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Tayo the Little Bus

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{{Infobox television

| image = Tayo The Little Bus English logo.png

| caption = English logo

| alt_name =

| genre = Animation
Children's series
Comedy
Educational
Preschool

| creator =

| developer =

| writer = Choi Jong-il

| director = Kim Min-sung

| creative_director =

| presenter = Rar Sae-Ha

| starring = Meara

| judges =

| voices = English:{{plainlist|

  • Robyn Slade
  • Nolan Balzer
  • Kami Desilets
  • Tea Wagner
  • Kerri Salki
  • Jolie L'Esperance}}

| narrated = Heather Madill

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme = "Hey Tayo" by Enhypen

| endtheme = "Vroom, Vroom, Vroom!"

| composer =

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean
English

| num_seasons = 7

| num_episodes = 182

| list_episodes =

| runtime = 10-11 minutes per episodes

| company = Iconix Entertainment
Educational Broadcasting System
Seoul Metropolitan Government

| producer =

| channel = EBS
Disney Junior (Asia)

| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|8|23|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2024|df=y}}

| related = Titipo Titipo

}}

Tayo the Little Bus ({{ko-hhrm|꼬마버스 타요||Kkoma-beoseu Tayo}}) is a South Korean animated television series. The series is produced by Iconix Entertainment for the Educational Broadcasting System in collaboration with the Metropolitan Government of Seoul.{{Cite web |title=TAYO the Little Bus |url=http://www.tayobus.com/eng/about/about.php |access-date=2 November 2014 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129163553/http://www.tayobus.com/eng/about/about.php |url-status=live }} The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2004/04/11/all-aboard-the-election-express/|author=Jaeyon Woo|title=All Aboard the Election Express|work=Korea Real Time|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=April 11, 2004|access-date=November 3, 2004}} It began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2010 and an English-dubbed version of the series began airing on Disney Junior (Asia) in 2012, with Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand) following in 2013. In the United States and Canada, Hulu is the exclusive distributor of the series,{{Cite web |title=Watch Tayo the Little Bus online {{!}} Free {{!}} Hulu |url=http://www.hulu.com/tayo-the-little-bus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618111018/http://www.hulu.com/tayo-the-little-bus |archive-date=2013-06-18 |website=Hulu}} though the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons are on Netflix. In Indonesia, the series is distributed by RTV, Indosiar, and Mentari TV.{{cite news |last=Anggraeni |first=Meli |title=Jadwal Acara RTV Hari ini, Selasa 28 September 2021: Ada Tayo The Little Bus, Go Go Bus hingga Sinema Ceria |url=https://mantrapandeglang.pikiran-rakyat.com/entertainment/pr-1452685648/jadwal-acara-rtv-hari-ini-selasa-28-september-2021-ada-tayo-the-little-bus-go-go-bus-hingga-sinema-ceria |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=mantrapandeglang.pikiran-rakyat.com |date=28 September 2021 |language=id |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122042931/https://mantrapandeglang.pikiran-rakyat.com/entertainment/pr-1452685648/jadwal-acara-rtv-hari-ini-selasa-28-september-2021-ada-tayo-the-little-bus-go-go-bus-hingga-sinema-ceria |url-status=live }}

The series is about four buses in a city, based in Seoul, South Korea, populated with anthropomorphic vehicles: Tayo (Bus 120), Rogi (Bus 1000), Lani (Bus 02), and Gani (Bus 1339).{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=308}}

Each episode in the start, middle, and end features a brief narration, and it has seven seasons. A spin-off series of Tayo, known as Titipo Titipo, premiered between the main series’ fourth season and fifth season. Titipo focuses on the titular character named Titipo, a young passenger train the show is named after along with all his friends, who are also trains. After the end of Titipo{{'}}s first season, Tayo{{'}}s fifth season premiered for English-speaking audiences on October 22, 2018. Titipo Titipo was greenlit for a second season. Titipo{{'}}s second season premiered for English-speaking audiences starting November 19, 2020. In late 2020, Tayo the Little Bus{{'}} 10th anniversary spinoff Tayo and Little Wizards ({{langx|ko|마법버스 타요|label=none}}) was released.{{Cite web|url=https://home.ebs.co.kr/tayo/main|title=꼬마버스 타요 (꼬마버스 타요(Hd))|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227142612/http://home.ebs.co.kr/tayo/main#adnClosed|url-status=live}} This spinoff premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2021.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/fS38dyRA0kE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210911121221/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS38dyRA0kE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS38dyRA0kE| title = Tayo and the Little Wizards Official Trailer #1 l Meet first at Netflix! l Tayo the Little Bus | website=YouTube| date = 9 September 2021 }}{{cbignore}} The sixth season aired on September 1, 2021.{{Cite news | url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210817013400005 | title='꼬마버스 타요' 시즌6 다음 달 1일 첫 방송 | newspaper=연합뉴스 | date=17 August 2021 | author1=이정현 | archive-date=26 August 2021 | access-date=26 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826132930/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210817013400005 | url-status=live }}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/naKb0LYRNvU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKb0LYRNvU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKb0LYRNvU| title = 꼬마버스 타요 6기 최초공개 l 새로워진 차고지와 멋진 새 친구들도 함께 만나요! l 9월1일 EBS에서 만나요! | website=YouTube| date = 26 August 2021 }}{{cbignore}}

The series is available in Korean, English, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, German, Bulgarian, and Russian on the production company's official YouTube channel for the series.{{Cite web |title=Tayo the Little Bus - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Tayo |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.youtube.com |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528143853/https://www.youtube.com/user/Tayo/ |url-status=live }}

Characters

= Main characters =

The series features five main characters. Each of the four original characters (Tayo, Gani, Lani & Rogi) is based on the four actual colors and types of Seoul Buses.

  • Tayo is a friendly, playful, and sometimes mischievous blue bus. He is the 3rd largest and 3rd oldest of the four buses. In the fourth-season episode, Who Is The Real Tayo?, it is revealed that he has a clone of his named Star Tayo, which was in one of his dreams. Tayo also appears as a minor character in the Titipo Titipo series and has appeared in the Season 1 episodes: Going to Choo-Choo Town, Genie Makes a New Friend, and Titipo and Tayo. For Season 2, he appeared in the episodes: A Long Haul: Part 1, Fix and Lift's Music Battle, Loco the Fabulous Freight Train, Oh Please, Genie, Diesel and Rogi and Genie's New Friend. Tayo is 3 years old and his birthday was revealed to be on May 11 by the Tayo The Little Bus youtube channel.

:; Voiced by

:* Moon Nam-sook

:* Kathleen Barr (A Day in the Life of Tayo (2010) - The Little Buses' Play (2016))

:* Monique Dami Lee (Emergency Dispatch! Tayo and Gani (2018) - The Little Dinosaur Friend: Part 2 (2019))

:* Andrea Beto (You're Cool Just as You Are (2022) - A Festival For Everyone (2022))

:* Caroline Orejuela (Gani, Let’s Play Together! (2024) - present)

  • Rogi is conceited, outgoing, and also mischievous, but he is a good-hearted green bus. Although, he and Tayo often get into fights with each other. Funny and mischievous himself, Rogi also has an interest in detective work, as can be seen in episodes like Rogi the Detective! and Prank Call Madness. Rogi appeared in Titipo Titipo's second-season episodes: Oh Please, Genie, Diesel and Rogi and Genie's New Friend.

:; Voiced by

:* Um Sang-hyun

:* Matt Hill (A Day in the Life of Tayo (2010) - The Little Dinosaur Friend: Part 2 (2019))

:* Andrei Ayson (You're Cool Just as You Are (2022) - A Festival For Everyone (2022))

:* Emerich Jimenez (Gani, Let’s Play Together! (2024) - present)

  • Lani is a cute girl, cheerful, kind, and sweet-nature yellow bus. However, she is also timid, sensitive, and temperamental. Possessing little tolerance for arguments, she often acts as a mediator between Tayo and Rogi. She is the smallest and youngest of the four buses and is often considered the cute one of the group. Lani appeared in the second-season episodes of Titipo Titipo: Fix and Lift's Music Battle, Welcome, Jenny and Oh Please, Genie.

:; Voiced by

:* Eun Yeong-seon

:* Britt McKillip (A Day in the Life of Tayo (2010) - The Little Dinosaur Friend Part 2 (2019))

:* March Vargas (You're Cool Just as You Are (2022) - A Festival For Everyone (2022))

:* Meggie Elise (Gani, Let’s Play Together! (2024) - present)

  • Gani is a hardworking, warm-hearted, and shy, while also slightly timid and insecure red bus. He is the largest and oldest of the four buses and often acts as the most mature one of the group. Gani appeared in Titipo Titipo's second-season episodes: Oh Please, Genie and Diesel and the Baby Cars.

:; Voiced by

:* Jeong Jeong Silvers

:* Nicole Oliver (Our New Friend, Gani (2010) - The Little Dinosaur Friend Part 2 (2019))

:* Jay Santiago (You're Cool Just as You Are (2022) - A Festival For Everyone (2022))

:* William Savage (Gani, Let’s Play Together! (2024) - present)

:* Laura E. Chinde (Tayo Spanish (2020) - YouTube Series (2021))

  • Peanut is an electric city and tour bus that is good-natured and mellow. As he is shaped just like a peanut on the top, he gains this name. He can cause mischief sometimes, but is a very kind bus. He was introduced in Season 4 along with the city tram, Trammy.

Episodes

{{main|List of Tayo the Little Bus episodes}}

Production

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Reception

Tayo the Little Bus received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. Tayo has a 3.5/100 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show four stars out of five, stating that the "Animated charmer features positive messages -- and farts."{{Cite web |last=Camacho |first=Melissa |title=Tayo the Little Bus TV Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/tayo-the-little-bus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902011841/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/tayo-the-little-bus |archive-date=2 September 2023 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Common Sense Media}}

At a Vietnamese seminar for addressing the struggles of the Vietnamese animation industry, Korean animators named Tayo the Little Bus, a series that has been "dominating" the Korean market. These animators also noted that the series is popular in China, Thailand, and Vietnam.{{cite web|url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/23216/vietnam-cartoons-of-good-quality-yet-still-unappealing-to-viewers|title=Vietnam cartoons of good quality, yet still unappealing to viewers|work=tuoitrenews.vn|date=October 13, 2014|access-date=November 4, 2014|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810081626/http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/23216/vietnam-cartoons-of-good-quality-yet-still-unappealing-to-viewers|url-status=live}}

Cultural impact

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In 2014, the Seoul Metropolitan Government commissioned buses designed as the characters Tayo, Gani, Rogi, and Lani, to run around the Gwanghwamun Square area of the city. This was done as part of an initiative to teach children how to use the bus. The initiative was a massive success, drawing crowds of over 40,000 in a single day. People from all across the country came to see the buses. Although the buses were originally set to run from March 26 until Public Transport Day at the end of April, their popularity led to an extension until Children's Day on May 5. The number of buses was also expanded from the original four to 100. In the wake of this success, it was reported that the local governments of other cities in South Korea were considering adopting the campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=118687|author=Yoon Sojung|title=Have fun riding the bus with Tayo & friends|work=Korea.net|publisher=Government of South Korea|date=April 8, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615111412/http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=118687|url-status=live}} Officials for the city of Seoul initially opposed this on copyright grounds,{{cite web|url=http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201404071830397&code=710100|author=Bae Myeong-jae|title="Tayo Bus" Craze in Seoul, "Can't People in Other Areas Ride Tayo?"|work=The Kyunghyang Shinmun|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=November 4, 2014|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914225509/http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201404071830397&code=710100|url-status=live}} but they consented in April to let other cities use the characters for non-commercial purposes.

Jaeyeon Woo of The Wall Street Journal's blog Korea Real-Time, speculated in an April 2014 article that the success of this initiative led both of Gyeonggi Province's gubernatorial candidates, Kim Sang-gon and Nam Kyung-pil, to adopt public transportation issues as a key part of their campaign platforms. Seoul-mayor Park Won-soon, who began the initiative, has been criticized by some of his political rivals, who feel that he took credit for the series, even though the series was begun by his predecessor's administration.

On October 16, 2014, a South Korean group called the Teen Astronauts, launched a space balloon designed as the character Tayo from the Space Science Park in Korea's National Science Museum.{{cite web|url=http://koreabizwire.com/space-balloons-and-tayo-mini-bus-travel-to-space-for-short-time/22044|author=M.H. Lee|title=Space Balloon and Tayo Mini Bus Travel to Space — for Short Time|work=The Korea Bizwire|date=October 18, 2014|access-date=November 4, 2014|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715140349/http://koreabizwire.com/space-balloons-and-tayo-mini-bus-travel-to-space-for-short-time/22044|url-status=live}}

In late 2018 there was a Tayo bus phenomenon in Indonesia due to its theme song, often used as a joke or prank by many people.{{cite news |last1=Lolita |first1=Lola |title=5 Pelesetan lagu Hey Tayo ini kreatifnya bikin pengen ngakak |url=https://www.brilio.net/ngakak/5-pelesetan-lagu-hey-tayo-ini-kreatifnya-bikin-pengen-ngakak-181128k.html |access-date=January 22, 2022 |work=Brilio.net |date=December 11, 2018 |language=id |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122044758/https://www.brilio.net/ngakak/5-pelesetan-lagu-hey-tayo-ini-kreatifnya-bikin-pengen-ngakak-181128k.html |url-status=live }} It becomes one of the 15 top trending searches in Google in Indonesia in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Rosyadi |first1=Muhamad Imron |title=Hey Tayo, Hey Tayo, Dia Bus Kecil Trending |url=https://inet.detik.com/cyberlife/d-4342469/hey-tayo-hey-tayo-dia-bus-kecil-trending |access-date=January 22, 2022 |work=detikinet |trans-title=Tayo, Tayo, Tayo, Tayo, He's A Trending Little Bus |date=December 13, 2018 |language=id |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122044803/https://inet.detik.com/cyberlife/d-4342469/hey-tayo-hey-tayo-dia-bus-kecil-trending |url-status=live }} Two bus systems in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, BRT Banjarbakula and Trans Banjarbakula, are informally called "Tayo bus" due to its size and color.{{Cite web|title=Dikenal Sebagai Tayo, BRT Dishub Kalsel Mulai Operational untuk Umum Hari ini, Gratis!|url=https://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2019/05/07/dikenal-sebagai-tayo-brt-dishub-kalsel-mulai-operational-untuk-umum-hari-ini-gratis|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Banjarmasin Post|language=id-ID|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425002452/https://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2019/05/07/dikenal-sebagai-tayo-brt-dishub-kalsel-mulai-operational-untuk-umum-hari-ini-gratis|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |author= |date=2024-05-07 |title=Bus BTS Tayo Hijau Resmi Diambilalih Pemprov Kalsel |url=https://www.reportase9.com/bus-bts-tayo-hijau-resmi-diambilalih-pemprov-kalsel/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Reportase 9 |language=id |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902034256/https://www.reportase9.com/bus-bts-tayo-hijau-resmi-diambilalih-pemprov-kalsel/ |url-status=live }}

Movies

  • The Tayo Movie: Mission Ace (2016){{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Tayo-Movie-Mission-Ace/dp/B074R8QQ22/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=tayo+the+little+bus&qid=1615646743&s=instant-video&sr=1-6 | title=Watch the Tayo Movie - Mission Ace | Prime Video | website=Amazon }}
  • Tayo's Vroom Vroom Adventure (2017)
  • Tayo's Toy Adventure (2019)
  • Tayo Dino Kingdom Adventure (2019)
  • Tayo and Little Wizards (2021)

Tayo's Sing Along Show

Tayo's Sing Along Show is an animation program that aired on EBS in the first season from July 5 to September 27, 2013, and the second season from July 3 to September 25, 2015. It is an extra work of Tayo. The program is a new type of animation in which the children's friend, Tayo, the Little Bus, decorates an exciting song with various car friends.

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Tayo the Little Bus}}

  • {{official website|www.tayobus.com}}
  • [http://home.ebs.co.kr/tayo/main Tayo the Little Bus] at EBS

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