SimsalaGrimm is a German animated children's television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other notable authors.

Each episode begins with Yoyo and Doc Croc as toys on a shelf brought to life by a magical book.

In addition, the first season of the series was distributed on DVDs in the United States in 2004, under the name "The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm".

[7] Along these, a new spinoff miniseries called "Yoyo and Doc Croc's Grand Tour" is in production along with a TV Special based on The Water Of Life[8] as well.

The film would have starred Andy Dick as Yoyo, and Wallace Shawn as Doc Croc, with the additional voices of Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Carlin and Sigourney Weaver.