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A Town Called Panic(TV show/series, 2002)

Original title: "Panique au village" (French/FR)
5min per episode | Genres: Animation, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 20 episodes

A Town Called PanicRating: 3.5/5 (with 5 votes)
A Town Called Panic (French: Panique au village, lit. "Panic at the village") is a 2002-2003 French-language Belgian stop-motion sitcom created by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar for La Parti and Pic Pic André. It follows the everyday events of the characters Cowboy, Indian and Horse who live together in a small rural town as they go about their lives. The animation is designed to appear crude, as if done by a child (the characters evoke the look of cheap toy figurines) and the events of the characters' daily lives are extremely surreal and slapstick. The first Panique au village was a 4-minute short film premiered in 1991. Its concept was developed into a television series, which was first broadcast from 2002 to 2003 and consists of 20 episodes each of roughly 5 minutes long (though some stations have broadcast them in 15- or 30-minute blocks). An English-language dub of the television series episodes was created and sold internationally by Aardman Animations. Since then, a spinoff feature film, again titled A Town Called Panic, was completed in spring 2009 and debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May of the same year. In 2013, the half-hour Christmas special "The Christmas Log" was made, which received an English dub that aired on CBBC in 2014 under the title "A Christ... ()
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About A Town Called Panic

Follows the everyday events of Cowboy, Indian and Horse in a small rural town as they go about their lives.

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A Town Called Panic Seasons and Episodes

01/01/2002Season 1 - 20 episodes
#1 | 01/01/2002Cake
Horse bakes a delicious cake, so Cowboy and Indian plan a midnight feast which is scuppered by the arrival of an angry bear.
#2Cow-Hulk
Cowboy swallows a mysterious meteorite which, when he loses his temper, transforms him into a caveman, an ape, and finally a dinosaur.
#3The Easy Chair
Cowboy cannot resist messing around with Horse's new lounger, which can change itself into a sun-bed, waffle-maker or Jacuzzi.
#4Still Life
Indian decides to take up painting, but the flower he chooses as his first subject is stolen first by Jeanine, then by Steven, then by the Cow…
#5Lisa and Jan
Two backpackers arrive in town, but Constable's attempts to find them somewhere to pitch their tent leads to a series of disasters.
#6Robin
Robin's appalling archery skills result in Jeanine's kitchen catching fire. But when Bernadette gets the blame, her friends plot revenge.
#7Fox Hunt
Cowboy and Indian are on the trail of the same fox, but when Cowboy incurs the wrath of a ferocious bison, trouble soon escalates.
#8A Grand Day Out
Joseph takes Steven and his family on a day trip to see a farm run entirely by animals. But the place is not all that it seems.
#9Indian Treasure
Horse and Indian send Cowboy off on a wild goose chase. But what lies at the end of their mysterious trail?
#10The Cycle Race
Cowboy and Indian are determined to win the Cycling Cup, and they don't care what underhand means they use to achieve this.
#11Constables Fantastic Voyage
A mysterious time machine takes Constable back to medieval times. But has the town really changed?
#12Donkey Gets Kidnapped
Cowboy and Indian lure Steven's animals into a glitzy disco, and take Donkey hostage in exchange for Steven's tractor.
#13The Big Sleep
A series of bizarre accidents sends Cowboy, Indian and Horse to sleep for centuries, and they awake to find a strange new world.
#14Cowboy and Indian Go Camping
Cowboy attempts to build a campfire while Indian goes off hunting, a sure-fire recipe for disaster.
#15The Picnic
Horse digs up a bus containing the 1986 Mexican World Cup squad, who challenge our heroes to a bizarre soccer match.
#16The Card Thiefs
Steven’s pack of cards is stolen, and the trail leads to the duckpond, and eventually to the underwater world of Atlantis.
#17Cowboy Goes Hunting
Cowboy’s attempts to bag a wild boar cause chaos when they end up concussing Steven at the wheel of his tractor.
#18Horse's Nephew
When Horse’s mischievous nephew Lawrence comes to stay, Cowboy and Indian get blamed for a series of naughty pranks.
#19Jeanine and Steven's Vacation
Steven leaves Cowboy and Indian in charge of the farm, but the animals have plans for a vacation of their own.
#20The Play
The townsfolk put on a play in Steven’s barn. But is it really a good idea to leave Simon in charge of the special effects?
12/16/2014Specials - 7 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: Belgium
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 5 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), English (EN), French (FR), Dutch (NL)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/01/2002

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