''Madeline'' is an animated television series produced by

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, part of the

Madeline ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series ...

media franchise about the character Madeline. It began as a series of six television specials from 1988 to 1991, and then continued as ''Madeline'' and ''The New Adventures of Madeline'' from 1993 to 2001. The show is narrated by famous celebrity voice talent

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Background

In 1960, the Madeline stories were adapted to a one-hour color episode for the

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series ''

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''. Madeline was played by Gina Gillespie, child actor Michel Petit played Pepito, and

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portrayed Miss Clavel. It was Madeline's first appearance on television. The episode has been released to DVD.

Characters

* Madeline (Tracey Lee Smythe: season 1;

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: seasons 2–3; Marsha Moreau: specials) * Miss Clavel (Judith Orban: specials; Louise Vallance: seasons 1–3) * Chloe (Anik Matern: specials;

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: seasons 1–2; Veronika Sztopa: season 3) * Nicole (

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: season 1; Veronika Sztopa: season 2;

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: season 3; Sonja Ball: specials) * Marie (Sonja Ball: seasons 1–2) * Pepito (Julian Bailey: specials; A.J. Bond: season 1; David Morse: season 2; Michael Monroe Heyward: season 3;

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) * Genevieve ( Louise Vallance: seasons 1–2) * Danielle (Liz MacRae: specials;

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: season 1; Tracey Lee Smythe: season 2;

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: season 3) * Lord Cucuface (

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) * Narrator (

: specials; seasons 1–2;

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: season 3)

Character review

Madeline: The central protagonist of the show. She is a kind, caring, and brave little redheaded girl who is also the bravest of her group despite being short. She lives in a

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with eleven other girls and their instructor, Miss Clavel. Although she is shown to have parents in one of the books and in the special Madeline's Christmas, she's depicted as an orphan in later episodes as well as in '' Madeline: Lost in Paris'' and the live-action film as her parents have passed away at some point. It's revealed that Madeline comes from an exceedingly wealthy family as she is to become the heir to her family's fortune, which was once at risk of being stolen by Madame LaCroque and Henri, a criminal duo who kidnaps young children and forces them to work at their underground lace factory. Eleven Little Girls: Eleven classmates that accompany Madeline in her adventures and live in the same orphanage and boarding school as her. Their names are Anne, Chloe, Danielle, Ellie, Janine, Lulu, Monique, Nicole, Nona, Sylvie and Yvette. In the first few seasons and specials, only Chloe, Danielle, and Nicole had significant roles. By the third season, the other girls became more vocal and displayed their own individual personality. In "Madeline in Tahiti", Nona gets major role along with Chloe, Danielle, and Nicole in assisting Madeline during their vacation. Miss Clavel: A

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that owns the orphanage/boarding school in which the girls live and is also their teacher. She has Catholic tendencies, as she and her students say grace before every meal. Genevieve: Once a stray dog, now the school's pet. Madeline has more affection toward her, because she rescued her from drowning at

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. Lord Cucuface: The administrator of a chain of orphanages and boarding schools. He maintains a close friendship with Miss Clavel. Pepito: The son of the

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ambassador who lives next to the orphanage school. Despite being mean and aggressive to Madeline and the girls at first in "Madeline and the Bad Hat", they all soon become friends and he secretly develops a crush on Madeline. Ambassador of Spain and his Wife: Pepito's parents who originate from their homeland of Spain. Simon (voiced by Mark Hellman): The gardener in Madeline in London. He is very upset when he sees that Piccadilly ate all the plants he grew in the garden. Dr. Cohn: A revered medic who often attends the little girls or Miss Clavel. Mrs. Murphy: The housekeeper of the school/orphanage. She babysits the girls in case Miss Clavel needs to do business. Lakshmi: A girl who traveled from

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to stay in the orphanage/boarding school for a month. At first, the other girls believe she is an alien from outer space when they saw her communicating with a friend of hers from a

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, as the antennas on the radio made her look like a space martian, but they eventually come to find out that it wasn't the case. She has a fear of dogs after getting bitten by one when she was a lot younger; when she met Genevieve, she is afraid and doesn't want her to go near her, but after some time, Madeline tells Lakshmi that not all dogs are bad and that Genevieve is a good dog; she eventually overcomes her fear of dogs after letting Genevieve sniff and lick her hand.

Cast

Main

* Marsha Moreau as Madeline (Specials), Lulu (Current) * Tracey-Lee Smyth as Madeline (Season 1), Danielle (Season 2), Yvette (Current) *

as Madeline (Seasons 2–3), (Current) * Louise Vallance as Miss Clavel (Current) and Genevieve (Seasons 2–3) *

as Danielle (Season 1-Current) *

as Danielle (Season 3), Ellie (Current) * Sonja Ball as Nicole (Specials), Nona (Current) * Liz MacRae as Danielle (Specials), Anne (Current) *

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as Chloe (Specials), Monique (Current) * A.J. Bond as Pepito (Season 1) * David Morse as Pepito (Season 2) *

as Pepito (Season 3) * Michael Heyward as Pepito (Season 3), (Current) *

as Chloe (Seasons 1–2), (Current) * Veronika Sztopa as Nicole (Season 2), Chloe (Season 3), Sylvie (Current) *

as Nicole (Season 1), Janine * Britney Irvin as Nicole (Season 3), (Current) *

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as Danielle ("Madeline in Tahiti") and Nona ("Madeline in Tahiti") *

as Lord Cucuface *

as the Narrator (Seasons 1–2) *

as the Narrator (Season 3)

Additional voices

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* Jim Byrnes *

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* Caroline Chan * Brent Chapman *

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* Jennifer Copping *

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* Brenda Crichlow * Deborah Demille *

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* Justin Escabedo *

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* Merrilyn Gann *

* MacKenzie Gray *

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* Kirosha Hemmings * Paige Heuser * Mark Hildreth *

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* Hailey Jenkins * Andrew Kavadas *

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* Sam Mancuso * Blu Mankuma * Brenda McDonald * Danny McKinnon *

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* Chris Molineux * Wezley Morris * Kathy Morse * Jane Mortifee * Richard Newman * Luke Palmer * Jayne Paterson * Taylor-Anne Reid *

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* Jane Thompson * Kaitlin Turner * Carolyn Tweedle * Samuel Vincent *

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* Peter Wilds * Alec Willows * Dale Wilson

Television specials (1988–1991)

In 1988, DIC Enterprises and

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(now part of

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) adapted the first book into an animated television special for

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. The screenplay was written by

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, who was writer, lyricist and story editor for nearly all subsequent ''Madeline'' animated projects. The special was narrated by

, and featured original music and songs by veteran ''

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'' songwriter and composer

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''New York Times'', March 20, 1994 with lyrics by

. The special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less). In 1990, the special was released onto VHS by

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. Between 1990 and 1991, CINAR and

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produced animated adaptations of the other five original books for The Family Channel, with Christopher Plummer returning as the narrator and Marsha Moreau returning to voice Madeline. Each special featured new songs, with lyrics by Rothman and music by Jeffrey Zahn, who replaced Raposo after his death in 1989. "I'm Madeline", Madeline's theme song from the original special, was reprised. The specials were released on video by

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Television series (1993–2001)

In 1993, DIC produced a ''Madeline'' television series, which also aired on The Family Channel. Twenty episodes were produced for the first series. Christopher Plummer reprised his role as narrator again and "I'm Madeline" was the series' theme song, but most of the voice actors were replaced. The series was rerun on

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and

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in the U.S. It features new songs with music by Andy Street (who replaced Jeffrey Zahn) and lyrics by Rothman, but compared to the previous TV specials, the first series onwards would only feature one song per episode in addition to the aforementioned theme songs. In 1995, an additional 13 episodes were produced by DIC for

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under the title ''The New Adventures of Madeline''. A new theme song, called "Hats Off to Madeline", was used as the new opening theme, with the music by Andy Street with lyrics by Judy Rothman, although some early airings of those episodes however featured "I'm Madeline" but sung by the new voice cast. The new voice cast included

as the title character, S. Louise Vallance as both Miss Clavel and Genevieve, and David Morse from Maple Ridge, Canada as Pepito. Between 2000 and 2001, DIC produced 26 episodes for

. "Hats off to Madeline" was re-sung by the cast and was used as the intro theme again (the Lions Gate VHS's and DVDs from 2001, alongside both Sing-a-Longs, had a different song titled "Our Madeline").

took over from Christopher Plummer as narrator. The show won a

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for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. ''Madeline'' was shown on ''

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'' on

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between Fall 2006 and 2007. Broadcast and home video rights to all of the DIC/CINAR ''Madeline'' episodes/specials/telefilm/direct-to-video film are owned by

, as of September 2019. The series aired on

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from October 6, 2018 to February 22, 2021. ''Madeline'' was exclusive on Sprout on its On Demand section from 2015 to 2017 when the channel was rebranded to Universal Kids.

Episodes

Season 1 (1993–1994)

Season 2 (1995)

Season 3 (2000–2001)

Films (1999–2005)

''Madeline: Lost in Paris'' (1999)

On August 3, 1999,

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through

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released the feature-length movie '' Madeline: Lost in Paris'', featuring Madeline being drawn into a scam by her supposed "Uncle" Horst and finding the true meaning to the word "family". As with Season 2 and eventually Season 3 of the series, Andrea Libman reprised her role as Madeline. The movie was later released on DVD on April 3, 2010, by

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''My Fair Madeline'' (2002)

As part of the ''

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'' series of Television films, DIC produced ''My Fair Madeline'', where Madeline is falsely accused of misbehavior on a trip to the Louvre and is sent to a London Finishing School, while attempting to foil the plot of two thieves. The voice cast was almost entirely replaced for the movie, with

voicing Madeline and most notably featuring

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as Miss Clavel. Coincidentally, Goldberg played Deloris Van Cartier in

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. Deloris is a nun while Miss Clavel is coincidentally a nun as well. The movie was originally aired on November 17, 2002, on

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and was later released onto VHS and DVD by

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followed on with international airings on

and

''Madeline in Tahiti'' (2005)

In 2005, DIC produced another film, titled ''Madeline in Tahiti'', which is the final ''Madeline'' production to have been created. The movie features Madeline and her friends going on a vacation to

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to stop Miss Clavel from retiring, with Pepito sneaking along, as well as stopping a villainous plot to erupt the Tahiti-nui volcano. Chantal Strand reprised her role as Madeline while other characters were recast or reprised their roles from ''My Fair Madeline''. The film was originally going to be released on DVD in the United States by

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in 2006, but this release never saw the light of day. It was, however, released on DVD in some regions in 2007 through other distributors, and was eventually released in the United States on iTunes and Amazon Video in 2015 and YouTube in 2020.

''Madeline and Miss Clavel'' (2006-2007)

In 2006, DIC produced an animated short titled ''Madeline and Miss Clavel''. The television short program follows Madeline and Miss Clavel living in

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with eleven little girls, Uncle Horst and Pepito.

Sing-a-Longs

In 2001, DIC produced two

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releases which featured songs and clips from Season 3 of the series akin to Disney's Sing-Along Songs series, which were titled ''Sing-a-Long with Madeline and her Friends'' and ''Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline''. They were originally released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video on September 25, 2001, and March 25, 2002, respectively, and later reissued together by Mill Creek Entertainment as ''Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies'' on September 10, 2013, as well as being available for digital download.

Home media releases

The 1993 series was originally released by

on all single VHS volumes, and

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on both VHS and DVD. The DVD versions contained 2 episodes each, sometimes with the original specials. The 2000 series was released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video in 2001 and 2002 on all VHS and DVD sets. In 2008,

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment (commonly referred to as 20th Home Video, or 20th Home Entertainment, formerly known as 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, Fox Video, and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) is a home video label of Wa ...

released 2 DVDs titled "Next Stop, America" and "Meet Me in Paris", each containing 3 episodes. In 2010,

released 5 single-disc collections of the series. In September 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released 3 single disc collections featuring content from the animated series as well as the original TV specials. ''The New Adventures of Madeline- Adventures in Paris'' contains 6 episodes from the 2000 series, while ''Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies'' features various musical interludes from the animated series. ''Bonjour Madeline'' contains all 6 original TV specials. Later in May 2014, Mill Creek re-released the three single disc collections together in one three-pack set, followed by ''Madeline: The Complete Collection'' on DVD in Region 1 for the first time in August 2015. This six-disc collection features all six original specials produced by

DIC Entertainment DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions), branded as The Incredible World of DIC, was an international film and television production comp ...

and

CINAR Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX M ...

between 1988 and 1991, as well as all 59 episodes from the ''Madeline'' TV series (1993, 1995, 2000–2001).

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