History Series / ClubDorothee

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}} and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Anime were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies that involved a fair share of CulturalPosturing, but undeniably contributed to shape France's [[UsefulNotes/TheJapaneseInvasion modern appetite for anime and manga]].

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}} and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Anime were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies, but undeniably contributed to shape France's [[UsefulNotes/TheJapaneseInvasion modern appetite for anime and manga]].

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}} and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Anime were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies, but undeniably contributed to shape France's modern appetite for anime and manga.

An official [=YouTube=] channel, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEJbKfzHlnszu5_dfeDhY5w Génération Club Do]]'', has uploaded hours of restored footage of the show, music clips, homages from people of that generation as well as some anime that have fallen into PublicDomain.

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}} and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Anime were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies, but undeniably formed France's modern appetite for anime and manga.

* ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' (1991) (as ''Harry et les Henderson'')

* ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs'' (as ''Papa Longues Jambes'')

* ''Anime/PrincessSarah''

* ''Anime/TheSwissFamilyRobinsonFloneOfTheMysteriousIsland'' (as ''Flo et les Robinson suisses'')

** ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' (as ''Bioman 3: Liveman'')

* ''Franchise/CareBears'' (as ''Les Bisounours'')

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (as ''Docteur Who''; only six Fourth Doctor serials were broadcast[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace The Ark in Space]]" as "L'Arche dans l'Espace", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" as "La Genèse des Daleks", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen Revenge of the Cybermen]]" as "La Revanche des Cybernators", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" as "La Terreur des Zygons" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]" as "La Planète Diabolique"[[/note]])

It was essentially a {{variety show}} that combined {{game|show}}s for children, {{edutainment}}, concerts, {{music video|tropes}}s, comedic skits and broadcasting of animated and live action series, and was hosted by the eponymous Dorothée ({{stage name|s}} of Frédérique Hoschedé, born July 14th 1953), who built up a gigantic network of ancillary co-stars, music bands, gags, sets etc. She previously hosted some kids shows on Antenne 2 in TheEighties with much success, but none was as big as this one would become. The show also launched the careers of quite a few French acting and show business personalities.

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}}s and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Anime were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies, but undeniably formed France's modern appetite for anime.

For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[{{Macekre}} worse]], this show introduced France to a number of {{anime}}s and [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu series]] -- French audiences got their first taste of ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and countless others there. Animes were already broadcast on French TV in TheEighties, but not on such a massive scale. It did not go without some infamous AnimationAgeGhetto controversies, but undeniably left a mark, considering France's modern appetite for animes.

An official [=YouTube=] channel, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEJbKfzHlnszu5_dfeDhY5w Génération Club Do]]'', has uploaded hours of restored footage of the show, music clips, homages from people of that generation as well as some animes that have fallen into PublicDomain.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Happened all the time to Japanese and American cartoons broadcast here. The opening songs for them were sung by people from the show, most (in)famously Bernard Minet and Ariane Carletti a.k.a. Ariane, one of Dorothée's five regular co-hosts. Although, for some of the anime series listed above (such as ''Captain Tsubasa'', ''Attacker You'', or ''Creamy Mami''), the alternative openings were not made by this show, because these animes originally aired on ''La Cinq'', a now dead channel which also had its own alternative theme songs for anime series.

* ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' (1991) (as 'Harry et les Henderson'')

* ''Series/PunkyBrewster''

* ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' (as ''Bioman'')

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (as ''Docteur Who''; only six Fourth Doctor serials were broadcast[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace The Ark in Space]]" as "L'Arche dans l'Espace", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" as "La Genèse des Daleks", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen Revenge of the Cybermen]]" as "La Revanche des Cybernators", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" as "La Terreur des Zygons" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]" as "La Planète Diabolique"[[/note]])

* ''[[WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985 ThunderCats]]'' (as ''Cosmocats'')

* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''

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* ''Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari'' (as ''Les Quatre Filles du docteur March'')

* ''Literature/LittleWomen'' (both 1981 and [[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari 1987]] versions)

* ExcitedkidsShowHost: Arianne Carletti, who was possibly also the ManicPixieDreamGirl for many.

* GenkiGirl: Arianne Carletti was a living version.

!!Series that were broadcast in the original show (with their French names):

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Sadly, Ariane Carletti ("La pétillante Ariane Carletti, l'éternelle complice de Dorothée,") died on September 9th 2019. A natiln of French people who remembered her as a child duly mourned.

* ''Manga/DaiNoDaibouken'' (as ''Fly'')

* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' (a ''Inspecteur Gadget'')

* ''Around The World In Eighty Dreams'' (''Les Aventures de Carlos'')

* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''

* ''Anime/MahoNoMakoChan'' (as ''Makko'')