Series synopsis
Franklin is a Canadian animation kids family television series that premiered on CBC Television on November 3, 1997. It ended on August 8, 2004. It was created by Paulette Bourgeois. It stars Noah Reid, Richard Newman, Cole Caplan and Marc McMulkin.
Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
Premise
Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Noah Reid as Franklin Turtle (voice)
- Richard Newman as Mr. Turtle (voice)
- Cole Caplan as Franklin Turtle (voice)
- Marc McMulkin as Bear (voice)
- Elizabeth Saunders as Mrs. Turtle (voice)
- Cody Jones as Bear (voice)
- Leah Renee as Beaver (voice)
- Luca Perlman as Bear (voice)
Supporting cast
- Olivia Garratt as Goose (voice)
- Kyle Fairlie as Rabbit (voice)
- Gil Filar as Fox (voice)
- Shirley Douglas as Narrator (voice)
- Al Mukadam as Fox (voice)
- Bryn McAuley as Harriet Turtle (voice)
- Janet-Laine Green as Narrator (voice)
- Vivien Endicott Douglas as Goose (voice)
- Jake Goldsbie
- Elizabeth Hanna
- Wayne Robson
- Scott Beaudin as Fox (voice)
Guest cast
- Jake Goldsbie
- Elizabeth Hanna
- Wayne Robson
- Scott Beaudin as Fox (voice)
- Kristen Bone as Snail (voice)
- Chris Wiggins as Mr. Groundhog (voice)
- James Rankin as Mr. Owl (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 156 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | November 3, 1997 | January 26, 1998 |
| Season 2 | 26 | September 7, 1998 | November 30, 1998 |
| Season 3 | 26 | October 11, 1999 | February 21, 2000 |
| Season 4 | 26 | May 8, 2000 | July 30, 2000 |
| Season 5 | 26 | April 29, 2002 | July 22, 2002 |
| Season 6 | 26 | May 23, 2004 | August 8, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin Plays the Game Franklin is not looking forward to playing soccer for his team always loses. During a practice, Franklin notices how his teammates play and suggest they practice every day to get to know their positions. Eventually, they all learn to play as a team and have fun, even though they haven't won a game. |
November 3, 1997 |
| 2 |
Franklin Wants A Pet Franklin still loves his stuff dog Sam but have trouble deciding which pet to choose and tries to convince his parents he is ready for a real pet. |
November 3, 1997 |
| 3 |
Hurry Up, Franklin Franklin heads over to his best Friend Bear's surprise birthday party. However, Franklin tends to take his take as he is sidetracked with nature's beauty. He enjoys the adventure and even picks up treasures along the way. In the end, he still makes it to the birthday party just in time. |
November 6, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin's Visitor Mr. Mole's grandson visits and Franklin have to keep him company. Mole doesn't seem to be interested in anything Franklin wants to do so Franklin has to find a way to compromise. |
September 7, 1998 |
| 2 |
Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone Franklin noticed the attention Skunk was getting with a cast on her arm. He finds a way to put a cast on too but learns there are down sides too. |
September 7, 1998 |
| 3 |
Franklin's Gift Franklin made a beautiful present for his mom for Mother's Day. He was so proud of it. But when he heard what his friends have gotten their mothers, he wasn't so sure about his home made gift after all. |
September 14, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin and His Night Friend Franklin makes friends with a bat named Bat, but problems emerge when they can't meet because Bat is nocturnal. |
October 11, 1999 |
| 2 |
Franklin and the Two Henrys Bear loses Beaver's pet hamster, Henry, while watching him when she's on vacation. He buys another hamster to take its place, before admitting his lie. Henry ends up showing up and Bear gets to keep the new hamster, calling it Henry II. |
October 11, 1999 |
| 3 |
Franklin's Nature Hike Franklin helps Snail a bit too much during a nature walk with Bear, Beaver, Fox, and Goose. |
October 18, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin's Good Deeds Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper. |
May 8, 2000 |
| 2 |
Franklin's Submarine Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be. |
May 8, 2000 |
| 3 |
Mr. Fix-It Franklin Franklin gets to help out around the house on small fix-it jobs. He then tries to apply it to helping his friends, which seem to work at first, until he finds out that his fixes caused bigger messes. However, his friends forgive him and his parents tell him that learning from one's mistakes is experience, too. And with his father's help, he does it again the right way. |
May 15, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin the Teacher When Franklin learns that Bear has taught his little sister, Beatrice, to count up to five, he decides it's time to start teaching Harriet things himself. He sets up a school session for her, complete with lessons on counting, painting and more. He soon begins to despair when it seems like Harriet isn't learning anything from his lessons. |
April 29, 2002 |
| 2 |
Franklin's Allergy One day, when playing with Bear, Franklin begins sneezing. Noting that the sneezing fits don't seem to happen all the time, his friends diagnose him as having an allergy and after some tests, conclude that he's allergic to Bear! Franklin and Bear try to find new ways to play together that won't cause Franklin to sneeze, but it turns out that the cause of Franklin's allergic reaction isn't exactly what they thought. |
April 29, 2002 |
| 3 |
Franklin Loses a Book Harriet has a favorite book called The Happy Green Frog and she wants Franklin to read it to her over and over. Franklin is okay with reading it at first, but when she keeps asking to hear it and ignoring all of her other books, he grows tired of it and hides it under a pile of newspapers. Later, the newspapers are taken out to the recycling... and the book exits with them! Franklin and Bear launch on a wild hunt throughout Woodland in the hope of finding another copy of the book to read to Harriet, but end up with a very creative solution to the problem. |
May 6, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franklin Itching to Skateboard When Franklin and Bear decide they want to go skateboarding, they get more than they bargained for. |
May 23, 2004 |
| 2 |
Franklin Forgives Franklin and his family pay a visit to the pond for a picnic supper. Franklin decides to bring his fish Goldie along too. When Harriet accidentally knocks Goldie into the pond, Franklin finds it difficult to accept her apology, even though he knows it was an accident. |
May 23, 2004 |
| 3 |
Hockey Fan Franklin Franklin gets the nervous jitters after winning a contest to meet his favorite hockey star. Things only get worse when the actual meeting happens and he feels like he made a fool of himself. |
May 30, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBC Television |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 3, 1997 |
| Last aired | August 8, 2004 |
| Runtime | 11 minutes |
| Status | ended |