Taffy (TV series)
Taffy is a French animated television series. The series is a co-production between Cyber Group Studios and Turner Broadcasting System Europe,[3][4] with the participation of France Televisions for the first season. The series airs on Boomerang all across Europe.[5][6]
Taffy | |
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Genre | Animated series Comedy Slapstick |
Created by | Pierre Sissmann Mike de Seve |
Directed by | Ahmed Guerrouache |
Composer | Fabien Nataf |
Country of origin | France |
Original languages | French English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 156 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Helene Maret |
Producers | Pierre Sissmann Andrew Ooi CJ See |
Editors | Alain Lavelle Cristophe Giroud |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Production companies | Cyber Group Studios Turner Broadcasting System Europe |
Distributor | Cyber Group Studios |
Release | |
Original network | France France 4 (Season 1) Gulli[1] (Season 2) Worldwide Boomerang[2] |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
First shown in | Africa |
Original release | 17 December 2018 – present |
Plot
The series follows a grey raccoon, Taffy (also named Scraggs), who gets adopted by Mrs. Muchmore after thinking he is a cat. Her main pet, a blue dobermann named Bentley, is determined to reveal Taffy's secret to Mrs. Muchmore that he really is a Raccoon.
Other characters include Forsythe and the friends, Addie, Mish and Mash. Several other secondary and background characters appear often in the show like Mrs. Muchmore's friends (three also rich ladies) and Mr. Fuffermin head of the club, also a new character a blue female raccoon named Roxy who also pretends to be a cat to one of Mrs. Muchmore's friends Mrs. Highcost, Roxy also seems to be Taffy's love interest although Roxy isn't all that interested in Taffy cause she doesn't think Taffy isn't a true raccoon because Taffy has become so modernized to his new way of life that he can no longer stand the life at the dump.
Production
In July 2017, France Televisions partnered up with Boomerang to begin producing a Tom and Jerry-inspired slapstick cartoon which would premiere in Fall 2018 with a total of 78 episodes. In September 2019, a second season was renewed, containing 78 7-minute segments, set to premiere in 2020 in multiple Boomerang channels.
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 78 | 17 December 2018 | 14 November 2019 | ||
2 | 26 | 15 October 2020 | TBA |
Season 1 (2019)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Enter the Kitty" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | January 7, 2019 | 101 |
Taffy is a raccoon that lives in a city dump. He is very hungry, as he finds nothing to eat. But suddenly, Taffy smells something else which comes from a manor owned by Mrs. Muchmore and Forsythe. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "A Minor Problem" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 102 |
Addie, a little girl, comes to visit the manor. But when she comes to Taffy, she referred him as a raccoon over and over, which makes Taffy horrified of that, so he tries several attempts to get rid of her. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "No Strings Attached" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 103 |
Before an inspection takes place, Mrs. Muchmore tries to give a list of tasks to Forsythe, but Bentley accidentally drops a bowling ball onto her head. Unfortunately, she becomes unconscious and Taffy and Bentley try to revive her. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "The Highest Bidder" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 104 |
Mrs. Muchmore buys her new spoon to her guest, which Taffy finds it more allergic to Bentley. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "I Know Pronounce You Dog and Cat" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 105 |
Taffy and Bentley ruin Mrs. Muchmore's wedding video, so the two try to recreate it. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Bentley's Girlfriend" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 106 |
Bentley tries to send a letter to his girlfriend and tries to give her a love diamond. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "D.N.A. OK" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 107 |
Taffy breaks into Dr. Hurtz' science laboratory to get a test tube, with Bentley following him. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Staycation" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 108 |
Taffy and Bentley are both trapped in the manor's basement, and try to get out of it. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Mission Mish Mash" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 109 |
Taffy tries to protect two raccoons named Mish and Mash, whilst being chased by three guardians. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "A Bentley Carol" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 110 |
It's Christmas and Mrs. Muchmore decorates the manor. But Taffy gets abruptly kicked off the manor. Then, he finds his raccoons friends Mish and Mash, who orders them to make fun of Bentley. So both Mish and Mash as The Ghost of Christmas Past and Present to scare Bentley, who is actually asleep. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "The Switch" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 111 |
Taffy and Bentley switch their bodies and voices after a lightning hits them. So the two try to back normal. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Cute or Boot" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 112 |
Mrs. Muchmore brings two drones to the manor, which take a photo of both Bentley and Taffy and posted on the phone online. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "License to Kale" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 113 |
Taffy has a fear of kale. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Cat Burglar" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 114 |
At night, a cat burglar comes to the manor to chase Taffy, with some help from Bentley. | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Raccoon Day" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 115 |
After eating a strange green banana peel, Taffy keeps permanently repeating the same day, so he tries to change his reality. Will he succeed? | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Logging Off" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 116 |
Taffy and Bentley joins a party at the manor. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Smell of the Chase" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 117 |
Bentley plots on Taffy by delivering a box of caviar bottles. But Bentley can't immediately open the bottle until the caviar soon drops on his head, which makes a smell and led Taffy to chase Bentley. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "Showtime" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | 118 | |
Taffy joins Binikos' Show Cat Boot Camp and practices sports to make himself strong. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Old Home Reek" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 119 |
Taffy is having fun with his old friends Mish and Mash. But Bentley tries to chase them. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Factory Flaw" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 120 |
While bringing a vase to the manor, Bentley gets accidentally shipped away. | ||||||
21 | 21 | "Robo-House" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 121 |
Taffy and Bentley try to wake Mrs. Muchmore up because the house will be self-destructed. | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Whisperer To A Screem" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 122 |
When a guest arrives, Bentley and Taffy try to be more kinder. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "Bentley of the Jungle" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 123 |
Bentley becomes savage. | ||||||
24 | 24 | "Out of the Woods" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 124 |
Mrs. Muchmore and the gang go on a journey to the woods. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "Reach Out and Touch Someone" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 125 |
Mrs. Muchmore invites her old friend Carl, but when he smells Taffy, he prepares for a raccoon hunting season, with a help from Bentley. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "The White Gloves" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 126 |
Forsythe tries to clean the manor, but Bentley and Taffy are both annoying him. | ||||||
27 | 27 | "Machine Dreams" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 127 |
Forsythe buys a vacuum cleaner robot that cleans the manor. But when Taffy and Bentley changes its materials, it causes a big trouble in the house. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "TaffyZilla" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 128 |
Taffy gets buff after entering a machine. | ||||||
29 | 29 | "Laughy Taffy" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 129 |
Mrs. M brings Taffy to Dr. Hurtz the dentist, but he causes a laughing hysteria. | ||||||
30 | 30 | "Pet Therapist" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 130 |
Dr. Hurtz makes Taffy relaxing. | ||||||
31 | 31 | "There Kitty Kitty" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 131 |
Mrs. Muchmore brings a cute cat to the manor. | ||||||
32 | 32 | "A Star Is Born" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 132 |
Mr. Fuffermin tries to take a photo of Bentley, but he is bothering him. | ||||||
33 | 33 | "Makeover Fakeover" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 133 |
Addie helps Bentley by putting makeover to Taffy to make him pretty. | ||||||
34 | 34 | "The Eye of the Raccoon" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 134 |
Bentley prepares to fight Taffy and Mr. Fuffermin's puppy. | ||||||
35 | 35 | "The Sweaters" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 135 |
In a snowy day, Taffy and Bentley learn from a computer how they can knit a sweater. | ||||||
36 | 36 | "School's Fools" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 136 |
Taffy and Bentley find an educating headphone. | ||||||
37 | 37 | "Citizen Taffy" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 137 |
Taffy fights Bentley over a newspaper. | ||||||
38 | 38 | "Flowers for Bentley" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 138 |
Addie has a hypnosis clock and hypnotizes Forsythe and Binikos, so Taffy tries to take her hypnosis clock and hypnotizes Bentley into thinking of flowers. | ||||||
39 | 39 | "Raccoon Moon" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 139 |
Taffy sees the moon above from himself. | ||||||
40 | 40 | "Love of Loaf" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissmann, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 140 |
Mrs. Muchmore makes a circle of cucumbers on her eyes. But Bentley tries to make Taffy fake. | ||||||
41 | 41 | "Climate Control Freaks" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 141 |
Taffy and Bentley fight upon a climate control. | ||||||
42 | 42 | "Cone Heads" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 142 |
Taffy had an earache. | ||||||
43 | 43 | "Time Out of Taffy" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 143 |
Mish and Mash try to make Bentley thinking that he is time travelling. | ||||||
44 | 44 | "Raccoon in a Guilted Cage" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 144 |
When Bentley leaves the manor, Taffy feels lonely, and thinks that they are the best frenemies. | ||||||
45 | 45 | "The Flea Party" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 145 |
Bentley puts the fleas in a bottle to put them in Taffy's body. | ||||||
46 | 46 | "The Guard Dog" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 146 |
Bentley freezes Taffy by a machine. | ||||||
47 | 47 | "The Cat's Pyjamas" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 147 |
Taffy tries to stay awake. So he tries to various attempts to open his eyes: including building a gym, watching TV, taking a bath and even drinking coffee. But all of his plans are backfired. | ||||||
48 | 48 | "Happy Home" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 148 |
Taffy and Bentley try to become best friends. | ||||||
49 | 49 | "Buried Treasure" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 149 |
Taffy and Bentley fight for hunting a hidden treasure. | ||||||
50 | 50 | "The Fortune 500" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 150 |
Taffy fights Bentley for a fortune cookie. | ||||||
51 | 51 | "Jitter Fever" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 151 |
While jitter fever spreads around the area, Taffy swallows a phone that looks like he had the disease. | ||||||
52 | 52 | "The Recall" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 152 |
Forsythe gives a letter to Mrs. Muchmore where she received an explosive bow for Taffy. | ||||||
53 | 53 | "New Leaf Taffy" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 153 |
Taffy becomes naughty and bad. So he had an experience where a raccoon tells him to be nice. | ||||||
54 | 54 | "The New Mrs. Muchmore" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 154 |
Mrs. Muchmore gives more attention to Taffy than, which led Bentley leaving the manor. | ||||||
55 | 55 | "The Upgrade" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 155 |
After seeing an announcement for a bow, Mrs. M buys a new and expensive bow for Taffy. | ||||||
56 | 56 | "Honey, I Shrunk the Raccoon" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 156 |
Bentley and Taffy have shrunk and try to get the device to make themselves normal. | ||||||
57 | 57 | "Caged!" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 157 |
Mish and Mash are imprisoned in a vermin and Bentley guarded it. | ||||||
58 | 58 | "Scare Tactics" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 158 |
Bentley makes a ghost raccoon puppet to scare Taffy. | ||||||
59 | 59 | "Pretty Shack" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 159 |
Bentley and Taffy prepare for a golf match. | ||||||
60 | 60 | "The Rival" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 160 |
Bentley has a competition with a robot dog named Blaze. | ||||||
61 | 61 | "Mrs. ZZZ" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 161 |
Bentley tries to wake Mrs. Muchmore up. | ||||||
62 | 62 | "Spotted!" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 162 |
Taffy and Bentley both have fake fevers and they are pampered by Mrs. Muchmore. | ||||||
63 | 63 | "My Fair Doggy" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 163 |
Taffy wants Bentley to be nice to Mrs. Muchmore. | ||||||
64 | 64 | "Rags to Ostriches" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 164 |
Forsythe brings an ostrich to home and becomes a new pet. | ||||||
65 | 65 | "The Big Sneeze" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 165 |
Bentley tries to make Taffy sneezing. | ||||||
66 | 66 | "Flying High" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 166 |
Mrs. Muchmore gets a hot air balloon for Taffy, but Bentley tricks him into putting him in the balloon. | ||||||
67 | 67 | "The Return of Scraggs" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 167 |
Mrs. Muchmore hosts a raccoon party, but Bentley tries to get rid of Taffy. | ||||||
68 | 68 | "Twin or Lose" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 168 |
Forsythe guests his twin brother Morsythe, who wreaks havoc in the manor. | ||||||
69 | 69 | "Little Monster" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 169 |
Addie wants to be strong like Binikos, but when he gives her the sweets, she suddenly turns into a monster. But when Bentley sees her with her sweets, he tries to give her one, just to scare Taffy. | ||||||
70 | 70 | "Boot Camp Manor" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 170 |
Addie the Scout challenges Taffy and Bentley in a boot camp. | ||||||
71 | 71 | "Mansion Mirror" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 171 |
Bentley and Taffy switch lives in a mirror. | ||||||
72 | 72 | "Besties" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 172 |
73 | 73 | "I Love Lamp" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 173 |
74 | 74 | "A Mouse in the House" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 174 |
75 | 75 | "Phony Pony" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 175 |
76 | 76 | "Squeakophobia" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 176 |
77 | 77 | "Clone Sweet Clone" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 177 |
78 | 78 | "Slience of the Slams" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 178 |
Season 2 (2020)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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79 | 1 | "Huuuusssssh!" | Ahmed Guerrouache | Pierre Sissman, Andrew Ooi, CJ See and Helene Maret | TBA | 201 |
Broadcast
The series premiered on Boomerang Africa on 17 December 2018 and later aired on multiple Boomerang stations around the world in 2019, particularly in the UK, which started airing the show on January 7, 2019 and in the Middle East, where it aired in May 2019 on Boomerang MENA.
See also
References
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