The Triplets facts for kids
The Triplets (Catalan: Les tres bessones; Spanish: Las tres mellizas; Occitan: Es tres bessones) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Spanish illustrator Roser Capdevila.
The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries. In 1985 a new character, the "Bored Witch" (La Bruixa Avorrida) was added to the plots to form a collection of classical stories, "The Triplets and (...)".
In 1994, television producer Cromosoma and the Catalan TV corporation Televisió de Catalunya adapted the stories to make an Animated series based on the books. It became very successful and profitable and led to the production of a second series with the Bored Witch as the main character, together with France 3, Canal J and Storimages.
By 2004, the Triplets series consisted of 104 episodes, while The Bored Witch reached 52. They have been translated to 35 different languages and have been shown in 158 countries or territories.
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Plot
The plots of the triplet sisters follow a definite pattern. Sometimes they play some prank or manage to annoy the Bored Witch, and, to punish them, she sends them into a classic tale, legend, or children's or adult's (such as Frankenstein or The Phantom of the Opera) literary work. The main structure of the classic remains, but some twists (often hilarious anachronisms such as showing The forty thieves getting distracted from robbing a house by a camel race on TV or Dr. Frankenstein as a veterinarian) are introduced to favor each plot and define the sisters' personalities.
Characters
Teresa (Tessa in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the pink ribbon. She is the most adventurous triplet and comes up with the most ambitious ideas, but she's not necessarily the leader.
Anna (Annie in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the blue ribbon. She's laid-back and more peaceful than her sisters. She's also quite curious. Anna tends to be a bit romantic at times.
Helena (Nellie in the English dub) - She is the triplet with the green ribbon. She has the sweetest demeanor of the triplets. She also has a love for food and sweets, which sometimes leads to trouble.
The Bored Witch - She is an overweight witch who is always bored, despite having great magical powers. She serves as a kind of unofficial day sitter for the triplets, but when they start acting disorderly, she uses her magic to send the girls into stories. No matter what, she never uses magic to directly hinder the girls in their adventures, although tends to join forces with every story's antagonist. Despite her role of antagonist, she is not an evil character and always keeps her word to return the girls to their earth.
Chapters
Quick facts for kids The Triplets |
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Genre | Adventure Comedy |
Created by | Roser Capdevila |
Directed by | Robert Balser, Baltasar Roca (Season 1) Maria Gol, Jordi Valbuena (Season 2) |
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Opening theme | We Are The Triplets! |
Composer(s) | Josep Lladó (Season 1 & 2) Joan Albert Amargós (Season 1) Jesús Parada (Season 2) |
Country of origin | Spain |
Original language(s) | Catalan |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 104 (Complete list) |
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Running time | 24 minutes circa |
Production company(s) | Televisió de Catalunya Cromosoma (1997–2003) |
Distributor | Televisió de Catalunya Cromosoma |
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Original network | TV3 La 2 Clan Teletoon |
Picture format | 4:3 SDTV |
Original release | 1997 | – 2003
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Related shows | The Bored Witch, The Baby Triplets |
The Triplets find themselves involved in a different classic story in each chapter.
Season 1 (1997-1999)
- Chapter 1: Hop o' My Thumb
- Chapter 2: Snow White
- Chapter 3: Cinderella
- Chapter 4: Ali Baba
- Chapter 5: John the Fearless
- Chapter 6: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- Chapter 7: The Princess and the Pea
- Chapter 8: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Chapter 9: Bluebeard
- Chapter 10: Hansel and Gretel
- Chapter 11: Three Little Pigs
- Chapter 12: Emperor's New Clothes
- Chapter 13: Little Red Riding Hood
- Chapter 14: The Ugly Duckling
- Chapter 15: Aladdin
- Chapter 16: The Seven Samurai
- Chapter 17: Town Musicians of Bremen
- Chapter 18: The Red Dragon
- Chapter 19: Sleeping Beauty
- Chapter 20: Puss in Boots
- Chapter 21: Don Quixote
- Chapter 22: Pinocchio
- Chapter 23: Saint George
- Chapter 24: The Thief of Baghdad
- Chapter 25: Jack and the Beanstalk
- Chapter 26: Knights of the Round Table
- Chapter 27: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Chapter 28: The Treasure Island
- Chapter 29: Sandokan
- Chapter 30: Oliver Twist
- Chapter 31: Helen of Troy
- Chapter 32: Robinson Crusoe
- Chapter 33: Robin Hood
- Chapter 34: Atlantis
- Chapter 35: The Jungle Book
- Chapter 36: Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Chapter 37: Merlin
- Chapter 38: Buffalo Bill
- Chapter 39: Ulysses
- Chapter 40: Romeo and Juliet
- Chapter 41: King Kong
- Chapter 42: Tarzan
- Chapter 43: Leonardo da Vinci
- Chapter 44: The Three Musketeers
- Chapter 45: Cleopatra
- Chapter 46: Christopher Columbus
- Chapter 47: Cro-Magnon man
- Chapter 48: The Seven Little Goats
- Chapter 49: King Solomon's Mines
- Chapter 50: The Mayapan man
- Chapter 51: Marco Polo
- Chapter 52: Frankenstein
- Chapter 53: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Chapter 54: Kim of India
- Chapter 55: Mozart and Salieri
- Chapter 56: Santa Claus
- Chapter 57: In the Circus
- Chapter 58: In the Space
- Chapter 59: White Fang
- Chapter 60: Tom Sawyer
- Chapter 61: The Glass Balalaika
- Chapter 62: Phantom of the Opera
- Chapter 63: Around the World in Eighty Days
- Chapter 64: Moby-Dick
- Chapter 65: In Africa
Season 2 (2003)
- Chapter 66: The Magic Flute
- Chapter 67: The Vain Little Mouse
- Chapter 68: Patufet
- Chapter 69: The Drummer from Bruc
- Chapter 70: Gaudi's Workshop
- Chapter 71: La Pedrera's Ghosts
- Chapter 72: Sherlock Holmes
- Chapter 73: The Ant and the Grasshopper
- Chapter 74: The Milkmaid and Her Pail
- Chapter 75: Cyrano de Bergerac
- Chapter 76: The World of Films
- Chapter 77: Geronimo
- Chapter 78: On the Everest
- Chapter 79: Vincent van Gogh
- Chapter 80: Gutenberg
- Chapter 81: The Magic Bagpipes
- Chapter 82: Xuroi Cave
- Chapter 83: Watt and the Steam Machine
- Chapter 84: Thor
- Chapter 85: Velázquez
- Chapter 86: The Valiant Little Tailor
- Chapter 87: Beauty and the Beast
- Chapter 88: William Tell
- Chapter 89: Captains Courageous
- Chapter 90: Zeila the Gazelle
- Chapter 91: The Little Mermaid
- Chapter 92: The Romanial Flower
- Chapter 93: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Chapter 94: The Prince and the Pauper
- Chapter 95: Tristan and Isolde
- Chapter 96: The Snow Queen
- Chapter 97: Agatha Christie
- Chapter 98: The Happy Prince
- Chapter 99: Tutankhamon
- Chapter 100: The Time Machine
- Chapter 101: Pirates
- Chapter 102: Holet the Goblin
- Chapter 103: The Invisible Man
- Chapter 104: The Birthday Party
Voice actor
Castilian voice cast
Personaggio | Castilian voices | |
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First season | Second season | |
Annie |
Ana Maria Camps
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Tessa |
Noemi Bayarri
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Nellie |
Carmen Calvell
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The Bored Witch |
Roser Huguet
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Owl (Buho) |
Francisco Alborch
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Jordi Vila
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Teacher |
Mª Rosa Guillén
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Ana Orra (some episodes)
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Mother of the triplets |
Ana Orra
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Father of the triplets |
Vicente Gil
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Catalan voice cast
Character | Catalan original voices | |
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First season | Second season | |
Annie |
Teresa Soler
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Tessa |
Mònica Padròs
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Nellie |
Marta Barbarà
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The Bored Witch |
Elsa Fabregas
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English voice cast
Season 1
- Patricia Rodriguez - Annie
- Pauline Little - Nellie
- Arthur Holden - Father of the triplets
- Cathy Weseluck - The Bored Witch
Season 2
- Cathy Weseluck - The Bored Witch
- Tara Strong - Annie
- Janyse Jaud - Nellie
- Jen Taylor - Tessa
- Ron Pardo - Father of the triplets
- Sarah Silverman - Teacher
- Russi Taylor - Mother of the triplets
- Eric Jacobson - Owl (Buho)
- Jason Lee (actor) - Wolf
The Triplets around the world
The series has been translated into the following languages:
- Arabic
- Occitan (Aranese) - Es Tres Bessoes
- Basque - Hirukiak.
- Chinese - 淘氣三胞胎
- Croatian - Vesele trojke
- Czech - Trojčátka
- Dutch - De Drieling
- English - The Triplets
- French - Les Trois Petites Soeurs
- Gaelic
- Galician - As Tres Xemelgas
- German - Die Drillinge
- Greek- Οι Τριδυμούλες (Οi Τridymoules)
- Hebrew - השלישייה (HaShlishiya)
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic - Trillurnar
- Italian - Tre gemelle e una strega
- Japanese- テレサ アンナ ヘレナ 3つごのだいぼうけん
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Norwegian- Den Trillinger
- Occitan (Lengadocian) - Las Tres Bessonas
- Persian
- Polish - Bajkowe trojaczki
- Portuguese (European) - As Três Irmâs
- Portuguese (Brazil) - As Trigêmeas
- Slovenian
- Spanish - Las Tres Mellizas
- Swedish - Trillingarna
- Tamil
- Thai
- Turkish - Üçüzler
See also
In Spanish: Las tres mellizas para niños