Hip-Hip and Hurra

Hip-Hip and Hurrah (Polish - Hip-Hip i Hurra) is a 2011-2013 Polish award winning comedy/educational animated series created by Elżbieta Wąsik produce by the biggest Polish animated studio Studio Miniatur Filmowych and Filmograf company. Series premier at the Polish TV station Kino Polska and is currently airing at TVP ABC and JimJam. Outside of Poland the series also aired on Argentina's TV Pakapaka (the show is known in Argentina as Hip Hip Hurra), Romania, Portugal and Italy. The cast included Grzegorz Kwiecień, Krzysztof Szczerbiński, Joanna Pach and a famous Polish celebrity actor Jarosław Boberek as the voices for various secondary characters, most notably Peacock and Hummingbird. Most episodes where written by Elżbieta Wąsik, Maciek Kur and Marcin Graj (who also voice Hip-Hip in the second season)

Overview

The show is set in a world of talking animals who try to live like humans. The stories focus on the adventures of a detective duo; Hip-Hip (a pink hippopotamus) and his assistant Hurrah (a purple weasel). The names Hip-Hip and Hurrah may stem from the common English expression: hip hip hooray.

In each episode the heroes try to solve a mystery that usually concludes with an environmental message for the children, such as how rainbow is created, how children are born, how the flowers feed, where do clouds come from, or simply with habits and nature of particular animals. One episode deals with optical perspective. All animal characters on the show appear to operate by very silly logic (similar to that of Winnie-the-Pooh) and are usually puzzled by the most basic phenomena.

While the series is intended for very young children, it often includes humor intended for adults as well. The series consists of 26 episodes. The style of animation is simple but very artistic.

Many episodes have a subplot that is unrelated to the main mystery. Other episodes have twists on the usual formula - for example in one episode Hip-Hip and Hurra solve the mystery behind a series of crimes early on (as a meta-joke even the end credits start rolling). However the thief, who turns out to be a magpie, claims she is not responsible for the crimes she committed, and the animals put her on a trial with Hip-Hip as the judge. In the end they all learn that the magpie's actions (stealing shiny objects) were strictly motivated by her instincts so she can't be punished for her "crimes".

Characters

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