What About Mimi?

What About Mimi?
Created by	Chris Bartleman Blair Peters
Directed by	Josh Mepham Colleen Holub
Voices of	Chiara Zanni Rhys Huber Kori Cook Saffron Henderson Carly McKillip Peter Kelamis Lee Tockar Tony Sampson
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Decode Entertainment Studio B Productions
Release
Original network	Teletoon Télétoon
Original release	September 13, 2000 – November 27, 2002
External links
Production website

What About Mimi? is a Canadian animated series. The main character is Mimi Mortin, a clever, red-headed girl in the sixth grade who lives in the town of Starfish Bay. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment and Studio B Productions. It debuted on September 13, 2000^[1] and ended on November 27, 2002,^[2] and was co-directed by Josh Mepham and Colleen Holub.

Characters

• Mimi Mortin (voiced by Chiara Zanni) - A red-haired 11-year-old girl in the sixth grade. She's clever, optimistic and has a powerful imagination. She's always willing to help and solve any problem that she may encounter, most of the times with creative plans and ideas. Although her plans may not always work out the way she expects them, Mimi receives a lot of help from her best friends Elaine and Russell, her family, and even her rivals, and finds a way to solve any problem.
• Elaine Pituskin (voiced by Kori Cook) - Mimi's best friend who is of Asian descent (presumably Japanese or Chinese). She is an animal and nature lover, and owns lots of pets. She can be temperamental and argue with Mimi at times, but she always looks up to Mimi as her best friend, in turn, Mimi respects her a lot.
• Russell Van Eden (voiced by Rhys Huber) - Mimi's other best friend and sidekick. A boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, who is a sports lover, although he is a bit clumsy. He has skills with his video camera and aspires to be a film director. He is shown to have a crush on Sincerity early in the series but his interest on her fades away by the end, instead hinting at being attracted to Mimi.
• Sincerity Travers (voiced by Carly McKillip) - A snobbish preppy teenybopper with pink hair who, sometimes, does not get along with Mimi. She and Mimi used to be friends years ago, but as they got older, their interests diverged, and they started growing apart. She is Mimi's rival in school, and although she does not get along with her, she admits that her ideas are pretty good and helps with some of her schemes. Even if she does not get along with Mimi, she has a resentful respect for her, showing that deep inside, Sincerity still considers her a true friend.
• Brock Wickersham (voiced by Tony Sampson) - A bully who enjoys pulling pranks on various characters, especially on Herbert Finkle.
• Budweiser "Buddy" Wickersham (voiced by Andrew Francis) - Brock's younger brother who is also a bully. It is also revealed that he is a genius, but he does not want people to find out about it, especially his big brother, saying that that fact would embarrass him in front of his family.
• Brad "Bradley" Mortin (voiced by Keith Miller) - Mimi's 7-year-old brother who knows that Mimi's plans always have flaws.
• Jason Mortin (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - Mimi's 16-year-old teenage brother who thinks of himself as an on-the-edge rebel.
• Saffron Mortin (voiced by Ellen Kennedy) - Mimi's mother. She is a vegan, and always feeds her children vegetables.
• Marvin "Marv" Mortin (voiced by Colin Murdock) - Mimi's father.
• Hayley Kinaschuk - Sincerity's "lackey", although she is kind and many times disagrees with Sincerity, and is good friends with Mimi, Elaine and Russell.
• Herbert Finkle (voiced by Peter Kelamis) - A nerd at Mimi's school who is of Russian descent. He is in charge of the school newspaper. He's also often the target of Brock and Buddy's pranks.
• Lodeman (voiced by Peter Kelamis) - A student at Mimi's school who tends to make rude noises and to act distracted all the time.
• Ms. Victoria Frances Grindstone (voiced by Saffron Henderson) - Mimi's teacher.
• Mr. Petri - A science teacher who blames Brock for everything bad (even over things Brock never did) because of his state of being a bully and for pulling multiple pranks inside of his classroom.
• Mr. Jacques (voiced by Dale Wilson) - A gym teacher.
• Ms. Murchison - The librarian of Starfish Bay School. She and Mr. Pianoforte hate each other.
• Principal Earl (voiced by Garry Chalk) - The principal of Starfish Bay School.
• Mr. Pianoforte - A music teacher. He and Ms. Murchison hate each other.

Episodes

The series consists of 39 half-hour episodes divided into three seasons. The first two seasons consist of 13 episodes with a full 22-minute story each, while the third season consists of 13 episodes divided into 26 11-minute stories.^[3]

Two volumes of the show have been released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Volume 1 includes four half-hour episodes and one 11-minute episode. Volume 2 includes three half-hour episodes and three 11-minute episodes.

Season 1

What About Mimi? season 1 episodes

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original airdate	DVD
1	1	"The Great Campaign"	September 20, 2000	TBA
2	2	"Second Honeymoon"	September 13, 2000	TBA
3	3	"Stepford Twins"	September 27, 2000	TBA
4	4	"Leap Frog"	October 25, 2000	TBA
5	5	"Into the Woods"	October 18, 2000	TBA
6	6	"The Play's the Thing"	November 1, 2000	1
7	7	"Wild Thing"	October 4, 2000	2
8	8	"The King of Uncool"	November 15, 2000	TBA
9	9	"Lemonade Kid"	October 11, 2000	TBA
10	10	"Summer in the City"	November 8, 2000	TBA
11	11	"A Star Isn't Born"	December 6, 2000	1
12	12	"Poster Cat"	November 22, 2000	TBA
13	13	"Teacher of the Year"	November 29, 2000	TBA

Season 2

What About Mimi? season 2 episodes

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original airdate	DVD
14	1	"Lights, Camera, Action!"	September 22, 2001	1
15	2	"Joker's Wild"	September 1, 2001	TBA
16	3	"Jellyfish Rule"	September 8, 2001	TBA
17	4	"Get a Job"	September 29, 2001	TBA
18	5	"Cupid's Arrows"	October 27, 2001	TBA
19	6	"The Scoop"	September 15, 2001	TBA
20	7	"High Toon"	October 20, 2001	2
21	8	"Deep Sea Mimi"	October 13, 2001	TBA
22	9	"Mr. Blue Eyes"	October 6, 2001	TBA
23	10	"Outta Sync"	November 10, 2001	1
24	11	"Museum Mayhem"	November 3, 2001	TBA
25	12	"The Big Sleep Over"	November 17, 2001	TBA
26	13	"Skiing Is Believing"	November 24, 2001	2

Season 3

What About Mimi? season 3 episodes

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original airdate	DVD
27	1	"Animal House/Our Little Einstein"	July 1, 2002	TBA
28	2	"The Birthday Present/Close Encounters of the Herbert Kind"	July 13, 2002	TBA
29	3	"Sticky Fingers/Not in My Biosphere"	July 14, 2002	TBA
30	4	"Lonely Hearts/Brock's Robot"	July 20, 2002	TBA
31	5	"Club Mimi/Down on the Farm"	July 21, 2002	2 (1st only)
32	6	"Forget Etiquette/This Old House"	July 26, 2002	TBA
33	7	"Tough Guy/Critic's Choice"	July 28, 2002	2 (1st only)/1 (2nd only)
34	8	"My Fair Brocky/Her Girl Mimi"	August 3, 2002	TBA
35	9	"Uniformity/Caddy Girl"	August 3, 2002	TBA
36	10	"Save the Rainforest/Father's Day"	September 7, 2002	TBA
37	11	"The Creeps/Sports Day"	August 11, 2002	2 (2nd only)
38	12	"Millionaire Mogul/Block Party"	August 5, 2002	TBA
39	13	"Law and Disorder/Where's the Fire?"	November 27, 2002	TBA

Voice cast

• Chiara Zanni - Mimi Mortin, Additional Voices
• Kori Cook - Elaine Pituskin
• Rhys Huber - Russell Van Eden
• Carly McKillip - Sincerity Travers
• Tony Sampson - Brock Wickersham
• Andrew Francis - Budweiser Wickersham
• Keith Miller - Bradley Mortin
• Sam Vincent - Jason Mortin, Additional Voices
• Ellen Kennedy - Saffron Mortin
• Colin Murdoch - Marvin Mortin, Additional Voices
• Peter Kelamis - Herbert Finkle, Lodeman, Mr. Greely
• Garry Chalk - Principal Earl, Additional Voices
• Lee Tokar - Additional Voices
• Phil Hayes - Additional Voices
• Jay Brazeau - Additional Voices
• Mark Hildreth - Kyle, Additional Voices
• Maxine Miller - Additional Voices
• Chris Gaze - Additional Voices
• David Ward - Additional Voices
• Brian Drummond - Additional Voices
• Ellie Harvey - Additional Voices
• Jason Michas - Additional Voices
• Cathy Weseluck - Additional Voices
• Paul Dobson - Additional Voices
• John Payne - Additional Voices
• Kathleen Barr - Additional Voices

Broadcasts

What About Mimi? has aired on various channels around the world.

Countries	Channels (notes)	Currently airing?	First aired
Canada	Teletoon Télétoon BBC Kids	No No Yes	September 13, 2000 (Teletoon) May 13, 2011 (BBC Kids) November 4, 2000
Australia	Seven Network	No
Ireland	TG4	No
Latin America	Fox Kids	No
United Kingdom	Sky One CITV Pop Girl	No No No
Turkey	Yumurcak TV	Yes

References

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2. "TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Zap2it". Tvschedule.zap2it.com. 2002-11-27. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
3. "TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Zap2it". Tvschedule.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.