Clay Kids
Clay Kids is a British-Spanish stop motion animated TV series for children created by Javier Tostado. The series narrates the adventures of seven misfit kids: Flippy, Motor, Carol, Robbie, Naomi, Jessi and Albert. Season 1 & 2 each contain 26 episodes, making a total of 52 episodes. Gloob held a preview for the series in Brazil on 29 June 2013 and was officially premiered on 5 July 2013. In the UK Clay Kids airs on POP TV but on 1 June 2015 Clay Kids moved to its sister channel, Pop Max.
| Clay Kids | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stop motion animated children's comedy |
| Created by | Javier Tostado |
| Directed by | Javier Tostado |
| Voices of | MJ Lallo, Michael Derry, David Markus, Natalie Mitchell, Karen Strassman, Quinn Ljoka, Susan Haight, Mark Allen Jr. |
| Opening theme | Clay Kids Opening Theme, performed by Jerry B. Long, Jr. aka Kokane |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | María Lara Roca, Francesca Nicoll |
| Producer(s) | Raquel Hernández |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Clay Animation Clay Angels TVE |
| Distributor | Cake Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Gloob, XEIMT-TV Canal 22 (Mexico), Oromar Televisión (Ecuador), Disney XD, POP MAX, RTP2 and Biggs, CITV, Pop, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, CBBC & Clan |
| Picture format | UHD |
| First shown in | Ireland |
| Original release | 29 June 2013 - present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Characters
Main
Flippy is a troublemaker who doesn't like to study and goes to school only because he has no other choice. He's got his parents completely fooled into thinking he gets good grades. He wears the latest fashion and likes to think of himself as popular, attractive and funny. Thinks of himself as a rapper.
Motor is a physically challenged (left side paralysed) boy who moves around in a motorized wheelchair. It seems like he's always at odds with the world. Manners and etiquette are not his strong points and he's often rude (though not malicious). Collaborates with Flippy on hip hop projects, is a gamer with Flippy and Robbie.
Carol is very intelligent and stubborn, painfully aware of how cruel and unjust the world is and committed to leftist political activism. She's a good student and very responsible, and also tidy and fussy with her things; as a result she's not popular with her classmates.
Robbie is a boy who is repeating the grade for the third time. He's the oldest in the class, although academically, you wouldn't think so. Street smart and cunning.
Naomi is materialistic and judges people for what they have or what she can get out of them. Although she looks like a little angel who is always willing to help her neighbour, there is something really machiavellian about her. She is always scheming to better her position.
Jessi is 13-year-old surrealist who is very naïve and innocent, like Phoebe from Friends but without the selfish streak. Her classmates think she's weird because she doesn't go by the general rules like the rest of humankind. She's a very loving and loyal friend. Loves to skateboard, gets along well with everyone.
Albert is a nerd. Way more intellectual than any of the others, lover of poetry and art. People tend to make fun of him because he's a little feeble and quite eccentric in his tastes.
Secondary
Frank is Carol's father, the owner and manager of the Cyber Cafe. A late-thirty-something who wishes he was still a teenager. Likes computer games and tries to stay down with the kids, to Carol's intense embarrassment. Always trying to use teen slang but never getting it right.
Ms Henderson is the teacher. Mid-twenties and totally out of her depth in class, she's earnest and very dedicated to teaching but is clueless when it comes to keeping control. She also has a short temper and is called in the fandom as "The Beauty Teacher" or "Miss Bangalot" because of her looks.
References
Clay Kids winner in 33rd Telly Awards. Showmetheanimation.com.
Clay Animation, una empresa valenciana de animación que triunfa antes de empezar. Valenciaplaza.com.
El Stop Motion se mueve. Nonada.es.
Clay Kids estreia no Gloob com Gabriel, "O Dublador". Se Liga Aí.