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Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Num Seasons: | 5 |
Num Episodes: | 241 |
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Runtime: | 7 minutes 26 minutes ("Et si on jouait à l'episode très special") |
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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]
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.
Character | Voiced By | Seasons | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Main Characters | ||||||
Kaeloo (Kaelou) (Species: Tree Frog) (Gender: Genderless) | Emmanuel Garijo (French) Andy Chase (Pilot, English) Doug Rand (Season 1, English) | colspan="5" | ||||
Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou) (Species: Muscular Toad) (Gender: Genderless) | colspan="5" | |||||
Parallel/Interdimensional Kaeloo (Kaelou) (Gender: Genderless) | colspan="5" | |||||
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) | colspan="5" | |||||
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 | colspan="5" | ||||
Secondary Characters | ||||||
Pretty (Species: Rabbit) (Gender: Female) | Dorothée Pousséo | colspan="6" | ||||
Eugly (Gender: Female) | Rémi Chapotot | colspan="6" | ||||
Olaf (Species: Emperor Penguin) (Gender: Male) | Féodor Atkine | colspan="6" | ||||
Ursula (Species: Black Cat) (Gender: Female) | Sophie Michard | colspan="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) |
Later seasons of the show introduce new characters:
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.
All episodes are directed by Rémi Chapotot.
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?".
The third season was released in France on December 18, 2016 on Télétoon+. It has not yet been dubbed in English.
The fourth season of the show premiered on December 25, 2019. It has not yet been dubbed in English.
The fifth season premiered on April 8, 2023. It has not yet been dubbed in English.[3]
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".
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.
Region/Country | Network/Channel | Notes | |
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France | Only seasons 1 and 2 will air on C8, while season 3 will be on Télétoon+ | ||
Belgium | RTBF, Ouftivi | Aired 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 Kids | Only seasons 2 to 5 | |
Greece | Smile TV | Currently 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 |
Year | Award | Category | Result | |
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2011 | Kids Screen Awards | Kids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for the Family category.[5] | ||
2011 | Audience Award | Audience 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). | ||
2011 | Kids Screen Awards | Selection 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). | ||
2011 | Kids Screen Awards | Kids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for Class Family. |