Grizzy and the Lemmings

Grizzy & the Lemmings (French : Grizzy et les Lemmings) is a French CGI[1][2] 3D animated series produced by Studio Hari with the participation of France Télévisions and Boomerang. While being inspired by Oggy and the Cockroaches, (which was in turn inspired by Tom and Jerry), it was after The Owl & Co and The Jungle Bunch. The show is about a Grizzly Bear localized as Grizzy and a number of Lemmings. There is no dialogue in the show ; characters either do not speak, or use unintelligible vocalizations, but in the Indian (Hindi) Version, the voices of Grizzy and Lemmings are dubbed.[3] The graphic creations are by Bertrand Gatignol for the characters and Édouard Cellura for the sets.

Grizzy & the Lemmings
Grizzy-bear and the group of Lemmings
Original titleGrizzy et les Lemmings
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Slapstick
Created byAntoine Rodelet
Josselin Charier
Directed byVictor Moulin
Voices ofJosselin Charier
Pierre-Alain de Garrigues
Music byThe Sonor Brothers
ComposerLes Frères Sonor
Country of originFrance
Original languageNo dialogue (text in English or French)
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes156 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersAntoine Rodelet
Josselin Charier
Running time7 minutes
Production companyStudio Hari or Hari Productions
DistributorHari International
Release
Original networkFrance 3
Boomerang
Original releaseOctober 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) 
May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)

The series was announced on June 22, 2015, and debuted in many countries in Fall in 2016. It was renewed for a second season on July 5, 2017, which is stated to air on a number of channels around the globe in 2018.[4][5] Season 1 was released for Netflix on July 15, 2019.

Synopsis

In a Canadian forest, lost in a middle of the jungle and on a top of the food chain, set in a distant future, there is a small cabin home to a departing forest ranger. After he leaves his cabin, a grizzly bear (localized as Grizzy) comes to live in it but a group of lemmings also comes with him. There are many facilities in the cabin. There is also a road crossed the forest on which vehicles keep running. The nutty hill on which the cabin is situated are very mysterious, as sometimes magical objects are found. When any magical thing or scientific machine is found from one of these dens or on the road (that was fallen from any vehicle), both the Lemmings and Grizzy try to claim them for their own. However at the end of every episode both of them accidentally find a bad ending as victims of their own schemes.

Characters

Main

  • Grizzy – Grizzy (voiced by Pierre-Alain de Garrigues)[6] is an anthropormorphic bear who has a brown body and light brown fat tummy, lives in a Forest Ranger's cabin. He is approx. 7-feet tall in height and wears a green-colored locket, which belonged to the Forest Ranger. In the cabin he does not do anything except sleeping on Sofa, watching TV or eating Salmon with Yummy XL ( chocolate spread, a ripoff of Nutella ). He likes watching TV programs about Salmon. He does not like Opera music which sometimes, unexpectedly starts while changing channels. The only thing that stands in his way of luxury is the Lemmings, who cause him a lot of trouble and mischief. Grizzy does not like them or to share anything with them. In one episode "Intensive Care" it is shown that when the Lemmings get sick, it develops a little care in the Bear's mind. He does not say anything meaningful but he was seen reading English from a mobile phone screen. Grizzy is actually very smart and intelligent to find the solution to any situation.
  • Lemmings – The Lemmings (voiced by Josselin Charier)[6] are a group of anthropomorphic lemmings with blue bodies and light blue-grey tummies, also living in the Forest Ranger's cabin. All of them have the same body shape, same height, same color, same behavior, and same habits. Their motto is "Fun for all & All for fun!". They love having rave parties and they also eat Yummy XL like Grizzy. They love watching a TV program about a cat and a mouse. They can sing lullaby which has made Grizzy to sleep. They also love to dance to music, which is not liked by Grizzy. They also do not like to share anything with Grizzy. They do not say anything meaningful but often make a sound like Tabodi. While they cause a lot of chaos, their mischief is mainly targeted at Grizzy. They are not very smart or intelligent like Grizzy as shown in many episodes like in "Intensive Care" they do not know how to give care, but in some episodes, they are also seen to be smart.

Minor

  • She (Myna in Hindi)– Bear – She is the Female anthropomorphic Grizzly bear who is Grizzy's love interest. Her color and height are the same as Grizzy but she had a heart-shaped spot on her belly. In Season 2, she received a redesign, giving her a huge pink spot ( like Grizzy's ) on her belly, instead of the former heart-shaped spot. She always has a flower in her hair like a bow. She lives in the forest and loves sniffing flowers, watching butterflies and kites. She sleeps at night on a log of wood in the forest. Grizzy always tries to impress her, but this always ends in disaster ( sometimes due to Lemmings also ). She has very little interest in Grizzy and always treats his advances with skepticism due to how he continually messes things up. She also likes popcorn. In the episode "Babysitting" it is shown that she has a female baby cub ( She-Bear Kid ) which she gives to Grizzy to babysit for some time. She-Bear has featured a larger role with main characters in the episode "Mind in a Whirl". She is called Chi-Peher in Funglish.
  • Other creatures – There are also some other animals, birds and insects in the forest but they were not anthropomorphic like Grizzy, Lemmings and Female bear. They don't do anything like the three of them and live in the forest like real and simple animals. Both Grizzy and the Lemmings tend to use these animals for their own schemes, but usually, by the end of every episode, both of them suffer from the hilarious consequences of their actions. Sometimes other living organisms also get caught up in these troubles.
    • Moose – Many Moose appear in many episodes of the show. The Lemmings (and sometimes Grizzy) use them for transport. Moose is fond of eating carrots. So sometimes lemmings hang a carrot in front of his eyes to make him run. But he can eat other things like glass bottles or a ring as shown in "Bear Luck" and "Clean Bear". They are incredibly passive and don't do anything apart from graze. The color of nearly all of the Mooses is mostly brown but a Black colored Moose is shown in the episodes "A midsummer's Bear Dream" and in "Wandering Spirits". A Moose is featured in a larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "Rainbow Moose".
    • Partridge – These dumb Mountain bamboo partridge birds are often used as a mode of transport by the Lemmings. Grizzy also use them in many situations. They have big eyes and the color of their feathers are brown and black. Sometimes a partridge becomes bigger in size due to the actions and consequences of Grizzy and the lemmings. A giant partridge is shown in the episodes "A Midsummer's Bear dream", "Timeless Bear" and "The Bear Next Door" ( not in the main background but in another place ). In the show, the partridges fly in the sky. They are largely featured with Grizzy and the lemmings in the episodes "A Sizeable Problem" and "Call of the Bear".
    • FrogFrogs are generally shown eating flies. In the show the tongues of the frogs are long. Frogs are featured mainly with the main characters in the episode "Bear Charm".
    • FlyFlies are generally shown being eaten by Frogs. A fly has mainly shown with the main characters in the episode "Yummy Fly".
    • ButterflyButterflies on the show is generally seen in Blue, pink or yellow colors. The Female bear loves them. Butterflies are small in size but a big butterfly is shown in episodes "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" and "The Bear And The Butterfly"( in this episode the butterfly has a larger role with main characters ).
    • Raccoon – The raccoons on the show are dirty and often rummage in the trash and eat garbage. Their noses twitch very fast. The lullaby of lemmings also makes them go to sleep as shown in the episode "Inspector Grizzy". A raccoon has been featured in a large role with the main cast in the episodes "Bear's Best friend", "Sniffer Raccoon" and "Masked Raccoon".
    • SpiderSpiders in the show are rarely seen. Their color is mainly black. Grizzy has a fear of spiders, shown in the episode "Spider Lemmings".
    • Tyrannosaurus Rex – A T-rex (Dinosaurs) is unfrozen from a block of ice in "Jurassic Bear" (red and green in colour) and also appears in episodes "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" (in lime-green color) and "Ancestral Bear".
    • BatBats (appears in season 2) in the show, are also rarely seen. Bats have a larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "Batgrizzy"( in this episode, it is shown that they do not like anyone controlling them for their own means ).
  • Forest Ranger – The Forest Ranger very rarely appears in person. His only appearance in the show is in the intro and in the episode "As Far As Bear Can Remember" in a flashback. He is shown as a man who left his cabin in the forest where the bear and the lemmings now live. In some episodes, his poster and photos are shown. He is the only human character in the show.

Episodes

Technical Sheet

PostNames
Directors of Season 1Victor Moulin, Cedric Lachenaud, Clement Girard and Alexandre Wahl.
Scriptwriters of Season 1Josselin Charier, Antoine Rodelet, Alexandre So, Victor Moulin, Fanny Marseau, Simon Lecocq, Valerie Chappellet, Clement Girard, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl and Sebastien Guerout.
Directors of Season 2Victor Moulin, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl, Corentin Lecourt, Idriss Benseghir and Celestine Jacquel-Plays.
Scriptwriters of Season 2Josselin Charier, Antoine Rodelet, Simon Lecocq, Valerie Chappellet, Clement Girard, Victor Moulin, Corentin Lecourt, Idriss Benseghir, Celestine Jacquel-Plays, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl and Sebastien Guerout.

Broadcast

Grizzy & the Lemmings originates in France, where it aired on networks France 3 and Boomerang.

On December 31, 2016 it first broadcast on France 3 and in the Ludo youth box. The season 1 of the series is re-telecast on Boomerang since September 4, 2017 and on France 4 from February 19, 2018. The broadcast of season 2 begins on France 3 and in the Ludo youth box on April 6, 2019.

  • It also aired in India from 2018 to 2020 on Pogo TV.[7][8] From December 2020, Cartoon Network started re-telecasting of the series. The Indian version of the show is unique in that it has Hindi dialogues dubbed by Manoj Pandey (as the Narrator of the show and as Grizzy) and Anshul Saxena (as the Lemmings). Only in India, voiceovers are added in show and spoken voices in characters. By this, the title-name of characters is also different from original. Whereas the original version of the show does not feature any spoken dialogue.
  • It also airs in Pakistan on Cartoon Network.
  • In United States Grizzy & the Lemmings made its debut on April 3, 2017 [9] on Boomerang. The second season of the show was premiered in the USA on September 2, 2018.
  • In United Kingdom, it airs on Pop Max.
  • In Canada, Grizzy & the Lemmings airs on Family Channel, Nickelodeon, Family Jr, and Télé-Québec.
  • In Russia, the show is aired on Boomerang.
  • It also aired on Cartoon Network channel in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
  • In countries Romania and Turkey, it telecast on Boomerang.
  • It also aired in Poland on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Puls 2.
  • In Italy, the show is telecast on Boing, Cartoonito, and Boomerang.
  • It airs on Boing in Spain country.
  • The series initially aired on Boomerang in the UK and Ireland from August 8, 2015.
  • In Iceland, it airs on RUV.
  • In Philippines, Grizzy & the Lemmings shown on Cartoon Network.
  • It also aired in Netherlands on the channels NPO Zappelin and Boomerang.
  • In Belgium, the series has been broadcast on OUF since September 2017.

International Broadcast

The show airs in the following countries:

Country(s) Channel(s)
France France 3
Boomerang[10]
France 4
Ludo Youth Box
Angola Boomerang
Australia Boomerang
Austria Boomerang
Bangladesh Duronto TV
Belgium RTBF
VRT
Boomerang
Canada Télé-Québec
Family Jr.
Family Channel
Family Chrgd
Cyprus Boomerang
Czech ČT :D,[11]
ČT2
Denmark SVT
Finland Boomerang[12]
Germany Boomerang[13]
Super RTL[14]
Greece ERT
Hungary Boomerang (CEE),[15]
Kiwi TV[16]
India Pogo TV[17]
Cartoon Network
Iceland RUV
Italy Boing
Cartoonito
Boomerang[18]
Mozambique Boomerang
Netherlands NPO Zappelin
Boomerang[19]
Norway NRK
Pakistan Cartoon Network (Shutdown)
Philippines Cartoon Network
Poland Boomerang,[20] Cartoon Network
Puls 2
Portugal Zig Zag
Boomerang[21]
Romania Boomerang[22]
Russia Boomerang,[23]
Niki Kids
Serbia Boomerang
South Korea Cartoon Network, Boomerang
Anione
Anibox
Champ TV
Spain Boing
Super3
Slovenia POP TV
Sri Lanka Cartoon Network
Sweden NRK
Switzerland Boomerang
Turkey Boomerang
Minika
Ukraine Niki Kids
Niki Junior[24]
Middle East Cartoon Network Arabic
Boomerang
United Kingdom Pop Max
Pop
United States
Latin America
Boomerang
Netflix
Boomerang[25][26][27]

Accolades

  • On February 12, 2018, Grizzy & the Lemmings won the Laurier in the youth animation category, at the 23rd ceremony of the Lauriers de la Radio et de la Télévision.
  • On February 13, 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the Kidscreen Awards for best-animated series, Kids category, at the 2018 Kidscreen Summit in Miami.
  • In April 2018, the show receives an EMIL Award for the best children's programs, awarded by the German magazine TV Spielfilm.
  • In October 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the award for best TV series at the TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival in Georgia.
  • On March 18, 2019, the show won the TV France International Animation export prize at the Trianon in Paris.
  • On September 7, 2019, Grizzy et les Lemmings (season 2) was awarded the Best Children's Television Program Award by the International Dytiatko Festival in Ukraine.

Titles in other languages

Grizzy & the Lemmings is known as Grizzy et les Lemmings in french. Following are the title of the show in other languages :-

Language(s) Title(s)
Arabic غريزي والليمنغز
Azerbaijani Grizzy və Lemminglər
Bangla গ্রিজি অ্যান্ড দ্য লেমিংস
Catalan En Grizzy i els Lèmmings
Czech Méďa a lumíci
Danish Grizzy og lemmingerne
Dutch Grizzy en de Lemmingen
Finnish Otso ja sopulit
German Grizzy und die Lemminge
Hungarian Grizzy és a lemmingek
Italian Grizzy e i Lemming
Malayalam ഗ്രിസി ആന്റ ദ ലെമ്മിങ്സ് Obtained from
Japanese グリジーとレミングス
Korean 그리지와 레밍스
Norwegian Grizzy og lemenene
Polish Grizzy i Lemingi
Portuguese Grizzy e os Lemingues[28]
Romanian Grizzy și lemingii
Russian Гризли и лемминги
Slovak Grizzly a Lumíci
Spanish Grizzy y los Lemmings
Swedish Grizzy och lämlarna
Turkish Grizzy ve Lemmingler
Ukrainian Гріззі та лемінги
Vietnamese Gấu xám và những chú chuột Lemmut

Adaptations

In other media

Adventure Grizzy Go, Grizzy Bubble, Grizzly Escape, Grizzy Jump, Flappy Lemmings and Lemmings Flight are some video games which are based on this television series.

New Season

In 2019, Hari Productions (Studio Hari) announced the development of a New or third season, titled Grizzy & the Lemmings : World Tour. It may be in planning or in production. [29]

See also

References

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  11. Méďa a lumíci na ČT :D
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  24. "Гріззі та лемінги – Niki". niki.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved April 12, 2019.
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  29. Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour
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