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Titeuf is an animated television series broadcast since April 4, 2001, on Canal J and subsequently on France 3. In 2016, the series has five seasons with more than 325 ten-minute episodes.

After a first season of 78 episodes in 2001, a second season was developed and broadcast in 2005. The third was broadcast in September 2008 on Canal J. A fourth season was broadcast from February 13, 2016, in the show Ludo.

A film inspired by the series was also released in 2011.

Synopsis
The series shows the day-to-day life of Titeuf, a 9-year-old boy (in the first season; a 10 year-old from season two to season three) with a blond cowlick, his friends, and their view of the adult world. Most of their discussions are about the strangeness of girls, life, seduction, and Nadia, the girl Titeuf is infatuated with. Another characteristic about Titeuf are his numerous turns of phrase, such as tchô ("bye") and c'est pô juste ("it's not fair").

Cast

 * Donald Reignoux as Titeuf, Hugo
 * Sabrina Leurquin as Manu, Dumbo, Nathalie, Lucie (season 1 & 2)
 * Marie Zidi as Dumbo, Nathalie, Lucie (season 3)
 * Pauline Brunner as Nadia (since season 4)
 * Kaycie Chase as Ramatou (since season 4)

Production
The Titeuf animation series draws its inspiration and origins from the comic book series of the same name, created by Swiss author Zep. The series was first produced by Daniel Duda, followed by Prakash Topsy for the second season, and Olivier Bonnet for the third season.

France Animations studios produced the first two seasons of the series in 2003. The first season has 78 episodes. The production was taken over by MoonScoop from season 3. The first series theme tune was composed by Terry J. Neale and Rick Mulhal and was edited by FA Musique. The musical theme of the credits of the third season, performed by Matthieu Chedid, was initially present in the game Titeuf : Mega Compet' on Playstation 2. The game was released on September 24, 2004. . The series helped the comic strip to gain popularity

The series is different from the comic. According to Zep, "Now, everyone knows him [Titeuf] but he is not accepted by everyone. He has been a bit watered down for the TV series but not in my comic book." Several characters have disappeared, such as Ramon whose role was relegated to Tim in some episodes. The series is also designed at a time when the graphic style of the characters was not yet defined (including the character of Nathalie), which caused differences between the characters of the last comic books and those of the TV series.

The broad audience of the series led to the project of creating a film. In 2010, almost ten years after the first airing of the series, a film named Titeuf was developed. In 2011, during an interview with the Sud Ouest newspaper, Zep explained: "If I had known from the outset the scope of the project, I don't know if I would have said yes. There were up to 700 of us to work on that film. At some point, 18 studios were at work on this feature film (at Angouleme, in particular, where the lights, shadows and special effects were taken); it was a nightmare." Afterwards, a fourth season was announced, to be produced at Go-N Productions studios, also producers of the animated series Lou.

Broadcasts
Titeuf was initially broadcast in France on April 4, 2001, on Canal J. On December 3, the series was broadcast in Les Minikeums show on the channel France 3. It was then rebroadcast in 2005 in the show France Truc. The third season followed on August 27, 2007, on France 3, then in September, 2008, on Canal J. A fourth season was announced in development at the Go-N Productions.

In Belgium, the series is broadcast on the channel La Deux. In Italy, it is broadcast on Rai Due. In the USA, it is broadcast on Fox Kids. In Quebec, it was broadcast on Télé-Québec until the second season. It was then replaced by Tactik.