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Kit and Kate

Kit and Kate (stylised as Kit ^n^ Kate; ) is a Russian-French-American preschool children's educational series of educational animated shorts for children aged 2-5, produced by Russian company Toonbox (whose animation studio and ABC Kids office were later respectively relocated to Cyprus), in conjunction with a team of American, French and Russian artists. It has a Friulian dub called "Tui e Tuie". Its English channel has more than 470,000 subscribers, and more than 282,000,000 total views.

Plot

The series follows the adventures of two blue, barely recognizable, tailless cat siblings named Kit (Kate's older brother) and Kate (Kit's younger sister), wondering what to play for the day, get inside a box and discover an item. The siblings then get out of the box and go on an 'adventure' related to the item. However, their 'adventure' often ends in a bad result because of a behavior of either Kit, Kate or both. Then, either the siblings' mother or father appears, disguised as someone passing by, and discusses the situation until either Kit or Kate understand what they need to learn. The siblings, already recognizing their parent, thank the parent, and go on their 'adventure' again from the beginning, but doing some things differently as advised, this time ending in success.

In every episode of season 2, Kit and Kate make up a story together, sometimes getting help from their parents and grandfather to think of the name of the story and its synopsis. The story then begins with a character doing a specific thing. Then, Kit and Kate high-five each other which magically sends them into the story. Often, the character mentioned in the story or Kit and Kate get into a bit of a hassle, but as soon as they learn something, they try retelling the story, but this time changing it via the moral that they learnt all the way.

Although the main characters are rumored and were intended to be cats, they don't look much like cats.

Characters

  • Kit () - the eldest sibling in the family. He sometimes teaches Kate a few things, and Kit is very supportive. Like Kate and really everybody, Kit also sometimes does a bad thing like he cheated on hiding and seeking in the episode called "The Cheat Is On". He wears an orange, sleeveless shirt and green shorts.
  • Kate () - the middle sibling in the family. She only knows a few things but she still plays with Kit. Also, Kate is often the one who learns and subsequently recites the lesson in the end. Also, she tried so hard and yet so far, and in the end, it doesn't even matter. She always remembers before she forgets. She wears a pink dress with a star in the middle.
  • Dad () Kit, Masha and Kate's father. Appearance: Glasses, whiskers, green jumper, dark green shorts. He sometimes disguises himself as a mysterious stranger in Series 1 (first in “Time To Climb”), when the kids discover that it was him.
  • Mum () Kit, Masha and Kate's mother. Appearance: Gold earrings, yellow dress. She sometimes disguises herself as a mysterious stranger in Series 1, when the kids discover that it was her.
  • Grandpa () Kit, Masha and Kate's grandfather. Introduced in season 2. His ears and colour are different to the other family members since he's the oldest. Appearance: White moustache, white and teal striped shirt, brown shorts.
  • Hansel () and Gretel () Both brother and sister. They are based on the popular fairytale. Each of them have stereotypical German clothing, and sometimes introduce basic German phrases, like "Wunderbar!" which means "wonderful".
  • Ducks ()
  • Quick (duck) ()
  • Quack (duck) ()
  • Quake (duck) ()
  • Woofy () and Poofy () are two celebrity poodles that both appeared in “Hair And Share Alike”. Woofy is white while Poofy is brown. They both have a French accent, which makes sense because they are poodles.
  • Baby Masha (Russian: Веби Маша) is the youngest sibling in the cat family. Unlike her parents and older siblings, who are blue and have appeared in the show, Baby Masha is pink and only appears in Kit ^n^ Kate Nursery Rhymes (which are on YouTube and YouTube Kids).

List of episodes

Season 1 (2014–17)

Season 2 (2018–19)

Merchandise

Multiple books adapting the episodes "Me Oh My! Blueberry Pie!","Hoe-Down Slow-Down", and "Time To Climb!" were released in Russia around 2020 or 2021. There are also plush toys of Kit and Kate available only in Russia. In 2017, coloring pages and books of moments from the show were released online.

References

External links

Official YouTube Channel (English) https://www.youtube.com/@Kit-n-Kate_English/videos