Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated television series based on the Jacob Two-Two books written by Mordecai Richler. The show first aired on September 7, 2003, on YTV in Canada. The show also aired on Qubo in the United States, and on the French-language network VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob. After Jacob and his family moved to Montreal from England, he encounters new challenges in his hometown. Jacob, his siblings, and his mother were named after Richler's children and wife.