Lassie (2014 TV series)
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Also known as | The New Adventures of Lassie |
Genre | Animation |
Created by | Eric Knight (character) |
Developed by | Jill Brett |
Directed by | Jean-Christophe Roger (season 1) Dominique Monféry (season 2) |
Voices of | Mirabelle Kirkland Kaycie Chase Maxime Jarquin Matthew Géczy Sharon Mann |
Composers | Guy Michelmore (season 1) Laurent Aknin (season 2) |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Running time | 22-23 minutes |
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Network | TF1 (France) ZDF and KIKA (Germany) Paramount+ (United States) |
Release | 2014 2020 | –
Lassie (also known as The New Adventures of Lassie) is an animated television series produced by Superprod with the participation of Classic Media. It is a hand-drawn 2D animated update of the classic character by Eric Knight.[1] In the United States, the show was released on Paramount Global's streaming service, Paramount+
Characters
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Zoe-Parker-family-and-friends.png/220px-Zoe-Parker-family-and-friends.png)
Main characters
[edit]The title character of the show, Lassie is a brown and white collie who lives in the Grand Mountain National Park with her owners, the Parker family. Fearless and brave, Lassie will never hesitate to put her life on the line for her family, friends and even random people she may or may not have met before.
For the majority of the episode durations, Lassie will only communicate through her body language and barks, which are only understood by those who know her well. However, she can "talk" to her animal friends from the Red Barn.
- Zoe Parker
Owner of Lassie and daughter of Sarah and Graham. Having inherited her parents' love of nature, Zoe cares a great deal about life in the Park and goes out of her way to protect it, sometimes without thinking and ultimately putting her life at risk. Zoe often takes care of baby animals whenever they need her help. She is normally the one to call Lassie in the day old style, whether there is an emergency or not.
- Chief Ranger Graham Parker
Head of the Grand Mountain National park Ranger Department, Graham, like the rest of his family, is a passionate nature lover and will do anything in his power as Chief Ranger to prevent anyone from damaging the serenity of the Park. Like his wife, Park veterinarian Dr. Sarah Parker, Graham will often worry about the safety of his daughter Zoe before reassuring himself that Zoe is a smart kid who has forgotten more about exploring the beauty of the Park than any tourist has ever learned and as long as she has Lassie by her side, she can never come to any harm.
He once owned a dog that was similar in breed and personality to Lassie, named Shadow, when he was a boy. Sadly, when Graham was eight years old, Shadow was bitten by a snake as he tried to save Graham. Graham, who didn't fully understand at the time, thought he was responsible for the death of his dog and ultimately, even the death of his grandfather, who got sick and died a short while after Shadow, and thus distanced himself from the cabin owned by his grandfather. He later discovered, thanks to Lassie, Zoe and Harvey, that this was not the case and that his grandfather's sickness and death was purely down to something else, more than likely old age. Graham revealed that, whilst he never actually visited the property since the Shadow incident up until the point that he returned to face his fears, he was still keeping up the mortgage on the property and land, meaning the Parker family still owned the property, which ultimately prevented Robert Humphrey from selling it to developers looking to build a leisure hotel.
- Dr. Sarah Parker
As the National Park's resident veterinarian, Sarah takes pride in her work, caring for any animal that may need her medical knowledge. Like her husband and daughter, Sarah is quick to express outrage whenever someone or something is threatening the tranquillity of the Park.
- Harvey Smith
Zoe's best friend. A skilled navigator, like his late father, Jason Smith, Harvey always has a route planned out. He will often follow Zoe and Lassie in their adventures, even if the situation may seem dangerous.
- Mrs. Beth Smith
Mother of Harvey Smith and supposedly a member of staff at the National Park's visitor centre. As Harvey is all she has to remember her husband by, Beth is often concerned whenever Harvey could be in danger. Luckily, she knows that, wherever there's danger, Lassie won't be far.
- Samantha Humphrey
Zoe and Harvey's snooty rival with brown hair. She sometimes throws herself into dangerous situations without thinking anything through.
- Mr. Robert Humphrey
Owner and manager of the Valley Hotel. He is sometimes a minor antagonist, as some of his schemes to drum up tourists can often result in him doing some unscrupulous things, such as telling the driver of an old steam locomotive that he had personally inspected every inch of track on the line he was planning to send a trainload of tourists down to make sure it was safe when, in fact, he hadn't.
- Mrs. Ida Lee
Proprietor of the National Park's general store, 'The Happy Camper', Mrs. Lee may look like any ordinary old lady, but she is far from it, as a couple of poachers learnt when she demonstrated her skills as a rodeo champion by hogtying them whilst they tried to capture a bear cub. She is the owner of Biff the pug, who she often has take the Parker's morning paper to them.
Season 1
[edit]Season 1 aired 26 episodes from 2014 to 2015.
Episode | Title |
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Episode 1 | Saving Zuli! |
Episode 2 | Poachers In The Park! |
Episode 3 | Gold Rush! |
Episode 4 | Danger On The Mountain |
Episode 5 | The Treasure Of Dan Montaigne |
Episode 6 | Forest Fire! |
Episode 7 | Spider Bite! |
Episode 8 | Roundup! |
Episode 9 | Night Of The Wolves |
Episode 10 | Avalanche |
Episode 11 | The Day Off |
Episode 12 | The Tornado Hunters |
Episode 13 | Where’s Lassie |
Episode 14 | Who Knows Best |
Episode 15 | Hide And Seek! |
Episode 16 | Frances’ Garden |
Episode 17 | The Iron Horse Of Grand Mountain |
Episode 18 | The Demon Of Diamond Lake |
Episode 19 | Thin Ice |
Episode 20 | Trapped |
Episode 21 | Momma Zoe |
Episode 22 | Condors In The Valley |
Episode 23 | Harvey’s Journey |
Episode 24 | The Secrets Of The Parker Clan |
Episode 25 | The Grand Mountain Adventure Challenge 1 |
Episode 26 | The Grand Mountain Adventure Challenge 2 |
Season 2
[edit]A season 2 with 26 episodes aired as of January 2020.[3]
Unlike the first season, it uses computer-animated characters in front of hand-drawn backgrounds. It was produced by a French studio called Superprod Animation.[4]
These episodes appear on CBS All Access, but are tagged as "Season 1." The copyright on them is 2016.
Episode | Title |
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Episode 1 | Friends Forever Part 1 |
Episode 2 | Friends Forever Part 2 |
Episode 3 | The Great Scavenger Hunt |
Episode 4 | Maiden Flight |
Episode 5 | A Wild Encounter |
Episode 6 | Trick Or Treat |
Episode 7 | White Out |
Episode 8 | Tresspassing |
Episode 9 | Te Blueberry Pie Challenge |
Episode 10 | Old Doc Dudley |
Episode 11 | Inside The Dam |
Episode 12 | The Precious Gift |
Episode 13 | Picture Perfect |
Episode 14 | The Star Attraction |
Episode 15 | Mrs. Lee's Secret |
Episode 16 | The Reunion |
Episode 17 | The Epidemic |
Episode 18 | A Rare Sighting |
Episode 19 | Like Father, Like Daughter |
Episode 20 | Déjà Vu |
Episode 21 | Face Your Fear |
Episode 22 | Wild Camping |
Broadcast
[edit]In the United Kingdom, the show premiered on Pop UK TV on 6 June 2016.[6] In 2016, an official YouTube channel featuring episodes from the series was launched.[7]
In the United States, Lassie debuted on ViacomCBS's streaming service CBS All Access on January 17, 2020.[8] After the service was relaunched with a new name (Paramount+) in 2021, the show was carried over to the ParamountPlus.com site.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wolfe, Jennifer (2015-06-02). "Year-End Earnings". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Lassie Season 1". YouTube. Retrieved Aug 9, 2016.
- ^ "Lassie". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "SUPERPROD animation". www.superprodanimation.net. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ "Lassie Season 2". YouTube. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
- ^ "The New Adventures of Lassie". Popfun.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Lassie". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (2020-01-12). "'Lassie', 'George of the Jungle' & 'Mr. Magoo' Animated Children's Series Picked Up By CBS All Access". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Paramount Plus – Lassie". Paramount+.