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, created by Bert Smets in 2000, and produced by Bert Smets Productions. The cartoon features the rabbit Hopla and his friends – the pig Onki, the bear Nina, and the kitten Lola. Each episode is about five minutes. Similar to its spiritual predecessor ''

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'', the show is aimed at children between 0–2 years old and has no dialogue (the only dialogue is the show's name). The show was animated with

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. The show first aired on

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, a Flemish television channel, in 2000, and became popular soon afterward. ''Hopla'' has been aired in 31 countries (including

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and the

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). 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

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, with some dialogue added to briefly describe each scene's contents. It airs in the

due to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal between Bert Smets Productions and NCircle Entertainment, a subsidiary of

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, signed in 2007. The show was aired on BabyFirstTV.

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* * 2000s preschool education television series Belgian children's animated television series Flemish television shows Animated preschool education television series Animated television series about rabbits and hares Animated television series without speech Computer-animated television series 2000 Belgian television series debuts 2008 Belgian television series endings Ketnet original programming {{Belgium-tv-prog-stub