Ted and Paula's Tadpole Journey

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Ted & Paula's Tadpole Journey (TADPOLES) is a premium quality animated comedy tv-series of 52 episodes, each 11 minutes in duration, for an audience of 6+ year olds. Set in a vast and perilous pond, we follow the underwater odyssey of Ted and Paula, two seemingly insignificant tadpoles who brave the dangers of the creek as they heroically quest to reach the top. TADPOLES combines first-in-class European know-how in creative expertise, storytelling, commercial strategy, digital innovation, distribution strategy, and production optimisation, in order to create a product of cultural significance with inspiring and universal themes that will resonate with kids and families worldwide. The series is groundbreaking and innovative as the first kids animation that is produced simultaneously for horizontal and vertical screens. The show has a triple output in 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 formats that maximises our ability to leverage emerging digital platforms for building fan communities. The initial idea was found at Gigglebug’s own Idea Lab’s programme which invited new and diverse artists to co-develop vertical storytelling ideas. The idea of a 100m deep pond and a journey to the top emerged as a concept with a powerful hook and a profound universal theme about pursuing your dreams and celebrating the bravery of anyone who wants to “level up”. The timing of the production is linked to an ambitious commercial strategy to build a global franchise. The current US production freeze for 6+ comedies specifically, brings a huge opportunity to launch an original comedy from Europe. Tadpoles can fill the foreseeable gap in the market in 2027-2029, and become the next big 2D comedy phenomenon. TADPOLES perfectly fits the overall mission of all Gigglebug projects: to spread joy through relatable & contemporary content. We do not know the future, but if we can cultivate aspirational emotions and moments of laughter to the kids, we are having a positive impact on shaping a better world!