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Timm Thaler
Genre	Cartoon
Inspired by	Timm Thaler (novel) by James Krüss
Written by	Thomas Brinx, Mario Giordano, Anja Kömmerling, Christoph Bob, Konrad Matzerath, Christian Matzerath
Screenplay by	Babara Schmidt
Directed by	Hans Glauert
Voices of	Max Felder, Gudo Hoegel, Anke Kortemeier, Manfred Erdmann, Hans-Rainer Müller, Crock Krumbiegel, Katharina Lopinski, Karim El Kammouchi, Michael Habeck
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	Siegfried Hauke

Timm Thaler is a German cartoon series from the year 2002

Plot

The series begins with Timm Thaler, who no longer has parents and lives with his Aunt Tilly, who runs a beauty salon for dogs, selling his laugh, which can convince everyone, to the rich noble person Baron Lived for 66 bets. As soon as Timm bets with someone at the sixth minute of every next hour, what he has bet happens, but Timm is not allowed to talk to anyone about his pact with Baron Lived, otherwise he will instantly turn to stone. Timm makes sure that his blind friend Akiko can see a Japanese violinist again. Later in the series, however, Timm also learns that Baron Lived is the devil and wants to use his laughter to sell people his ice cream, which is contaminated with malava, a green, lava-like substance that makes people evil. Timm then joins forces with Akiko, the samurai beetle Shu Shu and the inventive hamster Humphrey, who worked as a circus hamster before he met Timm, to try to regain his laughter. In order to achieve this, he travels around the world, through time and space, made possible by his bets, which Baron Lived has to fulfill, although he knows that Timm and his friends want to thwart his plans. In addition to Timm's nasty cousin Richie, the devil's henchmen, the strong but stupid demon Behemoth, the monster bag Astaroth and Baron Lived's right-hand man, the dragon Forcas, also stand in his way. To defeat the devil, Timm and his friends need the Stone of Avalam, which must then be connected to Malava, which they succeed in doing at the end of the last episode, banishing Baron Lived and his helpers to hell forever.

Production and publication

The series was produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Prime Time TV and Time Spirit under the direction of Hans Glauert. The animation was created by Toon Manila Productions. The concept based on the novel Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen (English title: Timm Thaler) by James Krüss was created by Barbara Schmidt, the scripts were written by Thomas Brinx, Mario Giordano, Anja Kömmerling, Christoph Bob, Konrad and Christian Matzerath.

The 26 episodes were first broadcast on KI.KA from October 11, 2002 to November 15, 2002. There were several reruns on KI.KA, Das Erste, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Hessischer Rundfunk.

Voice Actor

Character	Voice Actor
Timm Thaler	Max Felder
Samurai beetle Shu Shu	Gudo Hoegel
Akiko	Anke Kortemeier
Demon Behemoth	Manfred Erdmann
Dragon Forcas	Hans-Rainer Müller
Baron Lived/The Devil	Crock Krumbiegel
Aunt Tilly	Katharina Lopinski
Richie	Karim El Kammouchi
Hamster Humphrey	Michael Habeck

Episode List

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
01	"The most enchanting laugh in the world" (German: Das bezauberndste Lachen der Welt)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)
Timm Thaler, an orphan, has an irresistible laugh. He lives with his mean Aunt Tilly and her deceitful son Richie. Nevertheless, he finds joy, especially in his friendship with the blind musician Akiko. But his happiness is threatened: Richie steals Akiko's violin and a mysterious "Baron Lived" wants to poison people with a malicious substance called malava. In order to obtain an antidote, the Baron needs Timm's magical laugh.
02	"A pact with the devil" (German: Ein Pakt mit dem Teufel)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 14, 2002 (2002-10-14)
Akiko reveals to Timm her most fervent wish to be able to see, especially to experience Timm's laughter. Timm is touched and decides to do everything he can to help Akiko see again. But the evil Baron Lived is also plotting and offers Timm a pact: his laughter in exchange for 66 unbeatable bets. Timm accepts, but when Akiko can see the next day, his laughter has disappeared. A mysterious and threatening secret remains: Why can Timm no longer laugh?
03	"Lots of tricks" (German: Lauter Kunststücke)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 14, 2002 (2002-10-14)
Baron Lived's perfidious plan works when he uses Timm's laughter to steal the Frostolite formula. Akiko can now see, but is worried about Timm's lack of laughter and silence. When Akiko's parents accept a tempting offer, they plan to escape but are betrayed by Richie. Timm is left behind, but not alone - he makes a new friend at the circus, Humphrey the hamster.
04	"The impossible Bet" (German: Die unmögliche Wette)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16)
Timm realizes the serious mistake of having traded his laughter for "66 bets". He desperately tries to persuade Baron Lived to give him back his laughter, but he refuses. Lived uses Timm's laughter to establish Livetto as the dominant ice cream brand. Timm hopes to force the Baron to break his contract, but his betting attempts fail. Eventually, in a seemingly impossible wager, Timm is named the Baron's heir, causing the Baron to win the bet and bring Timm under his control.
05	"San Gelatissimio" (German: San Gelatissimio)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 17, 2002 (2002-10-17)
Timm visits a baron's villa in Italy, but discovers that it is a prison. He escapes his guards and meets Luigi, a talented ice cream maker. They team up to win an ice cream race. Baron Lived wants to win Luigi's recipes for his Livetto ice cream. Despite Lived's intrigues and manipulations, Timm and Luigi win the race. But Lived gains Luigi's trust and tricks him. Timm and his friend Humphrey decide to help Luigi and win back the recipes and Timm's laughter.
06	"Once to the North Pole and back" (German: Einmal Nordpol und zurück)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18)
Timm and Luigi break into Lived's company headquarters to steal Luigi's recipes. However, they are discovered and Luigi falls into Lived's hands. Lived sends him to his kingdom Moro to develop a unique Livetto ice cream. Meanwhile, Timm tries to prevent Akiko from signing a contract with Lived, who wants to hire her for a benefit concert. Akiko distrusts Timm, but with a trick he manages to undo Akiko's contract by filling Lived's pen with invisible ink.
07	"The truth comes out" (German: Die Wahrheit kommt ans Licht)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)
Baron Lived is planning to build his ice factory on a nature reserve and wants to buy it from the owner. Timm suspects that the baron will influence the owner with stolen laughter. During the negotiations, Timm hides Akiko in the room, where she meets the samurai beetle Shu Shu and learns the secret of Timm's laughter. Akiko agrees to play the benefit concert for the Baron, but only if Timm gets his laugh back. The baron tricks Akiko into giving Timm his laughter back just for the concert, and the conservation area purchase falls through as the owner now distrusts the baron.
08	"The seal of the baron" (German: Das Siegel des Barons)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)
Timm and his friends find out that the Livetto ice cream has changed Luigi and that he now works for Baron Lived in Palermo. They travel there to rescue him, but he no longer remembers them. Lived sends his henchmen to stop Timm. During their escape, they reach a library where they discover a book with the Baron's seal. Behemoth sets fire to the library to take the book from Timm. A scrap of a page reveals that "Lived" means "Devil" backwards.
09	"The search for Hildegard" (German: Die Suche nach Hildegard)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 23, 2002 (2002-10-23)
Timm bets himself and his friends back to the time of Hildegard von Baden to rescue the destroyed book "Magic Seals". They end up in a medieval monastery, where they meet the novice Hildebrandt. They suspect that Hildegard is being held captive as a herbalist. Despite being rescued, the herb woman turns out to be Mechthild, while Hildebrandt is actually Hildegard, who is studying in the monastery disguised as a boy. They learn of a hermit called Nikolas, who may know how to break a devil's pact.
10	"The wise Nicholas" (German: Der weise Nikolas)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 24, 2002 (2002-10-24)
On the way to Nikolas, the hermit, Timm, Akiko and Hildegard learn that the landgrave wants to have Nikolas hanged for heresy. Nikolas reveals that the landgrave is connected to the baron's seal and has gained power through a magical chalice. Timm and his friends manage to save themselves from the Landgrave's henchmen, but Nikolas is captured. They return to free him and steal the Landgrave's magic chalice in the process. Nikolas explains that a devil's pact can only be broken by defeating the devil. Timm and his friends travel back to the present, while Hildegard von Baden stays with Nikolas to learn from him and write her book "Magical Seals".
11	"The stone of evil" (German: Der Stein des Bösen)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25)
The Devil instructs Behemoth and Asterod to bring back the Landgrave's chalice and, in particular, the set stone that Timm Thaler has brought into the present. Richie and Behemoth also want the chalice for themselves. Richie steals it, but during the fight over the chalice, the stone falls into Pupsi's food bowl. Behemoth takes the chalice, but the stone has disappeared. The devil orders Behemoth to find the stone again, but Behemoth mistakes it for a dog biscuit. Now the devil wants to prevent Timm from getting the real stone.
12	"Dangerous Experiments" (German: Gefährliche Experimente)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 28, 2002 (2002-10-28)
Adelheid Winter, former assistant to Professor Aktimoff, helps Timm and his friends by establishing a connection between Frostolitt and the mysterious stone. The Baron appears and forces Adelheid to drink the substance that makes her evil. Timm suspects that the Baron wants to add this substance to his Livetto ice cream to make people evil. They break into the ice factory but are caught by Behemoth. Akiko eats Livetto ice cream and also becomes evil. Timm and his friends must now prevent Livetto from being spread.
13	"The Mayan world" (German: Die Welt der Maya)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 29, 2002 (2002-10-29)
Timm tries to destroy Lived's ice factory with a bet and stop the production of Livetto. But Lived outwits him again and the factory remains undamaged. To stop Timm, Lived makes Akiko disappear and destroys Timm's clock. With the help of the factory clock, Timm manages to bet his way back to Akiko. However, they have difficulty betting their way back, as Akiko is in the Mayan realm, where time runs differently. They become embroiled in a conflict between the Maya and the Toltecs and eventually free Akiko and the Mayan high priest. With the high priest's sundial, they can bet their way back to their own world.
14	"The Livetto battle" (German: Die Livetto-Schlacht)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 30, 2002 (2002-10-30)
The day of the opening of the ice cream factory and the premiere of Livetto ice cream has arrived. Timm and his friends try to prevent Baron Lived from personally distributing Livetto samples. They break into the ice factory, stop production, but accidentally set off the reactor, which is about to explode. Akiko convinces the people to leave the premises before the explosion occurs. Baron Lived angrily pursues Timm. Timm manages to save himself with Humphrey on the reactor, which explodes and catapults them through the air. At the last minute, Timm saves himself and Humphrey with a bet. The rocket falls back and buries the Baron. However, Timm is faced with the challenge of getting his laughter back.
15	"The tomb of shadows" (German: Die Gruft der Schatten)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	October 31, 2002 (2002-10-31)
Baron Lived is pompously buried, but Timm and his friends doubt his death, especially because Timm still wins every bet. A man claiming to be Lived's twin brother locks Timm in the crypt. There, Forcas tries to interrogate Timm about his pact with Lived by manipulating Timm's watch. Timm sees through the plan in time and escapes through a mysterious underworld, where he discovers a message from the Roman seer Augurus. With the help of his friends, he escapes the underworld and deciphers the seer's message, which contains an important message for him.
16	"In ancient Rome" (German: Im alten Rom)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)
Timm bets himself and his friends off to ancient Rome to meet Augurus. However, Augurus can no longer have visions until he removes the Emperor Nero's lyre. Timm and his friends break into Nero's palace and discover a relief showing Nero receiving the lyre from Baron Lived. Lived sends his henchmen to disturb Timm and his friends. After their capture, Timm is supposed to fight lions in the Colosseum, but the lion throws itself at Timm's feet after Shu Shu removes a thorn from its paw. Akiko snatches the lyre from Nero and they flee to the Temple of Jupiter with Augurus. There, Augurus destroys the lyre so that his psychic power returns. He prophesies that Jupiter will cast a stone from the sky: the stone of Avalam, the only weapon against the devil.
17	"Expedition into space" (German: Expedition ins All)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)
Comet AXX33 is approaching Earth and is identified as Avalam. Timm and his friends accompany the astronaut Arnie on an expedition into space to investigate the comet. However, Baron Lived sends a portion of Livetto ice cream into the spaceship, which turns Arnie evil. Timm and his friends narrowly avoid destroying the comet. Devil sends Behemoth and Asterod to attack them. Behemoth steers the comet towards Earth, but they manage to avert disaster. Arnie remembers a tip: On July 7, 1707, a piece of the comet struck the castle of Louis XIV. The Stone of Avalam could lie there.
18	"Royal confusion" (German: Königliches Durcheinander)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
Arni gives the clue that the stone of Avalam could have struck in front of Louis XIV's castle on July 7, 1707. Timm and his friends travel to Paris in the time of Louis XIV to find the stone. Louis claims the stone for himself, but Timm manages to seize it. Behemoth tries to steal the stone, but Timm defeats him and flees with the stone. Devil outwits Timm and moves Tilli's salon to the king's park. Lived is unmasked at a masked ball, but Timm and his friends manage to escape and hide the stone in the statue of the Comtesse de Beauchamps before returning to the present.
19	"Rescuing the miracle stone" (German: Die Rettung des Wundersteins)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 6, 2002 (2002-11-06)
Timm and his friends travel to Moro to fight Devil, the source of evil. Using the Stone of Avalam as a weapon, Timm tries to defeat Devil. But first he is deceived by Devil's illusions before Forcas tries to steal the stone. Timm is able to defend the stone and exposes the illusions. Using the stone as a key, they enter the real Moro. There Timm meets Devil, who wants to destroy the stone. Timm saves himself and his friends with a last-minute trick.
20	"At the origin of evil" (German: Am Ursprungsort des Bösen)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 7, 2002 (2002-11-07)
Timm is looking for another way to get to Moro, as he doesn't want to warn Devil by making a bet. He finds out about an auction for the treasure map of the pirate El Nino, which he has heard about. Together with his friends, he attends the auction and comes into possession of the map. They join forces with Captain Remo to find the island of Moro. But on their journey they get into dangerous situations, including a fight with an octopus. Finally, they meet El Nino on a ghost ship, and Timm decides to talk to him.
21	"A journey in a submarine" (German: Eine Reise im U-Boot)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 8, 2002 (2002-11-08)
Timm is looking for another way to get to Moro, as he doesn't want to warn Devil by making a bet. He finds out about an auction for the treasure map of the pirate El Nino, which he has heard about. Together with his friends, he attends the auction and comes into possession of the map. They join forces with Captain Remo to find the island of Moro. But on their journey they get into dangerous situations, including a fight with an octopus. Finally, they meet El Nino on a ghost ship, and Timm decides to talk to him.
22	"El Nino, the pirate" (German: El Nino, der Pirat)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
Timm and his friends reach El Nino while he is fighting Admiral de Acuna. El Nino is victorious, but the crew doubts his treasure and threatens to mutiny. Baron Lived intervenes, gives the admiral a new ship and allows him to raid El Nino. Timm and Akiko voluntarily follow El Nino into the sea to rescue him. Lived fulfills Timm's bet, as Livetto sales stagnate. El Nino confesses that he doesn't know where Moro is, but only remembers a storm with green lightning that drove him to the island.
23	"The breath of hell" (German: Der Atem der Hölle)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)
Timm and his friends are looking for information about the storm with the green lightning. They visit a meteorologist who knows nothing about it, but the inventor Macki Whistler remembers it. Baron Lived organizes a manhunt for Timm, who is pursued by agitated citizens. They escape in Whistler's airship, but Behemoth damages it and they have to use air surfboards to get to the ground station. There they learn that the storm will be in Japan in two days and travel there in Whistler's tethered balloon so as not to miss it.
24	"The help of the samurai" (German: Die Hilfe der Samurai)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 13, 2002 (2002-11-13)
The friends land in Japan in Whistler's captive balloon and visit Shu Shu's home monastery. Timm and Akiko visit Master Toshiro, who informs them about the "Breath of Hell". Shu Shu is kidnapped by ninja beetles and held captive in Kasai's villa. Timm and Akiko free the samurai beetles, who accompany them to Tokyo station to escape the storm. At the station, they are tied to a lamppost, but the samurai beetles free them and they travel through a time tunnel to Moro, the origin of evil.
25	"Solution to the riddle" (German: Des Rätsels Lösung)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 14, 2002 (2002-11-14)
Timm and his friends have landed on Moro without Devil, who is searching as Baron Lived, noticing. Lived offers Aunt Tilli and Richie rewards to find out where Timm is, but they don't know. They claim Timm is with his horse Rusty, and are subsequently petrified by Lived. Timm retrieves the Stone of Avalam, which reveals to him how to defeat Devil by uniting Avalam and Malava. Timm risks his last bet, but Devil breaks the contract and takes over the world with Lived. Timm gets his laughter back, but Devil is not yet defeated.
26	"Showdown on Moro" (German: Entscheidung auf Moro)	Hans Glauert	Thomas Brinx Mario Giordano Anja Kömmerling Christoph Bob Konrad Matzerath Christian Matzerath	November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)
Timm and his friends want to break into Devil's control center, but Devil has discovered them and sends his helpers. On their escape, they get through a door into ancient Rome and then into the Colosseum. With a clever trick, they manage to escape to Devil's control center. There they outwit Devil and free his petrified contractors. Timm hurls the stone of Avalam into the liquid malava, which pulls Devil and his assistants into the depths. Moro sinks into the ocean and Timm has defeated Devil. But has he really been destroyed for good?

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