Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!

This article is about the 2019 television series. For the 1970's television and book series, see Barbapapa.

Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!
Also known as	Barbapapa en famille ! (French)
Genre	Preschool education Comedy Adventure
Based on	Barbapapa by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
Developed by	Annette Tison Talus Tayor
Written by	Teddy Jacquier
Directed by	Aurore Sanguinetti Alice Taylor Thomas Taylor
Voices of	Bernard Alane Lucille Boudonnat Kaycie Chase Adeline Chetail Marie Facundo Emmylou Homs Nathalie Karsenti Fily Keita Bruno Magnes Youna Noiret
Opening theme	"La famille du Barbapapa"
Country of origin	France, United States
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Alice Taylor Thomas Taylor
Producers	Alice Taylor Thomas Taylor
Animator	Normaal Animation
Editor	Tim Taylor
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Normaal Animation Nickelodeon Animation Titmouse, Inc. Season 3
Original release
Network	France: TF1 USA/Worldwide: Nick Jr. Channel Nickelodeon
Release	November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11) – present
Related
Barbapapa

Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family! (French: Barbapapa en famille !, lit. "Barbapapa with family!") is a French animated television series for children. The series serves as a reboot of the original Barbapapa television series based on the books of the same name by French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor. The series is a production of Normaal Animation, with the participation of TF1, Nickelodeon, Télé-Québec and RTS.

It deviates from the original series and its sequel, Barbapapa Around the World's five-minute episode format by extending the length of each episode to eleven minutes, which allows for more involved episode plots wit more storytelling.

On 2023, The Normaal Animation Partnership with Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Titmouse, inc. A New Production From in U. S. A. , AN New Season 2.

Premise

Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family! focuses on the daily lives of the members of the Barbapapa family, a group of shapeshifting blobs. Most of the episodes involve the family getting themselves into extraordinary and often humorous situations, such as building a rocket to Mars or the children trying to hide a pet elephant they found in the wild from their parents.

Each episode features a teachable moral that the characters learn from while on their adventures.

Characters

The Barbapapa family are the main characters of the series, consisting of two parents and seven children referred to as "Barbababies."

• Barbapapa — the titular character, the father of the Barbapapa family and a kind-hearted pink shapeshifting blob.
• Barbamama — the mother of the Barbapapa family and a hardworking black shapeshifting blob.
• Barbabravo (in French: Barbidur) — a red male Barbababy who is athletic but has a bit of an ego.
• Barbabright (in French: Barbibul) — a blue male Barbababy who is a scientist.
• Barbabeau (in French: Barbouille) — a black male Barbababy who is covered in fur and is an artist. (New Voice by Caleel Harris)
• Barbabelle — a purple female Barbababy who is vain and enjoys beauty.
• Barbalala — a green female Barbababy who has a calm attitude and likes music and performing.
• Barbalib (in French: Barbotine) — a bespectacled, orange female Barbababy who loves reading and often serves as the voice of reason.
• Barbazoo (in French: Barbidou) — a yellow male Barbababy who is interested in animals and nature.

Cast

Original French dub

• Bruno Magnes — Barbapapa
• Nathalie Karsenti — Barbamama
• Lucille Boudonnat — Barbalib
• Adeline Chetail — Barbabelle
• Youna Noiret — Barbabravo
• Fily Keita — Barbabright
• Kaycie Chase — Barbazoo
• Marie Facundo — Barbabeau
• Emmylou Homs — Barbalala
• Bernard Alane — Narrator

English dub

Unlike the original French version, which uses adult voice actresses as the voices of all the Barbababies, child actors perform the voices of all the Barbababies. The dub was produced in the United Kingdom by Jungle Studios in British English.

• Oliver Britten — Barbapapa
• Harriet Carmichael — Barbamama
• Scarlett Keeble — Barbalib
• Molly O'Mahony — Barbabelle
• Felix Warren — Barbabravo
• William Barber — Barbabright
• Teddy West — Barbazoo
• Bruno Ben Tovim; Caleel Harris — Barbabeau
• Ynez Williams — Barbalala

The voice actor for Barbabravo was omitted in error from the credits in the original release of the English dub. The voice actor for the narrator is uncredited.

Episodes

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.K. viewers (millions)
1a	1a	"The Barbapapa Tree"	TBA	TBA	TBA	101a	TBD
Barbapapa and Barbamama return to the tree where they were born.
1b	1b	"The Barbabies Birthday"	TBA	TBA	TBA	101b	TBD
It's the Barbababies' Birthday. In the middle of their enjoyment, they overwork Barbapapa.
2a	2a	"Bada-Bam"	TBA	TBA	TBA	102a	TBD
Barbabright captures a melody from Mars, soon after he convinces his family to travel to said planet.
2b	2b	"The Barbamartians"	TBA	TBA	TBA	102b	TBD
The Barbapapas meet a family of Barbamartians. Beans planted by Barbabravo turns into a giant plant and attacks the village.
3a	3a	"Boris"	TBA	TBA	TBA	103a	TBD
The Barbababies find a lost baby elephant and try to take care of him without Barbapapa and Barbamama knowing.
3b	3b	"Born To Be Wild"	TBA	TBA	TBA	103b	TBD
The Barbapapas decide to bring Boris back to Africa and help him acclimatise.
4a	4a	"Making Bread"	TBA	TBA	TBA	104a	TBD
Barbapapa wants to teach his children to make bread but things don't go as planned.
4b	4b	"From One Pit To Another"	TBA	TBA	TBA	104b	TBD
The Barbababies plant an avocado tree. However, it takes years before the first harvest. Barbabright has an idea to save time that leads to disaster.
5a	5a	"The Tenderest Bond Of All"	TBA	TBA	TBA	105a	TBD
Barbabravo and Barbabright try to make a giant souffle, and other shenanigans caught on Barbalala's camera.
5b	5b	"The Orange Empire"	TBA	TBA	TBA	105b	TBD
The Barbapapas decide to go to the park. While her brothers and sisters play, Barbalib can't help but control everything.
6a	6a	"It's Only A Mystery..."	TBA	TBA	TBA	106a	TBD
Taking after his favourite detective, Barbabravo looks for a case to solve. Can he solve the mystery of the missing ice hippopotamus?
6b	6b	"The Battle"	TBA	TBA	TBA	106b	TBD
Inspired by their favourite heroes, the Barbababies make costumes and play. But no heroes are possible without villains.
7a	7a	"Barbaprank!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	107a	TBD
It is pranks day. The Barbababies have fun finding new pranks... Until Barbabright spots the tracks of a dinosaur.
7b	7b	"The Wolf Of Halloween"	TBA	TBA	TBA	107b	TBD
For Halloween, the Barbababies play wolf and have fun scaring each other.
8a	8a	"The Competition Prize"	TBA	TBA	TBA	108a	TBD
The Barbababies win a touchpad. They all want to use it and snaffle it one after another.
8b	8b	"Marvellous Moustaches"	TBA	TBA	TBA	108b	TBD
Barbazoo and his siblings collect stickers of moustached celebrities. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to find the last one: Charles Horseshoe-Furlip. Barbazoo suspects a conspiracy!
9a	9a	"Let Justice Be Done"	TBA	TBA	TBA	109a	TBD
Barbabeau forgets to return his book to the library. When Mr. Strict the librarian visits Barbapapa to see the children's show and tell today, Barbabeau decides to run away to avoid a terrible sentence.
9b	9b	"The Great Spring Clean Up"	TBA	TBA	TBA	109b	TBD
Barbamama wants the Barbababies to tidy their bedrooms. They're hiding to escape the drudgery.
10a	10a	"Double Dare You"	TBA	TBA	TBA	110a	TBD
10b	10b	"Roy"	TBA	TBA	TBA	110b	TBD
11a	11a	"The Grass Is Always Greener..."	TBA	TBA	TBA	111a	TBD
11b	11b	"When I Grow Up"	TBA	TBA	TBA	111b	TBD
12a	12a	"The Cave Barbapapas"	TBA	TBA	TBA	112a	TBD
12b	12b	"The Little Monsters"	TBA	TBA	TBA	112b	TBD
13a	13a	"The Perfect Dinner"	TBA	TBA	TBA	113a	TBD
13b	13b	"The Kittens"	TBA	TBA	TBA	113b	TBD

Broadcast

Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family! was first announced in 2018 via a Nickelodeon press release, and began broadcasting in its native France beginning November 10, 2019 on TF1, as part of the TFOU programming block for children.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Barbapapa franchise as a whole, the series was released worldwide on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels in over 100 territories throughout late 2020 and early 2021. This allowed for the series to be dubbed into a wide variety of languages, including some which the original Barbapapa series and Around the World have never been dubbed into before. The first countries to premiere the series outside of France were Italy, Germany and Austria.

Despite the English dub being produced in the United Kingdom, the series did not air on British television until July 10, 2021. The English dub also airs in Australia and New Zealand, as well as via secondary audio tracks in Italy, Germany, Austria and on Nick Jr.'s Global feed.

Yle TV2 in Finland premiered the series on January 1, 2021 as part of the Pikku Kakkonen programming block for children, making it the first non-Nickelodeon channel outside of the French-speaking world to air the series.

Barbapapa: One Whole Happy Family! Airs on Nickelodeon in US. Premieres on 2023.