Jasper the Penguin
Between the backdrops of the icy South Pole and a colourful harbour city unfolds the adventure of penguin brothers, Jasper and Junior, who, with the help of 9 year old Emma, rescue the eggs of the rare Kakapo bird from the evil hands of mad Dr. Block.
- 2002-2003
- 1 season
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Family
- TV-Y
Between the backdrops of the icy South Pole and a colourful harbour city unfolds the adventure of penguin brothers, Jasper and Junior, who, with the help of 9 year old Emma, rescue the eggs of the rare Kakapo bird from the evil hands of mad Dr. Block.
Season 1 Episode Guide
52 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
Chauds les pieds!
5 mins
Emma tells Jasper to get shoes for his sensitive paws on a sweltering day. Finding footwear for his unique feet is tough, so Jasper crafts his own from shoeboxes.
Episode 2
Glaces à l'eau
5 mins
Jasper seeks a cool nap under an ice cream cart, startling the vendor. The cart rolls into the lake. Emma and Jasper save the day by repurposing life savers and selling treats to swimmers while the vendor relaxes.
Episode 3
Douce nuit
5 mins
Emma and Jasper attempt to camp in the garden, but their tent is too small. Jasper creates his own tent but struggles to sleep due to various distractions like ants and falling apples.
Episode 4
Un beau coup de filet
5 mins
Jasper, bumping his head in the dark, gets a torch. He seeks darkness but drops it down a drain. This leads to a chase through the underworld to retrieve his torch from the harbor sea using a shopping net.
Episode 5
Hareng pétillant, calamar à boire!
5 mins
Jasper makes lemonade to sell at the school fair but no one seems to like it. It turns out cats are big fans of his unique squid, mackerel, and herring lemonade.
Episode 6
Drôles de pingouins!
5 mins
Jasper sees what he thinks are penguins, but they turn out to be people in costume. He investigates, ending up at the opera where he throws a fish onto the stage, accidentally causing it to fall into the orchestra pit.
Episode 7
Le malade imaginaire
5 mins
Emma has a cold. Liking the sound of "cold," Jasper tries to get one with ice cubes and cold air for yummy food. It doesn't work, but Emma feels better from the comical attempts.
Episode 8
Les échos de Jasper
5 mins
Jasper finds the newspaper boy's cap and returns it. Noticing all the papers dropped, he frantically picks them up. With people wanting their news, Jasper rolls a paper into a megaphone and reads the headlines aloud.
Episode 9
Bon anniversaire Emma!
5 mins
It's Emma's birthday, and Jasper wants to buy her skates. Discovering he needs money, he gets a job. He paints a ship, covering the captain in paint, then serves a customer raw fish as a waiter.
Episode 10
Sans interdit
5 mins
Jasper and Emma are looking for somewhere to play, but every where they go there seem to be signs telling them "don't do this" and "don't do that". So they make their own signs to stop things they don't want and start things that they do.
Episode 11
Ça décoiffe!
5 mins
Jasper accompanies Emma to the hair salon and spontaneously creates a new hairstyle that becomes a trend among the clients.
Episode 12
Histoires sans paroles
5 mins
Jasper, hanging fish, bumps something and hears voices, fleeing in fright. Emma investigates, finding he'd switched on an old TV. They adjust the aerial, getting only sound or picture, so they improvise dialogue for the film.
Episode 13
Cours, Jasper, cours!
5 mins
Jasper fills in for one of Emma's teammates in a relay. When he loses the baton, he ends up chasing it all the way to the pool, where he accidentally wins the swimming competition.
Episode 14
Perdu dans la ville
5 mins
Jasper chases a fish-snatching cat, getting lost in the city. Emma, missing him at the harbor, realizes he's gone. Jasper ingeniously follows his fishing line back, while Emma has the same idea, leading them to reunite.
Episode 15
Le musée
5 mins
Jasper tags along on Emma's school trip to the museum. He gets lost in the dinosaur room, arguing with a T-Rex. The dino collapses. Now, Jasper and Emma must reconstruct it, if he can recall its look.
Episode 16
Igloo de lecture
5 mins
Emma's horse book captivates her, ignoring Jasper. Intrigued, he goes to the library and finds fish books. But distractions persist; he needs peace and quiet to read.
Episode 17
Mosaïque
5 mins
On the way to the picture shop to replace a broken gift, Jasper and Emma pass a mosaic. Jasper is fascinated by the big picture made of little pieces.
Episode 18
Avis de recherche
5 mins
Jasper walks home with fish, attracting two kittens who follow him. At his door, he finds them and invites them in. He feeds them his fish, but they take over his hammock. Now, he must find their mother.
Episode 19
L'épouvantail
5 mins
Jasper tries to figure out how to get past an angry dog. After Emma teachers him about scarecrows, he makes one that looks like a policeman to try and frighten the dog away.
Episode 20
Chapeau, Jasper!
5 mins
Jasper's bucket of fish gets mixed up with a traveler's hat box. Jasper and Emma look for the fish in a hotel and end up accidentally making a new hat.
Episode 21
Passage à volonté
5 mins
Jasper can't figure out how to cross the street to meet Emma at the ice cream shop. When he sees the crosswalk, he gets an idea that will help him get to the shop.
Episode 22
Le cerf-volant
5 mins
Emma and Jasper discover a kite, but without wind, it won't fly. When the kite breaks, Jasper creates a new kite that flies with hardly any wind.
Episode 23
Joyeuses Pâques!
5 mins
When Jasper discovers colorful eggs in the garden, Emma teachers him about Easter. Jasper helps out by hiding a few other things in the garden, but keys and glasses aren't meant to be hidden.
Episode 24
Photos souvenirs
5 mins
Emma and Jasper try to take a Polaroid photo of themselves for a message in a bottle. Each attempt is ruined. Out of film, Jasper cleverly rearranges the spoiled pictures to create one big photo of them.
Episode 25
Allô ?!
5 mins
Paulo helps Jasper learn how to make a phone call, but since Jasper doesn't have Emma's number or any money, he has to find another way to reach her.
Episode 26
Halloween
5 mins
Jasper learns all about Halloween, including sweets, costumes, and being spooked. Jasper doesn't scare easily, but he's great at scaring others.
Episode 27
Le déménagement
5 mins
When a strange noise causes Jasper a restless night's sleep, he decides to look for a new place to live. Jasper and Emma find that it's easier to find the source of the noise than a quiet new place.
Episode 28
De toutes les couleurs
5 mins
Jasper wants to pick Emma up to play, but she's still looking for the second blue badminton racket. When Emma finally finds the bat, she realizes that it is broken. So she goes to the store with Jasper to buy a new one.
Episode 29
Échanges malins
5 mins
Emma and Jasper visit the flea market where Jasper trades some of the old junk he fished out of the water for some new items.
Episode 30
Abracadanchois!
5 mins
A magician in the park performs for the kids. Jasper is amazed, and back at Emma's place, he decides that he will try a few tricks of his own. He doesn't realize that Emma knows a trick, too.
Episode 31
La dent de lait
5 mins
Emma has a loose tooth, so Jasper offers to help her pull it out. They discover that it's not as easy as they thought.
Episode 32
Ticket gagnant!
5 mins
Jasper's winning ticket has blown away, so he and Emma chase after it. After a tiring adventure, they are surprised to discover what Jasper has won.
Episode 33
Le carnaval
5 mins
Jasper is confused to find lots of strangely dressed people around town. He goes to tell Emma all about it, but discovers that she is dressed as a princess and that it is Carnival Day. Jasper and Emma go up to the attic to find a costume for Jasper but in the end they decide Jasper is always dressed up with his black and white feather tuxedo.
Episode 34
Changement de décors
5 mins
Emma's father is decorating the house. Emma and Jasper try to help with the wallpaper and paint, but they end up with a big mess to clean.
Episode 35
Le grand nettoyage
5 mins
Jasper and Emma play ball in the house and make a big mess. They work together and make a game of cleaning it up before Emma's mom gets home.
Episode 36
Bouteille express
5 mins
Jasper wants to send Emma a message, but his usual bottle method does not work for the mail carrier. Jasper learns about addresses, stamps and how the postal system works.
Episode 37
Petits pains surprise
5 mins
Emma and Paulo experience an unfortunate taste test when Jasper accidentally empties his bucket of fish into the mixing bowl for a cake they are baking.
Episode 38
La danse du pingouin
5 mins
Jasper decides to try ballet with Emma. Unfortunately, he has two left feet, but he discovers a hidden talent: ice dancing.
Episode 39
Le secret de la forme
5 mins
Emma and Jasper try to exercise, but it's too hot for Jasper. Emma's dad provides the pedal power to help the friends take it easy and relax in the shade.
Episode 40
Arrêt de bus
5 mins
Jasper casts his line from a bus to snag a fish from a truck. His hook snags the bus tire, delaying grumpy passengers. But they soon discover the bus is a great place to get things done.
Episode 41
Plus vrai que nature
5 mins
Jasper learns about sculpture in an unusual way, and he and Emma build a statue of a very important penguin.
Episode 42
La pêche au trésor
5 mins
Jasper finds a knitting pattern, convinced it's a pirate's treasure map. He and Emma embark on an exciting town-wide hunt, following its lines. They end up back home, but had great fun on their adventure.
Episode 43
Jasper en vacances
5 mins
Jasper and Emma try to take a mini vacation near home, but they keep running into small obstacles.
Episode 44
Jasper fait son cinéma
5 mins
Jasper disrupts Paulo's ice-cream commercial, only wanting a treat. The director almost quits, until Jasper, with his ice-cream, exclaims, "Ice-cream in winter is even cooler!" Jasper gets his treat and a commercial part.
Episode 45
A vue de bec
5 mins
Emma and Jasper go to the eye doctor to see if they need glasses. Jasper has his eyes on a special pair of fish frames.
Episode 46
A la claire fontaine
5 mins
It's another hot day, and every time Jasper finds a cool, relaxing spot, he gets asked to move. Jasper and Emma visit the mayor for help cooling off.
Episode 47
Jour de neige
5 mins
Jasper is excited when he awakens snow, but he can't understand why people keep clearing it away. He uses his know-how to help everyone see how much fun snow can be.
Episode 48
Zoo de neige
5 mins
Jasper and Emma build all sorts of snow creatures to scare a greedy cat away from stealing Jasper's fish.
Episode 49
Glaces télécommandées
5 mins
Jasper swims to get ice cream for himself and Emma, but it melts on the walk back. To solve the problem, Emma and Jasper get creative with one of Emma's toys.
Episode 50
Défilé de haute peinture
5 mins
When Jasper is mistaken for different people, he discovers that clothes may impact who others think you are. A paint accident sparks a creative idea.
Episode 51
Bulles musicales
5 mins
Emma and Jasper entertain the public by getting creative with musical instruments.
Episode 52
En voiture!
5 mins
Emma is going on a train trip with her mother and is waiting for Jasper, who is supposed to come and wave goodbye. But Jasper is lost in the crowd further down the platform. When the announcer calls "stand clear of the doors please" Jasper does as he is told but hops the wrong way and into the train. So Jasper take his first train ride and goes in search of Emma.