# Watatatow

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{{Short description|Canadian television series}}{{More citations needed|date=March 2024}}
{{Expand French|topic=cult}}
{{Infobox television 
| runtime            = 30 minutes
| country            = Canada
| network            = [Radio-Canada](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_de_Radio-Canada)
| language           = French
| company            = [Vivaclic](/source/Vivaclic)
| first_aired        = {{start date|1991|9|17}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|2005|2|21}}
| num_seasons        = 13
| num_episodes       = 1,220
}}

'''''Watatatow''''' is a Canadian [French-language](/source/French_language) children/youth television series, that aired from 1991 to 2005 on [Radio-Canada](/source/Ici_Radio-Canada_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9).<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2015 |title=Hugo St-Cyr, star of Watatatow, dead at 36 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hugo-st-cyr-watatatow-1.3243466 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)}}</ref> The first show aired on September 17, 1991. 104 half-hour episodes were filmed every year; they were shown four afternoons a week on Radio-Canada. ''Watatatow'' helped launch the careers of several young actors, including [Hugo St-Cyr](/source/Hugo_St-Cyr), Michel Goyette, Élise Aussant, [Serge Postigo](/source/Serge_Postigo), [Robert Brouillette](/source/Robert_Brouillette), [Suzanne Clément](/source/Suzanne_Cl%C3%A9ment), [Isabelle Guérard](/source/Isabelle_Gu%C3%A9rard), [Fabien Cloutier](/source/Fabien_Cloutier), [Cas Anvar](/source/Cas_Anvar), [Annie Cotton](/source/Annie_Cotton) and [Néfertari Bélizaire](/source/N%C3%A9fertari_B%C3%A9lizaire).

The name "Watatatow" was invented by the show's producers; its meaning is simply an expression of joy.

Actors on the show were of varying ages, sizes, physical abilities, looks and ethnicities, and generally were presented as real people with real problems. Characters on the show dealt with a wide variety of social and personal issues, including [sexual harassment](/source/sexual_harassment), [pregnancy](/source/pregnancy), [clinical depression](/source/major_depressive_disorder), [substance abuse](/source/substance_abuse), [anorexia](/source/anorexia_nervosa) and [cult](/source/cult)s.

The first ''Watatatow'' [DVD](/source/DVD), which contained forty 'highlight' episodes from the first season, was released in November 2005. The DVD box set of highlights from the second season was released on October 31, 2006.

== Cast ==
*[Joel Drapeau-Dalpe](/source/Joel_Drapeau-Dalpe) Julien Gauthier 2
*[Normand D'amour](/source/Normand_D'amour) Denis Gosselin
*[Anne Fromm](/source/Anne_Fromm) Kim
*[Patrice Dubois](/source/Patrice_Dubois) Patrice

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0318171|title=Watatatow}}

Category:Television shows filmed in Quebec
Category:1991 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2005 Canadian television series endings
Category:Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
Category:1990s Canadian teen drama television series
Category:2000s Canadian teen drama television series
Category:English-language Canadian television shows
Category:Canadian television series about teenagers

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