Caillou

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Television series
German title Caillou
Original title Caillou
Country of production Canada , South Africa (from season 5)
original language French , English
Year (s) 1997-2010
length 5 to 10 minutes
Episodes 96
genre Animation
First broadcast September 15, 1997 on Télétoon
German-language
first broadcast		 September 29, 2003 on Super RTL

Caillou is an animated series for children based on the books by the author Christine L'Heureux and the illustrator Hélène Desputeaux . The term Caillou comes from French and means something like "stone" or "pebble"; but it can also be called “bald man”, which was probably the intention of the authors.

The series is characterized by the fact that it is kept quite simple in terms of understanding and reflects everyday challenges. The dialogues are easy to understand and many things are explained to Caillou (and the viewer) in an understandable way. Caillou's parents are presented as an ideal and know a very good solution both in dealing with the children and with the answers to questions. In addition to the exemplary adult role, the narrator names Caillou's feelings (joy, fear, sadness, anger, etc.) with the right words, which are often not yet available to children of this age group.

main characters

Caillou - a four year old boy who is fascinated by the world and is guided through it by his family and friends.

Doris "Mami" - Caillou's mother. A secretary by profession . She helps Caillou in all situations.

Boris "Papi" - Caillou's father. He helps his son whenever he can, but is not very technically gifted.

Rosie - Caillou's sister about two years younger. Sometimes she gets Caillou into trouble with her childish recklessness. In later episodes she speaks a little more. Rosie is called Mousseline in the original French.

Omi - Caillou's grandmother. She often has creative ideas that help Caillou solve various problems.

Opi - Caillou's grandfather. He enjoys doing things outdoors with his grandson. He and his wife are Boris' parents.

Caillou's friends and neighbors

Paul Hinkle - Caillou's neighbor. First featured in the 1997 episode Caillou Has No Fear .

Leo - a red-haired boy who first appeared in 1997 in the episode Caillou's First Day of School . He is also four years old and Caillou's best friend. In a holiday episode it turns out that Leo is Jewish because he celebrates Hanukkah . In one episode, Leo's mother, Mrs. Martin, is a teacher at the school, although there are no other relatives.

Clementine - Clementine is the first girlfriend mentioned, also in the 1997 episode Caillou's First Day of School . She is also four years old and sometimes has a somewhat bossy tone about herself, but she is always understanding. She is an Afro-Canadian .

Sarah - a friend of Caillou. She is eight years old and is already going to school. She is of Chinese origin.

André - a six-year-old, red-haired boy. It appears for the first time in the episode of Caillou's great friend . He's a little clumsy and Caillou doesn't like him at first. But they too quickly become good friends. Caillou plays with him every Saturday.

Julie - Caillous and Rosie's babysitter. She is 16 years old, blonde and loves to play with Caillou and Rosie.

Mr. Washington - a bus driver. It's the same bus driver who always took Caillou's father to school.

Jeffrey & Jason - twins who love to play with Caillou.

Billy - Clementine's older brother. Mostly he is shown making music or doing sports in a band with his friends. Its age is unknown, but it is estimated to be twelve years.

Miss Martin - Caillou's kindergarten teacher

Gilbert - Caillou's tomcat, which they initially believed caused Caillous' allergy. But Caillou was only allergic to his flea collar.

synchronization

role English voice actor German voice actor
Caillou Bryn McAuley
Jaclyn Linetsky
Annie Bovaird		 Julia Haacke
Rosie Jesse Vinet
Brigid Tierney		 Sabine Bohlmann
Papa Boris Pat Fry Pascal Breuer
Mama Doris Jennifer Seguin Claudia Lössl
granny Pauline Little Eva-Maria Lahl
Grandpa George Morris Michael Gahr
Leo Graeme Jokic Beate Pfeiffer
Mr. Hinkle Ivar Combrinck (1st voice)
Norbert Gastell (2nd voice)
Jay Bettina Zech
Sarah Ulrike Jenni
teller Merlee Shapiro Ursula Traun
Angelika Bender

History of the series

The series originally aired in French-speaking Québec , Canada . It ran from September 15, 1997 to November 24, 2007. The series was developed for toddlers between the ages of two and six with the assistance of psychologists experienced with children. The Caillou books have been around since 1987. In 1997, a total of 65 five-minute episodes were broadcast. In 2000, 40 30-minute episodes were added, which included a mix of the five-minute episodes, new stories, real clips and puppets. In 2003 there were 16 more half-hour episodes. Then there was a three year hiatus during which the film Caillous Holiday Movie came out. On April 3, 2006, 20 new episodes came out. But with the new season there were many innovations. Caillou started preschool and there were new topics and a new intro. In addition, the new episodes were animated with Adobe Flash and no longer drawn by hand.

In Germany, the program runs on Super RTL in the early morning program.

reception

In 2011, the University of Virginia took a test on several four-year-olds in the area of ​​attentiveness in various activities. The four-year-olds were divided into three groups: the first looked at Caillou , the second Spongebob SquarePants, and the third painted. Groups one and three finished better in the end.

In the previous books where he was a baby, Caillou had no hair. In the end, the illustrators decided not to give Caillou any hair, as he would then no longer be recognized.

Another rather notorious fame on the Internet has been Caillou in the US since 2013 in so-called "grounded videos" that are usually made with GoAnimate - almost only in English, as only a few producers of these videos are not from the USA - and in that the character gets house arrest for breaking a certain rule.

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ Success is possible on br-online.de (PDF)