Oddbods


Oddbods is a Singaporean-British CGI-animated comedy television series produced by the Singapore-based studio One Animation. The series centers on seven characters—Fuse, Slick, Bubbles, Zee, Pogo, Jeff and Newt—wearing furry suits of different colors. The characters make sounds but there is no dialogue, making the series easily translatable and international.
The series debuted in 2013, and the first season ended in 2015. Each season has 60 episodes. Season two followed in 2016. A third season is currently in production and being released. Each episode is relatively short, and various formats have been broadcast, including one-, five-, and seven-minute episodes.
The series has won some awards since its debut, including the Asian Television Awards, Apollo Awards, Gold Panda Awards, and Web TV Asia Awards. In 2017, it was nominated for an international Kids Emmy Award.

Plot

The series focuses on seven creatures in colorful furry suits called the Oddbods: Fuse, Pogo, Newt, Bubbles, Slick, Zee and Jeff
The storyline of each episode depicts how these characters "survive the perils of everyday life, unintentionally turning ordinary situations into unexpected, extraordinary and always humorous events." Episodes typically employ physical comedy and pranks played out between the characters, and the characters eat pancakes for breakfast in every episode.
The series was conceived as a non-dialogue comedy, which the series' creators and writers say, "captures the madcap yet charming antics of the Oddbods, who celebrate success where they find it and take failure in their stride. To turn 'different' into a positive; celebrating individuality in a humorous, warm and unexpected way."
The series' strapline is "Embrace Your Inner Odd, There's a Little Odd in Everyone!"

Cast and characters

TBA

Development

Speaking in an interview with the Manchester Evening News in 2016, Richard Thomas, the creator of the Oddbods and creative director at One Animation described how he first devised the show:

One Animation

Founded in 2008, One Animation is a CGI animation studio based in Singapore, which also produced Rob the Robot, The Insectibles and Development Series. The company has produced a portfolio of successful animated series that are broadcast on global networks such as Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Discovery Kids, ABC, and seen across more than 100 countries worldwide.
The company focuses on developing family-focused TV, film and new media content, facilitating shorter than average production schedules, utilizing a crew that is typically one-third the size of a traditional CGI animation production team.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Kristin Øhrn Dyrud.

Episodes

Season 1

  1. It's my Party
  2. A Good Heart
  3. Marooned
  4. Parental Instincts
  5. The Sheriff of Oddsville
  6. Alien Invasion
  7. Slick Moves
  8. A Perfect Night's Squeak
  9. A Newt to Remember
  10. One Two Many
  11. Pogo the Poltergeist
  12. Robobuddy
  13. Pain in the Arts
  14. Zeellionaire
  15. Bad Medicine
  16. Fuse Ruse
  17. Sleep Thief
  18. Bubble Trouble
  19. Double Date Trouble
  20. My Hero died
  21. Florence Newtingale
  22. Hypnobod
  23. The Oddbod Couple
  24. Zee in Charge
  25. The Last Laugh
  26. Strictly No Dancing
  27. The Amazing Slicko
  28. Panic Room
  29. No Good Deed
  30. The i-Scream Apocalypse
  31. The High Price of Neighbouring
  32. Super Zeroes
  33. Newt's Lucky Day
  34. X Marks the Spot
  35. A Marrow Victory
  36. 50 Foot Zee
  37. The Last Straw
  38. Build a Rocket, Bubbles
  39. Macho Jeff
  40. One Short of a Full Set
  41. Mind Control
  42. The Monster of Oddsville
  43. Zoom
  44. Mr. Snuffles
  45. Headcase
  46. Technofogey Fuse
  47. Acting Out
  48. Pocket-sized Pogo
  49. It's Just like Riding a Bike
  50. Double Scoop
  51. Camp it up
  52. Wheels of Furry
  53. Oddball
  54. Let's see that Again
  55. The Shame, the Blame and the Fame
  56. Anger Mismanagement
  57. On the Cards
  58. Oddjobs
  59. The Brain Game
  60. You Can't Handle the Tooth

    Season 2

  61. I Am Bubbles
  62. Jetpack Blues
  63. Space Oddbodity
  64. The Oddfather
  65. Can You Dig It?
  66. Arcade Slick
  67. Spiderman
  68. Our Son Slick
  69. Deserted
  70. Your Move, Jeff
  71. Jog On
  72. Hotdog 500
  73. Picnic Basketcases
  74. Double-O Zee
  75. The Clown Off
  76. This Little Piggy
  77. Robodd Wars
  78. Brains vs. Beaks
  79. Pogo and the Lamp
  80. Master Jeff
  81. Zee-Ro Gravity
  82. Monster Truck
  83. Driving Jeff Crazy
  84. Cross Newt Training
  85. The Abominable Snowbear
  86. Recipe for Disaster
  87. Don't Open the Box
  88. The Grimbles
  89. A Bridge Too Fuse
  90. Balloon Bods
  91. Fuzzy Fuse
  92. The Jump
  93. The Attack of the Drone
  94. Slicknado
  95. No Go, Pogo
  96. The Curse of the Three-eyed Frog
  97. A Class Act
  98. Caketastrophe
  99. Something Fishy
  100. Trainer Wrecked
  101. Oddbreak
  102. The Cone Wars
  103. Twitcher Trouble
  104. Sickbods
  105. Pogo, be Gone
  106. Bumble Bubbles
  107. Road Trip
  108. Wild Thing
  109. The Gift that Won't Stop Giving
  110. Game Face
  111. Itch Hunt
  112. Egg on my Face
  113. Snow Joke
  114. Storm in a Treehouse
  115. The Invader
  116. Uncle Zee
  117. Hotheads
  118. Pecking Order
  119. Let the Games be Gone
  120. Arctic Antics

    Season 3

  121. Swan Flake
  122. The Golden Ticket
  123. Standing Tall
  124. My Fair Bubbles
  125. Selfie Image
  126. Robo Helper
  127. The Bald and the Beautiful
  128. Stuck On You
  129. Re-Gifting
  130. Bearly a Friend
  131. Ghosted!
  132. Festive Encounters
  133. Kung Phoney
  134. The Oddbunny
  135. Every Cloud
  136. Jeff and The Beanstalk
  137. Taxi Turmoil
  138. The Really Odd Parents
  139. Bubbles Injury Foot

    Specials

  140. Party Monsters
  141. The Festive Menace
  142. Zee Force Five

    Broadcast and release

The series has been broadcast on 25 networks in 105 countries worldwide on free-to-air, as well as subscription channels, such as Boomerang, Disney Channel, Teletoon+, ITV, Cartoonito, RCTI, ANTV, RTV , ETTV Yoyo and Cartoon Network. It is also available on-demand on social media channels, most notably YouTube, iQIYI and ABC Me, where it has gained over one billion views in just one year. There are currently approximately 2 Million subscribers to the series' YouTube channel. The series came on ITVBe‘s LittleBe on September 3, 2018.

Reception

Ratings

In 2015, Oddbods was one of the highest-rated children's television shows in the United Kingdom, by number of viewers. It was one of CiTV's top five shows for the first quarter of 2016.

Awards

In January 2017, One Animation launched a new look website dedicated to the Oddbods as a place where fans of the show can interact with the brand.
The site hosts 7 games with leaderboards allowing players to play their way to the top. Other features include videos, user generated content, in store section, shop now section, interactive background pages on each of the characters complete with trading card-style character summary and related videos. There is also an interactive collector poster which allows fans to view the episode their collectible figurine was inspired by.

Licensing

In 2016, One Animation announced via press releases various partnerships with key licensing partners for Oddbods around the world including, amongst others, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment and Copyright Promotions and Licensing Group.
This led to the commencement of a global licensing programme being rolled out, the first of which was a range of toys made available first in Europe and the Middle East. As well as extending the toy availability around the world over the course of 2017/18, a wider range of consumer products including apparel, giftware and stationery are also in the pipeline.