Animation Cartoon series Children's animation Educational Fantasy Stop motion
Created by
Drew Hodges
Voices of
Christopher Downs Brooke Wolloff Zak McDowell Alex Trugman
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
52 (101 segments)
Production
Executive producers
Kelli Bixler, Drew Hodges
Running time
24 minutes
Production companies
Amazon Studios Bix Pix Entertainment[1]
Original release
Network
Amazon Video
Release
May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) – February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)
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Tumble Leaf is an American animated series that premiered in 2014 on Amazon Prime Video. It is a stop motion animated series for preschool-aged children and is based on the short film Miro.[2] Created by animator Drew Hodges (Saturday Night Live, Community) and stop-motion studio Bix Pix Entertainment, Tumble Leaf features an anthropomorphic blue fox named Fig and his caterpillar friend Stick (both voiced by child actor Christopher Downs), along with other residents of the island of Tumble Leaf, helping preschoolers learn basic science lessons through playful examples. Additional regular characters include Maple (Brooke Wolloff), Hedge (Zak McDowell), Pine (Addie Zintel), Ginkgo (Alex Trugman), Rutabaga (Jodi Downs), Zucchini (Alan Franzenburg), and Butternut & Squash (Emily Downs). Each episode consists of two 11-minute stories with Fig learning the mechanics of various items discovered in a special room on board the abandoned shipwreck where he resides.
The show was part of the first round of television pilots ordered by Amazon in 2013 for its Amazon Video service, and was officially picked up for its first 13-episode season in May.[3] The show's first six episodes premiered exclusively on the Amazon Video service on May 23, 2014,[4] and the remaining seven episodes of season one premiered on September 5.[5] A re-dubbed German version premiered for Amazon's German Prime customers on August 20 of the same year.[6]
The second season[7] premiered on December 10, 2015.
The third season[8] premiered on April 4, 2017 with an Easter special. The remainder of season three premiered on August 14.
Season 4 premiered on July 23, 2018. A Halloween special was released on October 19.[9] The remainder of season four premiered on February 25, 2019. The show was nominated for a Peabody Award.
The series ended after the fourth season.
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