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'''''Moi Renart''''' ("I Reynard") is a French animated series that originally aired in September 1986 on channel Canal+, which produced it alongside animation company IDDH (that also coproduced the first ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon, ''Denver The Last Dinosaur'' and the ''Back to the Future'' animated series).
'''''Moi Renart''''' ("I Reynard") is a French animated series that originally aired in September 1986 on channel Canal+, which produced it alongside animation company IDDH (that also coproduced the first ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon, ''Denver The Last Dinosaur'' and the ''Back to the Future'' animated series).


''Moi Renart'' is loosely based on the medieval written stories ''Le Roman de Renart'', known in English as ''The Tale of the Fox'' starring Reynard the Fox, with the animal characters in this adaptation being heavily anthropomorphized and set in then-modern 1980s Paris.
''Moi Renart'' is loosely based on the medieval written stories ''Le Roman de Renart'', known in English as ''The Tale of the Fox'' starring Reynard the Fox, with the animal characters in this adaptation being heavily anthropomorphized and set in then-modern 1980s Paris.<ref>[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/fiche-191-moi-renart.html Planète  Jeunesse website listing of ''Moi Renart'' (French).] Retrieved 29 Mar '23</ref>


==Premise==
==Premise==
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The series infamously contained some risqué content, such as depiction of sexualized "furry" anthropomorphic animals, and yet was still aired in children's morning programming.
The series infamously contained some risqué content, such as depiction of sexualized "furry" anthropomorphic animals, and yet was still aired in children's morning programming.


Many characters were also based on famous French 80s public figures, such as the President Ducoi based on then real-life President François Mitterrand and news anchorman Jules Frénési being based on real-life anchorman Yves Mourousi.
Many characters were also based on famous French 1980s public figures, such as the President Ducoi based on then real-life President François Mitterrand and news anchorman Jules Frénési being based on real-life anchorman Yves Mourousi.


==List of episodes==
==Episode List==
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|1||''L'aventure de Renart'' ("Reynard's Adventure")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|1||L'aventure de Renart ("Renart's Adventure")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPLDXEpScc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|2||''L'agence Renart'' ("The Reynard Agency")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|2||L'agence Renart ("The Renart Agency")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLQSdwV2_D4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|3||''Les grandes manoeuvres'' ("Military Exercises")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|3||Les grandes manoeuvres ("Military Exercises")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGJsmivmF4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|4||''Renart fait sa pub'' ("Reynard Advertises Himself")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|4||Renart fait sa pub ("Renart Advertises Himself")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DczhH74-qlo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|5||''Le concert Moulio'' ("The Moulio Concert")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|5||Le concert Moulio ("The Moulio Concert")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFPTNDNoNoQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|6||''La Renarde'' ("The Vixen")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|6||La Renarde ("The Vixen")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dcc4n8Q0IQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|7||''Jess Bomb''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|7||Jess Bomb||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-yH8-PnL1s <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|8||''Renart Big Mac''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|8||Renart Big Mac||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpdUzCrNwI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|9||''Traquenard'' ("Trap")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|9||Traquenard ("Trap")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he4PNLO71v4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|10||''Koko de St-Zéphyr''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|10||Koko de St-Zéphyr||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I1AXq1hpic <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|11||''Jolibois contre Porkyland'' ("Jolibois VS Porkyland")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|11||Jolibois contre Porkyland ("Jolibois VS Porkyland")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAcczTxyeuA <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|12||''L'art de Renart'' ("Reynard's Art")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|12||L'art de Renart ("Renart's Art")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OymVSgbhuY <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|13||''L'affaire du kiosque'' ("The Newsstand Affair")||''Votez Renart!'' ("Vote Reynard!")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|13||L'affaire du kiosque ("The Newsstand Affair")||Votez Renart! ("Vote Renart!")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9sjtyVg-g <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|14||''Gold Star''||''Radio Bigoudi'' ("Haircurl Radio")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|14||Gold Star||Radio Bigoudi ("Haircurl Radio")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLFggBvVtto <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|15||''Le petit chaperon rouge'' ("Little Red Riding Hood")||Un sacré neveu/L'affaire du collier ("One heck of a nephew"/"The Necklace Affair")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|15||Le petit chaperon rouge ("Little Red Riding Hood")||Un sacré neveu/L'affaire du collier ("One Heck of a Nephew"/"The Necklace Affair")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmPYiZwAeQc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|16||''Ô nuages, ô désespoir'' ("Oh Clouds, Oh Despair")||''Nuage mortel'' ("Deadly cloud")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|16||Ô nuages, ô désespoir ("Oh Clouds, Oh Despair")||Nuage mortel ("Deadly cloud")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47fyqUCo2Yg <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|17||''À la poursuite du radis double'' ("The Hunt For the Double Radish")||''Vacances en amoureux'' ("Lover Vacation")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|17||À la poursuite du radis double ("The Hunt For the Double Radish")||Vacances en amoureux ("Lover Vacation")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9URsGr-TSo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|18||''Il était une fois Renart'' ("Once Upon A Time Reynard")||''Drôle de nurse'' ("Odd Nanny")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|18||Il était une fois Renart ("Once Upon A Time Renart")||Drôle de nurse ("Odd Nanny")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx8Lqu70cA <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|19||''Tartala Bloune''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|19||Tartala Bloune||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPvJFdUhBtA <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|20||''Le Renart dans les étoiles'' ("Reynard in the Stars")||''L'étoile précieuse'' ("The Precious Star")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|20||Le Renart dans les étoiles ("Renart in the Stars")||L'étoile précieuse ("The Precious Star")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ3pOncRjnU <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|21||''Coup de sang'' ("Blood Rush")||''Vampires''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|21||Coup de sang ("Blood Rush")||Vampires||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUKD_ud3ARY <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|22||''Ciné fric frac'' ("Breakyn-Enter Movies")||''Renard cinéaste'' ("Reynard Movie Director")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|22||Ciné fric frac ("Breakyn-Enter Movies")||Renart cinéaste ("Renart Movie Director")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_yGbbTGtI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|23||''Le club des cavernes'' ("Cave Club")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|23||Le club des cavernes ("Cave Club")||Unknown||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWrMIcFw4kc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
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|24||''Paris-Kokar'' ("Kokar Rally")||''Le Paris-Cocard'' ("Black-Eye Rally")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|24||Paris-Kokar ("Kokar Rally")||Le Paris-Cocard ("Black-Eye Rally")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaN5Iz7Eoo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|25||''Petits petits petits'' ("Hey Little Ones")||''Enfance'' ("Infancy")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|25||Petits petits petits ("Hey Little Ones")||Enfance ("Infancy")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wqU7juEZlM <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|26||''Big Boom sur les ovnis'' ("Bangers on the UFOs")||''Le Film'' ("The Movie")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|26||Big Boom sur les ovnis ("Bangers on the UFOs")||Le Film ("The Movie")||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_hSubjuFI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|}
|}
==Availability==
==Availability==
The series was aired on French TV several times. Originally a Canal+ product, it reaired regularly on public channel France 3 (aka FR3) in the 1990s, and sometimes on M6.
The series was aired on French TV several times. Originally a Canal+ product, it reaired regularly on public channel France 3 (aka FR3) in the 1990s, and sometimes on M6.
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Some episode rips were shared on the Internet for years, but were only accessible through peer-to-peer programs, and for a while, only two episodes were on YouTube (episode 1 and 24).
Some episode rips were shared on the Internet for years, but were only accessible through peer-to-peer programs, and for a while, only two episodes were on YouTube (episode 1 and 24).


In the early 2010s, User The Reynard ordered online rare VHS tapes of episodes 18, 20, 21 and 22. He got them digitalized and uploaded the VHS rips on YouTube, alongside the peer-to-peer-exclusive episodes. Later, he got contacted by a fan, Chris Rodriguez, who had taped the whole series on VHS and ripped them on DVD, and shared it with The Reynard. Since then, the series can be considered found.
In the early 2010s, user The Reynard ordered online rare VHS tapes of episodes 18, 20, 21 and 22. He got them digitalized and uploaded the VHS rips on YouTube, alongside the peer-to-peer-exclusive episodes. Later, he got contacted by a fan, Chris Rodriguez, who had taped the whole series on VHS and ripped them on DVD, and shared it with The Reynard. Since then, the series can be considered found.


==Videos==
==Gallery==
{{Video|perrow  =3
===Footage===
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  |description1 =Episode 1: ''L'aventure de Renart'' ("Reynard's Adventure")
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  |description2 =Episode 2: ''L'agence Renart'' ("Reynard's Agency")
  |service3    =youtube
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  |description3 =Episode 3: ''Les grandes manoeuvres'' ("Military Exercises")
  |service4    =youtube
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  |id1          =DczhH74-qlo
  |description1 =Episode 4: ''Renart fait sa pub'' ("Reynard Advertises Himself")
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =PFPTNDNoNoQ
  |description2 =Episode 5: ''Le concert Moulio'' ("The Moulio Concert")
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =5Dcc4n8Q0IQ
  |description3 =Episode 6: ''La Renarde'' ("The Vixen")
  |service4    =youtube
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  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =E-yH8-PnL1s
  |description1 =Episode 7: ''Jess Bomb''
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  |id2          =yHpdUzCrNwI
  |description2 =Episode 8: ''Renart Big Mac''
  |service3    =youtube
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  |description3 =Episode 9: ''Traquenard'' ("Trap")
  |service4    =youtube
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  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =7I1AXq1hpic
  |description1 =Episode 10: ''Koko de St-Zéphyr''
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  |id2          =DAcczTxyeuA
  |description2 =Episode 11: ''Jolibois contre Porkyland'' ("Jolibois VS Porkyland")
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =5OymVSgbhuY
  |description3 =Episode 12: ''L'art de Renart'' ("Reynard's Art")
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  |description1 =Episode 13: ''L'affaire du kiosque'' ("The Newsstand Affair")
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  |id2          =cLFggBvVtto
  |description2 =Episode 14: ''Gold Star''
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  |description3 =Episode 15: ''Le petit chaperon rouge'' ("Little Red Riding Hood")
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{{Video|perrow  =3
   |service1    =youtube
   |service1    =youtube
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   |id1          =jTyTfDV75Fs
  |description1 =Episode 16: ''Ô nuages, ô désespoir'' ("Oh Clouds, Oh Despair")
   |description1 =''Vieux Roublard'' ("Wile old fox") music video that is shown in the first two episodes; might be NSFW.
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  |description2 =Episode 17: ''À la poursuite du radis double'' ("The Hunt For the Double Radish")
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =vgx8Lqu70cA
  |description3 =Episode 18: ''Il était une fois Renart'' ("Once Upon A Time Reynard")
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  |description1 =Episode 19: ''Tartala Bloune''
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  |description2 =Episode 20: ''Le Renart dans les étoiles''
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  |description3 =Episode 21: ''Coup de sang'' ("Blood Rush")
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  |id1          =v=8G_yGbbTGtI
   |description1 =Episode 22: ''Ciné fric frac'' ("Breakyn-Enter Movies")
  |service2    =youtube
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  |description2 =Episode 23: ''Le club des cavernes'' ("Cave Club")
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  |id3          =pqaN5Iz7Eoo
  |description3 =Episode 24: ''Paris-Kokar'' ("Kokar Rally")
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  |description1 =Episode 25: ''Petits petits petits'' ("Hey Little Ones")
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =Pn_hSubjuFI
  |description2 =Episode 26: ''Big Boom sur les ovnis'' ("Bangers on the UFOs")
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =jTyTfDV75Fs
  |description3 =''Vieux roublard'' ("Wile old fox") music video that is shown in the first two episodes; might be NSFW.
}}
}}
 
===Images===
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
Moi renart agence renart vhs.JPG|Billy Clap Video VHS release that announces episode 2; it may also contain episode 1.
Moi renart agence renart vhs.JPG|Billy Clap Video VHS release that announces episode 2; it may also contain episode 1.
File:Moi renart votez renart vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release with episode 13 and 14 renamed as ''Votez Renart!'' ("Vote Reynard!") and ''Radio Bigoudi'' ("Haircurler Radio").
File:Moi renart votez renart vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 13 and 14.
File:Moi renart un sacré neveu vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release with episode 15 and 17 renamed as ''Un sacré neveu'' ("One heck of a nephew") and ''Vacances en amoureux'' ("Lovers' Vacation").
File:Moi renart un sacré neveu vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 15 and 17.
File:Renart.jpg|Fil à Film VHS release with episode 18 and 20 renamed as ''Drôle de nurse'' ("Odd Nanny") and ''Le Film'' ("The Movie")
File:Renart.jpg|Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 18 and 26.
File:Moi renart vampires vhs.JPG|Kid's Club Video VHS release with episode 21 and 22 renamed as ''Vampires'' and ''Renart Cinéaste'' ("Reynard Film Director").
File:Moi renart vampires vhs.JPG|Kid's Club Video VHS release with renamed episode 21 and 22.
File:Moi renart vampires vhs a.jpg|Fil à Film VHS release of the ''Vampires'' episode.
File:Moi renart vampires vhs a.jpg|Fil à Film VHS release of the ''Vampires'' episode.
File:Moi renart club des cavernes vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release of episode 23 and 24, with titles mostly unchanged.
File:Moi renart club des cavernes vhs.JPG|Fil à Film VHS release of barely renamed episode 23 and 24.
File:Moi renart hermeline diapo.jpg|Cel art of vixen character Hermeline.
File:Moi renart hermeline diapo.jpg|Cel art of vixen character Hermeline.
File:Poche_junior_moi_renart.JPG|''Moi Renart'' mentioned in magazine ''Poche Junior''.
File:Poche_junior_moi_renart.JPG|''Moi Renart'' mentioned in magazine ''Poche Junior''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*According to several YouTube commenters, ''Moi Renart'' aired dubbed in Spanish in South-American countries under the title ''Zorrás''.
*''Moi Renart'' also aired in Poland localized as ''Pan de Lis''. Its Polish dub is also lost.
*There is a book based on the Tale of the Fox that is also called ''Moi, Renart'', but seems otherwise unrelated. However, one might have influenced the other.
*The character designer of the show, Pascale Moreaux, also did the character design for the French animated series ''Clémentine'' (known as ''Clementine: A Young Girl and Her Dreams'' in English). The first episode of ''Moi Renart'' shows Clémentine appearing on the screen of Renart's TV watch.
==See Also==
*[[Virgul (partially found French animated TV series; 1988)]] (many of the Fil à Film VHS releases included two episodes of the ''Virgul'' cartoon).
==External Links==
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_Renart French Wikipedia article on ''Moi Renart''.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZeKzPuzaMJtDsMtM6o_tUYHFNlb7LGLW Playlist of the episodes on YouTube.]
==References==
{{reflist}}


==See also==
[[Category:Found media]]
* [[Virgul (partially found French animated series; 1988)]] (many of the Fil à Film VHS releases included two episodes of the ''Virgul'' cartoon)
[[Category:Pre-LMW]]
==External links==
[[Category:Found animation]]
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_Renart French Wikipedia article]
[[Category:Found TV]]
*[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/fiche-191-moi-renart.html Planète Jeunesse entry]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZeKzPuzaMJtDsMtM6o_tUYHFNlb7LGLW Playlist of the episodes on YouTube]
[[Category:Found media]][[Category:Pre-LMW]]

Latest revision as of 22:46, 14 November 2023

Moi renart billy clap vhs.JPG

Cover of a rare VHS release by Billy Clap Video.

Status: Found

Date found: 2000s-2013

Found by: The Reynard, Chris Rodriguez, Various users

Moi Renart ("I Reynard") is a French animated series that originally aired in September 1986 on channel Canal+, which produced it alongside animation company IDDH (that also coproduced the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Denver The Last Dinosaur and the Back to the Future animated series).

Moi Renart is loosely based on the medieval written stories Le Roman de Renart, known in English as The Tale of the Fox starring Reynard the Fox, with the animal characters in this adaptation being heavily anthropomorphized and set in then-modern 1980s Paris.[1]

Premise

A young male fox, Renart, arrives in Paris so that he can make himself a name in the city. Opportunistic, wide-eyed and ambitious, he creates an agency where he claims to be able to do any job, using his wits to trick himself out of any unpleasant situation. He is accompanied by his pet monkey Marmouset, he often clashes with his uncle Ysengrin who is a car salesman, he woos beautiful vixen journalist Hermeline, he gets into trouble with police chief Chanteclerc and his detective Tibert, while also thwarting criminal vulture Moufflard with his henchmen rat Pelé and dog Budvilin.

The series infamously contained some risqué content, such as depiction of sexualized "furry" anthropomorphic animals, and yet was still aired in children's morning programming.

Many characters were also based on famous French 1980s public figures, such as the President Ducoi based on then real-life President François Mitterrand and news anchorman Jules Frénési being based on real-life anchorman Yves Mourousi.

Episode List

# Title Alternate title(s) Status
1 L'aventure de Renart ("Renart's Adventure") Unknown Found
2 L'agence Renart ("The Renart Agency") Unknown Found
3 Les grandes manoeuvres ("Military Exercises") Unknown Found
4 Renart fait sa pub ("Renart Advertises Himself") Unknown Found
5 Le concert Moulio ("The Moulio Concert") Unknown Found
6 La Renarde ("The Vixen") Unknown Found
7 Jess Bomb Unknown Found
8 Renart Big Mac Unknown Found
9 Traquenard ("Trap") Unknown Found
10 Koko de St-Zéphyr Unknown Found
11 Jolibois contre Porkyland ("Jolibois VS Porkyland") Unknown Found
12 L'art de Renart ("Renart's Art") Unknown Found
13 L'affaire du kiosque ("The Newsstand Affair") Votez Renart! ("Vote Renart!") Found
14 Gold Star Radio Bigoudi ("Haircurl Radio") Found
15 Le petit chaperon rouge ("Little Red Riding Hood") Un sacré neveu/L'affaire du collier ("One Heck of a Nephew"/"The Necklace Affair") Found
16 Ô nuages, ô désespoir ("Oh Clouds, Oh Despair") Nuage mortel ("Deadly cloud") Found
17 À la poursuite du radis double ("The Hunt For the Double Radish") Vacances en amoureux ("Lover Vacation") Found
18 Il était une fois Renart ("Once Upon A Time Renart") Drôle de nurse ("Odd Nanny") Found
19 Tartala Bloune Unknown Found
20 Le Renart dans les étoiles ("Renart in the Stars") L'étoile précieuse ("The Precious Star") Found
21 Coup de sang ("Blood Rush") Vampires Found
22 Ciné fric frac ("Breakyn-Enter Movies") Renart cinéaste ("Renart Movie Director") Found
23 Le club des cavernes ("Cave Club") Unknown Found
24 Paris-Kokar ("Kokar Rally") Le Paris-Cocard ("Black-Eye Rally") Found
25 Petits petits petits ("Hey Little Ones") Enfance ("Infancy") Found
26 Big Boom sur les ovnis ("Bangers on the UFOs") Le Film ("The Movie") Found

Availability

The series was aired on French TV several times. Originally a Canal+ product, it reaired regularly on public channel France 3 (aka FR3) in the 1990s, and sometimes on M6.

In the late 1980s and 1990s, Moi Renart had some of its episodes released on VHS. However, those tapes have become rare and difficult to find, and some episodes have no known VHS tape releases, mostly from the first half of the seasons. The latter half of the season was released on Fil à Film video editions, that strangely renamed the episode titles. Some of those releases only have tiny images as evidence of their existences.

The series never had a DVD release, reairing in the new millenium or any official streaming distribution. While the opening theme song is fondly remembered by many, the cartoon was never that popular and is at best a cult classic.

Some episode rips were shared on the Internet for years, but were only accessible through peer-to-peer programs, and for a while, only two episodes were on YouTube (episode 1 and 24).

In the early 2010s, user The Reynard ordered online rare VHS tapes of episodes 18, 20, 21 and 22. He got them digitalized and uploaded the VHS rips on YouTube, alongside the peer-to-peer-exclusive episodes. Later, he got contacted by a fan, Chris Rodriguez, who had taped the whole series on VHS and ripped them on DVD, and shared it with The Reynard. Since then, the series can be considered found.

Gallery

Footage

Vieux Roublard ("Wile old fox") music video that is shown in the first two episodes; might be NSFW.

Images

  • Billy Clap Video VHS release that announces episode 2; it may also contain episode 1.

    Billy Clap Video VHS release that announces episode 2; it may also contain episode 1.

  • Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 13 and 14.

    Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 13 and 14.

  • Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 15 and 17.

    Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 15 and 17.

  • Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 18 and 26.

    Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 18 and 26.

  • Kid's Club Video VHS release with renamed episode 21 and 22.

    Kid's Club Video VHS release with renamed episode 21 and 22.

  • Fil à Film VHS release of the Vampires episode.

    Fil à Film VHS release of the Vampires episode.

  • Fil à Film VHS release of barely renamed episode 23 and 24.

    Fil à Film VHS release of barely renamed episode 23 and 24.

  • Cel art of vixen character Hermeline.

    Cel art of vixen character Hermeline.

  • Moi Renart mentioned in magazine Poche Junior.

    Moi Renart mentioned in magazine Poche Junior.

Trivia

  • According to several YouTube commenters, Moi Renart aired dubbed in Spanish in South-American countries under the title Zorrás.
  • Moi Renart also aired in Poland localized as Pan de Lis. Its Polish dub is also lost.
  • There is a book based on the Tale of the Fox that is also called Moi, Renart, but seems otherwise unrelated. However, one might have influenced the other.
  • The character designer of the show, Pascale Moreaux, also did the character design for the French animated series Clémentine (known as Clementine: A Young Girl and Her Dreams in English). The first episode of Moi Renart shows Clémentine appearing on the screen of Renart's TV watch.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Planète Jeunesse website listing of Moi Renart (French). Retrieved 29 Mar '23
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