The Green Squad

The Green Squad is a French animated television series, produced by Gaumont Alphanim. It is based from the French comic book series called "Les Sauvenature". It has been shown on Starz Kids & Family in the United States from March 16, 2013 to June 11, 2016 also known as Savage Family Wild.[1] The Green Squad is the name of a network created by three siblings, Claire, Julian and Thomas Savage along with their pet Wifi, whose mission is to protect plant and animal species, their environments and different kinds of discoveries. Thus, they travel around the world as they're job is to protect endangered animals and save Earth's landmarks and artifacts. They embark on their extraordinary adventures as they discuss each other through a worldwide blogging network to save the planet's natural sites.

The Green Squad
Genre
Directed byHeath Kenny & Christophe Pittet
Voices of
  • Nolan Balzer
  • Dawn-Marie Hildebrand
  • Jakob Sanderson
  • Ian Mikita
  • Caitlyn Cassel
Opening themeThe Green Squad Theme
Ending themeThe Green Squad Theme (instrumental)
Composers
  • Marc Tomasi
  • Mehdi El Morabit
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Clément Calvet
  • Christian Davin
Producers
  • Clément Calvet
  • Heath Kenny
EditorDamien Dubois
Running timeApprox. 13 mins each episode.
Production companyGaumont Alphanim
Release
Original networkFrance 5
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2011 (September 24, 2011)

The English dub was recorded in Canadian studio.

Characters
  • Claire Savage She's a natural born leader of the Green Squad.
  • Julian Savage He's the only entertaining one who takes pictures with animals.
  • Thomas Savage He designed the Green Squad blog on the computer.
  • Wifi The pet ferret who accompanies the Green Squad.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Savage The parents of Claire, Julian and Thomas. They accompany them on their adventures.
  • Julia She's a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Savage. She talks to them about lions.
  • Mark He's the uncle of Claire, Julian and Thomas. Who sometimes accompany them on their adventures.
  • Jowandi He's the ranger of Koala Reserve.
  • Bruce Lecter He's the poacher of koalas whom kidnapped and setting the bush on fire.
  • Mike He's the neighbor of Mark as he is the Australian hunter. He cares about the marsupials of the outback.
  • Betaring He's a good friend of Mr. and Mrs. Savage who lives in the rainforest in Indonesia. He has some flowers from the forest to help medicine.
  • Sampa She is Betaring's wife.
  • Max Riley He's the engineer on the construction site of the rainforest in Indonesia. He wants to dig out the rainforest to build a road, but eventually, Betaring saves his son Jess with flowers so that he can divert the road to another direction away from the rainforest.
  • Jess Riley He's a son of Max Riley who have asthma attack.
  • George He guides The Green Squad of the caribous in Alaska that one of them is covered in oil.
  • Raul Betonas He is a ranger from Cuba who wants to build hotels by cutting trees down thus making hummingbirds fly away. Eventually, he was bitten by a dangerous animal.
  • Jorge He is the owner of the Hummingbird Hotel who invites The Green Squad to spend a few nights at his hotel.
  • Joseffa She is Jorge's daughter of the Hummingbird Hotel.
  • Charlie Rainbow He is a guide of the Grand Canyon who takes care of the Condors.
  • Professor Ron Phillips He's the professor from Wyoming University who studies and researches ferrets. He gave Wifi to the Green Squad for all times.
  • Jimmy Snake He is from the Shoshone tribe who keeps the ferrets under his protection. He works with Professor Philips to watch over ferrets.
  • Doug He's guides the Green Squad to make sure the wolves are safe.
  • Tony He's the photographer and capture a photo moment of Claire with the White Wolf.
  • Janiki He's the caretaker and researcher of crocodiles from India.
  • Admiral Lumet He's from the navy base that can guide The Green Squad to find the giant squid on his submarine.
  • Steve He's a friend to The Green Squad and sends a waterproof camera to film the giant squid.
  • Joao He's loves snorkeling under the sea and discusses with The Green Squad about saving the dolphins.

International titles
  • Savage Family Wild (American English title)
  • Les Sauvenature (French title)
  • Das Green Team (German title)
  • Zielony patrol (Polish title)
  • Green Power הכוח הירוק (Hebrew title)

Episode list
  1. Pandas in Danger
  2. The Caged Dolphins
  3. Beware of Wolves
  4. Theft of the Condor
  5. Saving the Elephants
  6. Panic on the Aral Sea
  7. Iguana Park
  8. Park Poachers
  9. SOS Bonobos
  10. Caspian Sea Mission
  11. The Turtle of the Egg
  12. The Fishing Dolphins
  13. Ferret Fancy
  14. The Great Green Wall
  15. The Pangolin Smugglers
  16. The Great Golden Turtle
  17. The Night of the Fishing Cat
  18. Oil in Alaska
  19. The Whale's Song
  20. Sharks in Danger!
  21. The Flight of the Pelicans
  22. Revenge of the Flying Foxes
  23. Hummingbird Hotel
  24. Hunt for the Anaconda
  25. A Threat to Otters
  26. Stopover in Borneo
  27. Deep Sea Monster
  28. Trafficking on the Net
  29. Heads of Gold
  30. Sperm Whale Rescue
  31. Jungle Toads
  32. Blades of Danger
  33. Hero of the Altiplano
  34. King of the Circus
  35. Fire in Madagascar
  36. Wind Power!
  37. Spring Into Action!
  38. Polear Bear Emergency
  39. Gharial Tears
  40. The Treetop Raft
  41. The Courage of Penguins
  42. Fury of the Tiger
  43. Water for Everyone!
  44. The Orang Rimbas' Treasure
  45. Fire in the Australian Bush
  46. Long Live the Butterflies!
  47. The Sengi Forest
  48. The Rhinoceros Bride
  49. Reef Rash
  50. The Last of the Sirens
  51. Seahorse Aid
  52. Chameleon Raid

International broadcasts
Country Channel Year
 United StatesStarz Kids & Family2013-2016
 FranceFrance 52011–Present
 IsraelLogi2012–Present
 BelgiumRTBF2011–Present
 GermanyKiKa[2]2013–Present
 PolandCanal Plus2011–Present
 CanadaTVO[3]2014

References
  1. Zahed, Ramin (3 December 2012). "Alphanim Sells Three Shows to Starz". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. Washington, Ed (4 February 2013). "Alphanim's 'Green Squad' Heads to Germany". Animation World Network. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. McLean, Tom (19 September 2012). "Deals for 'WotWots,' 'Green Squad,' 'Pirates,' 'Fuzzy Tales'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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