Talking Tom & Friends
| Talking Tom and Friends | |
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| Created by | Outfit7 |
| Original work | Video game series |
| Films and television | |
| Animated series | Talking Friends |
| Games | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| Toy(s) |
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Talking Tom and Friends is a video game franchise created in 2010 by computer game developer Outfit7 with headquarters in London, England, and software development offices in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where its software creator Samo Login is from, Seoul, South Korea, as well as in Limassol, Cyprus, and Palo Alto, USA.[1] It includes virtual pets and plush toys, both of which voice back in a chosen character's voice what is said by its user or repeating the text after each other, using a voice recognition system.[2] In partnership with Disney's Disney Interactive/Hollywood Records a series of videos were created, based on the characters.
The app, that runs on iOS, Android, Kindle, and Windows Phone 8, and the actual toys are available in more than 310 million households worldwide.[2] Reaching 1.5 billion downloads and 230 million monthly active users, which is more than Twitter in 2014,[3] its success was compared to Cut the Rope by ZeptoLab and Angry Birds by Rovio.[2]
User-made content
User-made videos, created with the app, include News with Tom and Ben, Talking Tom singing Lady Gaga, Tom dancing Gangnam style, and a Benjamin Netanyahu's recorded message.[4]
On June 12, 2012 Talking Tom and his city kitty crush Talking Angela were featured in the music video You Get Me which features Tom and Angela meeting each other for the first time. A second hit called That`s Falling In Love was released in November 2012[citation needed]
On May 10, 2012 a teaser for a new show was put on Disney.com. The show ran with 10 webisodes. Talking Friends ran from June 8, 2012, to August 31, 2012. Its running time was 34 minutes[5]
On June 19, 2013 Talking Tom and Ginger presented the 'Favorite Musical Cat' award at the O Music Awards through the use of the talk back function.[6]
Talking Tom and Friends made their debut in the music world in 2012 with the duet between Tom and Angela called "You Get Me".[7] The video has received over 170 million views on YouTube to date. Talking Angela also recorded her first solo song called ‘That’s Falling in Love'.[8]
Mainstream media
Talking Tom appeared on ABC’s television show Modern Family, Season 2, Episode 12, "Our Children, Ourselves." [9]
Licensing and Merchandising
Outfit7 has official licensees worldwide who offer official Talking Tom and Friends merchandise including toys, stationery, apparel and many more categories. Their licensing portfolio is managed by an in-house team.
Talking Tom and Friends apps
| Date | Title | Platform(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | iOS | Kin | WP8 | ||
| 2010 | Talking Tom | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Talking Tom 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Talking Ben | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Talking Pierre | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2010 | Talking Ginger | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2011 | Talking Tom and Ben News | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Tom's Love Letters | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Tom Loves Angela | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Talking Angela | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2012 | Angela's Valentine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2012 | Talking Ginger 2 (called Ginger's Birthday until 17th April 2014 Update) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2013 | My Talking Tom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Talking Larry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Talking Gina | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
See also
Referencecs
- ^ Outfit7: The Biggest App Maker You've Never Heard Of, Bloomberg News, November 2013
- ^ a b c Talking Friends apps reach 1bn downloads with 170m active users, The Guardian, 14 June 2013
- ^ Slovenski Outfit7 z več uporabniki kot Twitter, Mladina, 11 February 2014
- ^ "Outfit7: The Biggest App Maker You've Never Heard Of". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ [1], All Things Digita, Retrieved 2012-10-04
- ^ http://www.omusicawards.com/watch/video/921274
- ^ "You Get Me". YouTube. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Falling in Love "That's Falling in Love". YouTube. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Talking Tom on Modern Family (S02E12 - Our Children, Ourselves)", YouTube.com, Retrieved 2011-04-25.