Wolfoo

Wolfoo is a Vietnamese preschool animated web series produced and created by SConnect and WOA Network. Wolfoo was released on August 23, 2018. In 2026, SConnect lost a copyright battle against Hasbro due to its similarity to Peppa Pig, and was ordered to remove its Wolfoo videos from all platforms. Evidence was found that the series used audio excerpts from Peppa Pig.

Wolfoo is a Vietnamese preschool animated web series produced and created by SConnect and WOA Network. Wolfoo was released on August 23, 2018. In 2026, SConnect lost a copyright battle against Hasbro due to its similarity to Peppa Pig, and was ordered to remove its Wolfoo videos from all platforms. Evidence was found that the series used audio excerpts from Peppa Pig. ==History== The first official episode of Wolfoo was published on August 23, 2018. Several Wolfoo channels were launched on YouTube; some examples are "Wolfoo America", "Wolfoo's Stories", "Wolfoo Shows", and "Wolfoo – Sing Along Songs". This is similar to a method used by other content farms. A series of feature-length online films, such as Wolfoo the Adventurer, were also released on YouTube. A spin-off, Bearee, was released on April 16, 2022. The show is available on 40 VOD (video on-demand) platforms in China, and was later released in Chinese children's TV networks due to SConnect's deal with its Chinese market partner Leadjoy, with SConnect producing and releasing a 3D version of the cartoon. In October 2023, a movie named Wolfoo and the Mysterious Island (Vietnamese: Wolfoo và hòn đảo kỳ bí) was released, which premiered on Vietnamese cinemas and entered box office revenue as the top 3 after one week, but the full film was not uploaded internationally. In July 2026, SConnect lost a copyright battle against Hasbro, which owns the rights to Peppa Pig, and was ordered to remove videos from all platforms that featured Wolfoo. ==Reception and controversy== Wolfoo has also been criticized for its usage of gross-out humor throughout its run, constantly featuring animated depictions of defecation and or urination by several characters, pregnancy and anthropomorphic organs. This type of content is similar to Elsagate, a controversy concerning a genre of animated children's videos in YouTube. It was accused of copyright infringement by the creators of Peppa Pig, and the show's distributor, Entertainment One (now Lionsgate Canada), sued SConnect for Wolfoos visual and aesthetic similarity to the show. On January 24, 2022, Entertainment One filled a case against SConnect at the High Court of Justice as follows: rework of Peppa Pig characters, using the art style of Peppa Pig, using the exclamation sounds of Peppa Pig in 91 Wolfoo videos; causing unfair competition, causing the misunderstanding that Peppa Pig and Wolfoo share the same owner and violating the trademark of Peppa Pig. In 2026, SConnect lost the case, with the judge ruling that the cartoon used illegally copied audio from Peppa Pig. In November 2022, the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information requested Google to look and resolve the issue of Wolfoo episodes being deleted on YouTube by Entertainment One's ongoing copyright strikes. After the intervention of Vietnamese authorities, YouTube reopened the YouTube channels of the show; however, 4,000 videos of the show have yet to be relaunched. Wolfoo has not only plagiarised from Peppa Pig; it has also stolen sound effects and background music from Cocobi, SpongeBob SquarePants & more cartoons. ==References== ==Notes==

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