| Runtime: | 5 minutes |
| Genre: | Preschool Interactivity Children's animation |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | JAM Media |
| Num Episodes: | 104[1] |
| Voices: | Alan Stanford, Flo McSweeney |
| Narrated: | Alan Stanford |
| Network: | RTÉ |
Pic Me (or PICME) is an Irish interactive preschool children's animated television series that premiered on 1 August 2005 on RTÉ, later airing on TG4 and Nick Jr. channels throughout Europe.[2] HIT Entertainment held worldwide distribution rights.[3] Since mid-2008, episodes of Pic Me have aired in the United States on Animania HD[4] and Sprout. Also, in the United States, a Spanish-dubbed version airs on V-Me.
Episodes of Pic Me last for approximately five to ten minutes. Pic Me is an innovative show in that it allows its viewers to star in each episode. Every episode has one viewer's photograph superimposed on a cartoon child's body. These characters then roam around the story, walking, running, jumping, and physically interacting with the main cartoon characters. The viewer characters neither speak, nor do the characters refer to them by each of their names. Instead, they are referred to as "Little Boy" (if the avatar is male) or "Little Girl" (if the avatar is female) as is relevant.
Since the start of 2005, many new episodes of Pic Me have involved two viewers, instead of just one. These "best friends" type episodes have the main star viewer holding, or looking at, a picture of their real-life "best friend". Another episode starring the "best friend" is shown at a later date, with the situation regarding the pictures mirrored.
The 6 main characters in Pic Me include:
The goal of the show is to help teach children. The viewers learn lessons from the differences between right and wrong (not telling lies etc.) to learning shapes, colours and counting.
A DVD release of the series titled: "Pic Me: You're the Star!" was released by HIT Entertainment in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2006. It contained twelve episodes of the show in its original widescreen format, alongside a bonus CD-ROM containing Microsoft Windows software to create your own Pic Me cartoons.[5] A similar DVD - titled "Pic Me: Personalised Early Learning", was released in Ireland by RTE, however, the episodes featured were shown in a cropped fullscreen ratio.
The episode "Journey into Space" was included as a bonus episode on several HIT Entertainment DVDs in the United Kingdom in January 2007, such as "Incredibubble Children's Favourites", Angelina Ballerina - Angelina Sets Sail, and Fireman Sam on Stage.