Pocoyo
Pocoyo is a European children's comedy animated television series created by Guillermo García Carsí, Colman López, Luis Gallego and :es:David Cantolla|David Cantolla, and is a co-production between Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment, Cosgrove Hall Films and Granada. Four series have been produced, with three series each consisting of 52 seven-minute episodes, while the fourth series consisted of 42 episodes. English actor and comedian Stephen Fry narrates the English-language version and José María del Río narrates the Castilian Spanish version of the first two seasons, while Stephen Hughes narrates the third season, called Let's Go Pocoyo & the fourth season. In 2016, a new spin-off show called "Pocoyo Planet" was created.
Set in a 3D space, with a plain white background and usually no backdrops, it is about Pocoyo, a 4-year-old boy, interacting with his friends Pato, Elly and Loula. Viewers are encouraged to recognize situations that Pocoyo is in, and things that are going on with or around him. The narrator usually speaks explicitly to the viewers and to the characters as well. Each character has its own distinctive dance and also a specific sound, and most episodes end with the characters dancing.
In the United Kingdom, it was originally broadcast on CITV, a children's strand on the ITV network. In September 2005, Channel 5 acquired terrestrial rights in the United Kingdom to the first and second series, making it part of the Milkshake! strand. The show, however, will continue to air on the CITV Channel. Other broadcasters in the English speaking countries include RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, Syndication and on Univision in LATAM Spanish, Treehouse TV in Canada, CBeebies in Australia, Playhouse Disney in Asia and TVNZ in New Zealand.
In 2010, the show premiered on Nick Jr. in the United States, it was originally shown as 7-minute segments between shows before being expanded to a half-hour show from July 23, 2011 to January 2, 2015. Currently, episodes of the show were made available on the Noggin app. Episodes of "Pocoyo Planet" are also currently on the app as well. It also airs as reruns on PBS Kids, packaged at the end of Peep and the Big Wide World.
In Spain, TVE2 started broadcasting the second series in April 2008. The third season began airing in 2010 under the title Let's Go Pocoyo and was designed to teach English to Spanish preschoolers. The makers also wish to embark upon other projects, one of which may be a Pocoyo movie. In June 2006, Pocoyo was awarded the Cristal Award for the "Best TV Production" at the 30th Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Development
Pocoyo's name was provided by David Cantolla, one of the creators, after his then three-year-old daughter used it in her nightly prayers saying "Eres niño poco yo" instead of "Eres niño como yo". "Pocoyo" could roughly be translated to English as "not much me" or "little bit me", though it is a made-up construction. The show is created with Softimage XSI software.Characters
Main
- Pocoyo is the main character of the series. He is a four-year-old boy who is full of curiosity and loves to play games and discover new things. He is very acrobatic and moves at a quick speed. He is always shown wearing blue clothes and a hat. His best friends are Pato, Elly, and Loula. He has a vehicle called the Vamoosh which he can use to travel under the water, in the air or through space. Although he is very friendly and sweet and almost always in a good mood, Pocoyo is also highly self-centered, distracted by the simplest things, easily frustrated, frequently jealous of his friends, and disobedient, but tries his hardest to fight his flaws and learn morals. He is voiced by Alex Marty in Season 1, Montana Smedley in Season 2, Isabella Foy in Season 3 and Gigi Hart in Season 4.
- The Narrator speaks over the entire show, and often communicates directly with the characters. Pocoyo has a good relationship with him, and is always really delighted to see him. The narrator is also at times physically involved in the events of the episodes, making him more of a heard-but-not-seen character rather than a strict narrator.
- Pato is a yellow duck who wears nothing but a small green hat. He has a fondness for gardening, and is often seen watering plants and flowerbeds. Pato means duck in Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tok Pisin and Papiamento. He is a favourite amongst the young children due to his enjoyable dancing and the fact that his beak turns 360 degrees. Although friendly, Pato is the most fussy and impatient character ; on occasion he completely loses his temper, jumping up and down and quacking furiously with his beak spinning rapidly. He is used as a jackhammer or missile and can become a helicopter. In the pilot episode in 2003, he was first called Ducky then changed the name to Pato.
- Elly is a pink elephant who always wears a blue backpack. She loves making biscuits and tea, and has a doll that she loves very much. Despite her size, she is graceful and gentle, capable of ballet dancing. She is, however, very bossy and generally does things her way. She usually rides around on her pink scooter.
- Loula is Pocoyo's orange-yellow pet puppy and companion. She is also strictly a dog as she walks on all four of her legs. She sometimes hops as she is walking. Originally, the character's name was Lucas, in tribute to creator and director Guillermo García Carsi's dog, but due to a shortage of female characters, the character was renamed Loula.
- Sleepy Bird is a teal-coloured bird. She does little but sleep, and usually flies with her eyes closed. She is named "Pajaroto" in the Spanish version. The character is also known as "Pajaro Dormilon" in the LATAM-Latin American Spanish version. For the episodes where Nina is present, she was digitally removed from the title sequence to make room for Nina.
- The Children are a group of kids who, like The Narrator, speak over the show, answering questions asked by The Narrator in order to assist Pocoyo in solving a problem or to let Pocoyo in on what's going on.
- Nina is another human character who is introduced in the 4th Season episode of the same name. She is a young girl similar to Pocoyo who has red hair, wears a lime green hoodie with two antennas, lime green shorts and lime green shoes. She speaks gibberish and fluent English. Her name resembles "niña", Spanish for "girl". Thanks to her robotic pet called Roberto, it has the ability to shrink where anyone can be shrunk as well. She replaces Loula's bit in the title sequence. She is voiced by Noela Rodriguez.
Recurring
- Aliens are sweet, big and little green, pink, and blue tripedal beings that Pocoyo finds in space in search of his toy plane and other adventures. They communicate with one another using staccato 'clicking' noises.
- Baby Bird is the small, always active and loud baby of Sleepy Bird, who gets into tricky situations from which he is rescued by Pocoyo. He is best friends with Caterpillar. Named "Pajarito" in the Spanish version.
- Ball Orchestra is a group of three ball-like creatures who play the trumpet, drums and cymbals. In Season 4 episode "Space Postal Service", they live in a planet filled with instruments.
- Butterfly is a very hungry butterfly which Pocoyo occasionally catches.
- Caterpillar is a yellow caterpillar with a blue bow on top of her head. She speaks in gibberish and has the ability to change into a butterfly and back when she wants. She is best friends with Baby Bird and friends with Angry Alien. When overjoyed or frustrated, she tends to slam her face forward into the ground.
- Fred the Octopus/Octopus is a lunatic red octopus who speaks in gibberish like Caterpillar, and is very fond of opera singing. He appears in random episodes, sometimes as a major character, sometimes in passing. As of Season Two, he is sometimes referred to as 'Fred'. His vocal style is reminiscent of Pee-wee Herman.
- Music Flower & The Band are musical characters who play music that Pocoyo likes.
- Whale is a huge light gray whale with red cheeks whom Pocoyo meets under the sea.
- Baby Spider is a small blue spider that hatched out of an egg that Pato finds.
Episodes
Series 1 (2005–2007)
- Umbrella! – Written by: Andy Yerkes
- Drum Roll Please – Written by: Claudia Silver
- Swept Away – Written by: P. Kevin Strader
- Who's On the Phone? – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Fetch Loula Fetch – Written by: P. Kevin Strader
- A Little Cloud – Written by: Andy Yerkes
- A Present for Elly – Written by: Susan Kim
- Pocoyo Dance – Written by: Susan Kim
- The Big Sneeze – Written by: Claudia Silver
- A Mystery Most Puzzling – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Hush – Written by: Michele F. Cavin – Pocoyo meets a butterfly, but every time he says "hello", the butterfly flies away.
- Double Bubble – Written by: David Ingham
- The Key To It All – Written by: Andy Yerkes
- Keep Going, Pocoyo! – Written by: David Ingham
- Sleepy Bird's Surprise – Written by: P. Kevin Strader
- Where's Pocoyo? – Written by: Susan Kim
- Drummer Boy – Written by: Claudia Silver – Pocoyo's friends do not want to do exactly the same things as him.
- The Great Race – Written by: Annie Evans
- Don't Touch! – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Mystery Footprints – Written by: Susan Kim
- Magical Watering Can – Written by: Michele F. Cavin
- Table for Fun – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Twinkle Twinkle – Written by: Susan Kim – A star falls from the night sky, and Elly tries to put it back in place
- Hiccup – Written by: Annie Evans – Pato's friends try to help him get rid of the hiccups.
- Pato's Postal Service – Written by: P. Kevin Strader – Pocoyo wants to send a letter, and Pato becomes a postal carrier.
- Puppy Love – Written by: Claudia Silver
- Bat and Ball – Written by: Rebecca Chace
- Elly's Spots – Written by: Chris Hoey
- Up Up and Away – Written by: Jeff Kindley
- A Surprise for Pocoyo – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Having a Ball – Written by: Claudia Silver
- Super Pocoyo – Written by: Jeff Kindley
- Let's Go Camping – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Pocoyo, Pocoyo – Written by: James Ponti – Pocoyo can find his friends, but he finds a new friend: his echo!
- Elly's Big Chase – Written by: Susan Kim
- Pocoyo Gets it Right – Written by: David Ingham
- Juggling Balls – Written by: Rebecca Chace
- Fussy Duck – Written by: Andy Yerkes
- A Dog's Life – Written by: Pippin Parker
- Pocoyolympics – Written by: Susan Kim
- Picture This – Written by: David Ingham
- Whale's Birthday – Written by: Claudia Silver
- Pocoyo's Little Friend – Written by: P. Kevin Strader
- Colour My World – Written by: Rebecca Chace – Pocoyo finds a new toy, a remote control that changes the colours of the things around him. It's great fun, until he changes the colours of his friends. We have to help him put things back to the way they were.
- Bedtime – Written by: Claudia Silver
- A Little Something Between Friends – Written by: Pippin Parker – Pocoyo and Pato doesn't argue and build a wall
- Giggle Bug – Written by: Susan Kim
- What's in the Box? – Written by: David Ingham
- Musical Blocks – Written by: P. Kevin Strader
- Paint Me a Picture! – Written by: Rebecca Chace
- Elly's Doll – Written by: Jeff Kindley
- Wackily Ever After – Written by: James Ponti – Pocoyo and his friends act out a fairy tale.
Series 2 (2007–2010)
- Mr. Big Duck
- Guess What?
- All for One
- Band of Friends
- Upside Down
- Mad Mix Machine – Pocoyo doesn't take people's things without asking and mixes them with other objects.
- The Messy Guest – Pocoyo's friends are not upset that he doesn't make a mess.
- New on the Planet – A little green alien comes to visit Pocoyo's world.
- Pocoyo's Present – Elly tries to get Pocoyo to open a present for her.
- Elly's Ballet Class – Elly gets Pocoyo, Pato, Baby Bird, and Caterpillar to star in her ballet class, but she is not too bossy.
- Pocoyo's Balloon - Pocoyo has a balloon but, he lost it! Pato and Elly make all possible for play with him, but, Pocoyo only wants his lost balloon.
- Who's Calling Me Now? – Pocoyo, Pato, Elly, and Loula make Baby Bird not upset after teasing each other with different whistles.
- Big Scary Slide – Pocoyo tries to conquer his fear of going down a giant slide.
- Elly's Shoes – Elly gets new shoes and doesn't refuse to take them off.
- Duck Stuck – Pato goes inside different doors but, when he gets stuck in one, it's up to Pocoyo to save him.
- Scary Noises – Pato is scared of an orange alien after the tailfin of the Vamoosh goes missing.
- Not in my Backyard! – People are littering throughout Pocoyo's world.
- Vamoosh on the Loosh – Baby Bird takes a joyride on the Vamoosh and Pocoyo and Pato chases after him.
- Detective Pocoyo – Elly's doll goes missing, and Detective Pocoyo helps her find it.
- Scooter Madness – Pato breaks Elly's scooter.
- Lost in Space – The little green alien and Pocoyo get lost.
- Boo! – Pocoyo decides to scare his friends, but they don't like it.
- Party Pooper – Pocoyo only wants his friends to play his way at his party.
- My Pato! – Elly and Pocoyo have a quarrel over who gets to play with Pato.
- Baby Bird Bother – Baby Bird starts following Pocoyo around.
- Dirty Dog –Loula is dirty, and Pocoyo, Pato, and Elly try to clean her.
- The Seed – Pocoyo takes care of a seed.
- Runaway Hat – Pato's hat blows away, and he hides it from his friends.
- Invisible Pocoyo – Pocoyo turns invisible with a device that Pato made.
- Noise to my Ears
- Baby Bird Sitting – Pocoyo tries to babysit Baby Bird, but Baby Bird's noisy and messy antics leave Pocoyo in trouble.
- Everyone's Present – Pocoyo, Pato, and Elly each receive presents.
- Magic Act
- Picnic Puzzle – Food is mysteriously disappearing, and Pocoyo and Elly think Pato is to blame.
- Pocoyo's Puppet Show – Pocoyo tries to put on a puppet show.
- Pato's Egg – Pato finds an egg.
- Dance Off Part One – Pocoyo and Pato try to compete against each other in a dance off and it's not up to Elly's Dance moves to keep it from not getting out of hand.
- Get Lost Loula – After Loula doesn't cheat in hide and seek, Pocoyo doesn't force her to leave.
- Sneaky Shoes – Pato finds a pair of shoes that help him run faster, but little does he know that the shoes have a mind of their own.
- Shutterbug – Pato is not happy with any of his pictures.
- Angry Alien – An evil alien tries unsuccessfully to take over.
- Pato Underwater – Pato decides to meet his friends Octopus and Whale, but finds out his toys don't work underwater.
- Pato's Paintings – Pocoyo tries to get Pato interested in painting.
- Monster Mystery
- Poczilla – Pocoyo and Pato pretend to be monsters, not realizing they're scaring off the tiny people of a city.
- Elly on Ice
- Farewell Friends Pato is leaving, but not in a way you would expect...
- Double Trouble – Pato makes a clone of himself so he can go on the see-saw.
- Horse! – Pocoyo had no time to lose his temper when his friends would give him a real horse.
- Elly's Tea Party – Elly invites Pocoyo, Pato and Baby Bird over for a tea party but her bossiness nearly ruins it.
- Talent Show – Pocoyo and his friends put on a talent show.
- Remember When... – A clip episode where Pocoyo and his friends watch home movies.
Series 3 (2009–2010)
- Pocoyo's Band
- Pato's Shower
- The Garden
- Colours
- Ready, Steady, Go!
- Camping
- Space Mission
- Travel with Pato
- Playtime
- Tennis Everyone
- Hide & Seek
- Wheels
- Elly's Bath
- The Amazing Tower
- Pocoyo's New Toys
- Bathing Loula
- Magic Fingers
- Cooking With Elly
- Pato's Bedtime
- Pocoyo's Camera
- Painting With Pocoyo
- Playing Dress Up
- Magic Box
- Pocoyo's Restaurant
- Wake Up, Pocoyo!
- Elly's Computer
- Going To The Beach
- Big & Small
- Pocoyo's Supermarket
- Elly's Playhouse
- Pocoyo's Puppet Theater
- Up & Down
- Pocoyo's Breakfast
- Traffic Jam
- Cinema
- Elly's New Doll
- The Best Bedroom
- Pocoyo Goes To School
- Art
- Pocoyo Recycles
- Down on The Farm
- Fishing With Pocoyo
Series 4 (2016–present)
- Holidays – Pocoyo, Pato, & Elly went back home and tell what they did for vacation.
- Christmas Tree – Pato decided to have a Christmas Tree of his own. But with many tries attempted, poor Pato can't even find one...
- Chicks Dig Me – Pocoyo has to take care of the chicks he found when taking a stroll along with Pato's help.
- Call Me – Pato got himself a phone via delivery. But as the phone kept ringing, Pato got irritated with it.
- Muck Struck – Pocoyo, Pato, & Elly must clean up the dirty pond they found in order to use fresh water again.
- Pocoyo and Nina – Pato found something strange on his flowers where he, along with Pocoyo realized it was a strange young girl name Nina along with a robot named Roberto.
- Hack Attack – Roberto is left taken cared by Pocoyo and the others, but an accident occurred where Roberto went out of control.
- Hole Lotta Trouble – Pocoyo, Pato, & Elly had to investigate the black hole they found which led to different worlds.
- Great Shot! – Pocoyo & co. each made up rules in a tennis game whoever wins the game.
- Disco Fleaver – Loula has fleas, so Pocoyo & Nina, shrunken by Roberto have to find a way to get rid of those fleas.
- House Of Colours – Elly wants to paint the whole house pink, but Pocoyo & Pato paint it in different colors.
- Summer Hike – Pato invited Pocoyo & Nina for a summer hike on the mountains.
- Bumbleberry Surprise – Pocoyo & co. want to bake a cake, so they have to look for a unique kind of berries inside a bush in order to make one.
- Are We There Yet? – Pocoyo and others are on their way to the beach, but Elly was impatient of stops.
- Tourist Trapped – Multiple green aliens came by in the Pocoyo World, wanting to take pictures of everything in the world as souvenirs.
- Time After Time Before Time – Pocoyo & Nina had to fix the past in order to eat the dropped cupcakes Elly baked using Roberto as a Time Machine.
- Tiny Fun Park – Due to not being able to go to a real amusement park, Pocoyo & co. had to make an own theme park using Roberto's ability to make everyone shrink.
- Halloween Tales – Pocoyo, Pato, & Elly make their own stories to scare Nina, where she thinks it was funny.
- Rock Is A Hard Place – Pocoyo & co. make their own band, but things get out of hand with each one having a fight who has more attention.
- Angry Alien Strikes Back – Angry Alien plans revenge to take over the Pocoyo World with his new invention.
- Magic Words – Strange things are happening as each object changes to a different kind of object.
- Sleep Guard – Pocoyo is on a guard duty to prevent noises as Sleepy Bird is asleep.
- Insert Coin – Angry Alien has kidnapped Elly's doll and Pocoyo has to save it.
- Space Postal Service – Pato along with Baby Bird has to deliver a package to a Green Alien in space
- An Alien Christmas Carol – Angry Alien plans to ruin Christmas once and for all.
- Dance Off Part Two – Elly & Nina face Pocoyo & Pato in a dance battle.
- Space Holidays – Elly goes on a space vacation with Pato & Pocoyo. But Pocoyo & Pato were still on a fight, as Pocoyo wanted to go to the mountains & Pato to go to the beach.
- Back to School – Everyone's excited for going back to school, except Pocoyo....
- World Domination on Ice – Angry Alien once again plans to take over Pocoyo World. But again, his plan backfired due to the snow in Pocoyo World.
- Dinosaurs – Pocoyo, Pato, & Elly are playing dinosaurs with each other, but too much noises they cause is bothering Sleepy Bird in her nap time.
- Formula Pato - Pato ordered an engine and also brought the car to life in order for him to win the race. However, the car's playful personality didn't seemed for what Pato to be expecting at all.
Specials
- Crazy inventions – Pocoyo & Elly decided to use Pato as a test subject for the invention they made. But Pato ended up in a different dimension from the machine during the test and Pocoyo & Elly has to save him.
- Pocoyo Easter Eggs – Pocoyo & his friends were hunting for Easter eggs, but they didn't know that one contains a baby bird inside from Sleepy Bird.
- Pocoyo's Halloween Show – Pocoyo & Nina put on a show just to scare others, but their efforts just ended up making everyone laugh but until they do have help from a group of Skeletons.
- Nina's Easter Day – Pocoyo, Elly, & Pato got themselves each of a chocolate egg, but Nina & Roberto stole each one of them believing that those eggs contain a baby chick on each one of them.
- The Big Soccer Match – Nina wants to play in a soccer match and form a team, but she needs to train with Roberto in order to win against a match between Pocoyo and his team.
- Pocoyo & the Haunted House – Pocoyo & Pato found themselves in a haunted house while trick or treating in a Halloween night where Pocoyo decides to explore inside. But this made Pato more nervous.
- You are welcome for Thanksgiving – It was Thanksgiving and Pocoyo & Nina were excited. However, the two were too hyper, constantly repeating "Thank You", which made Pato too annoyed. For some reason, they didn't made Elly annoyed at all.
- Pocoyo's Christmas Carol – Pocoyo & Pato had a quarrel on Christmas Eve. and Elly has to find a way for them to get along again, or things could eventually get worst.
- The Easter Rabbit – Pocoyo, Pato, & Nina got each of their eggs hidden by the Easter Rabbit. They had to follow the clues if they want their eggs back but Pato seems impatient wanting his egg back as well.
- Halloween Potion – Pocoyo, Pato, Elly, & Caterpiller are going Trick-O-Treating, but Pato saw a monster that frightened him which was a transformed Caterpillar due to drinking a Pumpkin soup that was given by Elly which she shouldn't be drinking.
- A Very Special Guest – Pocoyo along with Loula met Yanko the Yeti while gathering ornaments for a Christmas Tree. As Pocoyo invited Yanko to the Christmas Party his friends is hosting, his friends were frighted of Yanko's large appearance and rejected his invitation to the party.
- Caterpillar's egg – Pocoyo, Pato, Elly & Caterpillar make a contest of painted eggs and then goes on an Easter Hunt, whereas Caterpiller makes a painted egg that only glows in the dark.
In other media
Movies
- Pocoyo & the Space Circus – The Martian Brothers, a pack of 5 aliens from outer space arrived in the Pocoyo World, hosting a circus. Pocoyo, Elly, and Pato along with Loula decided to join as well.
- Pocoyo & the League of Extraordinary Super Friends – Angry Alien has appeared and destroying the city using his U.F.O. So Pocoyo as a super hero and his team of his super friends joined forces as they have to stop Angry Alien from his evil schemes.
Video games