Mega Mindy
Mega Mindy is a Belgian television series for children. It is produced by Studio 100 and premiered on October 24, 2006 on Ketnet . The following year the series ran for the first time on the Dutch TROS , and now there are also dubbed versions in French (to be seen on Club RTL ) and Italian. In 2013 it was announced that the broadcaster has no interest in new episodes of the series. The last season was shot in 2013, but concerts and various appearances by Mega Mindy remain.
The filming took place mainly in the village of Lillo north of Antwerp .
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Mieke Fonkel is a police officer. She works with Toby under the direction of Commissioner Migrain (first Emiel Migrain, later Kamiel Migrain). Mieke has a secret alter ego, the superhero Mega Mindy .
Mieke has nothing to say at the police station, nor does she tell Toby that she is in love with him. However, he is in love with Mega Mindy, which frustrates Mieke. Mieke lives with her grandparents. Grandma runs a candy shop, Grandpa is an inventor by profession. The latter is only known to Mieke and Oma. His greatest invention is a machine that Mieke can use to transform herself into Mega Mindy when there is a crime. The fact is that Commissioner Migrain is not very smart, but Mieke is quick to help. Ultimately, Mega Mindy always succeeds in catching the perpetrator, sometimes with the help of another invention from Grandpa. Unfortunately, the effects are only of limited duration, after a while Mega Mindy reverts to Mieke. This never leads to the hoped-for kiss between Toby and Mega Mindy, a scene that is hinted at in almost every episode.
Leading roles
- Free Souffriau : Mieke Fonkel / Mega Mindy (2006 - 2013)
- Louis Talpe : Agent Toby / Mega Toby (2006 - 2013)
- Sjarel Branckaerts †: Commissioner Emiel Migrain (2006–2007)
- Anton Cogen : Commissioner Kamiel Migrain (2007 - 2013)
- Fred Van Kuyk : Grandpa Fonkel (2006 - 2013)
- Nicky Langley : Grandma Fonkel (2006 - 2013)
- Matthias Temmermans : Talking Computer Bliep (2006 - 2013; voice)
On July 10, 2007, Sjarel Blanckaerts, the actor who played Commissioner Emiel Migrain, died. The first episode of the third season was dedicated to him. In that episode, Emiel's brother Kamiel Migrain (Anton Cogen) made his debut as the new commissioner.
crew
- Script: Hans Bourlon , Gert Verhulst
- Production: Sven Duym
- Director: Bart Van Leemputten , Matthias Temmermans
Merchandising and offshoots
Mega Mindy has released several merchandising items including comics, reading books and games.
Souffriau also sang several songs for the series, including the theme song Ik ben Mega Mindy . Another song, Mega Mindy tijd , took first place in the Flemish singles charts for a total of four weeks in autumn 2007. To date, four singles and two albums have been released.
At the end of 2008, Mega Mindy en de Schitterende Smaragd was the first play, followed in 2010 by Mega Mindy en de poppenmeester . The third play took place in 2011 with the name 3D Mega Mindy Show .
On July 1, 2009, the first movie premiered with Hetkret van Mega Mindy . In this, Toby turns into Mega Toby for the first time , as does her opponent Miss Volta into Mega Volta . It is played by Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen , the wife of soccer player Wesley Sneijder .
A short time later, a second movie was announced, but the shooting had to be interrupted because Free Souffriau was pregnant. During this time, a television film Mega Toby was shot for the first time and broadcast in spring 2010. The premiere of the movie Mega Mindy en het Zwarte Kristal followed on December 16, 2010. Urbanus plays the role of Sultan van Zahambra , and an evil copy is made of Mega Mindy (also played by Free Souffriau). It is the first Studio 100 production for which recordings were made outside the Benelux countries, namely in Almería, Spain, and in the nearby Tabernas desert .
On December 21, 2011, Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron, the third Mega Mindy film, was released in cinemas. Johny Voners plays the title role of "Candy Baron", Louis de Snoepbaron . Mieke's grandmother turns into a superhero there, too, into mega grandma .
The broadcaster Ketnet stated in 2013 that no new seasons will be produced after the hazy one. The figure Mega Mindy remains for the time being and will continue to give concerts.
The fourth and so far last film was released in 2015: Mega Mindy versus Rox . This is a crossover with Rox , another Studio 100 series around the three superheroes Rick ( Jelle Florizoone ), Olivia ( Jana Geurts ) and Xavier ( Jeremy Vandoorne ) as well as their talking car ROX (voiced by Chris Van den Durpel ). The film was partly shot in Malta, including at the Azure Window .