Little People (TV series)

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Little People
Genre Animation [1]
Children's
Adventure
Comedy
Created byRobin Budd
Based on Little People
by Mattel [2]
Theme music composerJay Vincent
Michael Kramer
Opening themeThe Adventure Song
ComposerRob Lord
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 [1]
Production
Executive producersChristopher Keenan
Steven DeNure
Kirsten Newlands
ProducerRick Siggelkow
Running time11 minutes [1]
Production companies HIT Entertainment (Season 1)
Mattel Creations (Season 2)
Original release
Network Sprout
ReleaseMarch 7, 2016 (2016-03-07) 
February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)

Little People is an Canadian-American animated television series for children based on Fisher-Price's toy line of the same name. The series was produced by HIT Entertainment (Season 1) and Mattel Creations (Season 2), with animation production by DHX Media's Halifax studio. It premiered on Sprout on March 7, 2016. 52 episodes were produced.

Contents

It has been renewed for a second season, which started airing in 2018. [3]

Characters

Main

Recurring

Production

The show was placed into pre-production in June 2014 for a potential 2015 season premiere. The show was introduced at a Licensing Expo on June 17, 2014. The show is the first Fisher-Price brand done by newly acquired (2012) Hit. [2] The show debuted on weekday schedule on Sprout in the United States on March 7, 2016 [1] and on Family Jr. in Canada on March 1, 2017. [5] Cartoon Network UK's sister preschool channel Cartoonito premiered the Little People TV series on April 11, 2016. [6]

Episodes

Season 1 (2016-2017)

Each adventure has songs, dancing and imagination.

  1. Teamwork Takes Talent!/Imagination Cures the Blues!
  2. Proud to Be You and Me!/Better Learn to Wait Your Turn!
  3. The Right (and Left) Stuff/Carried Away and Back Again
  4. Never Cheat to Beat!/Just Compare Yourself to You
  5. Different Makes the Wool Go 'Round/A Walk in Someone Else's Hooves
  6. One for All and All for Fun!/If I Rule Jungleland
  7. Sometimes Enough is Enough!/Roar in the Face of Fright!
  8. Headed in the Right Direction/Don't Be Selfish Said the Shellfish
  9. Party of One is No Fun!/Listening For Treasure!
  10. Being a Big Cheese is Cheesy!/A Taste of Her Own Medicine!
  11. Nothing Wrong With Being Wrong!/Friendship is a Two Way Tale
  12. Collecting Conclusion Clues!/You're Your Best You're Yourself!
  13. No Shortcuts to Responsibility!/Promises, Promises!
  14. Swallowing Fears/Different Strokes for Different Folks!
  15. The Many Colors of Kindness/Two Heroes are Better Than One!
  16. Don't Judge a Book By Its Sparkles!/New Things Equal Cold Feet
  17. Me, Myself, and Eddie/May the Frost Be With You!
  18. Acting Icy Can Be Dicey!/Never Too Late to Listen!
  19. Bully Goat Gruff/Working Together is Way Better
  20. Be True to You!/Don't Lie to Get By!
  21. Give it Back!/When Your Chum is Glum
  22. A Party Together is Better/Hurry Up and Wait!
  23. Distraction Misses the Action/Being Picky Can Get Tricky
  24. Cleaning the Air/Rumor Ruckus
  25. Stash Your Trash/Dance to Your Own Jungle Drum
  26. The Trouble With Bulls and Frogs/Nuts for Sharing!

Season 2 (2018)

Each airs with the episodes divided into two-eleven minute episode segments. The Adventure Song changed and some cast voices changed.

  1. Take Turns to Talk/Fly High and Try
  2. Team Hero/Potty Ahoy
  3. Don't Dawdle/As You Like It
  4. A Space of His Own/Say So If You Don't Know
  5. Getting to Know You/Cast Aside
  6. Special Delivery/What Would Lucky Like?
  7. Itching for Trouble/What's Old is New
  8. Interrupting Cow/No Fair at the Fair
  9. Give a Little Listen/Trust The Jungle Bus
  10. United We Solve/A Promise Is a Promise
  11. A New Friend For All/Braver Together
  12. Easy Peasy/Everyone Deserves a Turn
  13. Snail Mail/Rainy Day Delay
  14. Sofie's Photo No-No/A Time and a Place
  15. Nothing to Sneeze At/Koby Speaks Up
  16. Messy Mia/The Tessa Show
  17. The Princess and the Parade/Radical Rainbow Road Race
  18. Cookie Caper/Just My Luck
  19. Koby's Penguin Posse/Mia the Magnificent
  20. Awesomely Amazing Picnic Adventure/The Big Beautiful Butter Beast
  21. Beginners are Winners/Emma by the Book
  22. Jack of the Jungle/Eddie and the Yeti
  23. Firehouse Four/A Place for Friendly Friends
  24. Delivering Happiness/Castaway Capers
  25. The Lepo-Potamus/Treasure Beyond Measure
  26. Listen Up/Worth the Wait

Home media

In 2018, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment signed a deal with DHX Media and Mattel Creations to purchase the North American DVD rights to Little People. In Italy, Eagle Pictures will release the series soon on DVD. In Germany, Just Bridge Entertainment released the series on DVD. In UK, Abbey Home Media Group released the series on DVD.

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