Chickpea and Friends is Popular

On August 6, 2022, Hoho Entertainment said in a new post from Kidscreen that they would improve their English dub of Cyw and make it popular.

# Airing on Nick Jr

Chickpea and Friends aired on Nick Jr on July 10, 2023.

## Episodes

Those episodes, unlike when it was on Kidoodle, Toon Goggles and Kartoon Channel, are paired with 4 episodes. Season 2 was also dubbed. However, Sleeping Bubbles was the 5th segment in the last one because the episodes didn't match the multiple of 4.

### Season 1

* Party/Octopus/Sailing Boat/Windy Day
* Ladybird/Space/Tree House/Fruit Salad
* Hospital/Dressing Up Box/Farmer Chickpea/Chickpeas Post
* Painting/Scoff's Pictures/Lennon and the Voice/The Fairground
* Wet Playtime/The Wild Star/Cows/Midnight Cakes
* Going Camping/No Shopping Needed/The Sandcastle/Dewi's Party/Sleeping Bubbles

### Season 2

A Season 2 of the original series was announced on October 6, 2023 and will have 40 segments in 10 episodes. It is going to be scheduled for a release of February 5, 2023.

### Learn, Sing and Play

As well, their Learn, Sing and Play episodes also air, but only on the Noggin block and app.

* Under the Sea
* Farm
* Music
* Space
* Traveling
* Senses
* Seasons
* School
* Sport's Day
* Weather
* Colours
* Let's Play
* Merry Christmas (new episode)

## Streaming Services

Both **Season 1** and **Learn, Sing and Play** were added to Paramount+ 4 days later on July 14, 2023 as 2 seperate apps. It also came on Netflix for a year on July 20, 2023, like Leapfrog and Alphablocks (and Numberblocks before it was cancelled). It was on Netflix's Top 10 on Kids for a week as well. It got taken off of Netflix on July 20, 2024.

### Paramount+ Hello Chickpea!

On the same day Chickpea and Friends was added to Paramount+, another Paramount Mountain commercial came out.

#### Transcript

(Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, Knuckles, Dora the Explorer, Boots, Big Nate, Vivian, Roy, Cosmo, and Wanda get together at a party, with a banner saying "Welcome, Chickpea!" there's a cake shaped like Chickpea's house and some presents for Chickpea and the animal friends)

Narrator: On Paramount Mountain, where entertainment lives.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Are we ready for our new special guest to arrive?

Wanda: Yes Sonic!

Dora the Explorer: The chicken's also bringing his or her's presents as well!

(Big Red Chicken comes in)

Big Red Chicken: You mean me?

Dora: No Big Red Chicken!

(Big Red Chicken leaves and says "Awww!")

Roy: New guests, LET'S GO!

Cosmo: Does the chicken have a monkey friend? (turns into a monkey)

Big Nate: No, Cosmo!

(Cosmo turns back)

(Just then, Chickpea and Friends arrive)

(The Chickpea and Friends intro but remixed plays)

(Chickpea whistles)

All: Hello Chickpea!

(Jangle beeps)

(End tag)

## Changes

The only change is that Stomp gets his old noise (from the beginning of Windy Day and 2009-2019, 2022-present S4C Cyw) back. Also, in Lennon and the Voice, Dive gets her noises from Octopus back instead of having stock dolphin noises (heard in the Spongebob episode Salior Mouth where the swearing is replaced by Dolphin noises). Bobi also gets his noise from Sailing Boat back in the episodes he's in. At the start of Windy Day (where Chickpea and Stomp gets their old noises), that sound error is fixed (even though Stomp's noise is kept due to the revert sound change).

# Tiktok Account

Due to Chickpea and Friends getting popular and being the #1 most watched Nick Jr show (beating Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol), Chickpea and Friends also made a Tiktok account on July 24, 2023. Their first video was an exclusive clip of Scoff playing the Nintendo Switch with Lennon, playing the newly released Super Mario Replay, promoting Chickpea and Friends on Nick Jr/Netflix and Super Mario Replay, before they lose, where they get angry at each other. Chickpea then comes in and tells the two to keep trying, and they replay Super Mario Replay, eventually winning the level, and they (even Chickpea) cheers, before ending with the Super Mario Replay Switch case and the Chickpea and Friends logo with the Nick Jr and Netflix logos.

There's also other videos that has either exclusive animations or clips from episodes or clips from the original block Cyw.

# DVDs

Hoho Entertainment and Paramount decided to release S4C's Cyw DVDs from Wales into the US as well as specials. Here's the DVDs released:

## From Wales

* Ble Mae Cyw?/Where's Chickpea
* Mwy o Caneuon Cyw/Chickpea's Songs

## From America

* Chickpea and Friends
* Chickpea and Friends: Learn, Sing and Play

## Differences

* The DVDs are English dubbed of course,
* Ble Mae Cyw is redone and filmed in the US instead of Wales.
* In Chickpea's Songs, the original music videos from the Welsh block (English dubbed) or the Learn, Sing and Play music videos were used instead of the original singers and kids in Cyw's world.
	+ In the song Chickpea and Friends (Cyw a'i Ffrindiau), the 2017 intro for the original Welsh block that plays on the TV is replaced by clips from the English show.
	+ The animal's noises (just like in the Sing, Learn and Play episodes) are added in those videos.
	+ In all those videos, Plwmp gets his old noise and Cyw gets her whistling.
	+ The songs are shuffled (the only original places are Chickpea and Friends, Animals, Hello Spring, Alphabet Song, Friends, and Space).
	+ One more song is added at the end, which is an English version of the song Hwyl Fawr (Goodbye) from Caneuon Cyw Gyda/With Gareth A Rachael.
	+ Treacle has been added in those videos.
	+ Chickpea and Friends:
		- The 2019 version will be used.
		- The animals now appear in their windows like in the intro for the show.
		- The scene where Scoff and Chickpea bounce on the trampoline, has Chickpea replaced by Lennon.
		- Lennon is painting a banana instead of Dewi the Dinosaur.
		- Stomp, Jangle, Lennon and Scoff's TV are no longer displaying the 2017 S4C Cyw intro, but the Chickpea and Friends intro.
		- The Jangle/Chickpea shaped bush is no longer shaped like the characters, but are removed.
	+ Helo Mrs. Lollipop:
		- The Stop sign in Hello Mrs Lollipop is now in the same design as in our world.
		- Since Chickpea and Friends no longer has humans, the humans in those videos are now animals (like Mrs Lollipop is now a cat).
		- Due to Cartoon Network's logo design, the crossroad that's black and white the girl and mom is walking on is recolored red, yellow and blue (the primary colors).
		- Lennon is no longer the one driving the green car. He is replaced by the owl from the sign from Antur Cyw.
		- Scoff is no longer the one driving the blue car. He is replaced by Frank the Crab (from the Learn, Sing and Play story of the same name and Octopus).
		- The Chickpea van with Stomp, Chirp and Jangle in it is replaced with a yellow bus with a dog (different from Scoff and Treacle), cat, rooster, and a horse.
	+ Here I am:
		- The beginning with Lennon on the piano is replaced by the full shot of the characters (incuilding Treacle) playing their instruments together. Treacle's instrument are the bells, just like in the credits of the original show. However, the shot with Chickpea on drums is kept. Also, the words "Band Cyw" are removed on the drums, just like in the Sing, Learn and Play episodes.
		- Just like the new version of The Taste Song, the treehouse clip has Scoff replaced by Treacle.
		- The Stomp transition to Lennon is replaced by the latter character.
		- When Lennon is seen again after we see Jangle play with a ball, Lennon does a different action because Lennon already did that action. He now uses his "move arms" animation instead.
		- Bobi's legs are already formed in that shot and he instead jumps.
		- The clip where someone adds Jangle boots from a button has been changed: It's replaced by Jangle sitting on a chair inside the living room with Chickpea putting on the same boots on Jangle.
		- The 3rd "Un geg fawr sy'n dweud helo/One Big Mouth that Says Hello" has Treacle instead of Scoff, just like in the new Taste song.
		- The third time Lennon's actions are seen after we see Lennon sit in the car Chickpea's driving, is replaced by Bolgi Jumping.
		- The 4th "One big mouth that says hello" has Lennon replaced by Jangle.
	+ Song of the Animals:
		- Oddly, Treacle isn't added at all. This is because they couldn't extend the song just to add one more to the mix.
		- Just like in Here I Am, the "Band Cyw" text is removed.
		- Stomp, Jangle, Chickpea and Lennon's transitions are now in their colors from the TV show.
		- The deep voice and girl voice has been redone to be in English.
		- The shot where the animals go in the submarine (recycled from the sea song) has been replaced by the 5 animals going in the Shop from Hello Mrs. Lollipop.
		- The lyrics "Roars all day" is replaced by "Meows all day" because Lennon doesn't actually roar, but meow.
		- The scene where they enter a rocketship (recycled from the space song) is replaced by them entering a movie theater.
		- Chickpea's gobbler doesn't shake with her dance anymore.

# Merchandise

Chickpea and Friends Merchandise released in stores on August 15, 2023 (same day the DVDs released). They are based on S4C's Cyw merchandise, but adds more.

* Plushies (Chickpea, Stomp and Chirp, Jangle, Scoff, Lennon, Treacle)
	+ Treacle hasn't been seen before.
	+ Dewi Dinosaur, May Monkey, Dive Dolphin and Terry Turtle gets plushies on October 10, 2023
* Plastic Toys (Chickpea, Stomp and Chirp, Jangle, Scoff, Lennon, Treacle)
* TBA

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