The Triplets

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The Triplets (Catalan: Les tres bessones; Eastern Catalan: [ɫəs ˈtɾɛz βəˈsonəs], Western Catalan: [les ˈtɾez βeˈsones]) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Catalan illustrator Roser Capdevila.

The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries. In 1985 a new character, the "Bored Witch" (La Bruixa Avorrida) was added to the plots to form a collection of classical stories, "The Triplets and (...)".

In 1994, television producers Cromosoma and Televisió de Catalunya adapted the stories to make a cartoon series based on the books. The series became very successful and profitable and led to the production of a second series with the Bored Witch as main character, together with France 3, Canal J and Storimages.

By 2004, The Triplets series consisted of 104 episodes, while The Bored Witch reached 52. They've been translated to 35 different languages and have been shown in 158 countries or territories.

Contents

[edit] Plot

The plots of The Triplets follow a definite pattern. The sisters play some prank or manage to annoy the Bored Witch, and, to punish them, she sends them into a classical tale, legend, or children's literary work. The main structure of the classic remains, but some twists (often hilarious anachronisms such as showing The forty thieves getting distracted from robbing a house by a camel race on TV) are introduced to favour each plot and define the sisters' personalities.

[edit] Chapters

The Triplets find themselves involved in a different classic story each chapter.

[edit] The Triplets around the world

The series has been translated into the following languages:

  1. Arabic
  2. Aranese
  3. Basque - Hirukiak.
  4. Chinese - 淘氣三胞胎
  5. Croatian - Vesele trojke
  6. Czech - Trojčátka
  7. Dutch - De Drieling
  8. English - The Triplets
  9. French - Les Trois Petites Soeurs
  10. Gaelic
  11. Galician
  12. German
  13. Greek
  14. Hebrew - השלישייה (HaShlishiya)
  15. Hindi
  16. Hungarian
  17. Icelandic - Trillurnar
  18. Italian - Tre gemelle e una strega
  19. Japanese
  20. Korean
  21. Kurdish
  22. Malay
  23. Mandarin
  24. Norwegian
  25. Occitan
  26. Persian
  27. Polish
  28. Portuguese (Portugal) - As Três Irmâs
  29. Portuguese (Brazil) - As Trigêmeas
  30. Slovenian
  31. Spanish - Las Tres Mellizas
  32. Swedish - Trillingarna
  33. Tamil
  34. Thai
  35. Turkish - Üçüzler

[edit] External links

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