Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation
Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation is a slapstick comedy animated series produced by Xilam Animation for the streaming service Netflix. It is a reboot of Xilam’s long-running animated series, Oggy and the Cockroaches.[1][2][3][4][5] Like the original series, it focuses on the wacky antics of Oggy and the trio of mischievous cockroaches that inhabit his house. Aside from the titular characters, the series also introduces the addition of the seven-year old Piya – an optimistic elephant from India whom Oggy has to look after.
| Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation | |
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| Genre | |
| Directed by | Khalil Ben Naamane |
| Voices of |
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| Music by | Vincent Artaud |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marc du Pontavice |
| Producer | Marc du Pontavice |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company | Xilam Animation |
| Release | |
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| Original release | 8 November 2021 – July 28, 2022 |
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Unlike Oggy Oggy, both of which had episodes that last 22 minutes and contain three self-contained segments, or the original, Next Generation's episodes last for 43 minutes with six segments each. While it is about slapstick, the series tones itself down compared to the original, with a focus on Oggy's friendship with Piya. However, like the original, the reboot still lacks any actual dialogue – characters frequently express themselves with a variety of noises. It thus only has one dub (the Indian dub).
While archival recordings of Hugues Le Bars were used for the main characters (along with new audio), Kaycie Chase voices Piya, the latter of whom also performed the opening theme.
Plot
Oggy is an anthropomorphic cat living in the modern suburbs, who shares his home with three trouble-making roaches – Joey, Dee Dee and Marky – who usually desire to drive him insane in a variety of ways. Oggy's Indian friends are also on vacation, dropping off their daughter; Piya, a 7-year old elephant, to be his new roommate. While Oggy will also have to deal with being her new caretaker – and by extent, father figure, the cockroaches will use her fun-loving, caring nature to their advantage.
Characters
The characters from the original series had received changes for this reboot – while Jack, Bob and Olivia are now minor characters, Oggy and Olivia's relationship remains vague (as they were married in the original's season 4 finale), Kevin (a new character) now lives with Bob, and some characters have received changes in personality – some of them having redesigns.
Main characters
- Oggy - A dorky and laid-back, yet caring father figure. He is a light blue cat with detachable black ears, green eyes and a red nose. In this incarnation, he has matured considerably as he no longer cries often. He is especially protective over Piya and any of his personal belongings. Oggy keeps various a collection of yarn-based items, and goes fishing as a hobby. He is the main arch-nemesis of the cockroaches, who he is easily annoyed by. He is also the current caretaker of Piya, seen as her uncle – he even met her when she was still a baby.
- The Cockroaches - The eponymous trio who live with Oggy and frequently irritate him. They are not as absurd and extreme with their pranks as the original incarnations, but are still as mischievous as ever. While they live in ventilation pipes, they still freely roam around Oggy's house and follow him wherever he goes, usually to cause mischief and steal some food. In some episodes, the cockroaches are depicted to be nicer (i.e. "A day out" and "The birthday truce").
- Joey - The leader. He has a left pink and right yellow eye, a light purple head and a pink body. While he is the smartest, he can get too eager about his newest prank. He is not as hot-headed or greedy as the original incarnation.
- Marky - He has curly antennae, pink eyes, a light green head and gray body. Assists Joey and Dee Dee throughout the series. Like the original's episode "Baby Doll", he gets foolishly lovestruck over Piya's doll in "The lost doll", to the point where he annoys the other cockroaches.
- Dee Dee - He has light green eyes, a large orange head, and a fat blue body (therefore much more pudgier than his original design). He mostly assists Joey and Marky throughout the series. He also is usually the most gluttonous of the cockroaches, to the point where he will eat things that are unpalatable, or otherwise inedible.
- Piya - An optimistic and playful Indian elephant. Peach pink and fat in build, she wears a pink and yellow shirt, with dark brown hair tied into a braided ponytail. She acts like a typical child, but is also a protective neat freak with a fear of spiders. A variety of gags revolve around her trunk, whether it's as an extra hand or to blow strong winds. She is Oggy's "niece" and sometimes the cockroaches' playmate, mostly unaware of what they do – until they either go too far or get her in trouble with Oggy, usually causing her to turn against them.
Recurring characters
- Jack - He is a green cat with a red nose, a gray muzzle, and a salmon-colored tummy. He is Oggy's cousin and Piya's "cousin once removed", being the tougher one compared to Oggy.
- Olivia - She is a white cat, one of Oggy's neighbors and his girlfriend. In this incarnation, she is redesigned to look more lanky, but also lacks her yellow bow, and she's not as fond of nature like her previous incarnation.
- Bob - He is a large brown bulldog with a red, spiked collar, one of Oggy's neighbors and Kevin's uncle. He is brutish in nature and is not very fond of Oggy. However, in "Dog day afternoon", he constantly cries over the thought Kevin leaving for school.
- Kevin - He is a small, orange puppy with a blue nose, and Bob's nephew. Kevin sometimes makes fun of Oggy, but agrees to challenge himself in obtaining a fishing badge in "Scout's honor". In "Dog day afternoon", he also hates going to school.
- Piya's parents - Indian elephants – one a grayish blue and one grayish purple, respectively – who are very large to the point where their faces are not visible. Ever since they literally dropped off Piya to Oggy's house, they went on vacation for a long time. They are easily entertained by Oggy (as his distraction) when they came to check on their daughter, in "Please hold !". Oggy assumed they would take Piya away from him if she even had a small injury.
- A grizzly bear - It lives in a forest far away from the city. It lives carefree unless provoked, as it can become comically aggressive. As such, it once interfered with Oggy and Piya's camping grounds.
Episode list
In the title cards, the English titles do not have any extra capitalization.
| No. | Title | Script by | Storyboard by | Original release date | |
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| 1a | "Out of Order" | Hugo Gittard | Khalil Ben Naamane | July 28, 2022 | |
| Oggy meets Piya, a 60-pound elephant who constantly squashes him. He begins taking care of her by setting traps around the house for the cockroaches. However, the cockroaches have plans to steal Piya from Oggy and nurse her as a wish to be nannies, now with Oggy ailing Jack for help. | |||||
| 1b | "A Day Out" | Nicolas Gallet | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| Oggy's plan for fishing is ruined by the cockroaches who disguise themselves as fish to fool him: They catapult Oggy into a log making factory, chase him with a bear costume, fill his log cabin with the smell of rotting piranhas, and steal Oggy's tackle box he was planning to put his fish in. Now full of rage, Oggy meets a friendly blue whale which swallows the cockroaches and stuff his blow hole with kelp. However, he decides to let the cockroaches go by luring them out with some fish fins, which the screen shows them fishing together on the whale's back. | |||||
| 1c | "Pyjama Party" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 1d | "The Canary's Song" | Khalil Ben Naamane Branca Cepelowicz | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 1e | "Wool Ball Madness" | Anastasia Heinzl | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 1f | "Mustache Man" | Clément Savoyat | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2a | "Dear Diary" | Julien Dinse | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2b | "End of the Line" | Yani Ouabdesselam | Anh-Tu Cao | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2c | "Little Spoiled Neighbor" | Hugo Gittard | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2d | "Nice Little Bear" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2e | "Water Rush" | Hugo Gittard | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 2f | "Ding-Dong" | Yani Ouabdesselam | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3a | "Aliens Welcome" | Nicolas Gallet | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3b | "Raw Talent" | Yani Ouabdesselam | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3c | "Funny Friend" | Hugo Gittard | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3d | "Invincible Piya" | Léo Bocard | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3e | "Creature Comfort" | Khalil Ben Naamane Branca Cepelowicz | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 3f | "Safety First" | Julien Dinse | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4a | "Bad Hair Day" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Gaël Le Gourrierec | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4b | "Unhappy Campers" | Anastasia Heinzl | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4c | "The Cone" | Anastasia Heinzl | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4d | "The Hat of Shame" | Nicolas Gallet | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4e | "Roller Skates" | Clément Savoyat | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 4f | "Bye-Bye, Cockroaches" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5a | "Eek, A Clown!" | Léo Bocard | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5b | "The Last Flower" | Nicolas Gallet | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5c | "Contagious" | Philippe Riche | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5d | "Piya's House" | Nicolas Gallet | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5e | "Oggy's Relaxing Day" | Anastasia Heinzl | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 5f | "Birthday Truce" | Léo Bocard | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6a | "Ach-Who?" | Léo Bocard | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6b | "The Lost Doll" | Philippe Riche | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6c | "The Hiking Guide" | Nicolas Gallet | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6d | "Piya Takes to the Moon" | Nicolas Gallet | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6e | "Please Hold!" | Nicolas Gallet | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 6f | "Long Face" | Boris Guilloteau | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7a | "One More Picture?" | Hugo Gittard | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7b | "Timber!" | Nicolas Gallet | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7c | "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7d | "Elephant Nanny" | Renaud Gagnon | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7e | "The Friend Thief" | Boris Guilloteau Annabelle Gervais | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 7f | "Paint and Suffering" | Renaud Gagnon | Amaury Allaire | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8a | "The Arrival" | Laury Rovelli Khalil Ben Naamane | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8b | "On Strike" | Annabelle Gervais Anastasia Heinzl | Christophe Pinto | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8c | "The Amazing Oggy" | Khalil Ben Naamane Branca Cepelowicz | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8d | "In a Pickle!" | Nicolas Gallet | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8e | "The Secret Garden" | Anastasia Heinzl | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 8f | "Split-Second" | Clément Savoyat | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9a | "The Butler" | Jean Harlez | Caroline Lefevre | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9b | "The Best Uncle" | Nicolas Gallet | Richard Méril | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9c | "A Treasured Secret" | Hugo Gittard | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9d | "Sibling Rivalry" | Christophe Le Borgne | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9e | "Runner Up" | Annabelle Gervais Anastasia Heinzl | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 9f | "Mischief Mishaps" | Nicolas Gallet | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10a | "Find the Top!" | Léo Bocard | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10b | "Dog Day Afternoon" | Nicolas Gallet | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10c | "A Dreadful Date" | Nicolas Gallet | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10d | "A Restless Night" | Alexandre Simard | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10e | "Teeny-Tiny Oggy" | Annabelle Gervais Branca Cepelowicz | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 10f | "Venting Frustration" | Fanny Courtillot | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11a | "Scout's Honor" | Khalil Ben Naamane Branca Cepelowicz | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11b | "Super Oggy" | Renaud Gagnon | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11c | "The Mooncat" | Fanny Courtillot | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11d | "Copycat" | Léa Cousty | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11e | "It Wasn't Me!" | Nicolas Gallet | Caroline Lefevre | July 28, 2022 | |
| 11f | "Puppet Show" | Léo Bocard | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12a | "Package Deal" | Fanny Courtillot | Romain Cislo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12b | "Butterflies Only!" | Boris Guilloteau Alexandre Simard | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12c | "Princess Piya" | Nicolas Gallet | Caroline Lefevre | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12d | "Off the Rails" | Khalil Ben Naamane Branca Cepelowicz | Jérôme Fardini | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12e | "Wrestling the Past" | Jean Harlez | Léa Cousty | July 28, 2022 | |
| 12f | "Bad Uncle!" | Christophe Le Borgne | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13a | "A Swell Outing" | Alexandre Simard Phillipe Riche | Caroline Lefevre | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13b | "Ice Cream!" | Alexandre Simard | Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13c | "The Imposter" | Phillipe Riche | Romain CIslo | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13d | "Dressed to Impress" | Phillipe Riche | Anh Tu Cao Fabrice Guével | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13e | "Oggy Gets Jacked" | Phillipe Riche | Yann Provost | July 28, 2022 | |
| 13f | "Mammoth Problem" | Alexandre Simard | Romain CIslo | July 28, 2022 | |
Broadcast
The series was first distributed online on Gulli's streaming services on November 8, 2021.[6] However, it was labeled as Oggy and the Cockroaches' eighth season. The series premiered worldwide in Netflix, on July 28, 2022. In India, it also premiered on Sony YAY! on October 24, 2022, albeit labeled as a "brand new season of [Oggy]".[7]
References
- "Xilam Animation Positions 'Oggy and the Cockroaches' Franchise for Long-Term Growth".
- "Spinoffs Proving a Success for French Animation Producer Xilam". 7 September 2022.
- "Xilam Animation Positions Oggy and the Cockroaches Franchise for Long-Term Growth with Expansion into Trio of Brands: Oggy - Next Gen Reboot; Oggy Oggy Preschool Spin-Off; and Original Classic Series | live".
- "Oggy and the Cockroaches Franchise Expands Globally". 27 January 2021.
- "Xilam Animation expands 'Oggy and the Cockroaches' franchise into trio of brands". 27 January 2021.
- "Oggy and the Cockroaches Next Generation Released in France on Gulli".
- Oggy and the Cockroaches Next Generation | Brand New Season | Starts 24th Oct | Mon - Fri 11:30 AM, retrieved 2022-10-22
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