Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Pinkalicious & Peterrific is an educational animated children's television series on PBS Kids, based upon the Pinkalicious book series by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann (Elizabeth co-written Pinkalicious and Purplelicious). The series is produced by WGBH Kids in association with Sixteen South.

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Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Genre	Children's television series Educational Fantasy
Based on	Pinkalicious by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann
Voices of	Kayla Erickson Jaden Waldman Molly Lloyd Jayce Bartok
Theme music composer	Belinda Ward
Opening theme	"It's a Pink Feeling"
Ending theme	"It's a Pink Feeling" (instrumental)
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	81
Production
Executive producers	Dorothea Gillim Victoria Kann
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Sixteen South WGBH Kids
Original release
Network	PBS Kids
Release	February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19) – present

The series premiered on February 19, 2018,^[1] with its first season of 38 episodes.^[2]^[3] PBS Kids announced the renewal of the series for a second and third season in October 2019.^[4] The second season premiered on March 30, 2020 and ended on December 7, 2020. The third season premiered on June 18, 2021 and ended on January 12, 2022.^[5] A fourth season was later announced, which premiered on September 26, 2022. Ahead of its season four premiere, PBS Kids renewed the series for a fifth season with 7 episodes and sixth and seventh seasons each with 6 episodes.^[6] The fifth season premiered on February 13, 2023. The sixth season premiered on February 12, 2024. The seventh season premiered on February 10, 2025.

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Overview

Designed to encourage preschool-age children to explore the arts and develop their creativity, Pinkalicious & Peterrific follows the adventures of Pinkalicious and her brother Peter as they imagine how the world looks through her artful eye. Each episode consists of two 11 minute stories, including an interstitial live-action segment and an original song.^[3]

Characters

Main characters

Pinkalicious Pinkerton (voiced by Kayla Erickson in seasons 1-3; Shazdeh Kapadia in season 4-6):^[7] Pinkalicious is an imaginative young girl who likes pink (more than any other color) in addition to soccer, painting, tinkering and using her creativity.
Peter Pinkerton (voiced by Jaden Waldman in seasons 1-3; Logan Nicholson in season 4-6):^[8] Peter is Pinkalicious' younger brother.^[7] He likes riding his scooter, playing with blocks and tagging along on Pinkalicious' adventures. He has some angst over being the youngest, as evidenced in "No Honking" in his song, "Music to Me".^{[citation needed]}
Pearl Pinkerton (voiced by Kerry Butler in season 1; Molly Lloyd in mid-seasons 1-3; Katie Ryerson in season 4-5): Pearl is Pinkalicious and Peter's mother and inventor.^{[citation needed]}
Perry Pinkerton (voiced by Jayce Bartok in seasons 1-3; Jonathan Tan in season 4-6): Perry is Pinkalicious and Peter's father who often gives them advice.^[9]^[10]^{[unreliable source?]}

Supporting characters

Jasmine Cooper (voiced by Daia Jade Johnson in seasons 1-3; Ava Augustin in season 4-6):^[10] Jasmine is Pinkalicious and Peter's friend.^[11] She has curly black hair in bunches held by yellow ribbons. She likes the color yellow in addition to playing the recorder.
Lila Goodway (voiced by Raleigh Shuck):^[10] Lila is Pinkalicious and Peter's friend.^[11] She has brown hair braided in twintails; she dresses in purple and plays soccer. She is a member of Pinkalicious' clique, but unseen hanging out with them often due to her shy nature. She is sensitive, as shown in "Slumber Party" (missing her mom at the eponymous party) and in "Peter's Blues" (getting discouraged after Peter sings about her missing the net in soccer).
Kendra Klee (voiced by Echo Picone in seasons 1-3; Emma Ho in season 4-6):^[10] Kendra is Pinkalicious' friend.^[7] She has straight shoulder-length black hair and wears dark clothing. Her favorite color is black (the only one not to have pink as favorite color). She often makes sarcastic comments towards others but usually before she comes through in the end and goes along with Pinkalicious' ideas.
Rafael Martinez (voiced by Justice Quiroz in seasons 1-3; Roman Pesino in season 4, S5E1 and S6E1-S6E2; Niko Ceci in S5E2-S5E7 and S6E3):^[10] Rafael is Pinkalicious and Peter's friend,^[11] whose mother is Mayor Martinez (and he has a dog named Rusty).^[12] He likes to paint; even though he and Pinkalicious don't always agree, they're still friends.
Frida Martinez (voiced by Nicole Ruiz in seasons 1-3; Alyssa Gervasi in season 4-5): Frida is Peter's friend and Rafael's younger sister.
Mayor Martinez (voiced by Rebecca Soler in seasons 1-3; Veronica Hortiguela in season 4-5): She's the mayor of Pinkville and Rafael's mother.
Mrs. Plum (voiced by Blanca Camacho): In the episode "Drawing Noses", her first name is revealed to be Richanda.
Mr. Plum (voiced by Ezra Knight)
Gertie (voiced by Marlo Thomas in season 1; Deborah Hay in season 6): Lila's stuffed pink dragon.^[13]^[14]
Ms. Penny (voiced by Erin Fritch in seasons 1-3; Brittany Banks in season 5-6): She's the teacher at Pinkalicious' school.
Mr. Crunk (voiced by Chris Philips in seasons 1-3; Murray Furrow in season 4-6): He's the vice-principal at Pinkalicious' school, who thinks art is useless and also a waste of time.
Penelope/Garbage Woman (both voiced by Brittany Johnson)
Goldie (voiced by Molly Lloyd): She is Pinkalicious' imaginary unicorn.
Mr. Schuster (voiced by Jayce Bartok): He's the shoe salesman.
Norman (voiced by Chuck Lewkowicz in seasons 1-3; Ian Ronningen in season 5-6): He is a garden gnome living in Pinkalicious and Peter's backyard.
Alexis Jackson-Goodway (voiced by Addison Holley): She is Lila's older half-sister who Rafael has a crush on.
Iris Iverson (voiced by Maria Nash): Pinkalicious' new friend, introduced in season 4, who loves the color lime green and is into music and singing.

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