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3''Sandbox/StellaAndSam''
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5! Drafts for pages on international animation studios
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7Creator/RadicalSheepProductions
8[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/radical_sheep_productions_logo.jpg]]
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10Radical Sheep Productions is a Canadian television production company established in 1985 and based in Toronto, Ontario.
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12The studio is known for its work on children's shows, including puppet series, live-action works, and cartoons. Their most famous production is doubtlessly ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', which earned them a great deal of critical acclaim, including multiple awards. However, they are also well remembered for their puppetry, having constructed beloved icons of Canadian kids TV like Series/{{Zoboomafoo}} through their puppet workshop Sheep Shop until its shutdown in 2002. Later on in their life, they also created {{Animated Adaptation}}s of kids books, such as ''Stella and Sam'' (based on the ''Stella'' and ''Sam'' series by Marie-Louise Gay), ''WesternAnimation/TheBagelAndBeckyShow'' (based on ''Bagel's Lucky Hat'' by Dave Cooper), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' (based on the ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' series by Michael Rex).
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14In 2016, they were acquired by Canadian entertainment conglomerate Boat Rocker Media (who also own Creator/JamFilledEntertainment), which currently operates them as their family and children's media division, although they have not produced any new series since 2018.
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16! Radical Sheep Productions has done work on the following series:
17* ''Ali Baa Baa'sToy Box'' (pilot)
18* ''Film/AlligatorPie''
19* ''Amigo and Me''
20* ''WesternAnimation/TheBagelAndBeckyShow''
21* ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch''
22* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}''
23* ''Series/JustForLaughs Gags''
24* ''Series/LandOHands''
25* ''The Longhouse Tales''
26* ''Series/TheNextStep''
27* ''Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate''
28* ''Series/PandaBearDaycare''
29* ''Polka Dot Shorts''
30* ''Series/PuppetsWhoKill''
31* ''Ruffus the Dog''
32* ''Sesame Park'' (a Canadian adaptation of ''Series/SesameStreet'')
33* ''Spirit of Forest''
34* ''Stella and Sam''
35* ''Tee and Mo''
36* ''Yup Yups''
37* ''Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}''
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39Creator/SilvergateMedia
40[[quoteright:360:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silvergate_media.png]]
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42'''Silvergate Media''' is a British TV production company established in 2011 by Waheed Alli, Elizabeth Dampler and William Astor and based in London.
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44The studio has its origins in a management buyout when Alli purchased the rights to the popular 2010 marine biology-focused PreschoolShow ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'' and the works of beloved British author Creator/BeatrixPotter (creator of Literature/PeterRabbit) from multinational media company Chorion Limited (which he previously chaired), consequently founding his own studio to produce and distribute them. The studio quickly made itself known with its continued work on ''The Octonauts'' and its 2012 AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit'', with the latter being handled internationally by Creator/NickJr (as has been the case for many of their shows).
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46Silvergate mostly produces cartoons in the PreschoolShow genre, but they have also dabbled a fair bit with shows for older kids. The most famous of the latter is doubtlessly their very first venture into such territory, that being the 2018 Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'', an AnimatedAdaptation of the comics by author Luke Pearson done in collaboration with Canada's Creator/MercuryFilmworks that has met enormous critical acclaim worldwide.
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48In 2019, the company was acquired by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision as part of their strategy of expanding into the children's TV animation market. Consequently, Silvergate's official trading name was rebranded as '''Sony Pictures Television – Kids'''. However, for marketing purposes, TV series produced by Silvergate Media like ''Hilda'' and ''The Octonauts'' continue to be released under the original branding.
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50! Shows that Silvergate Media has worked on:
51* ''WesternAnimation/ChicoBonBonMonkeyWithAToolBelt''
52* ''WesternAnimation/TheCreatureCases''
53* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'' (with Creator/MercuryFilmworks and Creator/{{Netflix}})
54** ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing'' (with Creator/MercuryFilmworks and Creator/{{Netflix}})
55* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts''
56** ''WesternAnimation/OctonautsAboveAndBeyond''
57* ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit'' (with Creator/NickJr)
58* ''WesternAnimation/SunnyDay'' (with Creator/NickJr)
59* ''WesternAnimation/SuperKitties'' (with Creator/DisneyJunior)
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61Creator/{{Tooncan}}
62[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tooncan.jpg]]
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64Tooncan is a Canadian animation studio based in Montreal, Quebec and established by Paul Cadieux in 1994. They were quite prominent through the 90s and 2000s, having done work on lots of French cartoons (despite being Canadian). The studio went defunct in 2014.
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66! Works done by Tooncan
67* ''3 Gold Coins''
68* ''The Adventures of Princess Sydney''
69* ''Anatane: Saving The Children of Okura''
70* ''WesternAnimation/TheBellflowerBunnies''
71* ''WesternAnimation/{{Belphegor}}''
72* ''ComicBook/BillyAndBuddy''
73* ''The Boy''
74* ''A Cat, A Cow and The Ocean''
75* ''Charley and Mimmo''
76* ''Cosmic Cowboys''
77* ''WesternAnimation/DragonHunters''
78* ''Eo''
79* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fishtronaut}}''
80* ''Iron Nose''
81* ''WesternAnimation/KaputAndZosky''
82* ''Kitou''
83* ''Lili's Island''
84* ''Malo Korrigan''
85* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMorning''
86* ''Mica''
87* ''Milo''
88* ''Nelly and Caesar''
89* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfLuckyLuke''
90* ''Okura''
91* ''Oscar and Spike''
92* ''Prudence Gumshoe''
93* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratz}}''
94* ''Literature/RottenRalph''
95* ''Shaolin's Kids''
96* ''Snailympics''
97* ''WesternAnimation/SpacedOut''
98* ''Tempo Express''
99* ''WesternAnimation/TheTripletsOfBelleville''
100* ''Tupu''
101* ''Wombat City''
102* ''Woofy''
103* ''[=X-DuckX=]''
104* ''WesternAnimation/{{Yakari}}''
105* ''Zoe Kezako''
106
107Creator/WatchNextMedia
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109Creator/{{Futurikon}}
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111! Drafts for pages for works
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113''Sandbox/ZooOlympics''
114[[quoteright:820:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoo_olympics_cup_announcer.png]]
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116''Zoo Olympics'' is an extremely obscure series of animated shorts produced between France and Belgium. Debuting in 1992 to coincide with the ongoing Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, the show was the brainchild of legendary Belgian animator and cartoonist Jean Paul "Picha" Walravens, who is is nicknamed by some as "the Ralph Bakshi of Belgium" for his adult-oriented animated films (making this cartoon among his few kid-friendly works).
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118There were a total of 26 shorts in this series, each about 2 minutes long and intended to be aired between other shows. All the shorts were set at a particular stadium in the middle of the forest, where animal athletes from around the world gathered to participate in all manner of sports, from martial arts to pie-eating contests. As the athletes competed, a wisecracking snake wearing a cap and a shoe on his tail named Jean-Baptiste Le Pied (voiced by the late Roger Carel, known for voicing ComicBook/{{Asterix}} the Gaul in almost all of his animated outings) provided commentary on their feats. Of course, things often got pretty wacky during these events, with stuff like a snowboarding whale completely destroying the stadium or kangaroo boxers producing an endlessly smaller and smaller series of fighters from their pouches - and our lovable announcer wasn't always able to escape the mayhem, we might add.
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120The show enjoyed broad distribution into multiple languages during its time, even getting a few full DVD releases, It also got a SequelSeries in 1994 called ''Zoo Cup'', which coincided with the 1995 United States FIFA World Cup and featured the same host, many of the same animal species, and a similar execution. Unfortunately, episodes of the show and its sequel are almost impossible to find, which is likely a huge factor in its extreme obscurity.
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122'''DO NOT CONFUSE THIS SERIES WITH ''WesternAnimation/{{ANIMALYMPICS}}''.'''
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126''[[Series/TAndT T. and T.]]''
127[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/t_and_t_with_mr_t_in_a_suit.jpg]]
128 [[caption-width-right:350:Yes, you are looking at Creator/MrT in a suit and tie.]]
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130->T.S. Turner was a city-smart kid fighting his way off the street, until he was framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Amy Taler was a young crusading lawyer. She mounted an appeal to put Turner back on the street, this time in a suit and tie, working as a private detective. Together they are -- T. and T.
131-->--'''OpeningNarration'''
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133''T. and T.'' (1987-1990) is a Canadian television series notable for two things - serving as a vehicle for Creator/MrT following the cancellation of ''Series/TheATeam'' and for being one of the few live-action works created by the world-famous animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}}.
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135In this series, Mr. T played T.S. Turner alongside Alexandra Amini as Amanda “Amy” Taler. As the OpeningNarration above explains, the two are private detectives of very different backgrounds and very different attitudes. They do the usual kind of stuff you expect from 80s detective/cop shows - coming to the aid of civilians, thwarting criminals around the city, and getting into fights with bad guys while also tackling social and environmental issues of the day. Helping out Turner and Taler every so often were Danforth "Dick" Decker, the owner of the gym where Turner works out; Taler's secretary Sophie; and their occasional ally Detective Jones. Turner also lived with his Aunt Martha and teenage cousin Renee. Later seasons added a teenage orphan named Joe Casper who lived with Decker, Amy's sister Terri Taler, and another detective named Dick Hargrove.
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1373 seasons and 65 episodes were produced, originally premiering in syndication but later having new episodes broadcasted on Creator/FamilyChannel. Nelvana has made every last one of them available on Youtube through their Retro Rerun channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZNlAa1UKF7H5HKxQxsWpfnEejunejQk Check them out here!]]
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142''[[Series/MajorityRules Majority Rules!]]''
143[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/majorityrules.jpg]]
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145''Majority Rules!'' is a Canadian children's comedy series created by Creator/EntertainmentOne that is notable for being the first-ever regular live-action program to be commissioned for the Canadian animation channel Creator/{{Teletoon}} (perhaps not coincidentally appearing around the same time Teletoon's American counterpart Creator/CartoonNetwork was also becoming ''very'' interested in live-action programming).
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147The show is about Rebecca "Becky" Richards (played by Creator/TracySpiridakos), a 15-year-old girl whose life is completely changed when she is elected mayor of her hometown of Mayfield. It follows the day-to-day escapades and mishaps she gets into as she juggles the pressures of her extremely irregular life to the best of her ability. But even despite the difficulties that come with her job at her age, Becky always finds a way to pull through and just keep on smiling - but not without a little help from her best friends, Margo Dubois and Kiki Kincaid.
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149The show debuted on September 10, 2009 , but ultimately wasn't very long-lived as it came to an end just a year later after 26 episodes. While the series did make a ChannelHop to the perhaps-more-appropriate Creator/FamilyChannel later into its run, it wouldn't be the last piece of live-action TV to be created for Teletoon, as the existence of shows like ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'' and ''Series/{{Mudpit}}'' indicate.
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154''Series/{{Mudpit}}''
155[[quoteright:321:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mudpit.jpg]]
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157''Mudpit'' is a live-action/CGI-animation hybrid CanadianSeries created by Creator/CookieJarEntertainment that stands out as being one of several mainly-live-action shows commissioned for Canada's national animation network Creator/{{Teletoon}} during the late 2000s and early 2010s (around the same time its American counterpart Creator/CartoonNetwork was trying out the same thing). The show ran for 2 seasons of 26 episodes between January 5, 2012 and April 11, 2013.
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159The series follows four teenagers named Reese, Geneva, Mikey, and Liam, who form the eponymous band. These four kids seek to earn themselves the recording contract of their dreams so that they can make their way to RockAndRoll stardom. And in this case, they're chasing that dream by competing in the popular {{MMORPG}} ''Muzika'', where bands enter the game as avatars of themselves and compete in challenges given and judged by the condescending host Slime (voiced by the Toronto voice acting legend Creator/RobertTinkler). In every episode, the members of Mudpit gather at their favorite hangout spot to enter ''Muzika'' and take one of Slime's challenges. But as they attempt to win ''Muzika'''s challenges and finally get noticed, Mudpit will also have to contend with Reese's stepbrother Kyle, the leader of a rival band that Reese was formerly a member of, now willing to do whatever it takes to get one of Reese or ruin his day. Oh, and OncePerEpisode, Mudpit performs an original song.
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164''WesternAnimation/LittleRosey''
165[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/little_rosey_new.png]]
166 [[caption-width-right:350:The ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' spinoff you've never heard of.]]
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168At the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s, the famous UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} produced many hit animated series that are fondly remembered by plenty of Canadian and American children to this day: ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}''... But sandwiched between these acclaimed and beloved cartoons is one very obscure creation of the same studio known and remembered by only a very few people - and that was ''Little Rosey''.
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170''Little Rosey'' was a {{Celebrity Toon|s}} from 1990 based on the childhood of American actress and comedian Creator/RoseanneBarr, then best known for being the star of Creator/{{ABC}}'s 1988-1997 sitcom ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. Created for ABC's SaturdayMorningCartoon lineup, ''Little Rosey'' told the story of the 8-year-old Roseanne (known to her friends and family as "Rosey") as she dealt with typical kids' challenges like spelling bees, family vacations, and grown-ups' rules alongside her friends Tess and Buddy using only their vivid imaginations. Also frequently appearing in Rosey's adventures were her parents and her younger sister Nonnie and baby brother Tater, as well as two antagonistic nerds named Jeffrey and Matthew who acted as her archnemeses.
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172The show didn't last very long, running for only 1 season of 13 episodes between September 8 and December 22 of 1990. As a Canadian production, ''Little Rosey'' used Canadian actors for its cast (many of whom have starred in other Creator/{{Nelvana}} cartoons), with Rosey herself instead being voiced by Toronto-based actress and comedian Creator/KathleenLaskey (who would go on to appear in such Nelvana series as ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeShrinks'').
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174However, on May 15, 1992, a primetime animated special called ''The Rosey and Buddy Show'' was aired on Creator/{{ABC}}. Also produced by Nelvana, this special took a turn for the weird, with Rosey and Buddy invading Cartoonland to fight ExecutiveMeddling's efforts to "change their show" (yes, really). Alongside having Creator/RoseanneBarr voice her younger animated self this time, the special also featured appearances by characters from other Nelvana-produced cartoons airing on ABC, namely WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} and some of the WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears|1980s}}.
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179''WesternAnimation/TheMostMagnificentThing''
180[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_most_magnificent_thing.jpg]]
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182''The Most Magnificent Thing'' is a 22-minute animated short film produced in Canada by the world-renowned animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}}. An AnimatedAdaptation of the best-selling children's book of the same name by Canadian author Ashley Spires, this piece of Canadian animation is notable for being the very first animated short film ever created by Nelvana in its 50+ year history.
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184''The Most Magnificent Thing'' tells the story of a young girl who possesses an inseparable bond with her pet dog. Being the creative and determined child she is, our plucky little heroine decides to build her friend a doghouse after receiving a toolkit for her birthday from her mother (who is an architect). But even despite her determination to build what she calls "the most magnificent thing", she finds that building her dream project is far from easy! But as she learns, with a little inspiration from others and a lot of heart from oneself, anyone is capable of achieving greatness.
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186The short film features such talents as child voice actress Lily Bartlam, prominent Canadian actress Creator/AlisonPill, Toronto voiceover legend Creator/TonyDaniels, and the one and only Creator/WhoopiGoldberg. It made its debut in 2019, being shown at over 90 film festivals across North America and Europe, where it earned critical acclaim for its animation and storytelling, as well as over 25 award nominations.
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188Incidentally, this is actually the second work from Nelvana based on a book by Ashley Spires, the first being ''WesternAnimation/AgentBinkyPetsOfTheUniverse'', which was based on her ''Binky the Space Cat'' series.
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190See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2M3ALUXFs the trailer here]].
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195''WesternAnimation/TheRemarkableMrKing''
196[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_remarkable_mr_king.jpg]]
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198''The Remarkable Mr. King'' is a Canadian animated PreschoolShow created by Creator/{{Nelvana}} that debuted in 2019 on Creator/TreehouseTV. It is the AnimatedAdaptation of the children's book series ''Mr. King'' by Quebec author Geneviève Côté. The show is designed to teach children about the importance of communicating important feelings and ideas, being mindful, and how to make up for your own mistakes.
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200The show focuses on a young lion named Mr. King. Taking great pride in his kind's reputation as the ruler of all animals, Mr. King believes that it is his duty as a monarch to help everyone around him. And so Mr. King goes around the forest in search of animals who need his help and coming up with plans to solve their problems. The catch is that as well-meaning as Mr. King is, his "big thinks" are frequently blinded by his own short-sightedness and his tendency to assume he knows everything there is to the situation. As a result, Mr. King's solutions sometimes end up creating even more problems! But Mr. King is never deterred by his failures and will always try and try again until he finally solves the problem and makes things right, sometimes even turning his goofs into victories for everyone to share!
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205''[[WesternAnimation/HippoTubCo Hippo Tub Co.]]''
206[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hippo_tub_co.jpg]]
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208Those of you who know your Canadian cartoons should be well aware of the fact that the vast majority of animated series produced in Canada are virtually unheard of, even by most Canadians. The great Canadian public broadcaster Creator/{{CBC}} seems to have some of the worst luck when it comes to this, its animated output being mostly overshadowed by those of Canadian cable networks oriented at children. In fact, some of its shows are so damn obscure that they've become lost media, with most or even all episodes being unavailable anywhere.
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210And this show is perhaps the ultimate example.
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212''Hippo Tub Co.'' is an AllCGICartoon created by David J. Corbett that debuted in 2001 on CBC's KidsBlock and ran for a single 13-episode season. Produced by Octapixx Worldwide, the show asks the question, "What happens to stuff that you lose down the bathroom drain?" And as it turns out, anything you lose down the bathtub ends up in Drainworld, a city where all the objects ever lost in all the world's bathtub drains ends up and is taken in by the eponymous Hippo Tub Co., which is kinda like the world's biggest lost-and-found department. Working at Hippo Tub Co. is Harley, a anthropomorphic blue hippopotamus wearing a transforming yellow bathtub like a pair of suspenders, as well as his best friend Norton, a red bird wearing red rubber boots. These two work as custodians at Hippo Tub Co., itemizing and labelling everything that ends up in Drainworld while also trying to make sure these lost items eventually make their way back to their owners. Alongside handyman Ted Tubman and pack rats Pete and Repete, Harley and Norton get themselves into all sorts of adventures involving all the different kinds of keepsakes that end up in Drainworld and become the focus of everyone’s attention there
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217''WesternAnimation/MumbleBumble''
218[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mumble_bumble_characters.jpg]]
219 [[caption-width-right:350:The main trio from left to right: Greens, Mumble Bumble, and Chic'o]]
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221''Mumble Bumble'' is a Danish-Canadian children's cartoon that aired on Creator/{{CBC}} Kids in 1998 for 65 episodes. It was created by Christian Skjøtt and produced by the Denmark-based Egmont Imagination and Canada's Montreal-based Creator/{{Cinar}} studio.
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223The show is about an imaginative blue hippo named Mumble Bumble, whose best friends are an inquisitive red chicken named Chic'o and a busy frog named Greens. Together, these three friends learn about the world around them, using their creativity to have tons of fun and hopefully also teaching their audiences a thing or two in the process.
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228''WesternAnimation/DoomsdayBrothers''
229[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doomsday_brothers.jpg]]
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231''Doomsday Brothers'' (or ''Les Frères Apocalypse'') is an adult-oriented cartoon from French-speaking Canada produced by the Montreal-based studio N12 Productions and Toronto's Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Freaktown}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Roboroach}}'').
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233The show is about two brothers named Rafe and Gabe Burns, dysfunctional survivalists living AfterTheEnd, where mutants and other monstrosities run rampant. The two have found a life in the brutal apocalyptic wastelands as the defenders of a rural town where the few survivors have been mutated into hideous radioactive freaks. Together, Rafe and Gabe, as well as the quirky and frequently unhinged townspeople, navigate life in their dangerous world. However, unbeknownst to the brothers, their mother Judith has also survived doomsday, and is now trapped in a top-secret superpowered bunker alongside a malevolent A.I. known as AENUS. While Judith tries to find a way out of the bunker and find out what caused the apocalypse in the first place, Rafe and Gabe are seeking out the very bunker, for it could potentially save them and all the other survivors.
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235The show debuted in September 17, 2020 on Creator/TeletoonAtNight's French counterpart Télétoon la nuit (which still continues to run even after its Anglophone counterpart's shutdown in 2019) in Francophone Canada and then came to English-speaking Canada on the Canadian version of Creator/AdultSwim on September 20, 2020.
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240''WesternAnimation/{{Animism}}''
241[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animism.jpg]]
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243Ah, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, a little-known Canadian specialty channel that funds and airs television shows made by, for, and about Canada's First Nations (or Native Americans, as they're known by the Great White North's southern neighbor). The first national public television network by and for North American Indigenous peoples, the APTN does a wide variety of stuff: documentaries, news, dramas, specials, movies, sports, educational programs... and the subject of this page.
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245''Animism'' is an '''extremely''' obscure Canadian animated series produced for APTN's KidsBlock by the Vancouver media company Zeroes 2 Heroes that mixes First Nations mythology with UrbanFantasy. It tells the story of Melody "Mel" Ravensfall, a 17-year-old girl from Grind City who has joined the environmental activists of Grind City University in fighting off the efforts by the powerful development company Grind City Futures (headed by Chad Peterson) to build over The Gods' Lake. However, her life is changed when an attack by Mel and her friends Duane, Erin, and Nico, on Grind City Futures goes wrong and a mysterious elk-like being named Wapiti appears to rescue her from Chad.
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247Mel soon learns from Wapiti that her efforts to save The Gods' Lake is in fact just the smallest skirmish in a vast cosmic conflict between three supernatural siblings called The Trickster, The Mother, and The Wetiko. For countless millennia, these great spirits have controlled the cycles of the world, each one being overthrown by the other two joining forces to usher in a new age. However, Wetiko, the one currently in charge, has grown far too powerful for Mother to replace, thus threatening Earth's balance and its future. In order to restore the natural order to its rightful form, the emissaries of Mother and Trickster must join forces, and Wapiti, emissary of Mother, reveals to Mel that she is the current emissary of Trickster, carrying the mysterious ancestral powers needed for her mission - and what's more, Chad is in fact the emissary of Wetiko himself.
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249Now tasked with dealing with a conflict far larger than what she initially understood, Mel and her friends, as well as Wapiti, face off against Chad, his corporation, and his secret master in a battle to bring the world and its cosmic zeitgeist to its rightful form. But even as the struggle to save Gods' Lake continues under their broader conflict, a terrible secret and an enormous power for good hides beneath the surface of The Gods' Lake, one that has the potential to change everything.
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251''Animism'' was released in 2013 for a single 6-episode season titled ''Animism: The Gods' Lake'', but it was actually preceded by an alternate reality game called ''Animism: The Sacred Sites'' in the summer of 2010 to promote the series' development and eventual release. While the series gives the fundamental plot by itself, there is also an online adventure game, a graphic novel, and some short stories designed to tell more of the full story in a transmedia fashion or as standalone adventures. A second season called ''Animism: Titan Falls'' was announced to be in development, but that was back in 2014 and nothing has come out since.
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253Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJi4ND1aM4 the trailer here!]]
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258''Literature/TheMoleSisters''
259[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_mole_sisters.jpg]]
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261''The Mole Sisters'' is a Canadian series of children's books by Roslyn Schwartz that was also adapted into a cartoon by Creator/FunbagAnimation that started airing on Creator/TreehouseTV in 2003. Both the books and the show follow the adventures of two young moles as they explore their surroundings and learn about the natural world. A total of 10 books were published in the series, while the cartoon ran for 75 episodes.
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266''[[WesternAnimation/MonsterByMistake Monster By Mistake!]]''
267[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_by_mistake.png]]
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269''Monster By Mistake!'' is a Canadian AllCGICartoon was created by Mark Mayerson. It was co-produced between Catapult Productions and CCI Entertainment (formerly Cambium), with the show's computer animation provided by Studio 345.
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271The series is about 8-year-old Warren Patterson, who suffers from all sorts of allergies. Unfortunately for him, said allergy problem is made worse when he one day comes into contact with a magical jewel from the mysterious parallel world of Fenrath, as the jewel curses him to transform into a giant blue humanoid monster whenever he sneezes! While Warren is able to turn back into his original self simply by sneezing again, being in monster form gets him into all sorts of trouble, particularly with the denizens of Fenrath, namely the evil Gorgool, who had originally created the jewel that cursed Warren for the purpose of taking over Fenrath from his brother Morgool. Fortunately, with a little help from his older sister Tracy (herself a practicing witch after she managed to get one of Gogool's spellbooks) and Johnny B. Dead, a wise-cracking, trumpet-playing ghost who haunts the Pattersons' attic, Warren can always find ways to get out of scrapes just as easily as he gets into them!
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273The show began life in 1996 as a Halloween special that Creator/{{YTV}} would air yearly, but in 1999, they decided to pick it up as a full TV series that ran for 51 episodes over 3 seasons between 1999 and 2003.
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278''[[WesternAnimation/YaYaAndZouk Yaya and Zouk]]''
279[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yaya_and_zouk.jpg]]
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281''[=Yaya=] and Zouk'' is a Canadian PreschoolShow produced by the Quebec-based animation studio [=ToonDraw=] that debuted in 2015 on Creator/{{CBC}}'s Francophone equivalent Télévision de Radio-Canada. The show is based on a series of children's books by French-Canadian author Dominique Jolin, who also created ''WesternAnimation/ToopyAndBinoo''.
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283The show's stars are [=Yaya=] and Zouk, two young siblings of an indeterminate species. Big sister [=Yaya=] and little brother Zouk are quirky, good-natured, optimistic, fun-loving, and a tad mischievous. Using their imaginations, they travel to many fantastical places alongside their many toys (who come alive in their imaginations), learning important lessons about solving everyday problems as they have fun.
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288''ComicBook/{{Squish}}''
289[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/squish_comic.jpg]]
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291''Squish'' is a children's graphic novel series created by American authors Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. The books focus on a young amoeba named Squish, who is basically your typical grade schooler trying to navigate everyday life as a microorganism living in a small pond. He deals with the usual kind of kid problems, like bullies and mean teachers, while also having to manage his oddball friends Pod and Peggy and his BumblingDad. Fortunately, he can always count on some inspiration from his favorite comic book hero, Super Amoeba, to make his mundane life a little easier or a little more exciting.
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293There are 8 books in the series:
294# ''Super Amoeba''
295# ''Brave New Pond''
296# ''The Power of the Parasite''
297# ''Captain Disaster''
298# ''Game On!''
299# ''Fear the Amoeba''
300# ''Deadly Disease of Doom''
301# ''Pod vs. Pod''
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303In 2020, the series received an AnimatedAdaptation produced in France by Cottonwood Media and Planeta Junior. The series was developed for television by John Derevlany and David Michel, and debuted on Gulli and Canal J in France. It was then picked up by Creator/HBOMax for an American release, with the English dub being produced in Toronto, Canada.
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308''[[WesternAnimation/BobAndDoug Bob & Doug]]''
309[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_animated_adventures_of_bob_and_doug_mckenzie.jpg]]
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311''Series/{{SCTV}}'' is remembered for a lot of things - being one of the most iconic and influential Canadian TV series of all time, being the starting point for some of Hollywood's most beloved Canada-born actors and comedians, and for being one of the few Canadian TV shows to have been successful on American TV, among other things. When the show moved from Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork to Creator/{{CBC}} for its third season in 1980, two of its most iconic characters were born: Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=], a pair of none-too-bright, booze-loving, toque-wearing, and overall extremely stereotypical Canadians played by Creator/RickMoranis and Creator/DaveThomas respectively. These brothers starred in their own little segment, a spoof of panel shows and Canadian Content laws titled "Great White North" (or "Kanadian Korner"), where they commentated on all things quintessentially Canadian while also saying "Eh" a lot and calling each other "hosers". The two ended up becoming pop culture phenomena in both Canada and the United States and mainstays of ''SCTV'''s run, so it should come as no surprise to some that in 2009, the [=McKenzie=] brothers were brought back for their very own cartoon series.
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313''Bob & Doug'' (or ''The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug [=McKenzie=]'') is a Canadian animated sitcom produced for Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork that brings back Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] for a new era of television. The brothers are now a pair of garbage collectors living in the town of Maple Lake, a tiny little place located at the US-Canada border just across from the crime and porn-ridden American metropolis of JFK City. As expected, the two get into various misadventures that frequently involve their fellow townspeople.
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315The series was produced by Animax Entertainment, which was established by Dave Thomas, who reprised Doug [=McKenzie=] for the series. Unfortunately, Rick Moranis did not return to voice Bob, who was in his period of semi-retirement at the time, although he did hop on board as an executive producer alongside Thomas. Instead, American actor and comedian Creator/DaveCoulier took on the role of Bob for the show. Various miscellaneous Canadian actors, including several prominent Toronto-based voice actors, took on the other roles.
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317The show didn't last particularly long however, running for only 15 episodes, with 5 of them barely seeing any airtime on Global, who had decided to cut the show's run short after initially ordering 22 episodes. And unlike with ''SCTV'', efforts to get the show on American airwaves were unsuccessful, with Creator/{{Fox}} backing out of initial plans to fund the series alongside Global very early on.
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322''WesternAnimation/MonsterMathSquad''
323[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monstermathsquad.jpg]]
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325''Monster Math Squad'' is a Canadian [[AllCGICartoon CGI animated]] PreschoolShow created by Jeff Rosen and produced by Creator/DHXMedia. The series aired on Creator/{{CBC}} Kids from 2012 to 2016 with a total of 25 episodes. It also aired in the United States on Creator/{{Qubo}}.
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327Created with the purpose of teaching kids about math and numbers, the series follows three young monsters named Max (Creator/CoryDoran), Lily (Creator/JulieSype), and Goo (Creator/AnnickObonsawin) who live in the city of Monstrovia. This trio of monsters love nothing more than helping their friends solve their everyday problems, and their favorite way of doing so is by applying math equations!
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332''WesternAnimation/KodyKapow''
333[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kody_kapow.jpg]]
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335''Kody Kapow'' is a Canadian-French AllCGICartoon produced by Creator/MarathonMedia (''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'') that aired on Creator/UniversalKids in 2017.
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337In this series, a 9-year-old boy named Kody is visiting his family's village in China when he learns that he is next in line to become defender of the village. Working alongside his grandfather Master Li, his detective cousin Mei, and a timid tiger named Goji, Kody trains himself to defend his village from various threats, particularly the evil Mogo Monkey No Go and his army of monkey minions. Luckily, Kody is equipped with a secret weapon known as the Sapphire Dragon that allows him to power up!
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