Paper and Pencils

Paper and Pencils is an interactive animated television series produced by The Kiddie Channel. The first season consists of 52 episodes, each 11 minutes long, but is often shown as twenty-six blocks, each containing two episodes. It is the first-ever spinoff of Kiddie's previous television series The Magic Fingerfellows. On October 2022, it was announced that Paper and Pencils would premiere for streaming on Kiddie Plus.

The show centers around the town of Petropolis, just north of Bugaboo City, in which a 9-year-old squadger named Leeladee Wahonkadong attempts to climb up the social ladder with her friends, as she goes throughout her day while solving different problems along the way. The plot revolves around the adventures of Leeladee and her friends, as her boundless imagination springs to life while everyone else struggles to follow along. Among the characters who live in this special world are Smudgeon, Eating Crow, Pecking Order, Humble Pie, Rain Stick, Ben Jammin, Dee Generation, The Fallen Angels, and Gulliver Fancypants.

In the United States, Paper and Pencils originally aired on Kiddie's preschool block, but was later burned off to weekdays. Season 4 was announced in February 2023.

Hallmarks
Episodes are produced in seasons which consist of 11-minute episodes. Each episode is also produced with a 60-second puppet sequence that can be seen in the show's opening theme. One of the unusual design features of the show is the animation using watercolors and ink-and-paint in addition to the cartoon's classic pattern style. It also uses stop motion animation, clay models, live-action scenes with the voice actors of the show and puppets (both marionette and hand-controlled). This was also sometimes used in other Kiddie shows. It boasts one of the most diverse varieties of mediums used in any single series.

Leeladee and all other characters were given whimsical designs so that their facial emotions could easily be changed with almost no effort and so that they would look appealing in puppet form. The creators submitted only basic sketches to the animators and assumed that the figures would be cleaned up in production. However, the animators merely retraced their drawings, which led to the crude appearance of the characters in the initial short episodes. The characters made their debut in the first episode.

Each episode features a centrally meaningful topic, such as voting, trading, nutrition, science, math, reading, social skills, problem solving, etc. Various tips and suggestions are also recited by Leeladee in each episode. She also breaks the fourth wall by asking the viewers questions related to the content in the episodes.

The episodes end in a burst of flamboyant versification, with the full cast arranged into a metrically perfect quatrain, reciting what happened in the story. Through the learning experiences of the characters, the series intends to encourage children to similarly engage with and develop understanding of many subjects.

Music
The opening theme song, "Are You Ready Yet?", which is based on children's folk songs, was adapted by musician Lindred Fischer, and features mostly original songs. Delliney Lessive explained that the team often uses "strange instruments" such as harpsichord and glockenspiel, in addition to Fischer's music score.

Every episode starts with Leeladee singing the song "I Really Wanna Know." It typically consists of Leeladee's interpretations and fantasizing of the episode's main subject. Each song has the same melody and tune but consists of different lyrics depending on what Leeladee is wondering about in the episode. Most times, she has a tendency to continue her song (usually with another melody or tune) by simply saying "But what could it be? Maybe..."

Additional songs, such as "Things I Have Learned", "", and "" are also played as musical segments in each episode.

Main

 * Jacinta Bowler as Leeladee Wahonkadong, a 9-year-old squadger who is the title/main character of the show. She has the special ability to materialize anything she thinks about, is highly knowledgeable, and well-informed in a variety of subjects.
 * Sierra Florindo as Smudgeon Wahonkadong, Leeladee's younger brother who likes playing with blocks and tagging along on other characters' adventures.
 * Brandine Colbert as Eating Crow, a quiet skidgeon duck who loves art.
 * Julieta Badillo as Pecking Order, a purple candleholder elephant who loves ballet dancing.
 * Nova Petropolis as Ben Jammin, a goldenrod cat who appears to be the group's sole instrumentalist.
 * Clarice Lispector as Dee Generation, a pink elitist dragon.
 * Delgado Hortiguela as The Fallen Angels, a bee, ladybug, and firefly who all love to sing and do it very often. Their names are Comeuppance, Lozenge, and Darbo.
 * Artigo Bergeson as Gulliver Fancypants, a blissfully foolish tiger who is the school's main teacher.
 * Amanda Batchelor as Humble Pie, a unicorn teddy bear who enjoys being gentle and kind.
 * Larissa Gizelle as Rain Stick, a green robot.

Recurring

 * Nagito Lecorium as Lapidus, Leeladee's pet Rainbow Slugsnail.
 * Fertigo Bulenga as Dasher Sprocket, an energetic genderless bunny who serves as an LGBTQ advocate.
 * Delgado Hortiguela as Miss Pronounce
 * Chamello Ruthenberg as Book Marks
 * Libman Hildebrand as Multi Culture
 * Fred Pescatore as Vocabu-Larry
 * Gerson Quintanilla as Incredi-Bill
 * Andrea Copellino as Invisi-Belle
 * Latrice Williams as The Dominion Twins, who are . Their names are Benedict and Benedictine.

Reception
Paper and Pencils satirically depicts and parodies American culture and society.

Leeladee's exclamatory catchphrase of "Triple zoop-de-zoing!", which she says once per episode, has been adopted into the English language, while Paper and Pencils has received widespread acclaim throughout its first season, which is generally considered to be the favorite of many child viewers. Since then, it has been criticized by parents due to a perceived decline in quality.

Season 1

 * 1) The Puppet Show/Live and Learn
 * 2) The Bouncy Stampolines/Typographia
 * 3) Kids Just Want To Have Fun/The Floracious Flowers
 * 4) Root Canals/Skeuomorphology
 * 5) Excalibunny/The Functional Foreman
 * 6) Cartwheeling/Squadger on Wings
 * 7) Leela and Dee/We're Too Good!
 * 8) Neumorphites/The Nutcase
 * 9) To Catch a Flockingbird/Love At Every Sight
 * 10) Instructionality!/First But Not Least
 * 11) Pescadorable/The Recording Collectives
 * 12) Listeria!/Everyday Things
 * 13) Baylepherical/Lots of Explaining To Do
 * 14) Vexillographer/Shake, Rattle, and Roll
 * 15) The Grand Plan/Conversation Topics

Season 2

 * 1) Featherweight/Pay Everything Forward
 * 2) Elephancy/Award Ribbons
 * 3) The Fully Magical Fun Hat/Skyrocketing Around
 * 4) There's No Excuse For Squadger Abuse/Crustaceanery
 * 5) Naptime!/Smarter, Not Harder!
 * 6) Professionality/The Spelunking Squadgers
 * 7) Unpacking/Right Off The Bat
 * 8) YouTubular/It Wasn't Me!
 * 9) The Main Course/Vegetaball
 * 10) Hopelessly Devoted/Rolestorming
 * 11) Slumber Party/Long Distance Calls
 * 12) Jailbroken/The Hollow Caust
 * 13) Peekabunga!/Four Truths and a Lie
 * 14) Power, Politics, and Protest/The Magical Archives
 * 15) Cinnabunnies/Happy Holly Daze!

Season 3

 * 1) Paper, Pencils, and You!/Waterlogged
 * 2) Leelawadee!/It's Not Easy Being Peachy Keen
 * 3) The Full Name Effect/Long Overdue
 * 4) Sensationality!/Playcation
 * 5) Fear, Excitement, and Creative Spirit﻿/The Compassion Within
 * 6) Colorblocked/Terminal Dosis
 * 7) Lepicurean/Great Big Story
 * 8) Outstanding Recipes/Rainbow Plant Life
 * 9) Contestival/The Much Longer Lineup
 * 10) Educationality/Bodybuilding
 * 11) Defunding Public Media/A Taste of Madness
 * 12) Plasterbrain/Breakfast Vs. Chockfast
 * 13) The Birth of a Day/Less Is More
 * 14) Totally Loved Out!/Creators Greed
 * 15) Miracles of Hope/A Year With Swollen Appendices

Season 4

 * 1) I Really Wanna Know Again!/Bashooka
 * 2) The Squadger With Her Head in the Clouds/Reformation
 * 3) Imaginarium/Welcome To The Playborhood!
 * 4) Now That's a Very Shocking Revelation!/Leeladee's Tips and Suggestions
 * 5) How to Do The Right Thing/
 * 6) Royal Elegance/The Drink Stand
 * 7) Guacamelee!/The Doorknockers
 * 8) Much Ado About Everything/Leeladee's Study Guides
 * 9) Leaderspace/Journey To Your Biggest Dreams
 * 10) Homeworkers/Fairyburgers
 * 11) Walking Tall/Switcheridoo
 * 12) The Biggest Reward/The Extraordinary Art Experience
 * 13) Too Much of Good Things/Writing Explained
 * 14) Twizzlestorm/Poltergoose
 * 15) Extraordiberry/