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Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is an animated musical children's television series and the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF's) first joint venture under the Distinctly Australian Program introduced by the Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. The Director of the ACTF Dr Patricia Edgar selected Peter Viska's character Li'l Elvis to design and co-produce the ACTF's first long-form 26-episode-series animation. As an original concept, not commissioned from overseas or based on an adaption of a classic story, production of the series on this scale was a massive undertaking for the Australian animation industry. With Li'l Elvis, an $11.5 million project, the ACTF opened up a new overseas market in partnership with France 2 and France Animation, a French production company,

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  • Little Elvis Rock ’n’ Roll – immer toll (de)
  • Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers (en)
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  • Little ElvisRock ’n’ Roll – immer toll ist eine französisch-australische Zeichentrickserie, die zwischen 1997 und 1998 produziert wurde. (de)
  • Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is an animated musical children's television series and the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF's) first joint venture under the Distinctly Australian Program introduced by the Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. The Director of the ACTF Dr Patricia Edgar selected Peter Viska's character Li'l Elvis to design and co-produce the ACTF's first long-form 26-episode-series animation. As an original concept, not commissioned from overseas or based on an adaption of a classic story, production of the series on this scale was a massive undertaking for the Australian animation industry. With Li'l Elvis, an $11.5 million project, the ACTF opened up a new overseas market in partnership with France 2 and France Animation, a French production company, (en)
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  • Li'l Elvis discovers that famous Elvis Presley impersonator, Willard Kurtz, drove through the town of Li'l Memphis and performed a concert in town on the night he was left on Len and Grace's doorstep. Li'l Elvis believes that Willard is his father and the key to his true identity. Despite what his parents say, Li'l Elvis ignores their arguments and travels through Li'l Memphis' mine tunnels with Janet and Lionel in search of Willard's last whereabouts; the Dark Heart Bar, so he can solve the mystery of his real father once and for all. (en)
  • W.C. Moore plans on chaining up a local resident's dog, Anzac, because he's too violent and angry around visitors in town. The Truckstoppers secretly re-train the junkyard dog to be nice to tourists so he won't get chained up and they work day and night in hopes of getting Anzac to control himself around the town's visitors. The Truckstoppers are exhausted by are still determined to train Anzac into becoming a loving, sweet dog. Meanwhile, WC tells Grace the Truckstoppers should do more shows at the Roadhouse or else they'll end up becoming lazy, with bad demanours and wasted lives. (en)
  • On the way to a concert, the Truckstoppers convince Duncan, W.C.'s loyal limousine driver, to visit his old town that he has fond memories of. As they arrive in Greensburg, the Truckstoppers and Duncan are shocked to find the citizens of the town turn on them on sight. The Truckstoppers learn that the town was destroyed by W.C. Moore, in order to find the material Berkonium, and was sucked dry and left in a distasteful state, with Duncan regretfully helping WC along the way in order to achieve his goal. (en)
  • Li'l Elvis wants to join the school football team but he has a lot to learn. The amount of time practicing for the team affects Li'l Elvis' performing skills on stage and WC Moore has had enough. He builds a remote control football for Li'l Elvis and convinces the other players to stay out of his way during matches by bribing them with money, so he can be champion and become confident during football matches and performing with the Truckstoppers. (en)
  • Tired of having to play the King's music every day at his adoptive parents' diner, The Roadhouse, Li'l Elvis wants to stop being the town of Wannapoo's, in the outback of Australia with entertainment. When obnoxious Janet Rig moves into town and provides Li'l Elvis and his best friend Lionel with a drumbeat, they decide to form a band, known as The Truckstoppers, and the didgibilli sound is born. Meanwhile, legendary billionaire W.C. Moore moves into town to discover Barkonium Baron all around Wannapoo and plans to collect the material in hopes of becoming even richer, while also coming up with big plans for the town. (en)
  • After coming up with so many plans on taking control over Li'l Elvis' career fail, W.C. finally comes up with his craziest scheme yet. He hires a lawyer, Rhonda Rorts, who convinces the kids of Li'l Memphis to divorce themselves from their own parents after telling the children they can do whatever they want, including no homework and junk food diets. Li'l Elvis soon realises that the plan was only made so WC can adopt him and take over his career, so he must try and get to the court-room trial on time to tell the kids about WC's true and evil plan. (en)
  • While working on projects at school for Parent Teacher Day, Janet pretends she doesn't care that her mother can't come as she's busy driving around Australia as a trucker. Janet makes up an excuse for her mother's absence and tells her classmates about the myth of the scary skull truck, a demonic trucker that her mother must fight against, protecting all of the Australian towns and cities. (en)
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