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'''''La planète de Donkey Kong''''' (later renamed '''''DKTV''''' and '''''DKTV.cool''''') is a children's television show that aired from September 4 1996 to September 1st 2000 on France 2, mostly unrelated but reusing various assets from the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series]]. It was produced and animated by [[Medialab]].
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{{TV series infobox
|image=[[File:Planete DK - Logo.png|230px]]<br>The logo of ''Donkey Kong Planet''
|prodcompany=[[Medialab]]
|distributor=Medialab
|firstair=September 4, 1996<ref name=PlaneteJeunesse>{{cite|author=Kahlone|date=June 23, 2015|url=http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html|title=La Planète de Donkey Kong|publisher=Planète Jeunesse|language=fr|accessdate=September 10, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201000327/http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html}}</ref>
|lastair=September 1, 2001<ref name=PlaneteJeunesse />
}}
'''''Donkey Kong Planet'''''<ref>{{cite|author=Fabienne Legrand|date=November 11, 2011|title=[https://youtu.be/7rcNu8rrLXg?t=5m Aventure_DonkeyKong_Medialab.wmv] (promotional tape featuring ''Donkey Kong Country'' and ''Donkey Kong Planet'' footage)|timestamp=5:00|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 17, 2018}}</ref> (known in French as '''''La planète de Donkey Kong''''', and later renamed '''''DKTV''''', '''''DKTV.Cool''''',<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET>{{cite|url=http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml|title=Official website for ''Donkey Kong Planet''|publisher=france2.fr|language=fr|archive=web.archive.org/web/20001109132900/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml|deadlink=y}}</ref> '''''DKTV Cool''''',<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET></ref> and '''''D.K.T.V'''''<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET></ref>) is a programming block that aired from September 4, 1996 to September 1, 2001<ref name=PlaneteJeunesse /> on [[France 2]], reusing various assets from the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series]]. It was produced and animated by [[Medialab]].


Unlike what is claimed by various publications, ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' is not the French name of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' cartoon (which was too titled ''Donkey Kong Country''), but rather a separate show which aired exclusively in France.
Unlike what is claimed by various publications,<ref>"[https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/999355 Donkey Kong Country (TV series)]". ''Academic''. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210703195732/http://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/999355 Archived] July 3, 2021, 19:57:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' is not the French name of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' cartoon (which simply had the same name in French) but rather a separate show that aired exclusively in France. The name is likely a reference to the French novel ''La Planète des singes'', known in English as ''{{wp|Planet of the Apes (novel)|Planet of the Apes}}''.


==Format and cast==
==Overview==
Using a format similar to ''[[wikipedia:The Bozo Show|The Bozo Show]]'' and ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]'', ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series cast. The original content ranged from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' leaned toward referential and post-modern humour.
Using a children's anthology format (similar to ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]''), ''Donkey Kong Planet'' consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host [[Mélanie Angélie]] and [[Donkey Kong]], with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as ''DKTV'', adding a new animated character in the form of a hip green [[Kremling]] named [[Krushy]] and featuring content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, ''DKTV'' sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its time slot and source material.


''La planète de Donkey Kong'' used the same motion capture style of animation as ''Donkey Kong Country'', but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors.
''Donkey Kong Planet'' used the same motion capture style of animation as ''Donkey Kong Country'', but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors.


The show featured [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]] and [[Funky Kong]], who were sometimes duplicated to fill crowd shots. Other animated characters included a magician [[Kong]] and generic [[Kremlings]] (using an edit of [[Krusha (character)|Krusha]]'s model). Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first season of ''Donkey Kong Country'', the show's voice cast was completely different from the French dub of ''Donkey Kong Country''.
The interstial segments featured Donkey Kong, [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]], [[Funky Kong]], and Krushy, whose models would often portray multiple different characters in a single skit. Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first season of ''Donkey Kong Country'', ''Donkey Kong Planet''{{'}}s voice cast was completely different from the French dub of ''Donkey Kong Country''.


==Shows aired as a part of ''La planète de Donkey Kong''==
==Shows aired as a part of ''Donkey Kong Planet''==
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*''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Addams Family (1992 animated series)|The Addams Family]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Sinbad|The Adventures of Sinbad]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Hyperman|The Adventures of Hyperman]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Hyperman|The Adventures of Hyperman]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)|The Animals of Farthing Wood]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)|The Animals of Farthing Wood]]''
*''Baby Folies''
*''Baby Folies''
*''[[wikipedia:Back to Sherwood|Back to Sherwood]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Baskervilles|The Baskervilles]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Baskervilles|The Baskervilles]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''
*''Belphégor''
*''Belphégor''
*''[[wikipedia:Big Wolf on Campus|Big Wolf on Campus]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Breaker High|Breaker High]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Caitlin's Way|Caitlin's Way]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Caitlin's Way|Caitlin's Way]]''
*''Capitaine Fracasse''
*''Capitaine Fracasse''
*''[[wikipedia:City Hunter|City Hunter]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Clueless (TV series)|Clueless]]''
*''Cyrano 2022''
*''Dodo, le retour''
*''Les Enfants de Toromiro''
*''[[wikipedia:Even Stevens|Even Stevens]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Extreme Ghostbusters|Extreme Ghostbusters]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Free Willy (TV series)|Free Willy]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Full House|Full House]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Goosebumps (TV series)|Goosebumps]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Goosebumps (TV series)|Goosebumps]]''
*''Grand-mère est une sorcière''
*''[[wikipedia:Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left)|Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left)|Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left]]''
*''Ivanhoe the King's Knight''
*''[[wikipedia:Iznogoud|Iznogoud]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Journey of Allen Strange|The Journey of Allen Strange]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Journey of Allen Strange|The Journey of Allen Strange]]''
*''Les Jules, chienne de vie...''
*''[[wikipedia:Jumanji (TV series)|Jumanji]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Kassai and Luk|Kassai and Luk]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Kenan & Kel|Kenan & Kel]]
*''[[wikipedia:Lupo Alberto|Lupo Alberto]]
*''Manu''
*''[[wikipedia:Max Steel (2000 TV)|Max Steel]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Miami 7|Miami 7]]''
*''Les milles et une nuits''
*''[[wikipedia:The Mozart Band|The Mozart Band]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Mozart Band|The Mozart Band]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Mummy Nanny|Mummy Nanny]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Mysterious Cities of Gold|The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog|Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog|Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]]''
*''Les Multoches''
*''Normand Normal''
*''Nos plus belles vacances''
*''[[wikipedia:Ocean Girl|Ocean Girl]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Odd Man Out (U.S. TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Once Upon a Time...|Once Upon a Time...]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Parker Lewis Can't Lose|Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''
*''Princess of the Nile''
*''Princesse Sheherazade''
*''[[wikipedia:ReBoot|ReBoot]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Robinson Sucroe|Robinson Sucroe]]
*''[[wikipedia:Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Saved by the Bell|Saved by the Bell]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Secret World of Alex Mack|The Secret World of Alex Mack]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sky Trackers|Sky Trackers]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sky Trackers|Sky Trackers]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sky Dancers|Sky Dancers]]''
*''Simba: The King Lion''
*''[[wikipedia:Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Spellbinder (TV series)|Spellbinder]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper|The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper|The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Student Bodies (TV series)|Student Bodies]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sweet Valley High (TV series)|Sweet Valley High]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Thunderstone (TV series)|Thunderstone]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat|The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]''
*''[[wikipedia:X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]''
*''[[wikipedia:X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Young Hercules|Young Hercules]]''
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DKTV Logo.png|Later logo
DKTV Krushy.gif|Artwork of [[Krushy]]
DKTV Donkey punches Funky.gif|Donkey Kong punching Funky Kong in "[[Le comte de Monte Costaud]]"
Funky kong road rage.PNG|Funky Kong in a fit of road rage in "[[Obel Corsica]]"
</gallery>


==Reception==
==Reception==
''DKTV'' won a 1999 [[wikipedia:7 d'Or|7 d'Or]] for excellence in youth programming, as decided by a public vote <ref>[http://tele.premiere.fr/Les-7-d-Or-1704938/Les-7-d-Or-1999 Télé Premiere: Les 7 d'Or 1999]</ref>.
''DKTV'' won a 1999 {{wp|7 d'Or}} for excellence in children programming, as decided by a public vote.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=yes|url=http://tele.premiere.fr/Les-7-d-Or-1704938/Les-7-d-Or-1999|title=Télé Premiere: Les 7 d'Or 1999|publisher=Premiere|language=fr|accessdate=October 24, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150801142030/http://tele.premiere.fr/Les-7-d-Or-1704938/Les-7-d-Or-1999}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20001109132900/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGu31IenF-4 Compilation of various skits from the show]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGu31IenF-4 Compilation of various skits from the show]
*[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html Entry on Planète Jeunesse]
*[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html Entry on Planète Jeunesse]
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Donkey Kong Planet
Title logo of La planète de Donkey Kong.
The logo of Donkey Kong Planet
General information
Production
Production company Medialab
Distributor(s) Medialab
Broadcast
First aired September 4, 1996[1]
Last aired September 1, 2001[1]

Donkey Kong Planet[2] (known in French as La planète de Donkey Kong, and later renamed DKTV, DKTV.Cool,[3] DKTV Cool,[3] and D.K.T.V[3]) is a programming block that aired from September 4, 1996 to September 1, 2001[1] on France 2, reusing various assets from the Donkey Kong Country animated series. It was produced and animated by Medialab.

Unlike what is claimed by various publications,[4] La planète de Donkey Kong is not the French name of the Donkey Kong Country cartoon (which simply had the same name in French) but rather a separate show that aired exclusively in France. The name is likely a reference to the French novel La Planète des singes, known in English as Planet of the Apes.

Overview[edit]

Using a children's anthology format (similar to King Koopa's Kool Kartoons), Donkey Kong Planet consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the Donkey Kong Country series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host Mélanie Angélie and Donkey Kong, with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as DKTV, adding a new animated character in the form of a hip green Kremling named Krushy and featuring content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, DKTV sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its time slot and source material.

Donkey Kong Planet used the same motion capture style of animation as Donkey Kong Country, but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors.

The interstial segments featured Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Candy Kong, Funky Kong, and Krushy, whose models would often portray multiple different characters in a single skit. Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first season of Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Planet's voice cast was completely different from the French dub of Donkey Kong Country.

Shows aired as a part of Donkey Kong Planet[edit]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Donkey Kong Planet.

Reception[edit]

DKTV won a 1999 7 d'Or for excellence in children programming, as decided by a public vote.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kahlone (June 23, 2015). La Planète de Donkey Kong. Planète Jeunesse (French). Retrieved September 10, 2024. (Archived December 1, 2023, 00:03:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  2. ^ Fabienne Legrand (November 11, 2011). Aventure_DonkeyKong_Medialab.wmv (promotional tape featuring Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Planet footage) (5:00). YouTube. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Official website for Donkey Kong Planet. france2.fr (French). Archived November 9, 2000, 13:29:00 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Donkey Kong Country (TV series)". Academic. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2021. (Archived July 3, 2021, 19:57:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  5. ^ Télé Premiere: Les 7 d'Or 1999. Premiere (French). Archived August 1, 2015, 14:20:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

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