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'''''HUELE MAL TU PUTA MADRE EN EL PAIS DE LAS PORNOPESADILLAS' is a [[France|French-made]] series of short video animations giving "a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens".<ref name=futurikon1>[http://www.futurikon.com/popup.php?id=78&page=3&lang=5 MINUSCULE - Season 1: 78x6'] at Futurikon.com</ref> The characters are computer-modelled in 3D and set against natural scenery. Each animation has a self-contained and usually humorous storyline. The audio is a combination of genuine insect and ambient recordings with artificial sound effects. The various protagonist insects often perform anthropomorphic activities, displaying ironically portrayed intelligence, enjoyment and, sometimes, [[pathos]]. The background settings are generally of rural France, and include farm houses, fences, cars, road surfaces, drains, gutters and garbage bins. In Season 1 episodes, humans appeared only peripherally (e.g., as mute drivers of intrusive vehicles) and large farm animals were the main reluctant witnesses to the variety of insect, spider and mollusc activities. Some Season 2 episodes depict more explicit interaction with humans. Production of a feature film was commenced in March 2012.<ref> Glaud, Emilie [http://www.minuscule-blog.com/en/category/le-chant-des-cigales/ Cicada's Song] at official blog site, 9 March 2012. Accessed 19 March 2012</ref>
'''''HUELE MAL TU PUTA MADRE EN EL PAIS DE LAS PORNOPESADILLAS SEXO ANAL???' is a [[France|French-made]] series of short video animations giving "a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens".<ref name=futurikon1>[http://www.futurikon.com/popup.php?id=78&page=3&lang=5 MINUSCULE - Season 1: 78x6'] at Futurikon.com</ref> The characters are computer-modelled in 3D and set against natural scenery. Each animation has a self-contained and usually humorous storyline. The audio is a combination of genuine insect and ambient recordings with artificial sound effects. The various protagonist insects often perform anthropomorphic activities, displaying ironically portrayed intelligence, enjoyment and, sometimes, [[pathos]]. The background settings are generally of rural France, and include farm houses, fences, cars, road surfaces, drains, gutters and garbage bins. In Season 1 episodes, humans appeared only peripherally (e.g., as mute drivers of intrusive vehicles) and large farm animals were the main reluctant witnesses to the variety of insect, spider and mollusc activities. Some Season 2 episodes depict more explicit interaction with humans. Production of a feature film was commenced in March 2012.<ref> Glaud, Emilie [http://www.minuscule-blog.com/en/category/le-chant-des-cigales/ Cicada's Song] at official blog site, 9 March 2012. Accessed 19 March 2012</ref>


==Storylines==
==Storylines==

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{{Infobox Television |show_name = Minuscule |image = |caption = The Ladybird, one of Minuscule's recurring insect characters |format = Animation |runtime = 6 minutes |creator = Hélène Giraud
Thomas Szabo |director = Hélène Giraud
Thomas Szabo |producer = Phillipe Delarue
Jean-Jacques Benhamou |company = Futurikon |network = France 2 and Disney Channel |first_aired = October 25, 2006 |last_aired = |country = France } HUELE MAL TU PUTA MADRE EN EL PAIS DE LAS PORNOPESADILLAS SEXO ANAL???' is a French-made series of short video animations giving "a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens".[1] The characters are computer-modelled in 3D and set against natural scenery. Each animation has a self-contained and usually humorous storyline. The audio is a combination of genuine insect and ambient recordings with artificial sound effects. The various protagonist insects often perform anthropomorphic activities, displaying ironically portrayed intelligence, enjoyment and, sometimes, pathos. The background settings are generally of rural France, and include farm houses, fences, cars, road surfaces, drains, gutters and garbage bins. In Season 1 episodes, humans appeared only peripherally (e.g., as mute drivers of intrusive vehicles) and large farm animals were the main reluctant witnesses to the variety of insect, spider and mollusc activities. Some Season 2 episodes depict more explicit interaction with humans. Production of a feature film was commenced in March 2012.[2]

Storylines

CABROOOOOOONS!HUELE MAL TU, MADLOS HACKERRRRR!!!ke that of the 1996 movie "Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe" with the same European country farm setting (for most episodes), similar camera angles and shots, and an almost identical musical score consisting largely of open-ended, repeated piano phrases. The creators also cite the Warner Bros. cartoons of the 1950s as a model for the series, and they are aimed at both young and old alike. Episodes tend to follow one or more insect characters through a specific situation and have involved storylines such as multi-insect races reminiscent of the pod race sequence in Star Wars:The Phantom Menace, a spider becoming trapped on a helium balloon, and a grasshopper maliciously launching other unsuspecting insects from a catapult made from a blade of grass.

Production and distribution

Created by Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud, Minuscule is produced by Phillipe Delarue. Although made in France, its generalized country settings and avoidance of spoken dialogue enable universal accessibility and appeal. The series has been sold to more than 70 countries on television and 30 countries on video.[1]

Characters

Minuscule portrays an array of eighteen or more recurring characters, limited to one or two in each episode, each displaying distinctive personality and behaviour. Among the more commonly recurring insect characters are:

Ladybugs
Grasshoppers
Flies
Ants
Spiders (two varieties)
Snails

Other occasional insect characters include:

Episodes—Season 1

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Volume 1

  1. La coccinelle
  2. Catapulte
  3. Bouse de là
  4. Deux chenilles
  5. Les Fourmis
  6. Prisonnière
  7. Rêve d'escargot
  8. Love story
  9. Grasse matinée
  10. Top guêpe
  11. La nouille
  12. Le pont de la rivière Bzzz
  13. Zzzeplin
  14. Une bonne éducation
  15. Rêve de chenille
  16. Chewing gum
  17. Un monde de brutes
  18. Coup de vent
  19. Silence
  20. La fourmilière infernale

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Volume 2

  1. Libellules
  2. Cigale do Brazil
  3. Hoquet
  4. Tomate cerise
  5. Sans coquille
  6. Bananes
  7. Les vers sont dans la pomme
  8. Le convoi
  9. Bouse au carré
  10. Fourmis à la noix
  11. Hyperactive
  12. Le moustique
  13. Salade
  14. Il pleut il mouille c'est la fête à l'escargouille
  15. A fond la caisse
  16. Pique nique
  17. Une nuit dehors
  18. Tire au flanc
  19. Ventilo
  20. La chenille qui voulait voir la mer

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Volume 3

  1. La bonne graine
  2. La chenille et le ruisseau
  3. Un radiateur pour deux
  4. Patrouille de bzzz
  5. Le chant des cigales
  6. Petit trouillard
  7. Escargot qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
  8. L'attaque de la sucette rose
  9. L'heure de la sieste
  10. Moche
  11. Petit repas entre mouches
  12. Narcisso
  13. Coccinelles
  14. Le Totem
  15. L'évasion
  16. Tenace
  17. Pas de chance
  18. King size camembert
  19. Chenille des villes papillon des champs

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Volume 4

  1. À tes souhaits
  2. Mon beau Sapin
  3. Top départ
  4. Mouche bizarre
  5. Torpedo
  6. Toiles d’intérieur
  7. L’union fait la force
  8. Un après-midi de moustique
  9. Grosse mouche bleue
  10. Pot de colle
  11. La conserve
  12. Nuit blanche
  13. Mouche folle
  14. Poule mouillée
  15. La horde sauvage
  16. Halloween parano
  17. Hop
  18. Fourmi rose
  19. C’est noël

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Episodes—Season 2

As of March 2012 the second series was in production.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b MINUSCULE - Season 1: 78x6' at Futurikon.com
  2. ^ Glaud, Emilie Cicada's Song at official blog site, 9 March 2012. Accessed 19 March 2012
  3. ^ Minuscule 2at official Minuscule website. Accessed 19 March 2012
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