of funds.[5][6]
On March 30, 2014, Mansour aired on Cartoon Network Arabic, introducing the show to a wider audience across the MENA region. A third season has been commissioned by Cartoon Network Arabic and released in 2017.[7] A fourth and fifth season of the series was also released in 2018 and 2019.
On December 2 2018, Mansour aired on RCTI in Indonesia, being the second dub of the show.
On November 10, 2021, the series became available in other languages such as Standard Arabic, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu and Hindi.[8]
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 15 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 2 | 26 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| 3 | 26 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| 4 | 13 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| 5 | 13 | 2019 | 2019 | |
Season 1 (2013)
[edit]This is the only season that each episode is divided into two parters with the exception of "Where Is My Belt?", "The Friendship Cure" and "Sweet Dreams".
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Where Is My Belt?" | 2013 | |
| Mansour's belt has gone missing and with the help of his friends, Obaid and Salem, he must figure out if it was taken or not. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "My Grandfather My Home" | 2013 | |
| Mansour's grandfather, Saqer, enters a competition with Mansour's help, but a few problems arise as the deadline approaches. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Battle Field" | 2013 | |
| When their school participates in a flying competition, Mansour, Obaid, and Salem are chosen to join the maintenance crew to keep their school afloat. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "To Outer Space" | 2013 | |
| Mansour and his friends are given the chance to test their astronaut skills in a space shuttle simulator. The results may be a little more disappointing than they had hoped. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "An Urgent Situation" | 2013 | |
| An incident with a reckless driver almost ends badly for Tarek, who was saved at the last minute by Mansour. Meanwhile, Mansour's mother, Mariam, finds an innovative way to present Mansour's school presentation about his pilot father. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Positive Draw" | 2013 | |
| Tarek and his gang challenges Mansour and his friends to a soccer match. Mansour and Salem are apprehensive about the whole game because of Obaid, who notoriously known for being horrible at soccer. However, Obaid might just end up surprising them. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Friendship and Formula" | 2013 | |
| Winning isn't always everything, and Mansour and his friends learn this as they place 2nd in a car design competition. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "An Earned Title" | 2013 | |
| A mysterious masked stranger beats Mansour in a Jiujitsu championship, raising the question of who this mysterious stranger could be. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Breaking and Inventing" | 2013 | |
| Mansour and his friends attempt to capture the infamous school robbers once and for all, but a sudden horror twist stops them in their tracks. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Friendship Cure" | 2013 | |
| A terrible argument tears Mansour, Salem and Obaid apart, which seems to cause Salem to hiccup uncontrollably. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Pearls of Wisdom" | 2013 | |
| Mansour's grandfather, Saqer, takes Mansour and his friends on a ride out on his boat. However, things quickly escalate when they come across a submarine and a huge octopus. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Pirate Treasure" | 2013 | |
| An old treasure map leads Mansour and Saqer to real pirate bounty, but greed drives a few mischievous adversaries their way. | ||||
| 13 | 13 | "Misunderstanding" | 2013 | |
| A movie project goes horribly wrong when Mansour and his friends accidentally fool the army into believing that Obaid, dressed in an alien costume, is an actual alien. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | "Sweet Dreams" | 2013 | |
| Obaid dreams of a world made out of sweets. However, his perfect world is immediately turned upside down when a giant diabetes monster manifests out from the candy and chases after him. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | "Desert Adventure (Part 1)" | 2013 | |
| A terrible sandstorm gets Mansour, Salem, Obaid, and Naser lost during their desert trip. | ||||
Season 2 (2016)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 16 | 1 | "Whirlpool of Doom (Part 2)" | 2016 | |
| Having had enough of sand, Mansour and his friends (with a new friend, Turki, who saves them during the sandstorm, risking his own life) decide to cool off from their desert adventure by visiting the waterpark. However, Salem and Obaid find it difficult to join in with the fun as their fear of heights keep them from tackling the Whirlpool of Doom. will Mansour (and Turki) help them? | ||||
| 17 | 2 | "Naughty Nano" | 2016 | |
| Mansour is upgrading Nano. Obaid accidentally spills some fruit juice onto Nano's new circuit board so when Mansour plugs it in, Nano has a virus that's makes him go bad. The naughty robot causes all sorts of trouble in the house before flying off with Khalid's car keys minutes before he has to leave for the airport. | ||||
| 18 | 3 | "Double Trouble" | 2016 | |
| Mansour and Salem are waiting for Obaid in the mall so they can all watch a movie, but they see him walking out of the theatre having just seen it. Mansour and Salem become very cross. Shamma realises that Mansour and Salem didn't see Obaid, they saw a boy who looks identical to him. Shamma and Obaid approach the double and arrange to play a little trick on Mansour and Salem. | ||||
| 19 | 4 | "Little Kitten Big Cat" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Turki, Salem, and Obaid are on a desert trip, Obaid sees a baby leopard, and wants to keep, him, when he hides it from everyone, the mother chases Obaid, and Mansour, Turki, Salem, And Obaid have to think of something, or they'll be a tasty meal for the leopard. | ||||
| 20 | 5 | "Garage Sale" | 2016 | |
| Whilst helping Saqer sort out his workshop, Mansour finds an old compass. Saqer tells the children it was given to him many years ago. Unexpectedly, a man who looks like a pirate steals the compass and when the children give chase they witness the pirate delivering it to an even more mysterious character shrouded in shadows. But why is he more than casually interested in this specific compass? | ||||
| 21 | 6 | "Catch Me If You Can" | 2016 | |
| Mansour and Obaid see Teacher Ali in the mall. The boys wave but weirdly Teacher Ali jumps up and rushes away, accidentally dropping his wallet. Mansour and Obaid pick up the wallet and chase after him but every time they get near, Teacher Ali either hides or rushes off again. Salem joins them and laughs knowingly when he hears of their exploits. Nothing appears to make any sense to Mansour and Obaid... what is going on? | ||||
| 22 | 7 | "Yeti Hunters" | 2016 | |
| Khalid takes the boys to The Himalayas where they have a snowball fight and ride skidoos. The boys follow some large clawed footprints and see an actual Yeti! The beast chases them but it has a laugh that is very familiar - it turns out to be Saqer in a Yeti costume playing a trick on them. The boys are amused and relieved in equal measures... until what appears to be a REAL Yeti suddenly comes thundering down the mountain! | ||||
| 23 | 8 | "Famous Fruity" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem, Shamma and Turki are at the beach. They cool down with a refreshing new fruit juice called Bingo Pop. With some secret help from Salem, Turki wins a competition to become the star of Bingo Pop's new advert. Mansour and the others join him for a photo session, the filming of the advert and a live interview on a TV chat show. But how will Turki react on TV when he realises that it wasn't his work that made him the winner? | ||||
| 24 | 9 | "Trapped in the Mall" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem, Turki and Shamma accidentally get locked in the mall during a terrible storm. The children entertain themselves by exploring and racing in taxi buggies. It's all great fun until Obaid accidentally knocks down a huge dinosaur skeleton that is on display. Now the clock is ticking for Mansour and the others to re-build it before Khalid and the security guards return. | ||||
| 25 | 10 | "Distraction Contraption" | 2016 | |
| Mansour repeatedly interrupts Khalid wanting to show off his new invention. As a result, Khalid is late for the airport and in a rush he forgets his briefcase. Mariam ends up driving the children to the airport and the boys race on trolleys, ramps, escalators and luggage carousels to find Khalid. It's a race against time made worse by an over eager Security Guard determined to thwart their attempts to save the day. | ||||
| 26 | 11 | "Mariana Banana" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid accidentally end up in the depths of the ocean in a mini-submarine, with a monkey in the uncharted Mariana Trench. There is much celebration when they discover a spectacular new species - a giant crab - but those celebrations come to an abrupt end when the crab fancies the submarine for lunch! How will Mansour get out of this deadly dilemma in the deep? | ||||
| 27 | 12 | "The Grand Illusion" | 2016 | |
| The Marvellous Hilal puts on a magic show for all the children at the school. Mansour is picked from the audience and turned into a rabbit on stage. Obaid is so convinced by the illusion he thinks the magic is real so he snatches the rabbit and runs off to save him causing a confusing caper. Mansour and the Marvellous Hilal finally find a way to solve the mystery for Obaid in a special magic performance where secrets are revealed! | ||||
| 28 | 13 | "Alas Poor Salem" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid are playing the leading roles in a school production of Aladdin and the Lamp. Just before the performance starts, Salem realizes he has lost his "lucky" stone so promptly forgets his lines and loses the ability to act. As the play begins, Mansour, Obaid and Shamma do everything they can to help Salem whilst Tareq and his goons do everything they can to cause trouble for Salem on stage. The closing act is not what anyone expected! | ||||
| 29 | 14 | "Junior Biathlon" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Turki, Obaid, Salem and Shamma decide to enter a Junior Biathlon. Mansour studies strategy, Turki concentrates on the physical approach . Obaid and Salem train too, taking a generally ridiculous approach! None of the others take Shamma's participation in the competition at all seriously but come race day, events take an unexpected course! | ||||
| 30 | 15 | "King of the Castle" | 2016 | |
| A sandcastle building competition is taking place at the beach. Mansour, Obaid, Salem, Turki and Shamma form a team to build the tallest and most beautiful sandcastle using skill, hard work and science. Meanwhile, Tareq and his Goons also enter the competition aiming to win by using foul play and cheating. The battle is on! | ||||
| 31 | 16 | "Chemical Reaction" | 2016 | |
| Teacher Ali shows the class an experiment with a special chemical that expands greatly when added to another chemical. Later at Shamma's parents garden party, without thinking through the repercussions, Obaid adds some of the chemical to a large pot of Harees to be helpful!. But the Harees starts expanding at an alarming rate. Before long it fills the house, spreads across the garden and looks like it will swamp the city! Heroically, Mansour cooks up an unusual solution to a very sticky problem. | ||||
| 32 | 17 | "Hunger Down Under" | 2016 | |
| In order to learn more about a good diet and healthy exercise, Khalid sends Mansour, Obaid and Salem on a three-day journey across the Australian outback with Ranger Joe, a survival specialist. The boys aren't too thrilled by this - no wi-fi, soft beds, nice food - how will they ever survive this wilderness experience? | ||||
| 33 | 18 | "Art Attack" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid and Salem help Mariam prepare for her first art exhibition in the prestigious city gallery. Not long before the grand opening, Obaid accidentally drops some chocolate cake on floor. Salem decides to use a large industrial cleaner clear it up but he loses control of the contraption and it destroys Mariam's most important piece of art. In desperation, the boys reproduce it themselves... not the greatest of plans! But what will the influential art critic make of it all? | ||||
| 34 | 19 | "Wadi Rum" | 2016 | |
| Khalid feels the boys have become too interested in having unreal adventures with video games, so he takes them out on a real adventure - a day trip of extreme activities in the spectacular surroundings of Wadi Rum. Whilst rock climbing, Turki accidentally slide into a very deep cave, and gets followed by the other friends. they get into real adventure when they fall into deep, cave. Now the boys must use all their intelligence, strength and courage to get out but unexpectedly - it's Obaid's specific knowledge of video games that actually saves them from a real life crisis! | ||||
| 35 | 20 | "Bored, bored, bored" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid and Salem are getting fed up with the long hot summer break when they head for the beach at the end of the day for something to do. Salem and Obaid are led astray by a seemingly fun boy of their age with the coolest BMX bike. Then Turki goes and sees Mansour by surprise. Later, Mansour and Turki end up rescuing the friends from the influence of the boy with the attitude - and Obaid and Salem learn that what seems like fun can sometimes be more trouble than it's worth! | ||||
| 36 | 21 | "The Pyramid of Trouble" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem and Shamma head off to explore The Pyramids during a big family holiday to Egypt. When they discover a mysterious pyramid off the beaten track, they investigate but once inside they suddenly become trapped to find the must solve weird, ancient puzzles to escape. Then, just when they feel things couldn't get any worse - they also discover they are not alone! It's a real life nightmare... or is it? | ||||
| 37 | 22 | "The Case of the Mysterious Cousin" | 2016 | |
| For fun, Mansour, Obaid and Salem become Sherlock Holmes-style detectives. They secretly and playfully "investigate" Shamma. They see her at the mall and follow her to the art museum. Their game stops when alarm bells ring and the boys suspect that Shamma has stolen a painting! Could Mansour's cousin really be a master art thief!? Or are the boys masters of jumping to the wrong conclusions? | ||||
| 38 | 23 | "Appliance of Science" | 2016 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem and Shamma enter the Annual Science Competition. Tareq forces last year's winner to join his rival team. Mansour's team make an energy efficient remote control plane but Tareq and his goons spy on them and copy the design. What cunning plan will Mansour come up with to ensure his plane is better than Tareq's? | ||||
| 39 | 24 | "The Magic Carpet" | 2016 | |
| Obaid and Salem disturb Mansour whilst he's doing his homework by barging into his room and asking him to make a flying carpet similar to the one they have read about in Arabian tales. Mansour sends them away crossly but that night he has a vivid dream about an ancient Arabian kingdom where a powerful Sultan imprisons them and demands they make a flying carpet or else! Strange as it is - Mansour's dream teaches him a useful lesson about friendship and an inspiration for a real flying carpet invention. | ||||
| 40 | 25 | "Kitty Cat" | 2016 | |
| Shamma is looking after her Auntie's cat Falafel for the afternoon. But when the mischievous cat runs away Shamma asks Mansour, Obaid and Salem to help her find the missing cat. The children follow Falafel all over town in an adventure that includes buses, elevators and even helicopters! The children finally manage to catch the cat and they also solve the puzzle as to why it's so naughty in the first place. | ||||
| 41 | 26 | "The Lost Temple" | 2016 | |
| A ferocious storm means Khalid has to land his plane on a remote jungle airstrip. Whilst repairs take place, Mansour, Obaid and Salem explore and discover a lost temple in the jungle. However, they are not the only ones to have found it - a group of robbers are already helping themselves to all the treasures from within the temple. The boys decide to scare the robbers away to save the ancient artefacts - but all is not as it seems! | ||||
Season 3 (2017)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 42 | 1 | "Soccer Robot" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem and Turki go head to head in a soccer match with Tareq's team. Tareq, Jamil and Jamal dominate the game by cheating outrageously but with a little help from Mansour's latest robotic invention and Obaid - they make a spectacular turn around. | ||||
| 43 | 2 | "Pedal Car Grand Prix" | 2017 | |
| It's a case of 'pedal to the metal' in this high energy pedal car race where Mansour, Turki, Obaid and Salem have to put the fitness and driving skills to the test. But they need their wits about them as Tareq, Jamil and Jamal are up to their usual tricks in an attempt to win the trophy. | ||||
| 44 | 3 | "Jiu Jitsu" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid enter a Jiu Jitsu grading competition to get their next belts - Salem and Obaid unexpectedly triumph in their sessions. Mansour goes up against Tareq but for the first time, he is unable to overcome Tareq who has suddenly developed a suspiciously strong grip. | ||||
| 45 | 4 | "Listen Up" | 2017 | |
| Mansour develops a very effective listening device which leads the boys to discover an outlandish, criminal plan to steal a priceless jewel on exhibition at the city museum - but how will three kids thwart a team of expert thieves?? | ||||
| 46 | 5 | "Survival Skills" | 2017 | |
| When Teacher Ali's wilderness survival course on a desert island goes wrong after he is knocked on the head by a coconut - Mansour takes the initiative and with a little help from Nano manages to make a success of it. Tareq - stubbornly refuses to work with him and pays the price for his arrogance in more ways than one. | ||||
| 47 | 6 | "Runaway Digger" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Obaid and Salem heroically save the city just in the nick of time from a disastrous pile up when a runaway digger careers across the city out of control. | ||||
| 48 | 7 | "Space Adventure" | 2017 | |
| On a trip to the National Space Centre - Mansour, Obaid and Salem accidentally end up flying a space shuttle into space believing it to be a simulator. Things go from bad to worse when they dock with an old space station managed by a dysfunctional robot that starts blowing everything up. | ||||
| 49 | 8 | "The Pearl of Al Ghattis" | 2017 | |
| On a trip with Saqer to an area in the Persian Gulf famed for its oyster beds, Mansour unexpectedly finds an amazing pearl. But they get so much more than they bargained for when they discover that the pearl is guarded by a giant, fearsome sea monster. | ||||
| 50 | 9 | "Ice Cold at the Mall" | 2017 | |
| Mansour invents a wonderful, flying cryo-accelerator machine which they have a little harmless fun with at the mall. However, the fun turns to complete chaos when Tareq, Jamil and Jamal get hold of it and drop it into a fountain causing the whole mall to turn into an 'ice rink'. | ||||
| 51 | 10 | "The Loch Ness Monster" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem and Turki travel with Khalid and Saqer to Scotland to visit the famous Loch Ness. After Mansour, Salem and Turki have a scary run in with a fake monster organized by the hotel's playful owner - Obaid has an encounter with the real thing. | ||||
| 52 | 11 | "The Legend of the Golden Oryx" | 2017 | |
| Shamma discovers a rare Golden Oryx which becomes the focus of a has been animal wrestling TV celebrity who is determined to make his comeback by wrestling the rare beast who cost him his career in the past. Shamma, Mansour and friends decide to save the Oryx by outsmarting the crazy animal wrestler. | ||||
| 53 | 12 | "Orang Pendek" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Turki, Salem and Obaid travel to Indonesia with Khalid where they embark on a jungle trek in Indonesia's famous Kerinci Seblat national park. They manage to lose the rest of their group by taking a wrong path that leads them to a mysterious, ancient temple. Matters take a dramatic turn for the worse when they run into a "fearsome" yeti-like creature. | ||||
| 54 | 13 | "Mystery Thief" | 2017 | |
| Things are going missing in Mansour's house and no-one seems to be able to get to the bottom of it so Mansour, Salem and Obaid turn detective to solve the mystery of the missing thief to discover that all is not what it seems. | ||||
| 55 | 14 | "Komodo Dragons" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Turki, Salem and Obaid accompany Naser on his business studies research trip to an Indonesian coffee plantation. He takes Turki with him, and as he runs around to warn him about Komodo dragons, Mansour, Salem and Obaid go off to explore they have a run in with a Komodo dragon who has been terrifying a local villagers and Mansour comes up with an inventive solution to help. | ||||
| 56 | 15 | "Don't Look Down!" | 2017 | |
| In an unexpected turn of events at a roof top café, Obaid and Salem end up precariously dangling 50 floors up on the outside of the building on a window cleaners platform when they attempt to rescue a little girls hamster. Mansour, Turki, Shamma and Khulood all work together to rescue them. - and the hamster. | ||||
| 57 | 16 | "The Letter" | 2017 | |
| Mansour is tasked with delivering a letter for Saqer urgently before the post office closes - what can possibly go wrong?... - Everything. | ||||
| 58 | 17 | "Dinosaur Island" | 2017 | |
| Saqer takes Mansour, Turki, Salem and Obaid out on a fishing trip in his boat but they enter mysterious uncharted waters shrouded in green mist. When the mist clears they discover an unusual tropical island and before they can work out what's going on they find themselves running for their lives from rampaging dinosaurs. | ||||
| 59 | 18 | "Jetpacks" | 2017 | |
| Mansour invents some jetpacks for himself, Salem and Obaid. Shamma and Khulood act as their mission controllers - trying not to laugh as the three boys play at being super heroes. However, they receive renewed respect from the girls when they inadvertently stop a serious thief. | ||||
| 60 | 19 | "Bake Off" | 2017 | |
| During a baking session in Mansour's kitchen for Mariam's charity cake baking event - Salem overeats the ingredients and falls out with his cousin, Turki, who gets mad at him. After sleeping off a sore stomach in the other room he wakes to discover that everyone in the house, the neighborhood and the city has disappeared - and then the earth beneath his feet starts to shake with giant footsteps - WHAT'S GOING ON? | ||||
| 61 | 20 | "Sit, Robot, Sit!" | 2017 | |
| Mansour builds an impressive robot for the school science competition design to carry out heavy work. In a flash of jealous anger, Tareq shoots his less impressive vinegar volcano project at the robot which corrupts its circuits and causes it to start smashing up the school. Mansour, Obaid and Salem work together to save the school. | ||||
| 62 | 21 | "The Hypnotist" | 2017 | |
| A mysterious burger franchise video advertisement appears in the mall which seems to be hypnotizing people. Mansour, Salem and Obaid find themselves suddenly in the middle of an undercover operation to stop the sinister company from taking over the world led by a very eccentric man in a track suit. | ||||
| 63 | 22 | "Time Warp" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, and Salem are flying to New York with Khalid. However, when they run into a mysterious electric storm in the Bermuda Triangle they find themselves unexpectedly transported hundreds of years back in time where they encounter the legendary Sinbad. | ||||
| 64 | 23 | "The Reporters" | 2017 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid are running out of ideas on what to make a documentary film about for their media project. But when they end up having to rescue a helicopter and Obaid ends up accidentally performing in an aerial stunt show strapped to the wings of a plane - they end up with some very exclusive footage. | ||||
| 65 | 24 | "Up Up and Away" | 2017 | |
| Teacher Ali sets the class a demanding science challenge. Rising to the challenge with typical determination, Mansour and Salem get to work on the precise mathematics for their gravity defying project. But Obaid gets completely carried away by the whole thing - literally. | ||||
| 66 | 25 | "Class Photo" | 2017 | |
| One way or another, Mansour, Obaid and Salem always end up in trouble with their mothers when it comes to their annual class photos - they always end up looking a complete mess. This year, they are determined to end up with perfect photos but as the day goes on they find themselves in an unusually sticky situation. | ||||
| 67 | 26 | "Treasures of the Desert" | 2017 | |
| It's the launch of the long-awaited sequel to Mansour's favourite video game, "Treasures of the Desert" which is being released via a special campaign in the form of a real treasure hunt. Tareq, Jamil and Jamal believe they have discovered the game's secret location but all is not what it seems. | ||||
Season 4 (2018)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 68 | 1 | "Memory Lane" | 2018 | |
| Mansour and friends are interested in Teacher Ali's latest invention but Teacher Ali can't seem to remember what it's for! The boys soon discover that Teacher Ali has invented a memory-zapper which can wipe out someone's memory one moment, and return it in the next. The boys have fun with it, but when Mansour notices a pair of thieves breaking into the museum, he decides it's time to put the memory-zapper to even better use. | ||||
| 69 | 2 | "Wild Attack" | 2018 | |
| On a trip to the jungle, Mansour and Obaid separate from Salem and Turki to explore. But when Salem and Turki don't meet up with them later at the agreed meeting spot, Mansour sends Nano to find them. Nano reports that Salem and Turki are stranded on a rock in the middle of the sea, cornered by an angry leopard. Turki is fighting it to save his cousin's life (forgetting his) Mansour dangers his life also, It's up to Mansour to save them. Time to build a great, big kite. | ||||
| 70 | 3 | "Sleepwalking" | 2018 | |
| Obaid has got lost by sleepwalking out of his house. Mansour, Salem, and Turki go in search of their friend and quickly find him, but just as they are about to wake him, Obaid's mother warns them not to, it could be a terrible shock for a sleepwalker to be suddenly woken. The boys agree to somehow guide Obaid back home without waking him but soon discover that this is easier said than done. How will they get Obaid home safely? | ||||
| 71 | 4 | "Impossible Chase" | 2018 | |
| When they see two thieves make off in a stolen, hot air balloon, Mansour and the boys chase them on their bicycles, but it is hopeless trying to catch the bad guys from the ground. With the help of a giant catapult, Obaid is sent flying onto the balloon and punctures it with his pen, but soon he's clinging on for his life as the thieves lose control and the balloon drifts from one dangerous situation to another. How will Mansour and his friends rescue Obaid and bring the thieves to justice? | ||||
| 72 | 5 | "What Goes Around Comes Around" | 2018 | |
| After beating Tareq in a quiz about leopards, Salem reveals to Obaid and Mansour that he knows so much about these big cats because he is terrified of them (don't ask about their Island adventure, when he was with Turki, fighting off a leopard that was stranding them). Soon, Salem is seeing leopards wherever he looks, now he is too scared to leave the house. Mansour finds something suspicious about the creature stalking Salem though, and decides to do something about it. | ||||
| 73 | 6 | "Monster on the Loose" | 2018 | |
| Mansour, Shamma, Salem and Obaid are appearing in a science fiction movie. But after tumbling into a rubbish pile in their monster outfit, Obaid and Salem are transported on the back of a rubbish truck, into the city. The two boys stumble about the city in the monster costume, looking for help; unfortunately, their cries sound like monstrous roars to the people they meet, who run away in terror. Mansour must reach them before something terrible happens. | ||||
| 74 | 7 | "A Surprise on the Way Down" | 2018 | |
| With the stock of their fishmonger's shop ruined, Trad and Khalil find themselves in a desperate situation. Khalil takes Trad's boasts of once being a great stuntman to heart and soon organizes a daring stunt for him to perform and make their fortune. But the stunt is so dangerous that Trad refuses to perform it. Khalil changes his mind by revealing that they will cheat, using an invention of Mansour's. What could possibly go wrong? | ||||
| 75 | 8 | "Kong Island" | 2018 | |
| Saqer takes Mansour and friends for a fishing trip on his boat, but very soon a strange electrical storm whips up and the boat is caught on a raging sea, sailing through dense fog to wash up on the shore of a mysterious island, its rudder bent and in need of repair. The island is full of giant animals, including a giant gorilla and his son. Mansour must convince the gorillas to help them fix their boat and get off the island. | ||||
| 76 | 9 | "Time Machine" | 2018 | |
| On a trip to the zoo, Saqer's sat-nav suddenly malfunctions and he drives through a mysterious portal. They are no longer in the city, but in a desert, being chased by a giant snake. The boys and Saqer have been transported back to the mythical past. Mansour must find a way to get back to his own time before the time portal closes. | ||||
| 77 | 10 | "Destination Unknown" | 2018 | |
| Mansour and friends are visiting a city of the future, run solely on solar and wind power. The boys soon meet up with Abir, a self-drive, eco-friendly car, who takes them on a tour of the city. Meanwhile, a hacker is infiltrating the city's system. He intends to steal the technology from the fleet of cars and dump a self-destruct virus into them, setting the project back years and profiting from his ill-gotten gains. It's a clumsy Obaid and his strawberry smoothie to the rescue. | ||||
| 78 | 11 | "Space Rover" | 2018 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid are on their way to school, wondering what they can present today in the 'show and tell' class, when a space capsule, containing a robot, crashes into the park they are cycling through, barely missing them. Now the boys have a great 'show and tell' to present to the class, but this makes Tareq jealous and he releases the spore of an alien fungus, which makes people freeze, like statues. Mansour and friends are involved in a race against time to create the antidote. | ||||
| 79 | 12 | "Cape of Courage" | 2018 | |
| When Obaid's favourite action hero, Ahmed Hamdan, drops his script on the set of his latest movie, Obaid is eager to return it. As he does, both he and Ahmed fall through a hole in the ground and get lost in a system of caves, chased by a pair of criminals. How can the cowardly Ahmed be made to step up and defeat the criminals pursuing him and Obaid? The answer lies in the cape of Al Rajul Al Khariq. | ||||
| 80 | 13 | "Dino Rage" | 2018 | |
| An animatronic t-rex is on display at the natural history museum. Unfortunately, in the middle of the presentation, the t-rex robot loses power and dies. A grumpy museum attendant ignores Mansour's advice on how to fix it and the t-rex robot goes on the rampage, taking Obaid along for the ride with it. How can Obaid be saved and the robot, stopped? Mansour has an idea that involves becoming the robot's dinner. | ||||
Season 5 (2019)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 81 | 1 | "Giant Chicken" | 2019 | |
| Mansour's attempt to end world hunger by using his home-made growth-ray on a grain of rice backfires badly when the faulty aiming mechanism causes the ray to hit Mansour's newly hatched pet chicken instead, causing it to grow to colossal size. Fearing for their lives, Mansour, Salem and Obaid are chased about the city by the eager giant chick. Saqer and Shamma are on hand to help, but even an attempt to escape in Saqer's speedy car doesn't deter the relentless chick. Only when Obaid mentions that his own newly hatched chick has followed him everywhere since it hatched, does Mansour realise the reason for the giant chick's rampage and devises a plan to put things right. If he can fix the aim on his ray gun, that is. | ||||
| 82 | 2 | "Virtual Insanity" | 2019 | |
| Mansour, Obaid, Salem and Turki are helping their game designer friend, Mahmoud, test his latest virtual reality game before it's released to the public. They soon discover that the game has been infiltrated by the notorious hackers and game thieves, Muneer and Sameer. Mansour and friends must stop the rotten crooks before they steal the game code, hidden behind a secret back door. After an exciting chase through many game levels, only Obaid is left in the game to stop the hackers from stealing the code. To do this, Obaid must overcome the only thing he fears more than dinosaurs. | ||||
| 83 | 3 | "Wild Shoes" | 2019 | |
| Salem is fed-up. He always comes last in every running race and what's worse, he must suffer the mocking taunts of Tareq and his cronies, Jameel and Jamal, as he struggles past the finish line. So, when a mysterious stranger offers to sell Salem a pair of mechanised wonder shoes, Salem is quick to hand over his money for them. The shoes are so fast that Salem can't control them, he is at their mercy, carried at top speed to where ever the shoes take him. With Mansour's help, Salem learns to master the shoes and spends his time performing heroic feats in them, racing about the city to help those in need - so much so, that they eventually break down. Salem asks Mansour to fix them for him so that he will be sure to win the next running race he enters. But Mansour is worried - won't that be cheating? Yes, it would be. There is also someone else who is not worried about breaking the rules, Tareq has managed to get a pair of the wonder shoes too. | ||||
| 84 | 4 | "The Librarian" | 2019 | |
| Mansour, Salem and Obaid go to the Public Library to research their school projects in the old-fashioned way. With books. But after encountering the bossy and strangely familiar librarian, Salem and Obaid discover a scary secret in the form of some notes and diagrams, tucked into a book that was being used by a furtively suspicious stranger. A bewildered Mansour gets dragged into the mystery and the boys are chased about the city by the stranger, who himself is pursued by the bossy librarian, angrily chasing the stranger for the book he forgot to check out properly. Chaos ensues, but are Obaid and Salem right to be worried about the mysterious stranger and his plans? | ||||
| 85 | 5 | "Secret Agent" | 2019 | |
| Agent Bader is on a top-secret mission to thwart the evil genius, Shankool, who plans to launch a satellite to further his criminal career. Unfortunately, on breaking into Shankool's desert compound, Agent Bader is captured by a giant robot and held prisoner. Meanwhile, Mansour has several new inventions he needs to test. One invention, the 'Bouncer 1000,' needs a lot of room, so, off Mansour goes to the desert, with Obaid and Salem. Mansour gets inside the spherical vehicle and bounces it across the desert. But when the clumsy Obaid gets inside the 'Bouncer 1000' he loses control of the vehicle and accidentally bounces into Shankool's secret compound, Mansour and Salem have no choice but to follow. Once inside the compound the boys avoid the scary robot and free Agent Bader, with whom they destroy Shankool's satellite. But the evil genius gets away. Agent Bader and the boys give chase and corner the wicked Shankool in a huge cave. Shankool has one last trick up his sleeve, it looks as though he might escape and destroy his enemies. But Shankool is about to learn a lesson in the destructive power of Obaid's clumsiness. | ||||
| 86 | 6 | "Attack of the Drone" | 2019 | |
| Khalid returns from a trip with a wonderful present for Mansour, a brand-new Panther-Drone. Obaid and Salem are very excited, but Mansour thinks that Nano's latest upgrade will mean he can easily compete with the Panther Drone; Obaid and Salem doubt this, so Nano and the Panther Drone agree to a friendly race. Friendly? Not at all. Once they are into the competition the Panther-Drone reveals itself to be a spiteful machine, it cheats and wins the race. Nano tries to tell Mansour and the boys the truth about the Panther-Drone but Salem and Obaid think this is a case of sour-grapes on Nano's part. Nano sadly recharges his battery while Mansour and the boys take the Panther-Drone on a tour of the city. The boys very quickly realise that there really is something very wrong with the Drone as it causes havoc where ever it goes. There is only one who can stop it. Time to call Nano. | ||||
| 87 | 7 | "Switcheroo" | 2019 | |
| When Mansour's plans for a teleportation device end up in the hands of Trad and Khalil, they realise they can use it for an exciting magic act. Unfortunately, Mansour is using the invention at the same time. Confusion reigns as Trad and the boys pop up in each other's location. The situation is worsened by the meddling of Tareq, Jameel and Jamal. | ||||
| 88 | 8 | "Smartball 2.0" | 2019 | |
| Obaid is failing miserably in the football trials at school, despondent he wanders the shopping mall, bereft and alone, where, to his delight, he sees an advert for 'Smartball,' the wonderful training ball to help improve football skills. He must have one, but they are all sold out. Obaid is desperate and so falls easy victim to the unscrupulous Saeed Eid and Waseem, who are selling inferior replicas of the original 'Smartball' to gullible boys. Sure enough, the 'Smartball' Obaid buys breaks down as soon as he gets it out of the box. All is not lost, because having a friend like Mansour means that bad technology can become amazing technology once he sets his mind and skills to the task. Soon Mansour has created the 'Smartball 2.0.' Saeed Eid and Waseem will soon rue the day they cheated Obaid out of his pocket money. | ||||
| 89 | 9 | "Um Duwais" | 2019 | |
| There is nowhere for Turki to try out his new 'Champion's Cup' football, every park and football pitch is busy. Just as they are about to give up, Mansour, Turki, Obaid and Salem find a plot of waste-ground next to a derelict house. Perfect for a game of football. All goes well, until Obaid accidentally kicks Turki's treasured ball into the garden of the derelict house. Obaid climbs onto a tree branch for a better look and falls into the overgrown garden. Turki helps him to find his ball, but it's hopelessly lost in the bushes. Mansour and Salem go to the entrance of the house, where they overhear a sinister figure chuckling over her wicked plans. The boys soon decide that this is the home of the mythical terror, Um Duwais. They must get Obaid out of there. Confusion and panic escalate, but are the boys really in danger from Um Duwais? | ||||
| 90 | 10 | "Obaid's Ghafia" | 2019 | |
| Obaid bought a ghafia, and he called it lucky. Turki and Salem put in on and liked it .All three of them ran after the ghafia when a seagull snatched it. Mansour just chuckles to himself. Is this coincidence, or just luck? | ||||
| 91 | 11 | "Humarat Al Gayla" | 2019 | |
| Mansour goes camping with his friends. After Saqer tempts them into a scary story about humarat al gayla, they ride dune buggies. After realizing that Salem didn't let them go, Shamma and Khulood plan a trick on him, using Saqer's story as a base. Then the tricked worked, but Mansour thinks that HE SAW THE HUMARAT AL GAYLA. They run for their lives, but really? | ||||
| 92 | 12 | "Warrior Rest" | 2019 | |
| When famous sports commentator, Faris Awadh, hears Nano imitate voice, he got interested. Catchphrase, he lets Nano commentate a match for him while he relaxes on a boat trip with Mansour and friends. Unfortunately, things are not so relaxing after Obaid sets fire to the boat and frees a dangerous leopard from the hold. Can Obaid fix things by tempting a giant turtle with strawberries? | ||||
| 93 | 13 | "Sultan and the Speedboat" | 2019 | |
| When Mansour, Obaid and Salem go on a speedboat excursion with Sultan, an autistic boy, they gain a new understanding and acceptance of people who react to the world in their own, special way. When the boat breaks down and a plane crashes into the sea, it's Sultan who saves the day. Mansour and the boys have made a new and interesting friend. | ||||
Revival
[edit]In October 2022, it was announced that the show is getting a revival with 52 episodes that is focusing on AI, space exploration and climate emergency. It is being animated in Adobe Flash instead of CGI.[9]
In December 5, the series is set to release in Summer 2023, titled "The Adventures of Mansour: Age of A.I.".[10]
Departments
[edit]Directors
[edit]Script writers
[edit]Dan Balaam
Writer and Producer
Khulood Al Ali
Arabic dialogue writer
(26 episodes, 2017)
Hamed Al Harthi
Arabic dialogue writer
(26 episodes, 2015)
Saoud Karmastaji
Arabic dialogue writer
(26 episodes, 2015)
Nassma Al Bahrani
Arabic dialogue writer
(26 episodes, 2015)
Discussing the writing process, the creator, Al Harmoodi, said it was the hardest part, and that the script is first written in English and then Arabic, as the writer is an English-speaker.[11]
Editorial department
[edit]Adam Khwaja
Script Editor
Rashed Al Harmoodi
Script editor
(26 episodes, 2015)
Mouthanna Al-Sayegh
Online editor
(52 episodes, 2015–2017)
Sound department
[edit]Tom Bailey
Mansour theme and original music composition / composer: theme music
(52 episodes, 2015–2017)
Stefan Mcdad
Sound design and mixing (52 episodes, 2015–2017)
Musaed Al-Hendi
Sound editor
(26 episodes, 2017)
Yousef Bu Khamas
Sound design and mixing
(26 episodes, 2017)
Companies
[edit]Distribution
[edit]Mubadala (2013) (United Arab Emirates) (TV)
Other
[edit]ICE Animations (animation and effects)
Yowza Digital (storyboards)
Trivia
[edit]Mansour's merchandising ranges from clothing[12] to smartphone applications.[13] Al Harmoodi has expressed joy at this, saying that "seeing Mansour side-by-side with other global characters on retailer shelves is a dream come true".
Awards
[edit]Cartoon Network Studios Arabia won ‘Best Use of Animation’ Award for Mansour (Season 2) at the Digital Studios Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, March 9, 2016.[14]
External links
[edit]- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471188/fullcredits#writers - A list of all the cast and crew involved in its production
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471188/epcast?ref_=ttfc_ql_tv_2 - A list of all the episode summaries and casts
References
[edit]- ^ Mansour. Mubadala Trademark Holding Company L.L.C., http://mansourcartoon.ae/en/about-the-show. 10 Mar. 2017
- ^ "New Emirati Television Cartoon Launched: “Mansour” in 3D”. Press Release. June 26, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "‘Mansour,’ The New Emirati Television cartoon, to Broadcast on UAE TV Networks Beginning January 2013”. Press Release. December 20, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Lord, Christopher. "There's More to Mansour Than Meets The Eye". The National. July 4, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2017
- ^ "Mansour Cartoon Prepares Season Two". Press Release. October 29, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Twofour54. Media Zone Authority Abu Dhabi. intaj.twofour54.com/en/our-work/recent-projects/Mansour. 10 Mar. 2017.
- ^ "Mansour Cartoon Launches Season 2 Across MENA Region". Trade Arabia. October 19, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ [1]November 10, 2021
- ^ Mansour. C21Media, "Mansour gets modern reboot focusing on AI, space exploration and climate emergency." October 16, 2022.
- ^ "مغامرات منصور: عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي" December 5, 2022.
- ^ Diaa, Sarah. "Cartoon Series Mansour to Return for Season 2". Gulf News. October 30, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2017
- ^ Newbould, Chris. "Exclusive Clothing Range Based on Emirati Cartoon Favourite Mansour Coming to Mothercare". The National. September 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ “Mansour Run Trailer English.” YouTube, 5 Mar. 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bppdBpaeHk. Accessed 10 Mar. 2017
- ^ Cartoon Network Studios Arabia wins ‘Best Use of Animation’ at the Digital Studio Awards in Recognition of the Commendable Work Done on the Emarati Cartoon Mansour (Season 2)". Press Release. March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2017.