Grizzy and the Lemmings
Grizzy and the Lemmings is a French CGI animated children's television series produced by and created by Antoine Rodelet and Josselin Charier for Boomerang. While being inspired by Oggy and the Cockroaches,, it was after The Owl & Co and The Jungle Bunch. As the title suggest, the show is about a Grizzly Bear named as Grizzy and a group of Lemmings. This is a silent television series and there is no dialogue in the show .
Premise
Set in the distant future in hilly areas, when a Forest Ranger leaves his cabin, a grizzly bear named Grizzy, has broken into the Forest ranger’s home and finds himself with a group of trouble-making lemmings in a forest in Canada.The forest and the hill on which the forest ranger's cabin is situated are very mysterious, as sometimes magical objects are found. The hill is full of magical dens. There is also a road cross the forest on which vehicles are run. When any magical thing or scientific machine is found from these dens or on the road, both the lemmings and grizzy try to get them for their own. Sometimes a normal device or thing accidentally turns into a magical or with suitable power thing. But this not occurs in all episodes. However, In the end of every episode both bear and lemmings accidentally find a bad ending for them.
Characters
Main
- Grizzy - Grizzy is an anthropormorphic brown bear who has a light brown fat tummy, lives in a Forest Ranger's cabin. He is approx. 7-feet tall in height and mainly wearing the green colored locket, which is belonged to the Forest Ranger. In the cabin he does not do anything except sleeping on Sofa, watching TV or eating Salmon Fish with Yummy XL . He likes watching TV program of Salmon fishes. He does not like Opera music which is, sometimes, unexpectedly starts while changing channels. The only thing that stands in his way of luxury are the Lemmings, who give him a lot of trouble and mischief. Grizzy does not likes them but in the episode "Intensive Care" it is shown that when Lemmings gets sick, it developed a little care in the Bear's mind. He also does not like Fleas, shown in episode "Bear Itch". He does not say anything meaningful in show but he was seen reading English from a mobile phone screen. Grizzy is actually very smart or intelligent to find the solution of any situation.
- Lemmings - They are a group of blue anthropomorphic lemmings with a light blue tummy, who also live in the Forest Ranger's cabin. Their all of group has same body shape, same height, same colour, same behavior and same habits. Their motto is "Fun for all & All for fun!". They love having rave parties and they also eat Yummy XL like Grizzy. They love watching TV program of cat and mouse which is shown in some episodes like in "Cartoon Bear". They can sing lullaby which has made Grizzy sleep shown in many episodes. They all also love to dance on music, which is not liked by Grizzy. They do not say anything meaningful in show but often make a sound like 'Tabodi'. While they cause a lot of chaos, their mischief is mainly targeted at Grizzy. They are not very smart or intelligent like Grizzy as shown in many episodes like in "Intensive Care", but in some episodes they are also seen smarts in madness.
Recurring
- She - Bear - She is the Female anthropomorphic Bear a who is Grizzy's love interest. Her colour and height is same as Grizzy but she had a heart-shaped spot on her belly. In Season 2, she received a redesign, giving her a pink huge spot on her belly, instead of the former heart-shaped spot. She always has takes a sun-flower on her head like a bow. She lives in the forest and loves sniffing flowers, watching butterflies and kites. She sleeps at night on a log of wood in forest. Grizzy always tries to impress her, but this always ends in disaster. She has a very little interest in Grizzy and always treats his advances with skepticism due to how he continually messes things up. In the episode "Babysitting" it is shown that she has a female baby bear cub which she give to the Grizzy to babysit him for sometime. She-Bear has featured a larger role with main characters in the episode "Mind in a Whirl".
- Other Living Organisms - There are also some other animals, birds and insects in the forest but they were not anthropomorphic like Grizzy, Lemmings and Female bear. They don't do anything like three of them and lives in forest like a real and simple animals. Both Grizzy and the Lemmings tend to use these animals for their own schemes, but usually by the end of every episode, both of them suffer from the hilarious consequences of their actions. Due to this sometimes other living organisms also caught into troubles.
- * Moose - Various Moose appears in many episodes of the show. The Lemmings use them for transport. Moose is fond of eating carrots. So sometimes lemmings hangs a carrot in front of his eyes to make him run to eat that. But he can eat any other thing like glass-made bottle or ring as shown in "Bear Luck" and "Clean Bear". They are incredibly passive and don't do anything apart from grazing. The colour of Mooses are mostly brown but a Black coloured Moose is shown in the episodes "A midsummer's Bear Dream" and in "Wandering Spirits". A Moose is featured in a larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "Rainbow Moose".
- * Chicken - These dumb chicken birds are often used as a mode of transport by the Lemmings. Sometimes Grizzy also use them in many situations. They have big eyes and colour of body is half brown and half black. Sometimes a chicken becomes bigger in size due to the actions and consequences of grizzy and lemmings. A dragon chicken is shown in the episodes "A Midsummer's Bear dream", "Timeless Bear" and "The Bear Next Door". In the show, the chickens can easily fly in the sky. They featured a larger role with bear and lemmings in the episodes "A Sizeable Problem" and "Call of the Bear".
- * Frog - Frogs are generally shown eating flies. In the show the tounge of frogs are long in size. A frog is featured larger role with main characters in the episode "Bear Charm".
- * Fly - Flies are generally shown being eaten by Frogs. A fly is featured larger role with main characters in the episode "Yummy Fly".
- * Butterfly - There are also butterflies in the forest. Generally they seen in colors Blue, pink or yellow. The Female bear loves them. Butterfly are small in size but a big butterfly is shown in episode "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" and "The Bear And The Butterfly".
- * Raccoon - The raccoons on the show are dirty and often rummage in trash and eat garbage. Their nose is very fast like a dog. A raccoon has featured a larger role with main cast in the episodes "Bear's Best friend", "Sniffer Raccoon" and "Masked Raccoon".
- * Bat - Bats in the show, are rarely seens. Bats featured larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "Batgrizzy".
- * Spider - Spiders are also very rarely seen. Their colour are mainly black. Grizzy has a fear of spiders, shown in the episode "Spider Lemmings".
- * Tyrannosaurus Rex - A T-rex is unfrozen from a block of ice in "Jurassic Bear" and also appears in episodes "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" and "Ancestral Bear".
- The Forest Ranger - The Forest Ranger never appears in person. He only appears in the intro and in the episode "As Far As Bear Can Remember" in flashback. He is the man who leaves his cabin in forest where the bear and lemmings were lived. In some episodes his poster and photos are shown. He is the only human character in the show.
Voice actors
Production
The series was announced on June 22, 2015, and in many countries in Fall in 2016. The series made its US debut on April 3, 2017.It was renewed for a second season on July 5, 2017, which is stated to air on a number of channels around the globe in 2018, and premiered in the USA on September 2, 2018. While the third season of the show is currently in production. The Title of the Season 3 is to be Grizzy and the Lemmings World tour. Season 1 was released for Netflix on July 15, 2019.
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1 (2016–2017)
They can be watched in Netflix.Season 2 (2018–2019)
Broadcast
Grizzy and the Lemmings originates in France, where it aired on networks France 3 and Boomerang.- It also aired in India from 2018, on Pogo TV. The Indian version of the show is unique in that it has Hindi dialogues dubbed by voice actors. Only in India, voiceovers added spoken voices in characters and by this, the title-name of characters is also different from original. Whereas the original version of the show does not feature any spoken dialogue.
- It also airs in Pakistan on Cartoon Network.
- In United States and in Latin America it aired on Boomerang. In United Kingdom it airs on Pop Max.
- In Canada, Grizzy and the Lemmings airs on Family Channel, Nickelodeon and Family Jr.
- In Russia, the show is aired on Boomerang.
- It also aired on Cartoon Network channel in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
- In countries Romania and Turkey, it telecast on Boomerang.
- It also aired in Poland on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Plus 2.
- In Italy, the show is telecast on Boing, Cartoonito and Boomerang.
- It airs on Boing in Spain country.
- In Iceland, it airs on RUV.
- In Philippines, Grizzy and the Lemmings shown on Cartoon Network.
- It also aired in Netherlands on the channels NPO Zappelin and Boomerang.
International Broadcast
Country | Channel |
France | France 3 Boomerang |
Angola | Boomerang |
Austria | Boomerang |
Bangladesh | Cartoon Network |
Belgium | RTBF VRT Boomerang |
Canada | Télé-Québec Family Jr. Family Channel Family Chrgd |
Cyprus | Boomerang |
Czech | , ČT2 |
Denmark | SVT |
Finland | Boomerang |
Germany | Boomerang Super RTL |
Greece | ERT |
Hungary | Boomerang, Kiwi TV |
India | Pogo |
Iceland | RUV |
Italy | Boing Cartoonito Boomerang |
Mozambique | Boomerang |
Netherlands | NPO Zappelin Boomerang |
Norway | YLE |
Pakistan | Cartoon Network |
Philippines | Cartoon Network |
Poland | Boomerang, Cartoon Network Puls 2 |
Portugal | Zig Zag Boomerang |
Romania | Boomerang |
Russia | Boomerang, Niki Kids |
South Korea | Cartoon Network, Boomerang Anione Anibox Champ TV |
Spain | Boing Super3 |
Slovenia | POP TV |
Sri Lanka | Cartoon Network |
Sweden | NRK |
Switzerland | Boomerang |
Turkey | Boomerang Minika |
Ukraine | Niki Kids Niki Junior |
Middle East | Cartoon Network Arabic Boomerang |
United States United Kingdom Latin America | Boomerang Boomerang Pop Pop Max Netflix Boomerang |
Titles in other languages
In French, the title of Grizzy and the Lemmings is Grizzy et les Lemmings. Following are the title of the show in other languages :-Language | Title |
Arabic | غريزي والليمنغز |
Azerbaijani | Grizzy və Lemminglər |
Bangla | গ্রিজি অ্যান্ড দ্য লেমিংস |
Catalan | En Grizzy i els Lèmmings |
Czech | Méďa a lumíci |
Danish | Grizzy og lemmingerne |
Dutch | Grizzy en de Lemmings Grizzy en de Lemmingen |
German | Grizzy und die Lemminge |
Gibrish | Gureyshey unt ta Lehemigos |
Hungarian | Grizzy és a lemmingek |
Italian | Grizzy e i Lemming |
Japanese | グリジーとレミングス |
Korean | 그리지와 레밍스 |
Norwegian | Grizzy og lemenene |
Polish | Grizzy i Lemingi |
Portuguese | Grizzy e os Lemmings Grizzy e os Lemingues |
Romanian | Grizzy și lemingii |
Russian | Гризли и лемминги |
Slovak | Grizzly a Lumíci |
Spanish | Grizzy y los Lemmings |
Swedish | Grizzy och lämlarna |
Turkish | Grizzy ve Lemmingler |
Ukrainian | Гріззі та лемінги |
Vietnamese | Gấu xám và những chú chuột Lemmut |
Distinctions
- On February 12, 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the Laurier in the youth animation category, at the 23rd ceremony of the Lauriers de la Radio et de la Télévision.
- On February 13, 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the Kidscreen Awards for best animated series, Kids category, at the 2018 Kidscreen Summit in Miami.
- In April 2018, the show receives an EMIL Award for the best children's programs, awarded by the German magazine TV Spielfilm.
- In October 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the award for best TV series at the TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival in Georgia.
- On March 18, 2019, the show won the TV France International Animation export prize at the Trianon in Paris.
- On September 7, 2019, Grizzy and the Lemmings was awarded the Best Children's Television Program Award by the International Dytiatko Festival in Ukraine.
Adaptations
Games
Adventure Grizzy Go,Grizzy Bubble, Grizzly Escape, Grizzy Jump, Flappy Lemmings and Lemmings Flight are some games which are based on this television series.