Jelly Jamm

Jelly Jamm is a 2011 Spanish-British computer-animated musical children’s television series that aired on Clan in Spain and Cartoonito internationally and Milkshake in the United Kingdom. It was made by the British company, Vodka Capital with association with the Spanish animation studio, 737 Shaker. In 2019, rights were bought by Blue Ant Media. It currently airs on ZooMoo in the United States, and can be streamed on YouTube, Ameba and Kidoodle TV.

Plot
The show follows the adventures of five alien children - Bello, Rita, Goomo, Mina and Ongo living on the planet Jammbo, which serves as the origin of all music in the universe, as well as the King and Queen who rule the planet and operate the Music Factory with the help of the Dodos. Each episode focuses on their daily lives, and often there is a conflict which needs to be solved. The episodes present valuable morals in the form of entertaining stories interspersed with dance numbers.

Por qué gobierna (Why It Rules)

 * 1) The five main child characters have character traits which make them likable:
 * 2) * Bello is a born leader, an very adorable, energetic and adventure-seeking young boy with an insatiable curiosity. He is extroverted, highly imaginative, and very creative. His very best friend was Rita.
 * 3) * Rita is a polite, innocent, but very fun-loving tomboy, with a simple mind and a pure heart. She is quick to learn from her mistakes and once she learns why something she did was wrong, she usually doesn't repeat the wrongs she committed. She's also very affectionate. Her best friends are mostly boys, especially Bello (her favorite hero). However, she's more tomboyish, perkier and even more energetic than Mina.
 * 4) * Goomo is sensitive, gentle, and a friend to all. Free-spirited and not afraid to break gender roles such as dancing in a pink tutu or playing tea party with Rita, Goomo values the well-being of his friends above all.
 * 5) * Mina is intelligent, funny, giggly, practical, and looks for solutions to problems through a scientific lens. Although she is the most mature of the children (due to being more mature than Rita) and sometimes a bit of a lone wolf, she is still a humorous child at heart with a quirky side. She likes experimenting in wacky ways and is not afraid to be herself.
 * 6) * Ongo is relaxed, calm, and does not let stressful situations break his cool attitude. He's also musically-talented.
 * 7) Each episode contains a teachable moral which viewers can learn from, such as why it's important to not lie or how you should listen to and follow directions.
 * 8) Catchy songs such as Let’s Go Together, You’d Better Smile, You Are Great and Holding Hands. It wouldn’t be Jelly Jamm without the songs!
 * 9) * The music is composed by Guille Milkyway, a Spanish musician and frontman of the band La Casa Azul. He also sings the songs in both English and Castilian Spanish.
 * 10) * The English lyrics to the songs were written by Paul Bevoir, an experienced British lyricist. Guille Milkyway translated these lyrics back to Spanish himself for the Castilian Spanish dub of the series.
 * 11) The CGI animation and the backgrounds are smooth, fluid, and very nice, even for 2011 standards, which is a good decision. The show often experiments with different animation styles such as 2D animation (e.g. in one scene in the episode Inventor Bello).
 * 12) The relationship between Bello and Rita is extremely cute, as they're enjoying reading comic books, playing sports, getting dirty, playing video games and having much fun, and it has a very cutesy, heartwarming chemistry between them.
 * 13) The Dodos are very cute and fun to watch as they skitter about everywhere in Jammbo.
 * 14) In some episode are also shown the baby dodos, who's even more cutter.
 * 15) Lots of creative ideas, such as in Inventor Bello where Bello makes a big robot out of Mina’s equipment and in Jammbo TV where the kids make a TV show for Goomo.
 * 16) Excellent British voice work from Lizzie Waterworth-Santo, Maria Darling, Emma Weaver, and Isabella Blake-Thomas.
 * 17) The show has numerous different approaches to humour through visual and verbal gags. Often many pop culture references are made, such as Bello taking on a Super Saiyan-like form in "Choose Me" and Mina referencing the main characters of fellow Vodka Capital series Pocoyo in "Great Student." Some of the humour is a bit nonsensical, such as Ongo's gibberish.
 * 18) The idea of a musical planet far away from Earth is a very interesting concept.
 * 19) Jammbo is a very colorful planet with a vibrant palette and lots of visually appealing features.
 * 20) The King and the Queen are very hilarious characters.

La única mala calidad (The Only Bad Quality)

 * 1) Rita can sometimes be unlikeable and annoying. In the episodes "I Want That Too," "My Turn," and "Queen Rita," her selfish attitude gets the best of her.
 * 2) King can also be unlikeable in some episodes like in "A Day on the Race" and Goomo was an unlikeable character once in the episode "Best Friends Forever" torturing Bello, at least he forgive him in the ending.

Trivia

 * In 2014, Pinkfong released Jelly Jamm apps where you could watch episodes and take pictures with the Jelly Jamm characters.
 * Merchandise was released by Bandai, including plushies.
 * Lizzie Waterworth-Santo, the voice for Bello recorded herself as Bello for a video of characters she voiced from A to Z.
 * David Cantolla, one of the show’s creators also worked on Pocoyo and who would later go on to create Pirata & Capitano.