Oscar's Oasis

Oscar's Oasis
Genre	Silent comedy Slapstick
Created by	Tae-Sik Shin[1]
Written by
Directed by	Arthur Qwak[2] Tae-Sik Shin Joeri Christiaen Frédéric Martin Fabrice Fouquet Stéphane Mit Yoshimichi Tamura Geoffroy De Crécy Lionel Allaix Marco Allard Dominique Debar Olivier Derynck
Starring	Marie Facundo[3] Sly Johnson Martial Le Minoux Jérémy Prevost
Composer	Le Chantier
Country of origin	France South Korea[3]
Original languages	Silent Interjection
No. of seasons	1 2
No. of episodes	78 +7 shorts + 1 2 pilot
Production
Executive producers	Sung-Jai Ahn[1] Corinne Kouper Eugene Kang Tom van Waveren Genevieve Dexter Guillaum Hellouin
Editor	Nazim Meslem[3]
Running time	4 minutes (pilot) 1-3 minutes (shorts) 7 minutes (original)
Production companies	TeamTO[4] [4]
Distributor	Cake Distribution (outside France)
Release
Original network	Canal+ Family TF1 (since 2011)
Picture format	HDTV 1080p
First shown in	25 May 2007 (Pilot)
Original release	5 September 2010 (2010-09-05) – present

Oscar's Oasis (known as Oscar & Co in French and Oi! Osgar in Welsh and Oscar ab Bas kar in India) is a French-South Korean computer animated comedy television series consisting of 78 7-minute episodes.^[1] It was produced by TeamTO and , in association with , Cake Entertainment, and with the participation of TF1, in coproduction with Canal+ Family, Télétoon+, Cartoon Network and TV Cultura, EBS, , and , and the support of National Center of Cinematography and the moving image (CNC), the Rhône-Alpes Region, the Poitou-Charentes region and Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA).^[5] Although the series contains no dialogue,^[1] it features the voices of Marie Facundo, Sly Johnson, Martial Le Minoux and Jérémy Prevost.^[3]

Originally, the series was called Ooohhh Asis, and was composed of seven one-minute-and-a-half episodes, which were broadcast from 26 March 2008 to 30 May 2009 on TF1.^[6][7] Oscar's Oasis debuted in its new format at the 2010 MIPTV Media Market.^[8] The series premiered on Canal+ and Canal+ Family in September 2010, and was broadcast on TF1 since late summer 2011.^[2][7] In July 2011, the series was released on Nintendo 3DS in 3D.^[9] The show started airing on Gulli on July 2nd, 2019.

Synopsis[]

Oscar is a lizard living in a non-specific desert that has features from several different real deserts, like the Sahara, Kalahari Desert, and North American deserts. An asphalt concrete highway runs through the area, used from time to time by various cargo trucks. Oscar is generally searching for food or water; he sometimes discovers liquid, in bottles or elsewhere, but is usually frustrated from recovering it for drink. An oasis supplies the only fresh water in the area, but its thick population of irascible and hungry crocodiles renders it inaccessible. At considerable personal risk (lizard is a delicacy for chickens), Oscar occasionally manages to steal an egg from a nearby hen coop, and he sometimes explores one of the piles of trash that litter the parched landscape. Popy, a fennec fox; Harchi, a hyena; and Buck, a vulture, inhabit a derelict school bus situated on a neighboring hill, but they mostly race about on a cast-off warehouse or grocery cart powered by Harchi and directed by Popy. Like Oscar, the trio constantly search for food and water - often competing with him, sometimes abusing him as a means, but occasionally cooperating with him when it suits their purpose. The main characters often find themselves falling off cliffs a la Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner, wherein the law of gravity is briefly suspended while the character comes to realize their imminent doom.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

The four main characters are:^[4]

• Oscar is the main character of the show. He is a gecko that is always getting into trouble with the trio – Popy, Harchi and Buck – and the chickens too. Oscar is always trying to catch flies and find some water, but most of the time things don't come out right. Whenever he has something interesting, the trio always tries to take it from him. Whilst he in turn often tries to steal the trio's food. Voiced by Marie Facundo.
• Popy - a fennec fox, the boss of the trio, the one who gives the orders. She is quite clever and sneaky, tricking the other animals as well as the two others in the trio. As shown in the episodes Pronto Express and Bad Seed, she is also greedy. Voiced by Marie Facundo.
• Harchi - a hyena, the brawn of the trio, he is given the physical jobs. He normally acts as the driving force behind the makeshift cart that he along with his friends chase Oscar or the chickens with. In the event of them taking a collective tumble, it's he who catches everyone so they avoid the ravine. Sometimes he can also show stupidity. Voiced by Sly Johnson.
• Buck - a vulture, the nerd of the trio. This guy always tolerates when Harchi gets yelled at by Popy. Voiced by Sly Johnson.

Minor characters[]

• Manolo - a truck driver who transports various items in the series. He is always asleep at the wheel while his dog, Roco, drives. Voiced by Martial Le Minoux.
• Roco - Manolo's loyal and faithful dog. He always tries to keep their cargo safe and frequently chases Oscar and the trio or tries to deter them from the contents of the moving vehicle. He is generally more friendly with Oscar than with the trio.
• The Female Lizard - a female lizard to whom Oscar's heart belongs, though they sometimes compete with each other over things. In the episode Corn to be Wild, she has babies, but it's unknown who her mate is.
• The Chickens - their half-closed eyes give them a nonchalant, blasé appearance. They fall blindly into the traps laid for them, and get out of them without realizing they have escaped any kind of danger. They always try to eat Oscar.
• The Crocodiles - the most feared animals of the desert and the top predators.
• The Skunk - He doesn't smell good. He is always afraid of Oscar, but the trio are always afraid of him because of his smell. He often takes the trio's fruit.
• Meerkats - The "Thieves" of the desert, they sometimes steal stuff from the trio as they compete with Oscar. In some episodes, however, they work together with Oscar against the trio.
• The Dung Beetles - Oscar's friends who occasionally help him out of tough predicaments. In the episode Revenge of the Small Fry, Oscar once helped them roll up a large ball of dung, which they have never forgotten.
• Junior - Oscar's adopted son who made only one appearance in the show.

Episodes[]

Each episode runs for 7 minutes and there are 78 episodes in total.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Oscar's Oasis at IMDb