Wallykazam!

Wallykazam!
Created by	Adam Peltzman
Voices of	Thomas Langston Dan Bittner Taliyah Whitaker Jorge Vega Jenna Iacono J.R. Horne Aria Capria
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	43 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22-24 minutes
Distributor	MTV Networks (U.S.) Corus Entertainment (Canada)
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Treehouse TV (Canada)
Original release	February 3, 2014 – present
External links
Website

Wallykazam! is an American interactive children's animated television series created by Adam Peltzman. The series was first broadcast February 3, 2014 on Nickelodeon. In Canada, it is broadcast on Treehouse TV.^[1]

Plot

The literacy series takes place in a colorful world resembling that of inside a fairytale, in which the central characters reside. The show revolves around young troll Wally Trollman, who uses his magic stick to turn words into physical objects or occurrences, along with his pet dragon Norville and other friends. The duo occasionally runs into trouble, mostly caused by Stan of the Swamp or Bobgoblin.

Characters

Main characters

• Wally Trollman^[2] (voiced by Thomas Langston) is an adventurous 6-year-old^[3] blue troll who uses the "power of words" and his magic stick to allow words to come to life. His mother Mrs. Trollman is introduced in the season 1 finale "Mission for Mom".
• Norville Trollman^[2][4][5] (voiced by Dan Bittner) is a red dragon and Wally's pet (specifically his "critter"). He cannot speak clearly, his barks and yips form words but are sometimes hard to understand. In some cases Wally repeats the words Norville says, allowing the audience to hear it pronounced more clearly.
• Gina Giant^[2] (voiced by Taliyah Whitaker) is Wally's neighbor and one of his best^[6] friends. She is a purple giant with blonde hair and turquoise eyes who has a collection of dolls. Wally magically enhanced her agility by transforming her into an acrobat,^[7] and she is able to do cartwheels, front flips and a double backflip while capturing Wizard Jeff's flying fish Sheila. Afterwards on her right arm she is able to hold a 1-arm handstand for six seconds.
• Ogre Doug (voiced by Jorge Vega) is one of Wally's good^[6] friends. He is a gentle yellow ogre who has red hair and wears suspenders. He is a creature expert who likes studying creatures, playing with creatures, and writing songs about creatures. Also, he likes to hug, saying "Doug Hug!" as he does so.
• Libby Light Sprite (voiced by Jenna Iacono (US) and Claudia Burns (UK)) is an energetic pink light sprite with purple hair and the ability to trace words from light. Like Doug, she is also good^[6] friends with Wally. She is later revealed to be the Buddy Pal Friend of Gina.
• Stan of the Swamp (voiced by J.R. Horne) is a stubborn and irritable swamp monster who would rather spend his day sitting in his muddy home than going on an adventure.
• Bobgoblin (voiced by Aria Capria) is a troublesome green goblin who talks in the third person and habitually addresses people by their full names (first and last). He sometimes pops his head out as he is leaving to repeat his name or some variation of it. This may be involuntary, as he claims "I can't help it!" when Wally tells him to stop when they are trying to hide from the Goblin Guard behind a conjured bush. He has an uncle named Robgoblin who lets him take care of his pet dragon Hortis sometimes. His buddy-pal-friend is Hattie. He is also among Wally's friends^[6] and his strength was enhanced by Wally enchanting him with the word "Lift."^[8]

Recurring characters

Humanoids

• Cake Monster (voiced by Chris Phillips) is monster who likes cake. He debuts in "The Cake Monster" and returns in "The Big Cake Mistake" and the Alphabet Song.
• Betty Yeti (voiced by Andie Mechanic) is a snowboarding yeti. She debuts in "Snow Place Like Home" and returns in many episodes. She is also called Elizabeth Yeti,^[9] and hides one of Wally's birthday clues in his hunt.
• Hattie the Witch^[10] (voiced by Kyla Carter) is a young witch who is friends with Bobgoblin. She is also friends with Norville and Wally. She debuts in "Hopgoblin" and returns in "The Explorers Club", "Buddy Pal Friend Day" and "Keeping Cappie Happy". She has magical capabilities like Wally, but uses a broom instead of a magic stick. She is often seen floating or flying around on her broom as a mode of transport. Like her sister, she uses verbal activation of her magic, and uses rhyming chants.^[11] She has a younger sister named Cappie who can also use magic.^[12] She hugs Bobgoblin (pressing her face against his) while declaring him her Buddy Pal Friend once he gives her Lizette, and also hugs Wally after he rescues her sister.
• Cappie the Witch (voiced by Violet Tinnirello) is the younger sister of Hattie. She is in a photograph in "The Explorers Club" and debuts in person in "Keeping Cappie Happy".
• Victor the Villain (voiced by John O'Hurley) is a villain from a comic book who is brought to life from Wally's magic. He debuts in "Victor the Villain" and returns in the Alphabet Song.
• Mrs. Trollman (later revealed to be named Linda,^[13] voiced by Alanna Ubach) is Wally's mom. She debuts in "Mission for Mom" and returns in "Rock and Troll" and "Snowgoblin".
• Barbara Baker (voiced by Stephanie D'Abruzzo) is a green monster who runs a bakery in the town square. She debuts in "The Cake Monster" and returns in many episodes just like Betty.
• Steve the Skydasher (voiced by Ben Schwartz) is Wally's skydasher uncle, also called Skydasher Steve. He debuts in "The Big Goblin Problem". He is the brother of one of Wally's parents, though it is yet unclear which one.
• Wizard Jeff (voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic) is Wally's wizard friend. He debuts in "Mustache Day" and returns in "Going Coconuts". Just like Wally, Hattie, and Cappie, he does magic.
• Mr. Trollman (later revealed to be named Hector, voiced by Jim Gaffigan, singing voice by Antonio Marin) is Wally's dad. He is mentioned in "Totally Swamped" and "Day in the Dark", debuts in "Rock and Troll" and returns in "Snowgoblin" and "Wally's Great Big Birthday Hunt".
• Goblin Guard (voiced by Chris Phillips) is a goblin who guards the wishing potato. He debuts in "The Great Wishing Potato" and returns in "The Great Missing Potato" where Bobgoblin takes over his duties. Bobgoblin's mother is said to know Goblin Guard's mother. He has a jetpack which he uses to ascend a hill.

Dragons

• Baby Snow Dragon (voiced by Oliver Wyman) is a purple dragon baby who lives on top of Mount Chillimonjaro. He debuts in "Snow Place Like Home" and returns in "The Dragon Games", "Young Norville" and the Alphabet Song.
• Night Dragon (voiced by Emily Bauer) is a pink cute dragon who likes the dark. She debuts in "Day in the Dark" and returns in "The Dragon Games".
• Victoria is Skydasher Steve's pink dragon who Norville likes. She debuts in the same episodes as Steve.
• Hortis is a purple dragon who is owned by Bobgoblin's uncle Robgoblin. He debuts in "Critter Campers" and returns in "Young Norville".

Other creatures

• Borgelorp is one of Ogre Doug's pets who Wally and Norville babysit. He debuts in "Naptime for Borgelorp" and returns in "The Cake Monster", "Castle Cafe", "Critter Campers", and "Captain Animal".
• Blathertash (voiced by Adam Peltzman) is another one of Doug's pets who appears in "Dragon Hiccups" and "Cake Monster".
• Chad (aka Chad the Winklesnad, voiced by Jason Harris) is the Ogre Doug's green pet Winklesnad introduced in the "Ode to a Creature" at the end of "Hopgoblin" and "Buddy Pal Friend Day". He turns red when angered and blue when saddened. He also has a dad.
• Grab Crab has appeared in two episodes. He is a crab who grabs things with his pincers and like Bobgoblin, says his own name a lot. There was a song about him at the end of one of his appearance episodes.
• Chickephant is a creature who is half chicken and half elephant who Wally, Norville, Doug, Bob, and Hattie discover. Libby also brings her to Critter Campers Scouting Group. She debuts in "The Explorers Club" and returns in "Critter Campers".
• Lightning Snail is a fast snail who delivers the mail. She debuts in "Dragon Hiccups" and returns in "Play It Again, Stan" and "The Big Goblin Problem". Her catchphrase is "I deliver the mail on time with a lot of slime".

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	26[14]	February 3, 2014	May 8, 2015
	2	26 (18 aired)	April 16, 2015	TBA

Episodic anthologies

Unique titles have been created to refer to certain episodes grouped together:

• Volume 1 released 3 February 2014^[15] collects 13 episodes:

1. Naptime for Borgelorp
2. Castle Caper
3. The Rock Can Talk
4. How to Bathe Your Dragon
5. Dragon Hiccups
6. Picnic: Impossible
7. Totally Swamped
8. Day In the Dark
9. The Great Wishing Potato
10. Running Rita
11. The Cake Monster
12. Great Galloping Goblins
13. Victor the Villain

• Volume 2 released 10 June 2014^[16] collects 12 episodes:

1. Snow Place Like Home
2. The Switching Stone
3. Play It Again, Stan
4. A Tiny Problem
5. Castle Cafe
6. The Dragon Games
7. Mustache Day
8. Wally Saves the Trollidays
9. The Big Goblin Problem
10. Hopgoblin
11. The Explorers Club
12. The Nice Ninjas

• Play Pack released 25 August 2014^[17] collects 4 episodes from Volume 1: "The Cake Monster", "Running Rita", "Picnic: Impossible" and "Castle Caper"
• Bobgoblin Problems released 6 April 2015^[18] collects 4 episodes from Volume 2: "The Big Goblin Problem", "Hopgoblin", "The Switching Stone" and "The Dragon Games".
• Volume 3 released 8 May 2015^[19] collects 13 episodes:

1. Mission for Mom
2. Home Swamp Home
3. The Goblin Cold
4. Rock and Troll
5. Going Coconuts
6. Critter Campers
7. The Big Cake Mistake
8. Dawn of the Zucchini
9. Ricky Robot
10. A Flouse in the House
11. Young Norville
12. Snowgoblin
13. The Great Missing Potato

• Volume 4 has not been released yet

Books

Some books have been made based on the TV series:

Big Golden Books:

• Dragon Hiccups^[20]
• Wally's Magical Adventures^[21]

Board books:

• Wally's Best Friends^[22]

Coloring books:

• Giant Adventures^[23]

Paint box books:

• P is for Paint^[24]

Stories with stickers:

• Bath Party!^[25]
• Castle Caper^[26]
• S is for Stickers^[27]
• T Is for Troll^[28]
• The Cake Monster^[29]
• Troll Time!^[30]
• Welcome to Wally's World!^[31]

Games

Nick Jr. has a games section including crossovers with other Nick Jr. series and two exclusively based on the show:^[32]

1. Fruit Frenzy!^[33]
2. Magic Word Hunt^[34] involves looking for 40 biscuits and 5 words that begin with G: gallop (producing a galloping table), giggle (causing Norville to giggle), goblin (causing Bobgoblin to appear), ghost (producing a ghost) and gargantuan (a giant word, causing Norville and Wally to grow in the presence of Gina)

References

1. "Wallykazam!". TreehouseTV.com.
2. Bobgoblin. "Ricky Robot". Wallykazam. Wally Trollman, Norville Trollman, Gina Giant? You tricked me! I had no idea. Those were excellent disguises. ~ Norville Trollman, it's your turn.
3. "Watch Wallykazam! Online". Wally Trollman is an adventurous 6-year-old troll
4. Bobgoblin. "Going Coconuts". Wallykazam!. Hello Norville Trollman.
5. Bobgoblin. "The Great Missing Potato". Wallykazam!. Okay Wally Trollman and Norville Trollman, you may now approach the Great Wishing Potato.
6. "Wallykazam! Nick Jr.#!". Friends .. Bobgoblin .. Gina Giant is one of Wally's best friends .. Wally's good friend Ogre Doug .. Wally's good friend Libby
7. Trollman, Wally. "Going Coconuts". Wallykazam!. 13 minutes in. Wallykazam, Wallykazat, we can make Gina an acrobat!
8. "Buddy Pal Friend Day". Wallykazam!. 9 minutes in.
   Wally: "Bobgoblin can now lift."
   Bobgoblin: "Woah, I can lift! Up and down and up and down. So strong. Yay!"
9. Bobgoblin (20 May 2015). "The Goblin Cold". Wallykazam!. 9 minutes in.
10. Hattie. "Keeping Cappie Happy". Wallykazam!. 17 minutes in. I'm Hattie the Witch (introducing self in "Spell the Spell" ed segment, closed captions uppercase the W)
11. Hattie. "Buddy Pal Friend Day". Wallykazam!. 10 minutes in. Sweepa, sweepa, sweepa. Zooma, zoom, zoom. Wash off the tomato. Badda-bing, badda-broom! (creating a rain cloud)
12. "TREE 560 - 4:15 PM Wallykazam!". MyBell.Bell.Ca. Retrieved 10 February 2016. (subscription required (help)). Hattie's toddler sister Cappie starts casting spells, putting Hattie to sleep.
13. Mr. Trollman. "Rock and Troll". Wallykazam. Well, I guess I'll go, uh, make some hot chocolate. Linda?
14. "'Wallykazam' to Premiere on Nickelodeon Feb. 3". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
15. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/wallykazam!-vol.-1/id793452835
16. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/wallykazam!-vol.-2/id879154379
17. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/wallykazam!-play-pack/id904982857
18. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/wallykazam!-bobgoblin-problems/id964560871
19. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/wallykazam!-vol.-3/id982605655
20. http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Hiccups-Wallykazam-Little-Golden/dp/0553523104/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=615PS8WD3JL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR132%2C160_&refRID=1TN5KAKPH00PBR5AHFVK
21. http://www.amazon.com/Wallys-Magical-Adventures-Wallykazam-Golden/dp/0385387660/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Lx5F1aW5L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR129%2C160_&refRID=1FFKQK3WX5F3XNGMB3KR
22. http://www.amazon.com/Wallys-Best-Friends-Wallykazam-Friendship/dp/0553523112/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=51w%2B%2B6uGhxL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR102%2C160_&refRID=1490ASDTEYXDBRFHVSNG
23. http://www.amazon.com/Giant-Adventures-Wallykazam-Coloring-Book/dp/0553522922/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=61301rW72GL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0EV8TQ4TTNZHTCMD04CT
24. http://www.amazon.com/Paint-Wallykazam-Deluxe-Box-Book/dp/0385387652/ref=pd_sim_14_7?ie=UTF8&dpID=51U56qM7mBL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR116%2C160_&refRID=0A78P5BD4F8QA5V7JRBZ
25. http://www.tvstoybox.com/media/catalog/product/1500_58768.jpg
26. http://www.amazon.com/castle-caper-wallykazam-deluxe-pictureback/dp/0553523139
27. http://www.randomhousekids.com/media/images/books/cover_images/9781101931547.jpg.172x250_q85.jpg
28. http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780553523126_p0_v2_s260x420.JPG
29. http://www.amazon.com/Cake-Monster-Wallykazam-Step-Reading/dp/0553523147/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0XQTR92QFGZX2W521HDW
30. http://www.amazon.com/Troll-Wallykazam-Color-Crayons-Sticker/dp/0385387695/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Cz9RCoBNL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR116%2C160_&refRID=16W5TZDQSZ1JKD0YTTH8
31. http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Wallys-World-Wallykazam-Pictureback/dp/0385387644/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=61pmOo0pH2L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0MRVTW6ZHQ7KAGX7GBVP
32. "Games". NickJr.Com.
33. "Fruit Frenzy!". NickJr.Com.
34. "Magic Word Hunt". NickJr.Com.

External links

• Wallykazam! at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website