Mr. Baby

{{Short description|French adult animated sitcom}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{Infobox television | image = Mr Baby.png | caption = | genre = [[Television comedy|Comedy]]<br>[[Crude humor|Crude comedy]] | runtime = 4 minutes | creator = [[Marc du Pontavice]]<br>Carol-Ann Willering | developer = Franck Ekinci | composer = Thomas & Grégoire Couzinier | director = Hugo Gittard | executive_producer = [[Marc du Pontavice]]<br>Katell Lardeux<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.toonboom.com/community/success-stories/xilam|title=Toon Boom Community|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124091603/https://www.toonboom.com/community/success-stories/xilam|access-date=2017-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref> | producer = [[Marc du Pontavice]] | voices = '''French:''' *[[Féodor Atkine]] *Patrick Mancini *[[Marie-Laure Dougnac]] *[[Donald Reignoux]] *Alice Amiel *Brigitte Virtudes '''English:'''  *[[Seán Barrett (actor)|Seán Barrett]] *[[Daniel Flynn (actor)|Daniel Flynn]] *[[Emma Tate]] *Amber Beattie *Chris Nelson  | editor = Patrick Ducruet | country = France | language = French<br/>English | company = [[Xilam]] | network = [[France 3]] | first_aired = {{start date|2009|5|3|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2010|8|10|df=y}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 48 }} '''''Mr. Baby''''' (also known as '''''A Week with Mr. Baby''''') ({{langx|fr|Monsieur Bébé}}) is a French [[adult animated]] 4-minute television series, that lasted 48 episodes, created by [[Marc du Pontavice]] and Carol-Ann Willering, produced at [[Xilam]], directed by Hugo Gittard and broadcast from 3 May 2009 to 10 August 2010 on [[France 3]] on the Toowam programming block, and [[France 4]] on the Ludo programming block.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=199}}</ref> The show is animated by utilizing [[Toon Boom]] animation. In the United Kingdom, the series originally aired on [[BBC One]] from 2009 to 2012, and later aired on [[Comedy Central (UK & Ireland)|Comedy Central]] from 2012 to 2014. The series has yet to air on television in Canada and the United States.

The show is known for its art style reminiscent of [[United Productions of America|UPA cartoons]], as well as [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[Samurai Jack]]''.

==Synopsis== The series focuses on the everyday life of Mr. Baby, who thinks and even talks like a grown-up, but also has an incredibly, severely sharp tongue. He also has an older brother, Rudy, a skater-like rebel, and an older sister, Claire, who is a teenager.

== Production == [[Marc du Pontavice]] created the show after seeing a picture somewhere of a baby sitting in a chair reading the newspaper. He and [[Xilam]] created the series with Hugo Gittard, in which Marc participated in almost every stage. He loved this collaboration with him because Hugo never ceased to surprise Pontavice, managing to make each episode unique, even though the series takes place in a kitchen with the same characters. With the show, Hugo definitely proved his talent as a director at Xilam.<ref>{{cite book |last1=du Pontavice |first1=Marc |title=Destin animé |date=2022 |publisher=Slatkine & Cie |isbn=978-2-88944-191-4 |location=France}}</ref>

==Translations== Originally from [[France]] on the publicly funded channel [[France 3]], ''Monsieur Bébé'' was translated into English as ''Mr. Baby''.

==Voice cast==

===French=== *[[Féodor Atkine]] - Monsieur Bébé *Patrick Mancini - Patrick *[[Marie-Laure Dougnac]] - Carole *Alice Amiel - Clarisse *[[Donald Reignoux]] - Ludo

===English===  *[[Seán Barrett (actor)|Seán Barrett]] - Mr. Baby *[[Daniel Flynn (actor)|Daniel Flynn]] - Patrick *[[Emma Tate]] - Carole *Amber Beattie - Claire *Chris Nelson - Rudy

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|6273812}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120525110802/http://www.xilam.com/xilam/library_series_mrbebe.html Production sheet] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070405/http://series-tv.premiere.fr/Mr-Bebe-2153196/(view)/episodes ''Mr. Baby'': Episode guide (Archived)]

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