1
Seasons

60
Episodes

November 13, 1974
Release Date

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Chapi Chapo (1974)

Name: Chapi Chapo
Genre: Animation
Released: 1974-11-13

Running Time

1
Seasons

60
Episodes

November 13, 1974
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies

Plot.

Chapi Chapo is a French short stop-motion series. Created by Italo Bettiol and Stephano Lonati, with music by François de Roubaix, it premiered in 1974 on RF Television and ran for 60 5-minute episodes. The show aired on American television in the 1980s as part of Nickelodeon's Pinwheel. It was named "Chapi Chapo" as a play-on-words with the French word, chapeaux, which means "hats". Both of the main characters wore oversized hats that matched their clothing. The one in red is Chapi and the one in blue is Chapo. Each episode ends with a little dance.

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Cast & Crew.

Italo Bettiol

Creator / Creative Director

Stefano Lonati

Creator / Creative Director

François de Roubaix

Musical

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 13, 1974

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
60

Running Time
5m

Genres
Animation

Last updated: 2025-05-10

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Wiki.

Chapi Chapo is a French short stop-motion series. Created by Italo Bettiol and Stephano Lonati for the production company Belokapi, with music by François de Roubaix, it premiered in 1974 on R(T)F Television (and later on Boomerang) and ran for 60 5-minute episodes.

The show aired on American television in the 1980s as part of Nickelodeon's Pinwheel.

"Chapi Chapo" is a play-on-words with the French word, chapeaux, which means "hats". Both of the main characters wore oversized hats that matched their clothing. The one in red is Chapi (a girl) and the one in blue is Chapo (a boy). Each episode ends with a little dance.

An announcement was made in 2015 that a new Chapi Chapo series is in development. It will be in CGI, and produced by Moving Puppet Studio.