{{Infobox television | native_name = Тримата глупаци | image = The Three Fools and the Tree.jpg | caption = ''The Three Fools and the Tree'' (1977) | runtime = 7.30 minutes approx. | creator = Donyo Donev | director = Donyo Donev | starring = | country = Bulgaria | language = | network = | first_aired = {{start date|1970|2|13}} | last_aired = {{end date|1990|6|10}} | num_episodes = 11 | list_episodes = The Three Fools#Episodes }}
'''''The Three Fools''''' ({{langx|bg|'''Тримата глупаци'''}} / ''Trimata glupatsi'') is a series of 11 short animated satiric films created and directed by the Bulgarian cartoonist Donyo Donev. The first episode was released in 1970 and the last one in 1990. The screenplays are written by Donyo Donev, Anastas Pavlov, Georgi Chavdarov, Dimo Bolyarov and Georgi Dumanov.
The series uses the typical for Donev simplified lines, deformed speech and interjections as well as drum' and bagpipe' sounds.
Ever since the first episode's release, the films obtained wide popularity and critical acclaim.<ref name="documentary"/> Each episode alone won at least one international award.<ref name="documentary">{{in lang|bg}} [http://vbox7.com/play:2c3a4851 Donyo Donev biographical documentary by the Bulgarian National TV]</ref>
In 1982, the satirical paper “''The Three Fools''”, named after the characters of the series, was founded with Donyo Donev as editor-in-chief.<ref name="documentary"/>
== Episodes == {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Episode ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Running time ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Screenplay |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Bulgarian title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Transliteration |- | rowspan="1" | June 27, 1970 | ''The Three Fools'' | ''Тримата глупаци'' | ''Trimata glupatsi'' | 8.46 min | Anastas Pavlov |- | rowspan="1" | May 13, 1972 | ''The Three Fools as Hunters'' | ''Тримата глупаци – ловци'' | ''Trimata glupatsi – lovtsi'' | 6.12 min | Anastas Pavlov |- | rowspan="1" | January 25, 1973 | ''The Three Fools and the Automobile'' | ''Тримата глупаци и автомобилът'' | ''Trimata glupatsi i avtomobilat'' | 7.12 min | Anastas Pavlov |- | rowspan="1" | September 9, 1974 | ''The Three Fools and the Cow'' | ''Тримата глупаци и кравата'' | ''Trimata glupatsi i kravata'' | 6.30 min | Anastas Pavlov |- | rowspan="1" | March 14, 1977 | ''The Three Fools and the Tree'' | ''Тримата глупаци и дървото'' | ''Trimata glupatsi i darvoto'' | 8.20 min | Donyo Donev |- | rowspan="1" | May 13, 1978 | ''The Three Fools and the Fool Woman'' | ''Тримата глупаци и глупачката'' | ''Trimata glupatsi i glupachkata'' | 9.08 min | Georgi Chavdarov |- | rowspan="1" | September 9, 1979 | ''The Three Fools as Athletes'' | ''Тримата глупаци – атлети'' | ''Trimata glupatsi – atleti'' | 5.30 min | Donyo Donev<br>Dimo Bolyarov |- | rowspan="1" | June 25, 1980 | ''The Three Fools as Pedagogues'' | ''Тримата глупаци – педагози'' | ''Trimata glupatsi – pedagozi'' | 9.22 min | Donyo Donev<br>Dimo Bolyarov |- | rowspan="1" | February 23, 1982 | ''The Three Fools as Fishermen'' | ''Тримата глупаци – рибари'' | ''Trimata glupatsi – ribari'' | 8.36 min | Donyo Donev<br>Georgi Dumanov |- | rowspan="1" | September 27, 1989 | ''The Three Fools in the Restaurant'' | ''Тримата глупаци в ресторанта'' | ''Trimata glupatsi v restoranta'' | 6.04 min | Donyo Donev |- | rowspan="1" | June 10, 1990 | ''The Three Fools Non-stop'' | ''Тримата глупаци нон стоп'' | ''Trimata glupatzi non-stop'' | 2.45 Min | Donyo Donev |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0301949|The Three Fools}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Three Fools, The}} Category:1970 films Category:Film series introduced in 1970 Category:Bulgarian animated films Category:Bulgarian satirical films Category:Fictional Bulgarian people Category:Animated short film series
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