Pat & Stan


Pat et Stanley is an animated series that appeared as part of the children's television programme TFOU on the French network TF1. The show is animated by Mac Guff and created by Pierre Coffin.
Pat and Stan have appeared in 39 short episodes, as well as the 2006 26-minute special Pat et Stanley: Le Trésor de Pit et Mortimer.

Characters

Main

  • Patrick "Pat" Hippo - a pink hippopotamus. He is lazy, sometimes clumsy and often plays pranks on Stan. He likes video games.
  • Stanley "Stan" Dog - a yellow beagle. He likes to clean the house where he lives with Pat. He is rather grumpy and is in love with Stephanie.

Recurring

  • Aunt Martha - a pig. She is an aunt.
  • Professor Chi-Chi - a rat who spends his days inventing machines that cause damage, especially when Pat and Stan use them. He does not like to be disturbed when he works in his laboratory.
  • Stephanie - an orange cat. She is a painter and does yoga, She is the girlfriend of Pat.
  • Emily - a brown mole. She is the girlfriend of Stan.
  • Lilli - a white rabbit. She is the girlfriend of Stuart.
  • Stuart - a white sloth. He is the best friend of Pat and Stan.
  • Momo - an orange bunny. He is the son of Lilli.
  • Nestor - is a penguin chick with a white belly, an orange beak and orange feet.
  • Brutox - is a pig who steals stuff from his classmate Professor Chi-Chi. He appears on "Super Loser".
  • The Chickens - They are chicken triplets.
  • The Elephants - They are elephant triplets.

Episodes

Season 1

  1. Bath Time
  2. Cyber Stuart
  3. Mosquito Warning
  4. Wild Camping
  5. The Pool
  6. Artists
  7. My Friend Helmut
  8. Super Loser
  9. The Death of Norbert
  10. Pat Keeps the Rabbits
  11. Double Pat
  12. A Button on the Nose
  13. The Band Wagon

Season 2

  1. The Gamma Zapper
  2. Babysitters
  3. Stuart Does Everything
  4. Aunt Martha Moves
  5. Roll With It
  6. True False Bobo
  7. Sting Recall
  8. Stephanie Love
  9. Micro Stan
  10. The Hamster of Bengal
  11. In Search of Lost Treasure
  12. Poles
  13. Dig-o-mania

Season 3

  1. Stan Phone Home
  2. Astro-Spountz
  3. One Night Dog
  4. The Return of Stuart
  5. Aunt Martha Comes to Dinner
  6. Pat's Pet
  7. Nasalation
  8. A Short Break
  9. The Great Vacation
  10. Egg Surprise
  11. The Ghost of Aunt Patty
  12. Scare Me If You Can
  13. Grand Hotel

Broadcast

Outside France, the duo are most famous for the short clip in which Pat is seen singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The clip appeared in Italy in a commercial by Ferrero's Kinder chocolates; they also produced a "Happy Hippo" shaped chocolate snack. It also appeared in Indonesia as a filler of local TV channel based at Sukamara Regency, Central Kalimantan, Sukamara Jaya Television, of which the original audio has been completely replaced with a dialogue in Banjarese that includes body shaming.
Two English dubs have also been made, one broadcast on CITV and Pop in the United Kingdom, with Pat and Stan being voiced by Jay Simon and John Telfer respectively, and another on Kids' WB and also The Shorts on Cartoon Network in the United States, where Pat and Stan were voiced by Dan Green and David Wills respectively and under two Dutch versions on Jetix in the Netherlands and on Ketnet in Flanders. Pat and Stanley are now featured in many unofficial online videos singing English songs. It was on Cartoon Network's website from December 5, 2014 to April 11, 2015.
In October 9, 2008, it was reported that ITV had acquired and secured rights of the show to air and re-air on the CITV channel, ITV had acquired and secured rights of all readily available formats of the show since its conception in 2004 such as the 350 shorts of the show already made and the half-hour 'Treasure Hunt'' special too. The 350 shorts of the show were scheduled to be put on the CITV website very soon but would not be making its debut TV launch in the then upcoming Christmas of the same year. ITV had also acquired the latest new series produced at the time consisting of 39 episodes in 7 minute formats to air in the spring of 2009 on the CITV channel.