Toopy and Binoo
Canadian television series
Toopy and Binoo (French: Toupie et Binou) is a Canadian children's book series created by Dominique Jolin in 1996. In collaboration with Raymond Lebrun, it has been developed as an After Effect animated series produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) and broadcast by Treehouse in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec in French.
A total of 175 episodes were produced overall. In 2013, a live-action spin-off show titled Toopy and Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom was released on Treehouse TV and aired until 2017.
A film adaptation based on the series titled Toopy and Binoo: The Movie was released on August 11, 2023 in Canadian theaters.
On November 14, 2024, it was announced that Toopy and Binoo would return in a brand new series called Toopy and Binoo: Fabulous Adventures. It was released on CBC Kids on October 25, 2025, followed by Ici Radio-Canada Télé, TFO, and Toon-A-Vision on April 10, 2026. Echo Média and KO Distribution distributes the series and Huminah Huminah Animation produces and animates the series.
Plot
Toopy is a funny, friendly, optimistic, impulsive mouse whose insatiable zest for life is matched only by his love for his best friend, Binoo, a cat who is logical, sensible, and thinks before he acts. Binoo is devoted to his best friend Toopy.
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