Trulli Tales


Trulli Tales, fully known as Trulli Tales: The Adventures of Trullalleri, is an animated children's television series created by Maria Elena and Fiorella Congedo. The series first aired on 17 October 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil. The series was produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, Gaumont Animation, PVP Media, and Rai Fiction with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the collaboration of Radio-Canada and produced in association with The [Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company EMEA].
Set in the fictional world of Trullalleri or Trulliland, the series revolves around four children and one teacher who learn how to cook from their Grandma Trulli's cookbook from the past. But when Copperpot tries to steal it, the four children; Ring, Zip, Stella, and Sun, must stop him with the magical power from their wands.

Characters

Main

' is the first of the group's class. She is very determined, intelligent, tomboyish and brilliant, but can be touchy and stubborn. She takes care of cooking the dishes in the group. Her wand is a spoon, which she uses to control temperatures. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and is dressed in pink.
  • is the talented leader of the group. He is a generous and kind friend, but can also be a little self-confident and vain. He is good at cooking and is the one in the group who selects the ingredients for each recipe. His wand is a fork and also a magnet, which is able to attract objects. He has brown hair, dark eyes, and is dressed in red.
  • ' is the sportsman of the group. He is nice and funny, but sometimes he proves to be moody and impatient. He deals with mincing, blending, and cutting the ingredients selected by Ring. His wand is a kitchen whisk that can create wind. He has orange hair, and green eyes, and is dressed in blue.' is the most vaporous of the group. Although at many times she is quite inattentive, distracted, careless, childish, and naive, she can be good-natured, kind, sensitive, polite, and sweet. She is talented in decorating, as shown by her ability to decorate the dishes. Her wand is a spatula that she uses to decorate the food made by her and her friends. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and is dressed in yellow.
  • ' is the owner of the Trulli Kingdom bakery and keeper of the Magic Cookbook. In Season 2, she also has the alias of Trullifairy. is the creator of the Magic Cookbook and would guide the kids through riddles that would help them solve any of their problems.

Villains

' is the main villain who always tries to steal the Magic cookbook. He would always brag about being a genius. It is revealed in I Want to Bread Free that he wants the Magic Cookbook to free his ancestor Copperpan who is trapped inside.
  • ' is Copperpot's pet owl. is Copperpot's nephew who was introduced in Season 2.

Recurring

' are a spider and snail that appear at the beginning and end of every episode.
  • ' is the ruler of Trulliland who has a collection of Donkey antiques

Production

Trulli Tales is produced by Fandango TV, Congedo CulturArte, and Rai Fiction in Italy, Gaumont Animation in France, and PVP MEDIA in Canada. Gaumont and PVP formed a co-production agreement for this series, alongside Belle and Sebastian in 2015. The series was inspired by a book published by Congedo.
The show was commissioned by The Walt Disney Company for its Disney Junior channels in the EMEA regions, alongside Rai Fiction for Rai YoYo in Italy, Radio-Canada Télé">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Radio-Canada Télé in Canada, and Globosat's Gloobinho in Brazil. The series is distributed by Boat Rocker Media for consumer products in the United Kingdom, seasons 1 and 2 worldwide by Gaumont and season 1 in Canada by .

Episodes

Every episode of the series was directed by Eric Gosselet.

Broadcast

Trulli Tales aired 17 October 2017 on Gloobinho in Brazil. The series aired on 11 December 2017 on Disney Junior TV channels|Disney Junior] in Italy, and later 11 June 2018 on Rai YoYo. In Canada, the series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on 6 January 2018, and on Knowledge Network on 7 May 2018.
On 11 December 2017, the series aired across many Disney Junior channels in the EMEA area, including France and the UK and Ireland. The series also aired in the latter on Tiny Pop on 21 January 2019. In South Africa, the series aired on 26 February 2018. In Singapore, the series aired on Channel 5 on 15 July 2019. From 25 September 2019 until 6 September 2021, the series was available on the Noggin streaming service. On 5 October 2019, the series aired on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States. As of November 2019, the series had been sold to 177 territories globally.

Awards

Trulli Tales was awarded the Prix Gémeaux for best animated series in 2018. In 2019, it became the first television series to win the Italian Creativity Award from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in the United States.

Merchandise

launched a series of toys for the series in 2018, which were distributed in Italy and the United Kingdom. Additional merchandise was produced for Italian release, including educational toys, tissues, stickers, and food products. Panini began publishing an official magazine in November 2019.