Poppets Town

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Poppets Town
Poppets Town title card.png
Based onポペッツタウン
by Jun Ichihara
Developed byKatherine Sandford
Written byJames Backshall
Sheila Dinsmore
Clive Endersby
Shawn Kalb
Craig Martin
Betty Quan
Bruce Robb
Katherine Sandford
Sara Snow
Directed byJosep Viciana
Voices ofCameron Ansell
Richard Binsley
Neil Crone
Cory Doran
Julie Lemieux
Bryn McAuley
Krystal Meadows
Arnold Pinnock
Adam Reid
Martin Roach
Rob Tinkler
Phil Williams
Theme music composerSteve D'Angelo
Terry Tompkins for EGGPLANT
Country of originCanada
Spain
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersBeth Stevenson
Anne Loi
Neil Court
Cristina Brandner
ProducersKym Hyde
Susana González
Running time22 minutes[1]
Production companiesDecode Entertainment
Neptuno Films
DistributorNeptuno Films (Latin America, Portugal, and Spain)[2]
OLC (Japan)[3]
Decode Enterprises (Worldwide)[4]
Release
Original networkKnowledge Network
TVO Kids
Picture format16:9
Original release2008 (2008) –
2009 (2009)[1]
External links
Website

Poppets Town (also stylized as PoppetsTown) is an animated children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment and Neptuno Films, based on the characters created by Japanese author Jun Ichihara. The series aired on Knowledge Network and TVOKids in Canada.[2][5][6]

Plot[]

Poppets Town follows the adventures of Blooter, and his best friends Patty and Bobby, as they solve everyday problems that occur in Poppets Town.

Characters[]

  • Blooter (voiced by Cory Doran) is a blue dog who does not wear clothes and loves to ride his scooter.
  • Patty (voiced by Bryn McAuley) is a yellow cat who wears a pink dress with colored-light flowers and a blue bandana and loves to ride her helicopter.
  • Bobby is an orange bear who wears a yellow shirt with pink polka-dots, ride his van and carries a camera.
  • Cocori is a chicken with a pink shirt and blue scarf. She has a red helmet and drives an egg car.
  • Alli is an alligator with a red and white striped shirt and a red hat. He rides a lady bug car.
  • Cozy (voiced by Adam Reid) is a red and white striped zebra that rides a blue horse.
  • Captain Cap is a sheep.
  • The Naka-Nakas are trio of monkeys.
  • Mathilda is a bee with orange and red stripes that rides Patapata.
  • Candy is a caterpillar with different colors.

Episodes[]

No.TitleWritten byCanadian air date
1"Ice Cream Dream"
"Under the Rainbow"		Katherine SandfordTBA
Cocori's freezer is broken and all the ice cream is melting. It's a race to find some ice to keep it cold.
Rain threatens to ruin the Poppets Town spring picnic, so the Poppets have to race around town trying to find a dry spot.
2"Butterfly Flutter"
"Tutti Frutti"		Katherine SandfordTBA
Patty makes a new butterfly friend who suddenly flies away. Patty and the gang race around Poppets Town looking for her, until they learn that butterfly’s love flowers, so they make a garden.
Cocori is making smoothies and Blooter, Patty and Bobby are put in charge of watching the bananas while she gets more milk. The Naka-Nakas eat all the bananas, and the Poppets have to race around town finding new kinds of fruit before Cocori gets back.
3"Moon Dance"
"Leaf Pile a-Go-Go"		Katherine SandfordTBA
The Naka-Nakas are holding a sleep-out under the stars. Part of the event is the performance of the "Moon Dance," but the moon doesn’t show up. Blooter, Patty and Bobby help the Naka-Nakas find out where the moon went, and Bobby learns a way to enjoy sleeping under the stars.
Patty and Blooter help Bobby rake around the clubhouse, but then they must find a place to put all the fall leaves. It’s a race around Poppets Town to find out who has a use for all these leaves.
4"A Road for a Toad"
"Too Many Cooks"		Bruce Robb
Steven Westren		TBA
The Poppets help a group of baby toads find a safe migration route through Poppets Town, and Scooter learns what it takes to be a good leader.
Patty wants to bake a birthday cake and surprise Cocori. Just because they’ve eaten lots of cakes, doesn’t mean they know how to make one. After a failed attempt to make a delicious surprise, the Poppets learn about recipes.
5"Poppets in a Pickle"
"A Cozy Song"		Sheila Dinsmore
Clive Endersby		TBA
When a pickle smell invades Poppets Town, our gang must find the source of the problem and solve it with a monkey washing machine!
Scooter, Patty and Bobby create a song for Cozy and get everyone to sing it as a surprise. Cozy feels left out until he discovers how much effort has been made for him.
6"Kite Flight"
"The PoppetsTown Castle"		Betty Quan
Craig Martin		TBA
Blooter can’t control his kite and it takes off in the wind. It’s a race around Poppets Town to find the kite but they don’t even know where to begin. Captain Cap teaches them about the wind and they discover that simply adding a tail to a kite can make a world of difference.
The Poppets spend a day at the beach building sand castles, but are surprised when their hard work disappears! They learn about something called the “tide” and realize that making sand castles isn’t about the finished product; it’s about the fun of building them.
7"Lava Luau"
"PoppetsTown Day"		Katherine Sandford
Clive Endersby		TBA
Patty plans a Hawaiian Luau party and Blooter has the great idea to make a paper mache volcano. Bobby realizes his fears were based on a misunderstanding.
Blooter, Patty and Bobby decide that a parade is the best way to celebrate "Poppets Town Day," and Blooter discovers what he really loves about Poppets Town.
8"Bushy-Tail's Treasure"
"The Dusty Gusts"		Sheila Dinsmore
Steven Westren		TBA
When Captain Cap's old friend Bushy-Tailed Binky shows up, the gang comes along on a hunt for buried pirate treasure. They figure out that since Bushy-Tail is a squirrel, his treasure is acorns. When they can’t find the acorns, they figure out that they grew into the trees around them.
The Naka-Nakas are trying to perform their purple poppy pyramid, but something keeps making Bobby sneeze, which knocks the Naka-Nakas over! Patty and her pals try to figure out what’s making Bobby so sneezy and at the same time that they learn about allergies.
9"The Mystery of Mount Poppet"
"Quack Quest"		Craig Martin
Bruce Robb		TBA
When the Naka-Nakas get scared of the "Mickey Moo Monster" on Mount Poppet, the gang joins together to prove there is no such thing as monsters.
The Poppets help Cap find a lost shipment of Rubber Duckies so everyone can have bubble baths again.
10"Box-Car Bobby"
"Bye Bye Birdie"		Betty Quan
Sara Snow and Katherine Sandford		TBA
Bobby’s clubhouse is stuffed with cardboard boxes. Rather than throwing the boxes away, the gang comes up with fun and creatively crafty ways to re-use them.
The gang meets Suki, a little bird who wants to fly, while at the same time Blooter learns to juggle.
11"See the Bee?"
"Treehouse Trouble"		Bruce Robb
Sheila Dinsmore		TBA
When Cocori runs out of honey, the gang visits Uncle Ollie’s Farm to get more and Patty overcomes her fear of bees.
When the Naka-Nakas have an argument over what color to paint their treehouse, the gang must figure out a way to solve the disagreement.
12"Patty's Neverending Story"
"The Trouble with Bubbles"		Katherine Sandford
Steven Westren		TBA
Patty wants to make up a story for Candy and Mathilda, but she's having trouble finding the ending. Finally, she and her friends decide to put on a play to finish the end of the story together.
Bobby makes a bubble machine for Patty's bubble dance, but things go awry when the whole town becomes full of bubbles.
13"Bird Bath"
"Find the Naka-Nakas"		Craig Martin
Betty Quan		TBA
The gang builds a birdbath for Suki, but are mystified when the water keeps disappearing. They learn about evaporation and figure out a way to keep Suki’s bird bath full.
A game of hide and seek is made extra challenging when the Poppets gang blindfold themselves. Without the use of their sight, they hone in on the Naka-Naka brothers through their other senses.
14"Spring Egg-extravaganza"
"Mistaken Mistake"		Katherine Sandford
Clive Endersby		TBA
It’s the beginning of spring, and Poppets Town is having their annual Spring Eggstravaganza. The Poppets decide to decorate some eggs for Cocori this year, which in turn leads them on a great egg hunt mystery.
When Blooter, Patty and Bobby are delivering a large chest to Cap, it falls in the water. Patty blames herself for the mishap. They use a giant magnet to lift it out of the water, only to discover that Cap wanted it in the water as a surprise for his old seal friend Slinky Pete.
15"Poppoween"
"Doozy Dilemma"		Steven Westren
Sheila Dinsmore		TBA
It's Poppoween, and every year, they try to fool Captain Cap with their costumes. This year, Patty is determined to be the one that fools him the most, and everyone else for that matter.
It's apple-picking day, but the Naka-Nakas, Poppetstown’s top apple pickers, are too doozy. The Poppets learn that it was all the sugar they ate that’s making them lose their quick monkey moves.
16"Lights Out"
"Naka-Naka-Steppa-Clicka"		James Backshall
Clive Endersby		TBA
The Poppets can't wait for the meteor shower, but are disappointed when they can't see anything because of the bright lights of Poppets Town.
Blooter, Patty, Bobby and Alli are practicing for the first performance of their new band when the Naka-Naka Brothers decide to dance with them. But their freestyle movements are too wild, and it takes Cap's knowledge of dance plus some help from Blooter, Patty and Bobby to help the Naka-Nakas learn a routine that becomes the hit of the show.
17"Along Came a Spider"
"Shadow Play"		Richard ClarkTBA
18"Blooter Gets a Boo-Boo"
"Rainy Day Blues"		Katherine Sandford
Craig Martin		TBA
Blooter accidentally hurts his thumb and has to spend the day resting while the rest of the Poppets try to finish the greatest fort ever built!
Bobby’s upset because it won’t stop raining. After visiting his friends around Poppets Town, he learns new and different ways to have fun in the rain and make the best of the situation.
19"Patty and the Amazing Flying Squirrels"
"Clubhouse Power"		Sheila Dinsmore
Katherine Sandford		TBA
When the Amazing Flying Squirrels come to town, Patty decides to join the circus and learns the basics of gymnastics.
When the solar-powered clubhouse runs out of power, the Poppets try to find an alternate power source so they can go on their camping trip. They learn about different modes of transportation and how they’re powered, including good old reliable Poppet power to hike to their camping spot.
20"Whistle While You Work"
"The Wacka-Wacka Brothers"		James Backshall
Katherine Sandford		TBA
When Cozy loses his traffic whistle, the Poppets have to find a replacement so that traffic can keep moving in Poppets Town.
The Naka-Naka Brothers are getting a visit from their cousins, the Wacka-Wacka Brothers, and Poppets Town is bracing itself for a huge monkey mess! Thankfully, it turns out the Wacka-Wacka Brothers are quite civilized and help inspire the Naka-Nakas to learn some table manners.
21"Where's the Party?"
"Water Wonder"		Richard Clark
Clive Endersby		TBA
The gang has to move the Naka-nakas' Birthday Party to a new location.
A stream of water closes the crossroads and Blooter, Patty and Bobby discover a dam has been built across the river.
22"Blooter's Hiccups"
"Patty the Fairy"		Craig Martin
Katherine Sandford		TBA
When Blooter gets the hiccups, Bobby takes over his delivery route and quickly starts confusing the packages. Everyone ends up with the wrong delivery, and Bobby realizes that Blooter’s job is a lot harder than he thought.
When Patty gets a fairy costume, she and her friends decide to spend the day granting wishes.
23"Opposite Day"
"Chicken Flap"		Bruce Robb
Shawn Kalb		TBA
24"Super Blooter"
"Chester the Crab"		Sheila Dinsmore
Betty Quan		TBA
25"Solstice Celebration"
"Bobby's Valentine"		Steven Westren
Katherine Sandford		TBA
26"Eye Spy"
"Backpack Backtrack"		Katherine Sandford
James Backshall		TBA
Blooter, Patty and Bobby are asked to find out who is taking Cocori's cookies. They decide to play detetives with code names and disguises. Even though they keep watch both at night and during the day - the cookies still keep disappearing. Finally, Cap lends them a magnifying glass and they use it to find a clue: a trail of cookie crumbs that lead to a mouse hole and two very friendly mice.
Blooter loses his backpack with a very important package in it for Patty. He learns to re-trace his steps to help find what he’s lost and deliver the package to Patty.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Poppets Town". Neptuno Films. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "TVO, Knowledge pick up Poppetstown". Playback. November 14, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "DHX Media Co-Production for Brand New Animated Preschool Series".
  4. ^ "DHX Media Co-Production for Brand New Animated Preschool Series".
  5. ^ "Poppets bring party time to preschoolers"(retrieved July 3, 2018)
  6. ^ "Canada, Lat Am onboard Poppetstown"(retrieved July 3, 2018)

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