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|1||''L'aventure de Renart'' (" | |1||''L'aventure de Renart'' ("Renart's Adventure")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|2||''L'agence Renart'' ("The | |2||''L'agence Renart'' ("The Renart Agency")||''None known''||<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")||''None known''||<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")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|12||''L'art de Renart'' (" | |12||''L'art de Renart'' ("Renart's Art")||''None known''||<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 Reynard!")||<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")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|18||''Il était une fois Renart'' ("Once Upon A Time | |18||''Il était une fois Renart'' ("Once Upon A Time Renart")||''Drôle de nurse'' ("Odd Nanny")||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|19||''Tartala Bloune''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |19||''Tartala Bloune''||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|20||''Le Renart dans les étoiles'' (" | |20||''Le Renart dans les étoiles'' ("Renart in the Stars")||''L'étoile précieuse'' ("The Precious Star")||<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''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|22||''Ciné fric frac'' ("Breakyn-Enter Movies")||'' | |22||''Ciné fric frac'' ("Breakyn-Enter Movies")||''Renart cinéaste'' ("Renart Movie Director")||<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")||''None known''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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''. | ||
Revision as of 05:05, 7 March 2023
Cover of a rare VHS release by Billy Clap Video.
Status: Found
Date found: 2000s-2013
Found by: Miscellaneous, The Reynard, Chris Rodriguez
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.
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 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.
List of episodes
| # | Title | Alternate title(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'aventure de Renart ("Renart's Adventure") | None known | Found |
| 2 | L'agence Renart ("The Renart Agency") | None known | Found |
| 3 | Les grandes manoeuvres ("Military Exercises") | None known | Found |
| 4 | Renart fait sa pub ("Reynard Advertises Himself") | None known | Found |
| 5 | Le concert Moulio ("The Moulio Concert") | None known | Found |
| 6 | La Renarde ("The Vixen") | None known | Found |
| 7 | Jess Bomb | None known | Found |
| 8 | Renart Big Mac | None known | Found |
| 9 | Traquenard ("Trap") | None known | Found |
| 10 | Koko de St-Zéphyr | None known | Found |
| 11 | Jolibois contre Porkyland ("Jolibois VS Porkyland") | None known | Found |
| 12 | L'art de Renart ("Renart's Art") | None known | Found |
| 13 | L'affaire du kiosque ("The Newsstand Affair") | Votez Renart! ("Vote Reynard!") | 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 | None known | 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") | None known | 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.
Videos
Gallery
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 15 and 17.
Fil à Film VHS release with renamed episode 18 and 26.
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 barely renamed episode 23 and 24.
Cel art of vixen character Hermeline.
Moi Renart mentioned in magazine Poche Junior.
See also
- Virgul (partially found French animated series; 1988) (many of the Fil à Film VHS releases included two episodes of the Virgul cartoon)