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Masha and the Bear
Masha and the Bear 2023 logo
Genre
Created byOleg Kuzovkov
Screenplay by
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Oleg Uzhinov
  • Natalya Rumiantseva
  • Denis Chervyatsov
  • Nikolai Kuzovkov
  • Joe Ksander
  • Kevin R. Adams
  • Ernest Kataev
  • Greg Nix
  • Marina Sycheva
  • Alex Budovslky
  • Hunter Cope
  • Aleksey Karanovich
  • Aleksandr Filyurin
  • Vadim Golovanov
  • Ekaterina Kozhushanaya
Directed by
  • Denis Chervyatsov
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Oleg Uzhinov
  • Marina Nefedova
  • Olga Baulina
  • Roman Kozich
  • Georgiy Orlov
  • Vladislav Bayramgulov
  • Natalya Malgina
  • Andrey Belyaev
  • Ilya Trusov
  • Vasily Bogatyrev
Voices of
  • Yulia Zunikova (Masha)
  • Alina Kukushkina (Dasha)
  • Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear)
  • Mark Kutnevich (Panda & Rabbit)
  • Eduard Nazarov (Santa Claus)
Music byVasily Bogatyrev
Opening themeMasha and the Bear Theme Song
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes156 + 2 Specials (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Andrey Dobrunov
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Dmitry Loveyko
  • Marina Ratina
  • Maria Demina
  • Sergey Martynov
Animators
  • Darya Matreshina
  • Tatyana Bolotnova
  • Alexey Borzykh
  • Sergey Kuligin
  • Sergey Sharigin
  • Elena Saraeva
  • Vadim Smaga
  • Sergey Artyukh
  • Yana Zavyalova
  • Michael Milotvorskiy
  • Mihail Tarasov
Running time7–8 minutes
Production companyAnimaccord Animation Studio
Original release
Release7 January 2009 (2009-01-07) –
present

Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Másha i Medvéd', pronounced [ˈmaʂə ɪ mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]) is a Russian preschool comedy animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name. The series focuses on the adventures of a very young girl named Masha and a bear (whom she dubs "Mishka"), her caring friend who always keeps her safe from disasters.

Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (0–18) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig.[1][better source needed]

Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. In particular, the original Russian-language version of the episode "Recipe for Disaster" (Russian: Маша плюс каша, romanized: Masha plyus kasha) has almost 4.5 billion views as of April 2022, making it the site's fourteenth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video.[2]

The show was first launched on January 7, 2009, and it was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K.[citation needed]

The show provides the basis for the Masha and The Bear Land of Laughter, an area with attractions aimed at younger children at the theme park Land of Legends, near Antalya, Turkey.[3]

Plot

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Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends.[4]

In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha's shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show's episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear's cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear's affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard.[5]

Characters

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Main characters

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Masha

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A sculpture of Masha and The Bear along with their friend Hare in Yelan.

Masha (a diminutive form of Maria) is a 4-year-old girl who is portrayed as naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to the Bear's house. Masha loves the bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for him. In the series, neither Masha's parents nor the parents of her friends are shown. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of her and Bear. Masha's character combines the characteristics of 4-year-old (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar and throwing tantrums). In the episode "God Save the Queen", it is revealed that Masha has super strength, as she managed to pull a multi-ton train near her house just to give an elegant reception for the Lion King. She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina in Russian, and in English by Elsie Fisher.[6] In subsequent seasons, Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39), Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52), Giulia De Carvalho (53–91), and now dubbed by Kaitlyn McCormick. She is usually shown wearing a white shirt under a red-purple dress with a red-purple kerchief covering her short blonde hair.

Bear

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The bear is a retired circus Kamchatka brown bear who lives in a house hollowed out of a tree in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he's also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In the Russian-language version, Masha calls him "Mishka" (Russian: Мишка), a diminutive form of the name Mikhail (i.e. "Mikey"), which is also the traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha's father-like figure, as well as a friendly figure to her. He was voiced by Boris Kutnevich and Irina Kukushkina. He earlier also resided in Moscow.

Masha's pets

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A terrier, a goat and a pig (and in the episode "How They Met", three chickens) who live outside Masha's house in her front yard, but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode "Dance Fever" it is revealed that the pig's name is Rosie.

The wild animals

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The wild animals are a hare, red squirrels, hedgehogs and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare—in "One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree", Father Frost's list calls him 'Bunny', and in "Surprise! Surprise!" he delivers painted eggs—often play hockey[clarification needed] together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone). The Hare is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear's garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill, often looking for something to eat, and act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses, though they sometimes fear Masha (living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun on the Russian idiomatic expression Волки — санитары леса, "wolves are orderlies of the woods").

She-Bear

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The She-Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear has a crush on her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to later realize how self-absorbed the Black Bear is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear's classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music.[7] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

Dasha

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Dasha is Masha's cousin from Moscow, who looks like Masha, but is more "ladylike", has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha's are green), wears boxy blue-rimmed glasses and a red-orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him "Shaggy", "Monster" and "Beast".[8] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

Panda

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Panda is a panda cub and the Bear's young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.

Recurring characters

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Lion

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A lion wearing a crown, who is a good friend of the bear. He sometimes visits the bear, to play together the game of chess or for collective outdoor adventures. He was always disturbed by Masha, sometimes being advised to him not to help bear as a king is not supposed to help anyone. Once the lion offered his crown to Masha, making her a queen for temporary basis.

Whiskers n' Stripes

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A Siberian tiger who is Bear's best friend from their days performing together in the Moscow circus.

The Black Bear

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A Himalayan black bear, who is Bear's worst enemy and Bear's chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear's biggest fear is if Black Bear and She-Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.

Penguin

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An Adélie penguin that first appears in "The Foundling", as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health.[9] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost)

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Ded Moroz, traditionally translated Father Frost, is a character in Russian folklore similar to Santa Claus who appears in Christmas-themed episodes.

Four-eyed aliens

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A trio of alien specimens who accidentally crashed on Earth. They were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.

Sources

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According to the project's director, Denis Chervyatsov,

Masha was based on a real person ... In the 1990s, the project's artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide from the girl – she was too active and intrusive.[10]

Production

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The series' production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008.[10] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters' dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.[11]

3D animation

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The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.[citation needed]

Rendering Manager

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Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear's fur, Masha's hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.[citation needed]

Compositing

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Compositing is the final stage of production, where the compositors review all shots of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, adding 2D/3D effects and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show's official YouTube channel 'Masha and the Bear - Official Channel' formerly 'MashaBearTV' before it can be shown on TV. [citation needed]

Actors

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Masha, her cousin Dasha, and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through pantomime, talking only gibberish or wordless sounds.[citation needed]

For the first two seasons, Masha's voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show's sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.[citation needed]

For the English version, Elsie Fisher – the voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season. In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now is Kaitlyn McCormick.

For Indonesian version, Azelia Rashika Andini was Masha's voice. [citation needed]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev.[citation needed] Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the film Circus, and in the episode "One-Hit Wonder" the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of "Laundry Day" and "The Grand Piano Lesson" episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.[citation needed]

Awards and achievements

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Masha and the Bear on 2019 stamps of Russia
  • In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of "TV Shows Destined to be Classics", which was compiled by the cartoon industry's periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.[citation needed]
  • In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent.[12]
  • In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.[citation needed]
  • In 2018, the cartoon was included in the Guinness World Records as the most-watched animated video on YouTube, with the episode "Recipe for Disaster" that today counts over 4.4 billion views.[13] The episode was included in the most viewed video of all time, together with such well-known artists as Ed Sheeran with "Shape of You" video and Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee with "Despacito".[citation needed]

According to the Associated Press, "Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia."[14] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that "It's a Muslim country, so we thought we're lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!"[14]

Mobile apps

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The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.[citation needed] In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.[citation needed]

Distribution

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Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each.[citation needed] Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels ("Маша и Медведь", "Get Movies" and "Masha and The Bear") so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined.[15][16][17]

Episodes

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Season 1

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Season 1 (2009–2012)
No. Title Netflix sequence Russian viewers (millions)
1 How They Met 1.1.1 4. 94
2 Don't Wake Till Spring! 1.1.2 3. 54
3 One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree! 1.1.3 1. 68
4 Tracks of Unknown Animals 1.3.1 3. 75
5 Prances with Wolves 1.2.2 3. 52
6 Jam Day 1.2.1 9. 09
7 Springtime for Bear 1.2.3 2. 18
8 Gone Fishing 1.4.1 2. 51
9 Call Me Please! 1.4.3 2. 36
10 Holiday on Ice 1.6.1 4. 09
11 First Day of School 1.8.1 3. 06
12 No Trespassing! 1.8.3 1. 34
13 Hide and Seek is not for the Weak 1.5.2 3. 37
14 Watch Out! 1.3.2 2. 18
15 Little Cousin 1.6.3 7. 58
16 Get Well Soon! 1.9.2 4. 08
17 Recipe for Disaster 1.7.1 6. 44
18 Laundry Day 1.5.1 4. 65
19 The Grand Piano Lesson 1.8.2 3. 31
20 Stripes and Whiskers 1.4.2 2. 60
21 Home Alone 1.3.3 2. 33
22 Hold Your Breath 1.7.2 3. 13
23 The Foundling 1.7.3 0. 17
24 Bon Appétit! 2.6.2 6. 17
25 Hokus-Pokus 1.6.2 8. 18
26 Home Improvement 1.5.3 4. 20

Season 2

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Season 2 (2012–2015)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
27 1 Picture Perfect 2.1.1 3. 54
28 2 Time to Ride My Pony 1.9.3 2. 71
29 3 One-Hit Wonder 1.9.1 2. 60
30 4 Growing Potion 2.1.3 3. 71
31 5 Swept Away 2.1.2 1. 22
32 6 All in the Family 2.3.3 3. 19
33 7 La Dolce Vita 2.2.1 9. 05
34 8 Just Shoot Me 3.7.3 2. 12
35 9 Kidding Around 2.2.2 1. 53
36 10 Two Much 2.4.3 5. 18
37 11 Bon Voyage 2.2.3 2. 03
38 12 Trading Places Day 2.3.2 2. 04
39 13 The Thriller Night 2.7.2 2. 09
40 14 Terrible Power 2.4.1 3. 19
41 15 Hat Trick 2.4.2 2. 67
42 16 And Action! 2.5.1 2. 05
43 17 Self-Made Hero 2.7.1 3. 23
44 18 Once in a Year 2.3.1 3. 09
45 19 The Puzzling Case 2.5.3 1. 67
46 20 Dance Fever 2.7.3 2. 36
47 21 Victory Cry 2.5.2 3. 93
48 22 Sabre-Toothed Bear 2.8.1 3. 02
49 23 Variety Show 2.6.3 3. 27
50 24 Happy Harvest 2.8.2 4. 64
51 25 Home-Grown Ninjas 2.6.1 5. 81
52 26 See You Later 2.8.3 4. 07

Season 3

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Season 3 (2015–2019)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
53 1 Coming Back Ain't Easy [18] 3.1.1 1. 98
54 2 The Very Fairy Tale 3.1.2 3. 16
55 3 Driving Lessons 3.2.1 3. 28
56 4 A Ghost Story 3.2.3 1. 47
57 5 Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! 3.3.2 1. 69
58 6 Like Cat and Mouse 3.2.2 2. 28
59 7 Game Over 3.4.2 1. 49
60 8 At Your Service 3.4.1 3. 10
61 9 A Christmas Carol 3.4.3 1. 82
62 10 Rock-a-Bye, Baby! 3.1.3 3. 78
63 11 Surprise! Surprise! 3.3.1 6. 34
64 12 The Three Mashketeers 3.3.3 1. 14
65 13 We Come in Peace! 3.6.3 0. 96
66 14 Tee for Three 3.8.1 0. 85
67 15 Best Medicine 3.6.1 2. 12
68 16 Quartet Plus 3.6.4 0. 88
69 17 New Kids on the Block! 3.7.1 1. 34
70 18 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 3.5.1 3. 08
71 19 What a Wonderful Game 3.8.3 TBA
72 20 That's Your Cue! 3.6.2 0. 84
73 21 Fishy Story 3.7.2 1. 36
74 22 Monkey Business 3.7.4 1. 38
75 23 God Save the Queen! 3.5.3 0. 98
76 24 All the World's a Stage 3.5.2 0. 69
77 25 Around the World in One Day 3.8.2 0. 33
78 26 Who Am I? 3.8.4 0. 43

Season 4

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Season 4 (2019–20) (Masha's Songs)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
79 1 Where All Love to Sing 4.2.3 0. 24
80 2 Patience and Childhood - Das Ist Gut 4.4.1 0. 35
81 3 Pink of Fashion 4.2.1 TBA
82 4 No Work All Carnival 4.1.1 0. 32
83 5 The Secret of Mashuko 4.3.1 0. 33
84 6 From England with Love 4.2.2 0. 19
85 7 Happy New Year... Again! 4.1.2 0. 24
86 8 When Cacti Bloom 4.3.2 TBA
87 9 Spanish Tunes 4.1.3 TBA
88 10 Once in the Wild West 4.4.2 TBA
89 11 Tales from the East 4.3.3 TBA
90 12 Almost Ancient Greek Story 4.4.3 TBA
91 13 The Magic Flute 4.4.4 TBA

Season 5

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Season 5 (2020–2023)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
92 1 Big Hike 5.1.1 TBA
93 2 Something Yummy 5.4.2 TBA
94 3 What's Inside 5.1.3 TBA
95 4 The First Swallow 5.3.2 TBA
96 5 Honey Day 5.2.1 TBA
97 6 Mushroom Rain 5.2.2 TBA
98 7 Tour De Forest 5.4.3 TBA
99 8 Finders Keepers 5.2.3 TBA
100 9 Berry Naughty 5.3.1 TBA
101 10 Mind your Manners 5.4.1 TBA
102 11 Treasure Island 5.3.3 TBA
103 12 Masha Knows Best 5.1.2 TBA
104 13 Who's the Boss? 5.3.4 TBA
105 14 Pasta La Vista 5.8.3 TBA
106 15 Love is in the Bear 5.6.2 TBA
107 16 Wish Upon a Star 5.5.2 TBA
108 17 Firefighter of the Day 5.5.1 TBA
109 18 Awesome Blossoms 5.7.2 TBA
110 19 Sleeping Beauties 5.8.4 TBA
111 20 Try, Try Again 5.8.1 TBA
112 21 How to Train your Plant 5.5.3 TBA
113 22 The Mystery Guest 5.6.3 TBA
114 23 Unbearable Beach 5.7.1 TBA
115 24 Princess or Dragon ? 5.6.1 TBA
116 25 Fast and Furrryous 5.8.2 TBA
117 26 Happily Feather After 5.7.3 TBA

Season 6

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Season 6 (2023-2024)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
118 1 When a Pig Flies TBA TBA
119 2 All you Need is a Goal TBA TBA
120 3 Soup Pursuit TBA TBA
121 4 Tricky Tricks TBA TBA
122 5 Think Outside the Box TBA TBA
123 6 Well-Beeing TBA TBA
124 7 Knock-Knock-Knock TBA TBA
125 8 Unfriended? TBA TBA
126 9 Shower Power TBA TBA
127 10 Fisherman's Luck TBA TBA
128 11 Like Mother, Like Daughter TBA TBA
129 12 Blown Away TBA TBA
130 13 Who's Gifted? TBA TBA
131 14 TBA TBA TBA
132 15 TBA TBA TBA
133 16 Fluffy Dessert TBA TBA
134 17 TBA TBA TBA
135 18 TBA TBA TBA
136 19 TBA TBA TBA
137 20 TBA TBA TBA
138 21 TBA TBA TBA
139 22 TBA TBA TBA
140 23 TBA TBA TBA
141 24 TBA TBA TBA
142 25 TBA TBA TBA
143 26 TBA TBA TBA

Season 7

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Season 7 (2023-present)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
144 1 Arts and Crafts Day TBA TBA
145 2 When Life Gives You Lemons TBA TBA
146 3 Lucky Charms TBA TBA
147 4 Cardboard Savers TBA TBA
148 5 Princess and the Beast TBA TBA
149 6 Much Ado About Nothing TBA TBA
150 7 Crash Course TBA TBA
151 8 Love Me, Love Me Not TBA TBA
152 9 Fear Makes the Wolf Bigger TBA TBA
153 10 Welcome to Grand Comfort TBA TBA
154 11 My Cute TBA TBA
155 12 Don't Sell me a Dog TBA TBA
156 13 April Fools Day TBA TBA

Shorties

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Shorties (2023)
No. Title Netflix sequence Russian viewers (millions)
1 Amusement Rides TBA TBA
2 Toy Store TBA TBA
3 Superpizza TBA TBA
4 Airport TBA TBA
5 Fashion TBA TBA
6 Cinema TBA TBA

Specials

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Specials (2022-2023)
No. Title Netflix sequence Russian viewers (millions)
1 The Legend of the 12 months TBA TBA
2 Say Cheese! TBA TBA

International versions

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  • Arabic (Middle East And North Africa) – ماشا و الدب

Masha and the Bear left Universal Kids in the US on 1 January 2023, but cable TV providers like Charter Spectrum and DirecTV state that it is still there, and also streaming services like FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV, and DirecTV Stream. The show returned to Universal Kids in the US on 4 August 2023 after seven months of being off the air.[24][better source needed]

Spin-offs

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Masha's Tales

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Logo of Masha's Tales

A spin-off series to the show titled Masha's Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms' Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she is telling her toys. Masha's Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK's sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito, on 20 June 2016.[25]

Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:

No. Title Original release date
1 The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids 21 October 2017[26]
2 The Magic Swan Geese 22 October 2017
3 The Fox and the Rabbit 23 October 2017[27]
4 Red Riding Hood 24 October 2017
5 Father Frost 25 October 2017[28]
6 The Wolf and the Fox 26 October 2017
7 The Tops and the Roots 27 October 2017[29]
8 The Frog Princess 28 October 2017
9 The Snow Maiden 28 October 2017[28]
10 Tom Thumb 29 October 2017
11 Wee Little Havroshechka 29 October 2017[30]
12 The Straw Bull-Calf 30 October 2017
13 Three Little Pigs 30 October 2017[31]
14 The Valiant Little Taylor 11:27 7 February 2018
15 Ali Baba 26 November 2017[32]
16 Cinderella 1 November 2017
17 Caliph Stork 11:20 am 9 February 2018[33]
18 Jack and the Beanstalk 2 November 2017
(reruns 9 February 2018 at 11:27 am)
19 The Swineherd 11:20 am 11 February 2018[34]
20 Bluebeard 11:27 am 11 February 2018
21 By the Pike's Wish 11:20 am 12 February 2018[35]
22 The Fox and the Rolling Pin 11:27 am 12 February 2018
23 Axe Porridge 11:20 am 13 February 2018[36]
24 Go I Know Not Whither
(TV guides misspell "Whither" as "Wither")		 11:27 am 13 February 2018
25 The Golden Cockerel 11:20 am 14 February 2018[37]
26 The Humpbacked Horse 11:27 am 14 February 2018

Masha's Spooky Stories

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Masha's Spooky Stories premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix on Halloween 2016.[25]

Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:

No. Title Original release date
1 Soul Freezing Tale of Grim Forest and Tiny Timid Bug 11:20 am 15 February 2018[38]
2 Super Scary Story of a Little Boy Who Was Afraid of Washing 11:27 am 15 February 2018
3 Terrifying True Story About Monsters and Those Who Fear Them 11:20 am 16 February 2018[39]
4 Troubled Fable About a Kitten Who Was Lost But Found 11:27 am 16 February 2018
5 Nightmarish Kids Belief About Christmas Rhymes
(aka "A ghastly belief about New Year verselet")		 11:20 am 17 February 2018[40]
6 Grim Parable About Superstitious Girl
(aka "A gloomy parable of a superstitious girl")		 11:27 am 17 February 2018
7 Grim Testament About One Snotty Boy
(aka "A gloomy covenant about a snotty boy")		 11:20 am 18 February 2018[41]
8 Grim Tale About One Girl Who Was Afraid of Animals 11:27 am 18 February 2018
9 Horrifying Story of Grandmother and Grandson
(aka "A horrific story about a Grandma and her Grandson")		 11:20 am 20 February 2018[42]
10 A Myth Full of Grief and Despair About One Historical Error
(aka "A full of despair myth about a historical mistake")		 11:27 am 20 February 2018
11 Panic Unbearable Legend About the Insects 11:20 am 21 February 2018
12 Troubled Story About Baba-yaga 11:27 am 21 February 2018
13 Sinister Saga of a Sick Tummy and a Girl Who Was Afraid of Doctors 11:20 am 22 February 2018
14 Fantastic Story About a Hedgehog, a Boy and Green Humanoids 11:27 am 22 February 2018
15 Horrible True Story of How a Boy Was Transferred to Another School 11:20 am 23 February 2018
16 A Terrible Tale About a Cow Herder on a Stump 11:27 am 23 February 2018
17 A Ghost Bike Saga Which Makes You Shiver 11:20 am 24 February 2018
18 Scary Story About Spooky Stories
(A classic spooky story.)		 11:27 am 24 February 2018
19 Creepy Tale About Useful Inventions
(A spooky story about useful inventions.)		 11:20 am 25 February 2018
20 Gloomy Story About the Darkest Dreams
(Computer games with monsters.)		 11:27 am 25 February 2018
21 Terrible Legend About Thunder and Lightning
(A story about thunder and lightning.)		 11:20 am 26 February 2018
22 Terrible Truth About Those Who Are Afraid to Be Little
(A story about being little.)		 11:27 am 27 February 2018
23 Bloodcurdling Saga about Joyful Event
(Hearing news about joyful events.)		 11:20 am 27 February 2018
24 Monstrous Tale about Tall and Short
(Masha discovers a strange law of nature.)		 11:27 am 27 February 2018
25 Frightening Incident at the Circus
(A scary story about a strange clown.)		 11:20 am 28 February 2018
26 Shocking Story About a Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything
(A story about a girl who is afraid of everything.)		 11:27 am 28 February 2018

See also

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