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''Oscar's Oasis'' (known as in French) is a French-Korean animated comedy television series consisting of 78 7-minute episodes. It was produced by TeamTO and Tuba Entertainment, in co-production with Cake Entertainment and Synergy Media with the participation of
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, Canal+ Family, Télétoon+, EBS, BENEX, and Carrimages 5, and the support of National Center of Cinematography and the moving image (CNC), the
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Region, the Poitou-Charentes region and Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA). Although the series contains no dialogue, it features the voices of Marie Facundo, Sly Johnson, Martial Le Minoux and Jérémy Prevost. The show takes heavy inspiration from the '' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner'' shorts from the
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. Originally, the series started out as a short called ''Oasis'', which then later became a series that was called ''Ooohhh Asis'', and was composed of seven one-minute-and-a-half episodes, which were broadcast on 26 March 2008 from
TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. TF1 is part ...
. ''Oscar's Oasis'' debuted in its new format at the 2010
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. The series premiered on Canal+ and Canal+ Family in September 2010, and was broadcast on TF1 since late summer 2011. In July 2011, the series was released on
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in 3D. The show started airing on Gulli on July 2, 2019.


Synopsis

Oscar is a lizard living in a non-specific
desert A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...
that has features from several different real deserts, like the
Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...
,
Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid climate, semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering including much of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa. It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African ...
, and North American deserts. An
asphalt concrete Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and Tarmacadam, tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface road surface, roads ...
highway runs through the area, used from time to time by various cargo trucks. Oscar is generally searching for food or water; he sometimes discovers liquid, in bottles or elsewhere, but is usually frustrated from recovering it for drink. An oasis supplies the only fresh water in the area, but its thick population of irascible and hungry crocodiles renders it inaccessible. At considerable personal risk (lizard is a delicacy for chickens), Oscar occasionally manages to steal an egg from a nearby hen coop, and he sometimes explores one of the piles of trash that litter the parched landscape. The Trio, which involves Buck, a
vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to Nort ...
; Harchi, a
hyena Hyenas or hyaenas ( ; from Ancient Greek , ) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae (). With just four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the sma ...
; & Popy, a
fennec fox The fennec fox (''Vulpes zerda'') is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate hea ...
, inhabit a derelict
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situated on a neighboring hill, but they mostly race about on a cast-off warehouse or grocery cart powered by Harchi and directed by Popy. Like Oscar, the trio constantly search for food and water - often competing with him, sometimes abusing him as a means, but occasionally cooperating with him when it suits their purpose. The main characters often find themselves falling off cliffs a la ''Wile E. Coyote'' chasing the ''Road Runner'', wherein the law of gravity is briefly suspended while the character comes to realize their imminent doom.


Characters


Main characters

The four main characters are: * Oscar (voiced by Marie Facundo) is the main character of the show. He is a
gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards ...
that is always getting into trouble with the trio – Buck, Harchi and Popy – and the chickens too. Oscar is always trying to catch flies and find some water, but most of the time things don't come out right. Whenever he has something interesting, the trio always tries to take it from him. Whilst he in turn often tries to steal the trio's food. In Oasis & Ooohhh Asis, he had no name. * Popy (voiced by Marie Facundo) - a
fennec fox The fennec fox (''Vulpes zerda'') is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate hea ...
, the leader of the Trio, the one who strategizes and gives directions. She is clever and sneaky, tricking the other animals as well as the two others in the trio. As shown in the episodes Pronto Express, Forbidden Paradise, and Bad Seed, she is also greedy. In Oasis & Ooohhh Asis, she was originally a male fennec fox called Panic. * Harchi (voiced by Sly Johnson) - a
hyena Hyenas or hyaenas ( ; from Ancient Greek , ) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae (). With just four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the sma ...
, the brawn of the Trio, he is given the physical jobs. He normally acts as the driving force behind the makeshift cart that he and his friends use to chase Oscar or the chickens. In the event of them taking a collective tumble, Harchi typically catches everyone so they avoid the ravine. Sometimes he can also show stupidity. In Oasis & Ooohhh Asis he was originally had his real name or was called Hatch. * Buck (voiced by Sly Johnson) - a
vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to Nort ...
, the brains of the Trio. This silly vulture tolerates when Harchi gets yelled at by Popy. In Oasis & Ooohhh Asis, he was originally called Burk.


Minor characters

* Manolo (voiced by Martial Le Minoux) - a
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who transports various items in the series. He is always asleep at the wheel while his dog, Roco, drives. * Roco - Manolo's loyal and faithful
dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...
. He always tries to keep their cargo safe and frequently chases Oscar and the trio or tries to deter them from the contents of the truck. He is generally more friendly with Oscar than with the trio. * Lizardette - a female lizard to whom Oscar's heart belongs, though they sometimes compete with each other over things. In the episode Corn to be Wild, she has babies, but it's unknown who her mate is. * The Chickens - their half-closed eyes give them a nonchalant, blasé appearance. They fall blindly into the traps laid for them, and get out of them without realizing they have escaped any kind of danger. They always try to eat Oscar. * The Crocodiles - the most feared animals of the desert and the top predators. * The Skunk - He doesn't smell good. He uses his smell to terrorize the other denizens of the desert, however Oscar is unaffected by his smell and often unwittingly scares him off instead. He often takes the trio's fruit. * The Meerkats - The "thieves" of the desert, they sometimes steal stuff from the trio as they compete with Oscar. In some episodes, however, they work together with Oscar against the trio. * The Dung Beetles - Oscar's friends who occasionally help him out of tough predicaments. In the episode Revenge of the Small Fry, Oscar once helped them roll up a large ball of dung, which they have never forgotten. * Junior - Oscar's adopted son who made only one appearance in the show. *The Fly - Oscar's dessert which he eats after a meal. The fly is quick and isn't always eaten by Oscar.


Episodes

Each episode runs for 7 minutes. There is one episode in ''Oasis'', 7 episodes in ''Ooohhh Asis'', & 78 episodes in ''Oscar's Oasis'', which is 86 episodes total.


''Oasis''


''Ooohhh Asis''


''Oscar's Oasis''


References


External links

* * {{IMDb title, 2080922 2010 animated television series debuts 2011 television series endings 2010s children's television series 2010s French animated television series 2010s South Korean animated television series French children's animated comedy television series French computer-animated television series Animated television series without speech South Korean children's animated comedy television series TF1 original programming Fictional mute characters Fictional chameleons and geckos Animated television series about reptiles and amphibians Animated television series about foxes Animated television series about birds Animated television series about mammals