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*Franny's Feet*
Franny's Feet
Genre	Fantasy; Educational
Created by	Cathy Moss; Susin Nielsen
Written by	Nicole Demerse; Shelley Hoffman; Louise Moon; Cathy Moss; Susin Nielsen; Robert Pincombe; Betty Quan; John Slama; Steve Westren; Lienne Sawatsky; Dan Williams; Karen Moonah; Katherine Sandford
Directed by	Joanne Boreham
Voices of	Phoebe McAuley; George Buza
Theme music composer	Amin Bhatia; Ari Posner
Opening theme	"Where will my feet take me today?"; by Tajja Isen
Ending theme	"Where will my feet take me today?"; (instrumental)
Composers	Amin Bhatia; Meiro Stamm
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	52 (104 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Steven DeNure; Neil Court; Beth Stevenson;
Producers	Elana Adair (S1, S3); Kym Hyde (S2);
Editor	Paul Hunter
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Decode Entertainment
Original release
Network	Family Channel (seasons 1–2); Playhouse Disney (season 3)
Release	July 8, 2003 –; October 31, 2010

Franny's Feet (French: Franny et les chaussures magiques) is a Canadian animated children's television series created by writer Cathy Moss and fellow Susin Nielsen. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment with the participation of Family Channel in association with Channel Five Broadcasting Limited (seasons 1–2) with animation production by C.O.R.E. Toons. The series follows the adventures of Frances "Franny" Fantootsie (a name combination of "fantasy" and "tootsie") as she tries on a new shoe and travels to different countries.^{[citation needed]}

Franny's Feet aired on Family Channel from July 8, 2003 to October 31, 2010.^[2]^[3] It also aired on PBS Kids in the US and on Five in the UK. A total of 52 episodes were produced across three seasons.

Premise

A 5-year-old girl named Franny visits with Grandpa every day at his shoe repair shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They talk about all matters until a customer comes. The customer presents shoes needing to be repaired to Grandpa, who gives them to Franny to place inside the shoe repair box. Franny tries on the footwear and they take Franny to a magical place such as a Native American magic world in Wyoming, a sunny beach in Jamaica, a high mountain in China, or the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. At the end of each episode, after Franny solves the problem in a magical place, she receives a treasure and adds it to a treasure box and solves an imaginative problem.

Voice cast

Main

Phoebe McAuley as Frances "Franny" Fantootsie
George Buza as Grandpa

Supporting

Denis Akiyama as additional voices
Mitchel Amaral as additional voices
Juan Chioran as Nat the Yak
Amos Crawley as Henry the Mouse/Spencer the Skunk
Neil Crone as additional voices
Damon D'Oliveira as additional voices
Stacey DePass as Kinka the Kinkajou/Sally the Tough Old Cat/Jerry the Penguin/Darlene the Duck
Rachel Devon as additional voices
Carlos Díaz as Johnnie
Mitchell Eisner as additional voices
Jordan Francis as Johnny the Jamaican Boy
Terri Hawkes as Jessie the Music Star
Dwayne Hill as additional voices
Tajja Isen as Lacey
Kim Kuhteuble as additional voices
Julie Lemieux as Bobby Jean the Hen/Zelda the Wild Boar/Susan the Sloth/Princess Tia
Marc McMulkin as Jacques the Hockey Player
Daniel Magder as additional voices
Diego Matamoros as additional voices
Stephanie Anne Mills as Ice-Skater Customer/Marie the Blonde-Haired Girl/Lulu the Loon
Monique Mojica as additional voices
Annick Obonsawin as Deshta the Ostrich
Peter Oldring as Randall the Duck and Ralph the Hare
Luca Perlman as additional voices
Cara Pifko as additional voices
Gabe Plener as additional voices
Mark Rendall as Adam the Camper
Martin Roach as Joey the Dogsled
Susan Roman as additional voices
Jackie Rosenbaum as additional voices
Ron Rubin as additional voices
Rob Smith as additional voices
Robert Tinkler as Sasal the Donkey/ Walter the Sheep
Melanie Tonello as Penny the Artist's Daughter
Jonathan Wilson as Morrison the Monkey/Galileo
Rod Wilson as additional voices

Production

Produced by Decode Entertainment, Franny's Feet is children-aimed and centers on how upbeat is the initial exploration.

Episodes

Season 1 (2003)

1. Wonderful Woolies/A Home for Herman (July 8, 2003)
2. Small is Beautiful/Opening Night Jitters (July 26, 2003)
3. Not Yeti/Jingle Dress (August 2, 2003)
4. Ride 'em Cowboy/Monkey Stuff (August 9, 2003)
5. You Bug Me/Double Trouble (August 16, 2003)
6. Paper Presents/Fowl Weather (August 23, 2003)
7. Egg Sitting/Arctic Antics (August 30, 2003)
8. Under the Sea/Bedtime for Bears (September 13, 2003)
9. A Visit to the Vet/Game Over (September 19, 2003)
10. The Lonely Library/What's So Funny? (September 22, 2003)
11. Paint Job/Yummy in My Tummy (September 26, 2003)
12. Whiz Kid/Birds of a Feather (October 11, 2003)
13. Fancy Footwork/Say Jamaica (October 31, 2003)

Season 2 (2004-07)

1. Franny's Manners/Swamp Thing (March 14, 2004)
2. A Pirate's Treasure/Nat the Yak (April 26, 2004)
3. Hop to It/Make Them Laugh (May 10, 2004)
4. Night Time/Bear Facts (July 24, 2004)
5. Jumbo Hi-Jinx/The Fais Do Do (September 4, 2004)
6. Messy Monkey/Greece is the Word (September 8, 2004)
7. Princess Tia/Chez Lou Lou (September 12, 2004)
8. Sweet Mystery/Standout Performance (October 16, 2004)
9. Long Stories/Best in Show (October 30, 2004)
10. Reindeer to the Rescue/Bright Idea (December 4, 2004)
11. A Pony Tale/Puppet Pals (February 12, 2005)
12. Octopus's Garden/The Colossal Fossil (March 5, 2005)
13. The Big Race/It's a Big Job (July 12, 2005)
14. Pink Flamingos/Granny Nanny Goat (August 4, 2005)
15. A Little Moose Music/The Great Museum Caper (October 22, 2005)
16. Franny and Five-Pin/Net Worth (November 5, 2005)
17. Iguana Play Paddle Ball/Lighthouse Lily (March 18, 2006)
18. Like Magic/Scatterbrained Squirrel (May 13, 2006)
19. Armadillo Allergy/Bee Patient (September 2, 2006)
20. Unhappy Hippo/Westward Ho (September 30, 2006)
21. Happy Halloween/Tunnel Vision (November 25, 2006)
22. Shiver Me Timbers/Mount Do It Later (January 13, 2007)
23. Mischievous Magpies/Snowy Jamaica (May 12, 2007)
24. Lost in Mexico/It's Snow Small Feat (July 21, 2007)
25. Pilot Project/Season's Greetings (August 25, 2007)
26. There's No Place Like Home/Old Friends, New Friends (October 13, 2007)

Season 3 (2009-10)

1. Stargazing/Tower Power (September 10, 2009)
2. Slippery Sandcastle/Butterfingers (September 17, 2009)
3. Picture This/Sound Advice (September 24, 2009)
4. Rainforest Games/Shake Those Beans (October 1, 2009)
5. Flight of Fancy/Totem Trouble (October 8, 2009)
6. Papa Penguin/Ballroom Bugaboo (October 15, 2009)
7. Wedding Day Woe/A Perfect Fit (October 22, 2009)
8. On Your Toes/It Figures (October 29, 2009)
9. Iwi the Kiwi/Clothes Call (January 3, 2010)
10. Lots of Space/Tulip Parade (January 10, 2010)
11. Pandamonium/So to Speak (January 17, 2010)
12. Sweet Talk/Light in the Night (February 24, 2010)
13. Going Ape!/Halloween Harvest (October 31, 2010)

Telecast and home media

Canada

The series first aired on Family Channel in Canada on July 8, 2003 and concluded on October 31, 2010.^[2]^[3]

United Kingdom

The series aired on Five in the UK as part of the Milkshake! block. The broadcaster co-commissioned the series with Family Channel.^[4] The series has also aired on Discovery Kids, Playhouse Disney^[4] and Tiny Pop.

Universal Pictures Video subsidiary Vision Video Ltd. held home video rights to the series.^[5]

United States

In 2006, it aired on PBS Kids. In 2008, it aired on Sprout in the US (co-funded by NYC station WNET, also a co-producer).^[6]

References

^ "SEASON THREE OF FRANNY'S FEET COMMISSIONED". WildBrain. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Franny's Feet". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Franny's Feet". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ball, Ryan (February 25, 2008). "Franny's Feet Walks to Disney Channel U.K." Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ Ball, Ryan (August 21, 2006). "DECODE's Franny's Feet, Save-Ums! Go to Asia, Europe". Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 220. ISBN 978-1538103739.