Animates

Because some friendships are sketchier than others

Fil Adamski & Dan Thomas 2011

TITLE OF TV SHOW: Animates TARGET AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHIC: A CBBC outfit, 'Animates' is targeted at kids between 6+12; weighted predominantly towards late primary school boys. FORMAT: 6 x 30 minute episodes, mixing a conventional multi-camera show with superimposed animation techniques. CONCEPT: Outsider Tommy Pepper uncovers a portal in his new school to a cartoon dimension where the school, its teachers, pupils and bullies are replicated as cartoon characters. Whilst there, he befriends several cartoons and witnesses surreal situations in the cartoon world, which are often replicated in the real school world. In this way, Tommy learns to deal with life's problems and picks up acceptance along the way. OUTLINE: 10 year-old Tommy Pepper has been forced to move to a new town with his dad, halfway through the term in the last year of Primary school. He hates the new area and misses his old friends; to make matters worse, his new school (Bow Tie High) seems cold and unwelcoming, especially since hes had to join half-way through the school year. He's shy and doesn't make friends easily, so this is his worst nightmare. On the first day of school, class bully Billy The Stink Brogan and his cronies make Tommys life hell, stuffing his belongings into a locker and hiding the key. When he finally retrieves the key and opens the locker, he discovers something amazing: a swirling portal to another dimension life in a cartoon world. Tommy gets sucked into the vortex and spat out into the cartoon dimension. Everything about the cartoon school is similar, but not identical. Over time, he discovers the connections between the characters in the cartoon world, and those in the real one (for instance Billy The Stink Brogan is represented in the cartoon world as a snarling, floating Whoopee Cushion). Each episode revolves around Tommy exploring this surreal cartoon dimension, gaining acceptance from his cartoon class mates, and witnessing situations which are reflected back in the real world. He sparks up a genuine friendship with a group of cartoons, who he eventually learns to befriend back in the real school. Over time, Tommys Animates also find a way across into the real word, unleashing even more havoc on the way; here it's Tommy turn to teach his new friends some life lessons.

Animates
Some friendships are sketchier than others

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