Geronimo Stilton (TV series)
Geronimo Stilton is an animated children's television series based on the Italian book series of the same name by Elisabetta Dami. The series is produced by Italian studios Atlantyca Entertainment and Rai Fiction, in co-production with French studio MoonScoop for the first two seasons and French studios Superprod Animation and Backup Media for season 3, with the participation of M6 for the first two seasons and France Télévisions for season 3, in association with B Media 2014 and Cofinova 5 for season 3.
The show ran for 78 episodes across three seasons, and it debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009. The second season aired on October 24, 2011, and the third season on October 8, 2016, which the show ended on as of February 28, 2017.
Plot
Geronimo Stilton is about the titular character, a mouse journalist and head of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He searches New Mouse City and places around the world for new scoops while having adventures along the way with his nephew Benjamin, cousin Trap, sister Thea and Benjamin's friend Pandora Woz. Most episodes share no story connections and are generally self-contained, though some episodes feature ties and characters from others.Characters
Main
Geronimo Stiltonis the publisher of The Rodent's Gazette, and also the president of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He is also the world chess champion after the events of the episode "Gem Gang". He is portrayed as extremely brave in the television series, even though in the books he was never depicted himself as valiant and has no glasses or vest under his jacket. Geronimo has a love of knowledge and has a sense of ethics and morals, but despite this he is still a bit of a klutz. He leads one of the most successful publication groups in the world. Geronimo stars in the book and television series alongside his younger sister Thea Stilton, his prankster cousin Trap Stilton and his nephew Benjamin.Thea Stilton
is Geronimo's younger sister and the special correspondent for The Rodent's Gazette. She flies the team in her all-terrain Metamouse, which can turn into a submarine, boat, airship, rocket ship/moon rover and SUV truck to locations that Thea, Trap, Benjamin, and Geronimo are exploring for an articles in The Rodent's Gazette. Thea is always ready to jump into action. She also a professional in martial arts, sports and drives a motorcycle and a Helicopter which is also portrayed to the books.Trap Stilton
is Geronimo and Thea's cousin. He lives in a trailer located in a beautiful park and is an expert chef, yet none of the meals he cooks up are tasty to Geronimo. He travels along with Geronimo when he's called on. Trap is a joker and loves to play tricks on others, especially Geronimo who he considers to be gullible. Still, he has a big heart and doesn't play jokes to be mean. He is also easily frightened, but Is and martial artist too, he loves karate because the movie "Karate Mouse Power" Is so amazing, and stops the enemies like his katas.Benjamin Stilton
is the 12-year-old nephew of Geronimo and Thea and is a hip near-genius at computers and electronics. He is dynamic and perk, although he can be impatient sometimes, and he loves skateboarding and sports. He works with his uncle at The Rodent's Gazette, running a computer news blog after school. He has a pet robot mouse named Max, Is a gamer with the games.Pandora Woz
is Benjamin's best friend. She is very enthusiastic about the adventures Geronimo travels on, and she often comes along for the ride. She likes Thea because they share a similar high-spirited enthusiasm for life. Trap and Pandora also get along as well for both like to play pranks on Geronimo. She has a tendency to get distracted easily, which leads her into danger. Pandora also has a pet hamster, Mr. Nibbles. In the books, she is named "Bugsy Wugsy".
Recurring
- Sally Ratmousen is the main recurring antagonist of the series. She is the publisher of The Daily Rat, The Rodent's Gazette main competitor and rival. She is the primary cause of trouble for the Stilton crew when they are in New Mouse City, and she has a personal grudge against Geronimo.
- Simon Squealer works for The Daily Rat as the personal assistant of Sally. He would do any dirty business for Sally. Simon protects his job at all costs, and goes to great lengths to dig up dirt on some famous mouse in New Mouse City.
- Chippy P. Crunchrat is a very greedy and conniving businessman who is willing to do anything in his power to make his name in glory when his Chip franchise went downhill, and Geronimo Stilton has come across him several times and foiled his plots, but he usually escapes. He is the secondary main recurring antagonist from season two and onward, from kidnapping Geronimo to causing national disasters in South America to melting the Arctic circle.
- Professor von Volt is a scientist, inventor, and an old friend of Geronimo. He invented Benjamin's Benpad and rebuilt his robotic mouse. He always stays in his lab to have some experiments and sometimes like to help Geronimo whenever he is free. He is a recurring character from inventing a time machine to a translating device. He also invented many other such as the Mind Mingler and a copier.
- Ratswami is an antagonistic hypnotist for New Mouse City. He once hypnotized the people of New Mouse City in. He is one of the recurring characters in season one when he hypnotized Geronimo to be his servant, which he was framed as a suspect to an overnight robbery. He also hypnotized Geronimo's grandfather to marry Sally so she can take over The Rodents Gazette.
- Prince Nogouda is a germophobic antagonist who lives in a palace in the Bandell jungle. It is revealed in that he captured rare animals from all over the world including two rare lizards. In him and his guards captured Thea to marry him and be his Princess in order to save his wealth and riches before it's too late.
- Professor Cheesewheel is a mad scientist and robotics inventor who had schemed to steal a technologically advanced airship, steal and sell the intelligence of the world's smartest people and helping Crunchrat melt the Arctic circle.
- William Shortpaws is Geronimo's grandfather, and former owner of The Rodents Gazette as he started his newspaper empire by selling newspapers as a child. Currently, he oversees Geronimo's operation of his company, and he knows exactly the way he wants things to be. Occasionally, when Geronimo least expects it, he drops into The Rodent's Gazette to check on how he is doing even though he has retired.
- Shadow is New Mouse City's most notorious thief and a master of disguise, and Geronimo has crossed paths against her when she was disguised as a mummy and later working for Sally to get the scoop on a new fashion fabric.
- Bree Cheeserind is a big celebrity actor Pandora is obsessed with who has been in a few of Geronimo Stilton's adventures. He's also kind, generous and a nature lover, as shown in, as he is against the destruction of the forest by Chippy P. Crunchrat.
- Philipilino is a very famous fashion designer who has crossed paths with Geronimo on some occasions.
- King Liu Shi Mew is a young and modern trend lifestyle king who is the royal highness of Whiskeristan and a very close and good friend with the Stiltons.
- The Ratoff family who are distant relatives of the Stiltons that live in Transratania who meet up with them whenever they travel there.
- The Rat-Jitsu Clan are a special group of martial artists and ninjas who are very close friends with Geronimo and his family in which they were also inducted into as members after saving their clan and Master Caretaker's life twice.
Production
Geronimo Stilton is produced by Atlantyca and Rai Fiction in Italy, MoonScoop in France for seasons 1–2, and Superprod and Back UP Media in France in season 3. On April 15, 2010, it was announced that the series would continue with a second season of 26 episodes, which premiered in Italy on October 24, 2011. A third season was announced on February 6, 2013, and on October 14, 2014, it was announced that France-based studios Superprod Animation and Backup Media would help with the production instead with the former taking over production from MoonScoop.The series was animated using Toon Boom Harmony. The animation was outsourced to Toon City Animation, Snipple Animation for seasons 1–2 and Top Draw Animation for season 3 located in the Philippines, and Dong Woo Animation for season 2 located in South Korea.
Release
Broadcast
Geronimo Stilton debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009, and later the show premiered on Rai Gulp. The series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and YTV in Canada, M6 in France, Cartoon Network in Spain, Okto in Singapore, Nickelodeon in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden, NTV7 in Malaysia,, Sun Network in India, e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, Eleven in Australia in July, TVNZ in New Zealand, and TVB Pearl in Hong Kong. In the United States, the series was added to Kabillion's VOD service. In the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, the series was streamed on the Nintendo 3DS on February 6, 2017. The third season debuted on Knowledge in Canada on June 30, 2018. The series was also available on Netflix, however, the show has been removed from Netflix as of 2022. Currently, the first 2 seasons are available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.Home media
Imavision released the first two seasons on DVD in both English and French in Canada between 2010 and 2013. Their successor, Unidisc, distributed the third season in 2017.In the United States, Entertainment One released 16 episodes from the first season across four DVDs release between 2013 and 2015.
In Australia, the first season was spread across four DVD volumes and distributed by a joint venture by Universal & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2014.
In 2013, the show's trailer was on YouTube Movies in both Canada and the USA, which showcased the season one collection as the well as the first episode.
| DVD title | Season | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Publisher | Release date |
| Volume 1 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | August 24, 2010 |
| Volume 2 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | March 29, 2011 |
| Volume 3 | 2 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | August 21, 2012 |
| Volume 4 | 2 | 16:9 | 13 | Imavision | March 12, 2013 |
| Operation Shufongfong | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | September 24, 2013 |
| Intrigue on the Rodent Express | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | February 2, 2014 |
| Going down to Chinatown and Other Adventures | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | July 22, 2014 |
| Top Model Thea | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Entertainment One | February 17, 2015 |
| Volume 5 | 3 | 16:9 | 13 | Unidisc | June 30, 2017 |
| Volume 6 | 3 | 16:9 | 13 | Unidisc | October 10, 2017 |
| DVD title | Season | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Total running time | Release date |
| Operation Shufongfong and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | September 25, 2014 | |
| Intrigue on the Rodent Express and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | June 11, 2014 | |
| The Gem Gang and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | October 29, 2015 | |
| Rules of the Game and Other Fun Filled Escapades | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | October 29, 2015 |