Simsala Grimm

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Simsala Grimm is a German-Austrian-French-Irish animated children's television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other notable authors. The series was created by André Sikojev, Stefan Beiten and Claus Clausen, and co-producted by Greenlight Media AG, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hahn Film AG, Millimages and Magma Films Ltd.

Synopsis[]

In each episode of the series, one of the famous classical fairy tales is told in the magical land of Simsala. The local characters Doc Croc and Yoyo move between the storyteller and the episode cast, which they tend to help or at least inspire. Each episode begins with Doc Croc and Yoyo as toys on a shelf brought to life by a magical book.

Characters[]

Main[]

• Yoyo (German: Hubertus von Lerchenfeld, English: Nigel Greaves) – An adventurous, joyful, brave and mischievous blue tailless creature likes coyote. He wears a red hood shoulder piece with two dangling bells.
• Doc Croc (nicknamed Crocy; German: Jörg Stuttmann, English: Nigel Pegram) – A bookworm, a red-pink lizard. He wears glasses and a yellow hat, and carries a yellow bag with him. He is kind, timid and smart. It also appears as if Doc Croc has a slight stutter in his voice.
• Storybook (Märchenbuch; German: Bert Franzke) – the book that brings Yoyo and Doc Croc to life and takes them to the land of Simsala. In the first season, it has portraits of the brothers Grimm in the hardcover.

Both Yoyo and Doc Croc often argue as Yoyo is brave and willing, but unwise and Doc Croc is sometimes overcautious, yet intelligent. Both of them also seem to disrespect the storybook, as it usually takes them to a bad place when they are landing.

Recurring[]

• Birds - Three clothed birds appear in numerous episodes of the first season, often providing/singing advice or insight to Yoyo and Doc Croc.
• Mice - Three clothed mice appear in numerous episodes of the first season, often providing advice or insight, sometimes even help, to Yoyo and Doc Croc.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1999-2000)[]

Season 2 (2010)[]

Broadcast[]

Simsala Grimm premiered on KiKA in Germany on November 1, 1999, and ended on July 21, 2000. It was later renewed for a second season, which premiered on December 6, 2010, and ended on December 31 of the same year.

The English version of the series premiered in Australia in 2001 on ABC Kids, and later on RTÉ2 in Ireland.^[when?] In addition, the first season of the series was distributed on DVDs in the United States in 2004, under the name "The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm".

A third season and a feature film were announced in 2019,^[3] in addition to remastered versions of the previous seasons which were released on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021 in Germany and the United Kingdom.^[4]

See also[]

• List of German television series

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Simsala Grimm at IMDb