Robocar poli south korean animated children s television
Robocar Poli (Hangul: 로보카 폴리; RR: Ro-bo-ka Polli) is a South Korean animated children's television series created by RoiVisual. The series released its first episode on Educational Broadcasting System in 2011, and has aired for four seasons. Robocar Poli currently consists of 104 eleven-minute episodes.
While in production, this series was selected for the section of full-length animation at Global Animation Project 2009 hosted by Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), under the title of Piyo Piyo Friends.
In the latter half of 2011, the films were exported from South Korea to France. Internationally, the program currently airs on French and Taiwanese channels. It is also scheduled to air in Japan, on TV Tokyo.
On March 12, 2013, Korea Post issued commemorative stamps for the series. As the third installment of the "Korean-Made Characters Series Stamps", Robocar Poli was introduced, following the introduction of Pororo the Little Penguin and Pucca. Two million copies of the stamps were printed for sale (10 copies per set).
Synopsis
In Brooms Town, a small town with a strong rescue team, there are always accidents and troubles such as a car sliding off a cliff in the rain, a car crash, a child locked in a firehouse, and so on. In every episode, the town's rescue team saves characters. At the end of each episode, the rescue team strongly advises the characters who are in danger and children.
Main characters
Poli The title character is a robotic turquoise blue & whitepolice car that can transform into a robot. He has a very strong moral and does not give up easily. He is always faithful to his duties as a police, keeping the safety of town's roads and protecting lives and properties of the residents.
Jin: The rescue team's human member. She has long-straight yellow golden blonde hair & wears an reddish dark orange outfit. She is described as a genius inventor.
Helly: (voiced by Kate Bristol) A robotic helicopter dressed in emerald cyan teal green & white, and uses a drill. He flies over town to look for problems, and helps the team with ideas.
Amber: A robotic fuchsia blush rose pink & white ambulance van. She is kind, warm-heart, & shows a great deal of self-sacrifice to others. She is in charge of supporting rescue missions, giving diagnosis and first-aid to accident vehicles and characters.
Roy (voiced by Jason Griffith) A robotic red-and-yellow fire truck. He is the physically strongest member in the rescue team and is in charge of inspecting safety accidents, extinguishing fire and rescuing. He has many gadgets on his back to help the rescue team.
Supporting characters
Beny A blue truck with a tan face with dark brown frame. He is described as gentle and little, and aspires to be like Roy.
Bruner A bulldozer with two blades for his arms.
Bruny Bruner's little cousin.
Camp (voiced by Kerry Shale): A blue car with a yellow hat that tows a camping trailer. Camp writes for a travel magazine.
Bucky: (voiced by Danny John Jules) is a yellow pickup truck.
Cap A yellow, checkered taxicab.
Cleany (voiced by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld) A green-colored street sweeper.
Cranes: (voiced by Steven Kynman, Rob Rackstraw & John Hasler): Three container cranes working at Brooms Harbor. They are named Lefy, Lety, and Leky, and are orange, blue and yellow, respectively.
Dump (voiced by Keith Wickham): A dump truck that transports trees, sand, and other things around construction sites. In most episodes, he is also called "Dumpoo" or "Dumpy".
Lifty (voiced by John Hasler): An orange lift car that moves boxes over at Brooms Harbor.
Marine (voice by Eve Bentley): A blue and white postal ferry boat, described as kind, and travels around the world.
Mark: (voiced by
Max (voiced by Terry Mynott): A yellow steamroller regarded as reliable.
Mickey (voiced by Rob Rackstraw): A mixing truck that transports concrete.
Mini (voiced by Lisa Ortiz) Musty's granddaughter car with a rounded hood, yellow with pink trim, and a bowtie on top. She loves her grandpa and is most happy to be with him. Mini sometimes disapproves Rody when he's causing mischief or bullying.
Musty (voiced by Jeremy Nicholas: A blue classic car with a hat and moustache-shaped grill. The oldest car in Brooms Town and takes care of Beny, Rody & Mini.
Poke (voiced by Paul Panting): An excavator with a yellow construction hat and spade However, he does not speak, he communicates by spluttering.
Posty (voiced by Eve Bentley): A blue mail truck that delivers letters and packages.
Rody (voiced by Eve Bentley): A green car with a white cap with an R on it. He is described as confident and curious about everything.
SchoolB (voiced by Keith Wickham): A yellow school bus.
Spooky (voiced by David Holt): A blue tow truck that does not like being washed
Terry (voiced by Mike Pollock): A trailer truck that works at Brooms Harbor.
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Tracky (voiced by Sarah Hadland)
Traffic Safety with Poli
Traffic Safety with Poli (Hangul: 폴리와 함께하는 교통안전 이야기; RR: Polli-wa Ham-kke-ha-neun Gyo-tong-an-jeon Yi-ya-gi) is a spin-off of the original series. As part of Hyundai Motors' global corporate social responsibility project with RoiVisual and EBS, the series was produced for educating children on the importance of traffic safety, and has aired for two seasons. The first season of the spin-off was shown as six 11-minute episodes, in each of which two segments were combined into one episode. In Canada The series was Produced By Treehouse TV'
International broadcast
Canada - Treehouse, Tvo Kids, Yoopa, CBC, Knowledge Network
Philippines - Nick Jr, Nickelodeon
Australia - Go!
France - Piwi Plus
Japan - TV Tokyo
Israel - Nick Jr.
Italy - Cartoonito
Korea - Educational Broadcasting System, Tooniverse,JEI TV
India - Hungama TV (Traffic Safety with Robocar Poli)
Indonesia - Rajawali Televisi
Hungary - Minimax
Popularity in South Korea
This series has been a big hit in South Korea, and became the chief rival of Pororo the Little Penguin which had been the number one in the industry. Related merchandise includes cakes, toys, books, and apparel. In South Korea, Poli is frequently called 폴총리 (Pol-chong-ri) which means "Poli, the Minister of Children", following Pororo which is famously known as 뽀통령 (Po-tong-ryeong) meaning "Pororo, the President of Children".
