Kaeloo

*Kaeloo*
Kaeloo
	A promotional poster for the third season.
Genre	Animated sitcom; Surreal comedy; Fantasy; Slapstick; Black comedy; Adventure; Parody;
Created by	Rémi Chapotot; Jean-François Henry;
Written by	Rémi Chapotot; Jean-François Henry;
Directed by	Rémi Chapotot; Antoine Rota (S1-2); Philippe Rolland (S3-4);
Voices of	Emmanuel Garijo; Philippe Spiteri; Rémi Chapotot; Dorothée Pousséo; Féodor Atkine; Valentin Papoudof; Emilie Rollot;
Narrated by	Emmanuel Garijo; Rémi Chapotot;
Theme music composer	Franck Marchal;
Composer	Franck Marchal;
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	241 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Lionel Fages; Bruno Le Lever; Majid Loukil;
Running time	7 minutes ; 26 minutes ("Et si on jouait à l'episode très special")
Production companies	Cube Creative; Blue Spirit (season 1);
Original release
Network	Canal+; Canal+ Kids; Télétoon+;
Release	6 June 2010 –; 13 April 2023

Kaeloo is a French computer-animated comedy television series created by Rémi Chapotot and Jean-François Henry and produced by Cube Creative. The series aired from June 6, 2010, to April 13, 2023,^[1] on Canal+, Canal+ Kids and Télétoon+, and also started airing from September 2017 on C8.^[2]^{[better source needed]}

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

Character	Voiced By	Seasons
Character	Voiced By	1	2	3	4	5
Main Characters
Kaeloo (Kaelou) (Species: Tree Frog) (Gender: Female/Male/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)	Emmanuel Garijo (French) Andy Chase (Pilot, English) Doug Rand (Season 1, English) Vincent Tong (Canadian English) Ian Hanlin (Bad Kaeloo, Canadian English)	Main
Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou) (Species: Muscular Toad) (Gender: Male/Female/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)		Main
Parallel/Interdimensional Kaeloo (Kaelou) (Gender: Female/Male/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)		Minor	Absent
Parallel/Interdimensional Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou) (Gender: Male/Female/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)		Minor	Absent
Happy Rotter (Gender: Male)		Minor	Absent
The Devil (Species: Demon) (Gender: Male/Female/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)		Off-Screen		Absent
Kevin (Gender: Male)		Absent		Minor		Absent
Kurt (Gender: Male)		Absent		Minor		Absent
Jack (Gender: Male)		Absent		Minor		Absent
Jamos (Gender: Male)		Absent		Minor		Absent
Karl (Gender: Male)		Absent		Minor		Absent
Narrator (Gender: Male/Female/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)		Off-Screen
Stumpy (Moignon) (Species: Red Squirrel) (Gender: Male)	Rémi Chapotot (French) Doug Rand (Pilot and Season 1, English)	Main
Parallel/Interdimensional Stumpy (Moignon) (Gender: Male)		Minor	Absent
Morpione (Gender: Female)		Minor	Absent
Quack-Quack (Coin-Coin) (Species: Duck) (Gender: Male)		Main
Mr. Duck (Parallel/Interdimensional Quack Quack (Coin-Coin)) (Gender: Male)		Minor	Absent
Red (Gender: Male)		Minor	Absent
Mr. Cat (Monsieur Chat) (Hector) (Species: Bengal Cat) (Gender: Male)	Philippe Spiteri (French) Christian Erickson (Pilot, English) Mike Powers (Season 1, English)	Main
Meow-Meow (Parallel/Interdimensional Mr. Cat (Monsieur Chat) (Hector)) (Gender: Male)		Minor	Absent
Voldemob/Calazar/Hades (Gender: Male)		Minor
The Sphinx (Gender: Male)		Minor		Absent
The Sheep (Gender: All Males, Females, and Genderless) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His/They/Them/There)	Rémi Chapotot Valentin Papoudof Sarah Teyssier-Miko Adrien Antoine	Minor
Secondary Characters
Pretty (Species: Rabbit) (Gender: Female)	Dorothée Pousséo	Absent	Secondary
Eugly (Gender: Female)	Rémi Chapotot	Absent	Secondary
Olaf (Species: Emperor Penguin) (Gender: Male)	Féodor Atkine	Absent	Secondary
Ursula (Species: Black Cat) (Gender: Female)	Sophie Michard	Absent		Minor	Off-Screen
The Rules of the Games/Game Rule (La Règle du Jeu/M. Règle) (Species: Robot-Alien) (Gender: Male/Female/Genderless/Non-Binary) (Pronouns: She/Her/He/Him/His)	Valentin Papoudof (French) Travis Turner (Canadian English)	Absent				Secondary
Checkout (Ardoise) (Species: Red Squirrel) (Gender: Female)	Emilie Rollot	Absent				Secondary
Moldie (Cramoisie) (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary
Lavanade (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary
Me-Me (Nombril) (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary
Poucave (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary
Purplish (Violasse) (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary
Vitamin (Vitamine) (Gender: Female)		Absent				Secondary

Main

Kaeloo (Kaelou) (voiced by Emmanuel Garijo in French and Andy Chase (Pilot), Doug Rand (Season 1) and Vincent Tong in English) - the titular character and main protagonist. She is a female cheerful and energetic but dangerously emotionally unstable tree frog who's always looking for games to play with her so-called "buddies". While normally gentle and loving (though she does have several crueler moments), when pushed too far, Kaeloo enters an intense rage that transforms her into the hulking "Bad Kaeloo". Throughout the series, it is heavily implied that Kaeloo may have a crush on Mr. Cat, who also happens to have a crush on her. Kaeloo is gender-ambiguous in the French dub of the show; no one knowing her gender is a running gag, and it's implied that she is non-binary and goes by she/he pronouns. She is re-written to be female in most of the other dubs of the series; however, the Italian, Serbian and Hindi dubs, and the first 10 episodes in the English dub have her re-written as male, with the former three dubs editing out any suggestive scenes between her and Mr. Cat.
- Bad Kaeloo (Bad Kaelou) (voiced by Emmanuel Garijo in French and Doug Rand (Season 1) and Ian Hanlin (Season 5) in English) - Whenever Kaeloo gets angry or frustrated enough, she transforms into this form, a male hulking and brutish yet slow-witted toad. While she has stated in an early episode that the transformations must be triggered by anger, she has been seen in several episodes deliberately taking this form to cheat at games that require a level of physical prowess or to intimidate others. The transformations seem to be accompanied by a profound drop in intellectual capacity and reasoning, later followed by remorse once she returns to her "normal" form. This implies that Bad Kaeloo's actions are usually beyond her conscious control. It is hinted at in one episode that this personality will become the dominant one later in her life, though another episode set in the future contradicted this.
Stumpy (Moignon) (voiced by Rémi Chapotot in French and Doug Rand (Pilot and Season 1)) - an extremely dim-witted and accident-prone red squirrel, fascinated by video games, alongside explosions, superpowers, intergalactic wars and anything remotely dangerous. He has little-to-no sense of reality and is often delusional and immature, but generally means well. Stumpy aspires to be like his idol, comic book hero Mr. Coolskin. He hates books without pictures, being made fun of, other people touching his things, and washing. Whenever he doesn't understand something (which is often), is afraid or otherwise agitated, he spouts gibberish as his neck spasms erratically.
Quack-Quack (Coin-Coin) (voiced by Rémi Chapotot in French and Doug Rand in English) - a diaper-wearing duck who can only say his name. Whilst still in his egg, his parents were killed by a hunter. He was taken into a laboratory as a duckling and repeatedly experimented on. He was made indestructible (explaining his numerous stitches), intelligent, extremely lucky and addicted to yogurt. He is afraid of three things: doctors, never finding his creator and expired yogurt.
Mr. Cat (Monsieur Chat) (Hector) (voiced by Philippe Spiteri in French and Christian Erickson (Pilot), Mike Powers (Season 1) in English) - the main antagonist/anti-hero, a greedy bengal cat, who's an alcoholic and a cheater, always wants to win, and is even willing to cheat to do so. He especially enjoys torturing Quack Quack, which upsets Kaeloo and is the usual cause of her transformation into Bad Kaeloo. Despite (or perhaps because of) Kaeloo's transformations, he seems to have developed a crush on her; the feeling is reciprocated, and while they are not officially a couple, the other characters often talk about their feelings for each other and about them becoming a couple. As a result of this crush, he occasionally tries to make romantic advances towards her, which she rejects; in cases where Kaeloo makes advances on him, he also rejects her for unknown reasons. Despite all of the factors mentioned above, he is Kaeloo's closest friend and remains loyal to her even when others, including Stumpy and Quack Quack, turn against her. It is implied in several episodes that he had an extremely difficult past and had terrible relationships with his family, especially his brothers. Over the course of the series, he steadily becomes much nicer as a person, though he never completely sheds his cynical and tough edge.

Secondary

Later seasons of the show introduce new characters:

Season 2

Pretty (voiced by Dorothée Pousséo) - a pink rabbit fashionista who is obsessed with fashion and all things stereotypically "girly". She is selfish, narcissistic, aggressive and regularly puts down those around her for petty reasons. Pretty has a crush on Mr. Cat (not that the feeling is even close to being reciprocated) and will go to extreme lengths to woo him. In season 5, Pretty befriends the four main characters, stops bullying them, and gets over her crush on Mr. Cat.
Eugly (voiced by Rémi Chapotot) - Pretty's fraternal twin sister and polar opposite. Unlike Pretty, Eugly is ugly and fat, but has a very nice personality. Eugly is very emotional, and will burst into floods of tears at even the slightest insult. She eventually becomes Quack Quack's girlfriend. In season 5, Eugly leaves Smileyland to attend an art school, and her role is reduced to occasional cameos as a result.
Olaf (voiced by Féodor Atkine) - an insane emperor penguin who would like to take over the world and cover it with ice, but is ultimately ineffectual. He is married to an ice cube named Olga and has a robot fridge named Serguei. In season 5, Olaf is now an artist.

Season 5

The Rules of the Games/Game Rule (La Règle du Jeu/M. Règle) (voiced by Valentin Papoudof in French and Travis Turner in English) - A floating robot-alien that acts like a personification of the rules who imposes bizarre penalties on people who break the rules. They are non-binary and they are the overarching antagonist of season 5.
Stumpy's sisters (all voiced by Emilie Rollot) - In the first four seasons, a running gag was that everyone (occasionally including Stumpy himself) didn't know if Stumpy's siblings were real or not, and jokes would often rely on their existence being ambiguous. Starting in Season 5, the existence of them (seven younger sisters) is finally confirmed, and the gag is retired as a result. In order, they are:
- Checkout (Ardoise) - The helpful one who is good at handling finances and marketing.
- Moldie (Cramoisie) - The one who likes insulting and harassing others.
- Lavanade - The quiet one with supernatural powers.
- Me-Me (Nombril) - Stumpy's younger sister who always wants people's attention, especially his.
- Poucave - An inquisitive child who wants to become a journalist, which she practices for by spying on people to write about them.
- Purplish (Violasse) - The one who carries a balloon everywhere and has terrible luck that constantly lands her into bad situations.
- Vitamin (Vitamine) - Stumpy's sister who is so hyperactive that she moves at super speed and cannot interact with the world around her.

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released	Network
Pilot	1	2007 (2007)		Unaired
1	52	June 6, 2010 (2010-06-06)	October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)	Canal+
2	52	December 1, 2012 (2012-12-01)	January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
3	46	December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18)	March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)
4	52	December 25, 2019 (2019-12-25)	January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)
5	39	April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08)	April 13, 2023 (2023-04-13)	Canal+ Kids

Release 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".^{[citation needed]}

DVD release

Kaeloo: Hide and Hunt was released on Region 4 DVD by Beyond Home Entertainment on 1 December 2011.^[3] It contains the first 13 episodes of the English dub of Season 1.

As of 2025, the remaining four seasons of the show have not been released on DVD.

International broadcasts

Region/Country	Network/Channel	Notes
France	Canal+, Canal+ Kids, C8 and Télétoon+	Only seasons 1 and 2 aired on C8, while season 3 was on Télétoon+^[2]
Belgium	RTBF, Ouftivi	Aired since 3 February 2012
Portugal	Panda Biggs	From 2013 to 2014
Australia	NITV	Currently airing every day at 7:30 a.m.
Ukraine	K1	(only in English) From 2015 to 2016
United Kingdom	CBBC	From 2013 to 2017
Indonesia	RTV	Since 2022
Poland	Teletoon+	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	Ultra, Pink Super Kids, Dexy TV, Vavoom, Pikaboo	Only seasons 1, 2 and 3
Saudi Arabia	MBC 3	Only season 4
Iran	Afarinak	Only season 1
Hungary	TBA	Since 2025

As of 2025, the show is not available in the United States, Spain, Latin America, Germany, Romania, and the Netherlands.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2011	Kids Screen Awards	Kids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for the Family category.^[4]	Won
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).	Won
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).	Nominated
2011	Kids Screen Awards	Kids Screen Awards for Best Series of the Year for Class Family.	Nominated

Adaptations

In other media

Video game

A video game adapted from the series titled Kaeloo Rush was released on Android on July 18, 2016. In this game, Kaeloo must protect Quack-Quack and Smileyland at large from Mr. Cat's ammunition. The game contains 40 levels. Unfortunately, it has been unavailable in France since 2023 for unknown reasons.

Comic book

Kaeloo is a comic book series based on the cartoon of the same name. The first issue, titled Let's Play... was released in July 2018.

References

^ "KAELOO | remichapotot". remichapotot.fr.
^ ^a ^b "Kaeloo". facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
^ "Kaeloo: Hide and Hunt at Beyond Home Entertainment". Beyond Home Entertainment. 2011-12-01. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
^ "des NEWS de l'anim - N°40" (in French). Animation-france.fr. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

External links

Official website Archived 2023-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
Kaeloo at IMDb

[1] "KAELOO | remichapotot". remichapotot.fr.

[:0-2] "Kaeloo". facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

[3] "Kaeloo: Hide and Hunt at Beyond Home Entertainment". Beyond Home Entertainment. 2011-12-01. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

[4] "des NEWS de l'anim - N°40" (in French). Animation-france.fr. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

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