Charley and Mimmo () is a traditionally animated children's television series broadcast on YTV between 1999 and 2002. 65 episodes were produced.
Charley and Mimmo () consists of a typical family (father, mother, son, and baby sister) in a suburban town. The son, Charley (and his almost anthropomorphic teddy bear Mimmo), are the main characters. Charley and his family and friends are penguin/seal-like creatures (with round orange clown-like noses instead of beaks, and they live in a warm area rather than Antarctica. They have penguin-like feet and coloring, but have mitten-like "hands" rather than wings or flippers). Charley and most of the characters are a standard black and white, typical of real penguins, although some of the other characters are brown.
"T'choupi" is Charley's name in French and "Doudou" is Mimmo's name in French.
Charley and Mimmo seems somewhat related to another Canadian children's production Caillou, as it has a similar artstyle and plot (except Caillou has longer stories and live puppet segments in the PBS Kids airings).
The original music score for the series is the work of composer Peter Measroch.
Charley and Mimmo was broadcast on YTV from 1999 to 2002 and on Treehouse TV. On YTV, two to three 10âÂÂ15 minute segments form an airing of the series.
In the US, it aired on It's Itsy Bitsy Time, among many foreign short segments when it was broadcast on Fox Family from 1999 to 2001.
A 2004 film entitled "T'choupi" was released by Gebeka Films, but only in France, South Korea and Poland. The plot follows Charley and his friends working together to find out who has stolen all the toys.