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'''''Caillou''''' is an animated series based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. The series originally premiered as a set of 65 five-minute shorts in which the premise is that the Caillou stories are actually a story from books a grandma was reading to her grandchildren. In 2000, the series was picked up by [[PBS]], and was revamped into half-hour episodes with three or four shorts strung together with puppet segments, a song and a "real kids" segment. Along the line, the grandma-reading-to-kids [[Framing Device]] was dropped. However, when the fourth season rolled around, PBS made the decision to can the puppet segments. The show ended in October 2010. Supposedly a fifth season was to follow in 2011, but apparently the plan has been shelved.
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* [[Adored by the Network]]: PBS Kids Sprout has taken to airing ''Caillou's Holiday Movie'' multiple times throughout non-holiday weekends, even though it is very much a Christmas-themed movie. This is done along with mini-marathon airings of regular ''Caillou'' episodes.
** Also adored by Yumurcak TV in Turkey. Four air slots (with the first one being a double-bill one hour back to back) seven days a week. Also, commercials for Caillou merchandise can run up to 5 minutes long.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Caillou actually means "pebble" in French. Or rather, the word is a Québécois slang term for bald-head.
** There's also Andre, who is [[Andre the Giant|really big]] compared to the others.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Like many [[Animated Adaptation
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: Caillou developed into one in later seasons.
* [[No Antagonist]]: Well, Leo was an antagonist in the episode that introduced him... for two whole minutes. He's all friendly with Caillou after and for the rest of the series.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The Caillou [[Compact Disc|CD-ROMs]] reused clips from the show but redubbed with new audio. For the puppet segment redubs, however, they were unable to secure Pier Kohl to record new lines for Teddy. A soundalike was used instead, and it's rather noticeable if you get straight to the game right after watching the TV series.
* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: Naturally, considering that the series started with books.
* [[Say My Name]]: In "Caillou's Holiday Movie", when Boris is tangled up in the Christmas lights, Gilbert causes him to fall over, getting him so frustrated, he shouts "GILBERT!!!".
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: ''Caillou'' is one of NTV7 Malaysia's victims, and it was only the first 65 shorts. After about 20 episodes were aired, the 40 episodes in the middle were dropped and then once the final five episodes had aired, it was quickly replaced by ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''. NTV7 had not bothered with the subsequent seasons.
* [[Slice of Life]]: Yes, it's one of these shows.
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