''The Owl'' (

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: ''La Chouette'') is a series of short CGI-animated episodes for

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. It is a

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revolving around the life of an unlucky

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, who has trouble dealing with all sorts of surreal situations and gets comically dismembered at the end.

Plot

The series features the eponymous Owl, pink in color, and with blue feet that "float" below his body. The Owl also resembles a plastic

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and has a grumpy, anti-social personality. Each of the minute-long fifty-four episodes centers on the Owl attempting to overcome unfortunate circumstances, but as a

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, end in his demise by his various appendages and body being dispensed of in unusual or comical ways. The series' setting only takes place high above at a nondescript

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, a la a "

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". The Owl occasionally also encounters other species, like other

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bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

s and even an athletic

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, to which these never end well for him. Other situations also involve surreal events, like floating objects and exploding apples. Some episodes even have references to

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, like the video game franchise ''

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''.

Episodes

References

External links

Official website
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Plot

Episodes

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References

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