Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt is a popular German book for children by Boy Lornsen, first published in 1967.
It was adapted into a screen play for television, a radio and two audio dramas. An audio book exists as well.
The book themes around the adventures of a pupil called Tobias Findteisen (nicknamed Tobbi) who accompanied the robot ROB 344–66/IIIa (nicknamed Robbi) to help with the latter's exam at robot school. The team travels in an all-in-one vehicle, designed by Tobbi and built by Robbi, to find answers to the exam's riddles all over the world.
Tobbi calls this vehicle (which runs on juice from red raspberries, later substituted by cod liver oil) "Flie-wa-tüüt" because:
During their adventures young inventor Tobbi and his pilot Robbi have to tackle many challenges.
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was first published by, Stuttgart, in 1967. It featured illustrations by . The 256-pages sized book was listed in the Auswahlliste des Deutschen Jugendbuchpreises.
| Creator: | Armin Maiwald |
| Opentheme: | Ingfried Hoffmann |
| Composer: | Ingfried Hoffmann |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Company: | WDR |
| Channel: | ARD |
Based on the novel, Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was adapted as a German television series for children by WDR in 1972. It was animated by puppeteer Albrecht Roser and his team.
The series used early chroma key technology. Over the years, the series saw countless re-runs.
An animated film, was released in 2016, directed by, with as Tobbi and Alexandra Maria Lara as Sharon Schalldämpfer.
Known audio drama adaptions: