Betty Toons
Betty Toons is a 2002 Colombian animated series based on the soap opera I am Betty, the ugly,[1] original story of Fernando Gaitán, retrofitting all the characters to make them children living in a primary school. After the great success of the transmission of this telenovela in 1999 until 2001, the idea of the production of the animated series by RCN Televisión came about. The series lasted a year on the air.[2]
The voice direction was done by Hernán Zajec and Maribel Echeverría. The musical direction was by Juancho Pulido and the logistics were in charge with Paula Arenas.[3]
In the United States , Betty Toons aired on Telefutura from 2004-2008 in Spanish[4]
The cartoon version recreates the era of the protagonists in childhood, when everyone attends the same school, including Beatriz Pinzón or Betty, Armando Mendoza, "La Peliteñida", Marcela Valencia, the teacher Gutierrez , who sometimes uses English words when he is talking
This is the first time that a Colombian animated series is aired on Cartoon Network in Latin America
Plot[edit]
One day a girl dressed as Betty goes to school who gets made fun of for her looks, The series is very similar to the original telenovela but they go to school and Armando does not work at EcoModa yet. Hugo Lombardi is not a character in this version due to his personality being not suitable for children. Most characters from Yo Soy Betty la fea are in Betty Toons but there are also new characters , like the teacher Professer Gutierrez. The series ends with Betty being an exchange student and moves to France , in the airplane she meets a new boy
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