# Ollie and Scoops
**Ollie & Scoops** is an American independent animated comedy web series created by Nico Colaleo, released on YouTube, about a nine-year-old girl named Ollie who can speak with and understand cats, and her best friend, the family cat Scoops.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) The series is self-funded by its creator and is produced under his company Nico Animation.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) • [2](https://ollie-scoops.fandom.com/wiki/Ollie_and_Scoops)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premise | Ollie, a nine-year-old girl, is the only person who can communicate with cats, including her cat Scoops; through him she learns of a secret underground society of cats.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) |
| First episode | "Pizza Pilot", released on YouTube on June 10, 2019.[3](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official) |
| Main voice cast | Kimmy Robertson as Ollie and Eric Bauza as Scoops, each credited on nine episodes.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10085222/) |
| Output | Ten episodes released between June 2019 and April 21, 2023.[3](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official) |
| Production model | Independent and self-funded; Colaleo saved enough to make the first three episodes, then continued working as an animation editor to fund later ones.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) |
| Audience rating | 7.2/10 on IMDb from 150 users; rated TV-Y7.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10085222/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
The show's hook, as Colaleo describes it, is that Ollie is the only girl in the world who can communicate with cats and understand them. Through this ability she discovers that cats maintain a secret underground society that humans know nothing about, and adventures follow from that premise.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) The first episode, "Pizza Pilot", has Ollie taking matters into her own hands when she is fed up with being treated like a baby at dinnertime.[3](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official)
Colaleo has said he wanted the cats to have varied personalities rather than the usual sneaky-villain portrayal, with antagonist cats who are silly, goofy, laid back, quiet, or loud, and that most antagonists are redeemed by the end of an episode rather than simply punished.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops)
## Production
**Origins.** Colaleo first pitched the show in 2014 and pitched it widely without selling it. He came up with it before *[Too Loud](https://www.edgepedia.org/too-loud)*, the series he created for DreamWorksTV, and began working on *Ollie & Scoops* in earnest once *Too Loud* ended.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) Working on *Too Loud* also changed the show's designs: his 2014 drafts featured only white characters, and he adopted a more diverse cast afterward. Character designer Natasha Weir took his initial designs in 2019 and reworked them in an asymmetrical, wacky style he describes as making them "100 times better".[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops)
**Funding and crew.** The series is independent and self-funded. Colaleo saved enough from his day job as an animatic and animation editor to produce the first three episodes, then kept working to fund the next three.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) A typical episode involves roughly 30 people, including a couple of storyboard artists, 10 to 12 animators, about eight cleanup artists, and voice actors for eight to 10 characters per episode; early episodes used 10 to 15 people.[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) Voice recording takes place at Six Point Harness in Los Angeles, and the theme was composed by Dave Neff.[5](https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/737929)
**Runtime growth.** Episodes were planned at five minutes, matching *Too Loud*, but writing sessions produced ideas of 10 to 11 minutes, and episode eight ran around 18 to 20 minutes, taking months to complete. Colaleo said he intended to return to 10 or 11-minute episodes afterward and also planned one-minute "quickies".[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) TVmaze lists a default runtime of 7 minutes, while TheTVDB gives an average runtime of 8 minutes.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54195/ollie-scoops) • [3](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official)
## Episodes and reception
TheTVDB lists ten episodes in a single season: "Pizza Pilot" (June 10, 2019), "Funny Face", "Gimmie a Hand", an original-song episode, "Student of the Month", "Old Crumplecranks", "Tutor Suitor", "Warm Cream", "Vinnie Video" (June 29, 2022), and "A Night at Claudia's" (April 21, 2023), a direct continuation of the previous episode set at the Creepy Girl's house.[3](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official) IMDb lists 11 episodes across a 2019 to 2023 run.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10085222/) In a February 2022 interview the show spanned eight episodes with more than 1.5 million cumulative views across YouTube and [Newgrounds](https://www.edgepedia.org/newgrounds).[1](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops) The first episode had drawn about 477,000 views and 29,000 likes on YouTube by the time of its capture.[7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8biPUXNXzyM)
The voice cast draws on well-known animation performers: Kimmy Robertson (known from *Twin Peaks*) as Ollie, Eric Bauza (*Looney Tunes*) as Scoops, Grey DeLisle as Julia Goldburger, Candi Milo as Cuddles, James Urbaniak as Dr. Toodles, Mike Stoklasa and Rich Evans of RedLetterMedia as Brunk and Merle, and [Vivienne Medrano](https://www.edgepedia.org/vivienne-medrano) as Poopsie St. Pierre.[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10085222/) Colaleo voices Mayor Scrumpy and other characters.[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops)
## Status
After ten episodes the series paused. In a fundraiser organized by Colaleo to complete Episodes 11 and 12, he attributed the halt to the collapse of career stability in the animation industry in recent years and said the campaign would cover storyboards and voice work so the two episodes could be released as animatics, fully watchable episodes with storyboards, voice records, sound effects, and music but no animation. The fundraiser notes it would allow one episode to be released posthumously, in memory of Kevin, referring to voice work recorded before that person's death.[9](https://www.gofundme.com/f/ollie-scoops-11-12?_dt=eyJuYW1lIjoiTmljbyBDb2xhbGVvIiwicm9sZSI6ImNvIiwiZnVuZHJhaXNlcklkIjoiMTA1MTQ1OTI1In0&modal=profile) The campaign sought $4,000 and had raised $2,517 from 62 donors at the time of capture.[9](https://www.gofundme.com/f/ollie-scoops-11-12?_dt=eyJuYW1lIjoiTmljbyBDb2xhbGVvIiwicm9sZSI6ImNvIiwiZnVuZHJhaXNlcklkIjoiMTA1MTQ1OTI1In0&modal=profile)
## References
1. [Nico Colaleo on showrunning Ollie & Scoops, Toon Boom (Mike Schnier, February 3, 2022)](https://www.toonboom.com/nico-colaleo-on-showrunning-ollie-scoops)
2. [Ollie and Scoops, Ollie & Scoops Wiki (Fandom)](https://ollie-scoops.fandom.com/wiki/Ollie_and_Scoops)
3. [Ollie & Scoops, Aired Order, All Seasons, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops/allseasons/official)
4. [Ollie & Scoops (TV Series 2019– ), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10085222/)
5. [Ollie & Scoops Episode 1: Pizza Pilot, Newgrounds](https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/737929)
6. [Ollie & Scoops, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54195/ollie-scoops)
7. [Ollie & Scoops Episode 1: Pizza Pilot, YouTube (Nico Animation)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8biPUXNXzyM)
8. [Ollie & Scoops, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/ollie-scoops)
9. [Ollie & Scoops Episodes 11 and 12!, GoFundMe (Nico Colaleo)](https://www.gofundme.com/f/ollie-scoops-11-12?_dt=eyJuYW1lIjoiTmljbyBDb2xhbGVvIiwicm9sZSI6ImNvIiwiZnVuZHJhaXNlcklkIjoiMTA1MTQ1OTI1In0&modal=profile)
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