Clay Kids is a Spanish American stop motion animated series created by Javier Tostado.[1] The series narrates the adventures of seven misfit kids. It was produced by Clay Animation and was distributed by Cake Entertainment and was aired from 5 July 2013 to 14 August 2015.
| Clay Kids | |
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| Genre | Stop motion, animated, children's, comedy |
| Created by | Javier Tostado |
| Directed by | Javier Tostado |
| Voices of | Michael Derry Karen Strassman David Markus MJ Lallo Mark Allen Jr Quinn Kitmitto David Marcus Natalie Mitchell Susan Haight |
| Opening theme | "Clay Kids Opening Theme", performed by Kokane |
| Ending theme | Asteroid Rush VIP by Guillermo Tostado |
| Composers |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original languages | Spanish English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Raquel Hernández |
| Camera setup | 1080p HD |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Clay Animation TVE |
| Original release | |
| Network | Gloob Pop Pop Max CBBC Clan |
| Release | 5 July 2013 – 14 August 2015 |
Plot
editSome kids brought together by chance get into wacky situations in their magical clay town.
Characters
editMain characters
edit- Flippy (voiced by Michael Derry) in the English version and (Ignasi Diaz) in the Spanish version is a troublemaker who hates studying and loves to rap. He thinks of himself as popular, attractive and funny. He is good friends with Robbie.
- Motor (voiced by Mark Allen Jr) in the English version and (Jose Garcia) in the Spanish version is a gamer and amateur DJ. He doesn't have good manners or etiquette and he's often rude to others unintentionally. Motor is left side paralyzed and moves around in a motorized wheelchair.
- Carol (voiced by Karen Strassman) in the English version and (Julia Sorli) in the Spanish version is very intelligent and determined to save the planet. She's a good and responsible student, but she is not popular with her classmates. She is good friends with Albert.
- Robbie (voiced by David Markus) in the English version and (Ximo Solano) in the Spanish version is a bully. He is repeating the grade for the third time and is therefore the oldest in his class. He enjoys to doing graffiti and often bullies his classmates. He is good friends with Flippy.
- Naomi (voiced by Natalie Mitchell) in the English version and (Marina Vinals) in the Spanish version a rich girl who is materialistic and quite judgmental. She enjoys texting and shopping. She wants to be a part of the 'popular' crowd, but she is excluded from their clique.
- Jessi (voiced by Quinn Kitmitto) in the English version and (Vero Andres) in the Spanish version is a 13-year-old girl who is naive and child-like. She is very kind to others and loves skateboarding. She is good friends with everyone.
- Albert (voiced by M.J Lallo) in the English version and (Cristina Soler) in the Spanish version is the shortest. He is smart and enjoys art, science, astronomy and reading poetry. He falls in love very easily and quickly. Albert has many allergies and is also asthmatic.
Secondary characters
edit- Frank (voiced by Michael Derry) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is Carol's father and manager of the Cyber Cafe and likes computer games.
- Ms. Henderson (voiced by Susan Haight) in the English version and (Julia Sorli) in the Spanish version is the teacher.
- Principal (voiced by Mark Allen Jr) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is the school principal who appears in some episodes.
- Doctor Ed (voiced by David Marcus) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is the doctor. He appears in some episodes.
Episodes
editSeason 1 and 2 each contain 26 episodes, making a total of 52 episodes.
Season 1
edit| No.
Overall |
No.
in series |
Title | Story By | Teleplay By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Big Mean Steve | Rubén Ontiveros | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Flippy and Robbie try to make a video of Jessie's skateboarding. Airdate: 5 July 2013 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Boy Band | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Naomi wins the chance to chat with her favorite band, Boydance, through her webcam. 6 July 2013 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Social Network | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Flippy accidentally adds his mom on Claybook which causes everyone's parents to embarrass the gang online. 8 July 2013 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Big In Japan | Diego San José | Kerry Torchia |
| Flippy and Motor create a parody video of a viral Japanese dance. 10 July 2013 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Grounded | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Naomi is grounded and can't use her phone. 12 July 2013 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Flying Saucer | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Robbie and Naomi get abducted by aliens. 13 July 2013 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Thinking Out Loud | Diego San José | |
| Flippy bumps his head and begins to hear people's thoughts. 15 July 2013 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Wizard School | Rubén Ontiveros | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Robbie and Carol are kept back at school. 18 July 2013 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | Albert in Love | Diego San José | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Albert develops a crush on Jessi. 20 July 2013 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | In Your Dreams | Rubén Ontiveros | |
| Carol has to sign a petition to save the local forest. 22 July 2013 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | Operation Sneeze | Diego San José | |
| The kids have to find a way to stop Frank's sneeze. 25 July 2013 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Paparazzi | Diego San José | |
| Naomi starts a gossip magazine at school. 28 July 2013 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | Console of the Future | Rubén Ontiveros | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Flippy gives Robbie a knock-off GameStation 3DX which allows him to alter real life. 30 July 2013 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Trapped in Time | Diego San José | |
| Naomi keeps repeating the same day over and over again. August 2, 2013 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | Ghost | Diego San José | |
| Robbie buys some fireworks that make him look like a ghost. August 4, 2013 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | Flippy's Shoes | Diego San José | |
| Flippy and Robbie get into rivalry over who's better at basketball. August 6, 2013 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | Heart Hacked | Diego San José | Seth Kearsley and Paul Harrison |
| Flippy and Robbie prank a nerd on a dating site, but the prank backfires. August 9, 2013 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Ms. Henderson's Boyfriend | Diego San José | |
| The kids find Ms. Henderson a boyfriend. August 11, 2013 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | The Clone Wardrobe | Rubén Ontiveros | |
| Robbie uses his wardrobe to make clones of himself. August 15, 2013 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | Zombied | Diego San José | |
| Motor makes a game that causes the world to become addicted. August 17, 2013 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | Sick | Rubén Ontiveros | |
| Robbie pretends to be sick and enjoys the attention it gives him. August 19, 2013 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | Attention Please | Mike Booth | Kerry Torchia |
| Robbie and Naomi are sent to the principal's office for messing around. August 21, 2013 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | Three Versions | Diego San Jose | Mike Booth |
| Albert was found with holding a pineapple while sitting on a basketball hoop. Naomi, Robbie and Albert have three different versions of how it happened. August 23, 2013 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | Bugged | Mike Booth | Kerry Torchia |
| Robbie buys an aftershave that makes bugs attracted to him. Airdate: August 26, 2013 | ||||
| 25 | 25 | Flower Power | Mike Booth | |
| Albert eats a flower that makes him stronger. He uses this new strength to get revenge on his bullies. Airdate: July 4, 2014 | ||||
| 26 | 26 | Embiggenator | Mike Booth | |
| Motor makes a machine that makes things bigger. Airdate: July 8, 2014 | ||||
Season 2
edit| No.
Overall |
No.
in series |
Title[2] | Story By | Teleplay By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | Puppy! | Diego San Jose | Mike Booth |
| Naomi must investigate how her puppy went missing. July 9, 2014 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | Catchy Tune | Rubén Ontiveros | Mike Booth |
| A catchy tune is playing somehow. July 10, 2014 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | Dance Baby Dance | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Robbie learns how to dance. July 14, 2014 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | Make a Wish | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| The kids make a wish. July 16, 2014 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | A Day in the Jessi | Rubén Ontiveros | Mike Booth |
| A glimpse into Jessi's life. July 17, 2014 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | Motor is Missing | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Motor has gone missing and his friends have to find him. July 18, 2014 | ||||
| 33 | 7 | Mind Mess | Rubén Ontiveros | Mike Booth |
| A mess has been occurred. July 21, 2014 | ||||
| 34 | 8 | Danger, Albert Is Loose! | Rubén Ontiveros | Mike Booth |
| Albert is on the loose. July 24, 2014 | ||||
| 35 | 9 | Depixelator | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| A depixelator is going through a very strict substitute. August 9, 2014 | ||||
| 36 | 10 | Piranha | Mark Zaslove[3] | Mike Booth |
| A piranha from Brazil arrives in a box. August 19, 2014 | ||||
| 37 | 11 | Brain Gain | Rubén Ontiveros | Mike Booth |
| Flippy wears hat which gives his brain powers. September 4, 2014 | ||||
| 38 | 12 | Naomi's Birthday | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| It is Naomi's birthday. September 6, 2014 | ||||
| 39 | 13 | Invisiboy! | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Robbie wears a cloak that turns him invisible. September 15, 2014 | ||||
| 40 | 14 | Game Over | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| After an electric shock, Flippy believes he is in a real life video game. June 15, 2015 | ||||
| 41 | 15 | Gone Viral | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| Flippy goes viral. June 19, 2015 | ||||
| 42 | 16 | Cousin | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Someone's cousin is visiting. June 26, 2015 | ||||
| 43 | 17 | The Odor | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| Robbie buys a bottle of aftershave. July 15, 2015 | ||||
| 44 | 18 | Skates for Skates | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Carol learns to skate. July 19, 2015 | ||||
| 45 | 19 | Be in My Video | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Flippy and Motor create a video. July 20, 2015 | ||||
| 46 | 20 | Albert the Great Detective | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| Albert becomes a detective around the town. July 26, 2015 | ||||
| 47 | 21 | Drones | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| Motor discovers what drones can do. July 29, 2015 | ||||
| 48 | 22 | Time Freeze | Mike Booth | Seth Kearsley |
| The time has been frozen. August 5, 2015 | ||||
| 49 | 23 | The IT Kid | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| The kids are doing IT. August 10, 2015 | ||||
| 50 | 24 | Zalder | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| The zalder is being made at the same time. August 12, 2015 | ||||
| 51 | 25 | Dreaming | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| The duo are dreaming. August 13, 2015 | ||||
| 52 | 26 | Countdown | Seth Kearsley | Mike Booth |
| It is the countdown to Autumn. August 14, 2015 | ||||
DVD releases
edit- No DVD releases were released as Clay Kids was never released on DVD since most episodes are lost.[citation needed]
Development
edit- Clay Kids began development in somewhere around 2012 where production of the series were slated for a 2013 broadcast on July 5.
App game
editA mobile app game titled Talking Clay Kids was released for iOS and for Android between September[4] and November 2013. The game was made by My Talking Toys[5]
Broadcast
editGloob held a preview for the series in Brazil on 29 June 2013 and the series officially premiered on 5 July 2013.
In Spain, Clay Kids aired on Clan on September 13, 2013. In Finland it aired on YLE. In Africa the show was aired on Zuku Kids. In Portugal it aired on Canal Panda and Biggs. In Mexico it has aired on Canal 22 and Clic Clac. In Ecuador it aired on Oromar Televisión.
In the UK, Clay Kids aired on Pop and on CBBC. On 1 June 2015, Clay Kids moved to its sister channel, Pop Max. Reruns continued to air on Kix until late 2017. The series' final airing was on August 14, 2015. Reruns are no longer shown on Pop Max as the last time it aired was on August 28, 2017. On November 16, 2024 the full series became available to watch on Patreon.
The characters' mouths are moved to mimic the English speech, since according to the producers, the Spanish audience is already used to dubbed TV shows, and unlike an English audience would not be bothered by a lack of synchronization between mouth and speech.[6]
References
edit- ^ Pastor, Estefania (4 August 2012). "Clay Animation, una empresa valenciana de animación que triunfa antes de empezar". Valenciaplaza.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Clay Kids, TV". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Clay Kids piranha, retrieved 2023-07-15
- ^ TALKING CLAY KIDS Promo, retrieved 2023-07-16
- ^ "@MyTalkingToys". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Perez, Maria Jose (22 July 2013). "El Stop Motion se mueve". Nonada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.