The Tofus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Tofus
From left to right: Mom, Lola, and Chichi, with Curly the sheep in the background.
Created by	Fabrice de Costil Bertrand Victor
Developed by	Sandrine Laprévotte
Directed by	Bruno Bianchi
Voices of	Maria Bircher Marcel Jeannin Brigid Tierney Aaron Grunfeld Sonja Ball Cary Lawrence Daniel Brochu Jesse Vinet Kayla Grunfeld Harry Standjofski Jason Szwimer Sarah Allen Pauline Little Michael Yarmush
Composer(s)	Alain Garcia Noam Kaniel
Country of origin	France Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Olivier Dumont Jacques Pettigrew Jacqueline Tordjman Michel Lemire
Producer(s)	Bruno Bianchi Danielle Marleau
Running time	22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company(s)	SIP Animation CinéGroupe
Distributor	Buena Vista International Television
Release
Original network	Jetix (international) France 3 (France) Teletoon (Canada)
Original release	September 6, 2004 (2004-09-06) – February 13, 2005 (2005-02-13)

The Tofus (French: Les Tofou) is a French-Canadian animated sitcom produced by SIP Animation and CinéGroupe. The animated series is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola, and Buba. The show is set in the fictional town of Beauvillage, and lampoons many aspects of the environmental movement, including environmental organizations, animal rights, and pacifism.

Since its debut on September 6, 2004 on Teletoon in Canada, the program has aired twenty-six episodes consisting of fifty-two segments over two seasons.

Premise

Environmental activists Mom and Pop Tofu, concerned that their family is suffocating from urban routine, decide to move to a farmhouse in the town of Beauvillage and embrace a more natural way of life, much to the horror of their pre-teen children, Chichi and Lola. They would rather watch TV and go shopping than amuse themselves with Grandma Buba's animals: Cracker the Rooster, Curly the Sheep, and Suzie the Goat. The siblings must cope with their parents' ecology-friendly world vision and the humiliation that results from their efforts to encourage others to protect the environment.

The neighbourhood that the family settles in is filled with electronically able individuals, contrasting the Tofus' all-organic lifestyle. Unlike her mechanical-genius brother Chichi–who believes in peace within the family–Lola is more cynical and averse to being deemed oddballs in their new home. She occupies herself with her attraction to Billy Hubbub, the boy next door, despite his parents objections.

Characters

Chichi (Aaron Grunfeld)

Meek but smart. Has a crush on a local teen named Candy. Good friends with Candy and Phil.

Lola (Brigid Tierney)

Loyal to her brother, best friends with Lily. Has a crush on her neighbour, Billy Hubbub.

Mom (Maria Bircher)

She's a zen mother trying to keep her house in line.

Pop (Marcel Jeannin)

He's considered oblivious a lot of the time which ends up proving false since he's usually fairly early in discovering what's going on in his house. He is also something of a handy-man, as he is often seen inventing machines made of environmentally friendly material, or otherwise run on clean fuel.

Buba (Sonja Ball)

Lola and Chichi's grandmother. She's the one who grew up in the farm land and it's the life she knows.

April (Jesse Vinet)

She is a girl who often hangs around the Tofu household. Since her parents work in the emergency ward, she is often left lonely and so grew attached to the more attentive and sincere Tofus. She also developed a quick attraction to Chichi, giving him pet names like 'Chichi honey-bun'.

William "Billy" Hubbub (Daniel Brochu)

Son of Titus and Beth Hubbub, he's Lola's next door neighbour and biggest all-time crush. The only real thing keeping him from pursuing her is disrupting the families, who will often determine that they don't want the polluter's and the biodegraded's kids together.

Titus Hubbub (Harry Standjofski)

Master of Alarms, Titus is Billy's father and number one hater of the Tofu family. He is also their next-door neighbour.

Elizabeth "Beth" Hubbub (Pauline Little)

She runs the restaurant Burger Palace and this tends to cause a lot of conflict between the families since the Tofus don't like that she uses artificial ingredients.

Phillip "Phil" (Jason Szwimer)

The neighbour on the other side of the Tofu household. He is Chichi's best friend and confidant.

Lillian "Lily" (Kayla Grunfeld)

Lola's best friend and confidant. She is a bit quirky, being a hopeless romantic and a boatload of advice.

Cherie (Sarah Allen)

Lola's rival and the queen bee of her school.

Nicolas "Nick"

Chichi's rival. The leader of the team of the bullies at Beauvillage.

Susan "Suzie", Cottontail "Kerli", Cracker

Buba's farm animals. Suzie is a goat. Suzie likes to eat everything and accidentally destroys it. Curly is a sheep with a lot of hair. Cracker is a rooster.

Beatrice (Cary Lawrence)

Kris (Michael Yarmush)

Episodes

Season 1: 2004

Season 2: 2005