The Triplets

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The Triplets
Lestresbessonesigaudi.jpg
Cover of the DVD for "The Triplets and Gaudí".
Genre Adventure
Comedy
Musical Fantasy
Created by Roser Capdevila
Based onThe Triplets series
by Roser Capdevila
Directed by Robert Balser, Baltasar Roca (Season 1)
Maria Gol, Jordi Valbuena (Season 2)
Voices of
Opening themeWe Are The Triplets!
Composers Josep Lladó (Season 1 & 2)
Joan Albert Amargós (Season 1)
Country of originSpain
Original languageCatalan
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes104 (Complete list)
Production
Executive producers
Running time24 minutes circa
Production companies Televisió de Catalunya
Cromosoma
Original release
Network TV3
La 2
Clan
Teletoon
Treehouse TV (Canada)
Release1995 (1995) 
2004 (2004)
Related
  • The Bored Witch
  • The Baby Triplets

The Triplets (Catalan : Les tres bessones; Spanish : Las tres mellizas; Occitan : Es tres bessones) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Spanish illustrator Roser Capdevila.

Contents

The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries. In 1985 a new character, the "Bored Witch" (La Bruixa Avorrida, in Catalan) was added to the plots to form a collection of classical stories, "The Triplets and (...)".

In 1994, television producer Cromosoma  [ ca; es ] and the Catalan TV corporation Televisió de Catalunya adapted the stories to make an animated series based on the books. It became very successful and profitable and led to the production of a second series with the Bored Witch as the main character, together with France 3, Canal J and Storimages  [ fr ]. [1]

By 2004, The Triplets series consisted of 104 episodes, while The Bored Witch reached 52. They have been translated from Catalan to 35 different languages and have been shown in 158 countries or territories. A spin-off series was also made, titled The Baby Triplets.

In October 2020, it was announced that the series would receive a reboot that would focus 20 years after the first one ended. [2]

Plot

The plots of the triplet sisters follow a definite pattern. Sometimes they play some prank or manage to annoy the Bored Witch, and, to punish them, she sends them into a classic tale, legend, or children's or adult's (such as Frankenstein or The Phantom of the Opera ) literary work. The main structure of the classic remains, but some twists (often hilarious anachronisms such as showing The forty thieves getting distracted from robbing a house by a camel race on TV or Dr. Frankenstein as a veterinarian) are introduced to favor each plot and define the sisters' personalities.

Characters

Episodes

The Triplets find themselves involved in a different classic story in each chapter.

Season 1 (1995-1999)

Season 2 (2003-2004)

Voice actors

CharacterCastilian voiceCatalan voiceEnglish voice
First seasonSecond season
Annie
Patricia Rodriguez
Tessa
Nellie
The Bored Witch
Owl (Buho)
Teacher
Ana Orra (some episodes)
?
?
Mother of the triplets
?
Father of the triplets
?
?

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