Franny's Feet


Franny's Feet is a Canadian animated children's television series created by writer Cathy Moss and partner Susin Nielsen. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment, with the participation of Family Channel, in association with Channel Five Broadcasting Limited, with animation production by C.O.R.E. Toons. The series follows the adventures of Frances "Franny" Fantootsie as she tries on a new shoe and travels to different countries.
Franny's Feet aired on Family Channel from July 8, 2003 to October 31, 2010. It also aired on PBS Kids in the US and on Five in the UK. A total of 52 episodes were produced across three seasons.
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Plot

Franny Fantootsie is a 5-year-old girl who visits her Grandpa every day at his shoe repair shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At the beginning of each episode, Franny either talks with her Grandpa about certain things or encounters a problem while playing or doing an activity, until a customer comes. When this happens, Franny will say "A customer!" excitedly.
The customer presents shoes needing to be repaired to Grandpa, who then gives them to Franny to place inside the shoe repair box. Franny then goes to the shoe repair box, and instead of putting the shoes in the box, she puts them down next to her feet and says, "Where will my feet take me today?". Franny then tries on the shoes and they take her to a different magical place in each episode such as a Native American magic world in Wyoming, a sunny beach in Jamaica, a high mountain in China, the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, and so on. Franny then meets a different kind of person or animal, depending on the location, that she befriends and solves a certain problem for.
At the end of each adventure, after Franny solves the problem in a magical place and returns to the repair shop, she places the shoes in the repair box and receives a special treasure hidden in one of the shoes she wore during her trip and adds it to her shoebox filled with her other treasures. She then tells her Grandpa about her adventure and then solves her previous problem based on how she solved her friend's problem during her adventure. Every episode ends with Franny saying, "Where will my feet take me tomorrow?".

Voice cast

Main

  • Phoebe McAuley as Frances "Franny" Fantootsie
  • George Buza as Grandpa

Supporting/minor

Production

Produced by Decode Entertainment, Franny's Feet is aimed at younger children and centers on how upbeat is the initial exploration.

Episodes

Season 1 (2003)

  • 1. Wonderful Woolies/A Home for Herman
  • 2. Small is Beautiful/Opening Night Jitters
  • 3. Not Yeti/Jingle Dress
  • 4. Ride 'em Cowboy/Monkey Stuff
  • 5. You Bug Me/Double Trouble
  • 6. Paper Presents/Fowl Weather
  • 7. Egg Sitting/Arctic Antics
  • 8. Under the Sea/Bedtime for Bears
  • 9. A Visit to the Vet/Game Over
  • 10. The Lonely Library/What's So Funny?
  • 11. Paint Job/Yummy in My Tummy
  • 12. Whiz Kid/Birds of a Feather
  • 13. ''Fancy Footwork/Say Jamaica''

Season 2 (2004–2007)

  • 1. Franny's Manners/Swamp Thing
  • 2. A Pirate's Treasure/Nat the Yak
  • 3. Hop to It/Make Them Laugh
  • 4. Night Time/Bear Facts
  • 5. Jumbo Hi-Jinx/The Fais Do Do
  • 6. Messy Monkey/Greece is the Word
  • 7. Princess Tia/Chez Lou Lou
  • 8. Sweet Mystery/A Standout Performance
  • 9. Long Stories/Best in Show
  • 10. Reindeer to the Rescue/Bright Idea
  • 11. A Pony Tale/Puppet Pals
  • 12. Octopus's Garden/The Colossal Fossil
  • 13. The Big Race/It's a Big Job
  • 14. Pink Flamingos/Granny Nanny Goat
  • 15. A Little Moose Music/The Great Museum Caper
  • 16. Franny and Five-Pin/Net Worth
  • 17. Iguana Play Paddle Ball/Lighthouse Lily
  • 18. Like Magic/Scatterbrained Squirrel
  • 19. Armadillo Allergy/Bee Patient
  • 20. Unhappy Hippo/Westward Ho
  • 21. Happy Halloween/Tunnel Vision
  • 22. Shiver Me Timbers/Mount Do It Later
  • 23. Mischievous Magpies/Snowy Jamaica
  • 24. Lost in Mexico/It's Snow Small Feat
  • 25. Pilot Project/Season's Greetings
  • 26. ''There's No Place Like Home/Old Friends, New Friends''

Season 3 (2009–2010)

  • 1. Stargazing/Tower Power
  • 2. Slippery Sandcastle/Butterfingers
  • 3. Picture This/Sound Advice
  • 4. Rainforest Games/Shake Those Beans
  • 5. Flight of Fancy/Totem Trouble
  • 6. Papa Penguin/Ballroom Bugaboo
  • 7. Wedding Day Woe/''A Perfect Fit
  • 8. On Your Toes/It Figures
  • 9. Iwi the Kiwi/Clothes Call
  • 10. Lots of Space/Tulip Parade
  • 11. Pandamonium/So to Speak
  • 12. Sweet Talk/Lights in the Night
  • 13. Going Ape!/Halloween Harvest''

Telecast and home media

Canada

The series first aired on Family Channel and later Family Jr. in Canada on July 8, 2003 and concluded on October 31, 2010. Repeats were shown on Family Jr. in the mid-2010s.
Peace Arch Entertainment/Kaboom! Entertainment held home video rights to the series in Canada and America.

Europe

The series aired on Five in the UK as part of the Milkshake! block, premiering on 27 October 2003. The broadcaster co-commissioned the series with Family Channel. The series has also aired on Discovery Kids, Playhouse Disney and Tiny Pop.
Universal Pictures Video subsidiary Vision Video Ltd. held home video rights to the series.
This series aired on France 5 in France.

US

In 2006, it aired on PBS Kids until early 2010. In 2008, it aired on the now-defunct Sprout in the US.
It formerly aired on the now-defunct Light TV in 2016 until 2019.
The series currently streaming for free on both Tubi and The Roku Channel.

Other regions

This series aired on ABC Kids in Australia. This series aired on Cartoon Network in Japan.