Chloe's Closet
Chloe's Closet is a British-American animated children's series produced by MoonScoop Entertainment[3] and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children ages 2 to 7 years old.
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Created by | Sarah Finn (original concept) Mike Young (original concept) |
Directed by | Gary Hurst (season 1) Jeff Gordon (season 1) Ben Choo (season 2) Bob Doucette (supervising director, season 2) Pat Griffiths (voice director) Dan Russell (voice director) Sanjay Pol (animation director, season 1) Vivekanand Bagwe (animation director, season 1) Nilesh Nevgi (animation director, season 1) Prakash Satam (animation director, season 1) Echo Chiou (animation director, season 1) Bai Ye (animation director, season 1) Bryan de la Cruz (animation director, season 1) Chang Yih Wen (animation director, season 2) Pratheban Perumal (animation director, season 2) |
Theme music composer | Rick Mulhall |
Opening theme | "Dress Up Time" performed by Eleanor Webster |
Ending theme | "Dress Up Time" (Instrumental) |
Composers | Rick Mulhall and Ian Nichols for Kick Production Ltd. |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
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 Lpsiri (season 2) |
Producers | Jeff Gordon (season 1) Marie Brand (season 1) Siobhán Ní Ghadhra Liz Young (supervising producer) Corinna Schier (creative producer) Sindy McKay-Swerdlove (creative producer, season 1) Stefan Pfaeffle (creative producer, season 1) Lolee Aries (season 2) |
Editors | Michael Bradley (season 1 episodes 1 and 2 only) Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Marques (season 1 episodes 3-52 only) Brian Ó Corrbuí (on-line editor, season 1) Richard Finn (season 2) Fiona Ní Chléirigh (on-line editor, season 2) |
Running time | 11 minutes, 30 seconds (stand-alone) 22 minutes (half-hour) |
Production companies | MoonScoop Entertainment[1] 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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Original network | CITV[2] (United Kingdom) PBS Kids Sprout (United States) KiKA (Germany) |
Original release | July 12, 2010 – February 9, 2014 |
The show premiered in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout on July 12, 2010, and later aired in the United Kingdom on CITV, Cartoonito and Milkshake! on Channel 5.
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 Elenor Webster) is the main protagonist of the series. She is a young Welsh girl with a 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 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 brave, friendly and gentle gentleman. His catchphrases are "No worries!" and "Flying feathers!"
- Tara Jansen (voiced by Siobhan Ni Thuiraisg) 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. Tara tends to say, "Oh, crumbs!" whenever she ends up on the receiving end of bad luck.
- James "Jet" Horton (voiced by Oisin Kerans) is Chloe's British 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 Carly Ann Brookman in Season 1 and Hana Evans in Season 2) is Chloe's Scottish tomboy friend. 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.[4]
- Riley Harris (voiced by Derry McCaffery) is Chloe's friend who is a Black British boy.
- Lillian "Lil" McGwire (voiced by Jasmine Belson) is Chloe's friend who is Welsh. She loves more girly activities. She tends to criticize herself 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 a Welsh 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 Tera 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)
Production for the first season took place from mid-2007 to early 2008.[5][6]
No. | Title | Original U.S. air date | |
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1 | "Bump in the Night / Rainbow Riddle" | July 12, 2010[7] July 13, 2010 | |
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2 | "Monkeys of the Caribbean / The Color Pink" | July 14, 2010 July 15, 2010 | |
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3 | "Jet's Quest / Getting to Snow You" | July 16, 2010 December 10, 2010 | |
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4 | "Braking Away / The Sound of Echoes" | July 12, 2010 July 14, 2010 | |
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5 | "Eight Left Feet / Sun Daze" | July 13, 2010 July 15, 2010 | |
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6 | "Bump in the Sand / On the Right Track" | August 31, 2010 July 16, 2010 | |
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7 | "Do Little, Do Big / Hey, Hey! He's A Monkey!" | July 17, 2010 July 18, 2010 | |
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8 | "Purple Like Me / Super Best Friends" | July 19, 2010 July 20, 2010 | |
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9 | "Little Big Boy / Easy as Cake" | July 21, 2010 July 22, 2010 | |
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10 | "Stay on Your Toes / Big Shoes to Fill" | July 23, 2010 July 24, 2010 | |
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11 | "All Green Thumbs / Tyrannosaurus Wrecks" | July 25, 2010 July 26, 2010 | |
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12 | "Brushing Around / For Love of Monet" | July 27, 2010 July 28, 2010 | |
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13 | "Hairy Tale / Raiders of the Lost Egg" | July 29, 2010 July 30, 2010 | |
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14 | "Best in Snow / Leave it to the Beavers" | December 20, 2010 July 31, 2010 | |
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15 | "In the Fix / Follow the Castle's Brick Road" | August 1, 2010 August 2, 2010 | |
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16 | "Icing Escapades / Extra Special Delivery" | August 3, 2010 August 4, 2010 | |
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17 | "To Borrow, To Borrow / Get Your Kicks" | August 5, 2010 August 6, 2010 | |
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18 | "Smoke Alarmed / These Boots are Made for Jumping" | August 7, 2010 August 8, 2010 | |
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19 | "Crowing Up / On Frozen Pond" | August 9, 2010 December 22, 2010 | |
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20 | "The Great Banana Caper / The Good, The Bad and The Silly" | August 10, 2010 August 11, 2010 | |
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21 | "Clock A Doodle Doo / Those Wonderful Toys" | August 12, 2010 August 13, 2010 | |
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22 | "Try Away Home / Listen Up" | August 14, 2010 August 15, 2010 | |
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23 | "Don't Fall A Sheep / Blankie and a Net" | August 16, 2010 January 10, 2011 | |
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24 | "He's Got Rhythm / Ticket to Squaresville" | August 17, 2010 August 18, 2010 | |
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25 | "Fancy Footwork / No Body's Perfect" | August 19, 2010 September 13, 2010 | |
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26 | "Old Rabbit, New Tricks / Pre-School Musical" | August 20, 2010 August 21, 2010 | |
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Season 2 (2013-2014)
Production for the second season took place from October 2011-October 2012. Episode 19 onwards have a 2013 copyright date in the credits (in some territories the episodes maintain a 2012 copyright date).
No. | Title | Original U.S. air date | |
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1 | "We Ought to Be in Movies / A New Way to Play" | July 27, 2013 July 28, 2013 | |
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2 | "Amid the Pyramids / Eggs in a Basket" | August 3, 2013 August 4, 2013 | |
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3 | "Banding Together / The Sleeping Princess" | August 10, 2013 August 11, 2013 | |
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4 | "To Bee or Not to Bee / Pizza Party" | August 17, 2013 August 18, 2013 | |
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5 | "A-Camping We Will Go / Faster Than a Speeding Ostrich" | August 24, 2013 August 25, 2013 | |
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6 | "A Nose for Tennis / Fiesta" | August 31, 2013 September 1, 2013 | |
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7 | "The Big Friendly Wolf / Hip Hop Hijinks" | September 7, 2013 September 8, 2013 | |
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8 | "Fashion Fantasy / Catch of the Day" | September 14, 2013 September 15, 2013 | |
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9 | "I Scream for Ice Cream / The Tale of the Mixed-Up Dragon" | September 21, 2013 September 22, 2013 | |
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10 | "Seeing is Believing / The Treasure of Talky Mountain" | September 28, 2013 September 29, 2013 | |
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11 | "Turtle Fishing / A Super Sticky Situation" | October 5, 2013 October 6, 2013 | |
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12 | "Horse on a Wire / A Giant Problem" | October 12, 2013 October 13, 2013 | |
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13 | "Musical Chairs / Three Pigs' Party" | October 19, 2013 October 20, 2013 | |
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14 | "Konichiwa Chloe! / Dance, Leprechaun, Dance" | October 26, 2013 October 27, 2013 | |
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15 | "The Art of Making Friends / Stone Age Story" | November 2, 2013 November 3, 2013 | |
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16 | "A Magical Dust-Up / Winged Rider" | December 8, 2013 December 14, 2013 | |
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17 | "The High Flying Four / Turn On the Lights" | November 9, 2013 November 10, 2013 | |
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18 | "Race for Fun / Flower Power" | November 16, 2013 November 17, 2013 | |
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19 | "Grouchy Pandas, Giggling Dragon / We Figured it Out!" | November 23, 2013 November 24, 2013 | |
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20 | "Cloudberry Cakes / Beautiful Butterfly" | December 15, 2013 December 21, 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 mid-2004. Finn's eldest daughter (Chloe Cheshire, born January 2003, now a filmmaker),[9] inspired the main protagonist of the series.[10][11]
Broadcast
The show premiered in Asia through Playhouse Disney as early as 2010.[12]
In 2011, the series was purchased by France 5, Tiji, 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, TVP1 (season 1)/MiniMini+ (season 2) in Poland 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.[13]
The series also aired on TVOKids in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand, Sat.1 in Germany, Hop! Channel in Israel, and Yle TV2 in Finland.
References
- Known as Mike Young Productions during season 1
- "Chloe's Closet opens for toys".
- "Splash Entertainment, LLC". www.splashentertainment.com.
- "Charly's cartoon capers". May 21, 2008.
- "Ki.KA and EFP get into Chloe's Closet".
- "Mike Young - Features".
- "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.
- https://chloecheshire.com
- "The animation mafia". April 21, 2005.
- "SuperTed creator keeps it in the family". May 9, 2007.
- "Playhouse Disney Programme Guide June 2010". Archived from the original on June 8, 2010.
- "Turner acquires Chloe's Closet for Cartoonito".
External links
- Official Site (archive)