Hopla

Overview

Hopla is a Flemish 3D animation for toddlers, created by Bert Smets in 1999, and produced by Bert Smets Productions. The cartoon features the rabbit Hopla and his friends – the pig Onki, the bear Nina, and the kitten Lola. The show was first aired on Ketnet, a Flemish television channel, in 2000, and became popular soon afterward. Currently, the show has been aired in 31 countries. It airs in the United States due to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal between Bert Smets Productions and NCircle Entertainment, a subsidiary of Alliance Entertainment, signed in 2007. ⁕This series was currently one of many programs aired on BabyFirstTV, Ready Set Learn, a premium cable and satellite television channel. Each mini-episode is about five minutes. There is no dialogue, except for Hopla saying his own name. The show is aimed for kids of ages between 0-2 years. In Belgium alone, Hopla's home entertainment titles have sold over 300,000 copies and their book-related merchandise has garnered sales close to 700,000.