Wonder Pets!
{{Short description|American educational animated children's television series}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Wonder Pets logo.svg
| genre = {{Plainlist|
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| creator = Josh Selig
| director = Jennifer Oxley
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Billy Aronson
- Billy Lopez
- Chris Nee
- Sascha Paladino
- Adam Peltzman
- Josh Selig
- Melinda Richards
- Jennifer Oxley
}}
| presenter =
| starring =
| voices = {{Plainlist|
- Sofie Zamchick
- Teala Dunn
- Danica Lee
}}
| theme_music_composer = Larry Hochman
| opentheme = "The Wonder Pets!"
| endtheme = "The Wonder Pets!" (instrumental)
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Larry Hochman
- Jeffrey Lesser
- Billy Lopez
- Bobby Lopez
}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Josh Selig
| producer = Tone Thyne
| editor = Romeo Alaeff
Susie Herang
| location =
| company = Little Airplane Productions
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
(credited as Nick Jr. Productions for seasons 1–2)
| camera =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| network = {{Plainlist|
- Nickelodeon (2006–2011)
- Nick Jr. Channel (2009–2016)
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|3|3}}
| network2 = Apple TV+
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2024|12|13}}
| last_aired2 = present
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = {{Unbulleted list|Shorts: 2|Full-length episodes: 75}}{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |pages=343–344}}
| list_episodes = List of Wonder Pets! episodes
| related =
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Wonder Pets! is an American animated musical children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions. The series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to help animals in need. Most of the characters' dialogue is sung in the style of a sung-through musical.{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/arts/television/nickelodeons-wonder-pets-offers-operetta-for-preschoolers.html|title = Nickelodeon's 'Oobi Wonder Pets' Offers Operetta for Preschoolers|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 28 March 2006|last1 = Wyatt|first1 = Edward|access-date = September 16, 2019|archive-date = October 23, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120040/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/arts/television/nickelodeons-wonder-pets-offers-operetta-for-preschoolers.html|url-status = live}} Each episode is set to original music by a 10-member live orchestra.
Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley developed the idea for Wonder Pets! while working on their previous show, Oobi. The series started out with two animated shorts called "Linny the Guinea Pig", which acted as pilot episodes. To animate them, Oxley created a style of animation called "photo-puppetry" that uses photos of real objects and moves them using Adobe After Effects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2008/August-1-2008/ANIMATION-THE-WONDER-PETS-.aspx|title=Post Magazine - ANIMATION: 'OOBI THE WONDER PETS!'|website=www.postmagazine.com|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=August 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802141347/https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2008/August-1-2008/ANIMATION-THE-WONDER-PETS-.aspx|url-status=live}} The shorts featured Linny going on adventures set to classical music.{{cite news|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/little-airplane-soars-wonder-pets|title=Little Airplane Soars with 'Oobi The Wonder Pets!'|newspaper=Animation World Network|access-date=September 16, 2019|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001800/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/little-airplane-soars-wonder-pets|url-status=live}} In 2003, Little Airplane screened the shorts at the wrap party for Oobi{{'}}s second season. The shorts caught the attention of Nickelodeon, who picked up the shorts to air in between shows on the Nick Jr. block.
The two original shorts were aired throughout 2003 and 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cdc9e1c7d76e0460002df-linny-the-guinea-pig-spac|title=Linny the Guinea Pig "Space and Ocean" | 2005 Tribeca Festival|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929170220/https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cdc9e1c7d76e0460002df-linny-the-guinea-pig-spac|url-status=live}} For the full-length series, the characters of Tuck and Ming-Ming were added to form a team of hero pets. Tuck was created using photos of Jennifer Oxley's own pet turtle (a red-eared slider). The first long-form episode debuted on March 3, 2006,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-wonder-pets/episodes-season-3/1000408749/|title=The Wonder Pets!|website=TVGuide.com|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407061219/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-wonder-pets/episodes-season-3/1000408749/|url-status=live}} as part of the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon. On that same day, the series started airing on Noggin as well. It ran for three seasons and 62 episodes. The final episode aired on October 17, 2016. The first two seasons and majority of season 3 aired on Nickelodeon, while the last 9 episodes only aired on the separate Nick Jr. Channel.
A reboot series titled Wonder Pets: In The City, was released on Apple TV+ on December 13, 2024. The series, produced without the involvement of Selig or Little Airplane (due to the latter being shut down by parent company Studio 100 in 2023), centers on a new team of Wonder Pets and takes place in New York City. Much like the original series, the revival is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|date=October 15, 2024|title=Apple TV+ Announces New 'Wonder Pets: In The City' Animated Pre-K Series for December|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/apple-tv-announces-new-wonder-pets-in-the-city-animated-pre-k-series-for-december/|access-date=October 15, 2024|work=Animation Magazine}}
Premise
The series centers on three pets living in a school. Each episode (two separate eleven-minute segments or a single twenty-two-minute episode) follows a similar structure, with many hallmarks and repeated elements. As each episode begins, children and a teacher are heard from off-screen, leaving school. They say goodbye to the classroom pets. The classroom is always decorated with student artwork and other items related to a given episode's particular storyline, featured animal, or geographic location. Once the classroom is empty, a pencil holder rattles to create the ringing of a phone.
One by one, the classroom pets notice the ringing phone. As the phone rings, they put on their accessories (a hat for Linny, shoes and a sailor's cap for Tuck, and an aviator hat for Ming-Ming) and make their way towards the phone while singing their opening verses. The Wonder Pets answer the phone and find that an animal is in trouble somewhere. Linny, the Guinea Pig, explains the situation to the other two: Turtle Tuck and Ming-Ming Duckling. They all jump into a box filled with fabric scraps and jump back out wearing different outfits, often alluding to the area of the world they will be visiting. They make a quick joke and jump back into the box, emerging again wearing superhero capes.
Once dressed, they assemble a flying vehicle called the Flyboat. In some episodes, the Wonder Pets opt for a different mode of transportation by adjusting the Flyboat. Usually, the pets encounter an obstacle before leaving the classroom. The solution is invariably similar to the action they will need to take to save the animal in trouble.
When saving the animal, the Wonder Pets always fail on the first few attempts. The danger escalates, prompting Ming-Ming to sing, "This is sewious!" Suddenly, the Wonder Pets remember how they solved the problem in the classroom and realize that the rescue has a similar solution. They have to work together to achieve the rescue. Once the animal is saved, its parent or other relative appears to give grateful thanks to the Wonder Pets. The pets celebrate with a celery snack. The rescued animal's parent sometimes adds a bit of regional food or insists on a regional preparation. The pets fly back to the school and return to their cages as their hats and capes come off. The Flyboat automatically disassembles upon landing. Ming-Ming is always the first one to get back in her cage, Tuck is the second, and Linny is the last. A musical riff relating to the episode's rescue is played as Linny takes a bite out of the celery in her cage and winks at the camera. Other pets have winked at the camera including Tuck in Save the Rhino, Ming-Ming in Back to Kalamazoo and "In The Land of Oz!" and Ollie in "Ollie to the Rescue!" and "The Amazing Ollie!". Another episode or the end credits then begin.
Episodes
{{Main|List of Wonder Pets! episodes{{!}}List of Wonder Pets! episodes}}
The series debuted on March 3, 2006, on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block.
{{:List of Wonder Pets! episodes}}
Characters
=Original Wonder Pets=
- Linny (voiced by Sofie Zamchick in the US and Meisha Kelly in the UK) is a brown guinea pig{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickjr.com/wonder-pets/about-wonder-pets/wonder-pets-characters_ap.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123031926/http://www.nickjr.com/wonder-pets/about-wonder-pets/wonder-pets-characters_ap.html|url-status=dead|title=Meet the characters on wonder pets|archivedate=January 23, 2010}} who is the leader of the Wonder Pets and the oldest of the three. Linny is the most educated of the group, often providing information about the different animals and environments that the pets encounter. Linny is usually the one to remind the group about teamwork and offer praise. She has the responsibility of starting and driving the Flyboat. Linny's catchphrase is "This calls for some celery!", said at the end of each adventure. She always carries some celery with her and brings it out to celebrate after every successful mission.
- Tuck (voiced by Teala Dunn in the US and Catherine Holden in the UK) is a red-eared slider turtle and the middle of the three. He is very sensitive with an emotional connection to living things and is the center of the group. Tuck is quite empathetic, often wanting to give the rescued animals a hug or keeping them company while Linny and Ming-Ming put their rescue plan into action. He has keen observational skills and can spot things from long distances, which Linny compliments him, "Good eye, Tuck!" He has an older cousin named Buck, whose cool demeanor and many skills make Tuck pretty jealous.
- Ming-Ming (voiced by Danica Lee in the US and Kaya Alexander in the UK)Robert Lloyd, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/996480191.html?dids=996480191:996480191&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+3%2C+2006&author=Robert+Lloyd&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=E.29&desc=TELEVISION+%26+RADIO "'Wonder Pets!' to the rescue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106010848/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/996480191.html?dids=996480191:996480191&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+3,+2006&author=Robert+Lloyd&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=E.29&desc=TELEVISION+&+RADIO |date=November 6, 2012 }}, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Mar 3, 2006. pg. E.29. is a duckling and the youngest of the three. Unlike the other Wonder Pets, she can fly and speak "bird", allowing her to connect with other birds that the Wonder Pets encounter. Ming-Ming often provides lots of comic relief in the show and is the Wonder Pet mostly likely to use irony and mild sarcasm. Her family comes from a petting zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and she visits them on occasion. She has a baby cousin named Marvin and her aunt's name is Elenora. She speaks with a prominent rhotacism, pronouncing "r" sounds as "w". She is known for saying "This is sewious!", whenever there is trouble.
="In The City" Wonder Pets=
- Izzy (voiced by Victoria Scola-Giampapa) is a light brown guinea pig with white legs and the tallest of the new Wonder Pets group. Similar to Linny, she's the most intelligent one, as she is usually seen giving Tate and Zuri insight as to where they will be traveling and about the animal, creature, or friend that they are saving. Whereas Linny keeps her cool, Izzy is shown to be prone to her emotions more, such as when she was bummed when her New Block City project went wrong, or being frustrated with Zuri when the latter was copying her. When it comes to her friends, she's also very encouraging in that she wants her friends to move past their struggles and compliments both Tate and Zuri, both for their eyesight and hearing abilities respectively. Moreover, she is also a lot more energetic, punky, and even rash in demeanor, as she loves to pretend that she's riffing an electric guitar and mimic its sounds. It's even evident in her mannerisms, as when she pronounces particular things as "super," "mega," or "awesome," or even a combination of the three. Besides just celery, Izzy also offers more snacks for the others to eat after their missions, such as broccoli and cucumber.
- Tate (voiced by Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.) is a green rat snake and the shortest of the three when he's coiled up. Much like Tuck, he's very caring and sensitive, especially towards his friends and those that he meets and saves. If anything, he's more fragile compared to the latter because he likes to be quiet and touches nerves with others very easily, once when Zuri accidentally bumped the shelf and ruining his souvenir wall, and losing one of his bracelets. Another time was unintentionally when a mother chicken didn't trust him in assisting his friends save her unhatched egg simply because he was a snake, and he despondently sat the mission out until he and the hen both learned more about each other. He also likes to keep himself hygienic, such as when he was hesitant to get his scales dirty when trying to help a baby hippopotamus stuck in the mud. He's also shown to be lonely without his friends when they were out, trying to do his favorite things to keep him occupied, even trying to make cardboard cutouts of his friends so he'd feel less lonely. Also like Tuck, in a couple of episodes, he's seen wearing the former's classic sailor's cap as a reference to the other character.
- Zuri (voiced by Vanessa Huszár) is a black bunny with a white nose and stomach and is the middle of the new team if you count the ears. As is Ming-Ming for her group, Zuri provides a lot of the show's silliness and comedy, but unlike the former, she's a lot nicer and hardly ever uses snarky behavior or sarcasm; there was one instance, however, when she used a film clapboard and broke the fourth wall. She is also a lot more active and mobile, so much so that she can be a little reckless at times and that she also claims she doesn't want to fall asleep, even when she's feeling drowsy, but she also does have a tendency to get distracted or sidelined from the task at hand. Whenever the group has trouble locating an animal, she uses her ears to listen for their sounds. Like Ming-Ming, she also has a catchphrase that she says whenever something is gravely serious or dangerous, wherein she says, "Unbelievable!"
=Recurring=
- Ollie (voiced by T.J. Stanton in seasons 1–2 and Cooper Corrao in season 3) is a gray rabbit who considers himself the fourth Wonder Pet. He is self-centered and often unintentionally annoys the Wonder Pets when he visits their classroom. He has his own superhero team, the "Thunder Pets", consisting of himself and his toys. Unlike the main Wonder Pets, he is a terrible rescuer and invariably needs help from the Wonder Pets whenever he tries to save someone and he lives in a burrow outside of the Wonder Pets' schoolhouse with his mother, sister, and baby brother.Morton, Rebecca, [http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2008/0820/front_page/017.html Youngster, 7, racks up acting, modeling credits ] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124123519/http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2008/0820/front_page/017.html |date=January 24, 2013 }}, Great Media News, gmnews.som, August 20, 2008
- Ginny (voiced by Anne Meara) is Linny's grandmother. She lives in a nursing home with an old white mouse named Bernie (voiced by Jerry Stiller). Like Linny, she is self-confident, a natural leader, and loves celery.
- The Visitor is an extraterrestrial being who lives on a faraway planet. He resembles a purple frog-like creature with two antennas and one foot. He knows a few English phrases but can only speak in short fragments. He crash-lands on Earth in "Save the Visitor" and needs the Wonder Pets' help to fly back to space. He becomes a good friend of theirs and invites them to his party in "Save the Visitor's Birthday Party". It is unknown who does his voice.
- Little Bee and Slug are a pair of bug friends. Little Bee is a young yellow and black bumblebee who is just learning how to make honey for her hive. Slug is a brownish-green garden slug who wears the top of an acorn as a hat. She and Slug appear as the main characters of "The Adventures of Bee & Slug!" and "Bee & Slug Underground!" It is unknown who does their voices.
- Baby Dragon and Uni are two magical creatures who live in a storybook in the Wonder Pets' classroom. Baby Dragon is a wingless dragon, and Uni is his best friend, a unicorn. They first appear in "Save the Unicorn", in which the Wonder Pets try to help Uni when her horn is stuck in a tree. After freeing Uni, the Wonder Pets try to flee from Baby Dragon, but they discover that he is Uni's best friend. The Wonder Pets return to the storybook land to save Baby Dragon after he gets stuck on a cloud. It is unknown who does Baby Dragon's voice.
- Baby Chimp is a chimp who flies a spaceship. His spaceship broke down twice, and was almost hit by a meteor.
- Baby Monster is a monster. She stomps her toy city down, and loves monsteroni pizza. It is unknown who does her voice.
- Baby Chick is a Chicken's offspring that hatched in the end of the "Save the Runaway Egg!" He is revisited in "Save the Baby Chick!" where, much like Tate in the beginning of the episode, has trouble speaking up to his siblings in order to feast on some chicken feed. He eventually musters up the courage to speak with the help of the Wonder Pets, knowing now that the others can finally listen to him.
Production and history
Wonder Pets! was produced by Little Airplane Productions. Before Wonder Pets! started, Little Airplane had only produced live-action works, like Oobi and a short film titled The Time-Out Chair.{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/little-airplane-soars-wonder-pets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625174229/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/little-airplane-soars-wonder-pets|archive-date=June 25, 2016|title=Little Airplane soars with Wonder Pets!|work=Animation World Network|date=April 18, 2007}} After Oobi became a breakout success for the studio, its co-founder Josh Selig expressed interest in producing another television show.{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/animation-solo-studio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415152553/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/animation-solo-studio|archive-date=April 15, 2015|title=Animation Solo to Studio|work=Animation Magazine|date=February 23, 2007}} Little Airplane produced two animated shorts called "Linny the Guinea Pig." The shorts focused on a silent guinea pig who left her classroom to go on fantastic adventures, each set to classical music. Jennifer Oxley, who had joined Little Airplane as an animator, signed on as the director of the two shorts.{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cdc9e1c7d76e0460002df-linny-the-guinea-pig-spac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513043206/https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cdc9e1c7d76e0460002df-linny-the-guinea-pig-spac|archive-date=May 13, 2016|title=Linny the Guinea Pig: Space and Ocean|work=Tribeca Film Festival|date=2005}}
Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley first screened the shorts at the wrap party for Oobi{{'}}s second season. The shorts eventually caught the attention of Nickelodeon, who picked up the shorts to air in-between shows and eventually commissioned a full season of 20 long-form episodes. Tuck and Ming-Ming were added to the cast to form a team of superhero pets, and the characters were given voices; the dialogue-free nature of the original shorts did not translate well to half-hour episodes. At first, the show was called The Super Singing Power Pets!, but it was renamed Wonder Pets! because the former name was too long. Many former crew members of Oobi moved onto the show, including writers Chris Nee and Sascha Paladino and composers Larry Hochman and Jeffrey Lesser.{{cite web|url=http://kidscreen.com/2009/03/24/the-heartbeat-of-little-airplane-an-interview-with-jeffrey-lesser/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320063807/http://kidscreen.com/2009/03/24/the-heartbeat-of-little-airplane-an-interview-with-jeffrey-lesser/|archive-date=March 20, 2011|title=The Heartbeat of Little Airplane: An interview with Jeffrey Lesser|work=Kidscreen|date=March 24, 2009}}
The animation style used to create Wonder Pets! is called "photo-puppetry," and was created for the series to allow animators to manipulate photographs of real animals. It also uses drawn objects (not characters), so the total presentation could be considered animated mixed-media. Jennifer Oxley considers this technique her own invention and first used it to create lifelike transitions for Little Airplane's previous works.
A good deal of the dialog is sung, so the show has been likened to operetta or singspiel. A 10-member live orchestra performs each episode, sometimes including other instrumentalists skilled in music from the region to which the pets are traveling during the episode.Heffley, Lynne. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-03-et-wonderpets3-story.html "Unchained melodies: In scoring the kids' show 'The Wonder Pets!,' top-notch composers get a warm and fuzzy feeling"]. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA. 2006-03-03. Accessed: 2011-01-11. (Archived by WebCite at [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-03-et-wonderpets3-story.html WebCitation.org]) Completing each episode took thirty-three weeks from script to final delivery.Jennifer Oxley, [http://www.nickjr.com/shows/wond_parents/wonder-pets-tv/meet-wonder-pets-creators.jhtml "Meet the Creators of Wonder Pets!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820202006/http://www.nickjr.com/shows/wond_parents/wonder-pets-tv/meet-wonder-pets-creators.jhtml |date=August 20, 2009 }}
Broadcast and release
Wonder Pets! premiered on Nickelodeon airing on March 3, 2006, as well as Noggin on the same day.
=DVD compilations=
Reception
Pam Gelman of Common Sense Media gave the show four stars out of five, describing as "kid-friendly mini-operas about teamwork and more."{{Cite web |last=Gelman |first=Pam |date=January 29, 2024 |title=The Wonder Pets! TV Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-wonder-pets |access-date=May 3, 2024 |website=Common Sense Media}}
Ashley Moulton of Common Sense Media gave the reboot, Wonder Pets: In The City, four stars out of five, calling it a "sweet reboot with musical, empathetic, and helpful pets."{{Cite web |last=Moulton |first=Ashley |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Wonder Pets: In the City TV Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/wonder-pets-in-the-city |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=Common Sense Media}} Wonder Pets: In The City also got nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production for Preschool, for the episode: "Save Tate?"{{Cite web |title=52 Annie Awards Congratulations Nominations |url=https://annieawards.org/nominations |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=Annie Awards}}
=Awards=
In other media
=Books (''Wonder Pets!'' series)=
- Arranged in publication date order.
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = Teamwork Saves the Day!: Book and Beanie Baby Gift Set| date = 2008-01-08| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-4797-4 }}
- {{cite book| author = Little Airplane Productions|author2=Jennifer Oxley | title = Flyboat Adventures| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-4742-4 }}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = Go, Wonder Pets!| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-4723-3| url = https://archive.org/details/gowonderpets00seli_0}}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = The Wonder Pets Save the Dinosaur!| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-4724-0| url = https://archive.org/details/wonderpetssavedi0000seli}}
- {{cite book| author = Jennifer Oxley|author2=Little Airplane Productions | title = Let's Count Baby Animals!| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6393-6 }}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = Good Night, Wonder Pets!| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6154-3 }}
- {{cite book| author = Melinda Richards| title = The Wonder Pets Save the Hedgehog!| date = 2008-07-29| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-4727-1 }}
- {{cite book| author = Billy Lopez| author2 = Little Airplane Productions| title = Save the Bengal Tiger!| date = 2008-08-26| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6495-7| url = https://archive.org/details/savebengaltigerw00bill_0}}
- {{cite book| title = We Can Help!| date = 2008-08-26| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6865-8 }}
- {{cite book| title = Wonder pets!: save the reindeer!| date = 2008-10-07| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6174-1 }}
- {{cite book| author = Heather R. Tilert| title = Ming-Ming Saves the Day: Follow the Reader Level 1| date = 2008-10-21| publisher = Simon Scribbles| isbn = 978-1-4169-6459-9 }}
- {{cite book| author = Jennifer Oxley| title = Let's Find Colors!| date = 2008-10-28| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-5824-6| url = https://archive.org/details/letsfindcolors00oxle}}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| author2 = Little Airplane Productions| title = The Wonder Pets Love You!| date = 2008-12-16| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-6457-5| url = https://archive.org/details/wonderpetsloveyo00seli}}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| author2 = Melanie Pal| author3 = Little Airplane Productions| title = Join the Circus| date = 2008-12-23| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7581-6| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/joincircus0000seli}}
- {{cite book| author = Kermit Frazier|author2=Little Airplane Productions | title = Save the Tree!: Little Green Nickelodeon| date = 2009-01-06| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-5111-7 }}
- {{cite book| title = You Can Fly, Bumblebee!| date = 2009-01-27| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7107-8 }}
- {{cite book| author = Billy Lopez| author2 = Little Airplane Productions| title = Save the Egg!| date = 2009-01-27| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7103-0| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/saveegg0000lope}}
- {{cite book| author = Tone Thyne| title = ABC Party| date = 2009-02-10| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7104-7 }}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = My Family Loves Me!| date = 2009-03-24| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7515-1| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/myfamilylovesme0000seli}}
- {{cite book| author = Clark Stubbs| title = Let's Discover Shapes!| date = 2009-06-23| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7196-2 }}
- {{cite book| title = Save the Three Little Pigs!| date = 2009-06-23| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7198-6| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/savethreelittlep0000rich}}
- {{cite book| author = Sascha Paladino| author2 = Little Airplane Productions| title = Off to School!| date = 2009-06-23| publisher = Simon Spotlight| isbn = 978-1-4169-7197-9| url = https://archive.org/details/offtoschool00pala_0}}
- {{cite book| title = Save the Visitor!| date = 2009-06-23| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7868-8 }}
- {{cite book| title = Baby Beaver Rescue| date = 2009-07-14| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-8499-3| url = https://archive.org/details/babybeaverrescue0000kims}}
- {{cite book| title = Save Little Red Riding Hood!| date = 2009-07-14| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-8566-2| url = https://archive.org/details/savelittleredrid0000rich}}
- {{cite book| title = Happy Halloween, Wonder Pets!| date = 2009-08-04| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-7982-1 }}
- {{cite book| title = Save the Beetles!| date = 2009-09-22| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9019-2 }}
- {{cite book| title = The Wonder Pets Save the Nutcracker!: A Play-Along Storybook| date = 2009-10-06| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9016-1 }}
- {{cite book| author = Billy Lopez| title = Ming-Ming's Favorite Things| date = 2010-01-26| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9062-8 }}
- {{cite book| author = Laura Brown| title = Let's Play Outside!| date = 2010-02-09| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9022-2| url = https://archive.org/details/letsplayoutside0000brow}}
- {{cite book| author = Tone Thyne|author2=Little Airplane Productions | title = Let's Play the Opposites Game| date = 2010-02-09| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-8507-5 }}
- {{cite book| title = The Baby Bird Rescue!| date = 2010-02-09| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9077-2 }}
- {{cite book| title = Floppy's First Sleepover| date = 2010-06-08| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9756-6 }}
- {{cite book| author = Melinda Richards| title = Flyboat to the Rescue!| date = 2010-06-08| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4169-9752-8| url = https://archive.org/details/flyboattorescue00rich}}
- {{cite book| title = This Is Serious!: Recycling to the Rescue! / Little Green Nickelodeon| date = 2010-06-08| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4424-0231-7| url = https://archive.org/details/thisisseriousrec00lope}}
- {{cite book| author = Michael Scanlon| title = How We Met!| date = 2010-08-31| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4424-0654-4 }}
- {{cite book| author = Josh Selig| title = We Are Thankful!| date = 2010-09-07| publisher = Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon| isbn = 978-1-4424-0677-3 }}
Source:[http://series.simonandschuster.com/Wonder-Pets! Wonder Pets! book page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716072126/http://series.simonandschuster.com/Wonder-Pets! |date=July 16, 2011 }} from Simon & Schuster
=Soundtrack=
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In addition to the DVDs and books, the show's self-titled track, Wonder Pets!, was released on April 10, 2007.[https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Pets/dp/B000NOKBF2 Wonder Pets: Wonder Pets!: Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103184534/http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Pets/dp/B000NOKBF2 |date=November 3, 2015 }} Retrieved from Amazon.com on Nov. 26th, 2010. The soundtrack features songs from the show itself, including the main self-titled theme song.
==Track listing==
All songs are performed by the Wonder Pets unless otherwise noted.
- "The Wonder Pets!"
- "Poor Baby Squirrel"
- "The Caterpillar's Song"
- "Oh, Sheep-eee-hooo!"
- "Tickle the Whale"
- "To Be Free!"
- "Hold On, Pigeon!"
- "Fruit Salad"
- "City Garden Rap"
- "Hug a Hedgy"
- "The Oasis"
- "Hola, Hermit Crab!"
- "Wee-Wee, Pee-Pee, Tinkle!"
- "Brown Cow Down"
- "Wonder Pets, We Love You!"
- "The Wonder Pets! Theme" (Instrumental)
=Game=
{{Infobox game
| title = The Wonder Pets! Save the Animals!
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| publisher = 2K Play
| date = October 27, 2008 (US)
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| genre = Adventure
| system = Nintendo DS
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| web = [http://www.2kgames.com/2kplay/wonderpets/index.html Official website]
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The Wonder Pets! Save the Animals! is a video game released on October 27, 2008 in North America exclusively for the Nintendo DS.
Toys and merchandising
In March 2008, Fisher-Price began distributing a line of official Wonder Pets! toys in the United States.[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=27058486942054910&hl=en Video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224093838/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=27058486942054910&hl=en |date=February 24, 2009 }}, Toys "R" Us television commercial Toys include the Flyboat, figurine playsets, and plush animals. These figurine playsets have each Wonder Pet saving a different baby animal. These include Linny saving a baby penguin, Tuck saving a baby bluebird, and Ming-Ming rescuing a kitten. In addition, there is a whale playset for the tub.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.nickjr.com/shows/wond_parents/index.jhtml}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775407/ Wonder Pets!] at the Internet Movie Database
- [http://www.tv.com/shows/wonder-pets/ Wonder Pets!] at TV.com
- [http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=278188 Wonder Pets!] at TV Guide
- [https://ew.com/article/2007/04/22/kids-corner-qa-wonder-petss-josh-selig/ Entertainment Weekly interview of creator Josh Selig]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151103184553/http://gothamist.com/2004/01/24/josh_selig_litt.php Gothamist interview of Josh Selig]
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