Kaeloo Explained

Genre:
Creator:
  • Remi Chapotot
  • Jean-François Henry
Director:
  • Remi Chapotot
  • Antoine Rota
Voices:
  • Emmanuel Garijo
  • Philippe Spiteri
  • Rémi Chapotot
  • Dorothée Pousséo
  • Féodor Atkine
  • Valentin Papoudof
  • Emilie Rollot
Narrated:
  • Emmanuel Garijo
Theme Music Composer:
  • Franck Marchal
Composer:
  • Franck Marchal
Country:France
Language:French
Num Seasons:5
Num Episodes:241
Producer:
  • Lionel Fages
  • Bruno Le Lever
  • Majid Loukil
Runtime:7 minutes
26 minutes ("Et si on jouait à l'episode très special")
Company:
  • Cube Creative
  • Blue Spirit
Network:
Last Aired:present

Kaeloo is a French computer-animated comedy television series created by Rémi Chapotot and Jean-François Henry and produced by Cube Creative in association with Blue Spirit. The series has been airing from June 6, 2010, on Canal+, Canal+ Kids and Télétoon+, and also started airing from September 2017 on C8.[1]

Premise

The show centers around the adventures of a group of anthropomorphic animal friends, Kaeloo the frog (Kaelou in the pilot), Stumpy the squirrel, (Moignon in the pilot), Quack-Quack the duck, Mr. Cat the cat, and as of Seasons 2 and 5, Pretty the rabbit, Eugly the rabbit, Olaf the penguin, The Rules of the Games and Stumpy's seven sisters, who live on a planet known as Smileyland (Pays Trop Mignon in French, which means "Very Cute Country") and play games to keep themselves from getting bored. Things always go wrong due to Stumpy's ineptitude at almost everything, Quack-Quack's addiction to yogurt, Pretty's unkindness (in the earlier seasons), Eugly's emotional vulnerability, Olaf's desire to take over the world, Mr. Cat's constant cheating and abuse of the others, and Kaeloo's ability to transform into a hulking toad monster named Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou in the Pilot) when angered.

Characters

CharacterVoiced BySeasons
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Main Characters
Kaeloo (Kaelou)
(Species: Tree Frog)
(Gender: Genderless)
Emmanuel Garijo (French)
Andy Chase (Pilot, English)
Doug Rand (Season 1, English)
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Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou)
(Species: Muscular Toad)
(Gender: Genderless)
colspan="5"
Parallel/Interdimensional Kaeloo (Kaelou)
(Gender: Genderless)
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Parallel/Interdimensional Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou)
(Gender: Genderless)
colspan="5"
Happy Rotter
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
The Devil
(Species: Demon)
(Gender: Genderless)
colspan="3"
Kevin
(Gender: Male)
colspan="1"
Kurt
(Gender: Male)
colspan="1"
Jack
(Gender: Male)
colspan="1"
Jamos
(Gender: Male)
colspan="1"
Karl
(Gender: Male)
colspan="1"
Narrator
(Gender: Genderless)
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Stumpy (Moignon)
(Species: Red Squirrel)
(Gender: Male)
Rémi Chapotot (French)
Doug Rand (Pilot and Season 1, English)
colspan="5"
Parallel/Interdimensional Stumpy (Moignon)
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
Morpione
(Gender: Female)
colspan="5"
Quack-Quack (Coin-Coin)
(Species: Duck)
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
Mr. Duck (Parallel/Interdimensional Quack Quack (Coin-Coin))
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
Red
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
Mr. Cat (Monsieur Chat) (Hector)
(Species: Bengal Cat)
(Gender: Male)
Philippe Spiteri (French)
Christian Erickson (Pilot, English)
Mike Powers (Season 1, English)
colspan="5"
Meow-Meow (Parallel/Interdimensional Mr. Cat (Monsieur Chat) (Hector))
(Gender: Male)
colspan="4"
Voldemob/Calazar/Hades
(Gender: Male)
colspan="5"
The Sphinx
(Gender: Male)
colspan="3"
The Sheep
(Gender: Males and Females)
Rémi Chapotot
Valentin Papoudof
Sarah Teyssier-Miko
Adrien Antoine
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Secondary Characters
Pretty
(Species: Rabbit)
(Gender: Female)
Dorothée Pousséocolspan="6"
Eugly
(Gender: Female)
Rémi Chapototcolspan="6"
Olaf
(Species: Emperor Penguin)
(Gender: Male)
Féodor Atkinecolspan="6"
Ursula
(Species: Black Cat)
(Gender: Female)
Sophie Michardcolspan="4"
La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Games)
(Species: Robot-Alien)
(Gender: Genderless)
Valentin Papoudof
Ardoise
(Species: Red Squirrel)
(Gender: Female)
Emilie Rollot
Cramoisie
(Gender: Female)
Lavanade
(Gender: Female)
Nombril
(Gender: Female)
Poucave
(Gender: Female)
Violasse
(Gender: Female)
Vitamine
(Gender: Female)

Main

Secondary

Later seasons of the show introduce new characters:

Season 2

Season 5

Episodes

Series overview

Pilot (2007)

Kaeloo was originally a three-minute short film animation created in 2007, titled Kaelou: Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3 (Kaelou: 1, 2, 3 Je Te Saigne!!!)[2] and presented to the MIP TV in the same year. It is widely considered the pilot of the series.

Season 1 (2010)

All episodes are directed by Rémi Chapotot.

Season 2 (2012-13)

A second season was made and aired in France, but it has not yet been dubbed into English, the sole exception being the episode "What if We Played at Riding Ponies?".

Season 3 (2016-18)

The third season was released in France on December 18, 2016 on Télétoon+. It has not yet been dubbed in English.

Season 4 (2019-20)

The fourth season of the show premiered on December 25, 2019. It has not yet been dubbed in English.

Season 5 (2023)

The fifth season premiered on April 8, 2023. It has not yet been dubbed in English.[3]

Dissemination and reception

The launch of the series was made June 6, 2010 in the show on Cartoon + in Canal+ Family. The show is also broadcast on Canal+. Kaeloo is also distributed outside the show on Canal+ Family. The series has received good reviews, with Télérama considering it "hilarious" and TV 2 Weeks as "a fast-paced cartoon and humor pest, which accomplishes the feat to entertain young and old".

DVD release

Kaeloo: Hide and Hunt was released on Region 4 DVD by Beyond Home Entertainment on 1 December 2011.[4] It contains the first 13 episodes of the English dub of Season 1.

International broadcasts

Region/Country Network/Channel Notes
France Only seasons 1 and 2 will air on C8, while season 3 will be on Télétoon+
Belgium RTBF, OuftiviAired since 3 February 2012
Portugal Since 2013 to 2014
Australia Currently airing every day at 7:30 a.m.
Ukraine K1(only in English) Since 2015 to 2016
United Kingdom Since 2013 to 2017
Indonesia Start from 2022
Poland Only season 3
Italy Super!, DeA KidsOnly seasons 2 to 5
Greece Smile TVCurrently airing every day at 2:30 p.m and 8:00 p.m.
Serbia Only seasons 1, 2 and 3
Saudi Arabia Only season 4
Iran Only season 1

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011Kids Screen AwardsKids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for the Family category.[5]
2011Audience AwardAudience Award at the Festival de Liège Stereo media for the episode Let's Play the Quest for the Wholly Gruel (Si on jouait à la quête du greul).
2011Kids Screen AwardsSelection in the official competition of the Annecy Animation Festival 2011 in the category TV Series for the episode Let's Play Prince Charming (Si on jouait au prince charmant).
2011Kids Screen AwardsKids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for Class Family.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaeloo. facebook.com. en. 2017-07-05.
  2. http://www.cube-creative.en/index.php?t=m&fid=18&l=en&lf=18,132,204,257
  3. Web site: Annecy 2021 - Canal+ déroule la liste de ses programmes d'animation en cours .
  4. Web site: Kaeloo: Hide and Hunt at Beyond Home Entertainment . Beyond Home Entertainment . 2011-12-01 . 2012-03-20 .
  5. Web site: des NEWS de l'anim - N°40 . fr . Animation-france.fr . 2011-11-10.