History Series / LesMinikeums

* {{Parody}}: "Keums Lanta" parodies the {{Robinsonade}} RealityTV show ''Koh Lanta''.

''Les Minikeums'' is a French [[SaturdayMorningKidsShow morning and afternoon kids show]] with {{puppet|shows}}s, the first iteration of which started airing in 1993 on the public channel France 3. Some of the puppeteers and the workshop of Alain Duverne (which made the puppets) also worked on Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo''.

** Loulou is the new singing blond girl, but she's smarter than Vaness was.

** Pog is based on a famous French soccer player of the national team and world champion (Paul Pogba) like Zidou was (Zinedine Zidane), but appears more frequently than the latter (who was a SixthRanger in the original show after France won the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA World Cup]] in 1998). Pog doesn't have a Marseille accent unlike Zidou, and was actually added before France won the World Cup for the second time in 2018.

** Keva is as jolly, mischievous and situationally dumb like Coco was, but he's overall nicer.

** The ''Cinékeum'' series parodies the likes of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' and more.

* SongParody: Vaness and Zaza once made a music video parodying the "Twins" song from the film ''Film/TheYoungGirlsOfRochefort''.
* SpeechImpediment: Zaza has a lisp.

** The skits "Les Mystères de l'étrange" ("Mysteries of the strange") are a parody of ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* NerdGlasses: Bernard is the nerdiest character, being both knowledgeable on a lot of subjects and slightly socially awkward, and he has glasses.
* OfficialCouple: Jojo and Vaness.

** In one skit, Keva is seen reading ''[[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51V5VWX6DML._SX381_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg L'Almanakeum]]'', an almanac book that was part of [[invoked]]TheMerch of the 1990s show. The cover features the old logo, Coco, Nag, Josy and the Bogoss Five band.
* {{Pun}}s: Keva loves his puns.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Riha and Loulou.

** Mamikette's skit usually parodied {{Cooking Show}}s, her character being based on French cooking show host Marie-Thérèse Ordonez aka "Maïté".

* YoungerAndHipper: The [[TheNewTens 2010s]] celebrities the revival show's puppets are modelled after are younger than the [[TheNineties 1990s]] celebrities imitated by the original show's puppets were back in the day, and the target demographic audience of most of said 2010s celebrities is younger as well. Until they reached a certain age or were told by adults, 1990s kids couldn't guess who most of the original generation Minikeums were modelled after with maybe the exception of Creator/GerardDepardieu and Zinedine Zidane, while the likes of Kev Adams and Norman Thavaud are well known by 2010s kids. Also, Keva and Normy being respectively based on the (currently) most popular comedic actor among children and teens and a web video creator who's also popular among the same demographic instead of old-school actors or TV hosts speaks volumes about the show wanting to appeal to nowadays' youth.

** Keva is as jolly and mischievous as Coco was, but he's overall nicer.

** Normy is the new laid back klutz, and he's a teen instead of an office slacker like Nag was, and he's more science-oriented.

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''Les Minikeums'' is a French [[SaturdayMorningKidsShow morning and afternoon kids show]] with {{puppet|shows}}s, the first iteration of which started airing in 1993 on the public channel France 3. Some of the puppeteers and the workshop that made the puppets also worked on Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo''.

The show's first iteration ran from 1993 to 2000. France 3 youth programs head manager Eve Baron then decided, despite great audience ratings, to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork "modernize" the show]] at the TurnOfTheMillennium, renaming it ''MNK'', reducing the lineup to 7 puppets, suppressing the comedic skits and replacing the colorful and {{practical|effects}} sets with a grey futuristic city background in CGI. Audience ratings predictably plummeted and the show was terminated in 2002.

* YoungerAndHipper: The [[TheNewTens 2010s]] celebrities the revival show's puppets are modelled after are younger than the [[TheNineties 1990s]] celebrities imitated by the original show's puppets were back in the day, and the target demographic audience of most of said 2010s celebrities is younger as well.
** Until they reached a certain age or were told by adults, 1990s kids couldn't guess who most of the original generation Minikeums were modelled after with maybe the exception of Creator/GerardDepardieu and Zinedine Zidane, while the likes of Kev Adams and Norman Thavaud are well known by 2010s kids. Also, Keva and Normy being respectively based on the (currently) most popular comedic actor among children and teens and a web video creator who's also popular among the same demographic instead of old-school actors or TV hosts speaks volumes about the show wanting to appeal to nowadays' youth.

** Until they reached a certain age or were told by adults, 1990s kids couldn't guess who most of the original generation Minikeums were modelled after with maybe the exception of Creator/GerardDepardieu and Zinedine Zidane, while the likes of Kev Adams and Norman Thavaud are well known by 2010s kids. Also, Keva and Normy being respectively based on the most popular comedic actor among children and teens and a web video creator who's popular among the same demographic instead of old-school actors or TV hosts speaks volumes about the show wanting to appeal to nowadays' youth.

* YoungerAndHipper: The [[TheNewTens 2010s]] celebrities the revival show's puppets are modelled after are younger than the [[TheNineties 1990s]] celebrities imitated by the original show's puppets were back in the day, and the target demographic audience of most of said 2010s celebrities is younger as well. Until they reached a certain age or were told by adults, 1990s kids couldn't guess who most of the original generation Minikeums were modelled after with maybe the exception of Creator/GerardDepardieu and Zinedine Zidane, while the likes of Kev Adams and Norman Thavaud are well known by 2010s kids. Also, Keva and Normy being respectively based on the most popular comedic actor among children and teens and a web video creator who's popular among the same demographic instead of old-school actors or TV hosts speaks volumes about the show wanting to appeal to nowadays' youth.

* SpinningPaper: The 1994 opening of the show had newspapers and gossip magazines featuring the characters spinning on the screen.

** The team's mascot is a blue dog (Hirsute) instead of a brown koala (Léon).

* TeamPet: Hirsute, a blue dog with a lion-like mane.

** ''WesternAnimation/Catdog'' (as ''Michat-Michien'')

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