I Heart Arlo

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| creator = Ryan Crego

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| editor = John Wall

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| network = Netflix

| released = {{Start date|2021|08|27}}

| related = Arlo the Alligator Boy

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I Heart Arlo (stylized as I ♥ Arlo) is an American 2D animated adventure-comedy musical television series created by Ryan Crego for Netflix.{{cite press release|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/arlo-the-alligator-makes-his-debut-in-an-all-new-animated-movie-musical-and|title=Arlo the Alligator Boy Makes His Debut In An All-New Animated Movie Musical and Series on Netflix|website=Netflix Media Center|date=November 12, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112222956/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/arlo-the-alligator-makes-his-debut-in-an-all-new-animated-movie-musical-and|url-status=live}} A follow-up to the 2021 film Arlo the Alligator Boy, the series premiered on August 27, 2021.{{cite web|title=New on Netflix August 2021|url=https://decider.com/2021/07/21/new-on-netflix-august-2021/|website=Decider|first=Greta|last=Bjornson|date=July 21, 2021|access-date=July 21, 2021}}

Premise

Following the film Arlo the Alligator Boy, I Heart Arlo follows Arlo and his newfound crew set up shop in an abandoned seaside neighborhood and help bring it back to life.{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/arlo-the-alligator-boy-makes-animated-debut-in-netflix-movie-series/|title=Arlo the Alligator Boy' Makes Animated Debut in Netflix Movie & Series|date=November 12, 2020|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184025/https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/arlo-the-alligator-boy-makes-animated-debut-in-netflix-movie-series/|url-status=live}}

Voice cast

=Main=

Michael J. Woodard as Arlo Beauregard, an optimistic 15-year-old human-alligator hybrid boy with a passion for singing.
Mary Lambert as Bertie, Arlo's large best friend.
Jonathan Van Ness as Furlecia, a furball who owns a hair salon.
Haley Tju as Alia, a hyperactive teenage tiger girl who drives her own bus.
Brett Gelman as Marcellus, a sullen reverse merman.
Tony Hale as Teeny Tiny Tony, a rodent-like creature who owns the local pizzeria.

=Villains=

Santigold as the Bog Lady, a villainous swamp goddess who vowed revenge on Arlo for leaving the swamp. She has hypnotizing eyes to hypnotize Arlo for staying with her in the swamp, but thankfully Bertie's and Alia's voices manages to snap him out of her trance. She is destroyed when Edmee uses her bombs to make the shack explode, and she melts into nothingness after she tried to devour Arlo and the others as they escaped from her.

=Recurring=

Vincent Rodriguez III as Ansel Beauregard, a bird-man and Arlo's biological father.
Annie Potts as Edmée, a local swamp hermit and Arlo's adoptive mother.
Fred Tatasciore as Jeromio, Arlo's pet bullfrog who moves in with him early in the series.
Jessica Williams as Elena, the mayor of New York City.
Cathy Vu as Thao, a mailwoman for Seaside by the Seashore.
Flea as Ruff, one of Arlo's former adversaries who owns a failing swamp museum.
Jennifer Coolidge as Stucky, Arlo's other former adversary, and Ruff's partner.
Melissa Villaseñor as Lily the Lobster Woman, a kleptomaniac half-human, half-lobster hybrid lady, and one of the newest members of SBS. Lily started off as a burden to the locals until Arlo found a use for her larceny skills, as Seaside's new lost and found department.
Maria Bamford as Tony's con-artist mother, and additional voices.

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Friendship Couch

| DirectedBy = Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Michelle Xin

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga, Colleen McAllister, Blake Lemons and Eric Rivera

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Having settled in to Seaside by the Seashore, Arlo thinks it will be easy living on his own. However, he finds it more harder than he can handle.

Song: "The Way" by Arlo and Bertie

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = A Memory of Pizza

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Katie Hood and Maha Tabikh

| Aux2 = Eric Rivera

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When the Mayor of New York City comes to visit Seaside, Arlo and the gang do their best to impress her so their home does not get shut down.

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Be the Turtle

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Katie Hood and Maha Tabikh

| Aux2 = Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Arlo gives Alia a very important job, but the others do not believe she can focus herself enough to handle it properly.

Song: "Slow Walk" by Alia

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = The Shedding

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Nathanael H. Jones and Mariana Yovanovich

| Aux2 = Eric Rivera

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When Arlo starts shedding his scales, his friends mistake it for a ghost, and he tries to hide the truth to avoid getting embarrassed.

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Community Garden

| DirectedBy = Blake Lemons

| WrittenBy = Dodge Greenley and Angelica "Jelly" Russell

| Aux2 = Eric Rivera and Clay Senechal

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When Bertie finds a quiet place where she can be by herself, Arlo spreads the word about it, turning it into a community garden.

Songs: "Community Garden" by Arlo; "Even In A Garden" by Bertie

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Blow Out

| DirectedBy = Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|w=Andy Cung, Colleen McAllister, Dakota McFadzean and Nick Sumida|sb=Andy Cung and Dakota McFadzean}}

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Furlecia asks Arlo to step in as an assistant when her job at her salon becomes a handful.

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = In the Blue with You

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Michelle Xin

| Aux2 = Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = While on a father-son fishing trip with Ansel, Arlo is worried when his dad does not seem to be excited to spend time with him.

Song: "In the Blue" by Arlo and Ansel

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Jeromio, Jeromio

| DirectedBy = Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Nathan Bulmer and Michelle Lam

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga, Blake Lemons and Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When Arlo's pet frog Jeromio becomes increasingly depressed, he tries to find out why.

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Make a Fish

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Nathan Bulmer and Michelle Lam

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = After Marcellus secretly grants a wish for Bertie, he uses the central fountain as an opportunity to become rich from the other wish-makers.

Song: "Marcellus Opera" by Marcellus

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Frogday the 13th

| DirectedBy = Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Nathanael H. Jones and Mariana Yovanovich

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Arlo asks Bertie to watch Jeromio while he is away, and she finds the job easier said than done.

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Swamp Itch

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Nathan Bulmer and Michelle Lam

| Aux2 = Blake Lemons

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Arlo comes down with a severe case of "swamp itch" and Ansel tries to heal him, but keeps causing more trouble.

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Moody Tuesday

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Nathanael H. Jones and Mariana Yovanovich

| Aux2 = Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = A drop of ice cream causes Bertie to become moody and sour, and it soon spreads to the rest of Seaside.

Song: "I Can Lift You Up" by Bertie and Arlo

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Lily Lost & Found

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Nathan Bulmer and Michelle Lam

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = Arlo encounters a visiting half-lobster woman who has a habit of taking things that are not hers.

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| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Stay Cool

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Katie Hood and Maha Tabikh

| Aux2 = Colleen McAllister and Eric Rivera

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When a heatwave strikes, Arlo's friends convince him to take Ansel's yacht out for a refreshing ride.

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| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = Tony Baloney

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell and Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = Nathan Bulmer and Michelle Lam

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When Tony's parents visit, he fears they will hate him because he is not a con artist, so Arlo and the gang help him keep up the act.

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| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Get Lost!

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Andy Cung and Dakota McFadzean

| Aux2 = Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = With Seaside's Uncondemning party coming, Bertie searches for inspiration to write the perfect song, but winds up in a game with Arlo and the others which strands them in the city.

Song: "Just Another Night In New York" by Bertie

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| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Goin' it Arlone

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell

| WrittenBy = Andy Cung and Dakota McFadzean

| Aux2 = Nick Arciaga

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = In trying to help prepare Seaside for the Uncondemning in time, Arlo goes to great lengths to modify the boardwalk's Ferris wheel.

Song: "Coming Together" by Arlo, Bertie, Furlecia, Alia, Tony and Marcellus

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| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Alro

| DirectedBy = Carder Scholin

| WrittenBy = Andy Cung and Dakota McFadzean

| Aux2 = Grant Lossi

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = When a package goes missing, Arlo and Bertie must work to solve the mystery where it went, not knowing an even bigger mystery is on their hands.

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| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = The Uncondemning

| DirectedBy = Angelica "Jelly" Russell, Carder Scholin and Nick Sumida

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|w=Colleen McAllister|sb=Ashlyn Anstee, Katie Hood, Nathanael H. Jones, Sam Lane, Maha Tabikh and Mariana Yovanovich}}

| Aux2 = Blake Lemons and Colleen McAllister

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}

| ShortSummary = After hearing Edmee is being held hostage by Ruff and Stucky who demand ransom, Arlo and his friends return to the swamp where he is raised to rescue her and face down a mysterious creature known as the Bog Lady.

Songs: "Back To You" by Arlo; "Ruff and Stucky" by Ruff and Stucky; "The Bog Lady" by the Bog Lady; "As Long As We Got Each Other" by Arlo, Bertie and everyone

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