Kermit's Swamp Years is a 2002 direct-to-video film, directed by David Gumpel, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets, including a 12-year-old Kermit and best friends Goggles and Croaker, who travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives. The film, which tells the story of Kermit the Frog's early life, is a prequel to The Muppet Movie. As of 2002, this is the last Muppet film to receive a G rating from the MPAA, as a few later Muppet films, starting with the TV Christmas film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, which aired in the same year, have received a PG rating from the MPAA.
Two friends named Murphy, a daredevil-wannabe cat with bad luck, and Mitzi, a dim-witted but good-hearted squirrel, have adventures in New Lennium City.
"Bakkar" is the name of an Egyptian cartoon series and the main character in the series who tells of his adventures. Bakkar is a young boy who belongs to a Nuba village in southern Egypt and finds himself in the adventures of himself and his friends. He helps the police solve the puzzles because he feels responsible for his community. At the end of each episode, he presents a moral message to children, belonging and patriotism. The series produced a very great success, and Bakkar's character was the first Egyptian cartoon character to come out