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{{Short description|Italian animated television series}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox television
| image          = Gardaland (33788172624).jpg
| caption        = Prezzemolo, the series' titular character
| genre          = [[Fantasy film|Fantasy adventure]], [[Comedy]]
| creator        = Lorenzo De Pretto<br>Giuseppe Ferrario
| director       = [[Iginio Straffi]]
| screenplay     = Francesca Giombini<br>Valentino Grassetti<br>Luca Raffaelli<br>Andrea Sfiligoi
| composer       = Roberto Belelli<br>Enzo Bocciero<br>Francesco Sardella
| country        = Italy
| language       = Italian
| num_episodes   = 26
| company        = [[Gardaland]]<br>[[Rainbow S.p.A.|Rainbow S.r.l.]]<br>Rumblefish VFX (pilot)<ref name=pilot/>
| runtime        =
| network        = [[Italia 1]]<!-- original networks in Italy as Italian series - other network info goes in Broadcast section -->
| first_aired    = {{start date|2002|09|07}}
| last_aired     = {{end date|2003|03|01}}
}}
'''''Prezzemolo''''' is an Italian animated television series created by Lorenzo De Pretto and Giuseppe Ferrario. It is based on characters from the [[Gardaland]] theme park, and Gardaland distributes the series. The show was broadcast on [[Italia 1]] from 7 September 2002 to 1 March 2003. It was replayed in the summer of 2005. The [[pilot episode]] was animated by Rumblefish VFX.<ref name=pilot>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA1BsiZTpU|title=Prezzemolo pilot|publisher=Rumblefish VFX}}</ref> Animation services for the following 26 episodes were provided by [[Rainbow S.p.A.|Rainbow]]. Gardaland released the series over six DVDs.
The plot revolves around a dino-dog named Prezzemolo and his friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.it/news/film/dettaglio/art/prezzemolo-il-drago-buono-14443/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503181941/http://www.film.it/news/film/dettaglio/art/prezzemolo-il-drago-buono-14443/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-03|title=Prezzemolo, il drago buono|publisher=Film.it}}</ref> Together they work to defeat the cruel witch Zenda, who wants to take possession of the kingdom of Lomur.
==Characters==
The characters are based on the mascots of the [[Gardaland]] amusement park.
*'''Prezzemolo''', a main [[protagonist]] of the series, who lives in Tanaboo and eats pizza with strawberries to become strong and brave but is very shy with Aurora.
*'''Aurora''', a sorceress princess originally from the kingdom of Lomur, who has been cursed exiled by the evil witch Zenda and with the help of Prezzemolo she will try to go back home and defeat her.
*'''Mousley''', a purple flying monkey and Prezzemolo's best friend who will share with him all his adventures in an ironic way and with his unmistakable stubbornness.
*'''T-Gey''', a double-aged tiger and sometimes a bit 'clumsy that follows Prezzemolo but on several occasions will try to hinder him to do only their own interests.
*'''Pagui''', a yellow duck that accompanies Prezzemolo in his adventure.
*'''Bamboo''', an intelligent scientist panda who tries to help Prezzemolo from his ultratechnologic laboratory of Tanaboo.
*'''King Astor''', Aurora's father.
*'''Aunt Ofelia''', Aurora's aunt.
*'''Zenda''', a main [[antagonist]] of the series, a terrible and treacherous witch who wants to take possession of Lomur with the powerful "black fog". She disguised herself as Magda to hinder Prezzemolo and his friends, but failed and in the last battle she was defeated and sealed with a shadow from the penta element in the bowels of the earth, disappearing definitively.
*'''Shadow''', Zenda's henchman, as well as secondary [[antagonist]] of the series. It is revealed that he was defeated many years ago by the penthouse being sealed in the bowels of the earth and then revived by Zenda, who frees him from his prison in the last episode and with the witch will clash with Prezzemolo but thanks to aurora the penta element awakens and defeats both him and Zenda together with the black fog that will be dissolved by the colossus that seals again Shadow and this time also Zenda in the bowels of the earth making them disappear permanently.
==Episodes==
# "The Challenge"
# "Strawberry Pizza"
# "Aurora's Arrival"
# "The Magic Medallion"
# "The Giant Stone"
# "The Maze"
# "A Dangerous Game"
# "Ti-gey, Royal Cook"
# "The King of the Elves"
# "The Labors of Prezzemolo"
# "The City of Robots"
# "The Second Element"
# "The Submerged World"
# "Arrangement of Luck"
# "A Treasure... invisible"
# "In the Pirates' Den"
# "A Maghella Without Fear"
# "In the Land of Fire"
# "The Oasis of Morgana"
# "The Magic Sphere"
# "The Return of Aurora"
# "The Big Tournament"
# "The Enemy of Lomur"
# "The King in Danger"
# "A Broken Heart"
# "The Power of the Penta-Element"
==Home media==
The home video edition consists of 6 DVDs with four episodes each.
* The Challenge contains:
# "The Challenge"
# "Strawberry Pizza"
# "Aurora's Arrival"
# "The Magic Medallion"
*A Dangerous Game contains:
# "A Dangerous Game"
# "Ti-gey, Royal Cook"
# "The King of the Elves"
# "The Labors of Prezzemolo"
*The City of Robots contains:
# "The City of Robots"
# "The Second Element"
# "The Submerged World"
# "Arrangement of Luck"
*A Treasure... invisible contains:
# "A Treasure... invisible"
# "In the Pirates' Den"
# "A Maghella Without Fear"
# "In the Land of Fire"
*The Oasis of Morgana contains:
# "The Oasis of Morgana"
# "The Magic Sphere"
# "The Return of Aurora"
# "The Big Tournament"
*The Enemy of Lomur contains:
# "The Enemy of Lomur"
# "The King in Danger"
# "A Broken Heart"
# "The Power of the Penta-Element"
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2039089}}
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[[Category:2000s animated television series]]
[[Category:2002 Italian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2003 Italian television series endings]]
[[Category:Italian children's animated adventure television series]]
[[Category:Italian children's animated comedy television series]]
[[Category:Italian children's animated fantasy television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Rainbow S.r.l.]]
[[Category:Animated television series about dragons]]
[[Category:Animated television series about dinosaurs]]