Mr. Baby
Mr. Baby (French: Monsieur Bébé) (also known as A Week with Mr. Baby) is a French adult animated 4-minute television series, that lasted 48 episodes, created by Marc du Pontavice and Carol-Ann Willering, produced at Xilam, conducted by Hugo Gittard and broadcast from 3 May 2009 to 10 August 2010 on France 3 in the Toowam programming block, and France 4 on the show Ludo programming block.[1] The show is animated by utilizing Toon Boom Animation. In the United States, the series originally aired on BBC One from 2009 to 2012, and later aired on MTV from 2012 to 2014. The series has yet to air on television in Canada and the United States.
Mr. Baby | |
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Genre | Humor Crude comedy Adult animation |
Created by | Marc du Pontavice Carol-Ann Willering |
Developed by | Franck Ekinci |
Starring | French:
English:
Japanese:
Spanish
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Composer | Thomas & Grégoire Couzinier |
Country of origin | France |
Original languages | French English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 48 (List of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Marc du Pontavice |
Producer | Marc du Pontavice |
Editor | Patrick Ducruet |
Running time | 4 minutes |
Production company | Xilam |
Release | |
Original network | France 3 (France) BBC One and MTV (UK) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 3 May 2009 – 10 August 2010 |
External links | |
Website |
Unlike most animated series produced at Xilam, Mr. Baby is more adult-oriented, despite airing as part of France 3's Toowam block. The English dub featured more risqué words, not heard in most French animated series, such as "hell", "ass", and "testicles".
Synopsis
The series focuses on the everyday life of Mr. Baby, who thinks and even talks like a grown-up, but also has an incredibly, severely sharp tongue. He also has an older brother, Rudy, a skater-like rebel, and an oldest sister, Claire, who is a teenager.
Translations
Originally from France on the publicly funded channel France 3, Monsieur Bébé was translated into America (as Mr. Baby).
Voice cast
French
- Féodor Atkine - Monsieur Bébé
- Patrick Mancini - Patrick
- Marie-Laure Dougnac - Carole
- Alice Amiel - Clarisse
- Donald Reignoux - Ludo
English
- Sean Barratt - Mr. Baby
- Daniel Flynn - Patrick
- Emma Tate - Carole
- Amber Beattie - Claire
- Chris Nelson - Rudy
Webisodes
The webisodes include Mr. Baby playing chess with one of his family members:
- Patrick
- Carole
- Claire/Clarisse
- Rudy/Ludo
Episodes
- Daddy is Cool
- Playing Fun with Nanny
- Babysitting
- Down on Bottom
- Ask Me
- Inflate Carole and Claire
References
- 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. 199. ISBN 9781476672939.