Doodlez

Doodlez
A snapshot from the pilot.
Created by	Gretha Rose Sean Scott
Written by	Gretha Rose Sean Scott
Directed by	D. Campbell MacKinlay
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	French And English
No. of episodes	(List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Gretha Rose
Running time	1-2 Minutes
Production company(s)	Cellar Door Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Teletoon (Canada) Nicktoons Network(USA)

Doodlez is a Canadian series of animated shorts produced for television by Cellar Door Productions, animated by Trapeze Animation Studios Ltd., which started airing on Teletoon in 2001. It could be seen on Nicktoons Network, and is also the short with the most episodes.

Summary

Doodlez is about Dood, a small boy who is a doodle. Dood gets himself in and out of various Duck Amuck-esque situations, with the aid of Hand, a disembodied hand that uses his pencil to draw (sometimes) helpful things onto the screen for Dood's use, such as helping Dood cheat in a skating race against his rival by drawing a booster behind Dood.But usually hand draws very bad things. Situations include girl troubles, becoming a werewolf, being stuck in a picture frame, watering a sunflower, or traveling inside a giant beast to get his lollipop out of its stomach, and many other situations. There was also one episode done without Hand or his pencil but on a computer, and Cursor (See One-Time Characters below) stood in for Hand. Dood is usually angry at the end of the cartoon, because that it has to end so early. There is never any spoken dialogue, but sometimes the characters communicate through gibberish and Dood has a chipmunk laugh in some episodes. The end of a cartoon always shows the word “fin” (French for “The End”) appearing somewhere.

Major characters

• Dood: The main character who is usually the first object to be drawn.
• Hand: The disembodied hand that holds the pencil and who draws Dood's environment.

Supporting characters

Doodette

A female version of Dood and also the love of his life.

Martini Moose

He shows up now and then, usually with a martini in hoof. He likes bubble baths and knows karate. He is seen as Dood's sidekick.

Cop

In various episodes, Cop squashes Dood usually and throws him somewhere. When he is squashed, Dood gets handcuffs on his hands.

Penguin

Usually appears during winter.

Monster

Usually eats Dood and his things on some episodes.

One-time Characters

• Dood 2: An evil twin of Dood, appeared in "Genesis," an early episode of Doodlez, when Dood was cut in two by a wire and when hand copied doodles on computer. He also starred in "Dood.com," when Dood was copied.
• Handette: A female version of Hand who has only appeared in the Valentine's Day episode.
• Referee: From when Dood and Guy race.
• Tourist: A shutterbug who also makes Dood rich for a blast of ink.
• Art vandal: A random vandal of art, enjoys drawing mustaches on every piece with a person in it.
• Bull: A bull who disappeared into a red sheet then came back for Dood to make him some coffee.
• Cursor: Replaced Hand in one episode, where the entire thing was done on a computer, rather than the standard pad of paper.
• Hot-Dog Salesman: Sold Dood a hot dog in one short and he also sells ice cream.
• Sound-effects guy Followed Dood around in one episode, making various sounds to suit the mood of whatever Dood was experiencing, and to foreshadow any upcoming events.
• Director Appeared in an episode where Dood was featured in a movie. He holds a clapperboard and barks as a dog in place of dialogue.
• Beaver Dood's enemy for one episode.

Television series

In 2007, Teletoon announced a Doodlez television series to be released soon. Either the studio cancelled the production, or they are still in production. An opening for the show was released on KidMango along with a bit of the classic shorts. However, they don't show the shorts anymore.

External links

• Doodlez at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Doodlez Web site
• Doodlez on-line (ru)