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Denis And Me is a Canadian animated adventure-comedy series created by YouTuber Denis Kopotun and Diana Moore, produced by Headspinner Productions and distributed by WildBrain. The series follows about a happy-go-lucky teenager named Denis, who is portrayed by Kopotun as a fictionalised version of himself, and his cat Sir Meows A Lot. It is currently running on the Canadian streaming service Crave, as well WildBrain Television’s Family Channel. All the episodes and specials are also available globally on the official Denis And Me YouTube channel.

Premise
The series follows the misadventures of Denis, who is a fictionalised version of Kopotun, and his best friend and pet cat Sir Meows A Lot. Denis is portrayed as the optimistic straight man, who is oblivious to the plans of Sir Meows A Lot, who usually comes up with evil schemes and shenanigans, like cloning Denis or plotting world domination. The episodes usually end with Denis receiving the impact of Sir Meows A Lot's plots after much chaos. The series features recurring characters, most notably Lady Barks A Bit, a Shibu Inu of whom Sir Meows A Lot retains a rivalry with, and tries to get the attention of Denis.

Development
Kopotun started his YouTube channel in 2016, uploading comedic gaming videos centered around Roblox and Minecraft. The channel also featured a plush cat named Sir Meows A Lot, who was based off a Roblox accessory. As of 2023, Kopotun's channel has over 9 million subscribers and 3 billion views.

The show started development in 2018, announcing the showrunner as Diana Moore and executed producers as Headspinner Productions founder Michelle Melanson, and Ken Cuperus, along with Moore Kopotun publicly announced it on his channel on July 7, 2020. .

Production
The series’ first 10 episodes were budgeted with US$374,612. The Canada Media Fund provided US$16,790, while Bell Media offered around 10% of that total, to produce a series bible, scripts and an animatic. 75% of the budget was funded by Shaw Rocket Fund’s new Kids Digital Animated Series program, and producer investment and tax credits covered the remaining 25%.

“The budget is very high per episode to keep the quality up,” says Melanson. “We’re now trying to raise money so we can amortize and make more eps at a time, but for less.”

The visuals were animated Cartoon Conrad in Beaverbank, Nova Scotia, Canada, and the voice acting for all the characters was done by Kopotun.

The first season had 10 3-minute episodes produced, while the second season had 20 3-minute episodes produced. Season 3 has had 5 11-minute episodes produced.

Broadcast
The series premiered on December 4th, 2020 as part of WOW Unlimited Media’s WOW! World Kids Collection on Crave. Wildbrain's Family Channel network premeired the first season in the summer of 2021, with the second released later that fall. Seasons 1 and 2 are globally released on the official Denis And Me YouTube channel, with Canada being geo-blocked. It is also available to watch on ABC iview.

Reception
The official YouTube channel has over 300,000 subscribers and has achieved over 20 million views, and was met with positive response from Kopotun's audience.

The special Santa Who? was nominated for Best Animated Program or Series in the Canadian Screen Awards: 2023.

Marketing and merchandise
The channel’s online store, run by influencer merchandise company Juniper, has also sold US$5 million in products, to date. (Headspinner, meanwhile owns the consumer products rights to Denis and Me.)

Headspinner owns the consumer products' rights to the show, while WildBrain Spark AVOD unit manages direct advertising sales. The show has an official online merchandise store.