Monsieur Luke

''This article is about the television series. For the title character, see Xavier Q. Luke.''

Monsieur Luke is a Canadian animated action adventure comedy television series, created by Joe Feder. It first premiered on Teletoon and Télétoon on April 1, 2006. The show is about a man named Monsieur Luke, who goes on adventures throughout Canada. In the first season and the final episode Luke's main quest is to find his lost brother. Monsieur Luke was conceived by Joe Feder in late 2005.

The show was successful, and it currently reruns on Télétoon la Nuit.

Premise
Monsieur Luke goes on strange adventures throughout Canada.

Setting
Season 1 takes place in rural Québec, but there are some elements of the urban part. Season 2 and 3 takes place in urban Québec and suburban Toronto. Season 4, the last season, takes place in Toronto.

Voice cast

 * Joe Feder as Xavier Q. Luke, a sly, partly quiet man.
 * John Feder also voices Xavier Q. Luke (Season 1, some Season 2 - 4 episodes).
 * Steve Samono as Jonathan Hallie, Xavier's next door neighbor and close friend.
 * Mala Miles as John Luke, Xavier's smart, stricter brother.

Development
The creation of Monsieur Luke was a merge between 2 ideas Joe Feder had. In 2002, Joe Feder wrote an idea for a show, titled "Quincy Luke", a man who has very strange days in his neighborhood. Feder thought this seemed generic so he scrapped it. Later on, in 2005, Feder wrote a new project titled "Xavier," a young boy who lives in a barn with his 2 brothers, and goes on adventures in the fields around him. Feder disliked this idea, as he thought that the idea had been done way too many times. Feder decided to merge these two ideas eventually, revising them in the process, and it turned into Monsieur Luke. He pitched the idea to Teletoon, and they greenlit the show, with Nelvana being the production company.

Animation
The first 2 seasons were animated by DIC Entertainment. The last episode of the second season was animated by Cookie Jar Group, and the third season was a co-production between Cookie Jar Group and Nelvana. The show was solely animated by Nelvana in Season 4.

Episodes

 * Main article(s): List of episodes

Ratings
TBD

Critical reception
TBD

Controversy
The Parents Television Council complained the mature nature of the show compared to other shows on Teletoon. Joe Feder responded (as stated in a 2009 interview) "...It's TV-PG for a reason. If Teletoon was not fine with it, they wouldn't broadcast it in the first place. It's like they can't tell the difference between kids shows and teen shows." All of the TV-14 episodes were edited in their original broadcast on Teletoon to fit the TV-PG rating. They were later broadcast uncensored on Teletoon at Night and Télétoon la Nuit.

Home media
Shout! Factory released the first season on DVD in early December 2006. The second season was released in January 2008, six months before the season finished airing on TV. The third and fourth seasons were released on DVD in early March 2011, one month before Season 4 premiered. A Blu-Ray release of the two seasons were released in June of 2011, which went out of print.