Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is a flash-animated children's television series created by Bob Boyle. It aired on Nickelodeon. The show features a yellow gerbil named Wubbzy, and his friends: Widget, the pink rabbit; Walden, the purple bear; and Daizy, the teal dog in Season 2. They all live in the wacky town of Wuzzleburg. The fun never ends.
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Created by | Bob Boyle |
Based on | The Tail of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Ted by Viviana Ogawa |
Voices of | Grey DeLisle, Lara Jill Miller, Carlos Alazraqui, & Tara Strong |
Theme music composer | Brad Mossman |
Opening theme | "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme" |
Ending theme | "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme" (instrumental) |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
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Executive producers |
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Producers | Andrea Romero (seasons 1-2) Andi Rodriguez (seasons 3-4) |
Editors | Mechele Boyett (seasons 1-2) Bill Charnega (seasons 3) |
Running time | 24 minutes (US) |
Production companies | Bolder Media Film Roman Starz Distribution |
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Network | Nickelodeon (Season 1), Nick Jr. Channel (Season 2) |
2 seasons were produced, totaling 52 episodes (each consisting of 2 segments).[1] Starz Media owns and distributes the series, and select episodes were aired on the Starz channel. The show has received an Emmy Award, a KidScreen Best TV Movie award (for Wubb Idol, starring Beyoncé),[2] and a Telly award.
Premise
The show revolves around a yellow gerbil named Wubbzy, and his friends: Widget, a pink rabbit; Walden, a purple bear; and Daizy, a turquoise puppy in Season 2. They all live in the wacky town of Wuzzleburg. The fun never ends.
Characters
- Wubbzy is a male yellow gerbil. He's small and cute. He's very obsessed with his tail, on which he can bounce like a pogo stick. He likes to play with all of his friends.
- Widget is a female pink rabbit with a Southern accent. She builds all of her machines. She wears a white undershirt, hot magenta overalls, light gray gloves and buttons.
- Walden is a male purple bear with a British accent. He's good at doing his discovery. He wears black eyeglasses with sky blue lenses. He wears a red t-shirt with white spots, a white collar and a blueish-green necktie.
- Daizy is a female teal dog. She loves growing flowers, tea parties and ballet dancing. She knows Wubbzy gives the sparkle stone ring back to her. She's Wubbzy's girlfriend who tries to kiss him. She's always the only main character in Season 2.
- Buggy is a male turquoise rabbit alongside Huggy and Earl.
- Huggy is a female light blue bear alongside Buggy and Earl.
- Earl is a male orange woodchuck with braces on his teeth alongside Buggy and Huggy.
- Growlygus is a male red monster with 2 sky blue horns. He has purple arms and legs. He steals Widget's whammer-hammer. He likes bunnies. He likes making shadow puppets.
- Jukebox Robot is a male blue and purple robot as a jukebox only in Season 2.
Episodes
Season 1 (2006–2008)
- A Tale of Tails/Special Delivery
- Widget's Wild Ride/Attack Of the 50 Foot Fleegle
- Wubbzy in the Woods/A Little Help From Your Friends
- Goo Goo Grief!/Perfecto Party
- A Clean Sweep/Mr. Cool
- The Wuzzleburg Express/Gidget the Super Robot
- Gotta Dance/The Wubb Club
- Eggs Over Easy/The Flight of the Flutterfly
- Watch the Birdie/Wubbzy Tells a Whopper
- Warp Speed Wubbzy!/Wubbzy the Star
- Who Needs School? / Magic Tricks
- Monster Madness/The Last Leaf
- Wubbzy Bounces Back!/Dash for Dolly
- The Snow Shoo Shoo/Pirate Treasure
- Escape From Dino Island/Widget Gets the Blooey Blues
- The Grass is Always Plaider/Everything's Coming Up Wubbzy
- Wubbzy's Magical Mess-up/Tea for Three
- Come Spy With Me/Puddle Muddle
- Mr. Valentine/Wubbzy in the Middle
- Mt. Fizzy Pop/Zoo Hullabaloo
- The Super Fixers/Fly Us to the Moon
- O' Figgity Fig Tree/Snow Day
- The Tired Tail/Wubbzy's Big Idea
- Where's My Wiggle Wrench?/You Gotta Have Art
- Follow the Leader/The Wubbzy Shuffle
- Broken Record/Walden on the Beach
Season 2 (2008–2010)
- Who's That Girl?/Wubbzy's Big Move
- Wubbzy and the Fire Engine/Too Much of a Doodle Thing!
- Wubbzy and the Sparkle Stone/Meet the Wuzzles
- Bye Bye Birdies/Call of the Mild
- Tooth or Dare/Moo Moo's Snoozity Snooze
- Welcome to the Dollhouse/What Would Wubbzy Do?
- Wubbzy the Hero/The Nasty Nose
- Daizy's Hair Salon/New Kid on the Block
- The Ghost of Wuzzleburg/The March of the Pumpkins
- Great and Grumpy Holiday/The Super Special Gift
- Cupid's Little Helper/My Speedy Valentine
- Daizy's Favorite Place/Quiet Wubbzy!
- Once Upon a Wubbzy/The Big Birthday Mystery
- Hangin' with Mr. Gummy/Wonder Wubbzy
- Hoop Dreamz/Daizy's Purple Thumb
- Big Bunny Blues/Flower Day Parade
- Save the Wuzzly/All Bottled Up
- Wubb Girlz Rule/Wuzzleburg Idol
- Bye Bye Wuzzleburg/Wubbzy's Wacky Journey
- Wubbzy's Big Makeover/The Big Wuzzlewood Concert
- Lights, Camera Wubbzy/A Wubbstar is Born
- Ty Ty the Tool Guy/Happily Ever After
- What a Card/Too Many Wubbzys
- Mr. Unlucky/Focus Wubbzy
- Rush Hour/Wubbzy's Rainy Day
- Run for Fun/Woozy Walden
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.
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.
Title | Season(s) | Episode count | Release date | Episodes | |
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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's Birthday Surprise | 3 | July 6, 2010 | "Perfecto Party", "Big Birthday Mystery", and "Dash for Dolly" | ||
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 Volume 1 | 1, 2 | 8 | September 18, 2012 | "A Tale of Tails", "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 | 7 | 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" | ||
Best of Wubbzy Volume 2 | 1, 2 | 7 | October 15, 2013 | "Watch the Birdie", "Wubbzy in the Middle", "Wubbzy's Magical Mess-Up", "Special Delivery", "Quiet Wubbzy", "The Tired Tail", and "Meet the Wuzzles" |
Broadcast
Copyright has been owned by Starz, The show first premiered on Nickelodeon on 2006, then on Starz on Starz Kids & Family on 2007. Their type was owned by Starz and ViacomCBS, The show is also set on DSN on December 24, 2009, On 2013, Viacom copyrighted this show below for kids, Wow Wow Wubbzy was educational for kids and learning by Bob Boyle.
International broadcast
The show also premiered on Discovery Kids in 2014 and on Dante Kids and Family with copyright with this show airing on 9 countries, It also premiered on ABC Kids on Australia on December 27, 2015.
References
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 345. ISBN 9781476672939.
- "Wubb Idol" DVD on Amazon