Well, Just You Wait!

Soviet and Russian animated short film series

Key facts

Also known as: Ну, погоди! , I'll Get you! , You Just Wait
Genre: Comedy , Action
Created by: Felix Kandel , Arkady Khait , Aleksandr Kurlyandsky
Directed by: Gennady Sokolsky (pilot only) , Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin , Vladimir Tarasov , Aleksey Kotyonochkin, Andrey Zhidkov
Voices of: Anatoli Papanov , Klara Rumyanova , Igor Khristenko, Olga Zvereva, Ivan Nev, Boris Novikov , Garik Kharlamov , Dmitriy Khrustalev
Countries of origin: Soviet Union (episodes 1–16) , Russia (episodes 17–22)
Original language: Russian
Running time: 10 minute-long episodes approx.
Production companies: Soyuzmultfilm (episodes 1–18) , Studio 13 (episodes 17–18) , Christmas Films (episodes 19–20)
Network: Soviet Central Television (1969–1991), Channel 1 Ostankino (1991–1995), Channel One Russia (1995–2006)
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Well, Just You Wait! (Russian: Ну, погоди!, romanized: Nu, pogodi!, Russian pronunciation: [nʊpəgɐˈdʲi]), also known as I'll get you! in official translations, is a Soviet and Russian series of animated short films produced by Soyuzmultfilm. In the 2014 all-Russian poll, Well, Just You Wait! won by a wide margin as people's favourite cartoon/animated series of all time.

The series follows the comical adventures of Wolf (Волк), trying to catch – and presumably eat – Hare (Заяц). It features additional characters that usually either help the hare or interfere with the Wolf's plans. The original film language is Russian, but very little speech is used, usually interjections or at most several sentences per episode. The series' most common line is the eponymous "Nu, pogodi!", yelled by the wolf when his plans fail. It also includes many grunts, laughs, and songs.