Barbapapa
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Barbapapa is both the title character, and name of the "species" of said character, of a series of children's books written in the 1970s by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who resided in Paris, France.[1] The books were originally written in French (barbe à papa is French for candy floss, or — literally — "father's beard"), and were later translated into over 30 languages.[2] As short cartoons of a length of only five minutes, they reached a broader audience via TV. Also a comic book version was created. Both the cartoons and comics sometimes show concerns about the environment and contains environmental messages. Barbapapa is now one of the popular characters that is made into merchandise in some Asian countries, such as Japan.
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[edit] Characters
Barbapapa himself is a generally pear-shaped, pink shapeshifting blob-like creature who stumbles upon the human world and tries to fit in. The shapeshifting is usually accompanied by the saying "Clickety Click—Barba Trick" (in the French version "Hup Hup Hup, Barbatruc" and "Huub huub Barbatruc" in Dutch, in Turkish version "Değiş Tonton" means "Transform Barba!" in English, and "Resta di stucco, e' un barbatrucco" in the Italian version). After various amusing adventures, he comes across a female of his species (more shapely, and black-coloured), named Barbamama. They produce seven children, known as the Barbababies, each a different colour:
- Barbazoo (Barbidou in French), yellow, male, lover of animals
- Barbalala, green, female, lover of music
- Barbalib (Barbotine), orange, female, lover of books
- Barbabeau (Barbouille), black and furry, male, lover of art
- Barbabelle, purple, female, lover of beauty
- Barbabright (Barbibul), blue, male, lover of science
- Barbabravo (Barbidur), red, male, lover of strength and heroism[3]
[edit] Alternative titles
Titles for Barbapapa in other languages:
- In Arabic "بارباالشاطر".
- In Bulgarian "Барбароните"
- In Chinese "巴巴爸爸".
- In Danish "Barbapapa"
- In Dutch "Barbapapa"
- In Finnish "Barbapapa"
- In German "Barbapapa"
- In Hebrew "ברבאבא".
- In Hungarian "Barbapapa"
- In Icelandic "Barbapabbi".
- In Italian "Barbapapà".
- In Japanese "バーバパパ"
- In Korean "바바빠빠" or "바바파파"
- In Norwegian "Barbapapa"
- In Persian "باربا پاپا".
- In Portuguese "Barbapapa"
- In Serbian "Tatabrada".
- In Slovenian "Barbapapa".
- In Spanish "Barbapapá"
- In Swedish "Barbapappa"
- In Thai "บาร์บ้าปาป้า"
- In Turkish "Tontonlar"
[edit] Songs
The Barbapapa theme's lyrics were written by Bernard Bos, set to a tune by Joop Stokkermans.
The English-language version had a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff.
[edit] References
- ^ "Meet the Barba-authors". Naughty Kitty Studios. 2002. http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa/barbauthor.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Barbapapa books". The official Barbapapa web site. http://www.barbapapa.fr/gb/catalogue/introduction.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Barbapapa family". The official Barbapapa web site. http://www.barbapapa.fr/gb/barbapapa-family.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
