Pat & Stan

Pat et Stanley (English: Pat & Stan, Italian: Pat e Stan, Dutch: Pat en Stan, Danish: Nik og Jan, Serbian: Pet i Sten/Petko i Stanko) is an animated TV series that appeared as part of the children's television programme TFou on the French network TF1.[1] The show is animated by Mac Guff and created by Pierre Coffin, who would later on co-direct Despicable Me at the same studio via Illumination Entertainment.

Pat et Stanley
Pat et Stanley
Genre	Animated television Comedy
Created by	Pierre Coffin
Directed by	Pierre Coffin Patrick Delage (movie)
Voices of	English Dan Green David Wills Sean Schemmel Bella Hudson Evelyn Lanto Bryan Tyler
Country of origin	France Germany
Original languages	French English German Italian Dutch Norwegian Danish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	362
Production
Executive producer	Jean-Jacques Benhamou (movie)
Producers	Jean-Jacques Benhamou Jacques Bled (movie)
Running time	2-26 minutes
Production companies	Mac Guff Ligne TV-Loonland
Distributor	TV-Loonland
Release
Original network	TF1
Picture format	SECAM (576i)
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	2004 (2004)–10 January 2010

Pat the pink hippopotamus and Stan the orange dog have appeared in 362 short episodes as well as the 26-minute movie Pat et Stanley: Le Trésor de Pit et Mortimer (Pat and Stanley: The Treasure of Pit and Mortimer, 2006). Outside France the duo are most famous for the short clip in which Pat is seen singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."[2] The clip appeared in Italy in a commercial by Ferrero's Kinder chocolates; they also produced a "Happy Hippo" shaped chocolate snack.

Two English dubs have also been made, one broadcast in the United Kingdom with Pat and Stan voiced by Jay Simon and John Telfer respectively, and another on The CW4Kids in the United States, where Pat and Stan voiced by Dan Green and David Wills respectively, and under two Dutch versions on Jetix in the Netherlands, and on Ketnet in Flanders. Pat and Stanley are now featured in many unofficial online videos singing English (as well as international) songs. It was on Cartoon Network's website from December 5, 2014 to April 11, 2015. In the UK it is aired on CITV and Pop.