Gaspard and Lisa

Gaspard and Lisa is an animated pre-school children show. The series is based on the books written by Anne Gutman and illustrated by Georg Hallensleben. The TV show was made as a co-production between Chorion and animation company Impossible TV.

Plot
Gaspard and Lisa are best friends who get involved in many adventures and everyday situations in life. Sometimes they often cause troubles that make other people upset with them and when that happens they say "Uh oh! Catastrophe!", but when they fix the problem, they say, "Yes, triumph!".

Why It Should Say Yes Triumph

 * 1) The show stays almost faithful to the book series.
 * 2) The idea that two protagonists are best friends with one being a boy and the other a girl isn't a bad idea and is also quite cute to see. Well, most of the best friends on TV shows usually are two boys or two girls.
 * 3) Gaspard and Lisa are very nice and likeable characters, pretty naughty but likeable.
 * 4) The theme song is awesome and the songs are good, relaxing and fit very well.
 * 5) Cute and good voice acting.
 * 6) The show gives a good moral on how to be good friends with everyone and also how to solve everyday problems in life.
 * 7) It has a lot of good or funny episodes like "Our Talent Show", "Best Friends' Puppet Show", "Our First Train Ride", "Lisa's Hiccups" and "Monster Hunters".
 * 8) When something goes wrong Gaspard and Lisa say "Uh oh! Catastrophe!" which means they have to do something to solve the problem and when they do they say "Yes, triumph!", proving that all problems can be solved.
 * 9) Like other shows like The Backyardigans or WordWorld, the breaking of the fourth wall handles quite good and isn't annoying at all for older audiences since is only done at the beginning of the episode so that Gaspard or Lisa greet the public and rarely in the rest of the episode. So them can enjoy it (Or at least entertain).
 * 10) Unlike other preschool shows, here the stories are more complex and reality-based of what a child would normally do at age 6 (Gaspard and Lisa's age). To some extent it can feel like a preschool version of Clarence.
 * 11) By settling and made in France, it also teaches children the culture of there and particularly its language when Gaspard or Lisa say "Bonjour!" to the audience or they say words like "Thanks" or "Goodbye" in french.
 * 12) The last episode "Lisa's Little Sister" was a cute way to end the show.
 * 13) Like other niche audience shows like Curious George or Bluey, despite being a preschool show, it isn't dumbed down at all.

Bad Qualities That Are A Little Bit of A Catastrophe

 * 1) Anyone can mistake Gaspard and Lisa for rabbits or dogs, because of their great similarities to those two animals.
 * 2) Some characters like Victoria (Lisa's older sister), Charles (depending on your view) and even Gaspard himself (sometimes) can get very unlikeable.
 * 3) The CGI animation is mediocre for 2011 standards, feeling more like a 90s show than from 2011. Not bad though, just not the best. Also the character designs can be creepy to some people.
 * 4) The show does have a few of bad episodes, like "Best Friends Forever", "Victoria's New Wallpaper" (depending on your view) and "Our Judo Lessons".
 * 5) The fact that there are no more anthropomorphic animals than Gaspard and Lisa and their families and the rest of the characters are human makes it pretty weird.
 * 6) Unfortunately, not all episodes are available on the Internet.

Trivia

 * For some reason, both the animated series and the characters themselves are very popular in Japan.
 * Officially it's confirmed that Gaspard and Lisa aren't rabbits neither dogs.

Episodes With Their Own Pages

 * Lisa's Little Sister