Trotro

For the share taxi, see Tro tro.

Trotro is a French children's animated television series. It is about a young donkey named Trotro. The show is based on the books of Bénédicte Guettier and it's produced in a series of 78 episodes of 3 minutes each. A spin-off, titled Trotro & Zaza is in development.

Trotro
Created by	Benedicte Guettier
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Running time	3 minutes
Original release
Network	France 5
Release	23 October 2004 (2004-10-23) – 31 December 2005 (2005-12-31)

Voice Cast

• Joanna Ruiz as Trotro, Lily, Zoe, Trotro's Mom
• Andy Turvey as Trotro's Dad
• Julie Ann Dean as Additional voices

Plot

Trotro is a little donkey with a head full of ideas. He knows exactly what he likes and doesn't like. He's a positive and engaging hero, with whom young children will easily identify.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	39		23 October 2004 (2004-10-23)	18 December 2004 (2004-12-18)	France 5
2	39		16 April 2005 (2005-04-16)	31 December 2005 (2005-12-31)

Episodes

Season 1

1	"Trotro Plays Hide and Seek"	Antonin Poiree	October 23, 2004 (2004-10-23)	101
Trotro is playing hide and seek with Lili. It’s always really difficult to hide when you have ears like Trotro’s and so Lili always wins. But when it comes to playing tag, Trotro is the fastest.
2	"Trotro Has a Nice Satchel"	Mathilde Maraninchi	October 25, 2004 (2004-10-25)	102
Trotro won’t take his satchel off any more, not even for playing in the garden with Lili and Zoe. But this isn’t practical. He can’t do any skipping, his sand castle has got knocked over and he can’t climb up the steps on the slide. When he plays kiss chase, Trotro can’t catch the girls. So upon reflection, there’s only one thing to do. When playing, it’s better to take the satchel off.
3	"Trotro the Little Monster"	Antonin Poiree	October 26, 2004 (2004-10-26)	103
Trotro has decided to be a little monster. He successfully tries out his new talent on his parents but then this new little monster suddenly gets frightened by a tiny little animal!
4	"Trotro Can Read"	Marie - Luz Drouet	October 27, 2004 (2004-10-27)	104
Trotro is reading a book to Teddy. It’s as if Trotro is actually reading it because even though he does not know how to read the words, he knows the story off by heart. Teddy never ever gets bored when Trotro tells him a story, but when Mummy reads one, Teddy always falls asleep……
5	"Trotro Goes Shopping"	Marie - Luz Drouet	October 28, 2004 (2004-10-28)	105
Trotro loves pushing his own trolley around the shop and choosing all the things that are needed in the house. Daddy’s mind is on other things and so he really isn’t paying much attention. But when Daddy and Trotro get to the check out…. Daddy isn’t too happy with some of the things Trotro has put in the trolley….
6	"Trotro the Musician"	Max Mamoud	October 29, 2004 (2004-10-29)	106
Trotro wants to become a musician. He plays the accordion, blows in a trumpet….. In the kitchen he turns a saucepan into a drum…. Bang bang bang!! He proudly marches around playing in front of Mummy.
7	"Trotro and the Rain"	Marie - Luz Drouet	October 30, 2004 (2004-10-30)	107
As soon as it stops raining, Trotro and Teddy go out for a walk. They jump in all the puddles and slide and splash around everywhere. You can just imagine!! They end up just as wet as if they had gone out in the rain in the first place!
8	"Trotro Plays in Bed"	Pascal Stervinou	November 1, 2004 (2004-11-01)	108
Trotro does not want to get up this morning. He would rather play, or make a big top for a circus, or imagine he is sailing along on a raft. Mummy calling him has no effect. Only Lili and Zoe manage to get him out of bed.
9	"Trotro's in Love"	Marie - Luz Drouet	November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)	109
Trotro is in love with Zoe, but she doesn't want to play with him!
10	"Trotro Makes Some Soup"	Sabastien Dejardin	November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03)	110
Trotro is having a tea party with Teddy. To make some soup, he needs some grass, some pebbles and some water. Trotro stirs all the ingredients and asks his parents to taste it. But Mummy’s soup still tastes better.
11	"Trotro Tidies his Room"	Mathilde Maraninchi	November 4, 2004 (2004-11-04)	111
Mummy asks Trotro to tidy away the toys that are lying all over the floor in his bedroom. But Trotro decides to undertake a major tidy up operation of everything and starts by taking everything out of his bookcase, his box of drawings and his toy box. Instead of finding a tidy room, Mummy comes across an absolute mess…..
12	"Trotro Washes Teddy"	Marie - Luz Drouet	November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05)	112
Trotro has knocked his chocolate over Teddy. To wash him, Mummy puts Teddy in the washing machine. But it’s not so easy to dry Teddy afterwards. But Trotro’s efforts are all worth it in the end – there is nothing as good as sleeping with a nice clean Teddy.
13	"Trotro and the Fish"	Antonin Poiree	November 6, 2004 (2004-11-06)	113
Trotro does not want to eat his fish, and so has to find a way of getting out of this. He has more than a trick or two up his sleeve, much to the admiration of Lili and Zoe.
14	"Trotro and the Hedgehog"	Pascal Stervinou	November 8, 2004 (2004-11-08)	114
Trotro and Lili have found a little hedgehog in the garden. But it’s impossible to see his face as he is all curled up in a ball. So Trotro and Lili offer him something to eat. Just the trick !! The little hedgehog shows his face. But how can they stroke him without hurting their hands on his prickles….?
15	"Trotro Won't Share"	Mathilde Maraninchi	November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)	115
Trotro is drawing in his room, and Lili is with him. He doesn’t want her to touch any of his pencils or any of his toys. Every time Trotro finishes with something, he won’t share it with Lili. So Lili come back with her own roller skates, and is really enjoying herself…. Now Trotro would really love to share …..

Other networks

Region	Network	Dates
World	Disney Channel	2004–present
Spain	Fox Kids	2004-2005
United States, Japan, United Kingdom, India, France, Germany, Italy	Toon Disney	2005–2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
India	Hungama TV	2006–present
World	Disney XD	2009-2019
World	Playhouse Disney	block: 2004-2011 channel: 2006-2011
World	Disney Junior	block: 2011–present channel: 2012-present
United States	ABC	2004–present
World	Disney Cinemagic	2009–2012, 2013, 2015, 2019

External links

• Trotro on IMDb