Kid Paddle
Kid Paddle is a Belgian gag-a-day comic series created by Michel Ledent (Midam) in 1993. It was first published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou until branching out into its own volumed comic albums in 1996.
| Kid Paddle | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Laurent Rullier Franck Salomé Ilya Nicolas Philippe Pierre-Adolphé Stéphane Chapuy Julien & Claude Gars Frederick Maslanka Aline Leblon Philippe Daniau & Nasser Zeboudj Claude Prothee Laurent Bounoure Thomas Lapierre Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams Jacques Espagne Stephen Ashton Ghislaine & Christophe Poujol Anne Lecours Augusto Zanovello Manon & Muguette Berthelet |
| Directed by | Olivier Bonnet |
| Voices of | Jennifer Seguin Daniel Brochu Eleanor Noble Pauline Little Arthur Holden A.J. Henderson Jessica Kardos |
| Opening theme | Kid Paddle Theme |
| Ending theme | Kid Paddle Ending |
| Country of origin | Belgium France Canada |
| Original language(s) | French English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 12 minutes (ungrouped) 23 minutes (grouped) |
| Production company(s) | Spectra Animaton |
| Distributor | Spectra Animation |
| Release | |
| Original network | Teletoon |
| Picture format | 480i 4:3 |
| First shown in | Belgium France |
| Original release | September 1, 2003[1] – February 19, 2006[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Toopy and Binoo Fred's Head |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The series was popular enough to have spawned a Belgian-French-Canadian animated TV series produced by defunct animation studio Spectra Animation; that aired on M6 and Canal J in France, RTBF Television in Belgium and on Teletoon in Canada.
Overview
Both the comic strip and the TV show cover all the passions and interests of 8 to 12-year-old boys. The main character, Kid Paddle, is your typical young boy with a passionate love for video games, comic books, Blorks (fictional aliens), and sci-fi television. His two best friends are Big Bang and Horace. Big Bang is more of a kid scientist, who is always creating new gadgets for Kid to try out. He is very intelligent for his age. Horace is more naive compared to the other two, and has a very bizarre appetite. He's always very supportive of Kid and looks up to him. As is typical for young children, Kid often fights with his sister, Carol, who finds her brother to be a degenerate air-head.
Regular features cover video games, movies and DVDs, technology, and comic books. By the second season some of the story lines revolved around crushes and the differences between boys and girls. Two seasons of 26 half-hour episodes (each consisting of two 11-minute episodes) have been produced thus far. It's not clear as of 2006 if a third season will be produced. The show has a huge following in its Belgian homeland, as well as in France.
Voice cast
- Jennifer Seguin – Kid
- Daniel Brochu – Big Bang
- Eleanor Noble – Horace
- Arthur Holden – Mr. Paddle
- Pauline Little – Carole
- Jessica Kardos – Max
- A.J. Henderson – Grandpa Paddle
Episodes
Originally, four cartoons were developed for television: Then, an additional 48 episodes were ordered.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | July 1, 2003 | October 21, 2003 | ||
| 2 | 26 | 2003 | January 15, 2006 | ||
Season 1 (2003)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | French airdate | Prod. code | French viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Arachnoid Menace" "Lights, Camera, Cut!" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier | July 1, 2003 | TBA | S01E01 | N/A |
| 2 | "Summer Camp Fugitives!" "Game Not Over!" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier Franck Salomé, Ilya Nicolas and Midam | TBA | TBA | S01E02 | TBD |
| 3 | "The Escapees of Colony!" "Megalloween" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier Philippe Pierre-Adolphé and Stéphane Chapuy | January 17, 2005 | October 3, 2007 | S01E03 | N/A |
| 4 | "Vote Paddle!" "The Werewolf" | Olivier Bonnet | Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Frederick Maslanka Aline Leblon | TBA | TBA | S01E04 | TBD |
| 5 | "It Turns!" "Tooth for Tooth" | Olivier Bonnet | Frederick Maslanka Philippe Daniau & Nasser Zeboudj | January 31, 2005 | TBA | S01E05 | N/A |
| 6 | "Blork and Gore" "The Jellyfish Beach" | Olivier Bonnet | Claude Prothee and Frederick Maslanka Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé | February 7, 2005 | TBA | S01E06 | N/A |
| 7 | "Maximum Record!" "Alien TV" | Olivier Bonnet | Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Franck Salomé Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé | TBA | TBA | S01E07 | TBD |
| 8 | "Blork Surprise" "The Ghost Train" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier and Aline Leblon Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Jacques Espagne | February 21, 2005 | TBA | S01E08 | N/A |
| 9 | "Retirement to the Future!" "The Invasion of the Robots" | Olivier Bonnet | Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Aline Leblon | February 28, 2005 | TBA | S01E09 | N/A |
| 10 | "Mission: Almost Impossible" "Teacher's Thunder Operation" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier and Laurent Bounoure Franck Salomé | March 7, 2005 | TBA | S01E10 | N/A |
| 11 | "Brainstorming" "The Duel to Blork Barbarian!" | Olivier Bonnet | Aline Leblon Laurent Rullier | TBA | TBA | S01E11 | TBD |
| 12 | "Hubbub!" "The Championship" | Olivier Bonnet | Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj Franck Salome | TBA | TBA | S01E12 | TBD |
| 13 | "The Karate Kid" "Virus.com" | Olivier Bonnet | Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj | March 21, 2005 | TBA | S01E13 | N/A |
| 14 | "Ping Pong! "The False Token" | Olivier Bonnet | Jacques Espagne Franck Salomé | March 28, 2005 | TBA | S01E14 | N/A |
| 15 | "The Strange Christmas of Mr. Paddle" "Max's Secret" | Olivier Bonnet | Aline Leblon Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | April 4, 2005 | TBA | S01E15 | N/A |
| 16 | "The Mummy's Awakening!" "The Jurassic Noeunoeuf" | Olivier Bonnet | Julien Gars and Claude Gars Frederick Maslanka | April 11, 2005 | TBA | S01E16 | N/A |
| 17 | "The False Teeth of the Sea" "Livin' in the Life of Blue!" | Olivier Bonnet | Thomas Lapierre | April 18, 2005 | TBA | S01E17 | N/A |
| 18 | "A Disekator Against the Blorks" "The Ideal Family" | Olivier Bonnet | Stephen Ashton Thomas Lapierre | April 25, 2005 | TBA | S01E18 | N/A |
| 19 | "Canning" "Mr. Crypt the Shadowy" | Olivier Bonnet | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé | May 2, 2005 | TBA | S01E19 | N/A |
| 20 | "The Monstrodindor" "Plastic Surgery" | Olivier Bonnet | Franck Salomé Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | May 9, 2005 | TBA | S01E20 | N/A |
| 21 | "Are You There?" "The Werewolf Radar" | Olivier Bonnet | Julien Gars and Claude Gars Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | May 16, 2005 | TBA | S01E21 | N/A |
| 22 | "Mr. Rick Icky!" "The Zombie Hospital" | Olivier Bonnet | Stephen Ashton Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | May 23, 2005 | TBA | S01E22 | N/A |
| 23 | "Lice... Ah!" "The Sleeping Story" | Olivier Bonnet | Stephen Ashton Franck Salomé | May 30, 2005 | TBA | S01E23 | N/A |
| 24 | "Vice Versa!" "Pustulator!" | Olivier Bonnet | Thomas Lapierre Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | June 6, 2005 | TBA | S01E24 | N/A |
| 25 | "Super Paddle!" "Meteor Night!" | Olivier Bonnet | Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj Thomas Lapierre | June 13, 2005 | TBA | S01E25 | N/A |
| 26 | "Horace Clones?" "The Storm on the Controls!" | Olivier Bonnet | Franck Salomé | May 20, 2005 | TBA | S01E26 | N/A |
Season 2 (2005-2006)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | French airdate | Prod. code | French viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Piranha" "At the Light of the Ramp!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | July 1, 2003 | TBA | S01E01 | N/A |
| 2 | "The Bermuda Triangle" "Like Dog and Cat!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | TBA | TBA | S01E02 | TBD |
| 3 | "Humanoid Females" "Reduced Models" | Olivier Bonnet | Laurent Rullier TBA | January 17, 2005 | October 3, 2007 | S01E03 | N/A |
| 4 | "A Superstar's Joystick!" "The Flies (Moucha Mutantus!)" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | TBA | TBA | S01E04 | TBD |
| 5 | "The Medical Visit" "Somethin' Girls!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | January 31, 2005 | TBA | S01E05 | N/A |
| 6 | "The Funny Meeting! "The Virtual Disaster" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | February 7, 2005 | TBA | S01E06 | N/A |
| 7 | "The Circle of the Missing Joysticks!" "Kimitomo!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | S01E07 | TBD |
| 8 | "Don't Touch My City Game!" "Fan #2" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | February 21, 2005 | TBA | S01E08 | N/A |
| 9 | "Genetic Tampering" "Poor Carole!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | February 28, 2005 | TBA | S01E09 | N/A |
| 10 | "Horace Outdoes Himself" "The Voodoo Cow!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | March 7, 2005 | TBA | S01E10 | N/A |
| 11 | "Say It With Flowers!" "Kid Loses the Ball" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | TBA | TBA | S01E11 | TBD |
| 12 | "The Return of the Mummy!" "No Romeo for Carole" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | TBA | TBA | S01E12 | TBD |
| 13 | "Not Seen on TV!" "The Red Card" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | March 21, 2005 | TBA | S01E13 | N/A |
| 14 | "The Paddle Family Barbeque! "The Red Line" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | March 28, 2005 | TBA | S01E14 | N/A |
| 15 | "The Handyman Has Always Saw Twice!" "The Extraterrestrial Alert!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | April 4, 2005 | TBA | S01E15 | N/A |
| 16 | "The Crazy Remote Control" "The Hunters" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | April 11, 2005 | TBA | S01E16 | N/A |
| 17 | "Surprise!" "The Treasure of the Blorks!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | April 18, 2005 | TBA | S01E17 | N/A |
| 18 | "Upside-Down" "Kid the Soothsayer" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | April 25, 2005 | TBA | S01E18 | N/A |
| 19 | "Kid: No Longer Playing!" "Paddle Story" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | May 2, 2005 | TBA | S01E19 | N/A |
| 20 | "Hell is Pink" "Marriage Instructions" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | May 9, 2005 | TBA | S01E20 | N/A |
| 21 | "The Irradiated" "Objection!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | May 16, 2005 | TBA | S01E21 | N/A |
| 22 | "The Floutch" "All-Stars!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | May 23, 2005 | TBA | S01E22 | N/A |
| 23 | "Fear on the Air!" "The Double-Virus" | Olivier Bonnet | Franck Salomé | May 30, 2005 | TBA | S01E23 | N/A |
| 24 | "The Song of the Sirens!" "The Radar is Gone!" | Olivier Bonnet | Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams | June 6, 2005 | TBA | S01E24 | N/A |
| 25 | "Tronchard: Saved from the Waters!" "The Return of the Zombies!" | Olivier Bonnet | Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj TBA | June 13, 2005 | TBA | S01E25 | N/A |
| 26 | "D-Day!" "Kid is Not Careful!" | Olivier Bonnet | TBA | May 20, 2005 | TBA | S01E26 | N/A |
Comics
So far, the series has been published into 15 comic albums. The first 11 albums were published by Dupuis, with volume 12 onward being published by Mad Fabrik, Midam's own publishing company.
- Jeux des villans (Villain Games), 1996
- Carnage total (Total Carnage), 1996
- Apocalypse boy, 1997
- Full metal casquette (Full Metal Cap), (1998)
- Alien chantilly, 1999
- Rodéo Blork (Blork Rodeo), 2000
- Waterminator, 2001
- Paddle... My name is Kid Paddle, 2002
- Boing ! Boing ! Bunk !, 2005
- Dark, j'adore ! (I Love the Dark!), 2005
- Le retour de la momie qui pue qui tue (The Return of the Mummy Who Stinks, Who Kills), 2007
- Panik room, 2011
- Slime project, 2012
- Serial player, 2014
- Men in Blork, 2017
Video games
Kid Paddle has had three video games that were released on various Nintendo platforms in Belgium and France. These include Kid Paddle for the Game Boy Advance, released in 2005, Kid Paddle: Blorks Invasion for the Nintendo DS, released in 2007, and Kid Paddle: Lost in the Game, released for both the Wii and DS in 2008.
Kid Paddle: Puzzle Monsters is an iPad and iPhone video game based on the comic series and published by Anuman Interactive in 2009.[2]
References
- "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16.
- "[Communiqué de presse] Le Jeu Vidéo et les Bandes Dessinées Kid Paddle débarquent sur l'iPhone et l'iPod Touch – Jeux iPhone, Android, 3DS, PS Vita... Tout le jeu mobile et les consoles portables !". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.