The French-Canadian animated series aired ten (or more?) years ago on Culture. I watched it whenever I could. Then, a few years later, with great difficulty, I found it online and reviewed it completely.
The plot of each series is about the same: the next knight arrives in the Potato Kingdom, and King Hugo, terrorized by a local dragon, asks the knight to figure it out. But the dragon has friends - the royal daughter Melody, Riri the jester in love with her and Page Juju. They prevent the knights from completing the task every time.
The cartoon is very funny and not boring, despite the cyclical plot. Every knight is a representative of some culture or trend in modern society. There was a hippie, a yogi, and a movie star. There are many allusions to cinema: if a ship sinks in the river, it is like the Titanic; if the mafia threatens to kill him, he throws the head of a toy horse into the victim’s bed. It is very pleasant to notice such details, however, they are unlikely to be understood by children if you look with them.
The dragon, as the main antagonist, is not a villain at all. He roasts the king and the knights for a joke or when they ask for it. And Hugo himself pursues the dragon more out of habit than out of malice.
The series is short, about eight minutes and, in my case, four. So 30 minutes of cute and funny cartoon at a time is what you need when the mood is not very cheerful. I have a wonderful voiceover, you can even quote!
- Is the knight here yet?
- There he is, shaking like a jackhammer!