The Ollie & Moon Show (also known as Ollie & Moon) is a French-American-Canadian animated children's television series developed by Diane Kredensor, Robert Vargas and David Michel. It is based on the Ollie & Moon book series.
The series debuted on Sprout in the United States on May 27, 2017, and was carried over when the channel became Universal Kids months later. Season 2 was released on Max in 2021 instead of being aired on Universal Kids. The series was removed from Max in August 2022.
The duo, six-year-old cats Ollie and Moon, along with their travel buddy Stanley the Snail, who all have an appetite for adventure. While they're best friends, they have different personality types. Moon is the more adventurous of the two, and Ollie tends to err on the side of caution more often than not. When the cheery Moon gets an idea, she often drags Ollie with her on an expedition around the world. Along the way, they teach viewers about the benefits of unlikely friendships and global citizenship.
The Ollie & Moon Show contains examples of:
- The Ahnold: One of the characters in the show, Chad Gastropodnote , is a large muscular snail who speaks with a thick Austrian accent.
- Animated Adaptation: Of the book series.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Stanley in the episode, "Lotta Likes South Africa", used Moon's catchphrase.
- Stanley: "This snail's having brainstorm!"
- Break the Cutie: Throughout the show, Moon often goes through this whenever she realizes her reckless antics have caused more harm than good. However, she was at her most miserable in "A tree grows in Sweden". When Ollie preferred hanging out with Becca by the unhappy tone in her voiceMoon: Maybe he doesn't want us to plant a tree together anymore. Maybe he doesn't even want to be my friend anymore...
- Catchphrase:
- Moon: "I'm having a brainstorm!" (or just "Brainstorm!")
- Often followed by:Ollie: When you have a brainstorm, I get dragged off somewhere.
- Often followed by:
- Flight Attendant: Yay!
- Even one of the Chuck Cunningham Syndrome characters, Sasha in "The Russian Doll Disaster", has one, which is used exactly three times:"It's a tragedy! It's a disaster! It's utterly unfixable!"
- Moon: "I'm having a brainstorm!" (or just "Brainstorm!")
- Cats Hate Water: Inverted with Moon, but played straight with Ollie until he overcomes his disliking.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Some minor characters suffer this.
- Cool Aunt: Char, is Ollie's adventurous aunt who is an explorer and astronaut, who likes to travel to different places and send postcards to Ollie.
- Cool Old Guy: Moon's grandfather, Paw Paw, is an international seller, and also likes to plan treasure hunts for her and Ollie as seen in "Treasure Hunt in Jordan".
- Episode Title Card: One appears at the beginning of every episode, narrated by Stanley.
- Feud Episode: Ollie and Moon sometimes have these, but are always back together at the end.
- Genial Giraffe: Geraldine in "The Lion Whisperer".
- Green Around the Gills: Ollie every time he gets motion-sickness. This also happened to Moon in "Rockin' Cats in Finland".
- Medium Blending: The show features 2D animated characters in realistic backgrounds.
- Never Say "Die": In episodes such as "The Lion Whisperer" and "The Russian Doll Whisperer", the characters are only able to get as close to saying "doomed", rather than something like "dead".
- New Friend Envy: In the episode, "A tree grows in Sweden", Moon gets very jealous that Ollie enjoyed helping Becca plant trees, and they realize how much in common they have. This made Moon feel excluded or left out more often by both of them.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: "You Mermaid My Day".
- Also, Moon dresses like a mermaid again in the episode, "New York Party Animals".
- Rage Breaking Point: Throughout the show, Ollie is always annoyed whenever he has to put up with Moon's shenanigans; however, when Moon chooses the wrong mule for them in "Moon's Greek Cookie Craving", he most likely hits his rage breaking point, judging by how he raises his voice at her.Ollie: MOOOOOON!!! We could've had... Gentle... Georgios... Or Fuzzy-Wuzzy McSweetiekins. And you rushed off... WITH STUBBORN STEFANOS!?!?!
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Ollie is the Savvy Guy while Moon is the Energetic Girl.
- Scream Discretion Shot:
- In "Finding the Rhythm in Cuba", when Ollie suddenly goes missing in the Cuban jungle, Stanley calls out for Ollie, to the point of screaming out his name while a wide shot of the jungle is shown.
- In "The Russian Doll Disaster", when Ollie and Moon are lost in the forest:Ollie: Without the map, we'll never find a way back to Sasha's!Moon: Those cookies made me really thirsty.Ollie: I don't have any water, do you?Moon: (shakes her head, while chuckling nervously)(Beat, as we cut to Ollie's shocked expression. We then cut to a wide shot of the forest shaking.)Ollie: WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!
- Stock Audio Clip: In "Italian Gelato Twist", when Ollie and Moon argue over how they pronounce "tomato", one of the voice clips of Moon saying "To-MAH-to!" is used twice.
- Stubborn Mule: In the episode, "Moon's Greek Cookie Craving", one of the mules, Stubborn Stefanos, really does live up to his name.
- Title Theme Tune:I'll be there for you
Whatever you do
I'll be there with you
Ollie and Moon! - Trademark Favorite Food: For Ollie, it's cheese.
- Vine Swing: In "The Malaysian Butterfly Chase", while chasing after Ollie's "Special Explorer's Hat", Moon and tiger cub Tuah do this, complete with Moon doing the Tarzan yell.
- You Say Tomato: The episode "Italian Gelato Twist", shows that Ollie pronounces "tomato" as "to-may-to", while Moon prefers to pronounce it as "to-mah-to".
