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Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
Writing
Franklin could count by twos and tie his shoes — iconic.
Score
That theme song lives rent-free in millennial brains.
Creator
Paulette Bourgeois
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franklin was one of the first mainstream children's shows to normalize therapy-adjacent emotional processing, with episodes explicitly addressing anxiety, shame, and social navigation.
The books and series were so distinctly Canadian that the 2011 CGI reboot Americanized multiple character names and locations, causing minor international incidents among nostalgic fans.
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