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Kaeloo and Bad Kaeloo have shown a tendency to prefer she/her and he/him respectively, but both forms have used both she/her and he/him at different times. For the sake of clarity, this article will refer to Kaeloo with she/her pronouns and Bad Kaeloo with he/him pronouns.
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Kaeloo the frog is the series' protagonist, who the show is named after. She is the guardian of Smileyland, and is usually the one to suggest the games the characters play. When Kaeloo is angered, she transforms into a hulking toad called Bad Kaeloo.
Appearance[]
Kaeloo is a small frog. She has a green body and her belly and the lower half of her face are yellow. She has red eyes, two red spirals on her cheeks and bright white teeth. It is often implied that Kaeloo may be slightly overweight.
Bad Kaeloo is a large, muscular toad with visible veins and yellow spots on his body. The red spirals on Kaeloo's cheeks are not present on Bad Kaeloo's cheeks. He has very poor oral hygiene. His tongue is blue and his teeth are not properly aligned. His right eye has a yellow scar running through it.
In "Si on jouait au mécano quantique", Kaeloo briefly appears in the form of a human. Her human form is Caucasian. She has green shoulder-length hair with bangs in the front and red eyes with thick eyelashes. She wears a yellow tee-shirt, denim overall shorts, and brown boots.
Personality[]
Kaeloo is a sweet and imaginative but dangerously emotionally unstable little frog who's always looking for games to play with her "buddies". She is very kind, gentle and forgiving, and she still sees Mr. Cat as a friend and tries her best to make him feel happy and welcome despite his cruel and sadistic nature. She is also usually the one to stand up for Quack-Quack when Mr. Cat is tormenting him, and she is fiercely protective of the flowers of Smileyland. Kaeloo loves all things "cute" or "beautiful". She also enjoys things that most people would describe as "mushy", such as handwritten love letters, fairy tales, and soap operas. Kaeloo is a well-organized person who respects tradition, and freaks out when things are disorganized or when rules are broken. Kaeloo is extremely naïve and childlike; examples of this include her thinking her missing keys are "playing hide-and-seek", and her interpreting one of Mr. Cat's sexual-innuendo-laden pick-up lines in a literal manner and misunderstanding him.
Kaeloo fantasizes about a fairytale happy ending
"Hello Mrs. Flower!"
Kaeloo has also shown a less pleasant side of her personality, like in "Let's Play Courtroom Drama" when she emotionally manipulates Mr. Cat, or in "Si on jouait à la malédiction du pharaon" where she pretends not to notice that Stumpy is drowning in quicksand. Despite usually being vehemently opposed to cheating, Kaeloo will occasionally cheat to win, as shown in "Let's Play Golf!" and "Si on jouait au baseball". Although Kaeloo is forgiving, when pushed past a certain point, she will not hesitate to get revenge on the person who made her angry, like in "Si on jouait aux top models" when she enlists Mr. Cat's help to get revenge on Pretty for body-shaming her. Also, due to the fact that she is the one who comes up with most of the games, she believes that she is entitled to be bossy while playing and gets angry whenever someone questions the rules. Kaeloo occasionally acts selfish as well; in "Si on jouait à cupidon.com", Mr. Cat stops hurting Quack-Quack to annoy her and while Quack-Quack is happy about the change, Kaeloo wishes that Mr. Cat would beat him up just so she could get attention from Mr. Cat. This suggests that her protective nature to Quack-Quack is, at least in part, a façade to make herself look good. In "Si on jouait à... cours, rumeur ! Cours !", "Si on jouait avec Poucave, and "Si on jouait à l'interrogation she is also shown to enjoy gossip, and the plot of "Si on jouait à... cours, rumeur ! Cours !" centers around Kaeloo spreading rumors.
Despite this, Kaeloo remains a largely non-confrontational person and tends to address many conflicts in a subtle manner. In "Si on jouait aux top models", instead of directly confronting Stumpy about being too noisy, she tells Quack-Quack in a loud voice that she appreciates how quiet he is in comparison to Stumpy, and in instances where she sees someone else flirting with Mr. Cat, her crush, she finds an excuse to remove them from the scene instead of directly expressing that she wants them to leave.
It has often been hinted at that Kaeloo has terribly low self-esteem. The most prominent example of this is "Si on jouait à cupidon.com". Pretty tries to use a love potion on Mr. Cat but ends up making him fall in love with a soda can, leading him to ignore everyone around him; when Kaeloo realizes that this also means he won't abuse Quack-Quack and therefore she doesn't have to protect Quack-Quack anymore, she cries because she feels "useless". In "Si on jouait toute seule", Kaeloo falls into a depressive state because her friends are gone for the day and hadn't informed her in advance; Mr. Cat, who is out partying with some other friends, is talking about Kaeloo to said friends at the same time she's worrying about being abandoned, proving that her fears are unfounded. "Si on jouait au beach volley" and "Si on jouait à la forêt à fessées" also suggest that she has body image issues.
Kaeloo is often quite possessive of her friends. In "Si on jouait au train du dodo" and "Si on jouait aux amis imaginaires", she is upset by the idea of her friends having friends other than her. The latter is a particularly egregious case as the friends in question were imaginary friends. This possessiveness especially applies to Mr. Cat, as she dislikes seeing him with other girls.
In the earlier seasons of the show, Bad Kaeloo is violent and sadistic and enjoys mindless violence. However, upon detransforming, Kaeloo would always apologize for her actions while transformed. Nevertheless, Bad Kaeloo also shown to genuinely care about the buddies. This includes Mr. Cat, who Bad Kaeloo has been seen laughing with, protecting, and even kissing. In later seasons, Bad Kaeloo gains an appreciation for being nice, and often tries to be polite and helpful.
Abilities[]
Kaeloo has the power to transform into Bad Kaeloo, a muscular toad. Whether or not Kaeloo can voluntarily transform without being angered depends on the episode. Bad Kaeloo has impressive athletic abilities, such as stopping a car with his bare hands, throwing Mr. Cat into the air at a speed of 88mph, and holding off a meteor. In Season 5, Kaeloo gains the ability to control her transformations much better by communicating with Bad Kaeloo.
"I talk too much?!"
Starting from the show's third season, Kaeloo has been able to transform partially, or to transform a specific body part while the others remain intact.
Kaeloo's "half-transformation"
Kaeloo has a lisp, which can cause misunderstandings between her and the other characters, especially in the French dub since she pronounces words in such a way that they sound like different words altogether. In early episodes, the other characters, especially Mr. Cat, used to make fun of her for it. However, Bad Kaeloo does not have a lisp.
Kaeloo is a master of martial arts, even in her "normal" form. She can also use her tongue to snatch things when necessary.
Kaeloo's intelligence varies between episodes, from being somewhat smart to being a complete idiot.
Role in the show[]
Kaeloo is the protagonist of the show. She is normally the one to suggest playing the games the buddies play. She is the guardian of Smileyland. Most episodes revolve around Kaeloo's superpower of being able to transform into Bad Kaeloo. Whenever something goes wrong in Smileyland, Kaeloo attempts to fix it, often with help from her friends.
Gender[]
Kaeloo's gender has always been unclear for fans of the show. In the original dub, both Kaeloo and Bad Kaeloo use she/her and he/him, and both masculine and feminine adjectives. However, Kaeloo tends to prefer she/her while Bad Kaeloo prefers he/him.
The Italian dub and the Hindi dub labeled her as male. There was also a mistake with the dubbing in the English dub when Kaeloo was referred to with he/him for the first ten episodes in scenes where she used she/her in the French dub. This was soon changed however, with everyone referring to her with she/her pronouns. Kaeloo is confirmed to be a girl in the English dub, unlike the French dub. The show's official Facebook page has confirmed that being a frog, she is able to change sexes.[1]
Relationships[]
Kaeloo tries her best to maintain a decent relationship with everyone in Smileyland, no matter how antagonistic they may be towards her. She is particularly close with Stumpy, Quack-Quack, and Mr. Cat, the latter of whom she has a crush on and is the closest with. Kaeloo is very possessive of her friends and dislikes it when they talk about their other friends to her, even if the friends in question happen to be imaginary friends. Kaeloo often irritates the other characters and causes conflict, usually without meaning to. This has led to certain episodes being centered around Kaeloo losing all her friends, with the exception of Mr. Cat, and the latter helping her patch things up with the others.
- Kaeloo and Stumpy's Relationship
- Kaeloo and Quack-Quack's Relationship
- Kaeloo and Mr. Cat's Relationship
- Kaeloo and Pretty's Relationship
- Kaeloo and Eugly's Relationship
- Kaeloo and Olaf's Relationship
Sightings[]
Animalistic Behaviors[]
- She jumps a lot.
- She is able to catch flies with her tongue.
Names in Other Languages[]
| Dub | Frog Name | Toad Name |
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| English | Kaeloo | Bad Kaeloo |
| French | Kaeloo | Bad Kaeloo |
| Greek | Καελού | |
| Hindi | Kaeloo | Bad Kaeloo |
| Italian | Kaeloo | Hulkaeloo |
| Polish | Kaeloo | |
| Portuguese | Kaeloo | Bad Kaeloo |
| Serbian | Žlabac | Zli Žlabak |
Trivia[]
- In the Pilot, her name was Kaelou.
- Kaeloo's name is derived from the Japanese word "Kaeru", meaning "frog".
- Kaeloo is the only non-male main character.
- Kaeloo has shown attraction to both males and females, though her predominant love interest is Mr. Cat.
- The red spirals on her cheeks are still visible when she is blushing.
- The expository comic revealed that Kaeloo lives in a lily house, but her house is yet to be seen on the show. In the show, she has also been seen to live inside an apartment in some episodes, while others depict her and the rest of the main four living together.
- It has been seen on multiple occasions that Bad Kaeloo talks without a lisp.
- Kaeloo is the only amphibian among the main and secondary characters.
- She is the only character besides Olaf to not wear any type of clothing or accessories.
- Kaeloo may be suicidal, as she has expressed joy at the thought of dying.
- Kaeloo's transformations cannot take place in zero-gravity conditions.
- Kaeloo is older than Stumpy, who is ten, which means that she is at least eleven.
- Kaeloo is left-handed.
- According to "Si on jouait à hallo hello ola", Kaeloo can speak English in the French dub of the show.
- Kaeloo: Let's Play... reveals that Kaeloo is a fan of Frozen and owns an Elsa doll.
- Whenever Kaeloo is excited or agitated, she tends to grab Mr. Cat by the shoulders and shake him (with no intent to harm the latter).
- Kaeloo uses the word "alter" to describe Bad Kaeloo, which is characteristic of those with DID/OSDD.
- In addition, she will often ask for Bad Kaeloo to take over when she is emotionally overwhelmed as seen in "Si on jouait à tout se dire".
- She can often see, feel, and speak to Bad Kaeloo in her inner world as seen in "Si on jouait à cap ou cap", "Si on jouait avant... que ça arrive", "Si on jouait aux jolis mots", and "Si on jouait à l'enquête délicate". Her world seems to be different depending on if she's playing a game with her friends or not.
- She is despondent when in her own mind or talking to Bad Kaeloo.
- In "Si on jouait avec la règle", Kaeloo has the ability to 'take over' control of her body and Bad Kaeloo vice versa.
- In "Si on jouait aux jolis mots", she sometimes suffers from headaches after she switches back to her normal form.
- In "Si on jouait aux journalistes d'investigation", Bad Kaeloo takes over when she has nightmares and is capable of living a double life.
- Starting in season 5, Kaeloo and Bad Kaeloo can be seen speaking to one another multiple times through a tiny speech bubble that points to her head.
- Depending on the episode, Kaeloo refers to herself and Bad Kaeloo as "us" and "we", or as "I" and "me".
- In "Si on jouait toute seule", Kaeloo and Bad Kaeloo are capable of playing together.
- In "Si on jouait à l'enquête délicate" and "Si on jouait avec Poucave ?", Kaeloo and Bad Kaeloo often have arguments and misunderstandings.
- In "Si on jouait à la petite entreprise" and "Let's Play Courtroom Drama", it's implied that she sometimes has amnesia when Bad Kaeloo takes over.
- Kaeloo has been seen to struggle with the concept of reality as seen in "Si on jouait aux contes de fées, la séquelle", "Let's Play the Quest for the Wholly Gruel", and "Si on jouait au Pays Trop Parfait".
- Kaeloo's driver's license photo in "Let's Play Driver's License" shows that she used to have freckles when she was younger.
Official Video[]
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Gallery[]
Kaeloo's gallery can be viewed here.
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