Grizzy & the Lemmings

Grizzy and the Lemmings
Original title	Grizzy et les Lemmings
Genre	Adventure Comedy Slapstick
Created by	Antoine Rodelet Josselin Charier
Directed by	Victor Moulin
Voices of	Josselin Charier Pierre-Alain de Garrigues
Music by	The Sonor Brothers
Composer	Les Frères Sonor
Country of origin	France
Original language	No dialogue (text in English or French)
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	234 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Antoine Rodelet Josselin Charier
Running time	7 minutes
Production company	Studio Hari or Hari Productions
Original release
Network	France 3 Boomerang
Release	October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) – present

Grizzy and the Lemmings (French : Grizzy et les Lemmings) is a French computer-animated television series produced by Studio Hari with the participation of France Télévisions and Boomerang. While being inspired by Oggy and the Cockroaches, (which was in turn inspired by Tom and Jerry), it was after The Owl & Co and The Jungle Bunch. The show is about a grizzly bear named Grizzy and a number of lemmings. There is no dialogue in the show. Characters either do not speak, or use unintelligible vocalizations. The graphic creations are by Bertrand Gatignol for the characters and Édouard Cellura for the sets.

The series was announced on June 22, 2015, and debuted in many countries in the fall of 2016. It was renewed for a second season on July 5, 2017, which is stated to air on a number of channels around the globe in 2018. Season 1 was released for Netflix on July 15, 2019.

In 2019, Hari Productions (Studio Hari) announced the development of the third season, titled Grizzy & the Lemmings World Tour. Season 3 came out in 2021.

Synopsis

Grizzy and the Lemmings is set in Nutty Hill National Forest, a fictional Canadian park, at the hillside cabin of the park's mostly unseen forest ranger. When the ranger leaves for work each day, Grizzy, a grizzly bear, slips into the cabin and takes advantage of its numerous amenities, usually seeking to relax, watch television and snack. He always finds his peace disturbed by a pack of rambunctious and mischief-making blue-gray lemmings who all have similar personalities.

As Grizzy and the lemmings are drawn into conflict, various pieces of high-tech equipment and sometimes magic objects in and around the cabin come into play, as the lemmings seek to make more mischief and Grizzy tries to stop them. The fight almost invariably spills onto the passing highway, leading to high-speed chases. Every episode ends in a draw, with both parties having backed themselves inextricably into a major mess and uttering annoyed groans.

Characters

Main

• Grizzy – Grizzy (voiced by Pierre-Alain de Garrigues) is an anthropomorphic bear who has a brown body and light brown fat tummy, lives in the Forest Ranger's cabin. He is approx. 7-feet tall in height and wears a green-colored locket, which belonged to the Forest Ranger. In the cabin he does not do anything except sleeping on the sofa, watching TV or eating salmon with Yummy XL (chocolate spread). He likes watching a TV program entitled "The Secret of the Salmon", a program about salmon. He dislikes opera music which sometimes starts when he is switching channels. The only thing that stands in his way of luxury is the Lemmings, who cause him a lot of trouble and mischief. Grizzy does not like them or to share anything with them. In one episode "Intensive Care" it is shown that when the Lemmings get sick, it develops a little care in the Bear's mind. He does not say anything meaningful but he was seen reading English from a mobile phone screen. Grizzy is actually very smart and intelligent to find the solution to any situation. Said to be the most feared predator in the Canadian reserve he lives in, he believes he's at the top of the food chain, which is why he believes in living in the forest ranger's home, as he is capable in using all the appliances. The only thing that stands in his way of luxury are the Lemmings, who give him a lot of trouble.
• Lemmings – The Lemmings (voiced by Josselin Charier) are a group of anthropomorphic lemmings with blue bodies and light blue-grey tummies, also living in the Forest Ranger's cabin. All of them have the same body shape, same height, same color, same behavior, and same habits. Their motto: fun for all and all for fun! Said to be a tribe of forty of them, The Lemmings have an IQ the size of a pea, and the personality of dim-witted teenage pranksters, but despite their unintelligence, they appear to work very well as a team, making Grizzy's life in the cabin a hard one. They love having rave parties and they also eat Yummy XL like Grizzy. They love watching a TV program about a cat and a mouse (a parody of Tom and Jerry). They can sing lullabies that make Grizzy sleep. They also love to dance to music, which is not liked by Grizzy. They also do not like to share anything with Grizzy. They do not say anything meaningful but often make a sound like Tabodi. While they cause a lot of chaos, their mischief is mainly targeted at Grizzy. They are not very smart or intelligent like Grizzy as shown in many episodes like in "Intensive Care" they do not know how to give care, but in some episodes, they are also seen to be smart.

Minor

• She-Bear – She is the female anthropomorphic Grizzly bear who is Grizzy's love interest, but, unfortunately for him, she has no interest in him, mainly because his attempts to impress her end in failure, caused sometimes by him and sometimes by the Lemmings. The She-Bear has an interest in the natural wildlife, but, on some occasions, she takes part in the crazy antics between Grizzy and the Lemmings. Her color and height are the same as Grizzy's, but she has a heart-shaped spot on her belly. In Season 2, she received a redesign, giving her a huge pink spot (like Grizzy's) on her belly, instead of the former heart-shaped spot. She always has a flower in her hair like a bow. She lives in the forest and loves sniffing flowers and watching butterflies and kites. She sleeps at night on a log of wood in the forest. Grizzy tries to impress her, but this always ends in disaster (sometimes due to Lemmings). She has very little interest in Grizzy and always treats his advances with skepticism due to how he continually messes things up. She also likes popcorn. In the episode "Babysitting," it's revealed that she has a bear cub daughter "She-Bear Kid." She-Bear has featured a larger role with main characters in the episode "Mind in a Whirl".
• Other creatures – There are also some other animals, birds and insects in the forest but they were not anthropomorphic like Grizzy, Lemmings and Female bear. They don't do anything like the three of them and live in the forest like real and simple animals. Both Grizzy and the Lemmings tend to use these animals for their own schemes, but usually, by the end of every episode, both of them suffer from the hilarious consequences of their actions. Sometimes other living organisms also get caught up in these troubles.
  • Moose – Many Moose appear in many episodes of the show. The Lemmings (and sometimes Grizzy) use them for transport. Moose are fond of eating carrots. So sometimes lemmings hang a carrot in front of his eyes to make him run. But he can eat other things like glass bottles or a ring as shown in "Bear Luck" and "Clean Bear". They are incredibly passive and don't do anything apart from graze. The color of nearly all of the Mooses is mostly brown but a Black colored Moose is shown in the episodes "A midsummer's Bear Dream" and in "Wandering Spirits". A Moose is featured in a larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "Rainbow Moose".
  • Partridge/Ruffed grouse – These dumb Mountain bamboo partridge birds are often used as a mode of transport by the Lemmings. Grizzy also use them in many situations. They have big eyes and the color of their feathers are brown and black. Sometimes a partridge becomes bigger in size due to the actions and consequences of Grizzy and the lemmings. A giant partridge is shown in the episodes "A Midsummer's Bear dream", "Timeless Bear" and "The Bear Next Door" (not in the main background but in another place). In the show, the partridges fly in the sky. They are largely featured with Grizzy and the lemmings in the episodes "A Sizeable Problem" and "Call of the Bear".
  • Frog – Frogs are generally shown eating flies. In the show the tongues of the frogs are long. Frogs are featured mainly with the main characters in the episode "Bear Charm".
  • Fly – Flies are generally shown being eaten by Frogs. A fly has mainly shown with the main characters in the episode "Yummy Fly".
  • Butterfly –Butterflies on the show is generally seen in Blue, pink or yellow colors. The Female bear loves them. Butterflies are small in size but a big butterfly is shown in episodes "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" and "The Bear And The Butterfly"(in this episode the butterfly has a larger role with main characters).
  • Raccoon – The raccoons on the show are dirty and often rummage in the trash and eat garbage. Their noses twitch very fast. The lullaby of lemmings also makes them go to sleep as shown in the episode "Inspector Grizzy". A raccoon has been featured in a large role with the main cast in the episodes "Bear's Best Friend", "Sniffer Raccoon" and "Masked Raccoon".
  • Spider – Spiders in the show are rarely seen. Their color is mainly black. Grizzy has a fear of spiders, shown in the episode "Spider Lemmings".
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex – A T-rex (Dinosaur(s)) is unfrozen from a block of ice in "Jurassic Bear" (red and green in colour) and also appears in episodes "Timeless Bear", "The Bear Next Door" (in lime-green color), "Ancestral Bear" and "Suprise Deglaciation".
  • Bat – Bats (appears in season 2) in the show, are also rarely seen. Bats have a larger role with Grizzy and Lemmings in the episode "BatGrizzy" (in this episode, it is shown that they do not like anyone controlling them for their own means).
  • Polar Bear – A polar bear appears in the episode "Ice and Bears". He quickly overheats without ice and behaves like a playful dog when cooled, becoming a pal to the Lemmings and a perplexing annoyance to Grizzy.
• Forest Ranger – The Forest Ranger very rarely appears in person. His only appearance in the show is in the intro and in the episode "As Far As Bear Can Remember" in a flashback. He is shown as a man who left his cabin in the forest where the bear and the lemmings now live. In some episodes, his poster and photos are shown. He is the only human character in the show.

World Tour

Chinese Partridge is an extreme Chinese version of the original partridge. Panda comes in China too, and a rooster is in a pacific island. Other: Crab, Whale, Warthog, Polar Bear Cub, Walrus, Saber-Toothed Raccoon, Mammoth, Penguin, Elephant, Ostrich, Boar.

Episodes

Main article: List of Grizzy and the Lemmings episodes

Technical sheet

Post	Names
Directors of Season 1	Victor Moulin, Cedric Lachenaud, Clement Girard and Alexandre Wahl.
Scriptwriters of Season 1	Josselin Charier, Antoine Rodelet, Alexandre So, Victor Moulin, Fanny Marseau, Simon Lecocq, Valerie Chappellet, Clement Girard, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl and Sebastien Guerout.
Directors of Season 2	Victor Moulin, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl, Corentin Lecourt, Idriss Benseghir and Celestine Jacquel-Plays.
Scriptwriters of Season 2	Josselin Charier, Antoine Rodelet, Simon Lecocq, Valerie Chappellet, Clement Girard, Victor Moulin, Corentin Lecourt, Idriss Benseghir, Celestine Jacquel-Plays, Cedric Lachenaud, Alexandre Wahl and Sebastien Guerout.

Broadcast

Grizzy & the Lemmings originates in France, where it aired on networks France 3 and Boomerang.

On December 31, 2016, it first broadcast on France 3 and in the Ludo youth box. The season 1 of the series is re-telecast on Boomerang since September 4, 2017 and on France 4 from February 19, 2018. The broadcast of season 2 begins on France 3 and in the Ludo youth box on April 6, 2019. "Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour", third season was premiered on the Okoo platform on July 2, 2021, and from August 28, 2021, on France 4.

• It also aired in India from 2018 to 2020 on Pogo. From December 2020, Cartoon Network started re-telecasting the first two seasons of the series. The Indian version of the show is unique in that it has Hindi dialogues dubbed by Manoj Pandey (as the Narrator of the show and as Grizzy) and Anshul Saxena (as the Lemmings). Only in India, voiceovers are added in show and spoken voices in characters. By this, the title-name of characters is also different from original. Whereas the original version of the show does not feature any spoken dialogue. Season 3 titled Grizzy and the Lemmings : World Tour is came out on August 9, 2021, on Cartoon Network.
• It also airs in Pakistan on Cartoon Network.
• In the United States Grizzy & the Lemmings made its debut on April 3, 2017 on Boomerang. The second season of the show was premiered in the USA on September 2, 2018.
• In the United Kingdom, it airs on Pop and Pop Max (Along with Boomerang.)
• In Germany, it airs on Super RTL.
• In Canada, Grizzy & the Lemmings airs on Family Channel, Family CHRGD, Family Jr, and Télé-Québec.
• In Russia, the show is aired on Boomerang and Carousel
• It also aired on Cartoon Network channel in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
• In countries Romania and Turkey, it telecast on Boomerang.
• It also aired in Poland on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Puls 2.
• In Italy, the show is telecast on Boing, Cartoonito, and Boomerang.
• It airs on Boing in Spain country.
• The series initially aired on Boomerang in the UK and Ireland from August 8, 2015.
• In Iceland, it airs on RUV.
• In the Philippines, Grizzy & the Lemmings shown on Cartoon Network.
• It also aired in Netherlands on the channels NPO Zappelin and Boomerang.
• In Belgium, the series has been broadcast on OUF since September 2017.
• In Indonesia, this television series started broadcasting on ANTV only in 2020, but is still broadcast on Boomerang and Cartoon Network until now.

International broadcast

The show airs in the following countries:

Country	Channels
France	France 3 Boomerang France 4 Ludo Youth Box
Angola	Boomerang
Australia	Boomerang
Austria	Boomerang
Bangladesh	Duronto TV
Belgium	RTBF VRT Boomerang
Canada	Télé-Québec Family Jr. Family Channel Family Chrgd
Cyprus	Boomerang
Czech	ČT :D, ČT2
Denmark	SVT
Finland	Boomerang
Germany	Boomerang Super RTL
Greece	ERT
Hungary	Boomerang (CEE), Kiwi TV
India	Pogo TV Cartoon Network
Indonesia	Boomerang Cartoon Network
Iceland	RUV
Italy	Boing Cartoonito Boomerang
Malaysia	Boomerang Cartoon Network
Mozambique	Boomerang
Netherlands	NPO Zappelin Boomerang
Norway	NRK
Pakistan	Cartoon Network
Philippines	Cartoon Network
Poland	Boomerang, Cartoon Network Puls 2
Portugal	Zig Zag Boomerang
Romania	Boomerang
Russia	Boomerang, Karusel Cartoon Network
Serbia	Boomerang Cartoon Network HBO Go
Singapore	Boomerang Cartoon Network Mediacorp Channel 5 (through okto on 5 block) okto (formerly)
South Korea	Cartoon Network, Boomerang Anione Anibox Champ TV
Spain	Boing Super3
Slovenia	POP TV
Sri Lanka	Cartoon Network
Sweden	NRK
Switzerland	Boomerang
Turkey	Boomerang Minika
Ukraine	Niki Kids Niki Junior
Middle East	Cartoon Network Arabic Boomerang
United Kingdom	Boomerang Pop Pop Max
United States Latin America	Boomerang Netflix Boomerang

Accolades

• On February 12, 2018, Grizzy & the Lemmings won the Laurier in the youth animation category, at the 23rd ceremony of the Lauriers de la Radio et de la Télévision.
• On February 13, 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the Kidscreen Awards for best-animated series, Kids category, at the 2018 Kidscreen Summit in Miami.
• In April 2018, the show receives an EMIL Award for the best children's programs, awarded by the German magazine TV Spielfilm.
• In October 2018, Grizzy and the Lemmings won the award for best TV series at the TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival in Georgia.
• On March 18, 2019, the show won the TV France International Animation export prize at the Trianon in Paris.
• On September 7, 2019, Grizzy et les Lemmings (season 2) was awarded the Best Children's Television Program Award by the International Dytiatko Festival in Ukraine.

Titles in other languages

Grizzy & the Lemmings is known as Grizzy et les Lemmings in French. Following are the title of the show in other languages :-

Language(s)	Title(s)
Arabic	غريزي والليمنغز
Azerbaijani	Grizzy və Lemminglər
Bangla	গ্রিজি অ্যান্ড দ্য লেমিংস
Catalan	En Grizzy i els Lèmmings
Czech	Méďa a lumíci
Danish	Grizzy og lemmingerne
Dutch	Grizzy en de Lemmingen
Finnish	Otso ja sopulit
German	Grizzy und die Lemminge
Hungarian	Grizzy és a lemmingek
Indonesian	Grizzy and the Lemmings
Italian	Grizzy e i Lemming
Japanese	グリジーとレミングス
Korean	그리지와 레밍스
Mandarin	熊鼠一家
Mandarin (Taiwan)	大灰熊與小旅鼠
Malayalam	ഗ്രിസി ആന്റ ദ ലെമ്മിങ്സ്
Norwegian	Grizzy og lemenene
Polish	Grizzy i Lemingi
Portuguese	Grizzy e os Lemingues
Romanian	Grizzy și lemingii
Russian	Гриззи и лемминги
Serbian	Грицко и леминзи / Gricko i leminzi
Slovak	Grizzly a Lumíci
Spanish	Grizzy y los Lemmings
Swedish	Grizzy och lämlarna
Thai	กริซซี่ แอนด์ เดอะ เลมมิงส์
Turkish	Grizzy ve Lemmingler
Ukrainian	Гріззі та лемінги
Vietnamese	Gấu xám và những chú chuột Lemmut

In other media

Adventure Grizzy Go, Grizzy Bubble, Grizzly Escape, Grizzy Jump, Flappy Lemmings and Lemmings Flight are some video games which are based on this television series.

See also

• List of French animated television series
• List of French television series

External links

• Grizzy and the Lemmings on the Studio Hari website
• Grizzy and the Lemmings at Boomerang
• Grizzy and the Lemmings at IMDb
• Official YouTube channel