Włatcy móch (English: The Lordz o' Flys) is a Polish adult animated series, which aired on the Polish TV channel TV4 between November 2006 and December 2011. The title is a misspelling of "Władcy much" ("The Lords of Flies") and derives from William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. The story revolves around four 8-year-old boys in Grade IIB of the Batalion Zośka Elementary School in Wrocław: Anusiak, Konieczko, Maślana and Czesio. The show has a total of 127 regular and 2 special episodes, and a feature film also exists. The comedy won the 2008 Świry Award in category "TV Series". It is often compared to South Park, to such an extent that the show has even been nicknamed the "Polish South Park". From 2017 to 2019 a sequel series named Włatcy Móch: One (Lordz o' Flys: Them) was produced, but the premiere of the show took place on September 8th, 2024.

Main characters

Other characters

List of episodes (translations without mistakes)

Interesting sections of Lordz o' Flys

Pronunciation

Many of the titles have intentional spelling mistakes in the Polish original, as Czesio is the narrator and has a tendency to misspell words. Though these are mostly there for comedic effect, they do expose some interesting redundancies in the Polish spelling system, which is riddled with traditional forms of spelling that no longer have a phonological basis. One should keep in mind that despite the fact the shows spellings are regarded as incorrect by language purists, they often reflect the actual pronunciation of the words in question. Some examples include: "Próhnica" instead of "Próchnica" (meaning "tooth decay") etc. The digraph "ch" represents a voiceless velar fricative whereas the graph "h" is an obsolete spelling from Old Polish that used to stand for a voiced glottal fricative; today, this form of pronunciation is present only is certain dialects of Polish, most notably the dialect of Podhale. "Móch" instead of "Much" (which is the plural, genitive of "mucha", meaning "fly"). In Polish there are two graphemes that realise the close back rounded vowel phoneme; this is a remnant from Old Polish phonology, where the diacritic-o (ó) was used to express a long close mid rounded vowel. Today this spelling variation is obsolete. Additionally, several spelling mistakes arise from devoicing, such as "krfawy" instead of "krwawy", or allophonic processes, as in "ałtobus" instead of "autobus"("ł" is presently pronounced as a glide vowel, similar to the English "w", though until the end of World War II it used to be a velarised alveolar liquid, or so called "dark-l"; this is still audible in various Polish black and white films from that time, during which the English "belt" and Polish "bełt", meaning "crossbow bolt", would be pronounced all but identically). Most misspellings arise from true pronunciation, but some derive from hypercorrection, such as: "Memęto Mori" for "Memento mori".

Feature film

Włatcy móch: Ćmoki, czopki i mondzioły – a 2009 animated feature-length movie

Włatcy Móch: One

From 2018, information about the return of the series began to appear. In March 2018, TV4 on its 18th birthday made a promotional spot in which Czesio appears with Przekliniak. On January 4, 2019, the official website of the series was created on Facebook. On January 14, 2019, a music video with the characters of the series entitled: "Włatcy Móch: One – Dojrzywanie" appeared on the YouTube channel of Polsat. In August 2019, the 18th episode of the new series was leaked to the internet, and a year later, the episode 19 with an unknown name, which had already been deleted, accidentally appeared on the internet. At the end of March 2020. TV4 on the occasion of its 20th birthday launched a special spot. The spot contained roadside advertisements presenting the channel's shows and programming. At the 00:19 mark, there is a picture of Czesio with the words "Włatcy móch One WIELKI POWRÓT NIEDZIELA 20:00" ("Włatcy móch One BIG RETURN, SUNDAY 20:00") and the station's logo, and at 00:42 on the right hand side building, there is a caricature of Czesio. On July 1st, 2024, on the official TV4's Facebook page, the premiere date of Włatcy Móch: One was announced as September 8, 2024. and it took place on the said day with two episodes: Nowe Rzycie (A new life) and Mózyka (Music).

Prizes