Trulli Tales Explained

Alt Name:	Trulli Tales: The Adventures of Trullalleri
Genre:	Science fiction Comedy Action-Adventure
Director:	Eric Gosselet
Theme Music Composer:	Alessandro Boriani
Endtheme:	"Trulli Tales" (instrumental)
Language:	Italian French English Portuguese
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	104
Runtime:	11 minutes

Trulli Tales, fully known as Trulli Tales: The Adventures of Trullalleri, is an Italian-French-British-Canadian-Brazilian animated children's television series created by Maria Elena and Fiorella Congedo. The series first aired on 17 October 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil.^[1] The series was produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, Gaumont Animation, PVP Media (formely Groupe PVP),^[2] and Rai Fiction with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the collaboration of Radio-Canada and produced in association with The Walt Disney Company EMEA.

Set in the fictional world of Trullalleri or Trulliland (which is meant to resemble Alberobello), the series revolves around four children and one teacher who learn how to cook from their Grandma Trulli's cookbook from the past. But when Copperpot tries to steal it, the four children; Ring, Zip, Stella, and Sun, must stop him with the magical power from their wands.

Characters

Main

• (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) is the first of the group's class. She is very determined, intelligent, tomboyish and brilliant, but can be touchy and stubborn. She takes care of cooking the dishes in the group. Her wand is a spoon, which she uses to control temperatures. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and is dressed in pink.
• (voiced by Eleanor Noble) is the talented leader of the group. He is a generous and kind friend, but can also be a little self-confident and vain. He is good at cooking and is the one in the group who selects the ingredients for each recipe. His wand is a fork and also a magnet, which is able to attract objects. He has brown hair, dark eyes, and is dressed in red.
• (voiced by Sonja Ball) is the sportsman of the group. He is nice and funny, but sometimes he proves to be moody and impatient. He deals with mincing, blending, and cutting the ingredients selected by Ring. His wand is a kitchen whisk that can create wind. He has ginger hair, and green eyes, and is dressed in blue.
• (voiced by Sonja Ball) is the most vaporous of the group. Although at many times she is quite inattentive, distracted, careless, childish, and naive, she can be good-natured, kind, sensitive, polite, and sweet. She is talented in decorating, as shown by her ability to decorate the dishes. Her wand is a spatula that she uses to decorate the food made by her and her friends. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and is dressed in yellow.
• (voiced by Eleanor Noble) is the owner of the Trulli Kingdom bakery and keeper of the Magic Cookbook. In Season 2, she also has the alias of Trullifairy.
• (voiced by Sonja Ball) is the creator of the Magic Cookbook and would guide the kids through riddles that would help them solve any of their problems.

Villains

• (voiced by Richard M. Dumont) is the main villain who always tries to steal the Magic cookbook. He would always brag about being a genius. It is revealed in I Want to Bread Free that he wants the Magic Cookbook to free his ancestor Copperpan who is trapped inside.
• (voiced by Jennifer Seguin) is Copperpot's pet owl.
• is Copperpot's nephew who was introduced in Season 2.

Recurring

• (voiced by Sonja Ball and Angela Galuppo) are a spider and snail that appear at the beginning and end of every episode.
• (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is the ruler of Trulliland who has a collection of Donkey antiques

Production

Trulli Tales is produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, and Rai Fiction in Italy, Gaumont Animation in France, and Groupe PVP in Canada. Gaumont and Groupe formed a co-production agreement for this series, alongside Belle and Sebastian in 2015.^[3] The series was inspired by a book published by Congedo.^[4]

The show was commissioned by The Walt Disney Company for its Disney Junior channels in the EMEA regions, alongside Rai Fiction for Rai YoYo in Italy, Ici Radio-Canada Télé in Canada, and Globosat's Gloobinho in Brazil.^[5] Boat Rocker Media represents the property for consumer products in the United Kingdom.

Episodes

Every episode of the series was directed by Eric Gosselet.

Season 1

Broadcast

Trulli Tales debuted 17 October 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil.^{[1] [6]} The series aired on 11 December 2017 on Disney Junior in Italy,^[7] and later 11 June 2018 on Rai YoYo.^[8] In Canada, the series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on 6 January 2018,^[9] and on Knowledge Network on 7 May 2018.

On 11 December 2017, the series aired across many Disney Junior channels in the EMEA area, including France and the UK and Ireland. The series also aired in the latter on Tiny Pop on 21 January 2019.^[10] In South Africa, the series aired on 26 February 2018.^[11] In Singapore, the series aired on Channel 5 on 15 July 2019.^[12] From 25 September 2019 until 6 September 2021, the series was available on the Noggin streaming service.^[13] On 5 October 2019, the series aired on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.^[14] As of November 2019, the series had been sold to 177 territories globally.

Awards

Trulli Tales was awarded the Prix Gémeaux for best animated series in 2018.^[15] In 2019, it became the first television series to win the Italian Creativity Award from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in the United States.^[16]

Merchandise

Giochi Preziosi launched a series of toys for the series in 2018, which were distributed in Italy and the United Kingdom.^{[17] [18]} Additional merchandise was produced for Italian release, including educational toys, tissues, stickers, and food products.^[17] Panini began publishing an official magazine in November 2019.^[19]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nova estreia. October 10, 2017. Noticias da TV. Daniel. Castro. pt.
2. Web site: About us . 2024-10-30 . PVP MEDIA . en-CA.
3. Web site: Groupe PVP, Gaumont Animation pact on two series. Playback. Brunico Communications. September 29, 2015. October 12, 2019. Julianna. Cummins.
4. Web site: 'Trulli Tales', the new Disney cartoon set in Alberobello. 2018-10-02. All About Italy. en-US. 2019-02-02.
5. . Nicolas Atlan - President of Animation, Gaumont . TV Kids . Worldscreen . September 26, 2017 . October 12, 2019.
6. Web site: Trulli Tales, awarded and famous all over the world. Redazione. 2018-12-18. quivalleditria.it. en-US. 2019-02-02.
7. Web site: Trulli Tales, il nuovo cartone per la Disney è ambientato ad Alberobello. November 20, 2017. October 11, 2019. Animation Magazine. it.
8. Web site: "TRULLI TALES: THE ADVENTURES OF THE TRULLALLERI" ON AIR ON TV FROM JUNE 11TH ON RAI YOYO. June 11, 2018. October 11, 2019. Licensing Magazine.
9. Web site: Animated series Trulli Tales soon to be broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada!. December 19, 2017. Groupe PVP. October 11, 2019.
10. Web site: One for your diary - brand new Trulli Tales starts 21st January at 4pm!. January 18, 2019. October 11, 2019. Tiny Pop. Facebook.
11. Web site: Trulli Tales - NEW SERIES - Starting Monday 26th February @ 18:00!. Disney Channel. YouTube. February 5, 2018. October 11, 2019.
12. Web site: Trulli Tales Show Info. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730171626/https://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel5/shows/trulli-tales/info. dead. July 30, 2019. Toggle.sg. MediaCorp. October 11, 2019.
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20191125221451/https://www.noggin.com/all-shows/. November 25, 2019. Noggin - All Shows. 2019. Noggin.
14. Web site: Nick Jr. USA to Premiere 'Trulli Tales' on Saturday, October 5, 2019. October 4, 2019. October 11, 2019. NickALive.
15. Web site: TRULLI TALES AWARDED AT THE PRIX GÉMEAUX. September 20, 2018. November 27, 2019. Licensing Magazine.
16. News: Trulli tales, in America il premio per la creatività. Claudia. Presicce. November 20, 2019. November 28, 2019. Quotidiano Di Puglia. it.
17. Web site: Boat Rocker to represent Trulli Tales Toy World Magazine. toyworldmag.co.uk. 31 October 2018. 2019-02-02.
18. Web site: Giochi Preziosi firma la linea di giocattoli su licenza Trulli Tales. June 19, 2018. November 27, 2019. Hitech Web. it.
19. Web site: TRULLI TALES – THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE. November 28, 2019. November 27, 2019. Licensing Magazine.