Chloe's Closet
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Created by | Sarah Finn (concept) Mike Young (concept, uncredited) |
Developed by | Jeff Gordon (season 2) |
Directed by | Gary Hurst (season 1) Jeff Gordon (season 1) Ben Choo (season 2) |
Theme music composer | Rick Mulhall for Kick Production Ltd. |
Opening theme | "Dress Up Time", performed by Eleanor Webster (uncredited) |
Ending theme | "Dress Up Time" (Instrumental) |
Composers | Rick Mulhall and Ian Nicholls for Kick Production Ltd. |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom Ireland Germany Malaysia (season 2) |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
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Executive producers | Mike Young Paul Cummins Edward de Jager Sebastian Debertin Bill Schultz (season 1) Bethan Cousins (season 1) Michael Schaack (season 1) Thomas Walker (season 1) Volkert Struycken (season 1) Joy Thomas (season 1) Vincent Chen (season 1) Philip Lifu Wu (season 1) Orlando V. Verde (season 1) Adam Mimnagh (season 1) Nicolas Atlan (season 2) Stan Adam (season 2) Low Houi Seong (season 2) Mahmut Lpsirli (season 2) |
Producers | Jeff Gordon (season 1) Marie Brand (season 1) Siobhán Ní Ghadhra Lolee Aries (season 2) |
Editors | Michael Bradley (video; season 1, episodes 1–2) Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Marques (video; season 1, episodes 3–52) Brian Newton (animatic; season 1) Richard Finn (season 2) |
Running time | 11 minutes (individual) 22 minutes (half-hour) |
Production companies | MoonScoop Entertainment[a] Telegael Teoranta European Film Partners (season 1) Wales Creative IP Fund (season 1) Trickompany Filmproduktion (season 1) Animation Dimensions (season 1) Shanghai Supercolor Technology Co. (season 1) China Digital Entertainment Productions (season 1) Toon City Animation (season 1) Huminah Huminah Animation (season 1) Kids Workout Factory (season 2) Minika (season 2) Vision Animation (season 2) |
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Network | PBS Kids Sprout (United States) CITV/S4C (United Kingdom) |
Release | March 30, 2009 February 9, 2014 | –
Chloe's Closet is an animated children's television series produced by American company MoonScoop Entertainment[1] and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children aged 2–8 years old.
The show premiered in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout on July 12, 2010, and later aired in the United Kingdom on CITV and Cartoonito.
Plot
The adventures of a young girl (Chloe) and her friends (Tara, Jet, Danny, Riley, Lillian, Mac and Carys) and her toys (Lovely Carrot, Wizz and Soggy) as they go on magical adventures while playing dress-up in her closet in her room.
Characters
- Chloe Corbin (voiced by Eleanor Webster) is the main protagonist of the series. She is a Welsh 4-year-old girl with a very big imagination. She's created her own imaginary world that she and her friends regularly use when playing dress-up and having adventures in a closet in her room, and has designs on being a historian. Chloe has a very kind heart and is always up for adventure. Her catchphrases are "Lollipops!", "Pickles!", "Anything is possible in my world.", "Not in my world.", "They are in my world!", and "Anything can happen in my world."
- Lovely Carrot (voiced by Paul Tylak) is a plush toy and security blanket that Chloe owns, and is her imaginary friend. He's a small yellow blanket, with a toy duck head attached. In Chloe's imaginary world, Lovely Carrot comes to life. He's always trying to help Chloe out and look after her, but he can be a bit of a klutz. He is a very brave, friendly and gentle gentleman. His catchphrases are "No worries!" and "Flying feathers!"
- Tara Jansen (voiced by Siobhán Ní Thuairisg) is Chloe's best friend who is a redheaded Irish girl. Being half a year older than her friends, she considers herself to be older and wiser. Sometimes, Tara can be a bit bossy and usually tries to take charge on adventures. She never quite seems to get that's Chloe's job, though.
- James "Jet" Horton (voiced by Oisín Kearns) is Chloe's English best friend who is male. He usually tries to turn play time towards more boyish games, but is always there to help her out. He has a crush on Danny.
- Daniela "Danny" Rylant (voiced by Charly Ann Brookman in season 1 and Hana Evans in season 2) is Chloe's Scottish tomboy friend who is 4 years old. She prefers puddle jumping rather than playing with dolls and also loves preparing food. She's always up for an adventure, but can be a bit too competitive for her own good at times.[2]
- Riley Harris (voiced by Derry McCafferey) is Chloe's friend who is a Black British boy.
- Lillian "Lil" McGwire (voiced by Jasmine Belson) is Chloe's friend who is also Welsh. She loves more girly activities. She tends to criticize herself a lot and sometimes needs to be convinced to give new things a try.
- Marcus "Mac" McGwire (voiced by Daniel Keogh in season 1 and Lola Davies in season 2) is Lillian's younger brother. He's still learning to talk, but usually manages to get the point across. Mac looks up to his sister and the two tend to get along fairly well.
- Carys Mozart (voiced by Anna Webster) is Chloe's friend who is also a Welsh 4-year-old girl and she likes ponies. She only appeared in season 2.
- Hootie-Hoo is Chloe's toy owl.
- Soggy is Chloe's toy frog.
- Wizz is Chloe's mechanical toy dog.
- Regina "Gina" Corbin (voiced by Teresa Beausang) and Paul Corbin (voiced by Paul Tylak) are Chloe's parents who appear at the end of the episodes.
Dan Russell, Jade Yourell and Emma Tate provide voices for additional guest characters in almost every episode.
Episodes
Season 1 (2009-2010)
No. | Title | Original U.S. air date | |
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1 | "Bump in the Night / Rainbow Riddle" | March 30, 2009[3] March 31, 2009 | |
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2 | "Monkeys of the Caribbean / The Color Pink" | April 1, 2009 April 2, 2009 | |
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3 | "Jet's Quest / Getting to Snow You" | April 3, 2009 October 12, 2009 | |
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4 | "Braking Away / The Sound of Echoes" | October 13, 2009 October 14, 2009 | |
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5 | "Eight Left Feet / Sun Daze" | October 15, 2009 October 16, 2009 | |
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6 | "Bump in the Sand / On the Right Track" | March 29, 2010 March 30, 2010 | |
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7 | "Do Little, Do Big / Hey Hey He's A Monkey" | March 31, 2010 April 1, 2010 | |
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8 | "Purple Like Me / Super Best Friends" | April 2, 2010 April 4, 2009 | |
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9 | "Little Big Boy / Easy as Cake" | April 5, 2009 April 11, 2009 | |
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10 | "Stay on Your Toes / Big Shoes to Fill" | April 12, 2009 April 18, 2009 | |
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11 | "All Green Thumbs / Tyrannosaurus Wrecks" | April 19, 2009 April 25, 2009 | |
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12 | "Brushing Around / For Love of Monet" | April 26, 2009 October 3, 2009 | |
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13 | "Hairy Tale / Raiders of the Lost Egg" | October 4, 2009 October 10, 2009 | |
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14 | "Best in Snow / Leave it to the Beavers" | October 11, 2009 October 17, 2009 | |
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15 | "In the Fix / Follow the Castle's Brick Road" | October 18, 2009 October 24, 2009 | |
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16 | "Icing Escapades / Extra Special Delivery" | October 25, 2009 October 31, 2009 | |
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17 | "To Borrow, To Borrow / Get Your Kicks" | April 3, 2010 April 4, 2010 | |
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18 | "Smoke Alarmed / These Boots are Made for Jumping" | April 10, 2010 April 11, 2010 | |
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19 | "Crowing Up / On Frozen Pond" | April 17, 2010 April 18, 2010 | |
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20 | "The Great Banana Caper / The Good, The Bad and The Silly" | April 24, 2010 April 25, 2010 | |
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21 | "Clock A Doodle Doo / Those Wonderful Toys" | May 2, 2009 May 3, 2009 | |
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22 | "Try Away Home / Listen Up" | May 9, 2009 May 10, 2009 | |
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23 | "Don't Fall A Sheep / Blankie and a Net" | May 16, 2009 May 17, 2009 | |
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24 | "He's Got Rhythm / Ticket to Squaresville" | May 23, 2009 May 24, 2009 | |
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25 | "Fancy Footwork / No Body's Perfect" | November 1, 2009 November 7, 2009 | |
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26 | "Old Rabbit, New Tricks / Pre-School Musical" | November 14, 2009 May 30, 2009 | |
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Season 2 (2012–2013)
The development for the second season took place from October 2010–August 2011, and production took place from Fall 2011–Summer 2012. Episodes 1 through 18 all had a copyright date of 2012 in the credits, and episodes 19 through 52 all have a copyright date of 2013 in the credits (although the copyright date of the former year remained to be in use in some countries).
No. | Title | Original U.S. air date | |
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1 | "We Ought to Be in Movies / A New Way to Play" | October 8, 2012 October 9, 2012 | |
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2 | "Amid the Pyramids / Eggs in a Basket" | October 10, 2012 October 11, 2012 | |
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3 | "Banding Together / The Sleeping Princess" | October 12, 2012 October 13, 2012 | |
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4 | "To Bee or Not to Bee / Pizza Party" | October 14, 2012 October 15, 2012 | |
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5 | "A-Camping We Will Go / Faster Than a Speeding Ostrich" | October 16, 2012 October 17, 2012 | |
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6 | "A Nose for Tennis / Fiesta" | October 18, 2012 October 19, 2012 | |
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7 | "The Big Friendly Wolf / Hip Hop Hijinks" | October 20, 2012 October 21, 2012 | |
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8 | "Fashion Fantasy / Catch of the Day" | October 22, 2012 October 26, 2012 | |
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9 | "I Scream for Ice Cream / The Tale of the Mixed-Up Dragon" | October 27, 2012 October 28, 2012 | |
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10 | "Seeing is Believing / The Treasure of Talky Mountain" | April 8, 2013 April 12, 2013 | |
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11 | "Turtle Fishing / A Super Sticky Situation" | April 15, 2013 April 19, 2013 | |
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12 | "Horse on a Wire / A Giant Problem" | April 22, 2013 April 26, 2013 | |
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13 | "Musical Chairs / Three Pigs' Party" | April 29, 2013 May 3, 2013 | |
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14 | "Konichiwa Chloe! / Dance, Leprechaun, Dance" | May 6, 2013 May 10, 2013 | |
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15 | "The Art of Making Friends / Stone Age Story" | May 13, 2013 May 17, 2013 | |
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16 | "A Magical Dust-Up / Winged Rider" | May 20, 2013 May 24, 2013 | |
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17 | "The High Flying Four / Turn On the Lights" | May 27, 2013 May 31, 2013 | |
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18 | "Race for Fun / Flower Power" | October 12, 2013 October 13, 2013 | |
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19 | "Grouchy Pandas, Giggling Dragon / We Figured it Out!" | October 19, 2013 October 20, 2013 | |
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20 | "Cloudberry Cakes / Beautiful Butterfly" | October 26, 2013 October 27, 2013 | |
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21 | "Singing at Sea / Sing a Special Song" | January 4, 2014 January 5, 2014 | |
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22 | "Twinkle Twinkle Missing Star / A Samba Success" | January 11, 2014 January 12, 2014 | |
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23 | "Sinnie's Boo-Boo / A Root Awakening" | January 18, 2014 January 19, 2014 | |
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24 | "Forest Photo Fun / Chugga Chugga Choo Choo" | January 25, 2014 January 26, 2014 | |
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25 | "Camp Chloe / Budding Ballerinas" | February 1, 2014 February 2, 2014 | |
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26 | "Clowning Around / A Princess Party" | February 8, 2014 February 9, 2014 | |
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Development
Mike Young and her daughter Sarah Finn conceptualized the show in fall 2004. Finn's eldest daughter (Chloe Cheshire, born January 2003, now a filmmaker),[5] inspired the main protagonist of the series.[6][7] Production for the first season was green-lit in mid-2007 and began in 2008.[8][9]
Broadcast
The show premiered in Asia through Playhouse Disney as early as 2010.[10]
In 2011, the series was purchased by France 5 and Playhouse Disney in France, PBS Kids Sprout in the United States, Cartoonito in Italy, Channel One in Russia, KiKA in Germany, CITV in the United Kingdom, Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney in Spain, and CBeebies in Latin America. Within that time, Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired the British cable rights to the series for it to air on their Cartoonito channel for broadcast in the Summer of 2011.[11]
The series also aired on TVOKids in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand, Sat.1 in Germany, Hop! Channel in Israel, SAM - BTV11, ANT - BPTV3, An Viên - BTV9 in Vietnam, and Yle TV2 in Finland.
Trivia
- The songs are written by Rick Mulhall (music) and Jeff Gordon (lyrics).
- All of the songs are generally very short, and only span roughly 1 minute.
- Every episode of the TV series has exactly two or three songs in it.
- When Braking Away was first shown at MIPTV, the end credits for the Welsh dub were shown as an error. However, when Braking Away started to air on TV, the end credits for the English dub were correctly shown.
Notes
- ^ Known as Mike Young Productions during season 1.
References
- ^ "Splash Entertainment, LLC". www.splashentertainment.com.
- ^ "Charly's cartoon capers". May 21, 2008.
- ^ "Sprout Premiers "Nina's Little Fables" & "Chloe's Closet"". An Island Life – Hawaii Mom Blog. July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
Chloe's Closet made its U.S. debut on Sprout, Monday, July 12th...
- ^ "Chloe's Closet: He's Got Rhythm - Full Episode". YouTube. September 28, 2016.
- ^ https://chloecheshire.com [bare URL]
- ^ "The animation mafia". April 21, 2005.
- ^ "SuperTed creator keeps it in the family". May 9, 2007.
- ^ "Ki.KA and EFP get into Chloe's Closet".
- ^ "Mike Young - Features".
- ^ "Playhouse Disney Programme Guide June 2010". Archived from the original on June 8, 2010.
- ^ "Turner acquires Chloe's Closet for Cartoonito".
External links
- Official webite (archived 2011-10-02)
- Chloe's Closet at IMDb