Betty Toons
Betty Toons is a Colombian animated television series was produced by RCN Televisión in 2002, based on Fernando Gaitán's soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea, retrofitting all the characters to make them children living in a primary school. After the great success of the transmission of this telenovela in 1999 until 2001, the idea of the production of the animated series by RCN Televisión came about. The series lasted a year on the air.[1]
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| Created by | Liliana Guzmán Héctor Moncada (adaptation) |
| Based on | Yo soy Betty, la fea by Fernando Gaitán |
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| Music by | Juancho Pulido (original) |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
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| Production location(s) | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Editor(s) | Edwin Lopez |
| Production company(s) | Conexión Creativa |
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| Original network | RCN Televisión |
| Original release | 2002 – 2003 |
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| Related shows | Yo soy Betty, la fea (original series) |
The voice direction was done by Hernán Zajec and Maribel Echeverría. The musical direction was by Juancho Pulido and the logistics were in charge with Paula Arenas.
In the United States, Betty Toons aired on Telefutura from 2004–2008 in Spanish.[2]
The cartoon version recreates the era of the protagonists in childhood, when everyone attends the same school, including Beatriz Pinzón or Betty, Armando Mendoza, "La Peliteñida", Marcela Valencia, the teacher Gutierrez, who sometimes uses English words when he is talking.
This is the first time that a Colombian animated series is aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in Latin America, on November 7, 2004 and ended on December 17, 2006.
In Mexico the series was shown by Canal de las Estrellas in 2004 and 2005.
The series was redisplayed on February 17, 2018 and January 6, 2019 again by RCN, was also shown Tacho Pistacho channel.
Plot
One day a girl dressed as Betty goes to school who gets made fun of for her looks, The series is very similar to the original telenovela but they go to school and Armando does not work at EcoModa yet. Hugo Lombardi is not a character in this version due to his personality being not suitable for children. Most characters from Yo Soy Betty la fea are in Betty Toons but there are also new characters, like the teacher Professor Gutierrez. The series ends with Betty being an exchange student and moves to France, in the airplane she meets a new boy
Voice cast and characters
- Alejandra Botero as Beatriz "Betty" Aurora Pinzón Solano.
- Andrés López as Nicolas Mora; Daniel Valencia; Freddy
- Alberto León Jaramillo as Professor Gutiérrez
- Juan Gaviria as Armando Mendoza Sáenz
- Marcela Jimenez as Marcela Valencia
- Juliana Botero as Patricia Fernández
- Marta Noriega as Mario Calderón
- Luz Amparo Álvarez as Aura María Fuentes; Sofía López
- Martha Araujo as Bertha Muñoz; Julia Solano de Pinzón
- José Ordóñez as Hermes Pinzón
- Martha Ginneth Rincón as Sandra Patiño
- Giovanna Bernal as Mariana Valdés
- María Mercedes Murillo as Doña Nicolasa
References
- "Betty Toons | RCN VENTAS INTERNACIONALES". www.rcnventasinternacionales.com.
- "Presentacion una produccion los tebeos de Platypus: Betty Toons!". platypuscomix.com.
External links
- Betty Toons on IMDb