Toopy and Binoo

Toopy and Binoo
Toopy (right) and Binoo (left) playing with bubbles
Genre
Created byDominique Jolin
Based onToupie et Binou
by Dominique Jolin
Written by
  • Nancy Trites-Botkin
  • Claude Daigneault
  • Sheila Dinsmore
  • Clive Endersby
  • Dominique Jolin
  • Jean Lacombe
  • Brian Lasenby
  • Raymond Lebrun
  • Penelope Laurence
  • Gerard Lewis
  • Mary Mackay-Smith
  • Tom Mason
  • Cathy Moss
  • Louis-Martin Pepperall
  • Anne-Marie Perrotta
  • Katherine Sandford
  • Tean Schultz
  • Peter Svatek
  • Jeff Sweeney
  • Steven Westren
Story byDominique Jolin
Directed by
StarringFrank Meschkuleit
Voices of
  • Frank Meschkuleit
  • Voice casts (Mini-movies)
Music byDaniel Scott
Opening theme"Toopy and Binoo Theme Song"
Ending theme
  • "Toopy and Binoo Theme Song" (backing vocals) (Season 1 and Binoo the Brave)
  • "Toopy and Binoo Theme Song" (instrumental) (The Hiccup Hunters)
Country of originCanada
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons
  • 2
No. of episodes32 (104 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • André A. Belanger
  • Luc Châtelain
ProducerDominique Mendel
Editors
  • France Dube
  • Marie-Hélène Boulianne
  • Mathieu Boulanger (Mini-movies)
Running time
  • Season 1: 24 minutes (5 minutes per segment)
  • Mini-movies: 22 minutes
Production companySpectra Animation
Original release
NetworkTreehouse TV
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télé-Québec
ReleaseJanuary 3, 2005 (2005-01-03) –
December 29, 2006 (2006-12-29)
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Toopy and Binoo (French: Toupie et Binou) is a Canadian children's book series created by Dominique Jolin in 1996. In collaboration with Raymond Lebrun, it has been developed as an After Effect animated series produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) and broadcast by Treehouse in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec in French. Another television series was produced as a live-action spin-off show titled Toopy and Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom, produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) which was developed into a mobile app.

A total of 175 episodes were produced overall.[1] A film adaptation based on the series titled Toopy and Binoo: The Movie was released on August 11, 2023 in Canadian theaters.

On November 14, 2024, it was announced that Toopy And Binoo will return in a brand new series tentatively titled “The Adventures Of Toopy and Binoo”. It is set to be released in Spring 2026. Echo Media will distributed the series and Huminah Huminah Animation will produce and animated the series[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. 318. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ "Canadian broadcasters order a new Toopy & Binoo series". Retrieved 2024-11-16.