Monk Little Dog (; ) is a series of animated shorts. The series was conceptualized by Kim Sung-jae of Kim's Licensing, and produced by Timoon Animation, SAMG Animation and Millimages. Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 on Canal+ in France and ran until June 11, 2010.
In the UK the series was broadcast by the CITV Channel and in Australia by ABC3. In Indonesia, the series originally aired on Global TV (now GTV) from 2011 until early 2012, but later moved to RTV in 2014 until 2016, while in Latin America, it was broadcast on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Characters Main characters Monk: A white bull terrier, he is the eponymous main protagonist of the series. He is cheerful, but also clueless and chronically unlucky. Ding: A yellow English cocker spaniel, he is Monk's arch-rival and Kimmy's love interest. Kimmy: A pink poodle, she is Monk's crush and Ding's girlfriend. Ben: A brown and tan Bloodhound, he is Monk's best friend who's very lazy and always asleep.
Recurring characters Sushi is Kimmy's pet pussycat who hates and sometimes loves Monk. Bubul is a gray pit bull who is Monk's best neighbour. Bar is a funny and hilarious American Bulldog who does not appear so much. Loo is a brown chow-chow. Mi-hie is a comic book superhero and Monk's favorite character. Peace is a naughty and smart lebrel. San-say is a female dog who is a master of karate and kung-fu. Sally is Bubul's wife. Jimmy is an emo Old English Sheepdog who is Kimmy's cousin. The Tweets are Monk's house owners. Mr. Beaky is Monk's pet parrot who only appears in "Monk and the Birthday Cake". Nonk and Jonk are Monk's parents. The father is identical to him, but with mustache and brown hat. The mother is similar to Kimmy, but mint blue instead of pale pink. Mimmy is a gold-amber-yellow poodle report similar to Kimmy, but light gold color. Len is Ben's dad who only appears on Monk's TV.
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Development Monk Little Dog originated from a series of storybooks with plasticine characters released in 2006, and one of the notable books include Monk's Mouth Country Trip (), although its development as an animated series goes back to 2005. The storybook series included one human character, whereas Monk Little Dog did not.
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