Underplayed Gems

Carl the Collector (2024)

Carl the Collector poster
Genre
animation, kids
Country
United States, Canada
Length
1 season, 27 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An autistic raccoon named Carl and his friends explore their interests and make collections in the fictional town of Fuzzytown. The show follows their everyday adventures and friendships.

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What happens

Carl the Collector (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Zachariah OHora. It was produced by Fuzzytown Productions and Spiffy Pictures, animated by Yowza! Animation, and premiered on PBS Kids on November 14, 2024, as the network's first series to be led by autistic characters. Carl the Collector takes place in the fictional Fuzzytown and is centered around the titular character, an autistic child raccoon with a special interest in creating collections, and his friends, including Lotta, an autistic fox. OHora is a children's author and illustrator recruited by PBS Kids for his art style around 2015. His concept for the series was influenced by his sons' school and its usage of the inclusion model. PBS Kids greenlit the series for 40 episodes to address the discrepancy between autism representation in children's programming and autism rates in the United States. To ensure authenticity, neurodivergent people were hired in a variety of occupations in the production team, the child characters were voiced by children, and the animation team worked with advisors to accurately visually convey autism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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