''Wallykazam!'' is an American
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children's
animated television series
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created by
Adam Peltzman
Adam Peltzman is an American television writer and producer. He wrote for various shows at Nickelodeon before creating his own Nick Jr. series, ''Wallykazam!'', for which he was the head writer and executive producer. Peltzman was also head write ...
for
Nickelodeon
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. The series was first broadcast on February 3, 2014, on Nickelodeon's
Nick Jr. block and it ended on September 9, 2017. In Canada, it is broadcast on
Treehouse TV
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.
In December 2020, the entire series was added to
Paramount+
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(at the time CBS All Access).
Plot
The
literacy
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series takes place in a colorful fairytale world. The show revolves around young troll Wally Trollman, who uses his magic stick to turn words into physical objects or occurrences, along with his pet dragon Norville and other friends. The duo occasionally runs into trouble, mostly caused by Bobgoblin.
Characters
Main
*Wally Trollman
[ (voiced by Thomas Langston) is an adventurous 6-year-old blue troll who uses his magic stick to allow words to come to life. His mother, Linda Trollman, debuted in the season one finale "Mission for Mom".
*Norville Trollman]Tony Bennett
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) (singing voice in Wally Saves the Trollidays) is a troublesome green goblin who talks in the third person and habitually addresses people by their full names. He has an uncle named Robgoblin who lets him take care of his pet dragon Hortis sometimes. His buddy-pal-friend is Hattie. He is also among Wally's friends[ and his strength was enhanced by Wally enchanting him with the magic word "Lift." Bobgoblin enjoys music, and in several episodes is shown to play the drums very proficiently.
*Gina Giant][ (voiced by Taliyah Whitaker) is Wally's neighbor and one of his best]backflip
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while capturing Wizard Jeff's flying fish Sheila.
*Ogre Doug [ friends. He is a gentle 7-year-old yellow ogre who has red hair and wears suspenders. He is a creature expert who likes studying creatures, playing with creatures, and writing songs about creatures; he plays the guitar (as seen in “Wally Saves the Trollidays”, the “Alphabet Song”, and the “Ode To A Creature” songs). Also, he likes to hug, saying "Doug Hug!" as he does so.
*Libby Light Sprite (voiced by Jenna Iacono) is a 4-year old energetic pink sprite with purple hair and the ability to trace words from light. Like Ogre Doug, she is also good][ friends with Wally. She is later revealed to be the Buddy Pal Friend of Gina. She enjoys singing, dancing, and putting on light shows with her powers.
]
Recurring
Humanoids
*Stan of the Swamp (voiced by J.R. Horne (2014-2016, his death) and Bob Ari (2016–present) is a stubborn and irritable swamp monster who would rather spend his day sitting in his muddy home than going on an adventure. However, his swamp home and succotash pies bring him happiness that the others do not expect from a grump like him.
*Mrs. Trollman (later revealed to be named Linda, voiced by Alanna Ubach
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) is Wally's mom. She is pictured at the end of "Wally Saves the Trollidays", mentioned in "Young Norville", "The Great Wishing Potato", "Buddy Pal Friend Day", and "Power Tie", debuts in person in "Mission for Mom" and returns in "Rock and Troll" , "Snowgoblin", "Wally's Great Big Birthday Hunt", "The Chickephant is Getting Married", and "A Very Villainous Vacation".
*Mr. Trollman (later revealed to be named Howard voiced by Jim Gaffigan
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and Aaron Phillips (Power Tie only), singing voice by Antonio Marin (in Wally's Great Big Birthday Hunt) and Adam Sietz (in A Very Villainous Vacation)) is Wally's dad. He is mentioned in "Totally Swamped", "Day in the Dark", and "Buddy Pal Friend Day", pictured in "Wally Saves the Trollidays", debuts in person in "Rock and Troll" and returns in "Snowgoblin" , "Wally's Great Big Birthday Hunt", "The Chickephant is Getting Married", "A Very Villainous Vacation", and "Power Tie".
*Skydasher Steve (aka Steve the Skydasher, voiced by Ben Schwartz
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) is Wally's uncle. He debuts in "The Big Goblin Problem". He returns in "The Chickephant is Getting Married", but no episode has specified if he is whether the brother of Linda or Howard.
*Betty Yeti (voiced by Andie Mechanic) is a snowboarding yeti
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. She debuts in "Snow Place Like Home" and returns in many episodes, including the Alphabet Song. She is also called Elizabeth Yeti, and hides one of Wally's birthday clues in his hunt.
*Hattie is a witch.
*Cappie (voiced by Violet Tinnirello) is the younger sister of Hattie. She is in a photograph in "The Explorers Club", debuts in person in "Keeping Cappie Happy" and returns in "The Chickephant is Getting Married".
*Cake Monster (voiced by Chris Phillips
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) is monster who likes cake. He debuts in "The Cake Monster" and returns in "The Big Cake Mistake", the Alphabet Song during the letter C, "The Chickephant is Getting Married!", and "Power Tie".
*Victor the Villain (voiced by John O'Hurley
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) is a villain from a comic book who is brought to life from Wally's magic. He debuts in his titular episode and returns in the Alphabet Song during the letter V, "The Chickephant is Getting Married" and "A Very Villainous Vacation".
*Marsha of the Marsh, the niece of Stan, appears in "Play It Again, Stan!" and returns in "The Chickephant is getting Married". Ripley Sobo provides her voice.
*Barbara Baker (voiced by Stephanie D'Abruzzo
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) is a green monster who runs a bakery in the town square. She debuts in "The Cake Monster" and returns in many episodes just like Betty.
*Wizard Jeff (voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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) is Wally's wizard friend. He debuts in "Mustache Day" and returns in "Going Coconuts" and "The Chickephant is Getting Married". Just like Wally, Hattie, and Cappie, he does magic.
*Rockelle is a female rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
who came to life from Wally's magic in "The Rock Can Talk". She reappeared in "The Chickephant is Getting Married!" She is voiced by Vanessa Bayer
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.
*Zack the Garden Gnome is Gina's garden gnome who is voiced by Matt Jones in "Dawn of the Zucchini" and returns in "The Chickephant is Getting Married!".
Goblins
*Robgoblin is Bobgoblin's uncle and Hortis's owner. He is mentioned in "Critter Campers" and possibly mentioned as one of Bob's uncles coming to his family dance party in "The Big Cake Mistake".
*Goblin Guard (voiced by Chris Phillips) is a goblin who guards the wishing potato. He debuts in "The Great Wishing Potato" and returns in "The Great Missing Potato" and "The Chickephant is Getting Married". In Missing Potato, Bobgoblin takes over his duties. Bobgoblin's mother is said to know Goblin Guard's mother. He has a jetpack
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which he uses to ascend a hill.
*Momgoblin is Bobgoblin's mother. She is by Bob mentioned in "The Great Missing Potato" and also on his (Bob's) Twitter page
Dragons
*Baby Snow Dragon (voiced by Oliver Wyman
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) is a light purple dragon baby who lives on top of Mount Chillimonjaro. He debuts in "Snow Place Like Home" and returns in "The Dragon Games", "Young Norville" and the Alphabet Song during the letter F.
*Night Dragon (voiced by Emily Bauer
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) is a pink glowing dragon who likes the dark. She debuts in "Day in the Dark" and returns in "The Dragon Games" and "Ted the Bed". Norville seems to have a little bit of a crush on her.
*Victoria (voiced by Vanessa Lemonides) is Skydasher Steve's blue-purple dragon who Norville likes. She debuts in the same episodes as Steve.
*Hortis (voiced by Tyler Bunch
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Career
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) is a purple dragon who is owned by Bobgoblin's uncle Robgoblin. He debuts in "Critter Campers" and returns in "Young Norville", "The Collar Caper" and "The Chickephant is Getting Married".
Pets and other creatures
*Borgelorp (voiced by Jason Harris) is one of Ogre Doug's pets who Wally and Norville babysit. He debuts in "Naptime for Borgelorp" and returns in "The Cake Monster", "Castle Cafe", "Critter Campers", "Captain Animal", and "The Bathmobile".
*Blathertash (voiced by Adam Peltzman) is another one of Ogre Doug's pets who appears in "Dragon Hiccups" and "The Cake Monster".
*Chad (aka Chad the Winklesnad, voiced by Jason Harris) is Ogre Doug's green pet Winklesnad. He turns red when angered and blue when saddened. He also has a dad (also voiced by Harris). He debuts at the end of "Hopgoblin" and returns at the end of "Buddy Pal Friend Day".
*Flibberflug is another of the pets that looks like a bug. He is mentioned in "Great Galloping Goblins", debuts at the end of "Play It Again, Stan" and returns in "The Big Goblin Problem".
*Chickephant (frequently misspelled Chickenphant in TV guide titles and summaries, voiced by Vanessa Lemonides) is a creature who is half chicken and half elephant. Wally, Norville, Ogre Doug, Bobgoblin, and Hattie discover her. Libby also brings her to Critter Campers Scouting Group. She debuts in "The Explorers Club" and returns in "Critter Campers" and "Captain Animal". Doug marries her the Goorilla in the village of Mossy Hollow during "The Chickephant is Getting Married!".
*Lightning Snail is a fast snail who delivers the mail. She debuts in "Dragon Hiccups" and returns in "Play It Again, Stan" and "The Big Goblin Problem". Her catchphrase is "I deliver the mail on time with a lot of slime" while singing it. Her actor is Fran Brill
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.
*Flipmunk is a chipmunk
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that flips in "A Tiny Problem" and "Wally Saves the Trollidays."
*Grab Crab (voiced by Adam Peltzman) is a crab
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who grabs things with his pincers and like Bobgoblin, says his own name a lot. He debuted in "The Goblin Cold" and returns in "The Chickephant is Getting Married!". He creates conflict by grabbing items of importance. However, in order to grab something else, he must let whatever he has already grabbed go, thus he can be distracted by providing him another item to grab.
*Goorilla (voiced by Ari Rubn
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* Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534–1572), Jewish rabbinical scholar and mystic known also as Ari
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) is a gorilla
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that's covered in goo in "Captain Animal". He reappears again in "The Chickephant is Getting Married!" where Doug marries Goorilla to the Chickephant in the village of Mossy Hollow.
*Flouse (voiced by Oliver Wyman (noise) and Malcolm McDowell
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(speaking)) is a mouse
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that took Gina's stuff in "Flouse in the House". He watches the Chickephant and the Goorilla getting married in "The Chickephant is Getting Married!".
*Mumble Monkey (voiced by Adam Peltzman) is a blue monkey that attends the Chickephant's wedding. He was introduced in "Totally Swamped" to try get Stan laugh to get Wally's glider back. Doug introduces him to read poetry. He later dances with Betty.
Episode structure
Each episode ends with one of 11 sketches which rotates each episode.
* Alphabet Song – Wally and his friends sing the alphabet.
* And Now A Few Words From Bobgoblin – Bobgoblin tries to demonstrate words from a certain word family "example: -eg family" but his efforts end in failure or backfire.
* Giant Words with Gina Giant – Gina demonstrates particularly long words she likes in a comical way.
* Howl Like The Vowel – Wally and Norville demonstrate one of the five vowels through sentences.
* A Light Sprite Can Write – Libby Lightsprite demonstrates the viewer how to trace simple letters or words.
* Message for Dragons – Wally shows the viewers how friendly dragons should behave.
* Ode to a Creature – Ogre Doug makes up a song about his appreciation to a certain animal.
* Rhyme or Slime? – Wally does a rhyming game with one of his friends, along with Bobgoblin. When Bobgoblin says a word that doesn't rhyme, he gets slimed in the way that Nickelodeon has always done it.
* Wallykazhymes – Wally and one of his friends demonstrate a group of words that rhyme.
* Wally, Wally, Wally, Wallykazam – Wally spells his name and after he does he and the other characters sing the signature closing song.
* What A Letter – Wally tells the viewer about a certain letter featured in the episode.
Episodic anthologies
Unique titles have been created to refer to certain episodes grouped together:
*Volume 1 released 3 February 2014 collects 13 episodes:
1Naptime for Borgelorp
2Castle Caper
3The Rock Can Talk
4How to Bathe Your Dragon
5Dragon Hiccups
6Picnic: Impossible
7Totally Swamped
8Day In the Dark
9The Great Wishing Potato
10Running Rita
11The Cake Monster
12Great Galloping Goblins
13Victor the Villain
*Volume 2 released 10 June 2014 collects 12 episodes:
14Snow Place Like Home
15The Switching Stone
16Play It Again, Stan
17A Tiny Problem
18Castle Cafe
19The Dragon Games
20Mustache Day
21Wally Saves the Trollidays
22The Big Goblin Problem
23Hopgoblin
24The Explorers Club
25The Nice Ninjas
Play Pack released 25 August 2014 collects 4 episodes from Volume 1: "The Cake Monster", "Running Rita", "Picnic: Impossible" and "Castle Caper". Bobgoblin Problems released 6 April 2015 collects 4 episodes from Volume 2: "The Big Goblin Problem", "Hopgoblin", "The Switching Stone" and "The Dragon Games".
*Volume 3 released 8 May 2015 collects 13 episodes:
26Mission for Mom
27Home Swamp Home
28The Goblin Cold
29Rock and Troll
30Going Coconuts
31Critter Campers
32The Big Cake Mistake
33Dawn of the Zucchini
34Ricky Robot
35A Flouse in the House
36Young Norville
37Snowgoblin
38The Great Missing Potato
*Volume 4 released 11 February 2016 collects 14 episodes
39Buddy Pal Friend Day
40The Great Missing Potato
41Captain Animal
42The Bathmobile
43Wally's Great Big Birthday Hunt
44Act Like Your Hat
45The Chickphant's Getting Married!
46Keeping Cappie Happy
47 A Very Villainous Vacation
48Ted the Bed
49 Power Tie
50 Show and Tell and Run
51 Sticky Picnic
52The Collar Caper
In other media
Books
Some books have been made based on the TV series:
Big Golden Book
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s:
*Dragon Hiccups
*Wally's Magical Adventures
*Mighty Troll and Wonder Dragon
Board book
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** Cutting board
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* Fiberboard
** Hardboard, a ty ...
s:
*Wally's Best Friends
*Welcome to the Forest
*Forest Friends!
Coloring and Activity book
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s:
*Giant Adventures
*Words with Wally!
*Helping Friends!
Paint
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box books:
*P is for Paint
Stories with stickers:
*Bath Party!
*Castle Caper
*S is for Stickers
*T Is for Troll
*The Cake Monster
*Troll Time!
*Welcome to Wally's World!
*A Tiny Problem
*Picnic Party!
*Tricks, Treats, and Trolls!
*The Dragon Games
Games
Nick Jr. has a games section including crossovers with other Nick Jr. series and two exclusively based on the show:
#Fruit Frenzy!
#Magic Word Hunt involves looking for 40 biscuits and 5 words that begin with G: gallop (producing a galloping table), giggle (causing Norville to giggle), goblin (causing Bobgoblin to appear), ghost (producing a ghost) and gargantuan (a giant word, causing Norville and Wally to grow in the presence of Gina)
Soundtrack
Rock N' Troll is the first ever Wallykazam soundtrack. All 26 songs on the 1st album and it was released on December 17, 2021:
*Rock N' Troll
References
External links
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