Olliver's Adventures is a Canadian animated television series that originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002, with the first 13 episodes. It was produced in Flash by Collideascope Digital Productions and Decode Entertainment and consists of 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each, along with a pilot special.
Plot The show is about a young boy named Olliver (Ollie) who invents a world of his own using his imagination, creating stories that reconfigure his everyday life and impressions of the world into epic adventures.
Characters Ollie (voiced by Joanne Miller) usually has his toys as his companions: Jorge the iguana (voiced by Glenn Lefchak) Trog the strong caveman Tara the woman (voiced by Tara Doyle) Zoomerax the alien Beano the dog is Olliver's pet The Giant Big Sisters (Ashley, Leslie and Monja) are a trio of bullied siblings Mom and Dad are parents
Episodes Pilot special The pilot special, written by Edward Kay and directed by Sean Scott, was named Ollie's Under-the-Bed Adventures and won a Gemini Award for Best Animated Program. It consists of 10 two-minute shorts, and premiered on Teletoon on April 15, 2001.
Season 1 (2002)
Season 2 (2003)
Season 3 (2005)
Production The pilot special cost about $500,000 (US$330,000) to produce, and was originally distributed by Cochran Entertainment.
Telecast and home media Olliver's Adventures originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002 with the first 13 episodes. It consisted of 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each, along with a pilot special. The final episode aired on March 20, 2005. In the U.S., the show formerly aired on Animania HD.
Season 1 of the show used to be on Tubi, but have since become unavailable to watch. The first 6 episodes (18 shorts) also used to be released on Ameba TV, but is now unavailable to watch as well.
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominee Result Ref. 2001 Gemini Awards Best Animated Program or Series Jessica Andrews, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau 2003 Gemini Awards Best Animated Program or Series Allison Outhit, Beth Stevenson, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau 2003 Gemini Awards Best Interactive (www.ollieland.com) Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau
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