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Where's Waldo? (2019 TV series)
The story
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. It is the second television adaptation of the books, succeeding the 1991 animated series, and incorporates elements from the latter. The series debuted on Universal Kids on July 20, 2019. It moved to the streaming service Peacock for its second season on July 15, 2020.
Additional episodes of the series aired on December 11 the same year.
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.
Main
Joshua Rush (US dub) and James Cartmell (UK dub) as Waldo, a 12-year-old Wanderer and the titular main protagonist in-training.
Haley Tju (US dub) and Erin Austen (UK dub) as Wenda, 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.
Eva Carlton (US dub) and Hannah Hutch (UK dub) as Odlulu, an Anti-Wanderer and the main antagonist who is a genderbend version of Odlaw. She is Waldo and Wenda's arch-nemesis.
Thomas Lennon (US dub) and Adam Diggle (UK dub) as Wizard Whitebeard, a wizard-level Wanderer and a mentor to Waldo and Wenda.
Piotr Michael (US dub) and Owen Crouch (UK dub) as Fritz, Odlulu's ferret pet and henchman.
Michael also voices Arfolomew, Woof (teased in A Wanderer's Christmas and first appeared in Season 2) and additional voices
Recurring and guest
Bobby Moynihan as Wizard Wavybeard
Retta as Wizard Nightingale
Oscar Nunez as Wizard Featherbeard
Tom Kenny as Wizard Blizzardbeard and various
Al Yankovic as Wizard Artbeard
Kerri Kenney-Silver as Wizard Lariat
Danielle Pinnock as Wizard Doubloon
Rachel Dratch as Wizard Fix-it
Chris Sullivan as Santa Claus
Carlos Alazraqui as Wizard Vinebeard
Hannah Simone as Wizard Odissi
Hudson Yang as Liu
Cedric Yarbrough as Wizard Dustybeard
Sumalee Montano as Wizard Flambé
Randall Park as Wizard Shadowbeard
Nichole Sakura as Wizard Amber
Rob Riggle as Wizard Rockybeard
Stephanie Beatriz as Wizard Melodia
Cheri Oteri as Wizard Corriedale
Jerry O'Connell as Jason
Henry Winkler as Wizard Longbeard
Production
Where's Waldo? was in the production of DreamWorks Animation Television in 2018. The series debuted on Universal Kids along with eight other DreamWorks Animation series, premiering on July 20, 2019. A UK version of the show with the name Where's Wally? was produced in which James Cartmell voiced Wally/Waldo.
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 2 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 Amazon Prime Video in Italy, in Spanish on Clan in Spain, in German on Super RTL in Germany and in English on e.tv in South Africa.