The Owl (TV series)
A silent CGI comedy about a grumpy, unlucky owl.
The Owl (French: *La Chouette*) is a children's television series made up of short, silent CGI comedies, each lasting about a minute. The show follows a pink, grumpy owl with blue feet that seem to float beneath her body. She looks like a plastic toy and has an antisocial personality. In every one of the 52 episodes, the owl tries to handle a strange or unlucky situation, but as a running joke, she always ends up comically torn apart—her limbs and body parts are disposed of in unusual ways.
The stories take place high in a nondescript tree, in a simple "bottle show" style. The owl sometimes meets other animals, such as birds, bats, or an athletic frog, and these encounters never go well for her. Other episodes involve surreal events, like floating objects or exploding apples. The episode titles include "Windy," "The Ant," "Bubbles," "The Woodpecker," "The Lightning," "Roller Coaster," "Bat Owl," "The Pigeons," "Apple Storm," "Gluttony," "The Sticky Caterpillar," "The Stork," "The Race," "Squirrel Thief," "Puppets," "The Tyre Swing," "The Bees," "Badminton," "Spider Time," "The Magpie," "Christmas Small Boxes," "Trampoline," "Surveillance," "Space Owl," "The Kite," "Break Dance," "Chewing Gum," "The Sloth," "Boomerang," "Master Crow," "Sheep," "The Bugging Parrot," "The Cardinal," "The Mosquito," "The Xhaolin Frog," "Monkey Musician," "The Dung Beetle," "The Pinball," "The Fireflies," "The Elevator," "The Prop Tree," "Chameleon," "Ball Trap," "Child's Play," "Living Nature," "The Dream," "The Fly," "Flying Saucer," "Christmas Present," "The Giraffe," "Fireworks," and "The Party."
A related spinoff, *The Owl & Co*, also made by Studio Hari, features more characters in a larger forest setting.
- format
- 3D CGI short episodes
- genre
- Silent comedy
- episodes
- 52
- runtime
- Approximately one minute each
- language
- None (silent)
- country
- France (implied by French title)
- known_for
- Grumpy pink owl with floating blue feet, comedic dismemberment
Lore & Background
The series features the eponymous Owl, pink in color, and with blue feet that 'float' below her body. The Owl also resembles a plastic figurine and has a grumpy, anti-social personality. Each of the minute-long fifty-two episodes centers on the Owl attempting to overcome unfortunate circumstances, but as a running gag, end in her demise by her various appendages and body being dispensed of in unusual or comical ways.
The series' setting takes place high above at an undistinguished tree, a la a 'bottle show'. The Owl occasionally also encounters other species, like birds, bats and even an athletic frog, to which these never end well for her. Other situations involve surreal events, like floating objects and exploding apples.
A spinoff titled The Owl & Co, featuring more prominent characters in a large forest setting, was also made by Studio Hari.
Reader's Guide
The Owl represents a distinctive entry in children's television, blending silent comedy with surreal, often violent slapstick. Its format—fifty-two one-minute episodes—allows for rapid, self-contained gags that rely entirely on visual storytelling. The series is notable for its consistent running gag of the protagonist's comical dismemberment, a bold choice for a children's show. The Owl's grumpy, anti-social personality and plastic-figurine appearance create a memorable, if unlikable, central character. The bottle-show setting of a single tree and the occasional encounters with other animals (birds, bats, a frog) provide a limited but effective stage for surreal events like floating objects and exploding apples. The existence of a spinoff, The Owl & Co, indicates the series' potential for expansion into a larger narrative world, though the original remains a tightly focused exercise in minimalist, absurdist comedy.
Did You Know?
- The Owl is pink in color with blue feet that float below her body.
- Each episode ends with the Owl being comically dismembered.
- The series includes episodes titled 'The Xhaolin Frog' and 'Space Owl'.
- A spinoff called The Owl & Co was also made by Studio Hari.
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