Where's_Waldo_(TV_series)

<i>Where's Waldo?</i> (2019 TV series)

Where's Waldo? (2019 TV series)

American animated children's television series


Where's Waldo? (known outside North America as Where's Wally?) is an American animated children's television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, based on the Where's Wally? book series created by Martin Handford.[1] It is the second television adaptation of the series, succeeding the 1991 animated series, and incorporates elements from that series. The series debuted on Universal Kids on July 20, 2019.[2] It moved to the streaming service Peacock for its second season on July 10, 2020.[3][4] Additional episodes of the series aired on December 11 the same year. Other media featuring the titular character include the 1991 original animated television series and the series of books.

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Premise

The series follows young members of the WorldWide Wanderer Society, Waldo and Wenda, who are sent on travel missions by their wizard friend, Wizard Whitebeard. Their archenemy, Odlulu, causes them trouble in their attempts to earn stripes and become wizard-level wanderers.[5]

Cast

Main

  • Joshua Rush (US dub) and James Cartmell (UK dub) as Waldo/Wally,[6] a 12-year-old Wanderer and the titular main protagonist in-training.[7]
  • Haley Tju (US dub) and Erin Austen (UK dub) as Wenda,[6] a junior-level Wanderer and Waldo's best friend. Unlike her previous incarnations, she is dark-skinned and does not wear glasses; she also has a different outfit design.[7]
  • Eva Carlton (US dub) and Hannah Hutch (UK dub) as Odlulu,[6] an Anti-Wanderer and the main antagonist who is a genderbend version of Odlaw. She is Waldo and Wenda's arch-nemesis.[7]
  • Thomas Lennon (US dub) and Adam Diggle (UK dub) as Wizard Whitebeard,[6] a wizard-level Wanderer and a mentor to Waldo and Wenda.[7]
  • Piotr Michael (US dub) and Owen Crouch (UK dub) as Fritz, Odlulu's ferret pet and henchmen.[7]
    • Michael also voices Arfolomew and Additional Voices

Recurring and guest

Episodes

Series overview

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Season 1 (2019)

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Season 2 (2020-21)

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Production

Where's Waldo? was in the production of DreamWorks Animation Television in 2018.[9] The series debuted on Universal Kids along with 8 other DreamWorks Animation series,[10] premiering on July 20, 2019.[2] A UK version of the show with the name Where's Wally? was produced in which James Cartmell voiced Wally/Waldo.[11]

Broadcast

Where's Waldo? aired on Universal Kids in the United States, but the series moved to Peacock in 2020. The series also premiered in British in 2020: on Sky Kids in United Kingdom on March 3 and Sky One on April 4. The same year, the first 12 episodes of Where's Waldo? premiered first on the DreamWorks Channel in Southeast Asia (specifically for Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). In 2021, the series premiered in Italian on Rai Gulp in Italy, in Spanish on Clan in Spain, in German on Super RTL in Germany and in English on e.tv in South Africa.


References

  1. Destito, Deanna (April 26, 2019). "WHERE'S WALDO? Premieres In Its Newest Form This July". The Beat. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  2. Milligan, Mercedes (May 23, 2019). "Universal Kids Dates 'Where's Waldo?' & 'Norman Picklestripes' Premieres". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  3. Peacock jr (April 15, 2020), "WHERE'S WALDO | Season 2 Trailer", YouTube, retrieved August 7, 2023
  4. Milligan, Mercedes (April 5, 2019). "Universal Kids Sets Sights on New 'Where's Waldo?' Toon from DreamWorks". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  5. "Meet the Wanderers". Universal Kids. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  6. "This is for you!". October 19, 2019.
  7. McLean, Thomas J. (June 28, 2018). "DreamWorks Animation Television Spreads its Wings". AWN. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  8. Whyte, Alexandra (April 5, 2019). "Universal Kids finds new Where's Waldo? series". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

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