Oggy and the Cockroaches

Name: Oggy and the Cockroaches
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Kaycie Chase

Cats vs Cockroaches, who do you think will win?

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TV series
1999–present
8 seasons
France 3
Animation
Comedy
Family

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7.5 TMDB worldwide · 386 ratings

Oggy, an anthropomorphic cat, would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating, but is continuously pestered by three roaches: Joey, Marky and Dee Dee. The cockroaches' slapstick mischief ranges from plundering Oggy's refrigerator to hijacking the train he just boarded. In many situations Oggy is also helped by Jack, who is more violent and short-tempered than him and is also annoyed by the cockroaches. Bob, a short-tempered bulldog, also appears in the show, and is Oggy's neighbor.

About the show

Oggy and the Cockroaches (French: Oggy et les Cafards) is an animated television series created by Jean-Yves Raimbaud and produced by Gaumont Multimedia for season 1 and Xilam Animation for seasons 2–8 (in co-production with Les Productions Coquerelles for season 2). It chronicles the comedic exploits and burlesque adventures of a rotund, blue cat named Oggy, whose days are always ruined by three cockroaches – Joey, Marky, and Dee Dee respectively – who regularly cause mischief at his home. The show employs the use of silent comedy, with characters not speaking and using unintelligible gibberish vocalizations, gestures, facial expressions, sound effects and sardonic laughter to communicate. Complex sequences (presenting a scene or context) are illustrated with images, sometimes in written text, speech balloons, or pictograms. In India, however, the series is notably aired on some television channels with voice-acted dialogue in Hindi and other languages.

The series premiered in September 1999 on France 3, and was licensed internationally in over 190 territories. It ended in January 2019, having released seven seasons and 169 half-hour episodes (501 seven-to-fourteen-minute segments) in over two decades to date. The cartoon relies on slapstick humour, much like its inspiration Tom and Jerry; although traditional slapstick cartoon characters prefer dropping anvils and pianos on each other, Oggy and the Cockroaches sometimes uses atomic bombs or submarines.

In September 2020, an eighth season, which acted as a reboot series, was announced, entitled Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation, in which Oggy takes care of Piya, a young elephant from India. It was released worldwide on Netflix on 28 July 2022. In 2021, a spin-off, Oggy Oggy, was released, focusing on the adventures of a kitten version of Oggy without the cockroaches. On 10 March 2026, it was announced that a ninth season was in production and it is slated to be released sometime around late 2027 to early 2028, making it one of the longest running series in the world, at 28 years

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