The Crumpets

The Crumpets
Les Crumpets (French)
GenreComedy
Based onPetit Dernier
by Didier Lévy and Frédéric Benaglia
Developed byVirginie Boda
Directed byRaoul Magrangeas
ComposerJacques Davidovici
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes105
Production
Executive producersSophie Saget
Fanny Le Floch-Vergnon
ProducerPascal Gayrard
Running time13 minutes[1]
26 minutes (special)
Production companies4.21 Productions
Studio O'Bahamas
Original release
NetworkCanal+ Family (seasons 1-3)
Télétoon+ (season 4 and special)
ReleaseDecember 21, 2013 (2013-12-21) –
2021 (2021)
Related
Teen Crumpets

The Crumpets (French: Les Crumpets) is a French animated comedy television series based on the Petit Dernier book series written authored by Didier Lévy, illustrated by Frédéric Benaglia, and published by Editions Sarbacane.[1]

The show debuted on 21 December 2013.[2] The third season, which premiered on 7 December 2015,[3] and the fourth season, which premiered on 24 December 2017,[4] are titled Teen Crumpets for international markets and focuses on the show's teenage characters. A 26-minute-long special, Les Crumpets, tu fais genre !, premiered on 8 March 2021.[5]

Plot

The Crumpets are a big family of pink-nosed creatures consisting in 142 sons and the parents being Ma and Pa, the paternal grandmother Granny and its pet bulldog T-Bone. The baby son L'il One, rivals all his siblings and his father in getting his mother's love. He has a friendship with Granny. The other characters beyond the Crumpet household, there's also McBrisk the neighboring blue-nosed family consisting of a mother and her daughter, Pa's wealthy brother, his wife and their adoptive son.

Cast

  • P'tit Der / L'il One – Théo Benhamour (seasons 1-2), Victor Biavan (season 3), Wandrille Devisme (season 4) (French) and Joseph Pollock (English)
  • Grand Ma / Granny – Michèle Garcia (French) and Mary O'Brady (English)
  • Ma – Emmanuelle Hamet (French) and Melissa Chambers (English)
  • Pa – Tom Novembre (French) and Marc Thompson (English)
  • Rosénoire / Caprice – Rebecca Benhamour (French) and Kate Bristol (English)
  • Pfff – Léonard Hamet (French) and Billy Bob Thompson (English)
  • Midi and Midi-Cinq / Bother and Blister – Siméon Hamet, Antoine Raffin, Lucas Ripberger; Rosalie Hamet, Chiara Vergne (French), Erica Schroeder; Rebecca Soler (English)
  • King – Antoine Raffin, Lucas Ripberger (French) and Alex Luscomb (English)
  • Têtenlair / Ditzy – Rosalie Hamet (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
  • Oulala / Ohoh – Siméon Hamet (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
  • Triceps – Kelly Marot (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
  • Bozart / Fynartz – Léon Plazol (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
  • Grangran / Grownboy – Olivier Podesta (French) and Jason Griffith (English)
  • Madame Dame / Ms. McBrisk – Marie-France Ducloz (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
  • Cassandra – Kelly Marot (French) and Nicola Barber (English)
  • Tonton Karl / Uncle Hurry – Luq Hamet (French) and Eli James (English)
  • Tata Greta / Aunt Harried – Juliette Degenne (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
  • Gunther / Cordless – Olivier Podesta (French) and Billy Bob Thompson (English)
  • Steve – Nicolas Vitiello (French) and Darren Dunstan (English)
  • Marylin – Yoann Sover (French)
  • Hervé / Larry – Léon Plazol (French)
  • Miley Virus - Cindy Lemineur (French)
  • Reuh - Charles Germain (French)[6]

Development

In 2008, the Petit Dernier and Petite Pousse books were discovered by Éric (aka Raoul)[7] Magrangeas, who became interested in adapting them to a animated series. In 2009, 4.21 Productions signed a contract with Editions Sarbacane to produce the cartoon adaptation. While the series is a fully French production, some parts of the animation was outsourced to China. The main themes in seasons one and two are family affairs, neighborhood quarrels, and social topics.[8]

Mediatoon signed a worldwide distribution agreement with 4.21 Productions in 2013.[9] The English dub for the first 52 episodes was recorded in studios in the United Kingdom and New York.[10] The English dub for Teen Crumpets was recorded by The Kitchen studio in Miami, Florida.[11]

Awards

In April 2018, Teen Crumpets won the Cartoons on the Bay "Teens 12+" Pulcinella award in Italy.[12][13]

In October 2018, Teen Crumpets (with the episode "Music Hall Therapy") won the TV Series Jury Prize at TOFUZI: International Festival of Animated Films in Georgia.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "4:21 aux Rendez-vous d'affaires et coproduction France-Canada". CTVM.info (in French). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ Studios O'Bahamas (19 December 2013). "Découvrez dès Samedi 21 Décembre sur Canal + en clair..." Facebook (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Les Crumpets !!! Saison 3 !!! départ lundi 7 décembre sur Canal+ Family à 17h40". Facebook (in French). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "LES CRUMPETS – Saison 4 – En diffusion". Le CLIFF. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ Belaisch, Galla (7 March 2021). "Les crumpets, tu fais genre !". myCANAL (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "LES CRUMPETS". RS-Doublage (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Les Crumpets "Cui-cui la praline"". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ^ Pruvot, Marie; Hanaut, Jérémy; Camus, Justine; Bourguignon, Félix. "DIAGNOSTIC ET STRATEGIE DE L'ENTREPRISE D'ACCUEIL" (PDF). Palimpsestes (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (12 June 2013). "Mediatoon to Distribute 'The Crumpets'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Blowing Our Own Crumpet !!". April Media Productions. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  11. ^ "ENGLISH DUBBING SAMPLES". The Kitchen. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  12. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (25 April 2018). "Cartoons on the Bay 2018 Pulcinella Award Winners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. ^ Roberto Davide Papini. "Cartoons on the Bay, il ritorno di Topo Gigio. "Red Turtle" trionfa nei Pulcinella Awards". Quotidiano.net (in Italian). No. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  14. ^ "TOFUZI 2018 WINNERS". TOFUZI: International Festival of Animated Films. Retrieved 11 November 2018.