Tutenstein

Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in Turkey. It began broadcasting on November 1, 2003. The half-hour series features young mummy Tutankhamen who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face that his kingdom is gone. The series is based on an idea by Jay Stephens. The name is a portmanteau of Tutankhamun and Frankenstein. On October 11, 2008 a TV movie entitled Tutenstein: Clash of the Pharaohs aired on Discovery Kids. The production company, PorchLight Entertainment, which is based in Los Angeles, California, has won Emmys for the first and second seasons of the series. Irish TV production company Telegael, which is based in An Spidéal, Co Galway, also won an Emmy Award for the second season. The Hub aired the show after the closure of Discovery Kids.

Animation

Tutenstein

Animation

Created By: Jay Stephens
First Aired on: Nov 01, 2003
Popularity: 10.72: 47 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: PorchLight Entertainment (US)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 3 seasons, 39 episodes

Season 1

Aired 22 years ago

13 Episodes

Episode 1The Awakening min
When a museum is hit by lightning, Pharaoh Tut-ankh-en-set-Amun is arisen from the dead in the current world. A cat named, Luxor, becomes his aide and a girl named, Cleo Carter, becomes his friend.
Episode 2Curse of the Pharaoh min
The goddess, Ammut is released from the underworld by El Zabkar. Her job is to ruin Tutenstein. Can Luxor, King Tut, and Cleo put a stop to her plans before Tutenstein is hurt?
Episode 3Clash of the Shabtis min
Trouble begins when Tutenstein is asked by Cleo to assist her in purging the museum. Not feeling like doing it, Tut brings his shabtis - wooden tomb helping statues, to life to do the duty in his place. Tutenstein must stop the shabtis because they are becoming uncontrollable.
Episode 4I Did It My Way min
King Tut misses the ancient Eygpt. He is becoming bothering by the ordinary world, so he decides to create the current world like the past life. This life is also hard - trying to control the ancient life, will he change the world back to the way it was, before he won't be able to at all.
Episode 5The Boat of Millions of Years min
Tut wishes viewing movies with one of his good friends, Cleo, would go on forever. The sun god, Ra, is summoned by Tutenstein, asking him to put off sunrise for a few more hours, so he can remain awake a little bit longer than usual. Ra is in trouble now, after time halts. It is up to King Tut to rescue Ra and fix the time.