The Bellflower Bunnies
The Bellflower Bunnies is an animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001. It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies. The show centers on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.
Episodes
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Violette is granted the powers of a fairy from Aunt Zinnia's childhood book.
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The Bellflowers investigate the mysterious appearance of a gigantic white rabbit in their village.
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Periwinkle takes care of an injured bird from the forest, but it ends up dead the following morning. After Papa Bramble tells him what happened, the young rabbit goes on an adventure in search of his deceased friend.
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To meet a jealous badger's demands, Poppy must build a machine to lift out a sacred treasure from a lake.
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A meteorite strikes Beechwood Grove, then causes problems for the community after it is stolen.
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Mistletoe feels reluctant about his house duties, but eventually learns that there is no holiday from chores.
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The Bellflowers receive a visit from the Barapoul, a trio of musical chickens.
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Bramble takes his family to the seaside, where the children take sailing lessons and help a friend. Later, their day is ruined when Dandelion gets caught in a smugglers' trap.
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A love fragrance makes Periwinkle attracted to the perfumer's granddaughter, Clara, and his neighbour Pimpernelle, at the same time. Now he must make a tough decision over whom he truly loves.
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The family adopts a red-eyed white rabbit, only to find out that a stork with poor eyesight delivered it to them by mistake.
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On his birthday, Poppy goes on an expedition to the world's largest glacier.
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On his birthday, Poppy goes on an expedition to the world's largest glacier.
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With his parrot—a pirate whose ancestors have been robbed of their treasure—Anthony from Scotland gives the Bellflowers a hand once again.
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Poppy is thrilled at the newest flying machine around, owned by a rooster, but Bramble forbids his children from going on it.
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Dandelion wanders away from the house during stormy weather, and is then saved by a group of ravens. However, the rabbit has suspicions that they could be thieves.
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Papa Bramble's old friend, an inventor named Agathe, pays a visit to the family; her daughter Lilli comes along.
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During an intense heat wave in Beechwood Grove, Periwinkle and his father visit an underground stream. While there, they come across the cursed belt buckle of Baldini, the legendary Knight.
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During a rough winter, the Bellflowers try to get Violette a new dress.
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A car accident lands a restaurant critic close to the Bellflower home; impressed by Aunt Zinnia's cooking skills, he persuades the rabbits to open their own establishment. Though hoping to help his family out, Periwinkle gets left behind with rats who eventually force him to make their meals.
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While the young rabbits spend another winter at Theo's, Poppy discovers a dinosaur fossil and informs Ernest Babine about it; a well-preserved specimen soon awaits both of them.
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The Bellflowers go to a local election to decide which of two partridges will rule their land.
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Mistletoe and Poppy become rivals with Romeo, a race car driver; even Violette falls in love with him. However, the Bellflowers suspect that he could be a fraud.
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The young bunnies try out an old carousel machine. But when they break it down, it could land them into trouble with its owner and his brother.
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Because his siblings feel he is too small to qualify for a track competition, Dandelion suddenly strays away from the family.
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In order to impress his girlfriend Pammy, Poppy builds a moon-ready rocket. But upon her return, her new stepbrother Norbert puts Poppy in a bad mood.
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Violette goes for the main role in a stage production, but then her costume gets stolen. Eventually, as she searches for it, she ends up in the cave of an evil witch.
