Kid Paddle (TV series)

Kid Paddle is an animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by Belgian cartoonist Midam.^[1] The series was produced by Spectra Animation in association with Dupuis, and premiered on September 1, 2003.

Kid Paddle
Genre	Comedy Black comedy Slapstick
Created by	Midam
Developed by	Michel Gauthier Laurent Rullier
Written by	Claude Prothee Ilya Nicolas Jacques Espagne Stephen Ashton Ghislaine Poujoul Christophe Poujoul Laurent Rullier Julien Gars Claude Gars Thomas Lapierre Laurent Bounoure Manon Berthelet Olivier Jean-Marie Anne Lecours Daniel Williams Lienne Sawatsky Muguette Berthelet Stéphane Chapuy Augusto Zanovello Philippe Pierre-Adolphé Franck Salomé Aline Leblon Michel Ledent (credited as Midam) Frederick Maslanka Philippe Daniau Nasser Zeboudj
Directed by	Olivier Bonnet
Voices of	Jennifer Seguin Daniel Brochu Eleanor Noble Pauline Little Arthur Holden A.J. Henderson Jessica Kardos
Opening theme	Kid Paddle Theme
Ending theme	Kid Paddle Ending
Composers	Kevin Morane Mark Lipsky
Country of origin	France Canada
Original languages	French English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Olivier Nomen Andre A. Bélanger (Canada) Luc Chatelain (Canada)
Running time	23 minutes (12 minutes per segment)
Production company	Spectra Animation
Original release
Network	M6 and Canal J (France) Teletoon/Télétoon (Canada)
Release	July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) – February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)
Related
Toopy and Binoo Fred's Head

Synopsis

The cartoon is based on a young boy, named Kid Paddle, a video game enthusiast, adventures with his two friends Horace and Big Bang.

Production

The show was made in collaboration with M6.^[2][3]

Cast

• Jennifer Seguin as Kid Paddle
• Daniel Brochu as Big Bang
• Eleanor Noble as Horace Becquet
• Arthur Holden as Mr. Paddle
• Pauline Little as Carole Paddle
• Jessica Kardos as Max
• A.J. Henderson as Grandpa Paddle

Episodes

Originally, four cartoons were developed for television. Then, an additional 48 episodes were ordered.^{[citation needed]}

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)
2	26		2003 (2003)	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)

Season 1 (2003)

• The first season consists of 52 11-minute episodes or 26 22-minute episodes. The production codes are listed on the show's YouTube channel in French.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	French airdate	Prod. code	French viewers (millions)
1	"Arachnoid Menace" / "Lights, Camera, Cut..."	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier	September 1, 2003 (2003-09-01) September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	TBA	101 102	N/A
Horace accidentally eats a spider under a park bench after Kid and Big Bang talked to him about how to eat candy bugs. / Kid wants to win a contest, so he counts on Big Bang and Horace to help him.
2	"Summer Camp Fugitives" / "Game Not Over"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier / Franck Salomé, Ilya Nicolas and Michel Ledent	September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) September 4, 2003 (2003-09-04)	TBA	104 108	N/A
Kid and his friends are sent to a not-so-fun summer camp, powered by not-so-friendly G.I. Jane! Kid is the only one who can save his pals - by challenging Jane to a thumb wrestling battle. / The school bully wants Big Bang and Kid to fix his broken portable video game system. Kid tries it out at City Games, making the games malfunction in the area. The game hater Mr. Mirador notices this, then takes away the game! Will Kid and Big Bang retrieve it?
3	"The Escapees of Colony" / "Megalloween"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier / Philippe Pierre-Adolphé and Stéphane Chapuy	September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)	TBA	103 112	N/A
4	"Vote Paddle!" / "The Werewolf"	Olivier Bonnet	Michel Ledent, Ilya Nicolas and Frederick Maslanka / Aline Leblon	September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07) September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)	TBA	107 118	N/A
5	"It Turns" / "Tooth for Tooth"	Olivier Bonnet	Frederick Maslanka / Michel Ledent, Ilya Nicolas, Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj	September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09) September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	TBA	116 121	N/A
6	"Blork and Gore" / "The Jellyfish Beach"	Olivier Bonnet	Claude Prothee and Frederick Maslanka / Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11) September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)	TBA	111 124	N/A
7	"Maximum Record" / "Alien TV"	Olivier Bonnet	Michel Ledent, Ilya Nicolas and Franck Salomé / Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13) September 14, 2003 (2003-09-14)	TBA	120 114	N/A
8	"Blork Surprise" / "The Ghost Train"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier and Aline Leblon / Michel Ledent, Ilya Nicolas and Jacques Espagne	September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16)	TBA	106 126	N/A
9	"Retirement to the Future" / "The Invasion of the Robots"	Olivier Bonnet	Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé / Michel Ledent, Ilya Nicolas and Aline Leblon	September 17, 2003 (2003-09-17) September 18, 2003 (2003-09-18)	TBA	119 115	N/A
10	"Mission: Almost Impossible" / "Teacher's Thunder Operation"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier and Laurent Bounoure / Franck Salomé	September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19) September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)	TBA	105 129	N/A
11	"Brainstorming" / "The Duel to Blork Barbarian"	Olivier Bonnet	Aline Leblon / Laurent Rullier	September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21) September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22)	TBA	128 110	N/A
12	"Hubbub" / "The Championship"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj / Franck Salome	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24)	TBA	117 113	N/A
13	"The Karate Kid" / "Virus.com"	Olivier Bonnet	Aline Leblon / Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj	September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25) September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	TBA	133 123	N/A
14	"Ping Pong' / "The False Token"	Olivier Bonnet	Jacques Espagne / Franck Salomé	September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27) September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)	TBA	127 135	N/A
15	"The Strange Christmas of Mr. Paddle" / "Max's Secret"	Olivier Bonnet	Aline Leblon / Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	September 29, 2003 (2003-09-29) September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	TBA	134 136	N/A
16	"The Mummy's Awakening" / "The Jurassic Noeunoeuf"	Olivier Bonnet	Julien Gars and Claude Gars / Frederick Maslanka	October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01) October 2, 2003 (2003-10-02)	TBA	122 132	N/A
17	"The False Teeth of the Sea" / "Livin' in the Life of Blue"	Olivier Bonnet	Thomas LaPierre	October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)	TBA	148 130	N/A
18	"A Disekator Against the Blorks" / "The Ideal Family"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton / Thomas LaPierre	October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05) October 6, 2003 (2003-10-06)	TBA	138 139	N/A
19	"Canning" / "Mr. Crypt the Shadowy"	Olivier Bonnet	Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams / Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07) October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08)	TBA	150 109	N/A
20	"The Monstrodindor" / "Plastic Surgery"	Olivier Bonnet	Franck Salomé / Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09) October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	TBA	140 131	N/A
21	"Are You There?" / "The Werewolf Radar"	Olivier Bonnet	Julien Gars and Claude Gars / Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11) October 12, 2003 (2003-10-12)	TBA	125 137	N/A
22	"Mr. Rick Icky" / "The Zombie Hospital"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton / Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	October 13, 2003 (2003-10-13) October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)	TBA	141 145	N/A
23	"Lice... Ah!" / "The Sleeping Story"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton / Franck Salomé	October 15, 2003 (2003-10-15) October 16, 2003 (2003-10-16)	TBA	142 146	N/A
24	"Vice Versa" / "Pustulator"	Olivier Bonnet	Thomas LaPierre / Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)	TBA	143 147	N/A
25	"Superpaddle" / "Meteor Night"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj / Thomas LaPierre	October 19, 2003 (2003-10-19) October 20, 2003 (2003-10-20)	TBA	149 151	N/A
26	"Horace Clones?" / "The Storm on the Controls"	Olivier Bonnet	Franck Salomé	October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)	TBA	144 152	N/A

Season 2 (2005-06)

• The show aired a second season that ran from 2005 to February 19, 2006.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	French airdate	Prod. code	French viewers (millions)
1	"The Piranha" / "At the Light of the Ramp!"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	TBA	TBA	N/A
2	"The Bermuda Triangle" / "Like Dog and Cat!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
3	"Humanoid Females" / "Reduced Models"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier / TBA	January 17, 2005 (2005-01-17)	October 3, 2007	S01E03	N/A
4	"A Superstar's Joystick" / "The Flies" "Moucha Mutantus"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E04	TBD
5	"The Medical Visit" / "Somethin' Girls"	Olivier Bonnet	José-Louis Bocquet and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé / TBA	January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)	TBA	S01E05	N/A
6	"The Funny Meeting" / "The Virtual Disaster"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)	TBA	S01E06	N/A
7	"The Circle of the Missing Joysticks" / "Kimitomo"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E07	TBD
8	"Don't Touch My City Game" / "Fan #2"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	TBA	S01E08	N/A
9	"Genetic Tampering" / "Poor Carole"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	February 28, 2005 (2005-02-28)	TBA	S01E09	N/A
10	"Horace Outdoes Himself" / "The Voodoo Cow"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07)	TBA	S01E10	N/A
11	"Say It With Flowers" / "Kid Loses the Ball"	Olivier Bonnet	Ghislaine Poujoul / Stéphane Chapuy	TBA	TBA	S01E11	TBD
12	"The Return of the Mummy" / "No Romeo for Carole"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E12	TBD
13	"Not Seen on TV" / "The Red Card"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	March 21, 2005 (2005-03-21)	TBA	S01E13	N/A
14	"The Paddle Family Barbeque" / "The Red Line"	Olivier Bonnet	Christophe Poujoul and Augusto Zanovello / TBA	March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)	TBA	S01E14	N/A
15	"The Handyman Always Saws Twice" / "The Extraterrestrial Alert"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)	TBA	S01E15	N/A
16	"The Crazy Remote Control" / "The Hunters"	Olivier Bonnet	Olivier Jean-Marie / Laurent Rullier	April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11)	TBA	S01E16	N/A
17	"Surprise" / "The Treasure of the Blorks!"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18)	TBA	S01E17	N/A
18	"Upside-Down" / "Kid the Soothsayer"	Olivier Bonnet	Stéphane Chapuy and Elisabeth Andreev / Anne Lecours	April 25, 2005 (2005-04-25)	TBA	S01E18	N/A
19	"Kid: No Longer Playing" / "Paddle Story"	Olivier Bonnet	Manon Berthelet and Muguette Berthelet / Christophe Poujol and Augusto Zanovello	May 2, 2005 (2005-05-02)	TBA	S01E19	N/A
20	"Hell is Pink" / "Marriage Instructions"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)	TBA	S01E20	N/A
21	"The Irradiated" / "Objection"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA / Manon Berthelet and Muguette Berthelet	May 16, 2005 (2005-05-16)	TBA	S01E21	N/A
22	"The Floutch" / "All-Stars"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA / Franck Salomé	May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)	TBA	S01E22	N/A
23	"Fear on the Air" / "The Double-Virus"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA / Laurent Rullier	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30)	TBA	S01E23	N/A
24	"The Song of the Sirens" / "The Radar is Gone"	Olivier Bonnet	Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams	June 6, 2005 (2005-06-06)	TBA	S01E24	N/A
25	"Tronchard: Saved from the Waters" / "The Return of the Zombies"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj / TBA	June 13, 2005 (2005-06-13)	TBA	S01E25	N/A
26	"D-Day" / "Kid is Not Careful"	Olivier Bonnet	Unknown	May 20, 2005 (2005-05-20)	TBA	S01E26	N/A