''Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams'' () is a French animated series that first premiered on

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on November 13, 1992, and later aired on

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in December 1993. A co-production between

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and

, with the participation of

and the CNC, the series focuses on Carlos (Based on Carlos Dolto, a French singer and celebrity) and his parrot Oscar, and three adopted children who live on Carlos' own tropical Island. Carlos loves to tell the children stories about how he met world famous important figures in history in spite of the children's disbelief. With the help of Grandma Tadpole, who lives on one of the beaches of the island, he travels back in time together with the children in order to prove to them that he is right. Carlos has the ability to transform into an ox when the group is in trouble. Ownership of the series passed to

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in 2001 when Disney acquired

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, which also includes

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Characters

* Carlos (voiced by

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in the French version, and

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in the English dub) * Mariana/Marianne (voiced by Sylvie Jacob in the French version, and Patricia Rodriguez in the English dub) * Oscar (voiced by Gérard Surugue in the French version, and Rick Jones in the English dub) * Mamie Têtard/Grandma Tadpole (voiced by Évelyne Grandjean in the French version, and Rick Jones in the English dub) * Saitout/Koki (voiced by Adrien Antoine in the French version, and

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in the English dub) * A.J. (voiced by Sonja Ball in the English dub)

International Airings

In 1993, the show was broadcast in the United States in

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in the early 1990s as part of

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's " Amazin' Adventures" package.

Video Game

In 1994, a video game based on the series was released in France by

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for the

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, and

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. It was a platforming game.

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