Characters
The main character of the series is Franklin Turtle himself. All episodes and movies from the programme focus on Franklin as the main character and almost all events are presented directly from his point of view, with only rare exceptions. There are no stories in which Franklin is not present, though occasionally certain other characters may take more of a focus.
Franklin's family includes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turtle and his little sister Harriet. Mr. and Mrs. Turtle are presented as gentle and loving parents who provide direction and guidance for Franklin, as well as reasonable discipline when needed. His sister, Harriet, was born in the film Franklin and the Green Knight and was featured in stories in the fifth and sixth season of the programme. Franklin's extended family includes his paternal grandmother, who lives close by, as well as his maternal grandparents, who live on a remote farm and are married twin sibling grandparents. In the film Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, his maternal aunt Lucy and her goddaughter Sam chose to settle in Woodland as well. And in the new CGI series, his paternal Aunt T is introduced. And in later episodes, Franklin's maternal aunt and uncle who are married twin siblings and his maternal cousin will be introduced.
Franklin's best friend is Bear, who is a little bear that loves to eat and has a sister named Beatrice and has a mother and a father as well as later a paternal grandmother who lives close by, as well as his maternal grandfather who lives on a remote farm. His other close friend is Snail, who considers Franklin to be his best friend. Franklin's other friends that appear most often on the series are Beaver, Rabbit, Fox, Goose and Skunk. He is taught by Mr. Owl, though this character was temporarily replaced by Miss Koala in the film Back to School with Franklin, when Mr. Owl was called away on a family emergency.
Most of Franklin's friends all have extended families that each contain the same grandparents on both sides of the family and parents who are brother and sister, since that there are no human beings and the people are different species of animals, each with different gestation periods and the law that forbids siblings and cousins from marrying each other does not exist and even marriage between siblings and cousins is legal in Franklin's world, due to the residents being many different species and even some of the people of different species would have to have more than one child or more likely twins. There is also a law that forbids people of different species from marrying each other and a law that allows only people of about the same age to marry each other.
Franklin, Bear, Beaver, Goose and Rabbit are the ones in Woodland who have parents who are from different families.
The development design of Franklin the Turtle for the animated TV series character, was the achievement of Canadian Animation artist and Illustrator - Kurt Lehner, which he worked on during his time at Nelvana Studios in 1997. These designs were studies taken directly from the Franklin the Turtle book series itself. Even though Kurt did not continue to work with the "series" design team which was hired after the development process, at that time he was given the privilege of also designing Beaver, Rabbit and Skunk as well.
Other characters are seen on the TV series with less frequency, sometimes appearing in only a few episodes or just a single episode. However, others have appeared only in the book releases or stage show productions.
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