Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Zachariah OHora. It was produced by Fuzzytown Productions and Spiffy Pictures, animated by Yowza! Animation, and premiered on PBS Kids on November 14, 2024, as the network's first series to be led by autistic characters. Carl the Collector takes place in the fictional Fuzzytown and is centered around the titular character, an autistic child raccoon with a special interest in creating collections, and his friends, including Lotta, an autistic fox.

OHora is a children's author and illustrator recruited by PBS Kids for his art style around 2015. His concept for the series was influenced by his sons' school and its usage of the inclusion model. PBS Kids greenlit the series for 40 episodes to address the discrepancy between autism representation in children's programming and autism rates in the United States. To ensure authenticity, neurodivergent people were hired in a variety of occupations in the production team, the child characters were voiced by children, and the animation team worked with advisors to accurately visually convey autism.