Geronimo Stilton (TV series)
Geronimo Stilton is an Italian/American animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name by Elisabetta Dami. The series was produced by Atlantyca Entertainment and Rai Fiction in collaboration with the French studio Moonscoop LLC for seasons 1–2, while for season 3 it was co-produced by Superprod, Back UP Media, and CNC, replacing the crew of Moonscoop.
The show ran for 78 episodes across three seasons, and it debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009. The second season aired on October 24, 2011, and the third season on October 8, 2016, Which the show ended on February 28 of 2017.
Plot
Geronimo Stilton is about the titular character, a mouse journalist and head of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He searches New Mouse City for new scoops while having adventures along the way with his nephew Benjamin, cousin Trap, younger sister Thea Stilton and Benjamin's friend Pandora Woz. He is also a mouse who goes on some wacky adventures that will singe your fur.Characters
Main
- Geronimo Stilton is the publisher of The Rodent's Gazette, and also the president of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He is portrayed as brave in the television series, even though in the books he was never depicted himself as valiant and has no glasses. Geronimo has a love of knowledge and has a sense of ethics and morals, but despite this he is still a bit of a klutz. He leads one of the most successful publication groups in the world. Geronimo stars in the book and television series alongside his younger sister Thea Stilton, his prankster cousin Trap Stilton, and his son Benjamin.
- Thea Stilton is Geronimo's younger sister and the special correspondent for The Rodent's Gazette. For a time, Thea taught a journalism class at whale island university, and while there she met five mouselets. These mouselets, Pamela, Paulina, Violet, Colette, and Nicky named themselves the Thea sisters, after their favorite teacher, Thea Stilton. She flies the team in her metamouse, which can turn into a submarine, boat, and plane to locations that Thea, Trap, Benjamin, and Geronimo are exploring for an articles in The Rodent's Gazette. Thea is always ready to jump into action. She also drives a motorcycle and a Helicopter which is portrayed to the book.
- Trap Stilton is Geronimo's cousin. He lives in a trailer located in a beautiful park and is an expert chef, yet none of the meals he cooks up are tasty to Geronimo. He travels along with Geronimo when he's called on. Trap is a joker and loves to play tricks on others, especially Geronimo who he considers to be gullible. Still, he has a big heart and doesn't play jokes to be mean. He is also easily frightened.
- Benjamin Stilton is the 12-year-old nephew of Geronimo and is a hip near-genius at computers and electronics. He is dynamic and perk, although he can be impatient sometimes, and he loves skateboarding and sports. He works with his uncle at The Rodent's Gazette, running a computer news blog after school. He has a robot mouse named Max.
- Pandora Woz is Benjamin's best friend though her name is different then it was in the book. She is very enthusiastic about the adventures Geronimo travels on, and she often comes along for the ride. She likes Thea because they share a similar high-spirited enthusiasm for life. Trap and Pandora also get along as well for both like to play pranks on Geronimo. She has a tendency to get distracted easily which leads her into danger. Pandora also has a hamster, Mr. Nibbles.
- Sally Ratmousen is the main antagonist of the series. She is the publisher of The Daily Rat, ''The Rodent's Gazette's main competitor and rival. She is the primary cause of trouble for the Stilton crew when they are in New Mouse City, and she has a personal grudge against Geronimo.
Recurring
- Simon Squealer works for The Daily Rat as the personal assistant of Sally. He would do any dirty business for Sally. Simon protects his job at all costs, and goes to great lengths to dig up dirt on some famous mouse in New Mouse City.
- William Shortpaws is Geronimo's grandfather,and former owner of The Rodents Gazette as he started his newspaper empire by selling newspapers as a child. Currently, he oversees Geronimo's operation of his company, and he knows exactly the way he wants things to be. Occasionally when Geronimo least expects it, he drops into The Rodent's Gazette to check on how he is doing even though he has retired.
- Chippy P. Crunchrat a greedy businessman who is willing to do anything in his power to make his name in glory when his Chip franchise went downhill, he is a recurring antagonist in season two from kidnapping Geronimo to causing national disasters in South America to melting the Arctic circle.
- Professor von Volt is a scientist, inventor, and an old friend of Geronimo. He invented Benjamin's Benpad and his robotic mouse. He always stays in his lab to have some experiments and sometimes like to help Geronimo whenever he is free. He is a recurring character from inventing a time machine to a translating device. He also invented many other such as the Mind Mingler and a copier.
- Ratswami is an antagonist and hypnotist for New Mouse City. He once hypnotized the people of New Mouse City in. He is one of the recurring characters in season one when he hypnotized Geronimo to be his servant, which he was framed as a suspect to an overnight robbery. He also hypnotized Geronimo's Grandfather to marry Sally so she can take over The Rodents Gazette.
- Prince Nogouda is also an antagonist who lives in a palace in the Bandell jungle. It is revealed in that he captured rare animals from all over the world including two rare lizards. In him and his guards captured Thea to marry him and be his Princess in order to save his wealth and riches before its too late.
Production
The series was animated using Toon Boom Harmony. The animation was outsourced to Toon City, Snipple Animation for season 1-2 and Top Draw Animation for season 3 located in Philippines and Dong Woo Animation for season 2 located in South Korea.
Episodes
Release
Broadcast
Geronimo Stilton debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009, and later the show premiered on Rai Gulp. The series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and YTV in Canada, M6 in France, Cartoon Network in Spain, Okto in Singapore, Nickelodeon in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden, NTV7 in Malaysia, Eleven in Australia in July, and TVNZ in New Zealand. In the United States, the series was added to Kabillion's VOD service. In the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, the series was streamed on the Nintendo 3DS on February 6, 2017. The third season debuted on Knowledge in Canada on June 30, 2018. The series is also available on Netflix. In the United States, it airs on G4TV.Home media
released the first two seasons on DVD in both English and French in Canada between 2010 and 2013. Their successor, Unidisc, distributed the third season in 2017.In the United States, Entertainment One released 16 episodes from the first season across four DVDs release between 2013 and 2015.
In Australia, the first season was spread across four DVD volumes and distributed by a joint venture by Universal & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2014.
In 2013 The shows trailer was on YouTube Movies in Both Canada and the USA, which showcased the season one collection as the well as the first episode.
DVD title | Season | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Publisher | Release date |
Volume 1 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | August 24, 2010 |
Volume 2 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | March 29, 2011 |
Volume 3 | 2 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | August 21, 2012 |
Volume 4 | 2 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | March 12, 2013 |
Operation Shufongfong | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | September 24, 2013 |
Intrigue on the Rodent Express | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | February 2, 2014 |
Going down to Chinatown and Other Adventures | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | July 22, 2014 |
Top Model Thea | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | February 17, 2015 |
Volume 5 | 3 | 16:9 | 13 | Unidisc | June 30, 2017 |
Volume 6 | 3 | 16:9 | 13 | Unidisc | October 10, 2017 |
DVD title | Season | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Total running time | Release date |
Operation Shufongfong and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | September 25, 2014 | |
Intrigue on the Rodent Express and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | June 11, 2014 | |
The Gem Gang and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | October 29, 2015 | |
Rules of the Game and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | October 29, 2015 |