document_title: Fried Green Tomatoes

question_text: actress who played ruth in fried green tomatoes

text: Fried Green Tomatoes

text: Plot[edit]

text: Evelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Anderson, Alabama, nursing home. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there. The film's subplot concerns Evelyn's dissatisfaction with her marriage, her life, her growing confidence, and her developing friendship with Ninny. The narrative switches several times between Ninny's story, which is set between World War I and World War II, and Evelyn's life in 1980s Birmingham.

text: Ninny's story begins with tomboy Idgie Threadgoode, the youngest of the Threadgoode children, whom Ninny describes as her sister-in-law. Idgie's close relationship with her charming older brother, Buddy, is cut short when he is hit by a train and killed. Devastated, she recedes from formal society for much of her childhood and adolescence until Buddy's former girlfriend, the straitlaced Ruth Jamison, intervenes at the request of the concerned Threadgoode family.

text: Idgie initially resists Ruth's attempts at friendship, but gradually a deep attachment develops between them. Ruth leaves Whistle Stop to marry Frank Bennett and moves to Valdosta, Georgia. Idgie tries to forget her but later visits her house to find her pregnant and subject to physical abuse from Frank. Against his wishes and violent attempts to stop her, she returns to Whistle Stop with Idgie, where her baby, a boy whom she names Buddy, Jr., is born. Papa Threadgoode gives Idgie money to start a business so she can care for Ruth and Buddy, Jr. She and Ruth open the Whistle Stop Cafe, employing the family cook, Sipsey, and her son, Big George, who excels with a barbecue that becomes popular with their patrons.

text: Frank eventually returns to Whistle Stop to kidnap Buddy, Jr., but his attempt is thwarted by an unseen assailant, and he is later reported missing. Once his truck appears at the bottom of a nearby drying lake without its owner, Idgie is immediately a suspect, as she had publicly threatened violence against him for beating Ruth. She is detained along with Big George for his murder by Grady Kilgore, the local sheriff, who offers to release her and pin the crime solely on Big George; she refuses to sacrifice him. During the subsequent trial, the local minister, Reverend Scroggins, has no problem lying, providing Idgie and Big George with sound alibis for the time of Frank's disappearance. Taking into account his reputation for getting drunk, the judge rules his death an accident and dismisses the case. Idgie and Big George are cleared of all charges.

text: After the trial, Ruth is diagnosed with cancer, becomes very ill, and eventually dies. Following her death, the café closes. Over time, many Whistle Stop residents eventually move away, bringing Ninny to the end of her story, but not before the revelation of what really happened to Frank. Sipsey killed him with a blow to the head with a heavy cast iron frying pan while trying to prevent him from kidnapping Buddy, Jr. Idgie got Big George to barbecue Frank's body, which was later served to an investigator from Georgia searching for him. The investigator ate with gusto, proclaiming his meal the best pork barbecue he'd ever tasted.

text: Evelyn discovers that during Ninny's temporary stay at the nursing home, her house was condemned and torn down. Evelyn, having become friends with her, offers her a room in her house which she accepts. As they walk away from the empty lot where her house used to be, they pass Ruth's grave, freshly adorned with a jar of honey, a honeycomb, and a card which reads, "I'll always love you, the Bee Charmer". The Bee Charmer is Ruth's old nickname for Idgie, and the note reveals that she is still alive.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch
Mary Stuart Masterson & Nancy Moore Atchison as Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson as Sipsey
Chris O'Donnell as Buddy Threadgoode
Stan Shaw as Big George
Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch
Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith as Mama Threadgoode
Danny Nelson as Papa Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen as Women's Awareness Teacher
Macon McCalman as Prosecutor
Richard Riehle as Reverend Scroggins
Raynor Scheine as Curtis Smoot
Grace Zabriskie as Eva Bates
Reid Binion as Young Julian
Nick Searcy as Frank Bennett
Constance Shulman as Missy

text: Production[edit]

text: Conception and casting[edit]

text: Avnet first read the novel in 1987.[2] He was introduced to it by producer Lisa Lindstrom, with whom he worked on television films Heat Wave and Breaking Point. Although he wanted her to give him a synopsis of the story, she insisted he read the book and like her, he loved it. He decided to turn the story into a film and pitched the idea to Norman Lear's company, Act III Communications, who were interested and gave him a small budget for a screenwriter.[3] He hired Carol Sobieski who had written the screenplay for 1982's Annie. She wrote a draft for it as a musical, which he was unhappy with.[3] Sobieski left the project and he hired Flagg, who had been surprised that anyone would want to turn the novel into a film, to develop the script. Although she had some screenwriting experience, she found the process of turning her own novel into a script a strange one. The job was made somewhat easier by the work done by Sobieski and Avnet in choosing which characters from the book were going to be featured, but she found it difficult and also left the project, after writing 70 pages of the screenplay. With no money left to hire another writer, Avnet took the script over himself and spent the next 2–3 years developing it. Flagg gave her blessing to the final draft.[3]

text: Avnet wrote the film with Jessica Tandy in mind; she expressed excitement about making the film.[3] He had worked with Kathy Bates and Chris O'Donnell on the 1990 film Men Don't Leave before offering them the roles of Evelyn Couch and Buddy Threadgoode respectively.[2] When Bates read the script she loved the characters and was particularly keen to work with Tandy.[2] Mary-Louise Parker was casting director David Rubin's first choice for the role of Ruth Jamison. She read for the part several times, initially unhappy with her own tests. When she read along with Mary Stuart Masterson, they – and the producers – agreed that they had good chemistry.

text: Setting[edit]

text: Avnet hired Barbara Ling as production designer. Scouting for a location, she found Juliette, Georgia, a town that was, according to Avnet, nearly deserted.[3][4] The building chosen to be the Whistle Stop Café was formerly an antique and hardware store. It was redesigned as a cafe, with a horseshoe shaped counter to allow for optimal camera angles.[3]

text: After the release of the film, Juliette saw an influx of tourists and, with Jon Avnet's encouragement, locals opened the Whistle Stop Café, recreated to mirror the film set.[5] Although "Whistle Stop Café" is now a registered trademark, other establishments have appeared using that name.[6] While writing the novel, Flagg based Whistle Stop on Irondale, Alabama, and the café on a real-life restaurant, the Irondale Café.[4] She was a frequent visitor there which was formerly owned by her great-aunt.[7]

text: The scene where Idgie goes to collect honey from a beehive for Ruth was originally intended to be performed by a stunt double. However, after the latter backed out at the last minute, Masterson volunteered to do it herself. The footage of her covered in a swarm of live bees is seen in the final version of the film.[2]

text: Differences between the film and novel[edit]

text: Unlike the novel, the film does not make the lesbian romance between the two central characters explicit, instead leaving the relationship between Idgie and Ruth ambiguous.[8] The DVD contains an audio commentary in which the director acknowledges the relationship and points out that a scene between Idgie and Ruth engaging in a food fight was intended to be seen as symbolic love-making. At the time of the film's debut, it was criticized by reviewers and activists for what was seen as "glossing over" the lesbian relationship.[8][9] However, it won an award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation for best feature film with lesbian content.[10] It shows examples of discrimination against African Americans, women, and the disabled, but the novel's examination of sexuality-based prejudice through a robust lesbian plot, is made more ambiguous.[11]

text: Though in the book, Idgie and Ninny are two separate characters, at the end of the film it's largely hinted that they are one and the same[citation needed], although this runs counter to Ninny's earlier comment that "I was practically adopted by the Threadgoodes; I married her [Idgie's] brother, Cleo".

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was given a limited release in the US on December 27, 1991, opening in five theaters.[12] It got a wide release four weeks later on January 24, 1992, in 673 theaters. It ran for 19 weeks in total, with its widest release having been 1,331 theaters.[12]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film grossed a total of $82,418,501 in the United States alone, and took in $37,000,000 outside the US, bringing the total to $119,418,501 worldwide.[12] In its opening weekend it earned $105,317, and at its wide release opening weekend it earned $5,235,940, which was 6.4 percent of its total gross.[12] According to Box Office Mojo, it ranked at no. 11 for all films released in the US in 1991, and no. 5 for PG‑13 rated films released that year.[citation needed]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The film was generally well received by critics. Film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave it a "fresh" score of 73% based on 41 reviews.[13]

text: Critics enjoyed the narrative, but found it conventional and predictable.[9][14] The adaptation of the separate narrative of book to the screen was criticised by Time Out as "clumsy", Roger Ebert praised the performances, Janet Maslin praised the costume and production design and Emanuel Levy praised the cinematography and score.[9][15] The cast drew praise for their performances, particularly Masterson and Tandy.[9][15]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The film was nominated at the 64th Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Tandy) and for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski).[16]

text: At the 46th British Academy Film Awards in 1992, Tandy was nominated for the Best Actress award, and Bates was nominated as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Both also received Golden Globe nominations for their work, and the film got a Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) nomination.[16] At the 28th Guldbagge Awards in Sweden, it was nominated for the Best Foreign Film award.[17]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Fried Green Tomatoes

Studio album by Various Artists

Released
December 31, 1991

Genre
Soundtrack

Length
39:24

Label
MCA

text: Fried Green Tomatoes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film, and featured a new song by Patti LaBelle. For the original score, composed by Thomas Newman, see Fried Green Tomatoes (score).


document_title: Lakewood Fairgrounds

question_text: roller coaster destroyed in smokey and the bandit 2

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text: Lakewood Fairgrounds

text: The Southeastern Fair[edit]

text: There was also a circus big top, arcade games, vendors, and a large carousel that remained on the premises until 1967. It became a popular destination for families in the spring and summer months.  In the wintertime, one of the buildings was "converted into a southern anomaly: an ice skating rink."

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text: Exhibition Halls[edit]

text:
Lakewood Fairgrounds's most distinctive feature is its four Spanish colonial-style livestock exhibition halls.
For over twenty years, the Lakewood Fairgrounds Antique Mall was held in the exhibition halls every second weekend of the month. Over 15,000 antique dealers were on hand for the monthly event, until the weekend of October 13–15, 2006, when the Lakewood Antique Market closed its doors for good. . The Fairground halls were leased for the Antiques market on as a 50-year lease from the City of Atlanta by Ed Spivia, who promoted it until it was established as an Atlanta icon.

text: The Greyhound[edit]

text: The main thrill ride at Lakewood Fairgrounds was the Greyhound.  The Greyhound was the old wooden roller coaster that was featured in all three Smokey and the Bandit films.  Designed by John A. Miller, it was in operation from 1915 to 1974.  The Greyhound was out of service during the early part of the 1956 season due to a major rebuild.  After 1974, it sat out of operation for a number of years while the crowds at the fair continued to dwindle around it.  Then, after a final repaint, its destruction was captured on film as a scene in the film Smokey and the Bandit II.

text: Racing[edit]

text: In the '40s, a dirt track was built around the lake, called Lakewood Speedway and was used for various races.

text: Film[edit]

text: On May 17, 2010, City of Atlanta Council members voted unanimously to lease 30 acres (120,000 m2) to EUE/Screen Gems, which plans to build a studio complex that will include the soundstage as well as office space, a mill shop and lighting facilities.[1]

text: The media production company EUE/Screen Gems has a 50-year lease with the City of Atlanta to use Lakewood as a film and TV production studio. The company also has plans to build a 37,500-square-foot (3,480 m2) sound stage.[2] The company is currently using the existing historic structures at Lakewood for film and TV production.


document_title: Masha and the Bear

question_text: who voices masha in masha and the bear

question_tokens: who voices masha in masha and the bear

text: Masha and the Bear

text: Plot[edit]

text: Masha is a Russian girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat and dog. All the animals in the forest are afraid of her as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. One morning, Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of a bear who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When the Bear returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha, but he is unsuccessful, and he and Masha become friends.

text: In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a smart, kind, but mischievous little girl who is exploring the world around her. This leads to many funny and entertaining situations. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble, but often ends up the unintended victim of her mischief. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China, who is the Bear's cousin, two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance car, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the bear's affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard.

text: Sources[edit]

text: According to the project's director, Denis Chervyatsov,

text: Masha was based on a real person... In the 1990s, the project's artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide...[5]

text: Production[edit]

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text: The series' production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation studio since 2008.[5] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters' dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.[6]

text: 3D animation[edit]

text: The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.

text: Rendering[edit]

text: Rendering brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear’s fur, Masha’s hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.

text: Composing[edit]

text: Composing is the final stage of production, where the composers review all scenes of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show's official YouTube channel (MashaBearTV).

text: Voice actors[edit]

text: Masha, her cousin and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through pantomime or wordless sounds.

text: For the first two seasons, Masha’s voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Varvara Sarantseva. The show's sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.

text: For the English version, Elsie Fisher — the voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season.[2] In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now is Giulia De Carvalho and Kaitlyn McCormick.

text: Music[edit]

text: The music for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasiliy Bogatirev. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of “Laundry Day” and “The Grand Piano Lesson” episodes, became very popular in Russia and abroad.[citation needed]

text: Awards and achievements[edit]

text:
In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of "TV Shows Destined to be Classics," which was compiled by the cartoon industry's periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.[1]
In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent.[7]
In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.
As of May 2018, one copy of the video "Recipe For Disaster" has received over 3.0 billion views on YouTube, making it the site's fifth most viewed video of all time,making it the most viewed video that is not a music video. Moreover, the official YouTube channel of the project – MashaMedvedTV – is consistently ranked among the top five most popular YouTube channels in the world.

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text: According to the Associated Press, "Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia."[8] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that "It's a Muslim country, so we thought we're lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!"[8]

text: Mobile apps[edit]

text: The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011. In 2013 the first mobile game "Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue" was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.

text: Distribution[edit]

text: Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each. Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels ("Маша и Медведь", "Get Movies" and "Masha and The Bear") so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled List of Masha and the Bear episodes. (Discuss) (February 2018)

text: Main series[edit]

text:
Episode
Title
Netflix sequence
YouTube views
(millions)

1
How They Meet
1.1
392

2
Don't Wake Till Spring!
1.2
268

3
One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!
1.3
621

4
Tracks of Unknown Animals
3.1
281

5
Prances with Wolves
2.2
259

6
Jam Day
2.1
520

7
Springtime for the Bear
2.3
198

8
Gone Fishing
4.1
191

9
Call Me Please!
4.3
211

10
Holiday on Ice
6.1
275

11
First Day of School
8.1
264

12
No Trespassing!
8.3
114

13
Hide and Seek Is Not for the Weak
5.2
273

14
Watch Out!
3.2
171

15
Little Cousin
6.3
560

16
Get Well Soon!
9.2
260

17
Recipe For Disaster
7.1
3123

18
Laundry Day
5.1
1073

19
The Grand Piano Lesson
8.2
292

20
Stripes and Whiskers
4.2
211

21
Home Alone
3.3
190

22
Hold Your Breath
7.2
246

23
The Foundling
7.3
734

24
Bon Appétit!
—
1189

25
Hokus-Pokus
6.2
678

26
Home Improvement
5.3
304

27
Picture Perfect
—
308

28
Time To Ride My Pony
9.3
178

29
One-Hit Wonder
9.1
211

30
Growing Potion
—
311

31
Swept Away
—
100

32
All in the Family
—
226

33
Sweet Life
—
747

34
Just Shoot Me
—
167

35
Kidding Around
—
141

36
Two Much
—
474

37
Bon Voyage
—
157

38
Trading Places Day
—
197

39
The Thriller Night
—
191

40
Terrible Power
—
253

41
Hat Trick
—
233

42
And Action!
—
153

43
Self-Made Hero
—
292

44
Once upon in a Year
—
232

45
The Weird Case
—
146

46
Dance Teacher
—
172

47
Victory Cry
—
292

48
Cave Bear
—
256

49
Dear Show
—
266

50
Harvest Party
—
301

51
Home-Grown Ninjas
—
428

52
See You Later
—
235

53
Coming Home Ain't Easy
—
182

54
The Very Fairy Tale
—
240

55
Hey, Let's Run!
—
255

56
It's Scary As a Horrified
—
131

57
The Camping Trip
—
107

58
Cat and Mouse
—
154

59
Game Over
—
108

60
At Your Rules!
—
230

61
Do Not Part With Your Toy!
—
143

62
Please, Sleep, Sleep!
—
242

63
Surprise! Surprise! Happy Easter
—
289

64
Three Musketeers
—
84

65
Have Contact
—
74

66
Tee for Three
—
75

67
Best Circus
—
87

68
Additional Entertainment
—
54

69
Relax and Just Relax
—
51

70
The Star from the Sky
—
27

71
That's such a hockey!
—
13

text: Masha's Spooky Stories[edit]

text: Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:

text:
Episode 01 "Soul Freezing Tale of Grim Forest and Tiny Timid Bug" debuts 11:20am 15 February 2018 [9]
Episode 02 "Super Scary Story of a Little Boy Who Was Afraid of Washing" debuts 11:27am 15 February 2018

text:
Episode 03 "Terrifying True Story About Monsters And Those Who Fear Them" debuts 11:20 AM 16 February 2018 [10]
Episode 04 "Troubled Fable About a Kitten Who Was Lost But Found" debuts 11:27 AM 16 February 2018

text:
Episode 05 "Nightmarish Kids Belief About Christmas Rhymes" debuts 11:20 AM 17 February 2018[11] aka "A ghastly belief about New Year verselet"
Episode 06 "Grim Parable About Superstitious Girl" debuts 11:27 AM 17 February 2018 aka "A gloomy parable of a superstitious girl"

text:
Episode 07 "Grim Testament About One Snotty Boy" debuts 11:20 AM 18 February 2018 [12] aka "A gloomy covenant about a snotty boy"
Episode 08 "Grim Tale About One Girl Who Was Afraid Of Animals" debuts 11:27 AM 18 February 2018

text:
Episode 09 "Horrifying Story of Grandmother And Grandson" debuts 11:20 AM 20 February 2018 [13] aka "A horrific story about a Grandma and her Grandson"
Episode 10 "A Myth Full of Grief And Despair About One Historical Error" debuts 11:27 AM 20 February 2018 aka "A full of despair myth about a historical mistake"

text:
Episode 11 "Panic Unbearable Legend About The Insects" debuts 11:20am 21 February 2018
Episode 12 "Troubled Story About Baba-yaga" debuts 11:27am 21 February 2018

text:
Episode 13 "Sinister Saga Of A Sick Tummy And A Girl Who Was Afraid Of Doctors" debuts 11:20am 22 February 2018
Episode 14 "Fantastic Story About A Hedgehog, A Boy And Green Humanoids" debuts 11:27am 22 February 2018

text:
Episode 15 "Horrible True Story Of How A Boy Was Transferred To Another School" debuts 11:20am 23 February 2018
Episode 16 "A Terrible Tale About A Cow Herder On A Stump" debuts 11:27am 23 February 2018

text:
Episode 17 "A Ghost Bike Saga Which Makes You Shiver" debuts 11:20am 24 February 2018
Episode 18 "Scary Story About Spooky Stories" debuts 11:27am 24 February 2018 (A classic spooky story.)

text:
Episode 19 "Creepy Tale About Useful Inventions| debuts 11:20am 25 February 2018 (A spooky story about useful inventions.)
Episode 20 "Gloomy Story About the Darkest Dreams" debuts 11:27am 25 February 2018 (Computer games with monsters.)

text:
Episode 21 "Terrible Legend about Thunder and Lightning" debuts 11:20am 26 February 2018 (A story about thunder and lightning.)
Episode 22 "Terrible Truth about Those Who Are Afraid to Be Little" debuts 11:27am 27 February 2018 (A story about being little.)

text:
Episode 23 "Bloodcurdling Saga about Joyful Event" debuts 11:20am 27 February 2018 (Hearing news about joyful events.)
Episode 24 "Monstrous Tale about Tall and Short" debuts 11:27am 27 February 2018 (Masha discovers a strange law of nature.)

text:
Episode 25 "Frightening Incident at the Circus" debuts 11:20am 28 February 2018 (A scary story about a strange clown.)
Episode 26 "Shocking Story about a Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything" debuts 11:27am 28 February 2018 (A story about a girl who is afraid of everything.)

text: Masha's Tales[edit]

text: Series description is "Masha retells fairy tales in her own way."

text: Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:

text:
episode 1[14] "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids" debuted 21 October 2017
episode 2 "The Magic Swan Geese" debuted 22 October 2017
episode 3[15] "The Fox and the Rabbit" debuted 23 October 2017
episode 4 "Red Riding Hood" debuted 24 October 2017
episode 5[16] "Father Frost" debuted 25 October 2017
episode 6 "The Wolf and the Fox" debuted 26 October 2017
episode 7[17] "The Tops and the Roots" debuted 27 October 2017
episode 8 "The Frog Princess" debuted 28 October 2017
episode 9[16] "The Snow Maiden" debuted 28 October 2017
episode 10 "Tom Thumb" debuted 29 October 2017
episode 11[18] "Wee Little Havroshechka" debuted 29 October 2017
episode 12 "The Straw Bull-Calf" debuted 30 October 2017
episode 13[19] "Three Little Pigs" debuted 30 October 2017
episode 14 "The Valiant Little Taylor" debuts 11:27am EST 7 February 2018
episode 15[20] "Ali Baba" debuted 26 November 2017
episode 16 "Cinderella" debuted 1 November 2017
episode 17[21] "Caliph Stork" debuts 11:20am EST 9 February 2018
episode 18 "Jack and the Beanstalk" debuted 2 November 2017 and reruns 9 February 2018 at 11:27am
episode 19[22] "The Swineherd" debuts 11:20am EST 11 February 2018
episode 20 "Bluebeard" debuts 11:27am EST 11 February 2018
episode 21[23] "By the Pike's Wish" debuts 11:20am EST 12 February 2018
episode 22 "The Fox and the Rolling Pin" debuts 11:27am EST 12 February 2018
episode 23[24] "Axe Porridge" debuts 11:20am EST 13 February 2018
episode 24 "Go I Know Not Whither" debuts 11:27am EST 13 February 2018 (TV guides misspell "Whither" as "Wither")
episode 25[25] "The Golden Cockerel" debuts 11:20am EST 14 February 2018
episode 26 "The Humpbacked Horse" debuts 11:27am EST 14 February 2018

text: International broadcast[edit]

text:
Country
Channel(s)
Debut
Title

 Brazil
SBT
TV Cultura
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
October Date, 2014
Masha e o Urso

 Canada
Teletoon
Treehouse TV

Masha and the Bear

 France
Piwi+
France 5
Zouzous
December 20, 2013
Masha et Michka

 Germany
KiKa
Boomerang
November 18, 2013
Mascha und der Bär

 Hungary
Minimax
June 8, 2015
Mása és a medve

 India
Nick Jr.[26]
November 13, 2017
Masha and the Bear

 Ireland
Cúla 4

Masha and the Bear

 Italy
Rai 1
Rai 2
Rai YoYo
DeA Junior
December 24, 2011
Masha e Orso

 Malaysia
NTV7

Masha and bear

 Middle East and North Africa
Spacetoon
Boomerang

Masha and the Bear (English)
ماشا و الدب (Arabic)

 Netherlands
NPO Zappelin
January 25, 2017
Masha en de Beer

 Norway
NRK Super
January 6, 2012
Masha og Mishka

 Poland
TVP ABC
September 1, 2014
Masza i niedźwiedź

 Portugal
Canal Panda
SIC
September 12, 2015
Masha e o Urso

 Russia
Россия-1
Карусель
January 18, 2009
Маша и Медведь

 Serbia
Happy TV
Mini
RTS2
HBO 2

Маша и медвед

 Spain
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Canal Panda
Boing
September 28, 2014
Masha y el Oso

 Sri Lanka
Siyatha TV
November 2, 2017
Punchi Dangakari (Dubbed into Sinhala)

 Taiwan
公共電視文化事業基金會
公視3台
東森幼幼台
July 1, 2015
瑪莎與熊

 Turkey
TV8
Planet Çocuk
Sony Çocuk
September 21, 2015
Maşa ile Koca Ayı

 United Kingdom
Cartoonito
Boomerang
Tiny Pop

Masha and the Bear

 United States
Universal Kids

Masha and the Bear

 Vietnam
HTV3
September 30, 2016
Rosie và những câu chuyện nhỏ (Original)
Cô bé Masha và chú Gấu xiếc (Later)

text: Characters[edit]

text: Masha[edit]

text: Masha (Diminutive form of the name Maria/Mary) is a six year old girl. Masha is naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to Bear's house. Masha loves Bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for Bear. Her parents do not appear in the series. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of Masha and Bear. Masha's character combines the characteristics of 6-year-olds (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar). She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

text: Bear[edit]

text: The Bear is a retired circus bear who lives in a tree house in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he's also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In some episodes of the Russian-language version, Masha calls him "Mishka" (Russian: Мишка, English: Literally “Little Bear”), which is a traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha's best friend, as well as a parental figure to her.

text: Masha's Pets[edit]

text: A dog, a goat, a pig, and, in the first episode, chickens. They live outside Masha's house in her front yard but almost every time Masha comes out they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode "Dance Fever" it is revealed that the pig's name is Rosie.

text: The Wild Animals[edit]

text: The wild animals are a hare, squirrels, hedgehogs, and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare (in the episode 'One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree' the present list of Father Frost in English describes this creature as 'Bunny') often play hockey together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone), and the Hare is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear's garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill and often look for something to eat, and strangely act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses though they sometimes fear Masha (due to the Russian idiomatic expression "wolves are orderlies of the woods" ("Волки – санитары леса"), living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun).

text: She-Bear[edit]

text: The She-Bear is a female bear. The Bear is enamored of her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress or even woo her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to realize how self-absorbed he is, and another time she turned her nose up at the Bear's banjo playing as she preferred more modern music. Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

text: Dasha[edit]

text: Dasha is Masha's cousin from Moscow. She looks like Masha but she is very different, she has beige hair, blue eyes, wears blue glasses and an orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him "Shaggy".

text: Panda[edit]

text: Panda is a panda cub and the Bear's young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.

text: Whiskers n' Stripes[edit]

text: A tiger and the Bear are best friends from their days performing together in the circus.

text: The Black Bear[edit]

text: The Bear's worst enemy and Bear's chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear's biggest fear is if Black bear and she bear marry which is shown in Game Over when bear imagines what will happen if he Plays games his whole life

text: Penguin[edit]

text: A penguin that first appears in "The Foundling", as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health. Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

text: Father Frost[edit]

text: He is a Santa Claus-like character from Russia who appears in Christmas-themed shows.

text: Four-eyed aliens[edit]

text: These aliens appeared in episode 65. They live far away from Earth in the Universe. When 3 specimen accidentally crashed on Earth they were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.

text: Spin-offs[edit]

text: A spin-off series to the show titled Masha's Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms' Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she's telling her toys. Masha's Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK's sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito on June 20, 2016.[27] Another spin-off of the Masha and the Bear franchise – Masha's Spooky Stories – premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix in October 2016.[28]