The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets

The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets is a Jetanie-Kuboian traditionally animated television series. It is the third television series in the Sweet Treets franchise and a reboot of the 1984 series of the same name. The show was produced by Jetanie studio Colourbox and Kuboian studio Kubokartoonz; the latter's co-founder Ashley Maverick served as its co-developer, co-writer, producer and animation director.

With development on the show beginning in late 1992, The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets premiered on CBS and Bumper's Block in 1995. Three series and fifty-one episodes of the show were produced, with the show's finale airing in late 1997. A majority of the cast members from the franchise's previous series, including Sharlie Deem and Henry Buckings, reprise their roles as their respective characters.

Upon its premiere, The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets polarised critics and audiences alike, who were mixed in regards to the show's more story-driven premise as well as the new characters and the overhaul of the character design and personality traits for the original characters. Retrospective reception has been more positive, however, especially in regards to the show's writing, animation, music and highly-prioritised production. It has since gained a popular following and has won several awards.

Development
After an unsuccessful attempt from Ashley Maverick to buy Colourbox in late 1991, she later made a deal with its founder, Taylor Ridley. Ridley wanted to produce a new series for The Sweet Treets but was unsure how it would work in the then-modern times, so she approached Maverick after watching Kubokartoonz' previous series and hearing positive things about Maverick.

When coming up with new ideas, Maverick felt that a lot of the ideas present in the 1984 series "wouldn't work nowadays" or were too boring. She suggested to Ridley that several new characters should be added to help expand the franchise and give it more depth. Maverick also suggested that the new series would be the perfect opportunity to give answers to plot-holes and oddities present in the franchise's two previous series.

The first public reveal for the show was in several Kuboian newspapers in late 1993. In mid-1994, it was revealed that it would be airing on Bumper's Block in Kuboia. In January 1995, its full title, The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets, was revealed for the first time.

Casting
All of the main cast from The Sweet Treets returned for the new series, with the only exception being Brud Rorqual, who died in 1992. Magfire, the character who was voiced by Rorqual, was recast, now being voiced by Harold Fever, who was a close friend to Rorqual and was capable of imitating his voice well.

There was originally some trouble contacting Sharlie Deem and Peter Malosh, as Ridley was not allowed to maintain any contact details of either of them. Deem revealed that she was completely unaware that a new Sweet Treets series was in development until it was publicly announced. When she tried putting her name down to reprise her role as Louise, Maverick initially thought she was a fraud. Malosh had trouble voicing Nate since his voice had became deeper since the franchise's previous series, so editing software was used to help him sound like his previous voice.

A majority of the cast all went into the recording studio on the same days and recorded their lines together. Maverick figured that this would allow the cast members to bond, as well as help express their respective characters easier.

Character development
Despite nearly all of the original series' cast reprising their roles as their respective characters, a lot of said characters have went through design and personality overhauls. The most notable example of this is the franchise‘s main villain, King Rojo. In the 1984 series, he has purple fur, and is supposedly the king of the bear species. This series, however, gives him blue skin, and he is now part of a fictional bear-resembling species called the Rogons, who were apparently created on accident after giving a Treet to a bear.

Another aspect of the franchise that was introduced in the show is the idea that Louise and a majority of her friends have learning disabilities, and that the Treets were given to Louise's mother, Liane, when she was younger to help her with her social skills, something that was never hinted on in the previous series. Ridley claimed that she was asked a lot back in the mid and late 1980s if Louise had autism, so she thought it would be a good idea to build some of her personality around that idea. During production and the original airing of The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets, learning disabilities in children were not made as publicly aware outside of Kuboia.