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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
** 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.
** As if the half a dozen episodes a day weren't enough, Sprout "celebrated" their airing of the newest season with a ''four hour marathon'', which basically made the entire ''day'' nothing but Caillou after it's regular hour's worth at noon and the evening showings.
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* [[Christmas Special]]: A direct-to-DVD movie - ''Caillou's Holiday Movie''. Which also mentions Hanukkah and Kwanzaa in passing.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: The puppets.
* [[Cross
* [[Crossover]]: Did a tie-in with the Montreal Biodome in the early 2000s.
* [[Depending
* [[Edited for Syndication]]: You can either get the show with the shorts strung together with extras and puppets in one long 30-minute episode, or as five-minute (later 10-minute) shorts. In Canadian markets where both are available, the 30-minute episodes are marketed as ''Caillou and Friends'' while the five/ten-minute episodes are marketed as just ''Caillou''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Caillou's first voice actor is [[Anne of Green Gables
** Rosie's second voice actor is [[Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat|Sheegwa]]!
** [[Arthur (
* [[Kids Prefer Boxes]]: One episode has Cailou's parents buy him a computer he can play on; he ends up liking the box it came in better.
* [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]] / [[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]] / [[IOS Games]]: About a dozen or so edutainment titles for the PC/Mac. There's also an iPhone audiobook app.
* [[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
* [[Slice of Life]]: Yes, it's one of these shows.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Caillou himself in the earlier seasons.
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