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Tobornoc

Tobornoc

SERIES 13 x 13'
Animation

Take it from us humans: never let a robot family move in next door! Impressive market shares on TF1 (about 53% on children 4-10)
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Directed by

Yves Hirschfeld

Production

Une Grosse Boîte Americaine, TF1, Teletoon

2002 / Original language: French / Color / Stereo

The Grumots were your everyday, normal human family until the night the Tobornocs arrived!
The Tobornocs are a wacky family of robots who live in a strange house which appears suddenly from underground. Father Tobornoc, mother K-Line, their son GPT, and their daughter Turbine don't know anything about how humans live. So it's only natural that their well-meaning attempts to be good neighbours lead to disastrous results in which poor Papa Prosper, the head of the
Grumot family, is the inevitable victim. In the process, GPT, Turbine, their strange animal companion Pudubeck, and their little human neighbour, Archie Grumot, get involved in hilarious adventures that take them everywhere from outer space to a rollerblade contest.
Our latex marionette heroes live through a series of 13 stop-action, live-action and digital animation adventures.

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LOVE NEST
Archie, GPT and Turbine discover a strange, huge egg in their garden. They're convinced that it was Pudubeck who laid it and want to make sure it hatches. But then the television announces that a satellite the size and the form of an ostrich egg has just landed in the area. A big award is promised to whoever finds the space vehicle. PROSPER GRUMONT is on the trail...

HURRAY FOR VACATION
The GRUMOTS are going on vacation, so they entrust the care of their son ARCHIE and the house to the TOBORNOCS.
Obviously, things quickly lead to a MEGA-DISASTER !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GPT
GPT is very unhappy : robots don't have birthdays to celebrate since no one knows when they're born. Seeing their son's misery, the robot parents Tobornoc and K-Line organize a big fruit and vegetable costume party for themselves and the Grumots. But Prosper, always the grouch, refuses to come dressed as a big turnip...

BABY SITTER
Tobornoc is sick. The Grumots decide to take him to the repairman. K-Line brings out her old robot babysitter to watch the children. Unfortunately, she winds it up the wrong way. Our little heroes are in for some hair-raising adventures...

JUST ANOTHER DAY
Aliens from outer space have landed at the Grumots by mistake. As the government dispatches special forces to capture them, Archie, Turbine and GPT do what they can to protect and save their new friends.

WHERE DO I COME FROM
GPT ASKS HIMSELF THIS QUESTION EVERY DAY : WHERE DOES HE COME FROM ? So he decides to build a rocket ship to go into outer space in search of his roots...

A BIG BLUNDER
Turbine dreams of going to a wonderful ball with her Prince Charming (Archie) so that she, too, can live all the romantic adventures she reads about in the " people " press. Archie and GPT come up with an idea to make her dream come true... but the fairy tale may turn into a disaster movie.

TOP BEAUTIFUL TURBINE
Turbine dreams of going to a wonderful ball with her Prince Charming (Archie) so that she, too, can live all the romantic adventures she reads about in the " people " press. Archie and GPT come up with an idea to make her dream come true... but the fairy tale may turn into a disaster movie.

EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR EVERYONE
Usually, a picnic is peaceful, quiet and relaxing... sure, but not when You've invited the Tobornocs. Caught in a sudden storm, the entire company amuse themselves all over the place, leading Archie and GPT to a terrifying castle.

TOO MUCH
Prosper has had enough of bills... he's crushed by debts. To set the record straight he comes up with a brilliant idea : provide for his family in total autonomy. Things seem to get off to the good start, but then Tobornoc tries to lend a helping hand...

THE CHINESE VASE
Archie and GPT have smashed a valuable Chinese vase which Prosper treasured. The entire family, aided by the Tobornocs, get involved in a variety of adventures in order to hide the truth from poor Prosper. It all ends up in a series of complicated misunderstandings and some hysterics from dear Prosper.

ROLLER BED
The entire family signs up for a rollerblade contest. Archie and GPT are good at it, but you can't say the same for the Tobornocs and even less for poor Prosper who comes out a champion in a somewhat special category... hospital bed acrobatics.

DOG THIEVES
The entire family signs up for a rollerblade contest. Archie and GPT are good at it, but you can't say the same for the Tobornocs and even less for poor Prosper who comes out a champion in a somewhat special category... hospital bed acrobatics.

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