Captain Flamingo is a Canadian-Filipino animated television series,
which chronicles the adventures of Milo Powell, whose alter-ego is
Captain Flamingo. The television series was produced by Atomic
Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and
PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV on February 7, 2006 and ended on
April 17, 2008.The titular character is of an unspecified young age.
He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids"
in trouble. His "super powers" take the form of novelty items, such as
a whoopee cushion, among other things.Milo Powell is an ordinary young
Japanese Canadian boy, living in Halverston-in-Area (a fictional
district in Toronto, Ontario), until a kid is in trouble. Any time a
kid yells "Uh-oh! Flamingo!", Milo transforms into Captain Flamingo,
whose mission is to help little kids who need assistance. Captain
Flamingo is aided in his missions by his best friend Lizbeth Amanda
Zaragoza, who apparently has a not so secret crush on him. CF also has
a little brother named Thor.Quite often, when called upon to carry out
a mission, Captain Flamingo is busily engaged with something else, a
personal goal or problem (such as waiting in line to buy an ice cream
before the truck leaves or runs out of ice cream, but someone calls to
him, needing his help); like a true hero, he must, and usually does,
put aside his own needs to help others (although, quite often, his
actions in successfully aiding the person in distress lead to a
successful outcome for his personal goals). Captain Flamingo seldom
successfully solves a problem on his first try; in fact, it is not
uncommon for his initial attempts to make things worse. In trying to
solve the simple problems of various little kids he encounters (such
as, say, a lost pencil or a missing sock), Captain Flamingo often gets
into tight spots. He has, in various episodes, gotten trapped in a
bubble with a full bladder, gone underwater to battle an eel, and has
gotten trapped in a deadly matrix of bouncing superballs. Despite
this, he never gives up and meets every failure or setback with a new
attempt. He eventually gets out of these situations by using his "Bird
Brain"; this can be his own instincts, but it usually is Lizbeth. A
random thought he speaks aloud might be picked up on by Lizbeth and
elaborated into an actual, detailed plan (which Lizbeth will assume
was what Captain Flamingo planned to do all along), or he can assume
that a suggestion spoken aloud by Lizbeth is his "Bird Brain" speaking
to him (although he usually misinterprets her suggestion; however, his
misinterpretation usually works). In the end, Captain Flamingo always
seems to stumble upon a solution either through Lizbeth's cleverness,
persistent refusal to give up and constantly trying new novelty items
and plans until he succeeds, or sheer luck (or, quite often, some
combination of the three).
which chronicles the adventures of Milo Powell, whose alter-ego is
Captain Flamingo. The television series was produced by Atomic
Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and
PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV on February 7, 2006 and ended on
April 17, 2008.The titular character is of an unspecified young age.
He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids"
in trouble. His "super powers" take the form of novelty items, such as
a whoopee cushion, among other things.Milo Powell is an ordinary young
Japanese Canadian boy, living in Halverston-in-Area (a fictional
district in Toronto, Ontario), until a kid is in trouble. Any time a
kid yells "Uh-oh! Flamingo!", Milo transforms into Captain Flamingo,
whose mission is to help little kids who need assistance. Captain
Flamingo is aided in his missions by his best friend Lizbeth Amanda
Zaragoza, who apparently has a not so secret crush on him. CF also has
a little brother named Thor.Quite often, when called upon to carry out
a mission, Captain Flamingo is busily engaged with something else, a
personal goal or problem (such as waiting in line to buy an ice cream
before the truck leaves or runs out of ice cream, but someone calls to
him, needing his help); like a true hero, he must, and usually does,
put aside his own needs to help others (although, quite often, his
actions in successfully aiding the person in distress lead to a
successful outcome for his personal goals). Captain Flamingo seldom
successfully solves a problem on his first try; in fact, it is not
uncommon for his initial attempts to make things worse. In trying to
solve the simple problems of various little kids he encounters (such
as, say, a lost pencil or a missing sock), Captain Flamingo often gets
into tight spots. He has, in various episodes, gotten trapped in a
bubble with a full bladder, gone underwater to battle an eel, and has
gotten trapped in a deadly matrix of bouncing superballs. Despite
this, he never gives up and meets every failure or setback with a new
attempt. He eventually gets out of these situations by using his "Bird
Brain"; this can be his own instincts, but it usually is Lizbeth. A
random thought he speaks aloud might be picked up on by Lizbeth and
elaborated into an actual, detailed plan (which Lizbeth will assume
was what Captain Flamingo planned to do all along), or he can assume
that a suggestion spoken aloud by Lizbeth is his "Bird Brain" speaking
to him (although he usually misinterprets her suggestion; however, his
misinterpretation usually works). In the end, Captain Flamingo always
seems to stumble upon a solution either through Lizbeth's cleverness,
persistent refusal to give up and constantly trying new novelty items
and plans until he succeeds, or sheer luck (or, quite often, some
combination of the three).
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