Snowsnaps
Snowsnaps (French: Les Mini-Tuques, "The Mini Toques") is a Canadian CGI–animated television series. It is a preschool-aimed spinoff of the 2015 film Snowtime! (La Guerre des Tuques 3D), itself an animated remake of the 1984 live-action The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des Tuques) movie.[1] Produced by Carpediem Film & TV in collaboration with the animation studio Singing Frog and broadcaster Corus Entertainment, the series premiered September 1, 2018 in Canada on Télétoon, La Chaîne Disney and Treehouse TV.[2]
Snowsnaps | |
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Genre | Preschool Adventure Comedy |
Created by | Marie-Claude Beauchamp |
Based on | The Dog Who Stopped the War by Roger Cantin Danyèle Patenaude |
Developed by | Paul Risacher |
Written by | Élise Cartier Michael Leo Donovan Michael F. Hamill Lisa Hunter Marie-France Landry Maxime Landry Penelope Laurence Patricia Lavoie Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber Allen Markuze Louis-Martin Pepperall Paul Risacher Robert Yates |
Directed by | Benoit Godbout |
Voices of |
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Opening theme | "Snowsnaps Theme Song" |
Ending theme | "Snowsnaps Theme Song" (Extended) |
Composer | Daniel Scott |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original languages | English French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Marie-Claude Beauchamp |
Producers | Marie-Claude Beauchamp Sophie Roy |
Animators |
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Editor | Robert Yates |
Running time | 5 minutes (ungrouped) 11 minutes (grouped) |
Production companies | Carpediem Film & TV Singing Frog Studio Corus Entertainment Technicolor Creative Services Montreal |
Release | |
Original network | Télétoon / Treehouse TV |
Original release | September 1 – November 25, 2018 |
Related | |
Snowtime! |
Plot
For Violet, Tomas, Sami and Kiki, every aspect of life is all about fun and games! There is nothing they like more than playing outside, especially in the snow on a winter’s day. Aged six, no task is too small to turn it into a game, no feat is off-limits to try as they seamlessly jump into role-playing to follow their wild imagination! Come meet these four friends who love to laugh and have fun!
Characters
- Violet (voiced by Satine Scarlett Montaz) is the game master. She is a free thinker who refuses to follow the herd, has tons of wit and tenacity, and a tendency to be self-indulgent – a little Scoundrel. Her games and her behaviour are never mean or cruel, but if she gets into trouble it is due more to her youthful enthusiasm than any malicious intent. She is easily distracted by the sparkles or whatever is pink!
- Tomas (voiced by Brandon Lising) is open-faced and controlled by his heart of gold. Like all Innocents, he is generous and open-minded. He sees both sides of any disagreement. A natural peacemaker with an intense sense of fairness, he cannot stand conflict. Terry the penguin is his favourite toy, what's yours?
- Sami (voiced by Kimia Esfahani) is a smarty pants know-it-all who actually doesn't know it all, but he is still full of voluble explanations – the weirder and more unpredictable the better. He's likely to say or do anything; he loves playing the Fool. His favourite treats are Brussels sprouts and broccoli!
- Kiki (voiced by Ella Rose Coderre) is a daredevil. She's all about movement and physicality. When in doubt, she acts; thinking is for after. She is compelled to triumph even if she does not have the skills. She'll keep on trying until she can make it happen. A soldier who'll take on any mission! One thing is certain, we can always count on Kiki to play!
Cast
Adapted from the ending credits.
- Satine Scarlett Montaz / Marguerite D'Amours as Violet
- Kimia Esfahani / Catherine Brunet as Sami
- Ella Rose Coderre / Claudia-Laurie Corbeil as Kiki
- Brandon Lising / Valérie Gagné as Tomas
- Voice director(s): Richard M. Dumont / Johanne Garneau, Julie Burroughs
Production
A preschool-oriented spinoff of Snowtime! was announced to be in development in November 2015.[3] Snowsnaps was officially unveiled during the 2016 Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France as the first-ever Canadian submission.[4] The series is distributed as either 26 eleven-minute episodes or 52 five-minute shorts.[5]
For the musical "Shortsnaps" segments, the production crew held open auditions for bilingual singers across Canada in July 2017.[1]
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 26 | September 1, 2018 | November 25, 2018 |
Season 1 (2018)
- The episodes "1-2-3, Cupcake!", "The Monster", "The Maze", "Knighthood", "What's Your Treasure?", "Winter Games", "Kids vs. Aliens", and "Sami's Pet" were all adapted into books.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | American air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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1A | "Dunk Master" | Benoit Godbout | Louis-Martin Pepperall and Marie-France Landry | September 1, 2018 | TBA | 101 | N/A |
When Terry the toy penguin gets stuck in the hoop, the rescue mission turns into a basketball duel where Kiki whips the others to show off her dunking skills. | |||||||
1B | "Snoweo Rodeo" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 1, 2018 | TBA | 102 | N/A |
After top cowboy Sami loses every event at the snow rodeo, he still manages to save the day. | |||||||
2A | "1-2-3 Cupcake!" | Benoit Godbout | Maxime Landry and Marie-France Landry | September 2, 2018 | TBA | 103 | N/A |
A crazy freeze race with funny rules will determine who gets Violet's most incredibly appetizing cupcake. | |||||||
2B | "The Haunted Forest" | Benoit Godbout | Lisa Hunter and Marie-France Landry | September 2, 2018 | TBA | 104 | N/A |
The girls don't believe Tomas that the forest is haunted until they see a mysterious pinecone creature and they go investigate. | |||||||
3A | "When Toys Attack" | Benoit Godbout | Penelope Laurence | September 8, 2018 | TBA | 105 | N/A |
Sami is freaked out by toys seemingly following him around town. | |||||||
3B | "Snow Ballet" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 8, 2018 | TBA | 106 | N/A |
Violet's brilliantly choreographed snow ballet needs a snow prince whether Tomas wants to be in the ballet or not. | |||||||
4A | "Winter Games" | Benoit Godbout | Paul Risacher | September 9, 2018 | TBA | 107 | N/A |
Violet's groceries soon go missing, and it's up to the bobsleigh team to retrieve them. | |||||||
4B | "Cold Tows" | Benoit Godbout | Louis-Martin Pepperall | September 9, 2018 | TBA | 108 | N/A |
Sami pretends to be too cold to get his friends to pull him home. | |||||||
5A | "What's Your Treasure?" | Benoit Godbout | Patricia Lavoie and Marie-France Landry | September 15, 2018 | TBA | 109 | N/A |
Violet playing pirate inspires a mutiny when Tomas and Sami decide to leave Kiki's game to join Violet's pirate crew. | |||||||
5B | "The Monster" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis and Marie-France Landry | September 15, 2018 | TBA | 110 | N/A |
When a frozen apple in their ice fort is found half eaten, the gang investigates. | |||||||
6A | "Fantabulous Four" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill | September 16, 2018 | TBA | 111 | N/A |
The Snaps play super heroes on a daring super mission to rescue Terry the Penguin. | |||||||
6B | "Snow Bowling" | Benoit Godbout | Dominic Webber and Marie-France Landry | September 16, 2018 | TBA | 112 | N/A |
When Kiki tries to show the others how to bowl in the snow, the attempts of the others all have surprising twists, turns and bounces. | |||||||
7A | "The Greatest Game Ever" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill | September 22, 2018 | TBA | 113 | N/A |
Inspired by a lost video game, the kids imagine, create, and play a real-life adventure game. | |||||||
7B | "The Shootout" | Benoit Godbout | Élise Cartier and Marie-France Landry | September 22, 2018 | TBA | 114 | N/A |
Kiki and Violet's competitive hockey shootout gets an extra fruity snow splash as Sami introduces his juice-filled snowballsicles to the game. | |||||||
8A | "Race Cars" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 23, 2018 | TBA | 115 | N/A |
Formula One meets a formula for disaster when Tomas inadvertently gets knocked into the downhill race of the century. | |||||||
8B | "AbracaTomas" | Benoit Godbout | Michael Leo Donovan | September 23, 2018 | TBA | 116 | N/A |
Terry the toy penguin has disappeared, and only a special magic trick can bring him back. | |||||||
9A | "Hiccup" | Benoit Godbout | Allen Markuze | September 29, 2018 | TBA | 117 | N/A |
Kiki is stuck with a pesky case of the hiccups. | |||||||
9B | "Superhero of the Hill" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | September 29, 2018 | TBA | 118 | N/A |
When a battle for "Super Hero of the Hill" turns into an all-star superheroes wrestling match, Tomas is compelled to overcome his fear of falling. | |||||||
10A | "The Maze" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill | September 30, 2018 | TBA | 119 | N/A |
The kids build, shape, and mould a snow-made labyrinthine masterpiece: a maze, in which they then lose themselves in. | |||||||
10B | "Hats Off!" | Benoit Godbout | Paul Risacher | September 30, 2018 | TBA | 120 | N/A |
Tomas' crooked throws are just the ticket to set free Violet and Sami from jail. | |||||||
11A | "Ice Dragon" | Benoit Godbout | Marie-France Landry | October 6, 2018 | TBA | 121 | N/A |
A large icicle hanging off the barn causes a battle. | |||||||
11B | "Kids vs. Aliens" | Benoit Godbout | Lisa Hunter | October 6, 2018 | TBA | 122 | N/A |
Sami tries to contact aliens. | |||||||
12A | "Winter Beach" | Benoit Godbout | Louis-Martin Pepperall | October 7, 2018 | TBA | 123 | N/A |
Tomas' friends create a winter beach. | |||||||
12B | "Winter Blast" | Benoit Godbout | Michael Leo Donovan and Marie-France Landry | October 7, 2018 | TBA | 124 | N/A |
A game of hide-and-seek gets out of control. | |||||||
13A | "Pinched Pic-nic" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill | October 13, 2018 | TBA | 125 | N/A |
Tomas searches for some missing treats. | |||||||
13B | "The Snow Battawawa" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 13, 2018 | TBA | 126 | N/A |
A team of filmmakers hunt for the Battawawa monster. | |||||||
14A | "Lava, Lava Everywhere" | Benoit Godbout | Michael F. Hamill | October 14, 2018 | TBA | 127 | N/A |
It's a spectacular race when the schoolyard suddenly turns into a lava pool and the kids race to be the first to reach the school door! | |||||||
14B | "Knighthood" | Benoit Godbout | Allen Markuze | October 14, 2018 | TBA | 128 | N/A |
Queen Violet wants to make Kiki, Sami and Tomas knights, but before they can, they must prove to her that they can work together. | |||||||
15A | "Off to School We Go" | Benoit Godbout | Maxime Landry | October 20, 2018 | TBA | 129 | N/A |
A hopscotch game is taken to new heights as Sami brings along his latest invention that Kiki just can't get enough of! | |||||||
15B | "Gone to the Dogs" | Benoit Godbout | Penelope Laurence | October 20, 2018 | TBA | 130 | N/A |
Violet and Tomas challenge Kiki and Sami to a dogsled race, but with Sami obsessed with playing a dog and with Kiki willing to do just about anything to win, the race doesn't turn out at all like they planned. | |||||||
16A | "Sticky Snaps" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 21, 2018 | TBA | 131 | N/A |
A cool new restaurant runs into a very sticky situation when it gets an extremely picky client: Terry. | |||||||
16B | "The Weathervane Game" | Benoit Godbout | Louis-Martin Pepperall | October 21, 2018 | TBA | 132 | N/A |
After wrongly thinking that Violet had invented a new game where they have to follow a trail of clues that she has left everywhere, Sami, Kiki and Tomas get lost! | |||||||
17A | "The Tightrope" | Benoit Godbout | Paul Risacher | October 27, 2018 | TBA | 133 | N/A |
When Sami, Kiki and Tomas take over Violet's circus game, it isn't too long for the others to figure out that Sami imposes himself to be a silly tyrant ringmaster the others try to override. | |||||||
17B | "Moon Mission" | Benoit Godbout | Patricia Lavoie | October 27, 2018 | TBA | 134 | N/A |
Little did Kiki know that to get the others to her teeter-totter contest she would have to become part of their moon mission! | |||||||
18A | "Snapshot Hill" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 28, 2018 | TBA | 135 | N/A |
When Tomas loses his camera on a sudden slip down a wild sled run in a pirate game, it leads to a full re-enactment of the crime with pirates in tow. | |||||||
18B | "Hanging Around" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | October 28, 2018 | TBA | 136 | N/A |
When the kids lose a flying disk in the big old haunted tree, they find out that they might be taking on more than they can handle. | |||||||
19A | "Sami's Pet" | Benoit Godbout | Marie-France Landry | November 3, 2018 | TBA | 137 | N/A |
Sami brings his special pet in a box and all breaks loose when Violet sets it free by accident while the gang play a game of Snag the Flag. | |||||||
19B | "Tall Tale" | Benoit Godbout | Michael Leo Donovan | November 3, 2018 | TBA | 138 | N/A |
When Tomas and Sami compete to be the tallest, the girls help them build gigantic towers with wobbly foundations sending them off into a fall that takes them to unforeseen places. | |||||||
20A | "Surprise!" | Benoit Godbout | Penelope Laurence | November 4, 2018 | TBA | 139 | N/A |
Tomas is sad. Violet doesn't want to hang out with him on his birthday, until he realises she's been planning a big birthday surprise. | |||||||
20B | "It's a Bird?" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 4, 2018 | TBA | 140 | N/A |
Sami is taken on a dangerous ride when an incredible piece of art made by Tomas really takes off! | |||||||
21A | "Hot Chocolate Party" | Benoit Godbout | Marie-France Landry | November 10, 2018 | TBA | 141 | N/A |
Violet's hot chocolate party turns Mad Hatter when Sami decides to bring his own life-size cup to the party and loses control as he slides in it. | |||||||
21B | "Cut and Run" | Benoit Godbout | Allen Markuze | November 10, 2018 | TBA | 142 | N/A |
Kiki, Violet and Sami try to help Tomas get over his fear of the barbershop...but nothing goes as planned. | |||||||
22A | "Snow Golf" | Benoit Godbout | Lisa Hunter | November 11, 2018 | TBA | 143 | N/A |
When Sami is counting on his newly-found luck to beat Kiki at golf, he realizes that sports are more about skills, unless you have the right lucky charm. | |||||||
22B | "Gumball Jamboree" | Benoit Godbout | Patricia Lavoie | November 11, 2018 | TBA | 144 | N/A |
It's a race against time! Following Violet's jamboree gumball arrow leads the gang to quirky challenges, and it ends off with a surprising ending. | |||||||
23A | "Dino Snaps" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 17, 2018 | TBA | 145 | N/A |
Discovering rare dinosaur fossils becomes not that much fun when both Sami's and Kiki's competitiveness gets in the way. | |||||||
23B | "Tag Back" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 17, 2018 | TBA | 146 | N/A |
Violet gets very frustrated and angry when Kiki and Sami get caught in an endless "tag back" loop! | |||||||
24A | "Hockey Knights" | Benoit Godbout | Maxime Landry | November 18, 2018 | TBA | 147 | N/A |
When Kiki is cast as the princess-who-rests in a knightly game, she urges her knights to get the magic hockey stick out of the ice block to break Granny Gnome's evil spell. | |||||||
24B | "Tic Tac Trouble" | Benoit Godbout | Maxime Landry Michael F. Hamill | November 18, 2018 | TBA | 148 | N/A |
When Kiki takes a regular game of Tic Tac Toe to make it into a life-sized extreme challenge version of it, she doesn't realise she's really asking for Tic Tac Trouble! | |||||||
25A | "The Great Pick-Up" | Benoit Godbout | Gerard Lewis & Dominic Webber | November 24, 2018 | TBA | 149 | N/A |
Violet turns her chores into a fun high scoring game for her friends until Sami shows up with his annoying whoopee cushion. | |||||||
25B | "Off Tracks" | Benoit Godbout | Louis-Martin Pepperall | November 24, 2018 | TBA | 150 | N/A |
The best train appears off tracks when the kids make one of their own. | |||||||
26A | "I Spy Sami!" | Benoit Godbout | Robert Yates | November 25, 2018 | TBA | 151 | N/A |
Sami acts strangely after discovering a very special, walking mechanical toy in a hollow tree, which he wants to keep for himself. With this, it starts sending the others into a spy mission to uncover Sami's mysterious secret! | |||||||
26B | "Toothless" | Benoit Godbout | Allen Markuze | November 25, 2018 | TBA | 152 | N/A |
When Sami loses his first tooth and keeps losing it over and over again, he sends his friends on a wild tooth hunt to find it. |
Shortsnaps segment
For the musical Shortsnaps segment, the production crew had held open auditions for bilingual singers across Canada in July 2017.
- Lyrics, music, and songs by Eloi Painchaud and Jorane.
- Songs sung by Cool Kids
These are the songs used throughout episodes of the show. There are six of them, which are repeated throughout reruns on Treehouse TV. They are directed by Claude Precourt, Robert Yates and Vanessa Isabelle and choreographed by Louis-Martin Charest.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "The Band" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | September 1, 2018 |
2 | "Snow Angels" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | September 2, 2018 |
3 | "The Parade" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | September 8, 2018 |
4 | "Get Up and Dance" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | October 14, 2018 |
5 | "Up the Hill" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | October 20, 2018 |
6 | "Change the World" | Claude Precourt, Robert Yates & Vanessa Isabelle | Eloi Painchaud & Jorane | October 21, 2018 |
International broadcast
The show originally aired from September 1 to November 25, 2018. The show was moved to two new time slots when it is aired in reruns on Treehouse TV, which is weekday mornings at 8:40 AM and Friday afternoons at 3:02 PM. The show will also be broadcast later internationally.
- Canada
- Treehouse TV (September 1, 2018 – 2020)
- Disney Junior sur La Chaîne Disney (September 1, 2018 – August 25, 2019; May 2020 – present)
- Télétoon (September 1, 2018 – August 25, 2019)
- United States
- Disney Junior (November 28, 2020)[6]
- United Kingdom
- Sky Kids (January 15, 2021 – present)
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