Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Premise

The show focuses on an anthropomorphic, yellow, gerbil-like creature named Wubbzy, who gets into various 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 with lots of creatures of every type, and all kinds of events happening in it.

Episodes

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 yellow gerbil-like creature. He is small, energetic, friendly, 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 who speaks with an Australian accent. He is a polymath, brainiac, and scientist. His intellectualism and love for science, books and art are a common thread in the show.
• Daizy (voiced by Tara Strong) is a 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.

Supporting

• Buggy, Huggy and Earl (voiced by Grey DeLisle, Lara Jill Miller, and Carlos Alazraqui) are three friends of Wubbzy and Daizy who sometimes hang out with them when Widget and Walden aren't available. Buggy is cyan, Huggy is blue, and Earl is orange.
• Kooky Kid (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is an orange creature who appears whenever something bizarre happens, stating that it is "kooky" while wiggling his fingers.
• Policeman (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a light orange-colored resident who is a police officer.
• Chef Fritz (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is an orange-colored resident who is a chef. He speaks with an Italian accent.
• Madame Zabinga (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a yellow-colored resident who is the sole teacher at the local ballet school. She speaks with a French accent.
• Mayor Whoozle (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is the eccentrically-dressed, green-skinned mayor of Wuzzleburg.
• Miss Bookfinder (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a light-blue 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 is first seen in "Magic Tricks", where he helps Wubbzy learn to do magic tricks.
• Jukebox Robot (voiced by Brad Mossman) is a blue and purple robot. He loves to sing and dance. He works as a jukebox for the Wubb Club. He was introduced in the second season.

Minor

• Shine, Shimmer and Sparkle (voiced by Beyoncé, Tara Strong, and Grey DeLisle) are pop singers known as the Wubb Girlz. All three have sky-blue skins. Shine has blonde hair, Shimmer has pink hair, and Sparkle has green hair. They are only seen in the "Wubb Idol" arc.
• Ty Ty (voiced by Ty Pennington) is an orange-colored resident with a love of building who is Widget's friend. He is only seen in "Ty Ty the Tool Guy".
• News Reporter (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a red-orange-colored news reporter in Wuzzleburg. He is only seen in "Wubbzy Tells a Whopper" and "Widget Gets the Blooey Blues".
• Growlygus (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a red monster who supposedly took Widget's whammer-hammer. He is only seen in "Wubbzy Tells a Whopper".

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".

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). The last airing on Nickelodeon was on December 20, 2010. 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.

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.

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.

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 "Cúla4" 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.

Home media

In the 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.

References

External links

• The Wubblog (archive index)
• Old Wubbcast website (archive index)
• New Wubbcast website
• Wubbzysongs