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Higglytown Heroes

American children's animated television series


Higglytown Heroes is an American CGI-animated children's television series produced by Wild Brain and Happy Nest that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel in the United States. The show's characters are shaped like Russian nesting dolls. In the show, four children Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Kip, and their best friend, Fran the Squirrel, learn about all of the important jobs that people do in Higglytown.[2] 65 episodes were produced.[3]

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The theme song of the show, Here in Higglytown, is performed by They Might Be Giants, which was also released on their second children's album Here Come the ABCs. After its series finale originally aired on January 7, 2008, reruns aired on Playhouse Disney until March 29, 2009. Disney Junior (the channel) then aired it in reruns from March 23, 2012 until May 16, 2014. The show was added to Disney+ in April 2021. The Higglytown Heroes TV series was made using Alias Maya which was used to design models and textures for the 3D characters, and Photoshop which was used to create the 2D backgrounds and props.[4]

Plot

Each episode focuses primarily on different occupations and the problems that they solve; the characters with these occupations are referred to as "Heroes", due to both the work they do every day, as well as how they assist the characters with resolving conflicts. As the show is a musical, there are at least two songs every episode, relating to both the conflict and the Hero. Sometimes, Heroes may return in later episodes to assist the other characters, in order to demonstrate both effective teamwork, as well as how interconnected each occupation is within everyday life.

Characters

  • Eubie (voiced by Taylor Masamitsu) is a boy who is approximately 10 years old. He has an aunt, uncle, parrots, and a cousin named Jax. He is the oldest of the gang. One of his parrots is called Flappy.
  • Wayne (voiced by Frankie Ryan Manriquez) is a male nesting doll. He is Twinkle's older brother. He has an obsession with toast. Wayne is a boy who is approximately 8 years old. One of his relatives is Twinkle, his sister. He loves toasts and sometimes, he is dramatic. His look is similar to Leo from the Little Einsteins, because their eyes are green and their glasses are round and dark green.
  • Twinkle (voiced by Liliana Mumy) is a female nesting doll. She is Wayne's younger sister. She tends to think of grand ideas that are usually shot down by Fran. Twinkle is a 6 year old girl. She is Wayne's younger sister. She loves ballet dancing and she is the most article of the gang.
  • Kip (voiced by Rory Thost) is a male nesting doll who is approximately 5 years old. He has a blue hair (just like his relatives), brown eyes, a cyan T-shirt with a blue robot, a jacket and blue jeans. He has got fair skin like Eubie. His catchprase is Well what are we waiting for lets go lets go lets go!
  • Fran (voiced by Edie McClurg) is a female nesting doll who is a squirrel and is the pet of Kip. She speaks with an Upper Midwest accent. Fran is an adult red squirrel. She is the only animal in the gang. She has got relatives which live in a tree of the Higgly Forest. Generally, she is sitting or standing up on Kip's head.

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Episodes

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Season 1 (2004–2005)

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References

  1. "Sean Dicken". LinkedIn. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 282–284. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. 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. 135. ISBN 9781476672939.

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