Popee, an apprentice clown, and his assistant, Kedamono, attempt various circus acts and go about their daily lives as performers. Things have a way of going wrong, however—whether it's a blinding rage, burning jealousy, or even something as simple as hunger, and their mentor, Papi, is little help to the chaos they tend to find themselves in.
Showing Season 1 of 3
Season 1
2000
A young circus performer named Popee practices a series of stunts with his partner, Kedamono.
01. MAGIC
2000-01-03
Popee attempts to practice the sawing-in-half trick on an unwilling Kedamono. Surprisingly, it's successful. At least, until Popee tries to put him back together...
02. LIMBO
2000-01-10
Popee tries to limbo. After becoming frustrated with his lack of success, he has Kedamono give it a go, who is very good at it. Jealous, Popee increases the difficulty.
03. ACROBATICS
2000-01-17
While performing acrobatics on a barrel, Popee becomes stuck inside. Kedamono tries to help as things get worse.
04. KNIFE THROWER
2000-01-24
After catching Kedamono sneaking around to practice knife throwing, Popee forces him to practice...as his target.
05. FIRE BREATHER
2000-01-31
Popee, while performing fire-breathing for Kedamono, accidentally causes a UFO to crash. Alien's first appearance.
06. PANTOMIME
2000-02-07
Popee becomes irate after Kedamono's ability to pantomime nearly runs him over.
07. KARATE SHOW
2000-02-14
Popee demonstrates his karate skills and attempts to rescue Kedamono's birthday cake from a Frog. Frog's first appearance.
08. FIRE RING
2000-02-21
Popee tries to get Kedamono to jump through a ring of fire.
09. MIMIC
2000-02-28
Popee puts on a gorilla mask made by Kedamono. Kedamono is horrified as Popee starts acting like an actual gorilla and must stop him from getting further out of control.
10. GUNMAN
2000-03-06
While practicing trick shots with a shotgun, Kedamono and Popee must stop a stray bullet.
11. SWALLOWER
2000-03-13
Popee demonstrates his talent for sword swallowing and becomes over-zealous, resulting in disaster.
12. ESCAPE SHOW
2000-03-20
Popee tries an escape act.
13. DANCE
2000-03-27
After an accident while dancing, Popee's eyes fall out and Kedamono accidentally breaks them. After Popee can't find his eyes, Kedamono tries to help him find a replacement.