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Hopla

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Hopla
Title card
GenreBabies
Toddler
Computer-animated
Created byBert Smets
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch (no dialogue in the series)
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes128
Original release
NetworkKetnet
Release2 April 2000 (2000-04-02) –
3 September 2008 (2008-09-03)
Related
Tik Tak

Hopla is a Belgian computer-animated children's television series, created by Bert Smets in 2000, and produced by Bert Smets Productions.[1] The cartoon features the rabbit Hopla and his friends – the pig Onki, the bear Nina, and the kitten Lola.[2] Similar to its spiritual predecessor Tik Tak, the show is aimed at babies and toddlers between 0–2 years old and has no dialogue (the only dialogue is the show's name). Each episode is about five minutes, the show was animated with Strata 3D.[3]

The show first aired on Ketnet, a Flemish television channel, in 2000, and became popular soon afterward. Hopla has been aired in 31 countries (including Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Spain, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States).

In Belgium, Hopla's home entertainment titles have sold over 300,000 copies and their book-related merchandise has garnered sales close to 700,000. In Portugal, the show aired on public channel RTP2, with some dialogue added to briefly describe each scene's contents.

Characters

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  • Hopla, a white rabbit.
  • Onki, a pink pig.
  • Nina, a brown bear.
  • Lola, a orange kitten.

Broadcast

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It airs in the United States due to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal between Bert Smets Productions and NCircle Entertainment, a subsidiary of Alliance Entertainment, signed in 2007. The show was aired on BabyFirst in December 2007.

References

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  1. ^ "Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News".
  2. ^ "VRT NWS: Nachrichten".
  3. ^ "Bert Smets, Hopla: 3D Production for Kids". 30 June 2014.
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