Rolie Polie Olie (1998)
Rolie Polie Olie was a children's television series produced by Nelvana, distributed by Disney, and created by William Joyce, Maggie Swanson, and Anne Wood. The show centers on a little roly pollie who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes. The show was one of the earliest series that was fully animated in CGI, and the first CGI animated preschool series.Rolie Polie Olie now airs in reruns on Disney Junior. Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award in Canada for "Best Animated Program" in 1999. The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 2000 and 2005. William Joyce won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series. The show has a vintage atmosphere reminiscent of the 1950s and early 1960s, with futuristic elements.
Seasons & Episode
Zowie wants to play with the big kids; When Screwy comes down with a case of Magnetitus. It spreads all over the kids including Olie; Zowie and Olie stay with Pappy.
Aunt Polieanna gives Pappy a surprise visit and reminisces on her many adventures after getting swept away through a wormhole; Olie and Screwy become cosmobot cadets; Mom and Dad go dancing.
It's Zowie's turn to pick the Jingle Jangle star, but when she picks a very old star, Olie isn't convinced it will shine; Zowie gives a present to Klanky Klaus; When Olie loses the last piece for Billy's present, Olie must find it.
When Gloomius takes the swing, Polly Pie's dog, FiFi, and the stuff from Polieville Park, the Polies finds a way to get it back. When Olie hurts himself from his skate stunt, he must find a way to help his spring. While Percy goes away on a trip with Baxter, he leaves Olie and Billy in charge of Housey.
When some gum escapes Planet Polie, Olie and Billy make it return; Olie, Billy, and Screwy get stuck together and are forced to do things together as a team; Screwy loses his head when he drinks too much soda, so Olie and Billy try to retrieve it.
Olie grows jealous of Screwy's new lunchbox that can talk; Olie, Billy, and Aunt Polieanna search for the missing pieces of Billy's board game; Everything in Polieville is turned backwards, so Olie does things backwards for a day, from sliding up the slide to talking backwards.
Olie prepares Zowie for her first day of school; When Olie gets bullied, he learns that bullying is wrong and he has a "blinking beacon day"; everything on the planet changes colors. Mr. Sunny turns blue after Olie and his family forget to thank him, and Olie and his family must help him to become happy.
Olie's antennae loses its shape, so he has to wear a straighten-upper for a week until his antennae is straight again; Olie and Billy make videos around the house to teach Zowie some good manners; It's a special day for the Polies.
Coochie and her brother Coo are introduced in this episode. Coochie and Coo become part of the Polie Family, Olie and Billy try to be quiet so the babies can sleep, and Zowie grows jealous of the babies because they get so much attention.
Percy builds a machine and the babies, being babies, activate it without even knowing what it does, causing Olie to switch brains with Spot and the babies to switch brains with the parents. Now Zowie must find a way to get everyone to switch back, and fast; It's Kooky Kite Day and the Polie kids are rearin' to get started on Kite making, even Coochie and Coo seem like eager beavers; Uncle Giz is over to babysit Olie, Zowie, Coochie and Coo. Olie and Zowie know what a great babysitter Uncle Giz.
The first part of "The Baby Bot Chase".
The second part of "The Baby Bot Chase".
The third part of "The Baby Bot Chase".
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