Tromba Trem

Tromba Trem (lit. Trunk Train) is a Brazilian animated series created by Zé Brandão. The program is a coproduction between animation studio Copa Studio and private/public network stations TV Brasil and TV Cultura.

Summary
One day, in the Brazilian Cerrado, an indian elephant named Gajah, falls from the sky, soon meeting with a vegetarian red anteater named Duda, and a colony of green termites, who believe they are aliens from outer space. All of them embark on a journey through South America in a train, looking after a mysterious blimp, the termites believing it's their spaceship who will take them to home.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The series is successful in all of Latin America, being shown on Tooncast and Boomerang, and in the UK, which is distributed by Cake Entertainment.
 * 2) Great soundtrack, especially the show's intro, with lyrics by Felipe Barros.
 * 3) In every episode, a new character and a new location is introduced, which is interesting.
 * 4) Nice, relatable characters like Gajah, Duda, and Júnior.
 * 5) Mestre Urubu gives good advices to Gajah, despite his bad habits.
 * 6) The voice acting is good.
 * 7) There's a lot of funny moments.
 * 8) The flash animation in the first season is cute and nicely done, though the ToonBoom animation from seasons 2-3 is more fluid, and more colorful.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Gajah sometimes gets treated like a butt-monkey.
 * 2) The Queen and the Captain termites can be unlikable.
 * 3) * A few of the one-shot characters can be unlikable too, like Tânia Taturana from the episode Taturana Show.
 * 4) The concept of the show can seem very stupid and random, especially for the termite colony who believes they are from another planet.
 * 5) Duda can sometimes be very annoying for her childish behavior.

Trivia

 * This was one of the only two pilots of the "Anima TV" contest to officially be greenlit to an animated series, the other is mh:terribletvshows:Carrapatos e Catapultas.