Butterbean's Café
Butterbean's Café is an animated culinary fantasy children's television series created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull and ordered by Nickelodeon. Principally animated by Ireland-based Brown Bag Films, it ran on Nickelodeon and its sister channel Nick Jr. for 2 seasons and 60 episodes from November 12, 2018, to November 1, 2020.
Involving "creative cooking, a farm-to-table philosophy and a social-emotional curriculum that focuses on leadership skills", a total of 40 episodes were ordered for its inaugural season. On June 4, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season and moved to the Nick Jr. Channel the same year on August 25.
Premise
The series is set in the magical land of Puddlebrook and follows its titular character, Butterbean, a fairy who opens up and works in her own café, with the help of sister Cricket and friends Poppy, Dazzle, and Jasper. The patrons of the café consists of anthropomorphic chipmunks and rabbits.Next to the café is grumpy Ms. Marmalady, who plots to put Butterbean out of business, only to fail every time. There is a running gag where a character breaks the fourth wall by talking to the viewer in a documentary-style confession where they explain the various situations happening at the moment.
Working together, the fairies whip up amazing treats in most of the episode. If the treat is successfully saved, Butterbean plants a colorful surprise bean producing special effects based on it, depending on the episode, to which she calls "The Fairy Finish".
Characters
- Butterbean, a fairy who owns a café. Her wings have sprinkles and her cooking tool is a whisk.
- Cricket, Butterbean's younger sister. Her wings have hearts and her cooking tool is an icing bag.
- Poppy, a fairy who runs the kitchen. Her wings have flowers and her cooking tool is a kitchen spoon.
- Dazzle, a fairy who is an embodiment of an African girl, and runs the café's front counter. Her wings have stars and her cooking tool is a stylus.
- Jasper, a fairy delivery boy. His wings have a lightning and his cooking tool is a spatula.
- Cookie, a winged, flying cat who lives in Butterbean's Café.
- Ms. Marmalady, Butterbean's foil and the main antagonist. Because she and her workers produce sub-par products, her café hardly gets customers. She has a sister named Martha.
- Spork and Spatch, Ms. Marmalady's bumbling monkey employees.
- Marzipan, a dark grey cat owned by Ms. Marmalady.
Media
Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment has released episodes of this show on DVD both under its eponymous name and the title Let's Get Cooking!.On June 7, 2023, Butterbean's Café was added to Paramount+ but has since been removed.