What Happened to Tara Duncan 

Fun fact : the show had books for it that were separated from the main books and if you asked for the main books in a library you had a chance to be given the show books that have a completely different story and canon from the main ones.

A character summary for each character: Tara- is the daughter of the prince of a magic kingdom that got banished from her world because she caused the apocalypse. Cal- is a professional thief and more or less Tara's boyfriend Minaure- is a descent of the beauty and the beast and she inherited the curse

So the dog grand grandfather was one of my favorite character in the book. He used to be a wizard who was obsessed with immortality so he found a way to slow his age drastically by turning into a dog.

The fact that this video finally confirmed that Tara Duncan wasn’t just a fever dream… Thank you

THANK GOD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS THIS SHOW

Actually in Europe, the books are pretty popular among the kids ! The story is much better than the show. Also, it's better to read the book to understand Other World and the magic system which I find kinda cool. In French at least, the new words all make sense and are funny (not sure about the English translation). Tara is 12 in the 1st book but she grows 1 year older every book. Tara is not as agressive at all and Cal is not chill and calm but the funny guy from the band. Moineau (Gloria) is really intelligent and calm but this is not retranscripted in the show sadly. Tara is also overly powerful in the books SPOILER !!! because she has her ADN modified. For everyone intrigated about Tara Duncan, I highly recommend the books where you can have all the explainations needed (even about Serena). Also, as the author didn't like that much this show, she worked for the past few years on a completely new one, with a new story and better quality (Disney Channel France) and we can now watch the first episodes so enjoy !

The world building in this book absolutely rules. There are two opposing sides in this universe Dragons and Demons, the two met when dragons accidentally invented teleporters and one of them teleported in demon dimension. When demons first interacted with the dragons they discover that If they eat the corpses of dragons they would get a major power bust so demons begun raging wars with the dragons which led to destruction of several worlds such as that of vampires, elves and many other inteligent creatures. Eventually humans got involved and they were a major asset in the fight against demons. Dragons won and took all the survivors of those world and gave them OtherWorld to live in.

there was a cartoon on nickelodeon back in 2017 that was a female version of TMNT called MYSTICONS. I feel like this is right up your alley and would be good for your what happened series.

Translation note from the authors bio: her and him are both used which seems odd in English so I figured I’d explain that since I know French (which is what I’m guessing the bio was originally written in). In English when we use a pronoun to designate ownership of an item (ex: her pen) we decide the gender of the pronoun based on the person. (The pen is Emily’s so we say ‘her pen’). But in French (and some other languages) the gender of the pronoun is decided based on the gender of the object. Object gender isn’t really a concept that exists in English, for example the word ‘pen’ in French (stylo) is masculine so you would say ‘the pen’ as ‘le stylo’, using the masculine ‘le’ to mean ‘the’. The same idea applies with ‘his’ and ‘her’ in French. When literally translated ‘se’ is ‘he’ and ‘sa’ is ‘her’ but that often creates what was seen in bio with the inconsistent pronouns. I hope this clears up any confusion anyone had!

I think it's good that folks can be weird and not have it hurt sales... I'm less thrilled that folks can be abusive, publicly and legally acknowledged as being abusive, but the victims can't legally call what they went through "abuse" publicly even if they avoid naming anyone specific... so I agree, the state of celebrity has changed for the worse, but idk if I agree on the why.

I REALLY didn't expected you to do a "What Happened to" video about "Tara Duncan" someday!!! XD I'll try to answers to some of your questions about the series... 5:02 & 7:24 Tara has 12 years old in the first book but of course she grows up over the books (There are 13 books of "Tara Duncan" but only the 2 first ones were released in America.). The animated series from 2010 sort of takes place between book 7 and book 8. Tara is sent on Earth to hunt Semchanachs (people from Otherworld who comes illegally on Earth for bad reasons). The adventures can be considerated as "canon" but the animated series is still a different media or a spin-off from the books. Sophie, the author, wrote the series bible and the scripts of a few episodes but she let the studio produce the series. That explains why there are some weird details compared to the books or scriptwriting-facilities-elements-typical-of children's-series like this f***ing scene (6:09) where the bad guy's name is written in the footprints of her shoes!! >_< 11:53 Well, Sandra, the mean girl in the animated series, get a lot of memory erasing spells in one episode. And yeah, she is completely confused at the end of this episode because of them. WARNING: Do not abuse memory erasing spells! 18:19 If I ask to others Taraddicts, they're mostly thinking the show is not good and the books are better (I'm kind of an exception because I discovered Tara Duncan thanks to the animated series and there was also a online video game at the time so I'm nicer with this adaptation). Even the author don't very like the series of 2010. 24:46 The series is canceled because 1) it didn't have enough success. Then 2) the French studio Moonscoop was bankrupt a few years later. They tried to make money by making "Code Lyoko Evolution" (a weird live-action that tried to follow the original cartoon story) which had killed the studio for good. RIP Now, Sophie has built her own production studio called "Princess SAM" and created a new animated series in CGI for Tara Duncan. Aimed to a younger target, it's more faithful to the universe of the books even if there's some changes to be enjoyable to youth audiences who don't know the books. The show started this winter in France and Switzerland and recently debuted in Italy. Let's just hope it will be released soon in other countries! Thank you for your new video! You deserve a price for making them so enjoyable and funny! =D PS: Yeah, the opening song "Sortcelière" is a bop!! Go listen it!

That's cool that the author is Armenian. I kinda suspected that with her last name ending in "ian".

DVD stores were indeed fun. Great place to hang when the bookstores were unavailable.

After YEARS of trying to find this one show I was OBSESSED with as a kid, here it is! Tara Duncan.

Tara Duncans Opening was perfect nobody can say otherwise XD

IT IS books accurate just She’s 17 in the show because it takes place between the books 6 and 7 or something that’s also why the show doesn’t really explain the lore or the backstory of the characters for example in the books Tara dated the grey haired dude and he literally died before to come back to life lmao

the show takes place after the books Tara doesn't visit the otherworld because she got banished after she started the apocalypse... twice

So I actually have the first book in the series And yes, she does refer to herself as a princess on the title page of all places lol Also the book was really good when I read it 10 years ago, would recommend

I read all the novel of this serie. I watched the show and I can compare the two. - In the novel, Manitou is a spellbinder who turn into dog due to a potion for being immortal. In the show, we don't know how Manitou became a dog but... in his dog form, he's not black, he's only brown. - We don't know the past of Tara in this show but in the novel we know that she is the heir of Omois's empire, due to her father. - In the novel, Tara's mother has brown curly hair and brown eyes. She is a "brittle" spellbinder who is kidnapped by Tara's ennemy, Magister when Tara was two years old. Selena is saved by her daugter. In the show, Selena (if Tara's mother takes the name like the novel) is like her daughter (blond hair with white strand of hair and blue eyes). Unlike the novel, Tara's mother is a powerful spellbinder who saved the Earth from vampyr invasion. She disappear in the secret mission (without know if she is deceaded or alive) one year before the show. - Tara, her grandma and her friends live in Rosemond unlike in the novel where they lived in Otherworld or in Tagon (a french south town). - There is real stakes in the novel (wars, invasion, conspiracy) and a real worldbuilding. The show has villains stupids without stakes for the characters (except in the last episode where the defeat means war between the vampyr's Republic and the guetteur).

The intro song for this show is a absolute banger. I definitely recommend giving it a listen

I remember reading some of the author's blog when i was pre-teen, she sounded kind, funny and a little big exentric. Having an author responding to young readers's mail & questions in my own language was really something big back then. The comparison between her work and the Harry Potter saga did not seem to bother her, she seemed chill about it.

8:08 they are probably referring to another Beauty and the Beast remake. Since the studio that made Code Lyoko is French-based, there are a few versions of Beauty and the Beast that were made for French audiences over the years (no, not "bootlegs" or rip-offs, but artistic interpretations since the story is originally a French story)

I HAD NO IDEA OTHER PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THIS SERIES!!! SO GLAD YOU DID A VID ON THIS ;D you covered basically all of my childhood at this point

Crap I thought he was talking about Tara from Teen Titans! I was really excited I thought he meant like there were comics that said what happened to her after the show got unfairly canceled and turned into the monstrosity that it is now.

Hi, we were surprised to see a video released nowadays about the first Tara adaptation! Thanks for your review, we can't wait to see the one you'll do about the new adaptation we're working on! Have a nice day! Keep making great videos!

French TV is a nightmare for any children's shows that aren't episodic. Stations demand the ability to play things in whatever order they want. This is why Code Lyoko and Totally Spies don't really have a "start" episode until LATER seasons. Same for Miraculous Ladybug, we dont get the "how" Marinette got her kwami until the end of the first season.

Okay, but as someone who grew up reading the Tara Duncan books (I lived in a French speaking household). The books take you on a LIFE CHANGING journey. There are 14 (main) books, and Tara is 19 by the end of it all (with kids LMAO). But I also loved the show growing up, I just wished that it was similar to the books, because you are right in saying the plots of the episodes don't really align with the main series. I also want to say that although I cannot link the source. But I vividly remember and interview with Princess Sophie where she mentioned not being happy with how the show turned out, due to not having much control. Anyways, loved the vid and getting to hear someone talk about Tara Duncan, because I thought I was the only person who remembered it. I could talk for HOURS about this series as it was my childhood.

Let me tell you I was a BIG fan of this cartoon in my childhood. I had my own Mary Sue character and everything. I wasn’t even European or anything, my mom just downloaded these shows on her shitty old kindle fire 😭

You reminded me that this show existed, I grew up watching it, I seriously forgot it existed

Anyone notice that Tara Duncan looks like Terra from Teen Titans?

When I say I gasped and could hear the theme song playing in my head, I mean it.

Them: YOU ARE A PRINCESS!! Me: Yes I am *hair flick*

Your videos always either introduce me to something new or just hit me straight in the nostalgia, HARD.

OMG i was obsessed with these books when I was younger… btw from what I remember the show is actually accurate to the books, it’s just that it goes over what happened in a time skip, which is why it’s not mentioned in any synopsis. Because none of the events were ever actually in the books, it was just like « yeah we were sent to earth for a few months as a punishment anyway we’re back now wassup ». That’s why they’re 17 and not 12, it happens way later in the story. And them playing magic cops is mentioned in the books! The interesting thing is that it was clearly ment for people who had read the books since they don’t bother to introduce anything or anyone, but like you said no one who actually read them really enjoyed the show. I’ve always loved the opening song tho (French version) and if you didn’t know it has a long version and a music video!

Negative’s hair just keeps getting better and better

That comment about Chaotic got to me. Earlier this week I had the urge to start rewatching Chaotic. Also I have never heard of this series whatsoever but I might give the books a shot

2:51 idk about that, a few of the creators of Miraculous Ladybug aren't great people but the show is still a hit and the fandom sort of keeps watching the show regardless. Also Tara Duncan's animation reminds me so much of Witch

hell yeah for the Worst witch shoutout. ive been saying that for decades now.

Us Chaotic fans might still be waiting, but I discovered Chaotic is on Peacock of all things while browsing to see if it had anything worthwhile to watch. So the are at least doing something with the franchise atm and not letting it stagnate. (Also the official RU-vid channel is still getting different language dubs uploaded to it, which helps keep me optimistic)

I would watch Tara Duncan every Saturday morning before going to my dad. This brings back nostalgia. I would Wake up at 6am before anybody else and watch it. Good times.

Did you have to remind us that the Chaotic reboot is in development hell? Twist the knife, man

Have you heard of this show called Mysticons I think it fits perfectly for the type of shows you cover

As an early fan of the book series, I personally took the show as a way to attract other kids into the Tara Duncan universe. At least it explained to me why they don't explain anything in the show because responses are in the books ;-) ;-). For the age changes, maybe they wanted to insert the show somewhere late in the first cycle book series continuity (Tara is 40 by now) ??

Is it just me or do i just sit at my device and stare into one of their videos so intrigued? just me ok

The shows that had the same artstyle literally inspired my artstyle along with My scene and artists like Hayden Williams and Nell Brinkley

I really loved this show when it first came out, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see you cover it

I read them in French and I freaking loved it back then. I loved it then, still love it now, but I don’t want to read the books again.

I've been waiting for you to cover this

I don't care what people say to me shows like Tara duncan ,huntik and winx club were my childhood and gave me amazing memories also that tara duncan opening is a banger

Yeah that whole thing at the end about hoping for a continuation. I'm STILL wishing for season 3 of Lolirock.

i love when you talk about shows i have never heard of. i love your channel i didnlt realize it had been 8 months sicne the last time i watched one of your videos

From what I understood, watching the show and reading the books around the same time, there was in the books a period where Tara was kinda banished on Earth which wasn't elaborated on in the books, thus leaving the show a part of her life to fill without contradictions... omg I used to love the opening song of the show so so much >w

That was an amazing Patreon pitch and I absolutely love it!

Can you please do Kaijudo next? It was such a good show and it seems like the kind of show you'd enjoy.

I actually bought the first book shortly after it came out and never got around to reading it. XD I ended up donating it a couple of years ago when it became clear that they weren't going to publish the series beyond book 2 in english.

If you're looking for more European urban fantasy cartoons, can I suggest you check out Monster Allergy? It's an Italian/French/German cartoon based on a long-running comic book series of the same name, and I've got a lot of fond memories of the world they created. Or, also good: Di-Gata defenders. It's got a BUNCH of lore and magic, and from what I remember complex and some morally grey characters,

the way i gasped out loud omg i didnt think anyone else rly knew about this show?? oo i cant wait to watch this!

Oh my gosh!!!! I was thinking about the book series earlier today. I wished that the third book would’ve translated for so long!!!

Omg, I have been waiting for this video! Thank you so much!!! I've been wondering about this for a while, but during quarantine, I was revisiting the show and decided to read the books too. I've read the first two but haven't been able to find the rest in English. Does anyone know if English translations of the books past book two were ever made and released?

Okay this is a month late but I LOVE the absolutely SHAMELESS plug to your patreon XD

Great works as always, Negative Legend! When it comes to French production, I hope you will cover Team Galaxy and/or Galactic Football next 😁

I loved this show when I was kid, I couldn’t get the English version of the theme song out of my head for so long (sad there was never a full version). Love that your talking about it, also Sparrow was always my favorite, and the dog grandpa.

That theme song joke had me laughing so hard 😂

I haven't thought about Tara Duncan in literal years I loved it as a kid

I remember as a kid being a fan of this show and then seeing fanart of it on deviantart and being so confused that none of the characters looked the same, the in-show characters weren't anywhere, and everyone was speaking french or Spanish. I'm still a bit sad today that the show didn't get more love cause I honestly love the anime-esque artstyle! I love that so many shows in the early 2000s were experimenting and using anime as a base for their cartoons (like Teen titans, kappa mikey, totally spies, etc). However, this show is such a pain to watch as an adult, like you said, it's very formulaic and the characters have weird tone (ex: Tara is just mean to her friends for like no reason and idk if it's because of weird dialogue writing or what)

I'm always thinking like No one even knows the series I watched and loved as a kid for example Tara Duncan, huntik, code lyoko and then you make a video on it.... Honestly I love it continue making amazing videos and informing us about the shows we like 😅😂💜💜💜

If you like shows with good world building I recommend Di-Gata Defenders It just throws you in there with no explanation (And the story is much better than the animation trust me) start kinda weak but gets better as it progresses and you can watch it on RU-vid or Prime video

I never heard of this show until now. Thank you for this video and information on this show b

I used to watch Tara Duncan a lot on Netflix I think or was it Amazon Prime I don't remember but I do know I watched it I also watched it on RU-vid. I love the show, Tara and her friends, the storyline and the theme song. Also I never read the books I just watched the show I didn't know it came from books.

the show is a tie-in with the book, it's supposed to happen between two books where Tara is pretty much exiled on Earth for plot reasons, hence why the show acts as if the audience knows everything already, and why she is 17 and not 12, because it's like, 5 books in already haha. Also why we never see Otherworlds! I was a big fan of the books as kid, but didn't get to watch the show all that much. It was wild tbh, in the later parts they acknowledge that Tara's magic is so powerful that it is likely to kill her at some point and everybody had to accept the idea she wouldn't live long and it was a casual canteen conversation that is never brought again. There are two spinoff books that are published fanfiction, straight up, genuine fanfiction Sophie A.M has picked up with the authorisation of the author and got published officially with his name on the cover. There's a whole book where an evil version of her reigns over the world and everyone is poor miserable and dying and it was peak fiction for me

I remember watching this when I came back from school everyday. Loved it back then

I enjoy these What happened to series. Edit. I immediately started to laugh the moment you start to play the theme song then immediately cut it off after a second.

Omg hii please make more videos on cartoons I love it! also you look great the long hair really flatters you

Bro i randomly remembered this show rn and u just made a video lol

Thanks for this, I'd never heard of it. Still hoping for a Cyber Six video ;) .

keep up the great content you're doing great.

*cough* also the Worst Witch which Harry Potter ripped off *cough* Someone give this guy an award, I loved the Worst Witch.

NOBODY I TALKED TO EVER KNEW WHAT TARA DUNCAN WAS OMGG

.............................. so this book series was my childhood, and i just got curious and wanted to know about the second show. and then i discovered that fabrice wasn't in it and landed here to know more. i didn't but i'm so glad someone spoke up about the first show, which i frankly don't even remember much about compared to the books lmfao. thanks for the video.

i really loved this show when i was younger! this reminded me sm of my childhood!!😭

ive been looking for this show for 5 years 😭😭😭😭 oh my god

The second cover, Tara has a much cooler outfit in my opinion. I probably would of liked this show if it was on when I was younger. The clips of the new show looks cool. I would like to see it when it comes out.

"Tara Duncan" is my favorite television show, but it looks similar to "Winx Club".

YO a few months back I was desperately searching and failing to find this show I remember from my childhood, and now I just randomly stumble upon it through this video?? I had like the vaguest memories of it, but I'm pretty sure I remembered and searched for the name Tara but didn't find it somehow. Although I did think it had a weird acronym thing going on like T.A.R.A or something for some reason, might've just been thinking of W.I.T.C.H. The mansion and supernatural elements were all I remembered but I'm so glad to finally have found it!

I LOVE UR HAIR SO MUCH IN THIS VID 😍

Hell yea Tara Duncan. Please do Monster Allergy next I beg you

OH MY GOD BROOOO, I USED TO WATCH THIS, BUT I FORGOT THE NAME ARGGGH I know you would eventually make a video on it!!!

I remember reading Tara Duncan in french and I loved it at the time (my first language is french), it was a good reading at the time but never got to watch the animated series since I kind of outgrew the book when they started animating it. I think the book and the story is really meant for really young demographic (10 to 13yo) and as an intro to fantasy worlds.

Oh hey i remember this show, it used to be on the kabillion channel though my siblings used to watch kabillion shows on our TV's "on demand" feature since that channel wasn't something you could just GO ONTO and watch episodes as they air (i'm assuming it's because we live in the US and it's a french/canadian channel). We were never really into tara duncan though, we were more into code lyoko and bunny maloney; we DID watch one episode out of curiousity though we never finished it. I remember REALLY wanting to like the show and one time one of our dogs had puppies, we decided to keep two of the puppies and we were in the backyard deciding on names for them; i had suggested naming one of them "tara duncan" though my mom shot that idea down because apparently i have a cousin or something named terry and she had a cat named duncan lmao (We ended up naming the puppies theo and nugget in case you're wondering)

Nothing beats waiting for a new season for a show that been dead for years but next year is when they will announce a new season of Huntik or Class of the Titans.

I forgot that this even existed!

I know how you feel about wanting to see if the two copies were different. I had to physically stop myself from rebuying a series by robin hobb just because they updated the covers. I was unable to stop myself from buying the same series I'd bought...almost 20 years ago now, only a few years ago because it was "re-released" as a trilogy (hypothetically it's getting a show made so they're expecting people to care about the series again, even though the first volume was from the 1980's. So now i still have the copies of the books almost as old as me as well as the new print 3-in-1. I, like, don't even have time for books anymore but still visit the "local" barnes and noble at least 3 times a year. And at least manga can be read in 30 mins to an hour (glances at pile of books I still need to add to my excel library and sighs)

yes talk about it!!! I miss it! It was so good and I missed it.

I want to read those now, it's seems to go hard and i love it

Will you ever cover shows like ninjago or chima? Luv the vid btw

Idk if you have ever heard of it but I’d love to see a video on the Invisible Network of Kids

I was looking for this book's title for years. I had no Idea there was a show. WOW

definitely going to give the book a try after this video! if you ever revisit wizard101....my condolences. the old content is still good but its recent stuff is like a mix bag.

Found that one on the internet around 2012 never was able to actual watch it but i remember looking everywhere on youtube to find the episodes ( I didnt know other streaming sites existed back at 12yo)

Glad to hear about a reboot!