Kaeloo is a French All-CGI Cartoon created by Rémi Chapotot and Jean-François Henry and produced by Cube Creative. The series follows the misadventures of a group of Funny Animals living on a planet called Smileyland, of which they are the only inhabitants. The leader of this band of animals is the eponymous Kaeloo, a joyous, hyperactive, and fun-loving frog who loves nothing more than playing games. Every episode, Kaeloo organizes an activity and drags the other inhabitants of Smileyland — who are a dimwitted and erratic squirrel named Stumpy, a Nigh-Invulnerable but unintelligible duck named Quack Quack, and a conniving Jerkass feline named Mr. Cat — into it. These games are typical children's fare, like hopscotch, dodgeball, playing doctor, and Simon Says, but Kaeloo and her friends are anything but typical. To these critters, the activities they engage are Serious Business, and combined with their manic personalities, the results are non-stop insanity that must be seen to be believed.
Oh, and Once per Episode, Kaeloo loses her patience with the chaos that arises from their fun (usually the result of Mr. Cat causing trouble) and Hulks Out into a giant, raging toad named Bad Kaeloo. Later episodes would add new characters to the mix to jack up the madness, including Polar Opposite Twin rabbits Pretty and Eugly, the villainous penguin Olaf, and a robot referee that inflicts absurd punishments on rulebreakers.
But the show's wild nature doesn't stop at the surreal nonsense and over-the-top slapstick that Kaeloo and the rest indulge in during their weird and crazy games. Due to the more lax censors French kids' cartoons face compared to their American counterparts, the series is notorious for its boatloads of Demographically Inappropriate Humor and Family-Unfriendly Violence. While this has understandably limited its distribution in the States, it has earned the series a cult following that is more often than not shocked to learn the show is even for children.
Kaeloo began life in 2007 as a 3-minute animated short film titled Kaelou: Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3 (which was adapted into the show's third episode). This pilot was shown at the MIPTV Media Market and caught the attention of Cube Creative, who greenlit a full series out of it. The series made its proper debut on June 6, 2010 on Canal+ Family in France, being soon followed by a second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons in 2012, 2017, 2020, and 2023 respectively. It has also enjoyed great international distribution, including CBBC in Britain, NITV in Australia, RTBF in Belgium, Panda Biggs in Portugal, K1 in Ukraine, and Smile TV in Greece.
You can check out the show's character page here. It also has pages for trivia, Shout Outs, and episode recaps. It also has its own wiki
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