4 May 2011 (2011-05-04) – 4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)
Sherlock Yack (also known as Sherlock Yack: Zoo-Détective) is an animated television series in 52 episodes of 13 minutes, co-produced by Mondo TV France and ZDF Enterprises, with the participation of TF1 and ZDF, and adapted from the novels of Michel Amelin, illustrated by Ruth Christelle (a.k.a. Colonel Mustard). The airing of the series began on 4 May 2011 on TF1 as part of their TFOU block, and since 22 December 2012.
Plot
Sherlock Yack is the zoo's detective. As soon as a crime is committed, he investigates with his young assistant, Hermione. With her help, he finds suspects and clues, while also getting into wacky adventures along the way.
Sherlock Yack: Sherlock is the zoo detective who solves cases. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, he is a yak, and is terrible in playing bagpipes. He was once a student in a Shaolin-like Buddhist monastery led by an ancient vulture called the Ball of Purity, and took time to pass his test.
Hermione: A young female stoat and Sherlock's apprentice. She helps him to find clues, suspects, and proofs. She doesn't like bagpipes, especially when Sherlock plays them, and she sometimes replaces Sherlock like answering the call and finding the culprit. According to Sherlock, she is the daughter of a friend of his.
Books
Who blew up the flamingo? (Qui a explosé le flamant rose ?) (2006)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who strangled the tiger? (Qui a étranglé le tigre ?) (2006)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who trapped the penguin? (Qui a piégé le pingouin ?) (2006)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who hacked the white elephant? (Qui a saucissonné l'éléphant blanc ?) (2007)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who tied the python? (Qui a noué le python ?) (2007)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who zigugged the koala? (Qui a zigouillé le koala ?) (2007)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Who liquidated the raccoon? (Qui a liquidé le raton laveur ?) (2007)
Michel Amelin, Colonel Moutarde
Episodes
Who Broke The Kangaroo's Hand?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Kangaroo
Suspects: Old Horse, Gorilla and Chihuahua
Culprit: Gorilla
Other: Elephant, Boa, Koala, Mrs. Hippo, Mr. Sloth, Howler Monkey, Dr. Beaky, Porcupine and Beaver
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
While he was training for the big boxing competition, Kangaroo broke his hand while hitting the punching bag which someone filled with horseshoes. Meanwhile, Hermione bought a car for Sherlock but he doesn't have his driving license.
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Inside the car Ball of Purity asked Sherlock what should he do when they're driving on a suspended bridge over 12 thousand meter cliff. But Sherlock kept giving bad answers.
Who Knocked Out The Howling Monkey?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Howler Monkey
Suspects: Koala, Boa and Beaver
Culprit: Koala
Other: Dr. Beaky
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson : Ball of Purity
Someone had enough of Howler Monkey playing his guitar and howling loudly, making the annoyed animal knock him out, resulting in a Howler Monkey that keep singing very nicely. As for Sherlock, he doesn't want to abandon his bagpipe, which was a gift from Ball of Purity but Hermione wants him to try some other kind of instruments.
Ball of Purity's Lesson (Birthday): Instead of a lesson, Ball of Purity gives Sherlock a bagpipe.
Who Robbed The Seal?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Seal
Suspects: Pelican, Turtle and Piranha
Culprit: Pelican and Piranha
Other: Ball of Purity, Koala, Howler Monkey, Old Horse, Mrs. Hippo, Beaver, Elephant, Chihuahua, Gorilla, Porcupine and Boa
After a card night with Turtle and Pelican, where Seal usually wins by cheating, someone robs the bets (which are boxes of caviar) from the underwater chest. For this case Hermione used an electronic tool called DAVE for resolving the case, but the device proves to be almost completely useless.
No Ball of Purity's Lesson
Who Tagged The Bird of Paradise?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Bird of Paradise
Suspects: Marabou, Hyena and Chameleon
Culprit: Chameleon
Other: Mrs. Hippo, Koala, Kangaroo, Beaver, Boa, Gorilla, Porcupine, Old Horse and Dr. Beaky
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity and Three Mini Snakes
The Bird of Paradise is a self-centered artist, who only paints himself. When he opened the safe where he was keeping his painting inside, someone tagged his latest creation. Meanwhile, today is Hermione's birthday but, Sherlock seems to forget it, upsetting the little stoat.
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Face to a vase, Sherlock Yack must be very careful to any trap hidden on any area. But overconfident, Sherlock will directly put his hand inside the jar, causing his hand to be attacked by leeches.
Who Painted The Ostrich?
Main Characters: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Ostrich
Suspects: Crane, Stork and Mrs. Hippo
Culprit: Stork
Other: Porcupine, Beaver, Mr. Sloth, Gorilla, Pelican and Koala
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
During the Miss Zoo election, one of the three contestants, the Ostrich, got her head painted green. As for Sherlock, by using the wrong shampoos, he ended up by getting pink hair. Shaving his hair could’ve been the solution... If he wasn't traumatized by one of Ball of Purity's test.
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity shaved Sherlock's hair for his next test: Facing his friends looking at him with his bald head.
Who Plugged Up The Elephant's Trunk?
Main Characters: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Elephant
Suspects: Skunk, Gorilla and Sloths
Culprit: Sloths
Other: Seal, Tiger, Lion, Kangaroo, and Beaver
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Tired of being sprayed with water by the elephant, someone plugged up his trunk with two bananas. Meanwhile, Hermione decided to put Sherlock's stuff away. But once it's done, Sherlock is unable to find any of the stuff he needs, even the phone that Hermione didn't even touch while she was organizing Sherlock's stuff.
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity asked Sherlock to put away the vases. But he put them inside the closet his own way, completely into a mess. Which caused the vases to fall on Ball of Purity.
Who Poisoned The Cheetah?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Cheetah
Suspects: Lion, Tiger and Gazelle
Culprit: Gazelle
Other: Dr. Beaky, Stork, Crane, Mrs. Hippo, Porcupine, Gorilla and Kangaroo
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity asks Sherlock to move a pile of wood logs to a nearby bush, but Sherlock instead moves the bush to the other side of the logs while Ball of Purity was meditating only for the bush to fall over.
Who Crushed The Panda?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Chef Panda
Suspects: Raccoon and Mr. Hippo
Unsuspected Culprit: Mrs. Panda
Other Characters: Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Chihuahua, Old Horse, Dr. Beaky and Big Chef Panda
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Someone cut a huge branch on purpose to crush Chef Panda's kitchen, getting his restaurant closed until further notice.
This will not be good for Sherlock who came to eat here with Hermione. But he will try to resist to hunger, thanks to Ball of Purity.
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Sherlock has to spend a whole day without eating by staying inside a cabin. After he drinks the glass of lemonade given by Ball of Purity, he faints shortly after answering him how does he feel.
Who Bugged The Porcupine?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Porcupine
Suspects: Flamingo, Coyote and Dromedary
Culprit: Flamingo
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Sherlock Yack was meditating while the Fly buzzing around then he landed on Ball of Purity’s Nose. Sherlock tries to hit the fly but he accidentally hitted on Ball of Purity's Nose.
Who Wants To Fry The Piranha?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Piranha
Suspects: Seal, Pelican and Skunk
Culprit: Pelican
Other: Flamingo and Dr. Beaky
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity and Mini Frog
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Made The Parrot Sneeze?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Parrot
Suspects: Mrs. Hippo, Myna and Bobcat
Culprit: Myna
Other: Dr. Beaky
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Vandalized The Vampire Bat?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Vampire Bat
Suspects: Mr. Hippo, Giraffe and Beaver
Culprit: Giraffe
Other: Gorilla (Mentioned) and Piranha (Mentioned)
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Every night, the Vampire Bat was playing his guitar, causing trouble to the neighborhood that try to get some sleep, causing one of them to destroy the Vampire Bat's guitar for shutting those noises for good.
As for Hermione, she wish Sherlock would be a little emotional.
Ball of Purity's lesson: After telling his emotional moment, Ball of Purity asked Sherlock to tell a moment that make his sad. But for Sherlock, the moment he wanted to make a chicken sandwich and that he didn't have chicken made him sad.
Who Broke The Crane's Voice?
Main: Sherlock Yack, Hermione and Little Roo
Victim: Crane
Suspects: Pelican, Rockhopper and Lemur
Culprit: Lemur
Other: Dr. Beaky, Stork, Old Horse and Kangaroo
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity and Baby Panda
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity teaches Sherlock patience as he tries to feed Baby Panda. But ends up getting food thrown at him.
Who Blinded The Giraffe?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Giraffe
Suspects: Ostrich, Grizzly and Lion
Culprit: Lion
Other: Doctor Beaky, Elephant, Koala, Gorilla, Bird of Paradise, Boa and Mr. Hippo
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Cleaned Up The Warthog?
Main: Sherlock Yack (Green, Blue, Red and White Brown) and Hermione
Victim: Warthog
Suspects: Marabou, Grizzly and Skunk
Culprit: Grizzly
Other: Ostrich (Green Run/Astonished Run), Elephant, Tiger, Baby Panda, Mrs. Panda, Turtle, Mr. Sloth and Polar Bear(mentioned)
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Glued Up The Orangutan?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Orangutan
Suspects: Lemur, Kangaroo and Chameleon
Culprit: Kangaroo and Chameleon
Other: Chihuahua, Turtle, Elephant, Rockhopper, Dr. Beaky, Little Roo, Lynx, Guinea Pigs
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity, Baby Panda and Little Croc
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Mugged The Boa?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Boa
Suspects: Howler Monkey, Koala and Crane
Culprit: Howler Monkey
Other: Marabou, Chihuahua, Lion, Turtle, Hyena, Elephant, Ostrich, Coyote, Tiger, Cheetah, Mr. Hippo, Seal, Gorilla, Porcupine, Old Horse, Dromedary, Gorilla (Mask), Mrs. Hippo, Little Roo, Guinea Pigs, Dr. Beaky and Little Croc
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Harassed The Yak?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Sherlock Yack
Suspects: Beaver, Parrot and Tiger
Culprit: Beaver
Other: Raccoon, Skunk, Gorilla, Koala, Lion, Myna, Coyote and Warthog
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Sabotaged Mrs. Fennec's Machine?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Mrs. Fennec and Hermione
Suspects: Gazelle, Okapi, Flamingo, and Next Suspect
Unsuspected Culprit: Mrs. Fennec
Other: Old Horse, Gorilla, Bird of Paradise and Dr. Beaky
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Robbed The Baboon?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Baboon
Suspects: Turtle, Gorilla and Bobcat (DJ)
Culprit: Turtle
Other: Koala, Beaver and Ostrich
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Knocked Out Sherlock?
Main: Hermione
Victim: Sherlock Yack
Suspects: Zebu, Okapi and Guinea Pigs
Culprit: Guinea Pigs
Other: Dr. Beaky and Turtle
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Robbed The Tapir?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Tapir
Suspects: Crocodile, Kangaroo, Pelican and Raccoon Speed
Culprit: Crocodile
Other: Gorilla, Howler Monkey, Tiger (Mentioned)
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Dented The Turtle?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Turtle
Suspects: Speedy Raccoon, Cheetah and Sloths (Mr. Sloth and Mrs. Sloth)
Culprit: Cheetah
Other: Elephant, Howler Monkey and Skunk
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Unstriped The Zebra?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Zebra
Suspects: Tiger, Okapi and Garter Snake
Culprit: Okapi
Other: Flamingo, Ostrich, Mrs. Hippo, Turtle, Pelican, Bird of Paradise, Skunk, Warthog, Parrot, Gorilla and Gazelle
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Chocked Up The Grizzly With Laughter?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Kangaroo
Victim: Grizzly
Suspects: Parrot, Gorilla and Baboon
Culprit: Baboon
Other: Flamingo, Mrs. Hippo, Hermione, Gazelle, Dr. Beaky, Mrs. Panda, Guinea Pigs, Giraffe, Lynx, Warthog, Koala, Okapi, Elephant and Octopus
Not Ball of Purity's Lesson
Who Mugged The Heron?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Dr. Beaky
Suspects: Stork, Ms. Guinea Pig and Old Horse
Culprit: Ms. Guinea Pig
Other: Gorilla and Lemur
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Knotted Up The Octopus?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Octopus
Suspects: Elephant, Vampire Bat and Ostrich
Culprit: Ostrich
Other: Chef Panda Pelican And Gorilla
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Blackmailed The Myna?
Main Charasters: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Myna
Suspects: Skunk, Rockhopper and Orangutan
Culprit: Rockhopper
Other Charasters: Turtle and Elephant
Ball of Purity's Lesson Charasters: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Trimmed The Peacock?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Peacock
Suspects: Crane, Skunk and Mrs. Hippo
Culprit: Crane
Other: Flamingo Ostrich and Mrs. Fennec
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity
Ball of Purity's Lesson:
Who Soaped Up Mrs. Hippo?
Main: Sherlock Yack and Hermione
Victim: Mrs. Hippo
Suspects: Bobcat, Warthog and Hyena
Culprit: Hyena
Other: Dr. Beaky, Giraffe, Gorilla and Little Roo
Other Ball of Purity's Lesson: Ball of Purity, Baby Panda and Little Croc
Ball of Purity's Lesson: Sherlock was taught by his master Ball of Purity, the "age-old art of being indifferent with criticism". It is shown that his Master tries to teach him this lesson, telling his student to stay calm when criticized. Just when Sherlock says that he understands the meaning, Master Ball of Purity hits with a critic, what Sherlock doesn't take as well as expected from the Master.
