Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American children's educational flash animated television series created by Bob Boyle for Nick Jr. The series was animated by Bardel Entertainment using both Toon Boom and Adobe Flash software, and produced by Bolder Media and Starz Media. Bob Boyle, Susan Miller, Mark Warner and Fred Seibert served as executive producers.
The show focuses on a yellow rectangle like creature named Wubbzy, who has various antics with his friends, Widget, a rabbit-like creature who loves to build; Walden, a bear-like creature who is a brainiac; and starting with Season 2 Daizy, a puppy-like creature who loves flowers.
The series premiered on August 28, 2006 and concluded on February 21, 2010, totaling two seasons and 52 episodes each consisting of two segments.
History
The first season premiered on August 28, 2006 and ended on June 21, 2008.Boyle submitted his original concept as a book to Frederator Studios, the lead creative partner in Bolder Media. After more than 6000 children's book concepts were reviewed, his submission was selected for development into an animated series for preschoolers.
The series premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on August 28, 2006. It ended on Nick's Play Date block in 2010 upon its final episode. It also originally went on hiatus until December 2009. Reruns aired on the Nick Jr. network until April 14, 2014, when the show was pulled off the air in the U.S., thus officially ending the show. All mentions of the show were removed from the Nick Jr. website as well. The last episode that aired in reruns was "Save the Wuzzly/All Bottled Up." The last episode that aired on Nickelodeon was "Lights, Camera, Wubbzy/A Wubbstar is Born" on April 30, 2009.
The show has received an Emmy, a KidScreen Best TV Movie award, and a Telly award.
A translated version of the series has been a popular addition to the "Cúla 4" children's programming lineup on the Irish language television channel TG4 since January 2011. The show is dubbed in 15 languages and airs in over 100 countries around the world.
Cast
- Grey DeLisle – Wubbzy, Buggy, Madame Zabinga, Sparkle, Jumping Kid 2, additional voices
- Lara Jill Miller – Widget, Huggy, Jumping Kid 1, additional voices
- Carlos Alazraqui – Walden, Earl, Chef Fritz, Moo Moo The Magician, Doctor Flooey, Swinging Kid 2
- Tara Strong – Daizy, Ball Kid 1, Ball Kid 2, Swinging Kid 1, Shimmer
- Beyoncé – Shine
- Jeff Glen Bennett – Cupid, Fire Chief, Easter Bunny
- Jann Carl – Jann Starl
- Tiki Barber – Touchdown Tiki
- Phil LaMarr – Jam Jam James
- Ty Pennington – Ty Ty The Tool Guy
- Tom Kenny - Hopping Dipple Dop
- Michelle Kwan – Michelle Kwanzleberry
- Frank Welker – Mailman
- James Arnold Taylor - Policeman, additional voices
- Jim Cummings - Art Museum Manager, additional voices
- E.G. Daily - Huggy
- Charlie Adler - Earl
- Bryan Cranston - Zookeeper
- John Lithgow - News reporter
- Eddie Frierson - Plaideville resident #1
- Bob Bergen - Plaidville resident #2
- Rodger Bumpass - Man from Plaidville
- Jeffrey Garcia - Murphy
- Henry Winkler - Plaidville man who visits Wuzzleburg then returns to Plaidville
- Rob Paulsen – Stu
- Amy Bruckner - Wuzzleburg Kid #1
- Harry Shearer – Mayor Whoozle
- Dante Basco – Firefighter #1
- Doug Preis – Firefighter #2
- S. Scott Bullock – Train conductor
Characters
Main characters
- Wubbzy is a childish gerbil-like creature. He's a small and cute normal-sized dynamic animal. He's going to have many adventures. His friends are Widget, Daizy, Huggy, Buggy, Earl, Walden, Chef Fritz, Old Lady Zamboni, Sparkle, Shimmer, and Shine.
- Widget is a rabbit-like creature who likes building. She is normally a builder, who builds any kind of things. She is a pink-colored mechanical whiz.
- Walden is a bear-like creature brainiac. He's occasionally a scientist, who likes science.
- Daizy is a childish puppy-like creature, Wubbzy's neighbor and Widget, Walden and Wubbzy's best friend who as her name suggests, loves flowers. She was introduced in Season 2.
Secondary characters
- Buggy is a turquoise-colored resident who's one of Huggy's and Earl's best friends.
- Huggy is a light blue-colored resident who's one of Buggy's and Earl's best friends.
- Earl is an orange-colored resident who's one of Huggy and Buggy's best friends.
- Kooky Kid is an orange-colored creature who appears when something bizarre happens stating that it's "kooky" while wiggling his fingers.
- Sparkle is a light blue-colored resident who's a member of the Wubb Girlz.
- Shimmer is a light blue-colored resident who's a member of the Wubb Girlz.
- Shine is a light blue-colored resident who's a member of the Wubb Girlz.
Minor characters
- Madame Zabinga is a ballet teacher of Wubbzy, Widget, Walden, and Daizy.
- Old Lady Zamboni is a yellow green-colored elderly resident of Wuzzleburg.
- Jann Starl is a news reporter of the Wubb Girlz' club.
Recurring characters
- Ty Ty The Tool Guy is an orange-colored resident appeared in the eponym episode, titled Ty Ty The Tool Guy.
- Policeman is a light orange-colored resident who's a police officer of Wuzzleburg.
- Chef Fritz is an orange-colored chef who's a chef of Wuzzleburg.
- News Reporter is a news reporter of Wuzzleburg, he is seen in the episodes Widget Gets The Blooey Blues and Wubbzy Tells A Whopper
Episodes
Broadcast
Wow Wow Wubbzy was shown on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom as well as Family Channel and Family Jr. in Canada. It also aired on France 4 in France and RTÉjr in Ireland, on STV1 in Sweden, on RTL Kockica in Croatia, on HBO in Slovenia, and on Discovery Kids in Latin America and Brazil. It was also broadcast in Southeast Asia on the Playhouse Disney channel. The series is shown on Nelonen, GMA and ABC Kids. French version broadcasts on Canal+, France 5 and TiJi. Later, it was shown on ¡Sorpresa!, on Discovery Kids. It continued to air on 9Go! in Australia until 2018.Home media
In UK and Australia, Season 1, Volumes 1–2 were released as season DVD boxes; these were not released in the United States.Anchor Bay Entertainment has released 21 DVD compilations, the first of which was released on September 23, 2008.