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The Tale of Manaha

Season 5, Episode 7, Aired Dec 30, 1995

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Jonah is teased by his fellow campers and counselor. While hiking in the woods, Jonah stumbles upon an enchanted cave with a mysterious statue on top of a rock. Jonah moves the statue and summons an old powerful Shaman who warns Jonah to leave his woods or he must face the Manaha- mythical creatures who feed on human flesh. Jonah refuses and the Manaha are released upon the campers. Now the group must trust each other to escape the Shaman and his troop of Manaha.moreless

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Michael Yarmush

Jonah
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A.J. Buckley

Lonnie
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Domenico Fiore

Mr. Ostrowski

JoAnna Garcia

Samantha (Seasons 3-5)
Ross Hull

Gary (Seasons 1-5)
Jodie Resther

Kiki (Seasons 1-5)
Daniel DeSanto

Tucker (Season 3+)
Codie Wilbee

Stig (Season 5)
Raine Pare-Coull

Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)

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When I was a kid, this was my fave ep.

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By TigerJester14, Jun 27, 2006

I think this was my favorite episode when I was a kid, out of the whole series. There are somethings I forgot about this ep., like most of the characters' names, 'course when I was a kid I was pretty bad about memorizing names. Also, I forgot the Manaha fed on human flesh. At some point, I thought Gary told the story after getting a gorilla costume. But it's been like 11 years since I watched this episode.moreless
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A small boy proves himself by outwitting an ancient, evil shaman that, once released, casts out his tribe of flesh-eating Manhana into the forest.

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By chasmatic, May 31, 2006

Despite the low overall rating of this episode, it is actually quite good. I loved how at the end, the boy had the other boys disguise themselves as Manhana to trick the shaman. Definitely a classic episode. My only complaint is the Manhana are a bit cheesy, Big-foot-esque things, but other than that this is a much worthy episode.
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QUOTES (4)
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- Shaman: You have been warned!
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- Lonnie: I'm going to have my picture in the paper!
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- Eddy: The Manaha are coming! The Manaha are coming! (laughs)
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- Jonah: I summon the Manaha!
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- David Deveau later becomes a member of the Midnight Society when he plays Andy in Seasons 6 and 7.
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- When the group of boys go camping, one of them is reading a comic book entitled "The Ghastly Grinner" from the episode The Tale of The Ghastly Grinner.
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- This story was told by Tucker.
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