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"What a great idea Chats! But what will we call ourselves?"

This page uses the name "Cartoon Characters", which isn't official, but it's what most people call it!

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Cartoon Characters is the name given by the community for the animated versions of the cast of each series. These were created as early as Season 1 of the original series, as the need for easily identifiable and replicable versions of the live-action cast were needed not only for merchandising but for branding purposes too.

Timeline

The first cartoon characters to make an appearance were the ones seen in the Season 1 theme song animation, illustrated by Eddie Mort from Fudge Puppy Productions, and depicted the original cast in 2D.

Different cartoons were seen in merch at the time, not fully matching the designs of those seen in the first two theme song animations of the show.

Starting from Season 3, a new artist, Bort. Q. Rockefeller (artistic name) was brought in into the team, which re-designed the 2D versions of the cast; these new version weren't just seen on merch, but were also seen reproduced in 3D in the theme song, since the launch of Season 4.

Bort was also responsible for the characters designs in both seasons of the American adaptation of the show.

With Sun's arrival to the cast in 2006 as a replacement of Kathleen, a new design to reflect her appearance was supposed to debut alongside the rest of the cast in Season 9, however, marketing executives at the time advised to keep Kathleen's original design in favor of a more accurate one.

In Season 10, Bort, now under the Australian design studio Studio Bauhaus redesigned the cast once again, giving the strokes a lighter feel and making the designs feel more fluid and expressive; this was the last season in which Bort worked on.

Gallery

Hi-5 Australia

Season 10

Opening Titles

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Playtime

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Family

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Planet Earth

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Be Free

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Abracadabra

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Jump and Shout

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Tomorrow

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Techno World

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Come Alive

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Chores

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Fairy World

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Circus Stageshow

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Christmas

Charli
Kellie
Sun
Nathan
Stevie

Hi-5 USA

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