Spartapuss TV

Ancient Rome ruled by cats!
an underdog cat in a gladiatorial world
Age 6-10
TV Series
Comedy-adventure

The Concept
Ancient Rome ruled by cats!
Spartapuss is a comedy adventure animation set 2000 years ago in a
parallel world where cats rule ancient Rome.
Spartapuss himself is mild-mannered dreamer, happily working in a spa.
But he offends the spoilt young Caligula and is thrown into gladiator school.
Non-violent Spartapuss is befriended by spear specialist Gatitta from
Hisspania and Cloccus - an over-confident but big hearted boxer from
Maul. Luckily, Spartapuss discovers a magic coin made by the mysterious
Mewids. When he learns to control the coin, the three friends escape from
the gladiator school. On a quest to return to Spartapuss’s home in the land
of the Kitons (Wales), the three must evade the traps of the deliciously evil
Catligula. Can Spartapuss win his freedom and get safely home?
“Fighting battles with a trident is quite
hard when you’re non-violent!”
Watch the Spartapuss rap with
MC Lars at
https://vimeo.com/258290731

Target audience
• 6-10 year olds.
Key points
• Animated TV series.
• 26 or 52 x 11 min episodes. (Other duration options available).
• Comedy adventure.
• Producers: Mogzilla/King Bee.
• Music: Brollyman
• Adapted by Spartapuss books author Robin Price

Characters
Spartapuss
‘Don’t call me Spartan! They named
me Spartapuss because I’m a cat
who works in a spa!”
Spartapuss was happy working in
the spa but it all went wrong when
he offended the evil Catligula and
got sent to gladiator school.
Spartapuss is peaceful by
nature, and he believes that
disagreements should be solved
by talking things through. At
gladiator school, he naively tries
to make the arena a safer place
for everyone.
Spartapuss: “Careful Gatitta -
that stick looks sharp.’
Gattita: “It’s a spear - it’s
supposed to be sharp!”
Non-violent Spartapuss must
use his wits to survive as learns
that Fortune favours the brave -
not the risk averse!
Spartapuss
VOICE: Spartapuss starts off calm but
escalates through various stages of
panic. We chose a youthful Welsh voice
for Spartapuss - because he comes from
The Land of the Kitons. He was brought
to Rome when he was young and he has
always wanted to return to his homeland.
This ‘returning home’ idea gets explored
as the series develops.
Spartapuss has an uncanny habit
of saying EXACTLY the wrong
thing, to the wrong character, at
the wrong time. As he puts it:
“If the words the hang around
your brain for too long, they
come out all rotten.’

Gattita
It would be impossible for Spartapuss to survive the perils of the arena without
the two friends he makes in the gladiator school.
Gattita fights with a
spear like the heroes
of old. She takes no
nonsense from
Spartapuss and her
lightning reflexes and
courage often saves
the trio of friends from
disaster.
Girls (and boys) will root for this
feisty female from the mountains
of Hisspania (Spain). Go Gatitta!
If the otherwise admirable
Gatitta has a fault it is her quick
temper. She tends to make
hasty decisions and be a bit
judgemental.
Cloccus
Gattita: “Don’t eat that
Spartapuss. It’s rubbish!’
Cloccus:
“Where he comes from,
ALL the food is rubbish!”
Gattita: “In my land we
take up the spear when
we are one year old!’
Spartapuss:
“Haven’t you heard of
balls of string?”
Cloccus is a boxer from Maul (France) with
a big heart and a great line in dry wit.
Cloccus is fighting a losing battle to keep
Spartapuss out of danger. Unlike the
no nonsense Gattita, Cloccus is easily led
and often gets drawn into Spartapuss’s
flights of fancy.

Catligula
Co-staring alongside Spartapuss is the
spoilt young Imperial cat - Catligula.
Catligula always needs to be the centre
of attention. Spoilt from his kitten hood,
this power crazed cat is mad, bad and
dangerous to stroke!
He starts Series 1 as the Emperor’s
favourite and the heir to the cushioned
throne. In episode 12 he becomes the
Emperor and the madness esculates
as he makes his pet rat a senator,
declares war on the sea etc.
Catligula has a passion for the
spectacular: games, theatre, fashion,
chariot racing, wild beast hunting, a
musical about himself (Hail Me!)
Each of his schemes is created to
as place him as the sole center of
attention.
Catligula: “Good luck my
brave cats! Fight well in
the uniforms that I, your
soon-to be Caesar have
designed. If Fortune
smiles on you, Rome will
remember this day for a
long time.’
Catligula’s plots are inadvertently
disrupted by Spartapuss, or they go
wrong due to over-elaboration - in a
classic cartoon way.
But beware! Catligula’s mood can
turn in an instant. This makes him a
extremely watchable villain.
Warrior:
“Rome won’t forget these
shorts in a hurry.”

The Darnarian
In episode 1, Catligula tosses a coin to decide Spartapuss’s fate
and it accidently drops it into the arena. The coin is the legendary
Darnarian - a magic coin with the power to change fortune.
Spartapuss later discovers that the coin was made by the mysterious
Mewids back in his homeland - the Land of the Kitons. Words spoken
in Welsh will unlock the coin’s magic and get Spartapuss out of
trouble - if only he can remember where he put it!
Eventually Gatitta gets sick of Spartapuss losing the Darnarian and
mounts the coin in the hilt of his trident.

FELINIUS
The owner of the gladiator school is notoriously
careful with his money. He’s famous for his
‘short paws and long pockets’. In fact there’s
practically nothing he won’t do to turn a profit.
When he finds out about Spartapuss’s magic
coin, he can’t wait to get his paws on it.
VOICE: think Oliver Reed.
Felinius
MEWLIA
The Emperor’s scheming grandmother is known for
her jewelled collars and her acid tongue. Mewlia is
cutting and funny. She always puts Catligula in his
place.
VOICE: noble and lady-like: think Dame Maggie Smith.
Mewlia

CHARACTERS
DOGRUN
A beast of a cat from the forests of Purrmania
(Germany). Dogren is the head instructor at
the gladiator school. Despite his intimidating
physical presence he has a amusing
personality and a way of winding up his boss
Felinius.
VOICE: this gentle giant has a voice a
like German comedian Henning Wehn.
Dogrun
TABWEN
Tabwen is Spartapuss’s mother. She does
practically everything a good mother shouldn’t do.
She lost the family cooking pot in a game of dice. She
cut up her son’s ball of string to sell at the summer
fayre. Worst of all, she abandoned Spartapuss
down a well when she was on the run from Roman
justice! In series two, Spartapuss finds out that the
only present she ever gave him - the Darnarian
coin - was in fact stolen from the Mewids.
Spartapuss finds a scroll with a list of what he thinks
are his mother’s favourite sayings. They turn out
to be magic words in the Mewid language (Welsh)
that control the Darnarian.

QUEEN BOUDICAT
In Land of the Kitons (Britain) Spartapuss
meets Queen Boudicat - the warrior queen
of the Micini tribe. She wants Spartapuss
to join her rebellion against Rome.
THE MEWIDS
The Mewids are the mysterious druid cats.
Their magic words (spoken in Welsh) unlock
the coin of Fortune. The arch Mewid think
that Spartapuss stole the darnarian coin. He
wants revenge. planned unless he can prove
his innocence.
The Arch Mewid (druid cat).
VOICE: think Ellis James.

Baddies
Can Spartapuss survive?
Spartapuss must get past a number of fearsome opponents on his quest...
The Spartoi - monsters spawned
from dragon’s teeth.
The Cyclaw - a giant who fights
using ESP.
Rory the tiger - watch Spartapuss
come face to face with Rory in the
clip at www.spartapusstv.co.uk
The Minopaw - a stone statue that
comes to life.

Spartapuss is a comedy adventure set in a world ruled by cats. Our unlikely ginger hero
must dodge danger after danger. Can he escape the cunning plots of the evil Catligula
and win his freedom?
• Spartapuss author Robin Price has re imagined his books for an international
TV audience of 6-10’s.
• Spartapuss is for the same audience that love Dragons: Race to the Edge or Kung Fu
Panda - but it has a European setting.
• Comedy will suddenly change into threat as our ginger hero faces the ludicrous plots
and whims of the deliciously evil Catligula.
• We’re going for the ‘propulsive serialization’ approach where a backstory line develops
every 3 or 4 episodes. Each episode resolves so you can still watch them in any order
- but if you watch them sequentially them you’ll feel a progression.
• With 9 Spartapuss books and a whole Feline Empire to draw upon, we can offer either
26 x 11 or 52 x 11 mins.
• High parental approval means great co-viewability.
• Scripts are available on request.
In each episode, Catligula comes up with a new plot, invention
or spectacular event that puts Spartapuss in peril. Only his
friends (and the magic coin) can save him.

Scripts for available on request.
Example storylines
26 x 11 minute episodes
The first 12 episodes are set within the gladiator school. From episode 13 onwards the
three friends escape from gladiator school and are chased by Catligula and Felinius who
both want to get their paws on Spartapuss’s magic coin. Their travels lead them to Mount
Olympuss, Fleagypt, Maul, Gattita’s homeland of Hisspania and finally to Spartapuss’s
bithplace in the Land of the Kitons. This allows us to introduce popular characters from
the books like the warrior queen Boudicat and the mysterious Mewids.
Episode One: Rising Tiger*
When Spartapuss tries to clean up the arena, he pulls a rusty chain accidently releasing
a tiger put there by the evil Catligula (who has become bored with the games and wants
to make them more deadly). The tiger chases Spartapuss. He escapes. Disappointed,
Catligula flips a coin to decide Spartapuss’s fate. The coin turns out to be the Darnarian
- a magic coin made by The Mewids - which has the power to change Spartapuss’s luck.
Episode Two: Respect The Sausage
Risk averse Spartapuss is busy making the arena a safer place. He must battle against
a visting team of Purrmanian warriors who have been invited by Catligula.The mad one
has redesigned the Purrmanian’s uniforms and on a whim, he replaces their swords with
sausages.
Episode Three: Coin Collectors
Catligula and his super-rich friend Crassus are hooked on collections. Catligula has
a collection of eels with jewelry, famous fur balls from history and hats of the Feline
Empire. Crassus collects coins and he swaps Spartapuss’s fortune coin for a golden
collar said to belong to Cleocatra herself. Cloccus and Gatitta realise that it’s a trick and
help Spartapuss to swap his coin back. At the end of the episode Gattitta mounts the coin
in Spartapuss’s trident.
Episode Four: Hail Me!
Catligula is desparate to be famous. But his epic musical about himself - Hail me! doesn’t
go down very well with the Roman public. Felinius hires out Spartapuss and Cloccus as
bodyguards for Catligula’s next performance. Can Spartapuss stop a royal Roman riot?
Episode Five: The Cyclaw
Cloccus wonders if Spartapuss could use his magic coin to win his freedom. An opportunity
arises when Catligula offers freedom to any cat who can beat his champion - The Cyclaw.
Spartapuss thinks it wouldn’t be right to cheat. But Gatitta suspects that The Cyclaw is
using magic too.
Episode Six: Run Spartapuss Run!
Catligula wants to put on a boxing match. Cloccus tries to help Spartapuss find his ‘natural
style’. But Spartapuss’s natural style involves running away as quickly as possible! Only
‘dodging’ magic from his fortune coin will get him out of this one.
*View proof of concept animation from this at www.spartapusstv.co.uk

Example storylines
Series one.
Episode Seven: Spear Sisters
Catligula is putting on a festival of female gladiators in honour of his grandmother Mewlia.
Gladiator school owner Felinius only has one female fighter - Gatitta. So he tries to enter Spartapuss
and Cloccus into the games by disguising them as females. Cloccus initially protests but soon gets
into the part. Meanwhile Gatitta is picked to battle against a fighter from a rival gladiator school -
her own sister! Spartapuss uses his magic coin to bring the sisters together by getting them to say
what they really feel. But the more they say, the worse things get.
Episode Eight: Mice Dice
Catligula is back at the gladiator school for lessons - Felinius is teaching him to cheat at ‘mice
dice’. Catligula challenges Spartapuss to a game. Felinius gives Spartapuss strict orders for his
gladiators to deliberately lose but Spartapuss’s magic coin means he keeps winning.
Catligula has decreed a terrible fate for anyone who beats a member of the Imperial family.
Episode Nine: Close shave
Cloccus discovers he has fleas! Spartapuss uses his magic coin to banish them but they hop onto
Catligula.The soon-to-be-Ceaser gives orders that all Romans should be shaved. This proves very
unpopular and an angry crowd demands that Catligula and the Imperial cats should be shaved
too. Catlgiula’s grandmother Mewlia is not amused! To win back the crowd, Catligula opens a
pampering spa that offers free beauty treatments. Can Spartapuss give Mewlia a make over?
Episode Ten: Chariots of Fur
Gatitta and Spartapuss are sent to practice chariot racing in the arena. The fortune coin unlocks a
secret passage to the tunnels under the arena. There they meet The Moracle - an oracle mouse
who can predict the future. The warning Spartapuss receives - ‘beware the wheels of fate’ - makes
no sense until the pair emerge in the middle of Catligula’s first ‘professional’ chariot race.
Episode Eleven: Wheels On Fire
Spartapuss causes a crash and is blamed for wrecking Catligula’s glorious golden chariot -
Thunderbolt III. (He crashed the first two Thunderbolts) Catligula is trapped by the evil extras on
his marvellous machine. Should Spartapuss and friends rescue their worst enemy?
Episode: Twelve: Hail Catligula!
The unthinkable has happened. Catligula has become Emperor. He’s mad, bad and dangerous to
stroke. Questions are asked by Roman public when he makes his pet rat a senator and declares
war on the sea. Spartapuss gets a sinking feeling when Catligula decides to flood the arena and
stage an epic sea battle. Gatitta seems unusally nervous. Because she cannot swim! Cloccus and
Spartapuss will have to win this match without the brilliant Gatitta.

Example storylines
Series two
Episode Thirteen: Release the Beasts
Catligula is now the Emperor - the most important cat in the known world. He gets important
visitors from all over his Empire including Derogus - a beast hunter from far off India. Impressed
- he buys Derogus’s entire troop of wild beasts. (Wild? They’re positively furious!) Felinius agrees
to let Catligula’s new pets stay at the school. Feeling sorry for the creatures, Spartapuss decides
to set them all free, causing chaos. But Derogus - is not who he claims to be. He is fascinated by
Spartapuss’s magic coin.
Episode Fourteen: Games of Me!
Catligula cancels the annual Games of Mewpiter and decides to hold a games in his own honour
instead! He decides to take part in the gladiator fighting. Felinius orders the gladiators to let their
new Emperor win by playing dead. But nobody tells the wild beasts. Spartapuss believes he has
the skills to negotiate with them to prevent a disaster.
Episode Fifteen: The Emperor’s New Nose
Felinius lends gladiators Spartapuss, Gatitta, Cloccus and Dogren to help to build Catligula’s new
golden palace. (All of Rome’s builders have fled because the building site is too dangerous). A
slip of Spartapuss’s chisel knocks the nose off Catligula’s magnificent marble mega statue. Can
the friends replace it before the evil one finds out?
Episode Sixteen: Runaway Ratus
Spartapuss notices a rat, stuck in a pipe. He frees the unfortunate creature, only to find out that it
is Ratus Ratus - Catligula’s favourite pet! Catligula believes that Ratus has been stolen and sends
his legions out to look for it. He offers a life’s supply of cream to anyone who can find the runaway
rat. Felinius is determined to catch Ratus and collect the reward. Ratus reveals his true identity.
He admits that he has run away from the Imperial Palace because he misses his home. This
makes Spartapuss think about his own home in the land of the Kitons. Spartapuss and friends
decide to sneak Ratus out in disguise.
Episode Seventeen: Shark Anthony
Spartapuss decides to run away to his home land - the Land of the Kitons. Cloccus and Gatitta
come along to help. They hire a ship but soon Catligula’s shark-powered galley is chasing them.
Catligula’s galley sinks when Spartapuss pulls a lever that makes it collapsible. (A feature that
Catligula insisted on installing to get rid of ‘haters’).
Episode Eighteen: The Nomats
Catligula and Dogren chase Spartapuss across the desert on his pedigree racing camel. Lost in
the sands, Spartapuss and friends are rescued by a band of wandering nomads. In order to win
their freedom they must meet the locals in the ‘circle of death’ - which turns out to be a cream
eating competition.
Episode Nineteen: Maze of the Minopaw
Spartapuss and friends are washed up on a strange shore. In exchange for food they agree to
work for mad King Minos who is restoring an ancient maze. Spartapuss tries to use the magic
coin to help them get away. But he brings to life a statue of the legendary Minopaw.

Example storylines
Series two - continued.
Episode Twenty: Mewdussa
Spartapuss finds a beam of wood on the beach which has the power to bring ancient things
back to life. Cloccus uses it on a statue of Neptune as he fancies a fish treat - but the he ends up
waking up the evil Mewdussa. Gatitta saves them with a mirrored shield - but Catligula arrives at
the last moment and gets turned into a miniature statue.
Episode Twenty One: A Three Headed Dog
Spartapuss wanders off and gets trapped in the Temple of the Spartoi. Cloccus tries to free him
using his magical beam but brings an army of skeleton warriors to life. To destroy the skeleton
army, Spartapuss wakes the three-headed dog Furrburus - who is not as fierce as legends tell.
Episode Twenty Two: Invasion AD43
Russell the crow brings news that Rome has a new Emperor. Clawdius has decided to invade the
Land of the Kitons (Britain). Spartapuss has always wanted to see his homeland, but not as part
of an invasion! The friends must go on the invasion. Gatitta vows she will not fight for Rome so
they desert and go on the run from the Roman army - who are about to battle the Kitons. Local
villagers mistake Spartapuss for a Roman spy and lock him up but his friends break him out.
Episode Twenty Three: Boudicat
Queen Boudicat has declared war on Rome – and she expects every Kiton (including Spartapuss)
to join her rebel army. There’s no way that her tiny tribe can beat the might of the Feline Empire.
Inspired by Cloccus haunting song about honour and family, Spartapuss decides to join. But
Cloccus wasn’t serious. It was only a song! Can they escape before the battle begins?
Episode Twenty Four: Mother knows best
Spartapuss has finally made it back to his home village. He arrives his mother’s hut to find the
place deserted. Asking the neighbours he finds that she has been arrested for stealing... the
wool off the sheeps’s backs, the silk from spiderwebs and the golden plug from the Emperor’s
baths. Things are looking bad for his mother. Spartapuss pays her debts with his magic coin - the
darnarian. It’s the only thing his mother ever gave him - but this too turns out to be stolen.
Episode Twenty Five: Turn Tail!
After talking to his mother Tabwen, Spartapuss decides that a warrior’s life is not for him. He and
Cloccus get jobs with a flea circus. But they are picked up a Roman patrol and Spartapuss is
accused of being a ‘turn-tail’ - who has changed sides. They escape by releasing the fleas.
Episode Twenty Six: The Mewids
Spartapuss blunders into a secret ceremony and is asked to become a Mewid. But he’s horrified
when it involves stone circles, the full moon, a wicker cat statue and... singing! When the Mewids
realise that is the son of Tabwen, they suspect him of stealing their magic coin - the darnarian.
Spartapuss and his mother Tabwen have no alternative but to set sail back for Rome.

Episode 1: Rising Tiger
Setting: The gladiator school
Episode in depth
Spartapuss convinces Cloccus and Gatitta that the arena is looking messy and the
need to do a clean up. Whilst searching for half-eaten rat kebabs on the arena floor
he spots a rusty old chain. Despite his team mates’ warnings, he pulls the chain
causing a vicious tiger to rise up from the pit on a platform.
The ‘rising tiger’ was Catligula’s idea. The soon-to-be Caesar has become rather
bored with the usual gladiator games and wants to spice them up with new
innovations like rising tigers and deadly parrots with poison beaks.
But Spartapuss thinks that the tiger has been sent to help them with the clean up.
Mayhem ensues as he tries to give Rory the tiger some tips for his first day at work.
Soon Spartapuss is running for his life, with Catligula watching the chase from the
Imperial box.
When the tiger reaches the end of its chain it gets jerked to a stop and Spartapuss
is saved. An angry Catligula decides to flip a coin decide Spartapuss’s fate. But
he drops it and it falls into the arena. Spartapuss watches spellbound as the coin
comes up ‘tails’. Spartapuss has lost the toss! Catligula orders Felinius to release
the tiger. Dogren accidently pulls the wrong chain and the tiger drops back below
the arena floor.
Spartapuss picks up the coin. Spartapuss does not know it yet, but he has found
the Darnarian - a magic coin made by the mysterious Mewids which has the power
to change fate. Dogren has sorted out his equiptment and soon the tiger is released
again. But when Spartapuss reads the inscription on the coin, the tiger magically
shrinks in size. Catligula blames Felinius for trying to cheat him out of a show.
Spartapuss has survived his first test in the arena.
Spartapuss: “What’s your name?’
Tiger: “Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooor!”
Spartapuss: “Rory - is it? A word
of advice on your first day Rory.
Never EAT the tools of your trade.’
Gatitta:“Spartapuss!!! It’s a
tiger!”
Spartapuss:“Hmmm. I thought
he looked a bit stripey for a
cleaner.’

Setting: The gladiator school
Spartapuss: “Nice sand castle?’
Cloccus:
“Sand castle?!! What sand castle?!
That’s a highly accurate scale model.
A masterpiece mon ami.”
Episode in depth
Episode 2: Respect the sausage
Safety conscious Spartapuss has been busy raking the sand on the arena floor to
make it completely flat. Misunderstanding Spartapuss’s safety mission but wanting
to join in, Cloccus has been creating a scale model of the arena made of sand.
Gattita thinks the pair of them are mad and continues to practice her spear skills.
A team of Purrmanian battle cats arrives for the games, led by the fearsome Klawdia.
She and the team trample on Spartapuss’s ‘flat sand sector’. When Spartapuss
protests, she smashes a massive hole in the floor, wrecking his lovely flat sand.
Klawdia is about to flatten Spartapuss too, but Gatitta leaps to his rescue.
Meanwhile, fashion-conscious Catligula unveils the special uniforms he has
personally designed for the visiting team. In keeping with the Purrmanian theme,
he has replaced their swords with Purrmanian sausages! Catligula insists that they
must honour him by raising their swords in a synchronised salute. When the match
stars, Spartapuss is under pressure but the salute causes chaos. Clocuss’s sand
castle survives. Spartapuss eats the enemies’ sausages. His words of warning
come back to haunt Klawdia when the Purrmanians fall into the hole they created.
When the bell rings to announce that the match is over, Spartapuss thinks that
dinner is served but accidently smashes’ Cloccus’s sand castle masterpiece.
Catligula: “What is
Purrmania famous for?”
Purrmanian:
“Our catchy folk music?”
Klawdia:
“Our surprisingly dry
sense of humour?”
Catligula:
“Wrong! Guess again.”
Purrmanian 1”
“Er... we have a thirtymetre
high wooden pillar in
the Neuterberger forest.”
Catligula:
“No! No! No! I’m talking
about your sausages.’

Episode 17: Shark Anthony
Setting: The ocean
Spartapuss and friends are on the run from gladiator school trying to get back to
the land of the Kitons. The friends stow away on a ship. They wake up to find that
a shark-powered galley is chasing them. It belongs to Catligula, who built it as a
birthday present for his grandmother Mewlia. She is also aboard along with Felinius
(who wants to recapture Spartapuss and friends).
Felinius admires the ship’s special features: killer shark boost, octopuss drag net
etc. Next to the wheel is a VIP seat with a lever. When Felenious asks what it is for,
Catligula insists that nobody is allowed to pull the lever except for him!
Spartapuss decides that to save his friends, he must meet Felinius and explain why
they left the school. Using the coin to ward off the shark, he jumps overboard to
swim over to Catligula’s ship to give himself up. Cloccus and Gatitta try to rescue
him but Gattitta is too proud to admit that she can’t swim. Cloccus ends up rescuing
Gattitta. Spartapuss loses control of the coin, the shark chases him and he only
just makes it to the Imperial galley. Catligula’s galley sinks when Spartapuss pulls
a lever that makes it collapsible. (A feature that Catligula insisted on installing to
get rid of unwanted guests). Spartapuss escapes back to his own ship. Catligula
is about to get eaten by his pet shark - Shark Anthony - until Mewlia steps in and
gives the shark a lesson in manners.
Mewlia (watching Spartapuss being chased by a shark):
“What IS that ridiculous Kiton doing?”
Caligula:
“About 5 stokes per minute. But I’m improving his
time.”
Mewlia:
“Catligula!!! Where will this end?”
Episode in depth
Catligula:
“At The Olympuss Games
I hope. He can swim faster.
The only limit is the size of
the shark.’

Episode 16: Runaway ratus
Setting: The Palace
Spartapuss notices a rat stuck in a pipe. He frees the unfortunate creature,
only to find out that it is Ratus Ratus - Catligula’s favourite pet! Catligula
believes that Ratus has been stolen by rebels and sends his legions out
to look for it. He offers a life’s supply of cream to anyone who can find the
runaway rat.
Felinius is determined to catch Ratus and collect the reward and he sets the
city on fire in order to flush the rats out of their nests.
Ratus reveals his true identity. He admits that he has run away from the
Imperial Palace because he misses his home. This makes Spartapuss think
about his own home in the land of the Kitons. Spartapuss and friends decide
to sneak Ratus out in disguise.
Spartapuss: “Come out of that pipe.”
Ratus: “I’m stuck! (echo) I’m stuck... I’m stuck...!”
Spartapuss: “All THREE of you?”
Ratus: “It’s just me. That was an echo...
echo.... echo...”
Spartapuss: “Well tell Echo to stop messing
around. And get out of that hole! The
streets are on fire.”
Episode in depth

Animators
King Bee will lead the animation on the project. King Bee is an award-winning
animation studio based in the Elstree Studios. We have over 15 years production
experience in creating innovative animations for a wide variety of projects.
King Bee’s clients include CBeebies, DC Comics, Universal Music and many
more. Please visit http://www.kingbee.co.uk/ to browse King Bee’s work or view
their latest showreel: https://vimeo.com/262261908
We’ve given the TV Spartapuss a slightly younger look than the original book
artwork as we play up the laughs in this adventure comedy.

Music
A hero like Spartapuss needs a full orchestral epic
score. Music for the pilot comes courtesy of Welsh
composer Brolly. Brolly has produced epic scores
for clients like BBC Worldwide, BBC Natural History
Unit, Metropolis and Off The Fence. Cue fanfare and
choir of singing cats!
http://www.brollyman.com/home/
Theme Song
Did you know Roman cats could rap?
Every cartoon needs a signature song and we have
one courtesy of nerdcore rap legend MC Lars with
music by Sawtooth Tigers.
https://vimeo.com/258290731

The creator
ROBIN PRICE
WRITER
Robin is the creator of the Spartapuss series. He’s touring the UK and he’s taken
Spartapuss schools in Malawi, Qatar, Kuwait, Thailand, China and Egypt with Author’s
Abroad.
London Deep, the graphic novel Robin wrote with artist Paul McGrory was chosen as
a Recommended Read for World Book Day 2011 in the 9-11 category. Robin co-wrote
songs for Tall Stories in their brilliant musical adaptations of The Gruffalo and the
Olivier nominated kids musical Room on the Broom.

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The Books
Spartapuss has been adapted from the cult children’s book series:
A SPARTAPUSS TALE
ROBIN PRICE
Find out more about
the books at
www.spartapuss.co.uk
info@mogzilla.co.uk

Education
Spartapuss is a great way of getting children interested in history. It gives children
gripping stories and memorable characters that they can relate to.
Here’s what some teachers and educational publications have to say:
‘A great way to interest children in history.’
http://www.parentsintouch.co.uk/
‘We have been using Spartapuss and Boudicat as the basis for our crosscurricluar
teaching, reading the books in literacy and creating writing tasks
to run alongside. The children have greatly enjoyed listening to the books
and the tasks that have accompanied them. ’
– Paul Nolan (Deputy Head, Stoke Park Junior School)
‘(Cleocatra’s Kushion) is silly enough that it doesn’t feel like a history
lesson at all. Fun for kids and adults with an interest in ancient history too.
4 stars out of 5’ - www.thebookbag.co.uk
“An exciting series … three really good books... thrillers that you can’t
put down ’til you’ve read the whole thing!’
– Flora Murray, The Journal of Classics Teaching

Next steps
We are looking for co-production partners to make the show with UK based
King Bee Animation and Mogzilla.
We are working on a teaser which is approx half of an 11 minute pilot
episode animated. We have a pitch bible including synopsis for 26
episodes. There are 9 books from the successful Spartapuss and
Olympuss Games book series to draw upon meaning that we could easily
expand to 52 episodes if necessary. We currently have draft scripts for 2
episodes.
All rights to Spartapuss are owned by creator, Robin Price.
Spartapuss is perfect for multi platform adaptation and we are seeking to
connect with games and app developers.
We will develop English and Welsh versions of Spartapuss. We are seeking
co-production partners for Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and
German language versions.
Clips
View the animation so far at http://www.spartapusstv.co.uk
https://vimeo.com/274447571 Spartapuss teaser - full length (7mins)
https://vimeo.com/258290731 Spartapuss Rap feat MC Lars (3mins)
https://vimeo.com/284116840 Short clip 1 Rat Kebab (2:30mins)
https://vimeo.com/267745543 Short clip 2 Catligula (2:30mins)
https://vimeo.com/284117480 Short clip 3 Tiger Trouble (2:30mins)
https://vimeo.com/284121454 Short clip 4 Tiger Trouble (Welsh)
Scripts for two episodes are available on request.

view the teaser episode at:
www.spartapusstv.co.uk
Contacts:
Martyn Niman
Managing Director
King Bee Animation
t: +44(0)333-247-0377
m: +44(0)7801-729-585
e: Martyn@KingBee.co.uk
Robin Price
robin@mogzilla.co.uk
07740929404
Spartapuss TV is a co-production with Mogzilla and King Bee Animation.
TV series character artwork by King Bee.
Book cover art by Son of Ken and Chris Watson for Mogzilla.
Spartapuss and Catligula are registered trademarks.
Copyright Mogzilla 2018. All rights reserved.