Clay Kids

''Clay Kids'' is a Spanish stop motion animated series created by Javier Tostado. The series narrates the adventures of seven misfit kids. It was produced by Clay Animation and distributed by Cake Entertainment and aired from 5 July 2013 to 14 August 2015.

The characters' mouths are moved to mimic the English speech, since according to the producers, the Spanish audience is already used to dubbed TV shows, and unlike an English audience would not be bothered by a lack of synchronization between mouth and speech.

Plot

Some kids brought together by chance get into wacky situations in their magical clay town.

Characters

Main characters

* Flippy (voiced by Michael Derry in the English version and Ignasi Diaz in the Spanish version) is a troublemaker who hates studying and loves to rap. He thinks of himself as popular, attractive and funny. He is good friends with Robbie.
* Motor (voiced by Mark Allen Jr in the English version and Jose Garcia in the Spanish version) is a gamer and amateur DJ. He doesn't have good manners or etiquette and he's often rude to others unintentionally. Motor is left side paralyzed and moves around in a motorized wheelchair.
* Carol (voiced by Karen Strassman in the English version and Julia Sorli in the Spanish version) is very intelligent and determined to save the planet. She's a good and responsible student, but she is not popular with her classmates. She is good friends with Albert.
* Robbie (voiced by David Markus in the English version and Ximo Solano in the Spanish version) is a bully. He is repeating the grade for the third time and is therefore the oldest in his class. He enjoys to doing graffiti and often bullies his classmates. He is good friends with Flippy.
* Naomi (voiced by Natalie Mitchell in the English version and Marina Vinals in the Spanish version) is a rich girl who is materialistic and quite judgmental. She enjoys texting and shopping. She wants to be a part of the 'popular' crowd, but she is excluded from their clique.
* Jessi (voiced by Quinn Kitmitto in the English version and Vero Andres in the Spanish version) is a 13-year-old girl who is naive and child-like. She is very kind to others and loves skateboarding. She is good friends with everyone.
* Albert (voiced by M.J Lallo in the English version and Cristina Soler in the Spanish version) is the shortest. He is smart and enjoys art, science, astronomy and reading poetry. He falls in love very easily and quickly. Albert has many allergies and is also asthmatic.

Secondary characters

* Frank (voiced by Michael Derry in the English version and Jose Manuel Casany in the Spanish version) is Carol's father and manager of the Cyber Cafe and likes computer games.
* Ms. Henderson (voiced by Susan Haight in the English version and Julia Sorli in the Spanish version) is the teacher.
* Principal (voiced by Mark Allen Jr in the English version and Jose Manuel Casany in the Spanish version) is the school principal who appears in some episodes.
* Doctor Ed (voiced by David Marcus in the English version and Jose Manuel Casany in the Spanish version) is the doctor. He appears in some episodes.

Episodes

Season 1 and 2 each contain 26 episodes, making a total of 52 episodes.

Season 1

Season 2

DVD releases

* No DVD releases were released as Clay Kids was never released on DVD since most episodes are lost.

Development

* Clay Kids began development in somewhere around 2012 where production of the series was slated for a 2013 broadcast on 5 July.

App game

A mobile app game titled ''Talking Clay Kids'' was released for iOS and for Android between September and November 2013. The game was made by My Talking Toys.

Broadcast

Gloob held a preview for ''Clay Kids'' in Brazil on 29 June 2013 and the series officially premiered on 5 July 2013.

In the UK, ''Clay Kids'' aired on Pop and on CBBC. On 1 June 2015, the series moved to its sister channel, Pop Max. Reruns continued to air on Kix until late 2017. The series' final airing was on 14 August 2015. Reruns are no longer shown on Pop Max as the last time it aired was on 28 August 2017. On 16 November 2024 the full series became available to watch on Patreon.

References

External links

Official Webpage
{{Wikiquote, Clay Kids (2013)

2010s Spanish television series
2013 Spanish television series debuts
2013 animated television series debuts
2015 Spanish television series endings
Animated television series about children
Spanish children's animated television series
Spanish English-language television shows
Claymation television series