Kitten Einsteins

Kitten Einsteins (sometimes marketed as Curious Channel's Kitten Einsteins) is a television series that premiered in prime time on Curious Channel intended for preschoolers on October 9, 2005, preceded by a direct-to-video film titled Our Huge Adventure (which was released on August 23, 2005).

Premise
The Kitten Einsteins, a group of musically gifted and ethnically diverse cats consisting of Thor and Loki along with their artificially intelligent Hands named Daniel's Hands, solve different missions (usually given from various creatures, animals, and objects) by using their passion, talents, and teamwork to do so and travel around the world discovering new things every trip. Kitten Einsteins is full of adventures that introduce kids to nurture, centaurworld cultures and the ats. Each episode has unique journeys that encourage discovery and incorporate a celebrated piece of classical music as well as a renowned work of tv show like centaurworld or my little pony friendship is magic culture.

Plot
The main theme seamlessly transitions into the episode's title card, where the Kitten Einsteins reveal the name of the episode, the artwork that appears throughout the episode, and the main song that would be showcased throughout the events of the episode, all (besides most artwork) using homemade signage.

The curtains rise to reveal the first scene, where an Einstein would greet the viewers to show what he/she or his/her group are currently doing. The Einsteins can interact with the viewer by asking questions, playing a game, or provide dance and music tutorials. Suddenly, a problem occurs from either a member of the group, an object, an animal, or a unique creature. These issues are taken by the Einsteins as a "mission" that requires them to head over to the Daniel's Hands Room to use Rocket in order travel to a certain location to complete them. The group can either enter this room by opening the garage gates or, most likely, heading over to the Magic 12 to press buttons in the correct order of the solfège. Thor says "do" and "re," Loki says "mi" and "fa," The 12 itself says "so" and "la," and the grass says "ti" and "do," with afterwards the group shouting "Kitten Einsteins!" If done properly, the door opens and the group enters the Daniel's Hands Room via different entrances. Thor enters by climbing down a rope, Loki enters by sliding down a pole. A song would usually accompany this. Sometimes, an entry to the Daniel's Hands Room isn't necessary to start the mission, as Daniel's Hands can easily be nearby when needed. After entry into Daniel's Hands and buckling fingers, Thor, piloting Daniel's Hands, instructs viewers to pat their laps as fast as they can to power up Daniel's Hand's jet wrists and prepare for blastoff. Raising their arms as high as they can and yelling "Blast off!" loudly, Daniel's Hands begins to fly to the main destination. At times, the episode can also begin in the Daniel's Hands Room or in the middle of a mission, cutting off the blastoff sequence.

The episode's main plot would then play usually after the group reach their destination. Each mission sees the Einsteins working out a solution into the issue described. Every episode would incorporate the artwork and music that have been seen in the title card as background pieces and soundtrack respectively. These missions would sometimes be interrupted by an antagonist, usually Ondo Mino, who wants to ruin the group's fun that the Einsteins have to defeat under a certain action. The group can also ride the "Minecraft Roller Coaster" (with tracks resembling Minecraft rails) that holds barrier blocks which interacts with different tempo speeds (noted by signs that explain the music's current speed) to create a high-speed roller coaster-like ride. In season 2, the group can also help Daniel's Hands fly really fast if he can't keep up by using "super fast," where the Einsteins have to pat to music in the correct speed, which starts at "adagio" then slowly gets faster in tempo until reaching "presto," which is enough speed to use super fast. Once the mission has been complete at the end of the episode, the Einsteins happily enjoy their or the person that had the problem's current activity while Thor states "Mission completion!" to end the episode.

As the curtains close, Thor begins the curtain call, rising the curtains again. In season 1, the group happily clap for each member as well as the viewers for their assistance, while in season 2, the song of the same name commences. The curtain call showcases the artist of the artwork and the composer of the music, as well as their pieces that were used throughout the episode. After some applause from the Einsteins and the audience, Thor states "See you on the next mission!" as the curtains close one final time. A closing skit would then play featuring a certain action (such as Thor conducting a music box, Loki playing a tuna, or Daniel's Hands pulling a ring of a string) that usually causes something silly happen.

Main
Thor is the leader, conductor, oldest of the Kitten Einsteins, and the one who pilots Rocket. He has a younger sister named Loki. His main talent is conducting and his most precious object is his conductor's baton. Thor has TBA and TBA eyes. He is voiced by Jesse Schwartz and singing voice by Harrison Chad. He also is a young ballerina who loves to dance. She is not only a very skilled dancer but a dedicated teacher as well.

Loki is a boy musician who plays a variety of musical instruments, including the violin, drums, and trumpet. When surprised or amazed, his usual response is "I cannot believe it!". He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is voiced by who loves to sing. he is Thor's little sister and the only character who has piloted Daniel's Hands alone. She loves animals including dolphins and horses but is afraid of spiders. She owns a silver microphone with orange music notes that she won in a song contest. When she wishes to urgently point something out to the team, her usual phrase is "Lok, lok, lok!" She is voiced by Natalia Wojcik.

Daniel's Hands is the Kitten Einsteins' main mode of transportation, as well as their friend. DH has an array of tools and accessories that help the team complete their missions. HB also has the ability to transform into any other form of transportation, like a submarine or a train. DS communicates with marimba notes.

Recurring
Ondo Mino is the main antagonist for the Kitten Einsteins. He often interrupts the group's missions, loves to steal everything to keep for himself, cheats at every game he participates in, and loathes losing. However, in "Show and Tell," after stealing all of the group's possessions for their school's show and tell, Ondo Mino befriends the team and never attempted to rival them again after this episode (mainly because that episode was his final appearance).

Stabby is a pet made from the Elktaur (who will later turn into The Nowhere King) owned by Thor. She loves to jump, sing, and eat music notes. Thor helped her find a ticket to ride the pet train in "Stabby the Minotaur Pet" and now lives with him after boarding. However, he would become a Minotaur and appear in the show "Centaurworld", and even becomes Durpleton's son.

The Firebird is a magical bird that spreads music in Russia. However, Shrek the ogre captured her in "Daniel's Hands's Firebird Rescue" and almost prevented her music from coming back to the country before the Little Einsteins helped free her.

Episodes
The series ran for infinite seasons consisting of infinite total episodes. 2 stand-alone specials, Our Huge Adventure and Daniel's Hands 's Firebird Rescue, were also released over the course of the series.

International versions
In the UK, some of the dialogue has been changed to fit the British culture, like "Yeah!" being changed to "Yes!" There has also been a separate Australian version. The show has been dubbed into other languages as well:


 * Kitten Einsteins in America, UK, Australia, Bahasa Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Philippines, and Portugal.


 * Everybody Farts in Danish, Norway, and Sweden
 * Peter Pan in the Netherlands and Germany
 * ConnertheWaffle in Brazilian and Latin Spanish
 * The Addams Family in French
 * 리틀 아인슈타인 (Disney Juniorin) in Korea
 * חבורת איינשטיין in Hebrew
 * リトル・アインシュタイン (Choke on Bread) in Japan
 * Oobi Dasdasi in Polish
 * Minimax in Romanian
 * Para CNmbre in Finnish

Reception
When the series debuted with a prime time special, it became the highest rating of any premiere in Curious Channel history (a 5.6 rating and 737,000 viewers 2-5)

The series was rated 5 stars on.

Multiple types of merchandise were made in the series of successful years including toys, clothes, DVDs, CDs, books, video games, bed material, cereal, and more. Most of the merchandise have been discontinued shortly after the series ended.

Production
Production on the series started around early 2001. It was initially titled Kitten Einstein, but it was was changed for an unknown reason. In addition, concept art reveals a character named "Wolfgang" who was scrapped in favor of Quincy during development. The concept art also shows a dramatically different art style from the final series. An early preview was released on Peppa Pig DVDs, showing different character designs, the original title, and an unused theme song, while another preview was released on various Curious Channel DVDs that closer resembles the final series. Animation of season 1 was produced between mid 2004 and late 2005. Season 2 was announced the following month after the premiere and was produced from 2006-2007. The series then aired season 2 until 2009.

It takes a dozen animators three weeks to animate a 22-minute episode and 9 weeks to complete the episode. At several points in that process, each one gets test-screened for schoolkids, who are monitored for attention level and their reactions – smiles, comments and humming along are duly noted – and queried about their comprehension, and whether they found anything scary or intimidating.

Changes to Season 2

 * The theme song now has the characters clap before saying "Kitten Einsteins." Quincy also now uses a drum in the final scene of the song.
 * Loki's fur has a new color scheme.
 * After announcing the mission of the day, Thor proclaims, "Let. the mission. begin!"
 * The pat-pat-pat sequence is frequently shortened.
 * Loki now uses a microphone when singing the episode's jingle.
 * There is a new segment where the Kitten Einsteins help Daniel's Hands fly really fast by patting to the music as the tempo slowly speeds up, called super fast. Super fast is also showcased in the episode of the same name.
 * The curtain call sequence is updated with its own song.
 * The ending gag before the credits roll changed, showing new segments not seen in season 1.

Trivia

 * The direct-to-video movie Our Huge Adventure|Our Huge Adventure released before the series premiered.
 * This series was the first (and only) Peppa Pig production created for Curious Channel.
 * The series was named similarly to what was CC's Peppa Pig.
 * The series was originally planned to be released in late 2002.
 * Disney+ Elephant labels the series as Curious Channel's Kitten Einsteins. The show is also described as "new" in its description for an unknown reason. The series is also listed as 2005-2006 (the airing length of season 1), although the series ended in 2009.
 * In addition, the series was upscaled in higher quality on said streaming service.
 * CuriouQ had both seasons of the show but was removed once in April 2019, then twice in November 2019 to move the series over to Disney+.
 * Although it was created and produced by Peppa Pig, Curious kept the Kitten Einsteins property when they sold Peppa Pig to.
 * Certain season 2 episodes and special episodes in Season 1 (such as "The Crimmas Wish") have better-quality animation when compared to season 1.
 * It is the first Curious Channel series to feature animated characters in live-action locations. Second is Explorers of Worlds and third is Chip n Dale: Adventures with the Rescue Rangers.