Trulli Tales

Trulli Tales (/truːliːɛ/), fully known as Trulli Tales: The Adventures of Trullalleri, is a flash-animated children's television series created by Maria Elena and Fiorella Congedo. The series first premiered on October 17, 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil.[2] The series was produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, Gaumont Animation, Groupe PVP, and Rai Fiction.

Not to be confused with Troll Tales.
Trulli Tales
Official logo featuring the main characters. From left to right: Sun, Ring, Stella, and Zip.
Also known asTrulli Tales: The Adventures of Trullalleri
GenreFictional
Science Fiction
Action
Created by
  • Maria Elena Congedo
  • Fiorella Congedo
Based onA book published
by Congedo Editore[1]
Directed byÉric Gosselet
Voices of
Theme music composerAlessandro Boriani
Opening theme"Trulli Tales"
by Sonja Ball, Angela Galuppo, and Eleanor Noble
Ending theme"Trulli Tales" (instrumental)
Composer(s)
  • Alessandro Boriani
  • Fiorella Congedo
  • Maria Elena Congedo
Country of origin
  • Italy
  • France
  • Canada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Nicolas Atlan
  • Fiorella Congedo
  • Maria Elena Congedo
  • Domenico Procacci
  • François Trudel
  • Vincent Leroux
  • Michael G. Stern
Producer(s)
  • Marc Dhrami
  • Stefano Basso
  • François Trudel
  • Annita Romanelli
Running time11 minutes
Production company(s)
DistributorCongedo CulturArte
Gaumont Animation
Release
Original network
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Audio formatStereo
First shown inBrazil
Original releaseOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17) –
February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14)
External links
Website

Set in the fictional world of Trullalleri or Trulliland (which is meant to resemble Alberobello),[1] the series revolves around four children and one teacher who learn how to cook from their Grandma Trulli's cookbook from the past. But when Copperpot tries to steal it, the four children; Ring, Zip, Stella, and Sun, must stop him with the magical power from their wands.

Characters

Main
  • Ring (voiced by Eleanor Noble) – The talented leader of the group. He is a generous and kind friend, but can also be a little self-confident and vain. He is good at cooking and is the one in the group who selects the ingredients for each recipe. His wand is a fork and also a magnet, which is able to attract objects. He has brown hair, dark eyes, dressed in red.
  • Zip (voiced by Sonja Ball) – The sportsman of the group. He is nice and funny, but sometimes he proves to be moody and impatient. He deals with mincing, blending, and cutting the ingredients selected by Ring. His wand is a kitchen whisk that can create wind. He has orange hair and green eyes and dressed in blue.
  • Stella (voiced by Sonja Ball) – The most vaporous of the group. Although at many times she is quite inattentive, distracted, careless, childish, and naive, she can be good-natured, kind, sensitive, polite, and sweet. She is talented in decorating, as shown by her ability to decorate the dishes. Her wand is a spatula that she uses to decorate the food made by her and her friends. She has brown hair, brown eyes, dressed in yellow.
  • Sun (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) – The first of the group's class. She is very determined, intelligent, and brilliant, but can be touchy and stubborn. She takes care of cooking the dishes in the group. Her wand is a spoon, which she uses to control temperatures. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and is dressed in pink.
  • Miss Frisella (voiced by Eleanor Noble) - Owner of the Trulli Kingdom bakery and keeper of the Magic Cookbook
  • Trulli Grandma (voiced by Sonja Ball) - Creator of the Magic Cookbook and would guide the kids through riddles that would help them solve any of their problems.

Villains
  • Copperpot (voiced by Richard M. Dumont) – The main villain who always tries to steal the Magic cookbook. It is revealed in I Want to Bread Free that he wants the Magical Cookbook to free his one of his ancestors Copperpan who is trapped inside.
  • Athenina (voiced by Jennifer Seguin) – Copperpot's pet owl.
  • Copperpan - Copperpot’s ancestor who is trapped inside the Magic Cookbook which is the reason why Copperpot what’s the book himself.

Recurring
  • Terry and Lu (voiced by Sonja Ball and Angela Galuppo) - A spider and snail that appear at the beginning and end of every episode.
  • Trulli King (voiced by Terrence Scammell) - The ruler of TrulliLand who has a collection of Donkey antiques

Other Characters
  • Professor Macaroni - The TrulliLand school’s pasta specialist
  • Professor Grow - The TrulliLand school’s specialist on botany
  • Professor Cluck - The TrulliLand school’s specialist on making eggs
  • Professor Chump - The coach of the TrulliBall team

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboard byItalian air dateU.S. air dateProd.
code [3]		US viewers
(millions)
Disney Junior[4]
1"Humble Pie"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 11, 2017October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)101N/A
2"The Victorious Pound Cake"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 12, 2017October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)102N/A
3"Princess for a Day"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 13, 2017October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19)114N/A
4"Curiosity Banana Souffle"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 14, 2017December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)116N/A
5"Perfume for Miss Frisella"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 15, 2017November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)115N/A
6"Sincere Stromboli"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 16, 2017January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)130N/A
7"A Genie's Plan"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 17, 2017February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)132N/A
8"Sun's Lost Notebook"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 18, 2017December 28, 2019 (2019-12-28)120N/A
9"Big Bad Breath"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 19, 2017October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)105N/A
10"Friendship Tea"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 20, 2017November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)113N/A
11"Whack-A-Hole"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 21, 2017January 9, 2020 (2020-01-09)129N/A
12"Brave Fruit Salad"Éric GosseletTBATBADecember 22, 2017December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)118N/A
13"Coppercat"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 3, 2018January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)124N/A
14"Kingly Cake"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 4, 2018November 23, 2019 (2019-11-23)112N/A
15"Patient Pudding"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 10, 2018October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)104N/A
16"Dragonina"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 11, 2018November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)109N/A
17"Phantom Pumpkin Cake"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 17, 2018October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19)107N/A
18"Don't Waste Food"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 18, 2018January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)131N/A
19"Hero by Mistake"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 24, 2018December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)117N/A
20"S.O.S. Milkshake"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 25, 2018October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)106N/A
21"A Sticky Situation"Éric GosseletTBATBAMarch 31, 2018December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)119N/A
22"Pizzaica"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 1, 2018November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)110N/A
23"Treasure Omelet"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 7, 2018January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)126N/A
24"Babble Apple"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 8, 2018November 23, 2019 (2019-11-23)111N/A
25"Wise Margherita Pizza"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 14, 2018February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)139N/A
26"Beards for One, Beards for All"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 15, 2018January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)125N/A
27"Crazy Carrot Muffins"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 21, 2018January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)123N/A
28"False Alarm"Éric GosseletTBATBAApril 22, 2018January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)122N/A
Rai YoYo[5]
29"Sorbet on Ice"Éric GosseletTBATBAJune 13, 2018December 7, 2019 (2019-12-07)108N/A
30"Gingerbread Castle"Éric GosseletTBATBAJune 17, 2018December 7, 2019 (2019-12-07)137N/A
31"Pie of Truth"Éric GosseletMaria Elena and Fiorella CongedoDavide VecaJuly 2, 2018October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)103N/A
32"Clock-A-Doodle-Doo"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 11, 2018December 28, 2019 (2019-12-28)121N/A
33"Kaboom Cake"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 14, 2018January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)127N/A
34"Oscar's Nose"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 14, 2018January 9, 2020 (2020-01-09)128N/A
35"The New Kid in Class"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 17, 2018February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)133N/A
36"Mega Giga Burger"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 17, 2018February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)134N/A
37"A Trulli Fairy Emergency"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 18, 2018February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)135N/A
38"Olympiads"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 18, 2018February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)136N/A
39"The Royal Ball"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 19, 2018February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)138N/A
40"Oil of Fame"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 20, 2018February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)140N/A
41"The Rabbit Affair"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 21, 2018May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12)142N/A
42"Mousey"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 22, 2018April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)143N/A
43"Guilty Gressini"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 22, 2018April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)144N/A
44"Copperfly"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 23, 2018May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)145N/A
45"The King's Donkey"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 23, 2018May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)146N/A
46"Stella's Ribbon"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 24, 2018May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)147N/A
47"Tarallini's Day"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 24, 2018May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)148N/A
48"Cloudy with a Chance of Onions"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 25, 2018May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14)149N/A
49"New Oil Day"Éric GosseletTBATBAJuly 25, 2018May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14)150N/A
50"Surprising Pea Soup"Éric GosseletTBATBAFebruary 9, 2019May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12)141N/A
51
52		"I Wand to Bread Free"Éric GosseletTBATBAFebruary 14, 2019[6]April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)151
152		N/A

Production

Trulli Tales is produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, and Rai Fiction in Italy, Gaumont Animation in France, and Groupe PVP in Canada. Gaumont and Groupe formed a co-production agreement for this series, alongside Belle and Sebastian in 2015.[7] The series was inspired by a book published by Congedo.[1]

The show was commissioned by The Walt Disney Company for its Disney Junior channels in the EMEA regions, alongside Rai Fiction for Rai YoYo in Italy, Ici Radio-Canada Télé in Canada, and Globosat's Globinho in Brazil.[8] Boat Rocker Media represents the property for consumer products in the United Kingdom.[9]

Broadcast

Trulli Tales first debuted October 17, 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil.[2][10] The series premiered on December 11, 2017 on Disney Junior in Italy,[11] and later June 11, 2018 on Rai YoYo.[12] In Canada, the series premiered on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on January 6, 2018,[13] and on Knowledge Network on May 7.

On December 11, 2017, the series debuted across many Disney Junior channels in the EMEA area, including France and the UK and Ireland. The series also premiered in the latter on Tiny Pop on January 21, 2019.[14] In South Africa, the series premiered on February 26, 2018.[15] In Singapore, the series premiered on Channel 5 on July 15, 2019.[16] On October 5, the series premiered in the United States on Nick Jr.[17] As of November 2019, the series had been sold to 177 territories globally.[18]

Merchandise

Giochi Preziosi launched a series of toys for the series in 2018, which were distributed in Italy and the United Kingdom.[9][19] Additional merchandise was produced for Italian release, including educational toys, tissues, stickers, and food products.[9] Panini began publishing an official magazine in November 2019.[20]

Awards

Trulli Tales was awarded the Prix Gémeaux for best animated series in 2018.[21] In 2019, it became the first television series to win the Italian Creativity Award from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in the United States.[18]

References
  1. "'Trulli Tales', the new Disney cartoon set in Alberobello". All About Italy. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. Castro, Daniel (October 10, 2017). "Nova estreia". Noticias da TV (in Portuguese).
  3. "Shows A-Z - trulli tales on nick jr". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  4. https://tvprofil.com/it/guida-tv/#!datum=2017-12-11&kanal=disney-junior-it
  5. https://tvprofil.com/it/guida-tv/#!datum=2018-06-13&kanal=rai-yoyo
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404172824/http://www.stasera-tv.com/programmazione/rai-yoyo-9/2019-02-14
  7. Cummins, Julianna (September 29, 2015). "Groupe PVP, Gaumont Animation pact on two series". Playback. Brunico Communications. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  8. "Nicolas Atlan - President of Animation, Gaumont". TV Kids. Worldscreen. September 26, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  9. "Boat Rocker to represent Trulli Tales | Toy World Magazine". toyworldmag.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  10. Redazione (2018-12-18). "Trulli Tales, awarded and famous all over the world". quivalleditria.it. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  11. "Trulli Tales, il nuovo cartone per la Disney è ambientato ad Alberobello". Animation Magazine (in Italian). November 20, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  12. ""TRULLI TALES: THE ADVENTURES OF THE TRULLALLERI" ON AIR ON TV FROM JUNE 11TH ON RAI YOYO". Licensing Magazine. June 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  13. "Animated series Trulli Tales soon to be broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada!". Groupe PVP. December 19, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  14. "One for your diary - brand new Trulli Tales starts 21st January at 4pm!". Tiny Pop. Facebook. January 18, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  15. "Trulli Tales - NEW SERIES - Starting Monday 26th February @ 18:00!". Disney Channel. YouTube. February 5, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  16. "Trulli Tales Show Info". Toggle.sg. MediaCorp. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  17. "Nick Jr. USA to Premiere 'Trulli Tales' on Saturday, October 5, 2019". NickALive. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  18. Presicce, Claudia (November 20, 2019). "Trulli tales, in America il premio per la creatività". Quotidiano Di Puglia (in Italian). Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  19. "Giochi Preziosi firma la linea di giocattoli su licenza Trulli Tales". Hitech Web (in Italian). June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  20. "TRULLI TALES – THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE". Licensing Magazine. November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  21. "TRULLI TALES AWARDED AT THE PRIX GÉMEAUX". Licensing Magazine. September 20, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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