Downward Doghouse (found precursor to "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan" Nick Jr. animated series; 2000s)

Title card from the animated series.

Status:
Found (US dub)
Partially Found (UK dub)

Date found: 05 Jun 2024 (US dub)

Found by: Various Users (US dub)

Downward Doghouse was an animated series on Nick Jr. and a predecessor to Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. It was a part of the interstitial series Nick Jr. Presents: My World. Most of the characters remained the same between series minus some design changes, with the biggest change being that Hoho originally only talked in gibberish, although Rintoo and Lulu were not present at all (an earlier version of Lulu appears in "Dragon Dance" though). Three episodes of the short series have been produced, titled "Follow That Slipper", "Where's Hoho?", and "Dragon Dance."

Availability

Promotional screenshots using the Downward Doghouse designs are available on the Internet. Some storyboards for an episode featuring Rintoo, and using the final designs from Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, but still using the "Downward Doghouse" title have also surfaced.

The Nick Jr. website had a link to the My World section, via the Web Archive. None of the episodes work because while the page source does contain file names, no actual video files exist in the page source. There also existed an e-card maker and even a full website, which included a game titled "Kai-Lan's First Lantern Festival."

A British dub was also available on the British Nick Jr. channel. The UK dubs of "Follow That Slipper" and "Dragon Dance" have surfaced, the former being sourced from a camrip in which the episode has been fast-forwarded through, currently leaving the audio for that dub lost.

On August 15, 2023, the US dub for "Follow That Slipper" was found by Vance's Media Treasures on a VHS tape dated September 7th, 2005, with the short being uploaded to YouTube by encodestvdotcom.

On June 5th, 2024, the US dub for "Where's Ho-Ho?" was found by a user named CDCB from the premiere night of Dora's Fairytale Adventure, this would be later uploaded to YouTube by gamerguy624.

Footage

US dub

"Dragon Dance" (US dub).

"Follow That Slipper" (US dub).

"Where's Ho-Ho?" (US dub).

UK dub

"Dragon Dance" (UK dub).

Other

Gameplay of the Flash game.

Screenshots

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  A still from the website featuring Kai-Lan in her Downward Doghouse appearance.

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  Another still featuring Kai-Lan, Tolee and Hoho, taken from an e-card maker (see below).

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  A still from the ending of the "Kai-Lan's First Lantern Festival" game.

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  A screenshot from the episode "Follow That Slipper", from an archived version of the Nick Jr. website.

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  A screenshot from the episode "Dragon Dance", from an archived version of the Nick Jr. website.

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  A screenshot from the episode "Where's Hoho?", from an archived version of the Nick Jr. website.

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  A screenshot from the episode "Follow That Slipper."

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  A screenshot from the episode "Dragon Dance."

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  A screenshot from the episode "Where's Hoho?"

Storyboards

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  Page 1 of the storyboard.

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  Page 2 of the storyboard.

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  Page 4 of the storyboard.

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  Page 6 of the storyboard.

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  Page 7 of the storyboard.

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  An unknown page of the storyboard, as it is not numbered.
  Note: It is possible that this was either for another project or was drawn as a joke.

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  Page 1 of the storyboard from the third short.

See Also

Bumpers and Interstitials

• Loretta the Letter Lady (partially found Nick Jr. short interstitial series; mid 1990s)
• Nick Jr. (partially found revamped Face promos of Nickelodeon channel block; 2003-2004)
• Nick Jr. Power Play Summer (partially found Nick Jr. interstitial series; 2005)
• Snappy Larry's Showtime (partially found Nick Jr. UK interstitial series and American dub; mid-2000s)

Pilots

• The Backyardigans (partially found Nick Digital pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2002)
• Blaze and the Monster Machines (lost pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2012)
• Blue's Clues (partially found pitch pilots of international adaptations of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; late 1990s)
• Blue Prints (found unaired pilot of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1994-1995)
• Bubble Guppies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2006)
• Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilots of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
• Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated spin-off of musical series; 2013)
• The JumpArounds (partially found pitch pilot of "The Fresh Beat Band" Nick Jr. musical series; 2008)
• Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)
• Oswald (partially found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
• PAW Patrol (lost pitch pilots and early concepts of Nick Jr. animated series; 2008-2013)
• Super Why! (found stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated series; 1999)
• The Umizumiz (partially found pitch pilot of "Team Umizoomi" Nick Jr. live-action/CGI animated series; 2008)
• Wallykazam! "Monty's Magic Words" (partially found pilot for Nick Jr. education series; 2010s)

Other

• As Pistas da Blue (partially lost Portuguese adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; mid-2000s)
• The Backyardigans (partially lost British dub of Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; mid-late 2000s)
• Binyah Binyah! (found spin-off of "Gullah Gullah Island" Nick Jr. musical series; 1997-1998)
• Blue's Clues (found British adaptation of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1998-2003)
• Bubble and Squeak (partially found Nick Jr. UK live-action puppet series; 2007-2010)
• Eureeka's Castle (partially found Nick Jr. puppet series; 1989-1991)
• Made by Maddie (partially found unaired Nick Jr. animated series; 2020)
• Riddle Blue/수수께끼 블루 (partially found Korean adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 2000-2001)
• Whoopi's Littleburg (partially found Nick Jr. musical miniseries; 2004)