Milan Blažeković
Director
Lapitch, The Little Shoemaker (2002)
Season 1
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker is an animated television series from Croatia Film and EM.TV/HaffaDiebold, with animation by Neptuno Films of Barcelona, Spain. It is a spin-off from the 1997 film of the same name. Returning from the film are the title character, Lapitch the mouse, and his girlfriend Lisa, along with their pets Brewster and Pico. For the series, a character called Melchior replaces Master Scowler's role. As of 2009, the show airs on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom.
Released Sept. 1, 2002
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Keywords: imdb.cobbler-the-shoemaker, imdb.mouse, imdb.character-name-in-title
Production Companies: Croatia Film, EM.TV & Merchandising AG, HaffaDiebold
Network: Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
S1E1 - Brewster's Birthday
Lapitch goes looking for Brewster, who is in the care of the Pazinskis to participate in a dangerous circus stunt.
Sept. 1, 2002, midnight
S1E2 - The Secret Village
Dirty Rat (who originally perished in the 1997 film but actually survived) steals Lapitch's magic boots. However in a secret squirrel village, the boots have other plans.
Sept. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E3 - Very Cross Country
Lapitch and Lisa participate in a cross country race. Dirty Rat wants Melvin Raccoon to win as his ticket to getting the prize.
Sept. 15, 2002, midnight
S1E4 - The Shoe Queen
Lapitch and Lisa decide to help Lerbil take care of the tyrant Shoe Queen Buchinksi who is in league with Dirty Rat.
Sept. 22, 2002, midnight
S1E5 - Never Kid a Kidnapper
Dirty Rat has the Pazinskis kidnap Melchior to make him magic boots. Melchior however has other ideas.
Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
S1E6 - Thanks for the Remedy
Lapitch and Lisa gather ingredients for a magic potion to cure Melchior's illness. This potion also interests Dirty Rat and the Pazinskis.
Oct. 6, 2002, midnight
S1E7 - The Great Slipper Slip Up
Cinderella II goes with Lisa to Mr. Blower to make a glass slipper, while Dirty Rat helps the evil Princess Enid to marry Prince Rupert.
Oct. 13, 2002, midnight
S1E8 - The Candy Man
Dirty Rat steals Melchior's secret candy recipe and hands it to the Candy Man Schelqior, who is Melchior's cousin.
Oct. 20, 2002, midnight
S1E9 - What Goes Up
Lapitch, Lisa and Melchior get stranded in a hot air balloon while Yanna, Pico and Brewster have trouble with Melchior's shoemaking machine.
Oct. 27, 2002, midnight
S1E10 - All That Glistens
Dirty Rat and the Pazinskis run a ball dance to frame Lapitch of theft. Lisa helps Lapitch to clear his name.
Nov. 3, 2002, midnight
S1E11 - Gibbering Goldfish
Melvin finds a goldfish named Joshua who can grant a wish. Dirty Rat sees this as a golden opportunity, but Lapitch helps protect Joshua.
Nov. 10, 2002, midnight
S1E12 - A Haunting We Will Go
Dirty Rat and his cronies head off to a castle in the hopes to find treasure. Coincidentally Lapitch and his friends are heading there to deliver some mended shoes.
Nov. 17, 2002, midnight
S1E13 - Percival the Pest
A pig named Percival comes to the village, but the next day the town-square is trashed. Percival blames it on the Pazinskis, but they are innocent this time, so who could the real culprit be?
Nov. 24, 2002, midnight
S1E14 - The Sound of Silence
Melchior has created a key that can open virtually anything, but Dirty Rat finds out, placing the key in danger. Pico tries to hide the key, but talks too much that his voice dies, and worse, the key is taken anyway.
Dec. 1, 2002, midnight
S1E15 - Missing Melchior
Melchior goes to Daimond Mountain to talk about creating magic-boots, but Melvin seems intent on getting those boots.
Dec. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E16 - The Sky is Falling
While Melchior is stargazing, he hears rumors that a meteor will strike the earth, terrifying the populace. Yanna however, has a strange bowl that she believes will save the day.
Dec. 15, 2002, midnight
S1E17 - Post Office
One night Otis and Elmer break into Lapitch's workshop, but he catches them red-handed. Word however spreads, and Dirty Rat and the Pazinskis wish to find out what the villagers are up to.
Dec. 22, 2002, midnight
S1E18 - The Great Book Caper
One day Yanna was cleaning her house and tells Lapitch her books are "worth more than gold", unfortunately the three eavesdropping Pazinskis took this statement a little too seriously, and the next day Yanna's books disappear.
Dec. 29, 2002, midnight
S1E19 - Musical Interlude
Yanna and Melchior are practising for the big music festival, as the famous musicians the Violinskys are coming. Unfortunately the Pazinskis steal their violins in exchange for magic butterbeans. Can the violins be saved?
Jan. 5, 2003, midnight
S1E20 - The Great Coach Robbery
Lisa receives a golden whistle from Yanna should she ever get lost. Meanwhile Melchior has hurt his foot, forcing him to sit out the party Lisa and Lapitch are going to.
Jan. 12, 2003, midnight
S1E21 - Peace and Quiet
The famous writer Grimsdale comes to the village to finish a book, and Lapitch gets to be his assistant, however Grimsdale cannot write while there's so much noise going on, complicating matters.
Jan. 19, 2003, midnight
S1E22 - Yanna and the Wise Woman
Yanna receives a visit from her former school-teacher Esmeralda Rottwart, who has come to test Yanna's medical-skills.
Jan. 26, 2003, midnight
S1E23 - The War of the Weeds
The War of the Weeds will make Melchior and Yanna sleep.
Feb. 2, 2003, midnight
S1E24 - The Most Magical Boots
The Great Bombasto comes to the village, and claims to make literal magic boots, but is he being honest, or is this one big scam?
Feb. 16, 2003, midnight
S1E25 - High Noon
Brewster gets a toothache, and is in so much pain he howls the whole night, preventing anyone from sleeping, but he refuses to see a dentist.
March 2, 2003, midnight
S1E26 - Magical Gift
Lapitch has to repair Melchior's favorite shoes, which are so old they disintegrate by simply being touched, so Lapitch tries to replace them with so-called magic boots.
March 9, 2003, midnight
Network: Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 780 min.
Released: Sept. 1, 2002
Last Air Date: March 9, 2003, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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