CinéGroupe is a Canadian animation studio based in Montreal, Quebec that was established in 1974 by Jacques Pettigrew. The company operates independently but have done business with Lionsgate in the late-1990s.
They have created numerous animated series that have aired worldwide in over 125 countries, including What's with Andy?, The Kids from Room 402, Pig City, Tripping the Rift, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, and Mega Babies. Many of their shows were originally produced for Teletoon, but they are also probably recognizable to those who grew up watching Fox Family in the late 90s and early 2000s, thanks to their long history of cooperation with Saban Entertainment.
They've also produced a number of live-action shows and movies (such as Galidor and Heavy Metal 2000), as well as a few video games based on popular licensed properties like Dora the Explorer and Tom and Jerry.
Works by CinéGroupe:
- Bad Dog
- Big Wolf on Campus
- Bratz Starrin' & Stylin'
- Charlie Jade
- Daft Planet
- David Copperfield (1993 animated TV special adapted from the famous novel of the same name)
- Desert Chase
- Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure (video game)
- Dora the Explorer: Super Spies (video game)
- The Edge of Madness
- Edward
- Eleven Somerset
- Eye of the Wolf
- Galidor
- Heavy Metal 2000
- Jeromes Secret
- Jim Button
- Just a Game
- The Kids from Room 402
- Kit and Kaboodle
- Lion of Oz
- L'aventure de L'écriture (an obscure educational animation series of shorts from early 1990s, co-produced with Radio Quebec, that teaches French spelling).
- The Little Flying Bears
- The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
- Mega Babies
- Ovide and the Gang
- Pig City
- Pinocchio 3000
- Princess Sissi
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
- Sea Dogs
- The Secret World of Santa Claus
- Seriously Weird
- Sharky And George
- Spirou & Fantasio (the 1992 series)
- Student Bodies (the animated segments)
- Team SOS
- The Tofus
- Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape (video game)
- Tripping the Rift
- Tshakapesh
- What's with Andy?
- Wunschpunsch
- Zoe and Charlie
Tropes associated with CinéGroupe:
- Only So Many Canadian Actors: Many of their shows feature the common names of the Montreal voice acting pool, like Rick Jones, Sonja Ball, Terrence Scammell, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Mark Camacho, and Pauline Little. If you've paid attention to the credits in Arthur, Toad Patrol, the Samurai Pizza Cats dub, or any cartoons created by Cinar, Spectra Animation, Tooncan Productions, Sardine Productions, etc., then you're likely familiar with these names.
- Precision F-Strike: Being a Canadian studio, they've gotten away with this in their shows.
- The first episode of Pig City has one of the characters (Martha) call another "retarded".
- In one season 3 episode of What's with Andy?, Andy says "pain in the ass" once.
- In the Wunschpunsch episode "Night of the Wishes'', Maggot tells Bubonic that one of the potions he suggested is a "piece of crap".
