The Owl (French: La Chouette[3]) is a series of short CGI-animated episodes for children's television. It is a silent comedy revolving around the life of a grumpy and unlucky owl, who has trouble dealing with all sorts of surreal situations and gets comically dismembered at the end.
| The Owl | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Created by | Alexandre So |
| Directed by | Alexandre So |
| Theme music composer | Low Entertainment |
| Opening theme | "Opening" |
| Ending theme | "Ending" |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 54 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1.05 minutes |
| Production companies | Studio Hari TV-Loonland AG[2] France Télévisions |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 3 |
| Release | May 5, 2006 – July 12, 2007 |
| Related | |
| The Owl & Co | |
Plot
editThe series features the eponymous Owl, pink in color, and with blue feet that "float" below his body. The Owl also resembles a plastic figurine and has a grumpy, anti-social personality. Each of the minute-long fifty-four episodes centers on the Owl attempting to overcome unfortunate circumstances, but as a running gag, end in his demise by his various appendages and body being dispensed of in unusual or comical ways.
The series' setting only takes place high above at a nondescript tree, a la a "bottle show". The Owl occasionally also encounters other species, like other birds, bats and even an athletic frog, to which these never end well for him. Other situations also involve surreal events, like floating objects and exploding apples.
Episodes
edit- Windy
- The Ant
- Bubbles
- The Woodpecker
- The Lightning
- Roller Coaster
- Bat Owl
- The Pigeons
- Apple Storm
- Gluttony
- The Sticky Caterpillar
- The Stork
- The Race
- Squirrel Thief
- Puppets
- The Tyre Swing
- The Bees
- Badminton
- Spider Time
- The Magpie
- Christmas Small Boxes
- Trampoline
- Surveillance
- Space Owl
- The Kite
- Break Dance
- Chewing Gum
- The Sloth
- Boomerang
- Master Crow
- Sheep
- The Bugging Parrot
- The Cardinal
- The Mosquito
- The Xhaolin Frog
- Monkey Musician
- The Dung Beetle
- The Pinball
- The Fireflies
- The Elevator
- The Prop Tree
- Chameleon
- Ball Trap
- Child's Play
- Living Nature
- The Dream
- The Fly
- Flying Saucer
- Christmas Present
- The Giraffe
- Fireworks
- The Party
See also
edit- The Owl & Co – A serialized spinoff, featuring more prominent characters in a large forest setting also made by Studio Hari.