Oddbods facts for kids
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| Genre | Comedy Humour Satire |
| Created by | Richard Thomas |
| Directed by | Simon Pike Aidan McAteer Christian Cheshire Richard Thomas Ehud Landsberg Jose Guzman Gilad Bahr Ruth Ducker Samantha Suyi Lee |
| Creative director(s) | Richard Thomas |
| Starring | Nadia Ramlee Chio Su Ping Jeremy Linn Marlon Dance Hooi |
| Voices of | Nadia Ramlee Chio Su Ping Jeremy Linn Marlon Dance-Hooi |
| Narrated by | Nadia Ramlee Chio Su Ping Jeremy Linn Marlon Dance-Hooi |
| Theme music composer | Kristin Øhrn Dyrud |
| Opening theme | "Oddbods Theme" |
| Composer(s) | Kristin Øhrn Dyrud |
| Country of origin | Singapore Ireland |
| Original language(s) | None (No spoken dialogue) |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 148 (+4 specials) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Sashim Parmanand Michele Schofield |
| Producer(s) | John Mckenna Carlene Tan Steven Read |
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| Production company(s) | One Animation Pte Ltd Hot Drop Films |
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| Original network | Disney XD (United States) YouTube (Season 3 and Specials) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | January 21, 2013 – present |
Oddbods (also known as The Oddbods Show) is a Singaporean-Irish CGI-animated comedy television series produced by the Singapore-based studio One Animation. The series centers on seven characters—Bubbles, Pogo, Newt, Jeff, Slick, Fuse and Zee—wearing furry suits of different colors. The characters make sounds but there is no dialogue, making the series easily translatable and international.
The series debuted in 2013, and the first season ended in 2015. Each season has 60 episodes. Season two followed in 2016. A third season is currently in production and being released. Each episode is relatively short, and various formats have been broadcast, including one-, five-, and seven-minute episodes.
The series has won some awards since its debut, including the Asian Television Awards, Apollo Awards, Gold Panda Awards, and Web TV Asia Awards. In 2017, it was nominated for an international Kids Emmy Award.
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Plot
The series focuses on seven creatures in colorful furry suits called the Oddbods: Fuse, Pogo, Newt, Bubbles, Slick, Jeff and Zee
The storyline of each episode depicts how these characters "survive the perils of everyday life, unintentionally turning ordinary situations into unexpected, extraordinary and always humorous events." Episodes typically employ physical comedy and pranks played out between the characters, and the characters eat pancakes for breakfast in every episode.
The series was conceived as a non-dialogue comedy, which the series' creators and writers say, "captures the madcap yet charming antics of the Oddbods, who celebrate success where they find it and take failure in their stride. To turn 'different' into a positive; celebrating individuality in a humorous, warm and unexpected way."
The series' strapline is "Embrace Your Inner Odd, There's a Little Odd in Everyone!"
Cast and characters
- Fuse (Red; voiced by Marlon Dance-Hooi): He's the hot-headed leader of the Oddbods. He can instantly change from serene to enraged, which makes his friends avoid him whenever he is in a bad mood, but admire his 'heart of gold'. He is always willing to play sports, but only if he wins.'
- Pogo (Blue; voiced by Marlon Dance-Hooi): He does not follow common etiquette as he is dubbed the 'ultimate prankster'. His friends like his practical jokes if they are not aimed at them.
- Slick (Orange; voiced by Chio Su Ping) He believes in YOLO. But suffers from FOMO . He likes to dance, and tries to act as the cool person in the group.
- Bubbles (Yellow; voiced by Chio Su Ping): She energetically performs experiments with an obsession of discovering interesting objects, such as insects to UFOs. Her friends like her for her personality, although they do not like being excluded from her personal experiments.
- Jeff (Purple; voiced by Jeremy Linn): He is finicky in that he is able to create order in anything, with his friends' admiration of his detail, as he can spot extremely tiny dust particles, and is very tidy. He is very talented in art and remembering people's birthdays, however he wishes that he can act in a more relaxed manner.
- Newt (Pink; voiced by Nadia Ramlee): She is addicted to candy and her friends are inspired by her pleasant interaction towards others, although she can be arrogant. She is inquisitive as she always hangs out with her friends and takes selfies often with them.
- Zee (Green; voiced by Jeremy Linn) He always takes naps, even while eating. His laid-back attitude serves as both strength and weaknesses when it comes to his friendship
- BG Oddbods (Gray; voiced by All Actors): They all look the same and act like citizens of Oddsville, except some BG Oddbods have accesories, like moustaches.
Production
TBA
One Animation
Founded in 2008, One Animation is a CGI animation studio based in Singapore, which also produced Rob the Robot, The Insectibles and Development Series (Hard Boiled and Abigail's Tales). The company has produced a portfolio of successful animated series that are broadcast on global networks such as Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Discovery Kids, ABC, and seen across more than 100 countries worldwide.
The company focuses on developing family-focused TV, film and new media content, facilitating shorter than average production schedules, utilizing a crew that is typically one-third the size of a traditional CGI animation production team.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Kristin Øhrn Dyrud.
Episodes
Season 1
- It's My Party
- A Good Heart
- Marooned
- Parental Instincts
- The Sheriff of Oddsville
- Alien Abduction
- Slick Moves
- A Perfect Night's Squeak
- A Newt to Remember
- One Two Many
- Pogo the Poltergeist
- Robobuddy
- Pain in the Arts
- Zeellionaire
- Bad Medicine
- Fuse Ruse
- Narco Klepto
- Bubble Trouble
- Double Date Trouble
- My Hero
- Florence Newtingale
- Hypnobod
- The Oddbod Couple
- Zee in Charge
- The Last Laugh
- Strictly No Dancing
- The Amazing Slicko
- Panic Room
- No Good Deed
- I-Scream Apocalypse
- The High Price of Neighbouring
- Super Zeroes
- Newt's Lucky Day
- X Marks the Spot
- A Marrow Victory
- 50 Foot Zee
- The Last Straw
- Build a Rocket, Bubbles
- Macho Jeff
- One Short of a Full Set
- Mind Control
- The Monster of Oddsville
- Zoom
- Mr. Snuffles
- Headcase
- Technofogey Fuse
- Acting Out
- Pocket-sized Pogo
- It's Just like Riding a Bike
- Double Scoop
- Camp it up
- Wheels of Furry
- Oddball
- Let's see that Again
- The Shame, the Blame and the Fame
- Anger Mismanagement
- On the Cards
- Oddjobs
- The Brain Game
- You Can't Handle the Tooth
Season 2
- I Am Bubbles
- Jetpack Blues
- Space Oddbodity
- The Oddfather
- Can You Dig It?
- Arcade Slick
- Spiderman
- Our Son, Slick
- Deserted
- Your Move, Jeff
- Jog On
- Hotdog 500
- Picnic Basketcases
- Double-O Zee
- The Clown Off
- This Little Piggy
- Robodd Wars
- Brains vs Beaks
- Pogo and the Lamp
- Master Jeff
- Zee-Ro Gravity
- Monster Truck
- Driving Jeff Crazy
- Cross Newt Training
- The Abominable Snowbear
- Recipe for Disaster
- Don't Open the Box
- The Grimbles
- A Bridge Too Fuse
- Balloon Bods
- Fuzzy Fuse
- A Class Act
- Attack of the Drone
- Slicknado
- No Go, Pogo
- The Curse of the Three-Eyed Frog
- The Jump
- Caketastrophe
- Something Fishy
- Trainer Wrecked
- Oddbreak
- The Cone Wars
- Twitcher Trouble
- Sickbods
- Pogo, be Gone
- Bumble Bubbles
- Road Trip
- Wild Thing
- The Gift that Won't Stop Giving
- Game Face
- Itch Hunt
- Egg on my Face
- Snow Joke
- Storm in a Treehouse
- The Invader
- Uncle Zee
- Hotheads
- Pecking Order
- Let the Games be Gone
- Arctic Antics
Season 3
- Swan Flake
- The Golden Ticket
- Standing Tall
- My Fair Bubbles
- Selfie Image
- Robo Helper
- The Bald and the Beautiful
- Stuck On You
- Re-Gifting
- Bearly a Friend
- Ghosted!
- Festive Encounters
- Kung Phoney
- The Oddbunny
- Every Cloud
- Jeff and The Beanstalk
- Taxi Turmoil
- The Really Odd Parents
- Neanderthal Newt
- Statue of Slickety
- The Great Bod Bake Off
- Unbearable
- Fortune Rookies
- On Thin Ice
- Food Feud
- Phoning It In
- The Pied Piper of Oddsville
- Frankendoll
Specials
- Party Monsters
- The Festive Menace
- Zee Force Five
- Oddbeard's Curse
Broadcast and release
The series has been broadcast on 25 networks in 105 countries worldwide on free-to-air, as well as subscription channels, such as Boomerang, Disney Channel, Teletoon+, ITV (UK), Cartoonito (Italy), RCTI, ANTV, RTV (coming soon) Spacetoon (Now) (Indonesia), ETTV Yoyo (Taiwan) and Cartoon Network. It is also available on-demand on social media channels, most notably YouTube, iQIYI (China) and ABC Me (Australia), where it has gained over one billion views in just one year. There are currently approximately 2 Million subscribers to the series' YouTube channel. The series came on ITVBe‘s LittleBe on 3 September 2018. Also, the series came to Disney XD in 2020, but stopped airing and streamed episodes on DisneyNOW.
Ratings
In 2015, Oddbods was one of the highest-rated children's television shows in the United Kingdom, by number of viewers. It was one of CiTV's top five shows for the first quarter of 2016.
Awards
- 2014: Best 3D animation at Television Asia Plus
- 2014: Asia Image Apollo Awards
- 2014: Apollo Awards: 3D Animation
- 2015: Sichuan TV Festival 'God Panda' Award: best animated character
- 2016: Web TV Asia Awards
- 2017: International Emmy Kids Awards (Nominee)
- 2019: International Emmy Kids Awards (Nominee)
- 2020: International Emmy Kids Awards (Nominee)
Interactive
In January 2017, One Animation launched a new look website dedicated to the Oddbods as a place where fans of the show (adults and children alike) can interact with the brand.
The site hosts 7 games with leaderboards allowing players to play their way to the top. Other features include videos, user generated content, in store section, shop now section, interactive background pages on each of the characters complete with trading card-style character summary and related videos. There is also an interactive collector poster which allows fans to view the episode their collectible figurine was inspired by.
Licensing
In 2016, One Animation announced via press releases various partnerships with key licensing partners for Oddbods around the world including, amongst others, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) and Copyright Promotions and Licensing Group (CPLG).
This led to the commencement of a global licensing programme being rolled out, the first of which was a range of toys made available first in Europe and the Middle East. As well as extending the toy availability around the world over the course of 2017/18, a wider range of consumer products including apparel, giftware and stationery are also in the pipeline.
