''Little Charmers'' is a Canadian and Pan-European CGI-animated

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produced by

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and

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for

Treehouse TV Treehouse TV is a Canadian English-language specialty channel for preschoolers aged 2 to 5 that was launched in 1997. Its name comes from YTV's former preschool block, " The Treehouse". The channel is owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of ...

. The series premiered on

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in the

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on January 12, 2015 and ended on April 15, 2017.

announced a week later that it was scheduled in Canada on the last day of January; however, episode 2 debuted 6 days after this announcement, and 6 days prior to the scheduled debut. 57 episodes were produced.

Characters

Main

* Hazel Charming (voiced by

Addison Holley Addison Holley (born May 18, 2000) is a Canadian actress who has had starring roles in several television series. Holley was born in Burlington, Ontario. In 2016, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Child ...

) is a young Charmer and Enchantress-in-training whose magic is known for its tendency not to work out well, to the point that her magical mishaps are known as being ''Hazeled''. Sometimes she uses her wand in the Charmhouse. Her musical instrument in Rainbow Sparkle is a guitar. * Lavender (voiced by Alexa Torrington) is a bow-loving and purple-haired Charmer who uses her wand for making

potion A potion () is a liquid "that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers.” It derives from the Latin word ''potus'' which referred to a drink or drinking. The term philtre is also used, often specifically ...

s to help the others. She has won awards for fashion design. Her catchphrase is "Charmazing!" Her musical instrument in Rainbow Sparkle is a set of drums. * Posie (voiced by Matilda Gilbert) is a lighthearted Charmer who uses her wand to play it as the flute. She has two brothers, her big brother is Parsley and her baby brother is Thistle. Easily excitable and very gentle, Posie is optimistic and peaceful by default. She sees the beauty in everything and can be very sweet with a motherly flair and ability to trust her instincts. She can be easily distracted however, and is very chatty to the point of accidentally being blunt with others or a little rude. Posie does her best to keep everyone encouraged and uplifted. Her musical instrument in Rainbow Sparkle is a keyboard. * Mr. Charming (voiced by

Andrew Sabiston Andrew Sabiston is a multi-award nominated Canadian children's television series developer, story editor, writer and actor with over 1100 episodes to his credit. His mother is artist Carole Sabiston. Early career An early start as a stage actor ...

) is Hazel's bespectacled wizard father and the owner of a broom store. * Mrs. Charming (aka Enchantress or The Enchantress) (voiced by Lisette St. Louis) is Hazel's mother and the most powerful Charmer. In her role as Enchantress, she uses her magic to deal with problems around Charmville. * Seven is Hazel's cat. * Flare is Lavender's dragon. * Treble is Posie's owl. * Parsley (voiced by Lucius Hoyos) is Posie's older brother. Although not seen using his powers as often, he is also capable of casting charms and cause mischief. He works at Mr. Charming's broom shop as an assistant and has a slight rivalry with Hazel. **Thistle is the baby brother of Posie and Parsley.

Recurring

* Prince Ferg is a frog prince of the pond. Was originally a normal prince but was turned into a frog, though he reveals that both his father and grandfather had been frog princes as well. * Gary the Gnome shows up in several episodes. * Mrs. Greensparkle the schoolteacher shows up in several episodes. * Olive shows up in several episodes. * Willow shows up in several episodes. * a green mother dragon returns in 'Dragon Daycare' after being shown in an earlier episode. * Nelson the Gnome appear in "Nelson in Charge" to babysit the Charmers. * Picklemunchinfeet (nicknamed Pickles) (voiced by

Brian Froud Brian Froud (born 1947) is an English fantasy illustrator and conceptual designer. He is most widely known for his 1978 book ''Faeries (book), Faeries'' with Alan Lee (illustrator), Alan Lee, and as the conceptual designer of the Jim Henson fil ...

) is a lonely ogre the charmers befriend. * Princess Corina is a mermaid that Hazel befriends. * Splish is the childhood nickname of Corina's mother when she was friends with Chanty.

Episodes

Broadcast

''Little Charmers'' premiered on

in the United States on January 12, 2015, on

Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...

in Australia and New Zealand on May 4, 2015, on

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in the United Kingdom and Ireland on June 22, on

in Southeast Asia and Europe on July 6, and on

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in Ireland. It was shown in

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in the Middle East. Starz Kids & Family is also currently airing the series in every even-numbered month, but only at its first season due to its second and final one being unavailable.

Merchandise

Fourteen different toys based on the series were made in Canada. Spin Master made toys including dolls, figurines, plushies and RPGs. Additionally, bedding was made by Baby Boom Consumer Products, cake decorations by Bakery Crafts Halloween costumes by Rubie's Costume Company, and other products by Scholastic. Four games for the series, Charmers in Training, Hazel Eyes, Junior Brooms, and Sparkle Up! were made as well.

Home Media

References

External links

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Little Charmers at Nick Jr.
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