Olliver's Adventures
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Olliver's Adventures is a Canadian animated television series that originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002, with the first 13 episodes.[1] It was produced in Flash by Collideascope Digital Productions and Decode Entertainment and consists of 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each,[2] along with a pilot special.
Plot
The show is about a young boy named Olliver (Ollie) who invents a world of his own using his imagination, creating stories that reconfigure his everyday life and impressions of the world into epic adventures.
Characters
Ollie (voiced by Joanne Miller) usually has his toys as his companions:
- Jorge the iguana (voiced by Glenn Lefchak)
- Trog the strong caveman
- Tara the woman (voiced by Tara Doyle)
- Zoomerax the alien
- Beano the dog
- The Giant Big Sisters (Ashley, Leslie and Monia) are a trio of bully siblings
- Mom and Dad are parents
Episodes
Pilot special
The pilot special, written by Edward Kay and directed by Sean Scott,[3] was named Ollie's Under-the-Bed Adventures and won a Gemini Award for Best Animated Program.[4] It consists of 10 two-minute shorts,[5] and premiered on Teletoon on April 15, 2001.[6]
Season 1 (2002)
Season 2 (2003)
Season 3 (2005)
Production
The pilot special cost about $500,000 (US$330,000) to produce, and was originally distributed by Cochran Entertainment.[3][5]
Telecast and home media
Olliver's Adventures originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002 with the first 13 episodes.[1] It consisted 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each,[2] along with a pilot special. The final episode aired on March 20, 2005. In the U.S., the show formerly aired on Animania HD.
Season 1 of the show used to be on Tubi, but have since become unavailable to watch.[7] The first 6 episodes (18 shorts) also used to be released on Ameba TV, but is now unavailable to watch as well.[8]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Gemini Awards | Best Animated Program or Series | Jessica Andrews, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau | Won | [9] |
| 2003 | Gemini Awards | Best Animated Program or Series | Allison Outhit, Beth Stevenson, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau | Nominated | [10] |
| 2003 | Gemini Awards | Best Interactive (www.ollieland.com) | Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau | Nominated | [11] |
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External links
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- 2000s Canadian animated comedy television series
- 2000s Canadian children's television series
- 2002 Canadian television series debuts
- 2005 Canadian television series endings
- Animated television series about children
- Canadian children's animated adventure television series
- Canadian children's animated fantasy television series
- Canadian flash animated television series
- Canadian English-language television shows
- Television series about sentient toys
- Television series by WildBrain
- Television shows set in Nova Scotia
- Television shows filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Teletoon original programming