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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
29 September 1997

Number of seasons
  
1

Genre
  
Education

7.2/10
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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
26

Final episode date
  
17 July 2001

Number of episodes
  
26

Networks
  
Family Channel, CITV

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Voices of
  
Thor Bishopric, Terrence Scammell, Patricia Rodriguez, Rick Jones, Liz MacRae

Original network
  
The Learning Channel (USA) Family Channel (Canada) CITV and Disney Channel (UK)

Similar
  
Nini's Treehouse, Pappyland, Brum, Wilbur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane

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The Big Garage is a children's television program that aired on The Learning Channel. It was produced by Prisma Productions in association with Winchester Entertainment. It debuted on TLC on September 29, 1997 within its Ready Set Learn children's block as a co-production with Canada's Family Channel. Aimed at preschool children, the show follows the adventures of a fleet of anthropomorphic taxicabs. At the end of each episode, there are two short scenes. The first is about a stop sign, and the second is about a group of tools (a hammer, a saw, three spanners, some nuts and bolts, an oil can, and a pair of pliers).

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The show aired its last episode on July 17, 2001. Repeats air on the American multicast network Smile, a primarily religious children's channel also carrying secular content.

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Characters

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  • London is a blue taxicab, which wears the number 1. As his name suggests, he has a British accent and closely resembles a typical taxicab in the UK. He is a 1960 Austin A40 Farina voiced by Terrence Scammell.
  • ZigZag is a purple taxicab, which wears the number 2. She is the fastest taxicab on the show. Her overconfidence sometimes gets the better of her. She is a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Coupe voiced by Patricia Rodriguez.
  • Yorkie is a yellow taxicab, which wears the number 3. He likes to be "cool" and speaks, true to his name, with a New York accent, and closely resembles a typical New York City taxicab. He is a 1957 Ford Fairlane voiced by Rick Jones.
  • Mimi is a red taxicab which wears the number 4. She appears to be somewhat shy. Her hood ornament is made to resemble a pacifier in front of her vehicle's grille to represent her as the youngest, or 'the baby', in the fleet. She is also the only taxicab with her name written on her, near her trunk. She is a 1969 Subaru 360 voiced by Liz MacRae.

    • Other characters

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  • Rusty is a green tow truck which lives in a junkyard. It seems that in some episodes he is the gang's nemesis and in some is their friend. He is also seen singing with the taxis and Pump, though he has never sung solo. He is a 1948 Chevrolet 3100 voiced by Rick Jones.
  • Pump is a anthropomorphic (though stationary otherwise) gas pump outside the garage. He's the mentor to the taxicabs (and Rusty, on occasion), and he sings the opening theme song, as well as other songs with the taxis. He is also the narrator of the series. Voiced by Thor Bishopric.
  • Tooly is a small red toolbox with a handlebar moustache. He works with a group of mischief-loving wrenches called the "Spanners" (another term for a wrench in Canada, the show's production base), who always seem to be running away from Tooly. Tooly is often seen chasing after them in almost every episode. Voiced by Rick Jones.
  • Flash is a traffic light who keeps making up rules besides stopping on a red light. Voiced by Liz MacRae.
  • Stop is a cartoon stop sign who loves to have fun, mostly by playing hopscotch, as we see in her introduction. Voiced by Patricia Rodriguez.
  • There are some cartoon tools as well, including Hammer, Saw, the Bolts, the Nuts, Ruler, the Spanners and Oil Can. Pump narrates this segment.

    • Villains

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  • Scrap is a anthropomorphic compactor who is the gang's nemesis, trying to force the cabs to completely break down in order to have them towed to Scrapland so he can personally destroy them. He often tricks Rusty into doing his bidding, and breaks the fourth wall by expressing his annoyance at the song sequences the cabs perform. Voiced by Terrence Scammell.

    • Voices

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  • Terrence Scammell - London / Scrap
  • Patricia Rodriguez - ZigZag / Stop
  • Thor Bishopric - Pump
  • Liz MacRae - Mimi / Flash / Spanners
  • Rick Jones - Yorky / Tooly / Rusty / Spanners

    • Episodes

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    1. Stop and Listen!
    2. The Mixup
    3. Share and Shake Alike
    4. Welcome to the Big Garage - Mimi tries to find her way to the Big Garage.
    5. Boo! Who? - The taxis believe that London was taken by a ghost when he goes missing.
    6. Blow Your Own Horn
    7. The Great Rescue - Scrap has Rusty carnap London so he can scrap him. Yorky overhears this and goes to warn London. But by the time he reaches the garage, London isn't there. Once London finds out what has happened, he gets the taxis for help, only to find that Scrap has cut his radio dead. The taxis must try to save London, all on their own!
    8. All out of Zoom
    9. Sounds Funny to Me
    10. And the Winner is......
    11. What About Mimi?
    12. The Big Bang - In the middle of the night, something wakes up London and he hides. The taxis must now find him and the something scared him.
    13. You Better Believe It
    14. An Eensy Weensy Lie
    15. Lickety-Split
    16. Slow but Sure
    17. King for the Day
    18. Copy Cars
    19. Breaking All the Rules
    20. The Missing Wheels
    21. First Things First - Rusty and London are testing a magnet one morning, when it suddenly goes out of control and links them together. The taxis must now find a way to unstick Rusty and London.
    22. Just Along for the Ride
    23. Un-Pumped
    24. Rain, Rain, Go Away! - London doesn't want to go out in the rain because, he's afraid he might get muddy. But he soon ends up in trouble when he gets stuck in a muddy puddle.
    25. The Heat Wave - A heat wave strikes Taxi Town and London's engine overheats, leaving him stranded in a tunnel.
    26. London's Oil Crisis - When London's engine squirts oil in his eyes, he ends up being blind. Now, Yorky must be his eyes.
    27. Super London - London wishes he could be a superhero so he can help all his friends.
    28. A Day at the Beach - The taxis are having a day at the beach when a strong wave breaks the jetty that London is on and he sails away from shore.

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    References

    The Big Garage Wikipedia
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