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|area=Canada
name = Télétoon |
|language={{wp|English language|English}} and {{wp|Canadian French|Canadian}} {{wp|French language|French}}
logo = [[Image:Télétoon.png|150px]] |
|continent={{wp|North America}}
caption = Télétoon's current logo. The accents over the "E"s are absent, but the part of "T" over them could be interpreted as their equivalent.|
headquarters = [[Image:FlagCanada.PNG]] Canada|
launched = September 8, 1997 |
ownedby = Astral Media (50%), Corus Entertainment (50%) |
}}
}}


The [[Pokémon]] franchise first reached '''{{wp|Canada}}''' in the late 1990s with the release of [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]] and the airing of the {{pkmn|anime}}.
'''Télétoon''' is a TV channel available nationwide in {{wp|Canada}} which first hit the airwaves on September 8, 1997. The channel is based out of {{wp|Montréal}}, {{wp|Québec}}. The name is a combination of "''télévision''" (of course, television) and "cartoon", which is spelled the same way in French.
 
==Pokémon video games==
All Pokémon games that have been released in the United States have also been released in Canada, with the exception of the [[Pokémon Mini]]. Pokémon games sold in Canada are direct imports of the American versions, so spelling variations such as ''color'' and ''center'' are not changed to ''colour'' and ''centre'' for release in Canada. Bilingual packaging and French-language instruction manuals are required by law to be included with the sale of all video games, however, no Pokémon games have recieved French-language translations.
 
[[Event Pokémon|Nintendo Events]] typically do not reach Canada, although Canadian players may download Wi-Fi events. The introduction of Wi-Fi events has allowed Canadian players access to many previously unavailable event Pokémon.


Télétoon is the French version of sister station of Teletoon. Télétoon airs most of the same programs as Teletoon, except all are in French.
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==Pokémon anime==
==Pokémon anime==
The English dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] has aired in Canada on [[YTV]] since ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''. A French-language dub was recorded and produced in the province of {{wp|Québec}}<!--by [dubbing company-->. It is based on the English dub by [[4Kids Entertainment]]. Unlike the European French dub, the Canadian French dub retains all of the character names and Pokémon names used in the English version. The Canadian French dub of the Pokémon anime aired on [[Télétoon]]. Although Télétoon has removed Pokémon from its schedule, it still occasionally airs the [[Pokémon movies]]. The Canadian French dub of Pokémon currently does not air on any channel.
[[Image:TélétoonOld.png|thumb|right|Télétoon's logo from 1997-2005, including when the channel aired Pokémon. The accents are blended in with the "E"s, making the logo appropriate to be used for Télétoon and Teletoon.]]
 
A Canadian French dub was recorded and produced in Québec for exclusive airing on Télétoon. Like most dubs, this too is based on the English dub. However, unlike these other dubs, all of the English character and Pokémon names are used rather than creating new names for them.
===Home videos===
The Canadian home video releases of the anime series have never been bilingual. The English dub is released on home video by [[VIZ Media]]. The French dub was released on VHS and DVD by '''Imavision Distribution''', but their license to distribute the series has expired and their Pokémon titles have gone out of print.
 
All movies prior to ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'' have been released in Canada on bilingual DVDs. These DVDs would either contain both the English and French dubs on seperate audio tracks, or with the English audio track only but with the option to add French subtitles. Beginning with ''Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'', VIZ Media has distributed the home videos of the Pokémon movies, which are available exclusively in English.
 
===Cast and Crew===
For information about the voice cast from the English dub, see [[List of English voice actors]].
 
Many voice actors have contributed to the production of the Canadian French dub of Pokémon. '''Sébastien Reding''' provides the voice of [[Ash Ketchum]], [[Misty]] was voiced by '''Kim Jalabert''', and [[Brock]] was voiced by '''Martin Watier'''. [[Tracey Sketchit]] was voiced by '''Joël Legendre'''.


[[Jessie]] is voiced by '''Christine Séguin''' and [[James]] is voiced by '''Antoine Durand'''. {{MTR}} is voiced by '''François Sasseville'''.
The [[anime]] formerly aired on Télétoon during the late 90s and early 00s, but no longer does. Though [[YTV]] already had the anime available for Canadian audiences, Télétoon was given rights to air the French-dubbed version due to the fact that French is an official language in Canada (along with English)<ref>[http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/act_loi_e.php OCOL - Official Languages Act]</ref>. There was and still is demand, because French is the first language of 7,370,355 Canadians, with 4,141,850 of those being able to speak no other languages<ref>[http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/canada_06_e.php OCOL - Canada]</ref>. [[Pokémon movies]] still air on the channel.
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'''Alain Sauvage''' provided the voice for [[Professor Oak]]. [[Nurse Joy]] was voiced by '''Julie Burroughs''' and [[Officer Jenny]] was voiced by '''Camille Cyr-Desmarais'''.
==Notes==
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==Pokémon Trading Card Game==
==External Links==
Cards for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] have been sold in Canada since the introduction of the {{TCG|Base Set}}. English-language cards are imported from the United States to be sold in Canadian stores. French-language cards are not printed in Canada, but are available in French-speaking areas as imports from {{wp|France}}. French-language cards are recognized as tournament legal in {{TCG|Pokémon Organized Play}}.
*[http://www.teletoon.com/teletoon3/teletoon.php?language=Fr Official website]
*{{wp|YTV}} on Wikipedia
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUuomhN0KHc&fmt=18 The French-dubbed version of]</span> ''[[Viridian City (song)|Viridian City]]'', '''{{tt|En route vers Jadielle|On the way to Viridian}}''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUuomhN0KHc&fmt=18 airing on Télétoon]
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Revision as of 16:12, 17 October 2009

Télétoon
Télétoon.png
Télétoon's current logo. The accents over the "E"s are absent, but the part of "T" over them could be interpreted as their equivalent.
Headquarters File:FlagCanada.PNG Canada
Launched September 8, 1997
Owned By Astral Media (50%), Corus Entertainment (50%)

Télétoon is a TV channel available nationwide in Canada which first hit the airwaves on September 8, 1997. The channel is based out of Montréal, Québec. The name is a combination of "télévision" (of course, television) and "cartoon", which is spelled the same way in French.

Télétoon is the French version of sister station of Teletoon. Télétoon airs most of the same programs as Teletoon, except all are in French.

Pokémon anime

Télétoon's logo from 1997-2005, including when the channel aired Pokémon. The accents are blended in with the "E"s, making the logo appropriate to be used for Télétoon and Teletoon.

A Canadian French dub was recorded and produced in Québec for exclusive airing on Télétoon. Like most dubs, this too is based on the English dub. However, unlike these other dubs, all of the English character and Pokémon names are used rather than creating new names for them.

The anime formerly aired on Télétoon during the late 90s and early 00s, but no longer does. Though YTV already had the anime available for Canadian audiences, Télétoon was given rights to air the French-dubbed version due to the fact that French is an official language in Canada (along with English)[1]. There was and still is demand, because French is the first language of 7,370,355 Canadians, with 4,141,850 of those being able to speak no other languages[2]. Pokémon movies still air on the channel.

Notes

  1. ↑ OCOL - Official Languages Act
  2. ↑ OCOL - Canada

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