Fly Tales is an animated comedy television series[2] that was made in 1999. It featured the short adventures of a young, curious, friendly fly. The fly would get into sticky situations in settings such as a kitchen, a museum, a gumball machine, etc. but always somehow manages to escape. The show was often shown on Cartoon Network at 5 o'clock in the morning after The Magic Roundabout and before Flying Rhino Junior High, in the UK; the show is also often referred to as an animated sitcom and also had aired on CBBC in the UK during the early to mid 00's where it would also air at early hours on weekends. The series also aired in the United States on Fox Family Channel. The series is based on a French comic book originally by Lewis Trondheim called La Mouche.[citation needed]