History WesternAnimation / Caillou

** [[SelectiveEnforcement Only Caillou was talked to]] for calling Clementine "stupid" in "Caillou's Cross Word"; Leo wasn't shown at all to have given the same talk from his mom, nor was the big kid who taught Caillou and Leo the word was punished in any way.

In 2016, when Creator/WildBrain (the current owners of the TV series), began a Website/YouTube reboot called ''Caillou's New Adventures'', created through their UK-based [=WildBrain=] Spark division. While the first episodes were remakes of older episodes, overtime they started making new original episodes. This series uses a different art style as well as a New York based cast unlike the original's Montreal based cast, with Laurie Hymes voicing the titular character and Creator/MikePollock voicing Caillou's dad.

* AscendedMeme: The Website/GoAnimate "grounded" videos went full circle when Creator/WildBrain released various ''New Adventures'' episodes where Caillou actually gets grounded.

In September 2021, it was announced that the series was going to get [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] specials based on seasonal events, with them airing on Creator/{{Family Jr}} throughout 2022. Later in June 2022, it was announced the specials were also going to premiere on Creator/{{Peacock}} in the US in the same time frame, alongside a new series that was set for 2023. However because of ScheduleSlip, the series is now going to premiere in February 2024 instead.

''Caillou'' is a Canadian animated children's series. It was based on a French-language book series from Quebec by author Christine L'Heureux, illustrator Hélène Desputeaux, and published by Chouette Publishing. Produced by [[Creator/{{CookieJarEntertainment}} CINAR]] (later known as Cookie Jar Entertainment), the series originally premiered as a set of sixty-five, five minute shorts on Creator/{{Teletoon}}[[note]] with it being first show to air on the channel.[[/note]]from 1997 to 1998, with four more seasons airing from 2000 to 2010. For it's final season, it moved to Creator/TreehouseTV like some other Teletoon-produced preschool shows. In the US, Creator/{{PBS}} would pick it up in 2000 for their then newly rebranded Creator/PBSKids block where it would air there until late 2020.

''Caillou'' is a Canadian animated children's series. Originally produced in French for the Quebec market, it was based on the books from the late 1980s and early 1990s by author Christine L'Heureux, illustrator Hélène Desputeaux, and published by Chouette Publishing. Created by [[Creator/{{CookieJarEntertainment}} CINAR]] (later known as Cookie Jar Entertainment), the series originally premiered as a set of sixty-five, five minute shorts on Creator/{{Teletoon}}[[note]]''Caillou'' was the first show to air on the channel.[[/note]] from 1997 to 1998.

The series is about a four-year-old boy named Caillou, learning about the world around him with his friends (including Leo, Clementine, and Sarah), and family (with Mommy, Daddy, his little sister, Rosie, and his pet cat, Gilbert). The first season had a FramingDevice with a grandmother reading stories about Caillou to her grandchildren.

The show was picked up for a second season of 20 episodes in 2000. A few changes were made, such as Caillou wearing a yellow shirt instead of a white/grey one, the grandma narrator now being a UnseenCharacter, and the episodes were now around 20 minutes long with four (sometimes five) shorts being grouped together.

Around this time, the series was picked up by Creator/{{PBS}} to air on its then newly rebranded Creator/PBSKids block. The show had many changes, such as the addition of various content to fit a half-hour timeslot, which included puppet segments (starring Gilbert, Caillou's teddy bear Teddy, Caillou's stuffed dinosaur Rexy, and sometimes a squirrel named [=DeeDee=]), a song segment with a music group called "Caillettes", and a "real kids" segment, which had footage of kids doing activities relating to the topic of the episode. The show was a hit on PBS, and it received high viewership from preschoolers (with the show at one point being the fourth most watched preschool program in the US, according to CINAR's old website, at least).

The show was picked up for a third season of 13 episodes in 2001. On PBS airings the show had plenty of changes. The puppets and real kids took up less time compared to the animated segments, as well as [=DeeDee=] being cut from the puppet segments. There was also a game segment with the puppets. Although the show remained mostly the same on PBS. A DirectToDVD ChristmasSpecial called ''Caillou's Holiday Movie'' was released in 2003. Its about Caillou and his family celebrating Christmas and learning about other holidays and cultures.

The series however, didn't get any new productions until 2005, when a fourth season of 20 episodes was picked up. The series was now using [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash Animation]] and Caillou was now going to preschool with his friends. There was also an [[Main/MrImagination imagination sequence]] in every episode. In the PBS broadcasts, the puppet and real kids segments were completely removed, and only the song segments (without the Caillettes) remained. The game segments also remained, but it featured Caillou instead of the puppets. Around this time, the show premiered on the then-new [[Creator/{{Sprout}} PBS Kids Sprout]] (later just Sprout and now Creator/UniversalKids) channel. The show lasted for along time on Sprout and stayed on the channel, even after it changed to Universal Kids and lost the PBS Kids branding, until March 2019, when the channel lost the rights to the show.

The series was picked up for a fifth and final season of 26 episodes in 2009. Around this time, the series switched channels in Canada from Teletoon to Creator/TreehouseTV. The season was now being animated with UsefulNotes/ToonBoom, by a company called Creator/ClockworkZoo, a South African animation studio. The song segments were removed and only the normal animated episode segments remained. For unknown reasons, the fifth season didn't air on PBS until 2013, which was around the time [[Creator/{{WildBrain}} DHX Media]] (now [=WildBrain=]) bought Cookie Jar in 2012. To fill in time, the PBS broadcasts had shortened season four episodes placed after the second ''Caillou'' short.

Despite the original series' popularity, it was never picked up for a sixth season, and the series aired its last episode in October 2010. The series still aired as reruns on PBS Kids, and had some new material released, with books and mobile games, but there was no sign of a new animated series...

...Until late 2016, when Creator/WildBrain (the current owners of the TV series), began a Website/YouTube reboot called ''Caillou's New Adventures''. The first episodes were remakes of older episodes. But overtime, they started making new original episodes. This series uses a different art style as well as a completely different voice cast with only two known voice actors, Laurie Hymes, (best known for being the dub voice of Lillie in Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon) who voices Caillou, and Creator/MikePollock, (best known for being the current voice of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].) voicing Caillou's Dad.

By the end of 2020, the show was dropped from the PBS Kids schedule. Creator/{{Cartoonito}} USA later picked up reruns of the series for a September 2021 release.

In September 2021, it was announced that the series is going to get new TV content in the form of five [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] specials based on seasonal events. They're set to air on Creator/{{Family Jr}} in 2022, with the first special, titled "Rosie the Giant", airing July 10th. In June 2022, it was announced the specials are also going to be on Creator/{{Peacock}} in the US, alongside a new series.

* LicensedGame: About a dozen or so edutainment titles for the PC/Mac. There's also an iPhone audiobook app.

* MatchCut: Happens in one episode, when Callou's family needs their luggage onto a train.

** In "Caillou Gets Sick", Caillou wakes up with a fever. Later on, chicken pox starts to appear on his body and he has to take a few baths throughout the episode. His mother cheers him up by putting red dots on one of his toy dinosaurs.

* EpisodeOnAPlane: "Caillou Rides an Airplane" which features Caillou and his family riding on a plane while going on vacation. He gets to have breakfast on a plane, plays with Boris's and even gets to watch how the pilot flies the plane.

* AscendedMeme: The Website/GoAnimate "grounded" videos went full circle when Creator/WildBrain released various ''New Adventures'' episodes were Caillou actually gets grounded.

* AreWeThereYet: In "Caillou Rides a Plane," Caillou asks this to Daddy shortly after they've taken off. He also asks Mommy this in "A House in the Sky" three different times as he is bored from the long car ride they are taking.

* AscendedMeme: The Website/GoAnimate "grounded" videos went full circle when Creator/WildBrain released a ''New Adventures'' episode called... "Caillou Gets Grounded".

The series was picked up for a fifth and final season of 26 episodes in 2009. Around this time, the series switched channels in Canada from Teletoon to Creator/TreehouseTV. The season was now being animated with UsefulNotes/ToonBoom, by a company called Clockwork [=Zoo=], a South African animation studio. The song segments were removed and only the normal animated episode segments remained. For unknown reasons, the fifth season didn't air on PBS until 2013, which was around the time [[Creator/{{WildBrain}} DHX Media]] (now [=WildBrain=]) bought Cookie Jar in 2012. To fill in time, the PBS broadcasts had shortened season four episodes placed after the second ''Caillou'' short.

* ThreeAmigos: Caillou, Leo, and Clementine are usually the three friends shown together.

...Until late 2016, when Creator/WildBrain (the current owners of the Caillou cartoon), began a Website/YouTube reboot called ''Caillou's New Adventures''. The first episodes were remakes of older episodes. But overtime, they started making new original episodes. This series uses a different art style as well as a completely different voice cast with only two known voice actors, Laurie Hymes, (best known for being the dub voice of Lillie in Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon) who voices Caillou, and Creator/MikePollock, (best known for being the current voice of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].) voicing Caillou's Dad.

Around this time, the series was picked up by Creator/{{PBS}} to air on its then newly rebranded Creator/PBSKids block. The show had many changes, such as the addition of various content to fit a half-hour timeslot, which included puppet segments (starring Gilbert, Caillou's teddy bear Teddy, Caillou's stuffed dinosaur Rexy, and sometimes a squirrel named [=DeeDee=]), a song segment with a music group called "Caillettes", and a "real kids" segment, which had footage of kids doing activities relating to the topic of the episode. The show was a hit on PBS, and it received high viewership from preschoolers (with the show at one point being the fourth most watched preschool program in the US, according to Cinar's old website, at least).

** ''Caillou's New Adventures'' has an episode called "Caillou Plays Videogames" where Caillou and Clementime play a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' like game called [[Main/LawyerFriendlyCameo "Dig And Build"]]. They even imagine themselves being in the game and Gilbert is seen as a mod from the game.

The series however, didn't get any new productions until 2005, when a fourth season of 20 episodes was picked up. The series was now using [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash Animation]] and Caillou was now going to preschool with his friends. There was also an [[Main/MrImagination imagination sequence]] in every episode. In the PBS broadcasts, the puppet and real kids segments were completely removed, and only the song segments (without the Caillettes) remained. The game segments also remained, but it featured Caillou instead of the puppets. Around this time, the show premiered on the than new [[Creator/{{Sprout}} PBS Kids Sprout]] (later just Sprout and now Creator/UniversalKids) channel. The show lasted for along time on Sprout and stayed on the channel, even after it changed to Universal Kids and lost the PBS Kids branding, until March 2019, when the channel lost the rights to the show.

* BlackBeadEyes: Rosie, Sarah, Clementine, and her family all have this kind of eyes.

* BlackBeadEyes: Rosie, Clementine, and her family all have this kind of eyes.

** Leo and Clementine in "Three's a Crowd"; they aren't scolded for yelling at Caillou and telling him they don't want to play with him because he had accidentally knocked over their sandcastle and broke Clementine's bucket.

** Cartoonito's airing of ''Big Brother Caillou'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1wn3uQbNIk cuts out the scene where Caillou pinches Rosie.]]
** Cartoonito's airing of ''Caillou's Quarrel'' cuts out most of Caillou's yelling at Clementine, going straight to Caillou telling her he doesn't want to play anymore after Clementine suggests the tea party.