Doodlez Explained

Genre:Comedy
Creator:Gretha Rose
Sean Scott
Director:D. Campbell MacKinlay
Country:Canada
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:50[1]
Executive Producer:Gretha Rose
Runtime:1–2 minutes
Company:Cellar Door Productions
Channel:Teletoon
First Aired:[2]

Doodlez is a Canadian animated shorts series produced for television by Cellar Door Productions, animated by Trapeze Animation Studios, which started airing on Teletoon in 2002.[3] It was seen on Nicktoons and was one of the final programs shown on BBC Kids.

Summary

Doodlez is about Dood, a small boy who is a doodle. Dood gets himself in and out of various Duck Amuck-esque situations, with the aid of Hand, a disembodied hand that uses his pencil to draw (sometimes) helpful things onto the screen for Dood's use, such as helping Dood cheat in a skating race against his rival by drawing a booster behind Dood. Otherwise, however, Hand draws objects or people that complicate the situation and/or make things worse for Dood. Situations include girl troubles, becoming a werewolf, being stuck in a picture frame, watering a sunflower, traveling inside a giant beast to get his lollipop out of its stomach, and many other situations. There was also one episode done without Hand or his pencil, but on a computer, and Cursor (see "one-time characters" below) stood in for Hand.Dood is usually angry at the end of the cartoon, likely because it has to end so early. There is never any spoken dialogue, but sometimes the characters communicate through gibberish and Dood sometimes has a chipmunk laugh. The end of a cartoon always shows the word "the end" appearing somewhere.

Characters

Major characters

Supporting characters

Doodette

A female version of Dood and also the love of his life.

Martini Moose

He shows up now and then, usually with a martini in hoof. He likes bubble baths and knows karate. He is seen as Dood's sidekick.

Cop

In various episodes, Cop usually squashes Dood and throws him somewhere. After he is squashed, Dood gets handcuffed.

Penguin

Usually appears during winter.

Monster

Usually eats Dood and his things.

One-time characters

Television series

In 2007, Teletoon announced a Doodlez television series to be released soon. Because this never came out during years later, the studio probably cancelled the production, or they are still in production. An opening for the show was released on KidMango along with a bit of the classic shorts. However, they do not show the shorts anymore.

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNomineeResultRef.
2003Best Animated Program or Series Gretha Rose [4]
2004Best Animated Program or Series Gretha Rose

References

  1. Web site: Cellar Door Productions . Cellardoor.tv . 2019-11-11 . 2020-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200305063332/http://cellardoor.tv/television_sub.php?filter=family . live .
  2. Web site: [ftp://support.crtc.gc.ca/logs/ Television Program Logs]. 2016-03-02. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Alt URL
  3. News: Laura Bracken . SRC brings first major drama to New Brunswick » Playback . Playbackonline.ca . 2002-07-08 . 2013-08-21 . 2013-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021081312/http://playbackonline.ca/2002/07/08/as-20020708/ . live .
  4. Web site: Canadian Screen Awards 2023. acct.my.salesforce-sites.com. 2019-11-11. 2022-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113410/https://acctmembership.secure.force.com/database/Media?id=a0k0H00000flkgyQAA. live.

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