''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' (titled ''The Woody Woodpecker Show'' on-screen) is an American animated comedy

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based on the

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created by cartoonist and animator Walter Lantz. It was developed by animator Bob Jaques, and co-developed by and storyboard artist Kelly Armstrong. It was produced by

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and aired from May 8, 1999 to July 27, 2002 on Fox's

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programming block. It is an updated version of '' The Woody Woodpecker Show'' with characters from the original series and a few new ones appearing in their own segments, in a manner similar to the original ''

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'' shorts from Warner Bros. Each episode consists of two segments featuring Woody Woodpecker sandwiching one starring Chilly Willy, with Winnie Woodpecker and Knothead & Splinter also starring in some segments. 53 episodes (157 segments) were produced, with 105 ''Woody Woodpecker'' segments, 31 ''Chilly Willy'' segments, 11 ''Winnie Woodpecker'' segments and 10 ''Knothead & Splinter'' segments.

Characters

Woody Woodpecker / Winnie Woodpecker / Knothead and Splinter

* Woody Woodpecker ( Billy West) - A mischievous

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who lives in a tree-house overlooking his landlady's house in the suburbs of the Southland. His personality mirrors

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, a lazy and crazy moocher or even a freeloader, often looking for ways to get by without lifting a finger. This does not endear him to his rivals, but Woody doesn't take their resistance lightly. His father is Scottish, and Woody is proud of his Scottish heritage: even though he uses English golf balls and oftentimes shows English traits, or rather British traits. *Winnie Woodpecker ( B. J. Ward) - A female pileated woodpecker and Woody's best friend/girlfriend who tends to get into her own misadventures. She has a more dignified persona than Woody's. *Knothead (

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) and Splinter ( Nika Futterman) - Woody and Winnie's nephew and niece, respectively, a pair of young pileated woodpeckers who can't help but give to their uncle (and anybody else) a hard time. * Buzz Buzzard (

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) - A sleazy

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who is the main antagonist of the series. He always concocts scams and cons on Woody, Winnie or Knothead and Splinter, though the woodpeckers frequently outsmart him. **Tweakey Da Lackey (

) - A domestic canary who is usually Buzz's henchman, often reluctant about it. *

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( Billy West) - A Swedish

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who is Woody's neighbor and long-time foil but is not as antagonistic as either Buzz or other characters with Woody being always greedy and looking for mischief to ensue. Despite his rivalry with Woody, there are times where the duo team up and work together. *Ms. Meany (

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) - Woody's ugly old landlady who rents the tree-house Woody lives in and Wally's neighbor. Being more violent than other characters, she is generally more antagonistic and mean-spirited than both Buzz and Wally. Often portrayed as a hard worker who takes her job seriously and respects those in authority. *Dapper Denver Dooley (

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) - An obnoxious manchild who always tries to steal things from Woody.

Chilly Willy

* Chilly Willy - A voiceless

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who lives in

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, his misadventures result from his constant endeavors to fill his empty stomach and/or find relief from the cold. Despite his innocent demeanor, Chilly is quite the troublemaker. *Smedley ( Billy West) - A hound dog that is frequently at odds with Chilly, though usually portrayed as more an authority figure than an antagonist. He is very easygoing and generally does not break his calm demeanor, but Chilly always pushes Smedley's patience to the breaking point. *Chilly Lilly - A female penguin who is Chilly Willy's girlfriend and appears in the episode ''Chilly Lilly''. *Maxie The Polar Bear (

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) - An intelligent

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who is one of Chilly's friends. He makes a few appearances on Chilly's segments. *Sgt. Hogwash (

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) - A pig military officer who operates in a government base in the Antarctic, and is plagued by Chilly's mischievousness. *Major Bull (

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) - A

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who is Hogwash's superior.

Additional characters

*Dr. Doug Nutts ( Billy West) - A physician who is impersonating

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. He appears in the episode "Woody and the Termite" until "Painfaker". *Mother Nature ( B. J. Ward) - A fairy who usually gets onto Woody for being too lazy to fulfill his role in nature. She appears in the episodes "Woody and the Termite", "Downsized Woody", "Whistle Stop Woody" and "Teacher's Pet". In "Teacher's Pet", her appearance is different from that in the three prior episodes. She retains her original pre-design in ''Crazy Castle 5''. *Creepy Badger (

) - A creepy and psychotic badger. While is not generally a real villain, he has worked alongside Wally Walrus as assistant and played the role as the main antagonist in one episode. He speaks in a gravelly, deep, and generally creepy voice. He also really loves tobogganing. His catchphrase is "Hi-ya, buddy!". *Nicky Knickknacker (

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) - A high society pileated woodpecker thief who appears in the episode "Eenie, Meany, Out You Go". *Billy () and Louie (

) - A pair of troublemaker dogs that had the tendency to annoy Knothead and Splinter, Billy is the leader and agrresive of the duet, meanhile Louie is a little dumb. *Woody's Father ( Corey Burton) - A pileated woodpecker who is the father of Woody. *Caveman Woodpecker (

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) - A caveman who is a woodpecker. *Judge ( Billy West) - A

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who appears in the episode "Painfaker" until "Couples Therapy". In "Stage Fright", he condemns Buzz and Tweakey. *Willy Walrus (

) - Wally's nephew who appears in the episodes "Just Say Uncle" and "Stuck on You". *Cupid ( Billy West) - A

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who appears in the episode "Date with Destiny". *Woodrow Woodpecker (

) - A nerdy woodpecker who appears in "Teacher's Pet".

Additional voices

* Jess Harnell as Businessman (in "Wiener Wars"), Joe (in "Wiener Wars"), Pirate (in "Woody's Ship of Ghouls") * Peter Jason * Brogan Roche * Pamela Adlon as Lester the Termite (in "Woody and the Termite") * Julie Brown as Customer (in "Bad Hair Day"), Judge (in "Winnie's New Car") * Corey Burton as Woody Woodpecker's Father, TV Announcer (in "Mexican Chilly") * Joe Lala as Cable Mole (in "Cable Ace") *

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as Pigeon Boss (in "Downsizing Woody"),

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(in "Corn Fed Up") *

as Captain Redwood (in "Woody's Ship of Ghouls"), Oakey (in "Woody's Ship of Ghouls"), Chef Rufus le Doufus ("Cajun Chilly"), Dr. Von Brain (in "Couple's Therapy"), Carl Castaway (in "Surviving Woody") * Diane A. Crea *

as Corky (in "Woody's Ship of Ghouls"), Woody Clone (in "Two Woodys, No Waiting"), Gunther (in "Bavariannoying"), (in "Be a Sport") *

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as Chester the Cockroach (in "Brother Cockroach") *

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as Kid (in "Mexican Chilly"), Nash (in "Automatic Woody") *

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as Helga (in "The Chilly Show"), Hens (in "Chicken Woody") *

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as Marty (in "The Chilly Show") *

as The Granulador (in "The Contender")

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (2000)

From episode 27 to the end of the series, all episodes were directed by Alan Zaslove.

Season 3 (2002)

Broadcast

''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' aired on

from May 8, 1999, through July 27, 2002. The show also aired on YTV and coming soon on WildBrainTV in Canada and

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in the UK.

Home media

Few DVDs were released in the UK, previously on VHS. As of February 2018, the first 13 episodes can be viewed on

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and Yahoo! View. Previously, all 53 episodes were available for streaming on

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. The full series is now part of the NBCUniversal streaming service

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, ever since its launch on July 15, 2020.

Successor

References

External links

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