Snowsnaps
Snowsnaps (French: Les Mini-Tuques, "The Mini Toques") is a Canadian CGI–animated television series. It is a preschool-aimed spinoff of the 2015 film Snowtime! (La Guerre des Tuques 3D), itself an animated remake of the 1984 live-action The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des Tuques) movie.[1] Produced by Carpediem Film & TV in collaboration with the animation studio Singing Frog and broadcaster Corus Entertainment, the series premiered September 1, 2018 in Canada each on Télétoon, Disney La Chaîne and Treehouse TV.[2]
| Snowsnaps | |
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| Genre | Preschool Adventure Comedy |
| Created by | Marie-Claude Beauchamp |
| Based on | The Dog Who Stopped the War by Roger Cantin Danyèle Patenaude |
| Developed by | Paul Risacher |
| Written by | Élise Cartier Michael Leo Donovan Michael F. Hamill Lisa Hunter Marie-France Landry Maxime Landry Penelope Laurence Patricia Lavoie Gerard Lewis Dominic Webber Allen Markuze Louis-Martin Pepperall Paul Risacher Robert Yates (editor) |
| Directed by | Main: Benoit Godbout Co-Direction: Zabelle Cote |
| Voices of |
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| Opening theme | Snowsnaps Theme Song |
| Ending theme | Snowsnaps Theme Song (Extended) |
| Composer(s) | Daniel Scott |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marie-Claude Beauchamp |
| Producer(s) | Marie-Claude Beauchamp Sophie Roy |
| Editor(s) | MAIN: Robert Yates ASSISTANT: Jacob Lacasse |
| Running time | 5 minutes or 11 minutes, 6 seconds |
| Production company(s) | Carpediem Film & TV Singing Frog Studio Corus Entertainment Technicolor Creative Services Montreal |
| Distributor | Pink Parrot Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | Télétoon / Treehouse TV |
| Picture format | 1080p (16:9 HDTV) |
| First shown in | Canada |
| Original release | September 1 - November 25, 2018 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Snowtime! |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Plot
For Violet, Tomas, Sami and Kiki, every aspect of life is all about fun and games! There is nothing they like more than playing outside, especially in the snow on a winter's day. Come play outside! Yippee!
Characters
Main
- Kiki - a six-year-old girl with black hair that is shown to be athletic, and possibly, from the looks of things in The Fantabulous 4, a ninja.
- Sami - a six-year-old boy with yellow hair that notably keeps broccoli in one of his pockets.
- Tomas - a six-year-old with brown skin and black hair that seems to be afraid of heights.
- Violet - a six-year-old with yellow-orange hair that usually likes to do ballet.
Inanimate, supporting and minor
- Terry the Penguin - Tomas's toy penguin. Sami notably, in Dunk Master, accidentally lost him on the basketball hoop when it was time for Tomas to throw the snowball.
- The special toy - A blue doll that walks. He is the property that Sami wants to keep according to the I Spy Sami! episode.
- Buttercup, Princess, Glitter and Debby - Inanimate toy floaty ring horses which are green, purple, cyan and yellow. They appear in some episodes after appearing in Snoweo Rodeo.
- Granny Gnome' - a gnome with a white scarf.
- The basketball' - a basketball with eyes who is rarely seen in any episode other than "When Toys Attack".
Cast
Adapted from the ending credits.
- Satine Scarlett Montaz / Marguerite D'Amours as Violet
- Kimia Esfahani / Catherine Brunet as Sami
- Ella Rose Coderre / Claudia-Laurie Corbeil as Kiki
- Brandon Lising / Valérie Gagné as Tomas
- Voice director(s): Richard M. Dumont / Johanne Garneau, Julie Burroughs
Production
A preschool-oriented spinoff of Snowtime! was announced to be in development in November 2015.[3] Snowsnaps was officially unveiled during the 2016 Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France as the first-ever Canadian submission.[4] The series is distributed as either 26 eleven-minute episodes or 52 five-minute shorts.[5]
For the musical "Shortsnaps" segments, the production crew held open auditions for bilingual singers across Canada in July 2017.[1]
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | September 1, 2018 | November 25, 2018 | ||
Season 1 (2018)
- So far, this is the only season right now. It has not been confirmed yet that the show will be renewed for a second season.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | American air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Dunk Master" "Snoweo Rodeo" | Benoit Godbout | Louis Martin Pepperall and Marie-France Landry Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 1, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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When Terry the toy penguin gets stuck in the hoop, the rescue mission turns into a basketball duel where Kiki whips the others to show off her dunking skills. After top cowboy Sami loses every event at his own snow rodeo, he still manages to save the day. | |||||||
| 2 | "1-2-3 Cupcake!" "The Haunted Forest" | Benoit Godbout | Maxime Landry and Marie-France Landry Lisa Hunter and Marie-France Landry | September 2, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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A crazy freeze race with funny rules will determine who will be getting Violet's most incredibly appetizing cupcake. The girls don't believe Tomas that the forest is haunted until they see a mysterious pinecone creature and they go investigate. | |||||||
| 3 | "When Toys Attack" "Snow Ballet" | Benoit Godbout | Penelope Laurence Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 8, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Sami is freaked out by toys seemingly following him around town. Meanwhile, Tomas is having trouble with his dialogue for show and tell. Violet's brilliantly choreographed snow ballet needs a snow prince whether Tomas wants to be in the ballet or not. Meanwhile, Sami tries to steal Tomas's pot of pinecones to swap it with broccoli. | |||||||
| 4 | "Winter Games" "Cold Tows" | Benoit Godbout | Paul Risacher Louis Martin Pepperall | September 9, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Violet's groceries soon go missing, and it's up to the bobsleigh team to retrieve them. Sami pretends to be too cold so he can get his friends to pull him home. | |||||||
| 5 | "What's Your Treasure?" "The Monster" | Benoit Godbout | Patricia Lavoie and Marie-France Landry Gerard Lewis and Marie-France Landry | September 15, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Violet playing pirate inspires a mutiny when Tomas and Sami decide to leave Kiki's game of "Dodge the Snowball" to join Violet's pirate crew. When a frozen apple in their ice fort is found half eaten, the gang investigates. | |||||||
| 6 | "Fantabulous Four" "Snow Bowling" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill Dominic Webber and Marie-France Landry | September 16, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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The Snaps play super heroes on a daring super mission to rescue Terry the Penguin from the Dark Owl. When Kiki tries to show the others how to bowl in the snow, the attempts of the others all have surprising twists, turns and bounces. | |||||||
| 7 | "The Greatest Game Ever!" "The Shootout" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill Élise Cartier and Marie-France Landry | September 22, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Inspired by a lost video game, the kids imagine, create, and play a real-life adventure game. Kiki and Violet's competitive hockey shootout gets an extra fruity snow splash as Sami introduces his juice-filled snowballsicles to the game. | |||||||
| 8 | "Race Cars" "AbracaTomas!" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber Michael Leo Donovan | September 23, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Formula One meets a formula for disaster when Tomas inadvertently gets knocked into the downhill race of the century. Terry the toy penguin has disappeared, and only a special magic trick can bring him back. | |||||||
| 9 | "Hiccup" "Superhero of the Hill" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Allen Markuze Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 29, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Kiki is stuck with a pesky case of the hiccups. While she still has the hiccups, the gang tries to find a cure for Kiki's hiccups. When a battle for "Super Hero of the Hill" turns into an all-star superheroes wrestling match, Tomas is compelled to overcome his fear of falling. | |||||||
| 10 | "The Maze" "Hats Off!" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill Paul Risacher | September 30, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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The kids build, shape, and mould a snow-made labyrinthine masterpiece: a maze, in which they then lose themselves in. Tomas' crooked throws are just the ticket to set free Violet and Sami from jail. | |||||||
| 11 | "Ice Dragon" "Kids vs. Aliens" | Benoit Godbout | Marie-France Landry Lisa Hunter | October 6, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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The gang play a game of knights, but a large icicle hanging off the barn causes a battle. Sami tries to contact aliens and become famous. | |||||||
| 12 | "Winter Beach" "Winter Blast" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Louis Martin Pepperall Michael Leo Donovan and Marie-France Landry | October 7, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Tomas' friends create a winter beach for him after finding out why he is sad. A game of hide-and-seek gets out of control on a windy day. | |||||||
| 13 | "Pinched Pic-nic" "The Snow Battawawa" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 13, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Tomas searches for some missing treats. A team of filmmakers hunt for the Battawawa monster, while also using Violet's camera. However, they find out the Battawawa monster is just Terry. | |||||||
| 14 | "Lava, Lava Everywhere..." "Knighthood" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Michael F. Hamill Allen Markuze | October 14, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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It's a spectacular race when the schoolyard suddenly turns into a lava pool made out of the junk from the Snaps' fort, and the kids race to be the first to reach the school door! Queen Violet wants to make Kiki, Sami and Tomas knights, but before they can, they must prove to her that they can work together. | |||||||
| 15 | "Off to School We Go!" "Gone to the Dogs" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Maxime Landry Penelope Laurence | October 20, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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A hopscotch game is taken to new heights as Sami brings along his latest invention - a trampoline-snowboard, that an impatient Kiki just can't get enough of! Violet and Tomas challenge Kiki and Sami to a dogsled race, but with Sami obsessed with playing a dog and with Kiki willing to do just about anything to win, the race doesn't turn out at all like they planned. | |||||||
| 16 | "Sticky Snaps" "The Weathervane Game" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber Louis Martin Pepperall | October 21, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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A cool new restaurant runs into a very sticky situation when it gets an extremely picky client: Terry. After wrongly thinking that Violet had invented a new game where they have to follow a trail of clues that she has left everywhere, Sami, Kiki and Tomas get lost! | |||||||
| 17 | "The Tightrope" "Moon Mission" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Paul Risacher Patricia Lavoie | October 27, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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When Sami, Kiki and Tomas take over Violet's circus game, it does not take too long for the others to figure out that Sami imposes himself to be a silly tyrant ringmaster the others try to override. Kiki wants her friends to join her teeter-totter contest, but the others have a moon mission. But little did Kiki know that to get the others to her teeter-totter contest she would have to become part of their moon mission! | |||||||
| 18 | "Snapshot Hill" "Hanging Around" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 28, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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The gang play a pirate game on a sled and Tomas takes pictures. However, when Tomas loses his camera on a sudden slip down a wild sled run in a pirate game, it leads to a full re-enactment of the crime with pirates in tow.When the kids lose a flying disk in the big old haunted tree, they find out that they might be taking on more than they can handle. | |||||||
| 19 | "Sami's Pet" "Tall Tale" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Marie-France Landry Michael Leo Donovan | November 3, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Sami brings his special pet in a box, and all breaks loose when Violet sets it free by accident while the gang play a game of Snag the Flag. When Tomas and Sami compete to be the tallest, the girls help them build gigantic towers with wobbly foundations, sending them off into a fall that takes them to unforeseen places. | |||||||
| 20 | "Surprise!" "It's a Bird?" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Penelope Laurence Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 4, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Tomas is sad, and Violet doesn't want to hang out with him on his birthday, until he realises she's been planning a big birthday surprise. Sami is taken on a dangerous ride when an incredible piece of art made by Tomas really takes off! | |||||||
| 21 | "Hot Chocolate Party" "Cut and Run" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Marie-France Landry Allen Markuze | November 10, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Violet's hot chocolate party turns Mad Hatter when Sami decides to bring his own life-size cup to the party and loses control as he slides into action inside it. Tomas is unable to play until he gets his haircut. So Kiki, Violet and Sami try to help Tomas get over his fear of the barbershop...but nothing goes as planned. | |||||||
| 22 | "Snow Golf" "The Gumball Jamboree" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Lisa Hunter Patricia Lavoie | November 11, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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When Sami is counting on his newly-found luck to beat Kiki at golf, he realizes that sports are more about skills, unless you have the right lucky charm. It's a race against time! Following Violet's jamboree gumball arrow leads the gang to quirky challenges, and it ends off with a surprising ending. | |||||||
| 23 | "Dino Snaps" "Tag Backs" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 17, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Discovering rare dinosaur fossils becomes not that much fun when both Sami's and Kiki's competitiveness gets in the way. Violet gets very frustrated and angry when Kiki and Sami get caught in an endless "tag back" loop! | |||||||
| 24 | "Hockey Knights" "Tic Tac Trouble" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Maxime Landry Michael F. Hamill | November 18, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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When Kiki is cast as the princess-who-rests in a knightly game, she urges her knights to get the magic hockey stick out of the ice block to break Granny Gnome's evil spell. When Kiki takes a regular game of Tic Tac Toe to make it into a life-sized extreme challenge version of it, she doesn't realise she's really done it hard. | |||||||
| 25 | "The Great Pick-Up" "Off Tracks!" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber Louis Martin Pepperall | November 24, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Violet turns her chores into a fun high scoring game for her friends until Sami shows up with his annoying whoopee cushion. The best train appears off the train tracks when the kids make one of their own. | |||||||
| 26 | "I Spy Sami!" "Toothless" | Benoit Godbout and Zabelle Côté | Robert Yates Allen Markuze | November 25, 2018 | TBA | TBA | N/A |
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Sami acts strange after discovering a very special, walking mechanical toy in a hollow tree, in which he wants to keep for himself. With this, it starts sending the others into a spy mission to uncover Sami's mysterious secret! When Sami loses his first tooth and keeps losing it over and over again, he sends his friends on a wild tooth hunt to find it. | |||||||
Shortsnaps segment
For the musical Shortsnaps segment, the production crew had held open auditions for bilingual singers across Canada in July 2017.
- Lyrics, music, and songs by Eloi Painchaud and Jorane.
- Songs sung by Cool Kids
These are the songs used throughout episodes of the show. There seem to be six of them. They are repeated throughout reruns on Treehouse TV. They are directed by Claude Precourt, Robert Yates and Vanessa Isabelle and choreographed by Louis-Martin Charest.
- Change the World
- Snow Angels
- Get Up and Dance
- The Band
- Up the Hill
- The Parade
International broadcast
The show originally aired from September 1 to November 25, 2018. The show was moved to two new time slots when it is aired in reruns on Treehouse TV, which is weekday mornings at 8:40 AM and Friday afternoons at 3:02 PM. The show will also be broadcast later internationally.
- Canada
- Treehouse TV (September 1, 2018 – present)
- Disney Junior sur La Chaîne Disney (September 1, 2018 – present)
- Télétoon (September 1, 2018 – August 2019)
- United States
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- Australia
- Croatia
- France
- Piwi+ (December 1, 2018 – present)
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Philippines
- Scandivania
- Turkey
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- South Africa
- Indonesia
- Japan
- China
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Hong Kong
- Middle East
- Singapore
- Serbia
- Ukraine
- Israel
- Cyprus
- Iceland
- Greece
- Italy
- Hungary
- Thailand
- Northern Cyprus
- Germany
- KiKa (December 25, 2018 – present)
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Spain
- Portugal
- India
References
- Bulman, Justin (July 12, 2017). "'Snowsnaps: The Band Contest' aims to audition youngsters for TV series". Global News. Corus Entertainment. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- "Télétoon sets premieres for Chop Chop Ninja, Snow Snaps". ToonBarn.com. August 31, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- Bélanger, Cédric (November 10, 2015). "La suite de La guerre des tuques 3D bientôt en chantier". Le Journal de Montréal. Quebecor Media. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- Dickson, Jeremy (June 8, 2016). "Cartoon Forum broadens international scope". KidScreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- "Snow Snaps". Corus Entertainment. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
External links
- Les Mini-Tuques at Disney La Chaîne
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