Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American animated children's television series created by Bob Boyle for Nickelodeon.^[1] The show was produced by Bolder Media (a joint venture of Frederator Studios and the Mixed Media Group) and Starz Media in association with Film Roman, and it was animated by Bardel Entertainment using Toon Boom and Adobe Flash software.^[2] Bob Boyle, Susan Miller, and Fred Seibert served as executive producers.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Genre	Children's television series Comedy
Created by	Bob Boyle
Based on	The Tail of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Ted co-created by Viviana Ogawa
Voices of	Grey DeLisle Lara Jill Miller Carlos Alazraqui Tara Strong (S2)
Theme music composer	Brad Mossman
Opening theme	"Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme"
Ending theme	"Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Mike Reagan Mark Cross (S1)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Bob Boyle Susan Miller Fred Seibert Steve Brown Morris Berger John W. Hyde Ted Green (S1) Scott Greenberg (S1) Kent Rice (S2) Jay Fukuto (S2)
Producer	Andrea Romero (S1)
Editors	Mechele Boyett (S1) Bill Charnega (S2)
Running time	23–24 minutes (8–10 minutes per segment)
Production companies	Bolder Media Starz Media
Original release
Network	Noggin
Release	August 21 (2006-08-21) – November 16, 2006 (2006-11-16)
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	August 28, 2006 (2006-08-28) – May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01)
Network	Nick Jr. Channel
Release	December 14, 2009 (2009-12-14) – February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)
Related
Yin Yang Yo!

Two seasons were produced, totaling 52 episodes (each consisting of two segments).^[3] Starz Media (currently Lionsgate Television) owns and distributes the series. The show has received an Emmy, a KidScreen Best TV Movie award (for Wubb Idol, starring Beyoncé),^[4] and a Telly award.

Premise

The show focuses on a yellow gerbil-like creature named Wubbzy, who gets into antics with his friends: Widget, a pink rabbit-like creature who loves to build; Walden, a purple bear-like creature who is a brainiac; and since the second season, Daizy, a teal dog-like creature who loves flowers. They live in the town of Wuzzleburg, a fictional location.

Episodes

Main article: List of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		August 21, 2006 (2006-08-21)	June 20, 2008 (2008-06-20)
Specials	2		August 29, 2008 (2008-08-29)	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01)
2	26		September 2, 2008 (2008-09-02)	February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)

At the end of most episodes of the series, there are songs, composed and sung by Brad Mossman with lyrics by creator Bob Boyle, whose topics that involve social skills, such as friendship, are related to those episodes.

Characters

Main

• Wubbzy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a child-like and very friendly yellow gerbil-like creature. He is small, cute and obsessed with his bendy tail, on which he can bounce like a pogo stick.
• Widget (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) is a pink rabbit-like creature. She is a mechanical whiz with a heavy Southern accent. She is a great builder and engineer who has built all sorts of inventions.
• Walden (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a purple bear-like creature whose voice is very close to an Australian/New Zealandic accent. He is a polymath, brainiac, and scientist. His intellectualism and love for science are a common thread in the show.
• Daizy (voiced by Tara Strong) is a child-like and very cheerful teal dog-like creature who is Wubbzy's neighbor, classmate and best friend. As her name suggests, she loves flowers. She was introduced in the second season.

Recurring

• Ty Ty (voiced by Ty Pennington) is an orange-colored resident who is Widget's friend. He is seen in "Ty Ty the Tool Guy".
• Policeman (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a light orange-colored resident who is a police officer of Wuzzleburg.
• Chef Fritz (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui in the US and Wayne Forester in the UK) is an orange-colored chef who is a chef of Wuzzleburg. He speaks with an Italian accent.
• Madame Zabinga (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a yellow-colored resident who is the only teacher of the local ballet school. She speaks with a French accent.
• Mayor Whoozle (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is the eccentrically-dressed mayor of Wuzzleburg.
• News Reporter (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a news reporter of Wuzzleburg. He is seen in "Widget Gets the Blooey Blues".
• Miss Bookfinder (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a librarian of the Wuzzleburg Library. She is first seen in "A Little Help from Your Friends".
• Moo Moo (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a magician in Wuzzleburg. He first appears in "Magic Tricks" in which he helps Wubbzy learn to do magic tricks.

Reception

Larisa Wiseman of Common Sense Media rated the program 3 out of 5 stars, saying "the storylines are simple, engaging, and funny, and the characters are cute and energetic". Furthermore, Wiseman said that it's "likely that some young viewers will be bored by the flat visuals, but hopefully they'll watch long enough to absorb the show's positive messages".^[5]

Broadcast

Lionsgate Television currently holds most distribution rights. In the United States, Nickelodeon had aired the series and in Canada, Treehouse TV had aired episodes before moving to Playhouse Disney (later Disney Junior).^[6] The last airing on Nickelodeon was on December 20, 2010.^{[7][better source needed]} The last airing on the Nick Jr. Channel was on April 14, 2014 when Nickelodeon and Paramount Global's broadcast rights in the United States expired. All mentions of the show were completely removed from the Nick Jr. website. Since that time, Starz/Lionsgate has been the only worldwide distributor.^{[citation needed]}

International

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! has aired internationally. In Latin America, the series was aired initially on Discovery Kids Latin America from October 8, 2007 to 2016.^[8]

It also aired on TG4 in Ireland, DR2 in Denmark, Baraem TV in Arab countries, Super RTL in Germany, Hop! Channel in Israel, and Discovery Kids in Latin America and Brazil. The series is shown on Canal Panda, Clan, RaiSat Yoyo in Italy, RTP2 in Portugal and Spain, and from 2007 to 2011 on ABC1 and ABC Kids in Australia.^[9][10]

A British English dub was aired on Nick Jr. from May 5, 2007 to January 1, 2012. 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 has been dubbed in 15 languages and aired in over 100 countries around the world.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

In UK and Australia, Season 1, Volumes 1–2 (Episodes 1–14, and 15–26) were released as season DVD boxes; these were not released in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Starz's now-defunct subsidiary, Anchor Bay Entertainment (Lionsgate Home Entertainment), has released 21 DVD compilations, the first of which was released on September 23, 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Title		Season(s)	Episode count	Release date	Episodes
	Wubbzy's Big Movie!	1	8	May 12, 2009	"Wubbzy's Big Movie!"
	A Tale of Tails			September 23, 2008	"A Tale of Tails", "Special Delivery", "Widget's Wild Ride", "Attack of the 50-Foot Fleegle", "Come Spy with Me", "Wubbzy Tells a Whopper", "Mt. Fizzy Pop", and "Puddle Muddle"
	A Little Help from My Friends			February 3, 2009	"A Little Help from Your Friends", "Clean Sweep", "Mr. Cool", "Wubbzy in the Middle", "Gidget the Super Robot", "Broken Record", "Widget Gets the Blooey Blues", and "Where's My Wiggle Wrench?"
	Pirate Treasure	1, 2	7	March 24, 2009	"Pirate Treasure", "Wubbzy in the Woods", "Walden on the Beach", "The Grass Is Always Plaider", "Goo Goo Grief", "Everything's Coming Up Wubbzy", and "Save the Wuzzly"
	Wubbzy Goes Boo!		6	September 8, 2009	"Wubbzy's Magical Mess-up", "Tea for Three", "Monster Madness", "The Last Leaf", "The Ghost of Wuzzleburg", and "March of the Pumpkins"
	Wubbzy's Christmas Adventure			October 20, 2009	"Snow Day", "O' Figgity Fig Tree", "The Snow Shoo Shoo", "Dash for Dolly", "Great and Grumpy Holiday", and "The Super Special Gift"
	Go for Gold!		7	February 16, 2010	"Run For Fun", "What A Card", "The Wubbzy Shuffle", "Hoop Dreamz", "Wubbzy's Big Idea", "Rush Hour", and "The Tired Tail"
	Wubbzy Goes Green		5	April 6, 2010	"Save the Wuzzly", "All Bottled Up", "Too Much of a Doodle Thing!", "Zoo Hullabaloo", and "The Flight of the Flutterfly"
	Escape from Dino Island		7	May 4, 2010	"Escape from Dino Island", "Wubbzy the Hero", "Call of the Mild", "Wubbzy and the Sparkle Stone", "Daizy's Purple Thumb", "Mt. Fizzy Pop", and "Too Much of a Doodle Thing!"
	Wubbzy Goes to School		6	August 3, 2010	"Who Needs School", "Gotta Dance", "Magic Tricks", "Wubbzy the Star", "New Kid on the Block", and "You Gotta Have Art"
	Fly Us to the Moon			November 16, 2010	"Warp Speed Wubbzy", "Fly Us to the Moon", "Tooth or Dare", "Wonder Wubbzy", "The Super Fixers", and "All Bottled Up"
	Wubbzy Be Mine		3	January 4, 2011	"Mr. Valentine", "Cupid's Little Helper", and "My Speedy Valentine"
	Wubbzy's Egg-Cellent Easter		6	March 1, 2011	"Eggs Over Easy", "Big Bunny Blues", "Flower Day Parade", "Watch the Birdie", "Wubbzy Bounces Back", and "The Flight of the Flutterfly"
	Wubbzy Saves the Day			May 3, 2011	"Follow the Leader", "Bye Bye Birdies", "Moo Moo's Snoozity Snooze", "Woozy Walden", "The Nasty Nose", and "Daizy's Favorite Place"
	Wubbzy and the Fire Engine			September 13, 2011	"Wubbzy and the Fire Engine", "What Would Wubbzy Do?", "Ty Ty the Tool Guy", "Mr. Unlucky", "Wuzzleburg Express", and "Hangin' with Mr. Gummy"
	The Wubb Club		7	January 3, 2012	"The Wubb Club", "Who's That Girl?", "Wubbzy's Big Move", "Wubbzy's Rainy Day", "Daizy's Hair Salon", "Quiet Wubbzy!", and "Meet the Wuzzles"
	A Wuzzleburg Tale	2	6	April 3, 2012	"Once Upon a Wubbzy", "Big Birthday Mystery", "Welcome to the Dollhouse", "Happily Ever After", "Too Many Wubbzys", and "Focus Wubbzy"
	Best of Wubbzy	1, 2	7	September 18, 2012	"Follow the Leader", "The Wubbzy Shuffle", "Wubbzy the Star", "Tooth or Dare", "Wubbzy's Big Makeover", "Wubbzy Bounces Back!", and "Wubbzy the Hero"
	Best of Widget	1		January 8, 2013	"Widget's Wild Ride", "Gotta Dance", "Gidget the Super Robot", "Eggs Over Easy", "Widget Gets the Blooey Blues", "The Super Fixers", and "Where's My Wiggle Wrench?"
	Best of Walden	1, 2		April 9, 2013	"Perfecto Party", "Mr. Cool", "Walden on the Beach", "Woozy Walden", "Goo Goo Grief", "The Last Leaf", and "Come Spy With Me"
	Best of Daizy	2		July 9, 2013	"Who's That Girl", "Welcome to the Dollhouse", "Daizy's Hair Salon", "Daizy's Favorite Place", "Wonder Wubbzy", "Daizy's Purple Thumb", and "Once Upon a Wubbzy"