The first season of Gabriel Garza, created by Geo G. and produced at Gingo Animation, originally aired on CBS in the United States from March 16 to August 31, 1991, and consists of thirteen episodes. The series revolves around the misadventures of the title character and his brothers Roge, Leno, and Cole. Episodes in this season form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf", the significance of which goes unexplained until Gabriel the Brave Hero, the season finale. Alongside the "Bad Wolf" arc, the season introduces the unknown sole survivor of an event known as "25", which is also unexplained until the season finale.
Geo created the title character for an unpublished comic book series in the late 1980s, and later reluctantly pitched the series to CBS as a Saturday morning cartoon. The network gave the staff a large amount of creative freedom, with the writers targeting both children and adults.
The complete season DVD was released by Shout! Factory (under license from Universal Pictures) on May 17, 2005, and featured all thirteen episodes and an assortment of bonus features.
Development[]
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Production[]
Cast[]
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Animation[]
This season's animation was made in-house by Gingo Animation and co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, who contracted Wang Film Productions, Mr. Big Cartoons, and Fil-Cartoons.
Reception[]
The season was critically acclaimed.
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Episodes[]
- See also: List of Gabriel Garza episodes
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Production Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Gabriel and the Big One" | March 16, 1991 | GG101a | |
| While in Sinking Spring, Gabriel hears the news that someone moved into town. He goes to check, and sees an abandoned house that is pretty dark. He goes inside and sees Vio, and they eventually start a conflict. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The First Toy Craze" | March 16, 1991 | GG101b | |
| Gabriel enters a toy car-making contest and invents the Garza Car. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Lovesick Gabriel" | April 6, 1991 | GG102 | |
| When Gabriel meets a new girl named Claire Jones in his class, he falls in love; Gabriel wants to have a date with her until he finds out that she is kidnapped by Vio so Gabriel must rescue her before it's too late. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "M-M-M-Monster!" | April 13, 1991 | GG103 | |
| Gabriel and his friends tell a scary story about a hideous monster and believe that the monster is actually real. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Charge Button" | April 27, 1991 | GG104 | |
| Leno sees a Remote Control and he uses the charge button, but he can't stop. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Hidden Box" | May 4, 1991 | GG106 | |
| Gabriel and his friends discover a mysterious box. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "2-G" | May 18, 1991 | GG110 | |
| When Vio creates a cloning gun in his base (actually an overtaken hotel) so he can have his world domination, one of his henchmen Big Guy messes about with it and accidentally clones Gabriel who is sleeping. Gabriel wakes up the next morning to find a clone under his bed and he is shocked. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Monkey See, Monkey Goop" | May 25, 1991 | GG108 | |
| Leno discovers a gorilla who had escaped from the zoo and been wandering around Sinking Spring, and decides to keep it in order to prove to his friends that he is capable of taking care of something. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Puzzle Day" | June 8, 1991 | GG107 | |
| Gabriel and his friends face a challenge to solve some puzzles. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Claire's Lemonade" | July 20, 1991 | GG111 | |
| Claire and her friend Becky want the Turbo Hand Held Game System 3000, but when their parents said that they need a job, they sell the people of Sinking Spring some lemonade. However, Vio and his team stole all of the lemons which caused chaos in Southern Ontario of Canada and the United States. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Gabriel's Super Crazy Fun Ride Bash" | August 3, 1991 | GG105 | |
| Gabriel decides to make his very own ride while his friends see it. However, after Gabriel returned the paint buckets to the Sinking Spring Community Center, he was kidnapped by Vio and his henchmen, and was replaced by the evil clone of Gabriel. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Slirns" | August 24, 1991 | GG109 | |
| Leno plays a prank on Cole called a "slirn", but Gabriel can't allow anyone to say bad words. Cole wanted revenge by putting several slirns on Leno. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Gabriel the Brave Hero" | August 31, 1991 | GG112 | |
| When Gabriel took a break from his friends, he wants to be an independent hero, but when Gabriel found out that Vio put all the cats into the trees from the park, he needs to save the cats, teams up with his friends to defeat Vio and his minions. | |||||
DVD release[]
The DVD boxset for season one was released by Shout! Factory (under license from Universal Studios Home Entertainment) on May 17, 2005. Aside from all thirteen episodes of the season, the DVD included several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and crew, animatics, an animation gallery, commentary tracks on ten episodes, and two short films created by Geo G.
| The Complete First Season | ||||
| Set Details | Special Features | |||
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| May 17, 2005 | ||||