''Poppets Town'', French title: ''Les Popilous'' (also styled as PoppetsTown; Popilouville in French) is a Japanese-influenced

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produced by

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and Neptuno Films in association with the OLC Rights Entertainment. It is based on the characters created by

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author who first created Poppets Town by Jun Ichihara since 2004. The series formerly aired on

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and

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. The series premiered on January 1, 2009, and ended on May 1, 2011, with a total of 26 episodes (52 segments) were produced.

Overview

''Poppets Town'' follows the adventures of Blooter and his best friends Patty and Bobby as they solve everyday problems in Poppets Town.

Characters

Main

; :Voiced by:

Cory Doran Cory Doran (born February 7, 1982) is a Canadian voice actor and director. He is known as the voice of Dabio & Rex in the PBS Kids animated series '' Wild Kratts'', Jimmy in the Breakthrough Entertainment animated show '' Jimmy Two-Shoes'', and ...

(English);

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(Japanese) :Blooter is a blue

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who wears no clothes, (the helmet, red collar and yellow backpack as exceptions). He is smart, friendly, fun, and he loves to ride his scooter and being the leader of the Poppets. He is the only poppet who come up with ideas to solve problems, he is Patty & Bobby's best friend. He also likes being a

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. His catchphrases are "Poppets Away!", "Scoot-toot!" and "My brain just popped a great idea!". ; :Voiced by:

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(English); Shiho Kushima (Japanese) :Patty is a yellow

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girl who wears a pink dress with light-colored flowers and a blue bandana around her neck. She is sweet, loving, kind, smart, friendly, and she loves to ride her

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called the "Patter-Patter" and carries a

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when her friends need more info, which she calls her "Patty-puter". She is the only poppet who knows everything, she is also best friends with Blooter & Bobby. Her favorite instrument are the

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. ; :Voiced by:

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(English); Tōko Aoyama (Japanese) :Bobby is an orange

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who wears a yellow shirt with pink polka-dots, which he calls his "lucky shirt", and a blue hat on his head. He is friendly, helpful, and he loves to ride his

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called the "clubhouse" and hangs a

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around his neck when he take photos of stuff. He is the only poppet who helps with the equipment, he is also best friends with Blooter & Patty. His favorite instrument is the

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Recurring

; :Voiced by:

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(English); Masanori Machida (Japanese) :Alli is an

jazzy

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who wears a shirt with red and white stripes, a red hat on his head, and wears glasses around his eyes. He also works at a

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and drives a ladybug car. His favorite instrument is the

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, and

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. ; :Voiced by:

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(English); Hikari Yono (Japanese) :Cocori is an

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girl who wears a pink shirt and blue scarf. She has a red helmet and wears roller skate shoes. She also works at a

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and drives an egg-shaped car, but she doesn't use it that much. Her favorite hobby is making smoothies. ; :Voiced by:

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(English); Tsutomu Densaka (Japanese) :Cozy is a red and white striped

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who wears no clothes. He likes to look after the

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and rides a blue wooden horse. He also lives in a house with a big horseshoe on top of his roof. ; :Voiced by:

(English);

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(Japanese) :Captain Cap is an

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who used to be a

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and drives a duck boat and lives on it. He used to have a lot of pirate mates, but he never hangs out with them anymore. He is the oldest and wisest of the Poppets, and he loves to tell his pirate stories to everyone. ; :Voiced by: Richard Binsley (English); Hikari Yono (Japanese) :The Naka-Nakas are a trio of

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brothers. There are three of them, Robin, Jojo and Nicky, who wears a striped shirt of different colors, a ribbon scarf, and a funny hat on their heads. They also lives in a

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and loves to ride their banana-shaped car. Their favorite instrument are the

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. ; :Candy is a

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of different colors who plays with leaves. ; :Mathilda is a

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with orange and red stripes and loves to ride her Patapata. She is Candy's best friend.

Episodes

The episodes was completed sometime around 2008-2009.

Broadcast

In addition to its broadcast in Canada on

and

, the show has also been broadcast internationally.

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and Disney-ABC International Television Distribution have distributed the show for their channels in the UK, Latin America, Brazil, Spain, Scandinavia, Italy, Australasia, and Taiwan. In Japan, the series had previously aired on

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on October 5, 2009, and later aired on

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on January 31, 2012. The show aired in the United States on

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from 2011 to 2014. It also aired on ABC Kids in Australia.

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aired this show in Brazil in 2013 as well as Latin America. OLC has distributed the show in Japan. The series is now available on

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, and

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References

External links

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at the

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