Talking Friends (formerly known in development as The Adventures of Talking Friends[1]) was a short-lived 3D animated web series of shorts distributed by Disney Interactive and animated by Karactaz. The series was announced on the 10th of May, 2012 and consisted of ten episodes, each around three minutes long, which were released on YouTube from the 8th of June to the 31st of August, 2012.
History[]
On the 25th of May, 2011, articles reported that Outfit7 was interested in expanding its app franchise into a short Saturday morning cartoon series, with Tom and Ben as possible characters.[2]
The first episode of Talking Friends was released on the 8th of June, 2012 as a 3D animated web series, distributed through Disney Multimedia’s official YouTube channel. Alongside Tom and Ben, other characters such as Ginger, Pierre, Angela, and Gina also appeared. The series concluded on the 31st of August, 2012.
As of the 3rd of October, 2024, the episodes were made private on YouTube, alongside some shows produced by Disney Interactive. They remain unavailable on YouTube even after Disney's channel restructuring on the 29th of May, 2025. Currently, the episodes are still available on Disney's website.[citation needed]
Description[]
This series is based on the Talking Friends series and features some of the characters from the apps, such as Tom, Ben, Ginger, Pierre, and Gina, who reside in a trailer in the desert. Angela and the Hand also appear as recurring characters.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Recurring Characters[]
One-Time Characters[]
- Newserator 3000
- Giant Robot
- Large Armadillo
- News Presenter
Cast[]
- Michael Tauzin as Tom, Ginger, Pierre (possibly), and various voices
- Michael D. Cohen as Ben and various voices
- Susannah Hillard as Angela
Episodes[]
| Screenshot | Title | Release date | Episode number # | ||
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"Attack of the Tech!" | 8th June 2012 | #01 | ||
| Ben builds a robot designed to eat garbage. Unfortunately, it has a very broad idea of what garbage is. | |||||
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"Foolf" | 15th June 2012 | #02 | ||
| Bored with ordinary sports, Talking Friends Ben and Tom mix pieces of every game they can think of to make a brand new game. | |||||
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"Jet Pack Cat" | 22th June 2012 | #03 | ||
| Tom and Ben have their sights set for high flying adventure! Tom seeks fame as the world's first flying cat, until Ginger is eager to become jet-powered kitty number two. | |||||
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"Newserator" | 29th June 2012 | #04 | ||
| Tom gets Ben to build a news-making machine to make their news show more exciting. Why settle for the same old boring news when you can make your own?! Unfortunately for our Talking Friends, the Newserator 3000 wants to make them the lead story! | |||||
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"Rock the Catsbah" | 5th July 2012 | #05 | ||
| Pretty City Kitty Angela's car breaks down on the way to her recording session. Tom convinces Ben to build an instant recording studio to get her to stay. Will Angela stay and rock the Catsbah?! | |||||
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"Shake that Tail" | 3rd August 2012 | #06 | ||
| Angela comes back to shoot a music video with Tom for her adoring fans! | |||||
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"Multipli-Kitty" | 10th August 2012 | #07 | ||
| Ben's duplicating machine gives Tom an idea -- if one Tom is great, dozens of him will be awesome! Think a duplicating machine might make back-to-school prep a little easier? A dozen Toms might disagree. | |||||
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"Super Tom" | 17th August 2012 | #08 | ||
| Ben's ray gives Ginger super powers to play with, and all the others want them too. The trouble starts when a cute little armadillo is accidentally given powers too. | |||||
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"Angry Parrots" | 24th August 2012 | #09 | ||
| After playing a video game for 48 hours straight, Pierre can't see the difference between game and reality. The Friends dress up as zombies to let him rescue the Princess and finish the game. | |||||
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"Tom After Tom" | 31st August 2012 | #10 | ||
| Ben's time bending Musical Dimension Hopper takes the friends to the rockin' 80's, groovy 60's, bopping 50's, or the roaring 20's. Before you jump Back-To-School see if the Talking Friends make it back to the future! | |||||
Trailer[]
Talking Tom's New Show - Talking Friends (teaser) (Reupload)
All Episodes[]
All Talking Friends Episodes (Disney)
Trivia[]
- This is the only series to have Angela as a recurring character, but not a main character.
- Furthermore, this is the only series to have Gina as a main character.
- Unlike Gina's appearances in the apps, she is a squeaky toy in this series.
- According to Talking Friends Cartoons, Gina was portrayed as a squeaky toy because she was too occupied to attend the filming.
- For many years, it was assumed that Keith Ferguson had voiced Pierre. However, it was later confirmed that he did not voice Pierre, but instead it was "a young guy," who producer Ed Squair did not seem to remember.
- Unlike Talking Tom and Friends, all of the characters except for Ben have higher pitched voices, and Ben doesn't even have a raspy voice. This is because they were intended to be based exactly from the apps.
- The show's score is composed by Alfred Montejano.[3]
- Before the YouTube uploads were taken down, Rock the Catsbah was never marked for kids, meaning that the users could still comment on it.