Kikoriki (also known as Gogoriki in the 4Kids dub, BalloonToons in the Studio 100 dub, and as Smeshariki (Смешарики) in the original Russian version) is a Russian animated series consisting of 215 episodes of 6 minutes and 30 seconds each, aimed at children of 3 to 8 years. The series uses Flash animation.
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Dubbing History[]
In August of 2008, the English-language distribution rights to Smeshariki (Смешарики) were acquired by 4Kids Entertainment from worldwide distributor Fun Game Media, Munich. Under the name Gogoriki, the dub first premiered on The CW's The CW4Kids block in the United States on 27 September 2008. It began its second season on 17 October 2009, and the dub ended on 21 September 2011 with 33 episodes and 98 segments. Fun Game Media was also producing a German dub of the original series which began airing on KiKA on 8 December 2008.
Gogoriki was one of the last few English dubs that 4Kids Entertainment did before filing for bankruptcy in 2017. When the show was discontinued on the CW4Kids block after its second season in 2011, 4Kids never issued any DVDs of the show despite the cult following the show had during its run. Instead, they've archived all the episodes on their official website on 14 January 2010.
During 4Kids' downward financial spiral since the dub's cancellation, Gogoriki's rights reverted back to the Russian production company, the Riki Group, who commissioned Studio100 to produce a new English dub (now with a new name Kikoriki, which is being used to this very day) which launched on YouTube on 31 March 2010. The first season was dubbed with an mostly unknown voice cast except for Fluff, presumably a German-based cast, whilst the second season was dubbed with a Vancouver based cast.
Since February 2017, all rights to Kikoriki and Pin-Code outside of the CIS territories, including Kikoriki episodes in all languages other than Russian, are owned by FUN Union, and then after that, an English dub produced by the same company would be made, with Wayne Grayson and Mike Pollock reprising their roles from the 4Kids dub. Pollock would also take over the roles of Ottoriki and Boboriki (renamed Pin and Barry, respectively) from Bryan Fenkart and David Wills, respectively.
Cast[]
4Kids Dub 
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Pogoriki | Anton Vinogradov | Dan Green |
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Chikoriki | Anton Vinogradov (eps. 1-13) | Jason Griffith |
| Vladimir Postnikov | |||
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Rosariki | Svetlana Pismichenko | Kether Donohue |
| Ksenia Brzhezovskaya (eps. 103-104) | |||
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Ottoriki | Mikhail Chernyak | Bryan Fenkart |
| Sergei Mardar (ep. 48) | |||
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Boboriki | Mikhail Chernyak | David Wills |
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Olgariki | Sergei Mardar | Erica Schroeder |
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Docoriki | Mikhail Chernyak | David Wills |
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Wolliriki | Vadim Bochanov | Wayne Grayson |
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Bigoriki | Sergey Kuznetsov (ep. 2) | Mike Pollock |
| Sergei Mardar |
FunGameMedia Dub/Season 1 Dub []
Not much of the dub is known, other than John Julian voicing Fluff also known as Wally, the names of the characters and episode 23 having a different cast.
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Jumpy | Anton Vinogradov | ¿? |
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Joshi | Anton Vinogradov (eps. 1-13) | ¿? |
| Vladimir Postnikov | |||
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Pinky | Svetlana Pismichenko | ¿? |
| Ksenia Brzhezovskaya (eps. 103-104) | |||
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Pin | Mikhail Chernyak | ¿? |
| Sergei Mardar (ep. 48) | |||
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Berry | Mikhail Chernyak | ¿? |
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Olga | Sergei Mardar | ¿? |
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Eldoc | Mikhail Chernyak | ¿? |
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Fluff Fluffy (John Julian's resume) |
Vadim Bochanov | John Julian |
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BigBig Big Beak (some of the YouTube descriptions) |
Sergey Kuznetsov (ep. 2) | ¿? |
| Sergei Mardar |
Season 2 Dub []
It is likely this dub was originally going to use the names from 4Kids Entertainment's English dub, as the localized footage refers to the characters by those names.
In addition, the 4Kids dub's names are used in the Croatian dub, which is otherwise based on this one.
| Image | Character | Original Actor
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Krash | Anton Vinogradov | Lee Tockar |
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Chiko | Anton Vinogradov (eps. 1-13) | Richard Ian Cox |
| Vladimir Postnikov | |||
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Rosa | Svetlana Pismichenko | Tabitha St. Germain |
| Ksenia Brzhezovskaya (eps. 103-104) | |||
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Pin | Mikhail Chernyak | Brian Drummond |
| Sergei Mardar (ep. 48) | |||
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Barry | Mikhail Chernyak | Scott McNeil |
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Olga | Sergei Mardar | Tabitha St. Germain |
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Dokko | Mikhail Chernyak | Brian Drummond |
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Wally | Vadim Bochanov | Richard Ian Cox |
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Carlin | Sergey Kuznetsov (ep. 2) | Scott McNeil |
| Sergei Mardar |
FUN Union Dub []
This dub is noted for the return of two of the voice actors from the 4Kids dub; nevertheless, the names of the characters were changed.
| Image | Character | Original Actor
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Dub Actor
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Krash | Anton Vinogradov | Billy Bob Thompson |
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Chiko | Anton Vinogradov (eps. 1-13) | Marc Thompson |
| Vladimir Postnikov | |||
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Rosa | Svetlana Pismichenko | Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld |
| Ksenia Brzhezovskaya (eps. 103-104) | |||
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Pin | Mikhail Chernyak | Mike Pollock |
| Sergei Mardar (ep. 48) | |||
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Barry | Mikhail Chernyak | |
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Olga | Sergei Mardar | Lisa Flanagan |
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Dokko | Mikhail Chernyak | Tyler Bunch |
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Wally | Vadim Bochanov | Wayne Grayson |
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Carlin | Sergey Kuznetsov (ep. 2) | Mike Pollock |
| Sergei Mardar |
Videos[]
4Kids dub[]
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Dub | Country | |
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| 2008 | The CW (The CW4Kids block) | 4Kids dub | United States |
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| 2009 | Pop | United Kingdom | 
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| 2020-present | Toon-A-Vision[2] | FUN Union dub | Canada |
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See Also[]
- Kikoriki: New Adventures
- Kikoriki: Pin-Code
- Kikoriki: Team Invincible
- Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon
- Kikoriki: DejaVu
- BabyRiki
References[]
External Links[]
- Kikoriki at the Internet Movie Database
- YouTube channel for the Studio 100 dub
- YouTube channel for the FUN Union dub