Ovide and the Gang, is a 1980s animated TV show produced by the Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe (who also produced Mega Babies, Sharky and George and The Little Flying Bears) the series gained popularity in the United Kingdom when it was broadcast on the Children’s BBC service in 1988 and 1989 in a Friday afternoon slot, while in the US, it was aired on Nick Jr. in 1992 and 1997.

Ovide and the Gang (1987-1988) was set on a fictional island in the South Pacific, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, two toucans, a sloth, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from the television. Where he has adventures with his friends and thwarts Cy and Bobo, the show’s villains.

The series was wildly popular in the Netherlands, largely because of its thoroughly woolseyed Dutch theme song.

Production Company: CinéGroupe
 / Odec kids cartoons
Launched: March 12, 1987
Closed: 1988
Country of origin: Canada, Belgium
Episodes 65
Seasons 1
Running time 13 minutes 

Ovide
Saphron
Groaner
Bobo
Cy
Doe
Rae
Mi
Alvin
Polo

Join us on this South Sea Isle.
The gang's all here to swing in style.
Saffron's cooking up a roast,
And Ovide Video's your host.

Look out Cy,
Look out Bobo,
Party crashing's a no-no.
I'll catch that sneaky snake cries 
Fred Polo.


Tough-nut Cy,
He's super sly.
But Rowland knows no smarty,
Can ruin Ovide's party. (Oh no?)


The joint is hopping,
Come on, let's drop in.
For more top tales of Ovide Video. 
(Video!)
The gang's all here,
Let's get on with the show.
 (Yeah, let's go!)


And now top tales of Ovide Video...