The Ollie & Moon Show

TV series or program

Comedy^[1]
Slapstick^[1]

Created byDiane KredensorBased onOllie & Moon book series
by Diane KredensorDeveloped byDiane Kredensor and Robert VargasDirected byFlorian ThouretVoices of

Kobi Frumer
Brian Beckerle
Liam Patenaude
Mattea Conforti
Rosalie Turmel
Ofosu Jones-Quartey
Don Shepherd

Theme music composer

Benoit Rault
Phillippe DeShales
Lionel Flairs

Opening themeThe Ollie and Moon Theme SongEnding themeThe Ollie and Moon Theme Song (Instrumental)ComposerNobert GilbertCountry of origin

Canada
France
United States

Original languages

English
French

No. of seasons2No. of episodes52ProductionExecutive producerDiane Kredensor^[2]Producers

David Michel
Zoé Z. Carrera Allaix
Cécile Lauritano

Running time11 minutes^[2]Production companies

Cottonwood Media
Kaibou Studio IX
TTK Montréal

Original releaseNetworkFrance 4, France 5 and Okoo (France)
TVOKids (Canada)
Universal Kids / Netflix / HBO Max (USA)ReleaseMay 27, 2017 (2017-05-27) –
present

The Ollie & Moon Show (also known as Ollie & Moon) is an animated children's television series developed by Diane Kredensor and Robert Vargas.^[2] It is based on the Ollie & Moon book series by Diane Kredensor. The series debuted on Sprout in the United States on May 27, 2017, and was carried over when the channel became Universal Kids months later until 2021. The show was also available on Netflix^[3] and HBO Max. The series was picked up from a pilot project contest on BiteTV.^[4] Season 2 started production in 2018,^[5] and premiered on France TV on June 15, 2020.

Plot

The Ollie & Moon Show is about two six-year-old^[6] cats Ollie and Moon, along with their travel buddy Stanley the snail, who travel around the world and learn about different cultures. The show features animated characters in realistic backgrounds.

Characters

Ollie is a methodical orange cat who loves to plan. He is voiced by Kobi Frumer and Brian Beckerle in Season 1 and Liam Patenaude in Season 2.
Moon is an impulsive cream cat who loves to adventure. She is voiced by Mattea Conforti in Season 1 and Rosalie Turmel in Season 2.
Stanley is a blue snail with a purple shell, and Ollie and Moon's travel companion. He is voiced by Ofosu Jones-Quartey (Ian Jones-Quartey's older brother) in Season 1 and Don Shepherd in Season 2.

Episodes

Pilot (2012)

Title	Original release date
"The Ollie & Moon Show"^[7]	May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16)
When it's too hot, Ollie and Moon go on an expedition to get gelato.

Season 1 (2017–18)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboards by	Original air date ^[8]	US viewers (millions)
1a	"Tiptoe Through the Tulips"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Florian Thouret	May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)	N/A
While looking for tulips in the Netherlands, Ollie and Moon lose their friend Scoot's GPS and must learn to tell the truth.
1b	"Stanley's Piñata Party"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Aleksandar Dzoni	May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)	N/A
Ollie and Moon travel to Mexico to get Stanley a piñata for his birthday, and end up accidentally buying an unbreakable one.
2a	"You Mermaid My Day"	Florian Thouret	Jill Cozza-Turner	Phuong Mai Nguyen	May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)	N/A
After reading a book about a mermaid, Moon and her friends head to Denmark to find such a creature.
2b	"Hawaiian Shirt Hijinks"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vuillaume	Aleksandar Dzoni	May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)	N/A
Ollie accidentally stains his Hawaiian shirt, and therefore goes to the archipelago state to get a replacement.
3a	"The Italian Meatball Marathon"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Aleksandar Dzoni	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
3b	"The Japanese Comic Trip"	Florian Thouret	Shelley Hoffman and Robert Pincombe	Adrien Gault	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
4a	"A Polish Soup Solution"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Loïc Espuche	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
Stanley has a cold, and directs the two cats to Poland where the snail has a relative who specializes in making a soup remedy.
4b	"A Sweet Time in Scotland"	Florian Thouret	Scott Cameron & Diane Kredensor	Aleksandar Dzoni	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
Moon gets carried away and gobbles up Ollie's Scottish honey. To make up for her act, Moon takes Ollie, who is still asleep, to Scotland where they can obtain the kind of nectar.
5a	"The Daring Duo"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Loïc Espuche	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
5b	"Loose Tooth in London"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Phuong Mai Nguyen	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
6a	"The Lost Spanish Pajamas"	Florian Thouret	Robin J. Stein and John May & Suzanne Bolch	Adrien Gault	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
Ollie brings his favorite pajamas to Spain. His luggage containing the garment accidentally gets switched with a similar luggage own by someone else.
6b	"The Lion Whisperer"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Aleksandar Dzoni	May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)	N/A
Ollie's bouncy ball ends up on their apartment roof as a result of Moon's careless playing. The cats fly to Africa to find someone enormously tall to reach it.
7a	"Chillin' in the Desert"	Florian Thouret	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Christian Ragoust	June 3, 2017 (2017-06-03)	N/A
7b	"Goin' Coconuts"	Florian Thouret	Scott Cameron & Diane Kredensor	Phuong Mai Nguyen	June 3, 2017 (2017-06-03)	N/A
8a	"Tall Tale in India"	Florian Thouert	Jill Cozza-Turner	Jéremie Guneau	June 10, 2017 (2017-06-10)	N/A
8b	"The Case of the Missing Russian Bear"	Florian Thouert	Nathalie Reznikoff & Séverine Vulliaume	Loïc Espuche	June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25)	N/A
9a	"The Chinese Cookie Caper"	Florian Thouert	John May & Suzanne Bolch	Phoung Mai Nguyen	June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	N/A
9b	"Italian Gelato Twist"	Florian Thouert	Robert Vargas, Diane Kredensor, Suzanne Bolch & John May	Jérémie Guneau	June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	N/A
10a	"The Chopsticks Jam in Japan"	Florian Thouert	John May and Suzanne Bolch	Aleksander Dzoni	June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	N/A
10b	"Quest for the Irish Clover"	Florian Thouert	Sylvie Barro & Kathryn Walton Ward	Loïc Espuche	June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	N/A
11a	"Canadian Pancake Party"	Florian Thouert	Shelley Hoffman & Robert Pincombe	Jérémie Guneau	June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	N/A
11b	"Swiss Mountain Rescue Cats"	Florian Thouert	Sylvie Barro & Maud Loisilllier	Jérémie Guneau	September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)	N/A
12a	"The Australian Kangaroo Race"	Florian Thouert	Tom Krajewski	Phuong Mai Nguyen	September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)	N/A
12b	"Goosebumps in Greenland"	Florian Thouert	François Boubill & Henry Steiman	Aleksander Dzoni	September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10)	N/A
13a	"Chef Moon Takes on Paris"	Florian Thouert	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jéremie Guneau	September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10)	N/A
13b	"Ollie's Night with Thailand Lights"	Florian Thouert	Cyril Deydier	Jérémie Guneau	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)	N/A
14a	"Moon's Greek Cookie Craving"	Florian Thouert	Sylvie Barro and Kathryn Walton Ward	Aleksander Dzoni	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)	N/A
14b	"Drawing Lessons in Peru"	Florian Thouert	Diane Kredensor and Scott Cameron	Aleksander Dzoni	June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25)	N/A
15a	"The Grand Canyon Cover-up"	Florian Thouert	Sylvie Barro and Kathryn Walton Ward	Théophile Gibaud	September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)	N/A
15b	"Moon's Magic Wand"	Florian Thouert	Suzanne Bloch and John May	Théophile Gibaud	September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25)	N/A
Wanting to prove that magic really exists, Moon drags Ollie all the way to Merlin's cave in England.
16a	"The Amazing French Race"	Florian Thouret	Shelley Hoffman and Robert Pincombe	Jérémie Guneau	September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)	N/A
Moon challenges Dolly and Zoom to a tandem bike rice in France, but Ollie is certain that everything is about to go wrong.
16b	"The Malaysian Butterfly Chase"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11)	N/A
While searching for a rare butterfly in Malaysia, Ollie's and Moon's different personalities both cause -- and solve -- problems.
17a	"A Chinese Scavenger Hunt"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	N/A
17b	"Ollie's Yellowstone Park Plan"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)	N/A
18a	"A Wild Goose Chase in Berlin"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)	N/A
18b	"Stanley's Family Reunion"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)	N/A
19a	"Easter Island Art Adventure"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09)	N/A
19b	"Finding the Rhythm in Cuba"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)	N/A
20a	"A Tree Grows in Sweden"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10)	N/A
20b	"The Giant Cats of Borneo"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16)	N/A
21a	"The New Zealand Knit-Off"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 11, 2018 (2018-01-11)	N/A
21b	"Catnap in Iceland"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17)	N/A
22a	"New York Party Animals"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)	N/A
22b	"The Russian Doll Disaster"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)	N/A
23a	"A Tasty Trip to Vietnam"	Florian Thouret	Nathalie Reznikoff and Séverine Vulliaume	Jérémie Guneau	January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)	N/A

Season 2 (2020–present)

Manhattan Lemonade Showdown
Camping With Catlock in Canada
Venice Show Stopper
Egyptian History Mystery
Game Time in Tokyo
Pet Sitting in Paris
Germany Takes the Cake
Fearless in Fiji
Cool Cats in China
Ollie's Mongolian Move
The Spanish Giant
Moon's Moroccan Hat Dance
Rip Snorter in Australia
Rockin' Cats in Finland
Bendier in India
Amazon River Adventure
The Korean Cracker Challenge
Japanese Bunny Bop
Talent Trouble in London
Guatemalan Kite Contest
Makeover in Milan
Friendship Day In Switzerland
Lotta Likes South Africa
Treasure Hunt in Jordan
Super Ollie in Nicaragua
Picky Parrots in Poland

Broadcast

The Ollie & Moon Show debuted on Universal Kids (as Sprout) in the United States on May 27, 2017.^[9] The series aired on Knowledge Network and TVOKids in Canada.^[2] In Latin America, it airs on Discovery Kids, and in Quebec it airs on TFO. In the UK, the series aired on Tiny Pop.^[10]^[11] The series used to be available for streaming Netflix and HBO Max in the United States.^[12] Season 2 was released on HBO Max in 2021 instead of being aired on Universal Kids. The series was removed from HBO Max in August 2022.^[13]

References

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External links

The Ollie & Moon Show at IMDb

Universal Kids original programming

Current

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Former

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