Sally Bollywood: Super Detective Explained

Composer:	Nathalie Loriot^[1] Franck Hedin^[2] Nico Nocchi^[3]
Num Seasons:	2^[4]
Num Episodes:	104
Executive Producer:	Mr Manne
Runtime:	11 minutes

Sally Bollywood: Super Detective (known as simply Sally Bollywood) is a French-Australian animated television show co-produced by the French company Tele Images Productions (formerly Tele Images Kids) and Three's a Company in Australia. The series was originally broadcast on France 3 in France and on Seven Network in Australia. Two series have been produced, each consisting of 52 11-minute episodes.^[5] Many networks air episodes in pairs, to fill a half-hour time slot.

Overview

The series revolves around Sally, a young 12 year-old Indian girl who lives in the city of Cosmopolis, where people of different nationalities and ethnic groups make up the population. Her father, Harry Bollywood, is a private detective, which has inspired Sally to start her own investigative service, Sally Bollywood Investigations (SBI), located in the basement of their home. Sally and her best friend Doowee McAdam generally investigate cases brought to them by their schoolmates by travelling around their local neighbourhood, with Sally using her skills of deduction and Doowee using technology he invents.^[6] ^[7]

Production

The series was developed in association with France 3 and Seven Network. It is co-produced by Tele Images Productions (formerly Tele Images Kids) and France Télévisions in France and Three's a Company in Australia, and distributed internationally by Zodiak Entertainment Distribution.^[8]

Characters

Main

Current SBI members

Sally Bollywood: An Indian girl detective. She investigates primarily by asking people questions. She has purple plum hair. She speaks with a British accent in the English dub. She's also a huge fan of the Fuzzy Frogs. She lives in Cosmopolis.
Doowee MacAdam: A boy who is Sally's best friend. He assists Sally with her investigations, often by using technology invented by himself. He has red hair. He also likes the Fuzzy Frogs. He is of Scottish descent.

Former SBI members

Jasmine Gupta: A girl who used to be the SBI's intern but got kicked out when she sorted Sally's papers incorrectly. She is snobbish and narcissistic. She is Rahani's sister and Alma is her best friend.

Supporting

Sally's parents

Harry Bollywood: Sally's father, a private detective who inspired Sally to begin her own investigation service. He often worries about Sally taking on cases, but is honored that she has chosen to follow in his footsteps. He also has purple hair.
Mrs. Apu: An older woman who is a friend of Harry. She acts as the Bollywoods' housekeeper and often offers advice to Sally, Doowee and other characters. She's sort of a mother figure for Sally. She also loves cooking and enjoys experimenting with new recipes.

Sally Bollywood's friends

This is a list of Sally's friends and classmates. Some have formed groups and clubs.

The Fuzzy Frogs

The Fuzzy Frogs is a school rock band. They used to be a boy band until the frogs realized how much Jenny wanted to be a member. The group makes rock music and has a huge following of mostly girls (although Doowee is a fan too). Groupies often mob them.

The following are current Fuzzy Frogs members:

Tommy: Julie's brother
Jeremy: The leader of the band
Max
Vanessa: A very good singer and participater in the school concert. She became a star within the school. Her stage name is Vanessa M.

Other recurring characters

Lee: A boy and classmate of Sally and Doowee. His mother is a herbalist and owns a shop. After he was found sabotaging a swimming competition, Sally and Doowee discovered that Lee has six toes on each foot rather than five. Ironically, he ended up winning that swimming contest.
Luna: Used to claim she was a sorceress and has an uncanny fascination of the spirit world. She also writes horror stories.
Melody: One of Vanessa's best friends, Melody is a singer like Vanessa. However, her reputation was marred because she used autotune during performances.
Christina: Melody's best friend, Christina helps produce and prepare Melody's stage for live performances, acting as her personal assistant.
Bridget Brickhouse: A girl best known in athletics. She's exceptionally strong, once even throwing Doowee onto a gym mat. However, she is quick-tempered and has terrible grades.
Albert: A scientist, like Doowee, he often rivals him in science contests. Both he and Albert created particle analyzers. Albert also is of German ancestry and lisps.
Mr. Bobby Shoebridge: A principal of Little Bombay Junior High. He gives Sally and Doowee tasks when things are going on around the school.
Paul: A boy who writes poetry and aspires to become a rapper. He also loves gold and idolizes rappers.
Anna: A shy girl who loves blue. She wears blue clothes, has blue shoes and even has a blue bookbag.
Achmed: An expert skateboarder and master of disguise.
Nirmala Pashimbrana: An extremely shy friend of Sally and Doowee. She also is so generous she never turns down a favor, and is very agile, as well as being quite a good dancer.
Rahani Gupta: Jasmine's brother, and a lover of art. He once flirted with Christina, and it is rumored that they are or were in a relationship. He's also Sanjay's brother. Rahani is a really good cook too.
Alma: A girl who is best friends with Jasmine and is also known for being extremely excitable. Sometimes, though, she can have a fierce temper, be rude and snobbish.
Mr. Big: A former con man who also is a fortune teller. He later revealed to the SBI, though, that he simply tells his clients "what they want to hear." He is not very big.
Stan: An eccentric boy who has weird tastes. He was revealed to have a pet rat and be the person behind internet phenomenon Blogger Boy, a popular blogger. He lets his little sister Ann borrow him whenever she wants.
George: A popular boy. He has bad grades. Sally once had a crush on him. George also likes to garden. He is the older brother of Betty, and the two appear to be very close. He has black hair with a purple patch.
Betty: A shy girl with black hair nearly covering her eyes. She becomes Sally and Dowee's friend after they help her with an investigation. She is the younger sister of George, and the two appear to be very close. Betty gets upset when faced with the threat of her brother transferring schools.
Jaya Madurpore: The daughter of Mrs. Madurpore, Jaya is a smart student who comes to the SBI after losing her 'lucky charm'. She is shown to be a bit bossy and has green hair and green eyes.
Indira Madurpore (née Kooptur) a.k.a. Mrs. Madurpore: A biology teacher at Sally and Dowee's school. She is the mother of Jaya and is shown to be quite strict at times. She has very dark green hair.
Cassie: A girl who moved to the neighborhood. She once lied about having a cat hoping to gain friends, but Sally blows her cover. Luckily, Naomi showed sympathy for her. She can be bossy at times, but usually gets along with other people. She also has pink hair with clips.

Episode list

Season 1 (2009–11)

No,	Title	Air date (Australia)

Season 2 (2012–13)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date

External links

Sally Bollywood at ABC3

Notes and References

Web site: Monsieur Big (Télé Images Kids, Three's a Company).
Web site: Sally Bollywood (TV Series) (2009).
Web site: Sally Bollywood (2007) [La Liste du Souvenir par LPDM].
Web site: Sally Bollywood. Zodiak Rights. Zodiak Media. 8 March 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141938/http://www.zodiakrights.com/Brand/5989/sally-bollywood. 13 April 2014. dmy-all.
Web site: Press Release. zodiakentertainment.com. 11 March 2015.
Web site: Bynum. Aaron H.. 'Sally Bollywood' Animation News. animationinsider.net. Animation Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307121352/http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=2477. 7 March 2012. dead. 23 June 2010.
Web site: Karen Horne – Portfolio: Sally Bollywood. karenhorne.com.au. 11 March 2015.
Web site: C21Media. https://web.archive.org/web/20100610212122/http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?area=79&article=55915. 10 June 2010. dead.