The Owl (TV series)

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The Owl
Genre Comedy [1]
Created byAlexandre So
Directed byAlexandre So
Theme music composerLow Entertainment
Opening theme"Opening"
Ending theme"Ending"
Country of originFrance
No. of series1
No. of episodes54
Production
Running time1.05 minutes
Production companiesStudio Hari
TV-Loonland AG [2]
France Télévisions
Original release
Network France 3
ReleaseMay 5, 2006 (2006-05-05) 
July 12, 2007 (2007-07-12)
Related
The Owl & Co

The Owl (French: La Chouette [3] ) is a series of short CGI-animated episodes for children's television. It is a silent comedy revolving around the life of a grumpy and unlucky owl, who has trouble dealing with all sorts of surreal situations and gets comically dismembered at the end.

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Plot

The series features the eponymous Owl, pink in color, and with blue feet that "float" below his body. The Owl also resembles a plastic figurine and has a grumpy, anti-social personality. Each of the minute-long fifty-four episodes centers on the Owl attempting to overcome unfortunate circumstances, but as a running gag, end in his demise by his various appendages and body being dispensed of in unusual or comical ways.

The series' setting only takes place high above at a nondescript tree, a la a "bottle show". The Owl occasionally also encounters other species, like other birds, bats and even an athletic frog, to which these never end well for him. Other situations also involve surreal events, like floating objects and exploding apples.

Episodes

  1. Windy
  2. The Ant
  3. Bubbles
  4. The Woodpecker
  5. The Lightning
  6. Roller Coaster
  7. Bat Owl
  8. The Pigeons
  9. Apple Storm
  10. Gluttony
  11. The Sticky Caterpillar
  12. The Stork
  13. The Race
  14. Squirrel Thief
  15. Puppets
  16. The Tyre Swing
  17. The Bees
  18. Badminton
  19. Spider Time
  20. The Magpie
  21. Christmas Small Boxes
  22. Trampoline
  23. Surveillance
  24. Space Owl
  25. The Kite
  26. Break Dance
  27. Chewing Gum
  28. The Sloth
  29. Boomerang
  30. Master Crow
  31. Sheep
  32. The Bugging Parrot
  33. The Cardinal
  34. The Mosquito
  35. The Xhaolin Frog
  36. Monkey Musician
  37. The Dung Beetle
  38. The Pinball
  39. The Fireflies
  40. The Elevator
  41. The Prop Tree
  42. Chameleon
  43. Ball Trap
  44. Child's Play
  45. Living Nature
  46. The Dream
  47. The Fly
  48. Flying Saucer
  49. Christmas Present
  50. The Giraffe
  51. Fireworks
  52. The Party

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