Shimmer and Shine

Shimmer and Shine
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz
Written by	Sindy Boveda Spackman
Voices of	Alina Foley Eva Bella Isabella Cramp Blake Bertrand Dee Bradley Baker
Opening theme	"Shimmer and Shine" by Joachim Svare and Joleen Belle. Sung by Melanie Fontana
Ending theme	"Shimmer and Shine Instrumental" by Joachim Svare
Composer(s)	Bobby Tahouri
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20[1] (18 aired) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	21 minutes
Production company(s)	Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	Viacom Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon Treehouse TV
Original release	August 24, 2015 – present
External links
Website

Shimmer and Shine is an American/Canadian animated children's television series originally airing on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. block. The series premiered on August 24, 2015.^[2] Internationally it broadcasts in Canada on Treehouse TV.

The series was based on an unreleased pilot from September 2013.^[3]

On February 11, 2016, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season which will feature new characters and it will also switch to CGI.^[4]

Plot

A young girl named Leah is helped by her two girls not from this world,^[5] genie^[6] sisters^[7] Shimmer and Shine, fraternal twins^[1] who can collectively grant three wishes every day. They do so by traveling from their home, riding on a magic carpet through a genie wonderland to reach Earth.

Shimmer and Shine, being young genies, often mess up Leah's wishes. This causes the girls to work together to undo their mistakes, solving Leah's problems along the way. They learn that mistakes can be undone and there is no reason to get upset. As they are Leah's secret genies, they must hide when Leah's friend, Zac, is around. However, he is mostly oblivious to the magic and strange things that occur as a result of the twins' mistakes.

When not granting wishes, Shimmer and Shine live with their pets Nahal and Tala in a genie palace within the magical land of Zahramay Falls, which is located inside their genie bottle (Leah's necklace) in a separate world from Earth. When summoned by Leah, Shimmer and Shine's bracelets glow, informing that Leah is calling for them. Soon, Leah's genie bottle pendant grows to the size of a traditional genie bottle and the twins appear to grant Leah's wishes. After fixing their mistakes and solving Leah's problems, Shimmer and Shine return to Zahramay Falls. Shimmer and Shine also learn new things about Earth and what people do along the way and use it when they return home to Zahramay Falls.

Characters

• Shimmer (voiced by Eva Bella U.S. version and Mia Wiltshire in the UK version) is an optimistic genie with blue eyes and pink hair. She is enthusiastic and encouraging. She loves to clean. She is Shine's fraternal twin. Her favourite color is pink.
• Shine (voiced by Isabella Cramp U.S. version and Ellie Simons in the UK version) is a courageous genie with purple eyes and blue hair. She likes animals, is often hungry and loves eating. She is Shimmer's fraternal twin. Her favourite color is blue.
• Leah (voiced by Alina Foley U.S. version and Claudia Burns in the UK version) - A blonde girl with green eyes. Her secret genies, Shimmer and Shine, call themselves her best friends.^[8] Although Shimmer and Shine usually mess up her wishes, Leah is never angry with them and understands that sometimes the mistake is partially her fault for not being more specific. The mistake is usually the result of Shimmer and Shine interpreting her words too literally, for example, the girls summoned two (animal) pigs in a blanket when Leah wished for the food "pigs in a blanket".

  Leah often works with her genies to fix all of their mistakes, and solve the problems she originally summoned them for (usually without the aid of her last wish, as she has a habit of using up her final wish of the day by unintentionally saying "I wish" in a sentence while trying to come up with a solution).

• Zac (voiced by Blake Bertrand U.S. version and Innis Robertson-Pinnell in the UK version) - Leah's friend^[6] who she often hangs out with. He is seemingly oblivious to the fact that Leah has genies. Whenever something strange or unusual happens, he responds to it in a carefree manner with his catchphrase "It happens. It happens a lot." He also has a habit of telling humorous experiences he has had to Leah. Though he is unaware of Shimmer and Shine's existence, he has encountered their pets Nahal and Tala on separate occasions. He claims to have a black belt in Karate.^[9]

  After Zac successfully makes animals disappear during a magic trick, Shimmer and Shine wonder if Zac is a genie (as well as suggesting that he might have a secret genie himself). Leah responds, telling her genies that "With Zac, anything is possible."^[9]

  When Leah finally introduces Zac to Shimmer and Shine on Halloween as they pretend to be trick-or-treaters dressed as genies. They are shown to be excited to finally met Zac, who just as Leah had planned assumes Shimmer and Shine are friends of Leah's dressed as genies for Halloween.^[10]

• Nahal (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - Shine's pet, a white Bengal tiger cub. She ^[11] wears pink jewels and gold circlet like Shine does.
• Tala (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - Shimmer's pet monkey. She^[12] has green eyes and wears green jewels and white pearls like Shimmer does.
• Rocket (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - Zac's pet dog. His^[13] tendency to chew on things often causes trouble.

Episodes

One season, consisting of twenty^[1] episodes, has been ordered by Nickelodeon as of 2015. The first episode aired on August 24, 2015, at 7:30 PM.

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	20[1]	August 24, 2015	May 11, 2016

Season 1 (2015–16)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date (US)	Canadian air date	Prod. code<ref name "futon">"Shows A-Z shimmer and shine on nickelodoen". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>	Viewers
1-2	1-2	"The First Wish"<ref name "futon"/>	TBA	TBA	May 11, 2016	TBA	999	TBD
Part 1: Leah wins a genie bottle pendant at a carnival and is surprised to find that her prize comes with a bonus – genies Shimmer and Shine. Part 2: Things get more complicated when Leah uses up her remaining wishes to keep Zac from seeing the elephant, resulting in a polka-dotted elephant on roller skates and a giant bounce castle.
3	3[14]	"The Sweetest Thing"[14]	TBA	Sindy Boveda Spackman	August 24, 2015	9 October 2015[14]	103	1.78[15]
When Leah wishes for help making cupcakes for a bake sale, she and the genies find themselves stuck with a giant birthday cake, some farm animals, and a river of cupcake batter.
4	4	"Dino Might![16]"	Scott O'Brien	Gabe Pulliam & Whitney Wetta	October 2, 2015	25 October 2015	104	0.68[17]
When Zac lost his favorite toy dinosaur Artie Apatosaurus, Leah call her genies to make a new one, but instead they turn Zac's dinosaur toy into a real dinosaur.
5	5[14]	"Treehouse Broken"[14]	Jay Baker	Whitney Wetta	August 26, 2015	13 September 2015[14]	105	1.34[18]
Leah and Zac try building a treehouse but find themselves in over their heads. Leah asks her genies for a treehouse and is thrown for a loop when Shimmer and Shine turn her house into a house of trees.
6	6	"What a Pig Mess"	Scott O'Brien	Lacey Dyer	September 3, 2015	11 October 2015	106	1.09[19]
When Leah ask her genies for more pigs in a blanket for the party, they give her real pigs wrapped in a blanket and the piglets cause trouble. The pigs are given a bath.
7	7	"Ahoy, Genies![20]"	TBA	Lacey Dyer & Joshua Hamilton	September 10, 2015	18 October 2015	107	0.66[21]
When Leah's bucket full of beach treasures floats into the vast ocean, Leah summons Shimmer and Shine to help her retrieve the loot, but instead they wish up a treasure map to search for treasure.
8	8[14]	"Lights! Camera! Genies!"[14]	Scott O'Brien	Whitney Wetta	September 1, 2015	13 September 2015[14]	108	1.32[22]
Leah and Zac are about to watch "The Dragon Princess" on TV, but Shimmer and Shine end up making the movie's characters real.
9	9	"Backyard Ballet[23]"	Jay Baker	Lacey Dyer	November 6, 2015	21 November 2015	109	1.11[24]
Leah wants to be the queen from Swan Lake and her wishing for it causes the twins to conjure six swans in her house. They move for a ballet in her backyard.
10	10	"Abraca-Genie"	Dave Cunningham	Whitney Wetta	September 8, 2015	17 October 2015	110	0.88[25]
Zac wants to do magic tricks in his show, so Leah asks Shimmer and Shine to help.
11	11	"Santa's Little Genies"[26]	Scott O'Brien	Sindy Boveda Spackman	December 11, 2015	TBA	111	0.82[27]
A Christmas special. Leah, Shimmer, and Shine visit the North Pole and finds Santa Claus' workshop — and Santa himself! However, when the genies accidentally send him on vacation, they have to work together to get presents to the children along with Leah.
12	12	"Spaceship Wrecked"	Lacey Dyer	Jay Baker	January 15, 2016[28]	20 February 2016	112	0.80[29]
Shimmer and Shine poof up a friendly alien into Leah's backyard.
13	13	"A Very Genie Halloweenie[30]"	TBA	TBA	October 23, 2015	TBA	113	0.93[31]
A Halloween special. Leah invites Shimmer and Shine to make a haunted house for the contest of Halloween.
14	14	"Sleep-Over Party"	Carin-Anne Anderson	Lacey Dyer	March 15, 2016[32]	TBA	114	0.86[33]
Shimmer and Shine spend the night at Leah's house, while Zac sleeps outside.
15	15	"Game On[23]"	Scott O'Brien	Jennifer Bardekoff	November 20, 2015	22 November 2015	115	1.01[34]
Leah and Zac save up for months to get the big prize at the arcade, but the ticket counting machine malfunctions.
16	16	"Gone Bowlin'"	TBA	TBA	April 5, 2016<ref name "futon"/>	TBA	TBA	N/A
Leah and Zac go bowling, and when Shimmer and Shine start to play (secretly), the two cause mayhem.
17	17	"The Great Skate Mistake"	TBA	TBA	April 7, 2016<ref name "futon"/>	TBA	TBA	N/A
Leah and Zac are at the roller rink, while Shimmer and Shine help her make a skateboard. However, the genies made her a surfboard (with wheels added). Meanwhile, Zac attemps to fix a loose wheel.
18	18	"Dream Dollhouse"	Scott O'Brien	Sindy Boveda Spackman	March 17, 2016[35]	TBA	118	1.07[36]
Leah wishes that she had dolls in her dollhouse, but the genies shrink themselves — and Leah — in the size of a doll.
19	19	"Escape Goat"	TBA	TBA	April 29, 2016<ref name "futon"/>	TBA	TBA	TBD
A goat escapes and Leah and her genies follow it.
20	20	"Happy Wishaversary"	Carin-Anne Anderson	Dustin Ferrer	February 12, 2016[37]	13 February 2016	120	1.07[38]
Shimmer and Shine make Leah a friendship bracelet for their "wishaversary". However, it turns out to be magical when Rocket starts chewing on it, causing him to float!

Merchandise

Books

Nickelodeon and Random House Children's Books released books based on the show starting on January 2016.

DVDs

Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment released a DVD based on the show on February 2, 2016.^[39]

Nickelodeon and Paramount also released Nickelodeon Favorites: Whiskers & Paws, which features episodes from not only Shimmer and Shine, but from PAW Patrol, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Bubble Guppies, and Blue's Clues. It was released on January 26, 2016.^[40]

Toys

It is announced on February 11, 2016 that Nickelodeon and Fisher-Price will release a toy line based on the show.^[4]

Broadcast

Shimmer and Shine premiered on Nick Jr. UK on November 9, 2015.^[41]

References

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7. Shine. "Abraca-Genie". Shimmer and Shine. 17 minutes in. But you know what I did figure out, sis? (addressing Shimmer)
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External links

• Shimmer and Shine at the Internet Movie Database
• Shimmer and Shine on NickJr.com
• Shimmer and Shine at NickAnimationStudio.com