Barbapapa

"Barbapapa" is both the title character, and name of the "species" of said character, of a series of children's books written in the 1970s by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who resided in Paris, France.cite web|url=http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa/barbauthor.html|title=Meet the Barba-authors|date=2002|publisher=Naughty Kitty Studios|accessdate=2008-05-08] The books were originally written in French ("barbe à papa" is French for "candy floss", or - literally - "father's beard"), and were later translated into over 30 languages. [cite web|url=http://www.barbapapa.fr/gb/catalogue/introduction.html|title=Barbapapa books|publisher=The official Barbapapa web site|accessdate=2008-05-08] As short cartoons of a length of only five minutes, they reached a broader audience via TV.

Characters

Barbapapa himself is a generally pear-shaped, pink shapeshifting blob-like creature who stumbles upon the human world and tries to fit in. The shapeshifting is usually accompanied by the saying "Clickety Click—Barba Trick" (in the French version "Hup Hup Hup, Barbatruc"). After various amusing adventures, he comes across a female of his species (more shapely, and black-coloured), named Barbamama. They produce seven children, known as the Barbababies, each a different colour:

*Barbazoo ("Barbidou" in French), yellow, male, lover of animals
*Barbalala, green, female, lover of music
*Barbalib ("Barbotine"), orange, female, lover of books
*Barbabeau ("Barbouille"), black and furry, male, lover of art
*Barbabelle, purple, female, lover of beauty
*Barbabright ("Barbibul"), blue, male, lover of science
*Barbabravo ("Barbidur"), red, male, lover of strength and heroism [cite web|url=http://www.barbapapa.fr/gb/barbapapa-family.html|title=Barbapapa family|publisher=The official Barbapapa web site|accessdate=2008-05-08]

Alternative titles

Titles for Barbapapa in other languages:
* In Arabic "بارباالشاطر".
* In Persian "باربا پاپا".
* In Hebrew "ברבאבא".
* In Íslenska "Barbapabbi".
* In Italian "Barbapapà".
* In Chinese "巴巴爸爸".
* In Spanish "Barbapapa"
* In Swedish "Barbapapa"
* In Finnish "Barbapappa"
* In Hungarian "Barbapapa"
* In Norwegian "Barbapapa"
* In Japanese "バーバパパ"
* In Bulgarian "Барбароните"
* In Turkish "Tontonlar"
* In Dutch "Barbapapa"
* In Korean "바바빠빠" or "바바파파"

ongs

The Barbapapa theme's lyrics were written by Bernard Bos, set to a tune by John Stockkermans.

References

External links

* [http://www.barbapapa.fr/ Official site]
* [http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa.html Fan site]