The Triplets

The Triplets
Cover of the DVD for "The Triplets and Gaudí".
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Musical Fantasy
Created byRoser Capdevila
Based onThe Triplets series
by Roser Capdevila
Directed byRobert Balser, Baltasar Roca (Season 1)
Maria Gol, Jordi Valbuena (Season 2)
Voices of
Opening themeWe Are The Triplets!
ComposersJosep Lladó (Season 1 & 2)
Joan Albert Amargós (Season 1)
Country of originSpain
Original languageCatalan
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes104 (Complete list)
Production
Executive producers
Running time24 minutes circa
Production companiesTelevisió de Catalunya
Cromosoma
Original release
NetworkTV3
La 2
Clan
Teletoon
Treehouse TV (Canada)
Release1995 (1995) –
2004 (2004)
Related
  • The Bored Witch
  • The Baby Triplets
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The Triplets (Catalan: Les tres bessones; Spanish: Las tres mellizas; Occitan: Es tres bessones) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Spanish illustrator Roser Capdevila.

The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries. In 1985 a new character, the "Bored Witch" (La Bruixa Avorrida, in Catalan) was added to the plots to form a collection of classical stories, "The Triplets and (...)".

In 1994, television producer Cromosoma [ca; es] and the Catalan TV corporation Televisió de Catalunya adapted the stories to make an animated series based on the books. It became very successful and profitable and led to the production of a second series with the Bored Witch as the main character, together with France 3, Canal J and Storimages [fr].[1]

By 2004, The Triplets series consisted of 104 episodes, while The Bored Witch reached 52. They have been translated from Catalan to 35 different languages and have been shown in 158 countries or territories. A spin-off series was also made, titled The Baby Triplets.

In October 2020, it was announced that the series would receive a reboot that would focus 20 years after the first one ended.[2]

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 322. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ "Spanish Animated Hit 'The Triplets' Gets 21st Century Reboot from Brutal Media (EXCLUSIVE)". October 2, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.