10+2 (TV series)

10+2
GenreChildren's animated series
Written byMiquel Pujol
Directed byMiquel Pujol
Theme music composer
  • Manel Gil-Inglada
  • Rudy Gnutti
Composers
  • Manel Gil-Inglada
  • Rudy Gnutti
Country of originSpain
Original languages
  • Catalan
  • English
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jordi Castelltort
  • Hilari Pujol
Producers
  • Accio
  • Victory Media Group
Running time13 min.
Original release
NetworkTelevisió de Catalunya
ReleaseSeptember 16, 1991 (1991-09-16) –
January 21, 2004 (2004-01-21)

10+2 is a children's animated series from Catalonia (Spain), produced by Accio Studios and Victory Media Group, and directed by Miquel Pujol i Lozano. The show debuted in 1991.

Summary

The series takes place in the fictional country of Numberland, centered in a school taught by the teacher Aristotle and his assistant Infinite. The students consist of ten living numbers from zero till nine, each with differing personalities. The characters are mute and only communicate in vocal noises and body language. Throughout the episodes, every night Aristotle would narrate the day's events in flashback, with moments of counting quantities corresponding to the number characters. However, in the movies all characters have full speech.

Characters

Series characters

  • Professor Aristotle – The teacher of Numberland. Quite firm and serious.
  • Infinite – Aristotle's assistant. Called Monty in the English dub. Very helpful towards others.
  • Cuco – A yellow cuckoo bird who lives in the classroom clock.
  • Zero – A mischievous and disobedient sort.
  • One – A forgetful sort, who likes to keep apparences.
  • Two – Has a love for water and sailing.
  • Three – A cross and grumpy sort.
  • Four – A lazy sort who loves to doze off.
  • Five – Prone to misfortune and runs into trouble often.
  • Six – A neat and tidy busybody, Who does gardering.
  • Seven – An athletic and active sort.
  • Eight – A greedy sort who likes eating cakes and sweets.
  • Nine – A experimental and scientific sort.

Movies Characters

  • Milesima – Aristotle's and Elenica's niece. Very playful, carefree and fancies herself as a pirate.
  • Miss Zenobia – The substitute teacher. A very bossy, mean sort, far more strict than Aristotle.
  • Mr. Postman – A white pigeon with pilot goggles, who grudgingly delivers the letters and occasionally does rescuing when needed.
  • Doctor – An owl who wears a green suit and gives medical advice.

Episodes

Season 1 (1991–92)

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Anem a l'escola / Come to School"September 16, 1991 (1991-09-16)
Infinite and Zero get stranded on the school roof as they recover One's ball.
2"L'U fa tard / One comes Afternoon"September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)
One is late for the school photo shoot, so Infinite finds and brings him.
3"El Dos i les bombolles / The Two and the Bubbles"September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18)
Two plays with his bubble flute and shows it off at school fascinating the pupils, Infinite and Aristotle.
4"El Tres rondinaire / The Three Grouch"September 19, 1991 (1991-09-19)
Aristotle tells a grumpy Three the story of "The Three Bears".
5"El quatre mandrós / The Four Sloth"September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20)
Four's laziness and his dilapidated house cause problems for Infinite.
6"El Cinc i la pluja / Five and Rain"March 23, 1992 (1992-03-23)
An accident by Five causes a faucet to break and Infinite to unsuccessfully fix it.
7"El Zero trapella / Zero naughty"March 24, 1992 (1992-03-24)
Infinite and a squirrel get even with Zero, One and Two for playing a prank on them.
8"El Sis i el regal / Six and Gift"March 25, 1992 (1992-03-25)
Infinite and Six get Aristotle an ideal birthday present, but a caterpillar eats it.
9"El Set i els esports / Seven and sports"March 26, 1992 (1992-03-26)
Infinite and Seven have misadventures with a porcupine and get caught in a storm.
10"El Vuit golafre / Eight Glutton"March 27, 1992 (1992-03-27)
Eight greedily eats all the hot chocolate drink, but Aristotle thinks it was Infinite.
11"El nou i el rellotge / The Nine and the Clock"March 30, 1992 (1992-03-30)
Infinite accidentally breaks Cuco's clock and goes to Nine to get it fixed.
12"Acampada / Camping"March 31, 1992 (1992-03-31)
During a camping trip, Zero gets stuck in a hole. After a rescue, the entire class gets lost in thick fog.
13"Fi de curs / End of Course"April 1, 1992 (1992-04-01)
The school celebrates and Infinite tries to keep the fireworks safe.

Season 2 (1998)

No.TitleOriginal air date
14"Una visita inesperada"June 8, 1998 (1998-06-08)
Infinite looks reminisces his past events in a photo album. Aristotle receives a letter that his niece Milesima is coming.
15"Una nit moguda"June 9, 1998 (1998-06-09)
Infinite, Cuco and Aristotle work hard to prepare for Milesima's arrival.
16"El tren de les deu i dos"June 10, 1998 (1998-06-10)
That Sunday morning everyone was busy searching for the most appropriate gift to welcome the new student: Milesima.
17"Misteri a l'estació"June 11, 1998 (1998-06-11)
Milesima's train has arrived, but Milesima is gone. Aristotle strains his legs trying to find her.
18"Els problemes d'Aristòtil"June 12, 1998 (1998-06-12)
Infinite drives Aristotle home and later Milesima arrives having come back from a trip with Two.
19"El secret de l'Infinit"June 15, 1998 (1998-06-15)
Infinite stumbles across a secret passage leading to a mysterious locked door.
20"Mil·lèsima"June 16, 1998 (1998-06-16)
Infinite tries to befriend Milesima, while she plays at being a pirate.
21"La carta dels conflictes"June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)
Infinite and Milesima chase after an important letter.
22"Accident"June 18, 1998 (1998-06-18)
Infinite falls into the river but is rescued by Mr. Postman.
23"La incorregible Mil·lèsima"June 19, 1998 (1998-06-19)
Milesima finds a mysterious key and she and all the numbers try to make Infinite feel better.
24"Una història de pirates"June 22, 1998 (1998-06-22)
In the morning everyone went to visit Infinite who was recovering from a river accident. Milesima took the opportunity to tell an interesting pirate story.
25"La història continua"June 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)
Milesima tells Infinite a pirate story about Captain Red Braid on a treasure hunt.
26"El fi i el principi"June 24, 1998 (1998-06-24)
Infinite shares his secret with Milesima, while Aristotle reveals a substitute teacher is coming.

Season 3 (2003–04)

No.TitleOriginal air date
27"Zenòbia"May 26, 2003 (2003-05-26)
The new substitute teacher Zenobia arrives, but she is pretty unpleasant towards Milesima and Infinite.
28"El primer dia d'escola"May 27, 2003 (2003-05-27)
29"El gran descobriment"May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)
30"El comiat"May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)
31"Al final del dia"May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30)
32"El corc"June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02)
33"El cuco aventurer"June 3, 2003 (2003-06-03)
34"Classe de ciències"June 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)
35"El cuco enamorat"June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)
36"L'ocell golafre"June 6, 2003 (2003-06-06)
37"L'avió del Nou"June 9, 2003 (2003-06-09)
38"L'estel"June 10, 2003 (2003-06-10)
39"Gimnàstica per a tothom"June 11, 2003 (2003-06-11)
40"Cap de roca"January 5, 2004 (2004-01-05)
41"Simplement màgia"January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06)
42"El despertador"January 7, 2004 (2004-01-07)
43"Les angúnies d'una casa"January 8, 2004 (2004-01-08)
44"Un pícnic accidentat"January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09)
45"Trucs de màgia"January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)
46"Dia de platja"January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)
47"Treball en equip"January 14, 2004 (2004-01-14)
48"Zero en matemàtiques"January 15, 2004 (2004-01-15)
Zero seems to be a failure at maths, but dreams a valuable lesson on naughts.
49"Unes vambes d'altura"January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)
50"Un treball màgic"January 19, 2004 (2004-01-19)
51"Nit de disfresses"January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20)
52"Ninots de neu"January 21, 2004 (2004-01-21)

Movies

The Magical Night

In 2000, Miquel Pujol created a 45-minute Christmas Special movie title "10+2: La Noche Mágica", where Infinite goes on a winter adventure after an embarrassing moment during Christmas preparations.[1]

The Great Secret

In 2001, Miquel Pujol created an 85-minute movie titled "10+2: El Gran Secreto" starring Milesima and the new teacher Zenobia. It was nominated in the fifteenth edition of the Goya Awards in the category of best animated film.[2]

Letters and Pirates

In 2005, a 47-minute movie was made titled "10+2: Cartes i Pirates", where Milesima as Captain Red Braid takes Infinite and the ten numbers on pirate voyage to find the treasure trove of Rocky Head Island.[3]

References

  1. ^ "10 Mas 2 - La Noche Mágica". Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ "10+2: El gran secreto - Pelicula - decine21.com". ESTRENOS 21. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ "10+2: Cartas y piratas - Educa Multimedia". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 16 September 2013.