The Triplets

The Triplets (Catalan: Les tres bessones; Spanish: Las tres mellizas; Occitan: Es tres bessones) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Spanish illustrator Roser Capdevila.

For the Latin pop group, see The Triplets (band). For the bridges, see The Triplets bridges.
Cover of the DVD "The Triplets and Gaudí".

The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries. In 1985 a new character, the "Bored Witch" (La Bruixa Avorrida) was added to the plots to form a collection of classical stories, "The Triplets and (...)".

In 1994, television producer Cromosoma and the Catalan TV corporation Televisió de Catalunya adapted the stories to make an Animated series based on the books. It became very successful and profitable and led to the production of a second series with the Bored Witch as the main character, together with France 3, Canal J and Storimages.[1]

By 2004, the Triplets series consisted of 104 episodes, while The Bored Witch reached 52. They have been translated to 35 different languages and have been shown in 158 countries or territories.

Plot

The plots of the triplet sisters follow a definite pattern. Sometimes they play some prank or manage to annoy the Bored Witch, and, to punish them, she sends them into a classic tale, legend, or children's or adult's (such as Frankenstein or The Phantom of the Opera) literary work. The main structure of the classic remains, but some twists (often hilarious anachronisms such as showing The forty thieves getting distracted from robbing a house by a camel race on TV or Dr. Frankenstein as a veterinarian) are introduced to favor each plot and define the sisters' personalities.

Characters

Teresa (Tessa in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the pink ribbon. She is the most adventurous triplet and comes up with the most ambitious ideas, but she's not necessarily the leader.

Anna (Annie in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the blue ribbon. She's laid-back and more peaceful than her sisters. She's also quite curious. Anna tends to be a bit romantic at times.

Helena (Nellie in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the green ribbon. She has the sweetest demeanor of the triplets. She also has a love for food and sweets, which sometimes leads to trouble.

The Bored Witch - She is an overweight witch who is always bored, despite having great magical powers. She serves as a kind of unofficial day sitter for the triplets, but when they start acting disorderly, she uses her magic to send the girls into stories. No matter what, she never uses magic to directly hinder the girls in their adventures, although tends to join forces with every story's antagonist. Despite her role of antagonist, she is not an evil character and always keeps her word to return the girls to their earth.

Chapters

The Triplets
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Created byRoser Capdevila
Based onThe Triplets books
by Roser Capdevila
Directed byRobert Balser, Baltasar Roca (Season 1)
Maria Gol, Jordi Valbuena (Season 2)
Voices of
  • Teresa Soler
  • Mònica Padròs
  • Marta Barbarà
  • Elsa Fabregas
Opening themeWe Are The Triplets!
Composer(s)Josep Lladó (Season 1 & 2)
Joan Albert Amargós (Season 1)
Jesús Parada (Season 2)
Country of originSpain
Original language(s)Catalan
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes104 (Complete list)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time24 minutes circa
Production company(s)Televisió de Catalunya
Cromosoma (1997–2003)
DistributorTelevisió de Catalunya
Cromosoma
Release
Original networkTV3
La 2
Clan
Teletoon
Picture format4:3 SDTV Upscaled to 1.65 or 4:3 HDTV
Original release1997 (1997) –
2003 (2003)
Chronology
Related showsThe Bored Witch, The Baby Triplets

The Triplets find themselves involved in a different classic story in each chapter.

Season 1 (1997-1999)

Season 2 (2003)

Voice actor

Castilian voice cast
Personaggio Castilian voices
First season Second season
Annie
Ana Maria Camps
Tessa
Noemi Bayarri
Nellie
Carmen Calvell
The Bored Witch
Roser Huguet
Owl (Buho)
Francisco Alborch
Jordi Vila
Teacher
Mª Rosa Guillén
Ana Orra (some episodes)
?
Mother of the triplets
Ana Orra
Father of the triplets
Vicente Gil
?

Catalan voice cast
Character Catalan original voices
First season Second season
Annie
Teresa Soler
Tessa
Mònica Padròs
Nellie
Marta Barbarà
The Bored Witch
Elsa Fabregas

English voice cast

The Triplets around the world

The series has been translated into the following languages:

  1. Arabic
  2. Occitan (Aranese) - Es Tres Bessoes
  3. Basque - Hirukiak.
  4. Chinese - 淘氣三胞胎
  5. Croatian - Vesele trojke
  6. Czech - Trojčátka
  7. Dutch - De Drieling
  8. English - The Triplets
  9. French - Les Trois Petites Soeurs
  10. Gaelic
  11. Galician - As Tres Xemelgas
  12. German - Die Drillinge
  13. Greek- Οι Τριδυμούλες (Οi Τridymoules)
  14. Hebrew - השלישייה (HaShlishiya)
  15. Hindi
  16. Hungarian
  17. Icelandic - Trillurnar
  18. Italian - Tre gemelle e una strega
  19. Japanese- テレサ アンナ ヘレナ 3つごのだいぼうけん
  20. Korean
  21. Kurdish
  22. Malay
  23. Mandarin
  24. Norwegian- Den Trillinger
  25. Occitan (Lengadocian) - Las Tres Bessonas
  26. Persian
  27. Polish - Bajkowe trojaczki
  28. Portuguese (European) - As Três Irmâs
  29. Portuguese (Brazil) - As Trigêmeas
  30. Slovenian
  31. Spanish - Las Tres Mellizas
  32. Swedish - Trillingarna
  33. Tamil
  34. Thai
  35. Turkish - Üçüzler

References
  1. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 322. ISBN 9781476672939.
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