George Shrinks is a French-Canadian/American/Chinese animated television series. It is based on the children's book by William Joyce, produced in China by Jade Animation and in Canada by Nelvana, in association with Public Broadcasting Service. It tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named George who, one night dreams that he is three inches tall, only to wake up and discover that it is true. The show details his adventures with his friends and family going all through his adventures on his mini machine's that George and his musical father have created.
Episodes
George and Junior join Harold's band on a road trip to a grand hotel in the city. An errand to deliver Harold's lucky handkerchief before the show sends George down into the hotel's back rooms, where the chef's dinner is in trouble.
The Shrinks family helps make a movie that is filming in their town.
Tired of doing everything the small way, George wishes he were bigger and finds himself full-sized, while Harold has shrunk to three inches and Junior has grown enormous. The mismatched trio must still tidy the house before Perdita returns with guests.
At the family's annual backyard monster movie marathon, George, Becky and their friends take turns springing pranks on each other. When one more prank goes off that none of them planned, they set out to catch the mystery prankster.
Junior's beloved wind-up duck breaks, so George takes it to the toy store for repair while Perdita races to copy and mail a grant application. The mended duck then wanders off among a batch of faulty robots that smash whatever they play with.
During a trip to the aquarium, George must save a family of "Sea Symies."
George coaches Becky's hockey team, which has yet to win a single game.
The Shrinks family follows a migrating butterfly, participating in a scientific study.
Bored with all his old toys, George finally receives a huge new construction set and builds a machine to tidy the house for him. The machine malfunctions and starts spreading mess instead, and George has to stop it before it wrecks his things.
The circus is in town for one day only, and Junior cannot wait to see the elephant. When he wakes up covered in chickenpox and has to stay home, George goes with Becky and looks for a way to make it up to his brother.
Stuck indoors on a rainy day, George and Becky start reading Alice in Wonderland and find themselves tumbling down the rabbit hole. While Becky keeps growing and shrinking, the pair chase the White Rabbit to return his lost glasses.
George is rehearsing a Pinocchio puppet show for the kindergarten class when Aunt Eunice arrives to babysit with his toddler cousin in tow. The little girl ignores every toy he offers, grabbing at his puppets and treating George himself as a plaything.
George visits a neighbor's pet lizard, a color-changing green anole, which escapes when it is taken out of its tank. Chasing it through a drainage pipe, he comes out in a strange place crawling with reptiles from all over the world.
While George and Harold clear out the garage, Perdita builds a sculpture for an art fair from their cast-off junk. George gets distracted by a ping-pong game and the garbage collectors haul the sculpture away, so he heads to the dump to recover it.
