The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets

The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets is a Jetanie-Kuboian animated television series produced by Colourbox and Kubokartoonz. The third television series in the Sweet Treets, it is the first to be produced with digital ink, and the only to be co-produced by a non-Jetanie studio. The show premiered in 1995, and ended in 1997. Episodes were broadcast on JT1 and Vision 1 simultaneously.

Unlike other entries in the franchise, The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets uses a serial format and a lasting story arc. Though they still appear, the Treets themselves are not as prominent compared to previous series, with more screen time going towards Louise Lockridge and her friends. Nearly all of the voice actors from The Sweet Treets returned to their character roles, including Sharlie Deem, Peter Malosh, Opaline Robins and Henry Buckings.

Premise
Taking place roughly a year or two after the events of the 1984 series, Louise is now nine years old (ten in later episodes). Due to Louise growing up, the Treets are starting to realise they have less control over her and are having trouble keeping her from trouble. Throughout the series, many different events take place, such as Louise's mother, Liane, discovering about the origins of the Treets, King Rojo and the Rogon species decide to open their own restaurant, and Louise's close friend, Marilyn, is struggling to stay focused in school due to a difficult home life and being distracted by a mean, new girl in their class. Louise also finds herself in a tricky situation when she feels her father is not interested in her.

The Treets appear in the series, but do not play as much of a role, often remaining in the background so more focus can be given to Louise. Returning characters from the show include Louise's mother, Liane, her best friend, Nate, her close friend and friendly rival, Marilyn, and her enemy-turned-friend, Swoop the parrot-seagull hybrid. King Rojo returns, but has became more of a rival to Louise rather than her enemy and only appears in roughly half the episodes. Magfire the crow also reappears, but only in an arc consisting of three episodes.

Several new characters have also been introduced in the show, including Louise's father, Zedd, her younger half-brother, Tyh, and her Asain stepmother, Martine. Other new characters include Hugh, a friend of Louise and Nate and Marilyn's best friend who she is emotionally dependent on, as well as Anthem, a classmate of Louise and her friends who they severely dislike. King Rojo also has several new subjects, including his loyal minion, Stumpy, Stumpy's mischievous brother, Gunge, and Gunge's clumsy best friend, Rusty.

Storylines
Each of the three series of The New Adventures of The Sweet Treets had a series-long storyline.

The series itself tackled many different issues children may face in life, such as making, arguing with and losing friends, being bullied in school, suffering anxiety and being in the centre of family conflicts. Episodes often featured moral messages about friendship, teamwork, honesty, bravery and confidence. Sometimes, the show also dealt with more controversial issues, including smoking, alcohol and LGBT relationships.

Typically, each episode would feature a more sophisticated and drama-orientated plot, with a more comical B-plot.

Jetania

 * JT1 (1995-?)

Kuboia

 * Vision 1 (1995-1999)
 * Nick Jr. Kuboia (1996-2010)
 * Nick Jr. 2 (2004-2010)

Argentina

 * Magic Kids (1997-2006)

Canada

 * CBC Playground/Get Set for Life (1995-2001)
 * YTV (2002-2010)
 * Teletoon Retro (2010-2011)

France

 * TF1 (1996-2003)

Germany

 * Super RTL (1995-2008)

Italy

 * Italia 1 (1995-2000)
 * K2 (2004-2008)
 * Frisbee (2010-2011)

Latin America

 * ZAZ (1996-2003)

Middle East

 * MBC 3 (2004-2013)

Netherlands

 * Kindernet (1996-2003)

Saudi Arabia

 * KSA 1 (1996-2009)

United Arab Emirates

 * Spacetoon (2000-2013)

United Kingdom

 * CBBC (1995-2001)
 * Nickelodeon (1996-1999)
 * Nick Jr. (1999-2010)
 * Nick Jr. 2 (2006-2010)

United States

 * First-run syndication (from 1996)
 * Nick Jr. (2000-2002)
 * Noggin (2003-2007)