Oggy and the Cockroaches

Oggy and the Cockroaches is a French animated children's television series. It was created in 1997 by Jean-Yves Raimbaud. The main characters are Oggy, Joey, Marky, Dee Dee (the three of which are cockroaches and Oggy being a blue cat) and Jack (who is a green cat). Season 4 onwards include the additions of Olivia (a female white cat) and Bob (a bulldog). It is slapstick comedy with comic violence.

Episodes

Characters
Main
The two Cats

 Oggy is a laid-back Russian Blue cat with some childlike aspects.
 Jack is Oggy's green Manx cat cousin, but he's more rough and tumble. He inaccurately has a tail, unlike real Manxes.

The Cockroaches

 Joey is the leader of the cockroaches. Some of his schemes may involve his want for money. He's very small. His right eye is pink, and his left eye is yellow.
 Marky is Dee Dee and Joey's brother. His eyes are pink.
 Dee Dee is the glutton of the trio. He's an opera singer. He does detective work in two separate episodes. He's hungry all the time. His eyes are green like Oggy's.

Recurring
 Monica is Oggy's twin sister who's such a tomboy in roller skates. She's Jack's love interest, and is a Mau.
 Bob is Oggy's next-door English bulldog neighbor. He's very angry.
 Olivia is a female Turkish Van who loves nature. She doesn't mind the 3 tiny cockroaches: Dee Dee, Joey and Marky. Debuted in season 4 as Oggy's crush.

International broadcast
Oggy and the Cockroaches was shown on France 3, Canal+ Family, and Gulli.

In the Philippines, the series was shown on TV5 in 2010. In late 2011, it was shown on Cartoon Network. It was also shown on Disney Channel from 2009 to 31 December 2013. It moved to GMA Network on 3 September 2022, under the network's Astig Authority Saturday morning block.

In Arab countries, it was shown on Ajyal TV, MBC3, and Basma Channel. It also airs on 2M in Morocco and local Tunisian channels. (i.e. Tunis 7)

In Italy, it was shown on Italia 1, Hiro, Boing, K2, and Frisbee.

In India, It was shown on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Sony YAY!.

In the United States, it was shown on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons.

Media
Home media
Five DVDs were made in 2003 in the United States, the DVDs had 12 episodes. In 2005, VHSes were made in New York City.

On 8 October 2008, a French DVD box-set of the first season, the pilot and the episode "Working Cat", was released.

On 6 September 2010, three French DVD box sets of the complete first, second, and third seasons were made.

In July 2011, a French DVD box-set with all episodes from seasons 1, 2 and 3 was made. Seasons 4 to 7 haven't been made.

 #  DVD name  Release date 1  Volume 1  4 November 2003 2  Volume 2  4 November 2003 3  Volume 3  25 November 2003 4  Volume 4  25 November 2003 5  Volume 5  25 November 2003

Magazine
A magazine called  came out in France in 2009 (two issues), and in 2011.

 n°1: 11 July 2009
 n°2: 21 October 2009
 n°3: 14 January 2011

Music
A music album called  was made in France It was made as a CD and a digital download on 6 September 2010.

Comics
A French comic series was made in 2010. It is published by Dargaud. It is written by Diego Aranega, and it is drawn and colorized by .

 16 April 2010:  5 November 2010: 
 23 September 2011: 

An American comic was made on 11 December 2019. It was published by American Mythology Productions.

CD drama
A CD drama called , was made in France on CD and for digital download in October 2012.

Film

The film Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie (originally ) was released to theatres on 7 August 2013.

Video game
A video game for the Game Boy Advance was made by Xilam, but it was cancelled.

Spin-offA spin-off television series called Oggy Oggy was shown on 24 August 2021. It is about a kitten called Oggy and his friends Mallow and Sporty. It is CG-animated. The series was shown on Netflix and is the first French Netflix original series.

RebootA reboot of the Oggy Oggy television series called Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation'' was shown on 24 August 2021.

 References 

Other websites

Website of the producer Xilam 

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