Kid Paddle

Kid Paddle is a Belgian gag-a-day comic series created by Michel Ledent (Midam) in 1993. It was first published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou until branching out into its own volumed comic albums in 1996.

Kid Paddle
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Midam
Developed by	Michel Gauthier
Written by	Laurent Rullier Franck Salomé Ilya Nicolas Philippe Pierre-Adolphé Stéphane Chapuy Julien & Claude Gars Frederick Maslanka Aline Leblon Philippe Daniau & Nasser Zeboudj Claude Prothee Laurent Bounoure Thomas Lapierre Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams Jacques Espagne Stephen Ashton Ghislaine & Christophe Poujol Anne Lecours Augusto Zanovello Manon & Muguette Berthelet
Directed by	Olivier Bonnet
Voices of	Jennifer Seguin Daniel Brochu Eleanor Noble Pauline Little Arthur Holden A.J. Henderson Jessica Kardos
Opening theme	Kid Paddle Theme
Ending theme	Kid Paddle Ending
Country of origin	Belgium France Canada
Original language(s)	French English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producer(s)	Olivier Nomen
Running time	12 minutes (ungrouped) 23 minutes (grouped)
Production company(s)	Spectra Animaton
Distributor	Spectra Animation
Release
Original network	M6 Teletoon RTBF
Picture format	480i 4:3
First shown in	Belgium France
Original release	September 1, 2003 (2003-09-01)[1] – February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)[1]
Chronology
Related shows	Toopy and Binoo Fred's Head
External links
Website

The series was popular enough to have spawned a French-Canadian-Belgian animated TV series produced by defunct animation studio Spectra Animation; that aired on M6 and Canal J in France, RTBF Television in Belgium and on Teletoon in Canada.

Overview

Both the comic strip and the TV show cover all the passions and interests of 8 to 12-year-old boys. The main character, Kid Paddle, is your typical young boy with a passionate love for video games, comic books, Blorks (fictional aliens), and sci-fi television. His two best friends are Big Bang and Horace. Big Bang is more of a kid scientist, who is always creating new gadgets for Kid to try out. He is very intelligent for his age. Horace is more naive compared to the other two, and has a very bizarre appetite. He's always very supportive of Kid and looks up to him. As is typical for young children, Kid often fights with his sister, Carol, who finds her brother to be a degenerate air-head.

Regular features cover video games, movies and DVDs, technology, and comic books. By the second season some of the story lines revolved around crushes and the differences between boys and girls. Two seasons of 26 half-hour episodes (each consisting of two 11-minute episodes) have been produced thus far. It's not clear as of 2006 if a third season will be produced. The show has a huge following in its Belgian homeland, as well as in France.

Voice cast

• Jennifer Seguin – Kid
• Daniel Brochu – Big Bang
• Eleanor Noble – Horace
• Arthur Holden – Mr. Paddle
• Pauline Little – Carole
• Jessica Kardos – Max
• A.J. Henderson – Grandpa Paddle

Episodes

Originally, four cartoons were developed for television. Then, an additional 48 episodes were ordered.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	26		July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)
	2	26		2003 (2003)	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)

Season 1 (2003)

• The first season consists of 52 11-minute episodes or 26 22-minute episodes. The production codes are listed on the show's YouTube channel in French.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	French airdate	Prod. code	French viewers (millions)
1	"Arachnoid Menace" "Lights, Camera, Cut!"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier	July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	TBA	101 102	N/A
2	"Summer Camp Fugitives!" "Game Not Over!"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier Franck Salomé, Ilya Nicolas and Midam	TBA	TBA	108 104	TBD
3	"The Escapees of Colony!" "Megalloween"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier Philippe Pierre-Adolphé and Stéphane Chapuy	January 17, 2005 (2005-01-17)	October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)	103 112	N/A
4	"Vote Paddle!" "The Werewolf"	Olivier Bonnet	Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Frederick Maslanka Aline Leblon	TBA	TBA	107 118	TBD
5	"It Turns!" "Tooth for Tooth"	Olivier Bonnet	Frederick Maslanka Philippe Daniau & Nasser Zeboudj	January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)	TBA	116 121	N/A
6	"Blork and Gore" "The Jellyfish Beach"	Olivier Bonnet	Claude Prothee and Frederick Maslanka Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)	TBA	111 124	N/A
7	"Maximum Record!" "Alien TV"	Olivier Bonnet	Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Franck Salomé Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	TBA	TBA	120 114	TBD
8	"Blork Surprise" "The Ghost Train"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier and Aline Leblon Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Jacques Espagne	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	TBA	106 126	N/A
9	"Retirement to the Future!" "The Invasion of the Robots"	Olivier Bonnet	Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé Midam, Ilya Nicolas and Aline Leblon	February 28, 2005 (2005-02-28)	TBA	119 115	N/A
10	"Mission: Almost Impossible" "Teacher's Thunder Operation"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier and Laurent Bounoure Franck Salomé	March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07)	TBA	105 129	N/A
11	"Brainstorming" "The Duel to Blork Barbarian!"	Olivier Bonnet	Aline Leblon Laurent Rullier	TBA	TBA	128 110	TBD
12	"Hubbub!" "The Championship"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj Franck Salome	TBA	TBA	117 113	TBD
13	"The Karate Kid" "Virus.com"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj	March 21, 2005 (2005-03-21)	TBA	133 123	N/A
14	"Ping Pong! "The False Token"	Olivier Bonnet	Jacques Espagne Franck Salomé	March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)	TBA	127 135	N/A
15	"The Strange Christmas of Mr. Paddle" "Max's Secret"	Olivier Bonnet	Aline Leblon Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)	TBA	134 136	N/A
16	"The Mummy's Awakening!" "The Jurassic Noeunoeuf"	Olivier Bonnet	Julien Gars and Claude Gars Frederick Maslanka	April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11)	TBA	122 132	N/A
17	"The False Teeth of the Sea" "Livin' in the Life of Blue!"	Olivier Bonnet	Thomas Lapierre	April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18)	TBA	148 130	N/A
18	"A Disekator Against the Blorks" "The Ideal Family"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton Thomas Lapierre	April 25, 2005 (2005-04-25)	TBA	138 139	N/A
19	"Canning" "Mr. Crypt the Shadowy"	Olivier Bonnet	Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams Stéphane Chapuy and Philippe Pierre-Adolphé	May 2, 2005 (2005-05-02)	TBA	150 109	N/A
20	"The Monstrodindor" "Plastic Surgery"	Olivier Bonnet	Franck Salomé Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)	TBA	140 131	N/A
21	"Are You There?" "The Werewolf Radar"	Olivier Bonnet	Julien Gars and Claude Gars Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	May 16, 2005 (2005-05-16)	TBA	125 137	N/A
22	"Mr. Rick Icky!" "The Zombie Hospital"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams	May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)	TBA	141 145	N/A
23	"Lice... Ah!" "The Sleeping Story"	Olivier Bonnet	Stephen Ashton Franck Salomé	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30)	TBA	142 146	N/A
24	"Vice Versa!" "Pustulator!"	Olivier Bonnet	Thomas Lapierre Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams	June 6, 2005 (2005-06-06)	TBA	143 147	N/A
25	"Super Paddle!" "Meteor Night!"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj Thomas Lapierre	June 13, 2005 (2005-06-13)	TBA	149 151	N/A
26	"Horace Clones?" "The Storm on the Controls!"	Olivier Bonnet	Franck Salomé	May 20, 2005 (2005-05-20)	TBA	144 152	N/A

Season 2 (2005-2006)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	French airdate	Prod. code	French viewers (millions)
1	"The Piranha" "At the Light of the Ramp!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	TBA	S01E01	N/A
2	"The Bermuda Triangle" "Like Dog and Cat!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E02	TBD
3	"Humanoid Females" "Reduced Models"	Olivier Bonnet	Laurent Rullier TBA	January 17, 2005 (2005-01-17)	October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)	S01E03	N/A
4	"A Superstar's Joystick!" "The Flies (Moucha Mutantus!)"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E04	TBD
5	"The Medical Visit" "Somethin' Girls!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)	TBA	S01E05	N/A
6	"The Funny Meeting! "The Virtual Disaster"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)	TBA	S01E06	N/A
7	"The Circle of the Missing Joysticks!" "Kimitomo!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E07	TBD
8	"Don't Touch My City Game!" "Fan #2"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	TBA	S01E08	N/A
9	"Genetic Tampering" "Poor Carole!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	February 28, 2005 (2005-02-28)	TBA	S01E09	N/A
10	"Horace Outdoes Himself" "The Voodoo Cow!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07)	TBA	S01E10	N/A
11	"Say It With Flowers!" "Kid Loses the Ball"	Olivier Bonnet	Ghislaine Poujoul TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E11	TBD
12	"The Return of the Mummy!" "No Romeo for Carole"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	TBA	TBA	S01E12	TBD
13	"Not Seen on TV!" "The Red Card"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	March 21, 2005 (2005-03-21)	TBA	S01E13	N/A
14	"The Paddle Family Barbeque! "The Red Line"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)	TBA	S01E14	N/A
15	"The Handyman Has Always Saw Twice!" "The Extraterrestrial Alert!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)	TBA	S01E15	N/A
16	"The Crazy Remote Control" "The Hunters"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11)	TBA	S01E16	N/A
17	"Surprise!" "The Treasure of the Blorks!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18)	TBA	S01E17	N/A
18	"Upside-Down" "Kid the Soothsayer"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	April 25, 2005 (2005-04-25)	TBA	S01E18	N/A
19	"Kid: No Longer Playing!" "Paddle Story"	Olivier Bonnet	Anne Lecours Christophe Poujol and Augusto Zanovello	May 2, 2005 (2005-05-02)	TBA	S01E19	N/A
20	"Hell is Pink" "Marriage Instructions"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)	TBA	S01E20	N/A
21	"The Irradiated" "Objection!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	May 16, 2005 (2005-05-16)	TBA	S01E21	N/A
22	"The Floutch" "All-Stars!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)	TBA	S01E22	N/A
23	"Fear on the Air!" "The Double-Virus"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA Laurent Rullier	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30)	TBA	S01E23	N/A
24	"The Song of the Sirens!" "The Radar is Gone!"	Olivier Bonnet	Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams	June 6, 2005 (2005-06-06)	TBA	S01E24	N/A
25	"Tronchard: Saved from the Waters!" "The Return of the Zombies!"	Olivier Bonnet	Philippe Daniau and Nasser Zeboudj TBA	June 13, 2005 (2005-06-13)	TBA	S01E25	N/A
26	"D-Day!" "Kid is Not Careful!"	Olivier Bonnet	TBA	May 20, 2005 (2005-05-20)	TBA	S01E26	N/A

Comics

So far, the series has been published into 15 comic albums. The first 11 albums were published by Dupuis, with volume 12 onward being published by Mad Fabrik, Midam's own publishing company.

1. Jeux des villans (Villain Games), 1996
2. Carnage total (Total Carnage), 1996
3. Apocalypse boy, 1997
4. Full metal casquette (Full Metal Cap), (1998)
5. Alien chantilly, 1999
6. Rodéo Blork (Blork Rodeo), 2000
7. Waterminator, 2001
8. Paddle... My name is Kid Paddle, 2002
9. Boing ! Boing ! Bunk !, 2005
10. Dark, j'adore ! (I Love the Dark!), 2005
11. Le retour de la momie qui pue qui tue (The Return of the Mummy Who Stinks, Who Kills), 2007
12. Panik room, 2011
13. Slime project, 2012
14. Serial player, 2014
15. Men in Blork, 2017

Video games

Kid Paddle has had three video games that were released on various Nintendo platforms in Belgium and France. These include Kid Paddle for the Game Boy Advance, released in 2005, Kid Paddle: Blorks Invasion for the Nintendo DS, released in 2007, and Kid Paddle: Lost in the Game, released for both the Wii and DS in 2008.

Kid Paddle: Puzzle Monsters is an iPad and iPhone video game based on the comic series and published by Anuman Interactive in 2009.[2]

References

1. "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16.
2. "[Communiqué de presse] Le Jeu Vidéo et les Bandes Dessinées Kid Paddle débarquent sur l'iPhone et l'iPod Touch – Jeux iPhone, Android, 3DS, PS Vita... Tout le jeu mobile et les consoles portables !". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links

• Kid Paddle Official Website