Poppets Town

Poppets Town, French title: Les Popilous (also styled as PoppetsTown; Popilouville in French) is a Japanese-influenced animated children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment and Neptuno Films in association with the OLC Rights Entertainment. It is based on the characters created by Japanese author Jun Ichihara. The series aired on Knowledge Network and TVOKids in Canada.

Poppets Town
The show's logo used from 2009 to 2011.
Also known as	PoppetsTown
Genre	Comedy Animated series
Created by	Jun Ichihara
Based on	ポペッツタウン by Jun Ichihara
Developed by	Katherine Sandford
Showrunner	Jun Ichihara
Directed by	Josep Viciana
Voices of	Cory Doran Bryn McAuley Cameron Ansell Martin Roach Julie Lemieux Adam Reid Richard Binsley Krystal Meadows Neil Crone Scott McCord Arnold Pinnock Rob Tinkler Phil Williams
Theme music composer	Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins for EGGPLANT
Composers	Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins for EGGPLANT
Country of origin	Canada Spain Japan
Original languages	English French Spanish Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Beth Stevenson Anne Loi Neil Court Cristina Brandner
Producers	Kym Hyde Susana González
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Decode Entertainment Neptuno Films OLC Rights Entertainment (Japan) Limited
Original release
Network	Knowledge Network (Canada) TVOKids (Canada)
Release	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01) – May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)

Overview

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

Characters

Main

• Blooter (voiced by Cory Doran) is a blue dog who wears no clothes, (the helmet, red collar and backpack as exceptions), and loves to ride his scooter. He also likes being a rapper.
• Patty (voiced by Bryn McAuley) is a yellow cat who wears a pink dress with light-colored flowers and a blue bandana, and loves to ride her helicopter and carries a laptop. Her favorite instrument are the drums.
• Bobby (voiced by Cameron Ansell) is an orange bear who wears a yellow shirt with pink polka-dots and a blue hat, and loves to ride his van, and carries a camera. His favorite instrument is the guitar.

Recurring

• Alli (voiced by Martin Roach) is an alligator with a red and white striped shirt and a red hat and wears glasses. He works at a music store and drives a ladybug car. His favorite instrument is the saxophone, piano, and keyboard.
• Cocori (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is a chicken with a pink shirt and blue scarf. She has a red helmet and wears roller skates. She works at a cafe and drives an egg-shaped car.
• Cozy (voiced by Adam Reid) is a red and white striped zebra who look after the crossroads and rides a blue horse.
• Captain Cap (voiced by Adam Reid) is a sheep who used to be a pirate and drives a duck boat.
• The Naka-Nakas (voiced by Richard Binsley) are trio of monkeys with a striped shirt, a ribbon scarf, and a funny hat, and drives a banana car. Their favorite instrument are the bongo drum.
• Candy is a caterpillar of different colors.
• Mathilda is a bee with orange and red stripes and loves to ride her Patapata.

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Canadian air date
1	"Ice Cream Dream" "Under the Rainbow"	Katherine Sandford	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01) Spain: December 28, 2009 (2009-12-28)
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 race around town to find a dry spot.
2	"Butterfly Flutter" "Tutti Frutti"	Katherine Sandford	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01) Spain: January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
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 race around town finding new kinds of fruit before Cocori gets back.
3	"Moon Dance" "Leaf Pile a-Go-Go"	Katherine Sandford	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01) Spain: September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)
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	May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13) Spain: December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)
The Poppets help a group of baby toads find a safe migration route through Poppets Town, and Blooter 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	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) Spain:January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
When a pickle smell invades Poppets Town, our gang must find the source of the problem and solve it with a monkey washing machine! Blooter, 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	April 11, 2009 (2009-04-11) Spain: January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
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 they 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	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
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	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
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 they learn about allergies.
9	"The Mystery of Mount Poppet" "Quack Quest"	Craig Martin Bruce Robb	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
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	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
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	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)
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 resolve the disagreement.
12	"Patty's Neverending Story" "The Trouble with Bubbles"	Katherine Sandford Steven Westren	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)
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	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)
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 home in on the Naka-Naka brothers through their other senses.
14	"Spring Egg-extravaganza" "Mistaken Mistake"	Katherine Sandford Clive Endersby	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Spain: September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02)
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	October 31, 2009 (2009-10-31) Spain: October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)
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	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)
The Poppets can't wait for the meteor shower, but they 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 Clark	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)
After Bobby accidentally ruins a spider's web, the gang decides to make a new one. Bobby learns that sometimes it's best to leave nature alone. The Poppets are on a camping trip and Candy meets a new friend -- her shadow! The Poppets learn all about shadows and put on a shadow play.
18	"Blooter Gets a Boo-Boo" "Rainy Day Blues"	Katherine Sandford Craig Martin	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: September 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)
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	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: September 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)
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	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01)
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	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)
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	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01) Spain: September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
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. Patty gets a surprise present from her Aunt Petunia: a fairy princess costume, complete with magic wand. With the help of the Poppets, she decides to grant wishes to everyone in town.
23	"Opposite Day" "Chicken Flap"	Bruce Robb Shawn Kalb	January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01) Spain: September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
When the gang wants to do something different, Uncle Ollie suggests doing opposites for the rest of the day, everyone tries doing things the opposite way. Cocori's cousin Jeejeeri visits PoppetsTown, but she doesn't speak the language. The Poppets have to figure out other methods of communication.
24	"Super Blooter" "Chester the Crab"	Sheila Dinsmore Betty Quan	January 7, 2010 (2010-01-07) Spain: September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
Blooter decides he wants to be a super-hero, but he doesn't know what his super-power is. Each of the Poppets shares their own unique and help Blooter realize that his sense of smell is his super-power. The Poppets make a new friend at the beach named Chester. Because he's a crab, Chester has trouble keeping up with some of the games and the Poppets learn that someone's differences can be their strengths.
25	"Solstice Celebration" "Bobby's Valentine"	Steven Westren Katherine Sandford	February 18, 2010 (2010-02-18) Spain: September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
It's Winter and Blooter tries to get everything done before it gets dark. The Poppets investigate why the days get shorter as Winter comes, and celebrate the solstice. Bobby decides to make extra-special Valentines for his friends using photos of all the great times they've had together. The other Poppets are so touched that they make a very special scrapbook for Bobby to keep track of his great memories.
26	"Eye Spy" "Backpack Backtrack"	Katherine Sandford James Backshall	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01) Spain: January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
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 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. Note: This episode is the series finale.

Broadcast

In addition to its broadcast in Canada on Knowledge Network and TVOKids, the show has also been broadcast internationally. Disney Channel Latin America and Disney International have distributed the show for their channels in the UK, Latin America, Spain, Scandinavia, Italy, Australasia, and Taiwan. In Japan, the series had previously aired on Disney Channel on October 5, 2009, and later aired on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on January 31, 2012. The show aired in the United States on Discovery Familia in 2011. ZooMoo aired this show in Brazil in 2013. OLC has distributed the show in Japan.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-11-20) (in Japanese)
• Poppets Town at IMDb
• Poppets Town at the Big Cartoon Database