''What About Mimi?'' is a Canadian animated television series. The show was produced by
Decode Entertainment
WildBrain Studios is the in-house television studio arm of Canadian entertainment company WildBrain based in Vancouver which was established in 2016 as DHX Studios.
History
In January 2016, DHX Media announced that they would be building a 60 ...
and
Studio B Productions (then DHX Media, now
WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. (formerly known as DHX Media, Ltd.) is a Canadian media, animation studio, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest library of children' ...
). The show first premiered on
Teletoon
Teletoon (stylized as TELETOON) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Its name is a portmanteau of "television" and " cartoon". The channel primarily broadcasts ...
on October 4, 2000 with the final episode's airing on August 14, 2002, leading up to 3 seasons and 39 episodes overall.
Plot
The show that focuses on Mimi Mortin, a clever, redheaded girl in the sixth grade who lives in the Canadian town of Starfish Bay with two friends, Elaine and Russell and her family, but rivaled with Sincerity.
Characters
* Miriam "Mimi" Mortin (voiced by
Chiara Zanni
Chiara Zanni (; born July 19, 1978) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is known for her roles as Amy Ryan on The N series '' About a Girl'' and Maggie Buckman on the CBC series '' Edgemont''.
She is also known for her voice-work as Hahli i ...
) - a redheaded 11-year-old girl in the sixth grade. She is clever, optimistic and has a powerful imagination. She is always willing to help and solve any problem that she may encounter, most of the times with creative plans and ideas. Although her plans may not always work out the way she expects them, Mimi receives a lot of help from her best friends Elaine and Russell, her family, and even her rivals, and finds a way to solve any problem.
* Elaine Pituskin (voiced by Kori Cook) - Mimi's best friend. An Asian-Canadian girl, who is an animal and nature lover, owning many pets. She can be temperamental and argue with Mimi at times, but she always looks up to Mimi as her best friend, in turn, Mimi respects her a lot.
* Russell Van Eden (voiced by
Rhys Huber
Rhys Huber (born June 24, 1986) is a Canadian actor. He has done English voice work for animation and anime. His most notable role is Li Showron in the ''Cardcaptors'' dub.
Animation/Anime Roles
* ''Cardcaptors'' as Li Showron
* '' Cardcaptors: ...
) - Mimi's other best friend and sidekick. A boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, who is a sports lover, although he is a bit clumsy. He has skills with his video camera and aspires to be a movie director. He is shown to have a crush on Sincerity early in the series but his interest on her fades away by the end, instead hinting at being attracted to Mimi.
* Sincerity Travers (voiced by
Carly McKillip
Carly Maria McKillip (born February 13, 1989) is a Canadian actress and musician known for her title role in the television series '' Alice, I Think''. She also performs together with her sister Britt in the country group One More Girl. She was ...
) - a snobbish preppy girl with pink hair who, sometimes, does not get along with Mimi. She and Mimi used to be friends in kindergarten, but as they got older, their interests diverged, and they began growing apart. She is Mimi's rival in school, and although she does not get along with her, she admits that her ideas are very good and helps with some of her schemes. Even if she does not get along with Mimi, she has a resentful respect for her, showing that deep inside, Sincerity still considers her a true friend.
* Brock Wickersham (voiced by
Tony Sampson
Tony Sampson (born August 17, 1977) is a Canadian musician, oiler and retired actor. From 1999 to 2009, he voiced Eddy in the Cartoon Network animated series ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''.
Biography
Tony Sampson was born on August 17, 1977 in Vancouver ...
) - a bully who enjoys pulling pranks on all characters, especially on Herbert Finkle.
* Budrick "Buddy" Wickersham (voiced by
Andrew Francis
Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, '' Hero 108'' as Lin Chung, '' L ...
) - Brock's younger brother who is also a bully. It is also revealed that he is a genius, but he does not want people to find out about it, especially his big brother, explaining that the fact would embarrass him in front of his family.
* Bradley "Brad" Mortin (voiced by Keith Miller) - Mimi's 9-year-old brother who knows that Mimi's plans always have flaws.
* Jason Mortin (voiced by
Sam Vincent
James Samuel Vincent (born May 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Vincent won the State of Michigan "Mr. Basketball" award in 1981, the first year the award was given. He attended Lansing's Eastern High Sch ...
) - Mimi's older brother who thinks of himself as an on-the-edge rebel.
* Saffron Mortin (voiced by Ellen Kennedy) - Mimi's vegan mother who always feeds her children vegetables.
* Marvin "Marv" Mortin (voiced by Colin Murdock) - Mimi's father.
* Hayley Kinaschuk (voiced by Ellen Kennedy) - Sincerity's best friend and "lackey", although she is kind and many times disagrees with Sincerity, and is good friends with Mimi, Elaine and Russell. She is of Russian descent.
* Herbert Finkle (voiced by
Peter Kelamis
Peter Kelamis (born December 11, 1967) is an Australian-Canadian actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He is known for playing Tail Terrier in ''Krypto the Superdog'', Dr. Adam Brody in ''Stargate Universe'', Goku in Ocean's English dubs ...
) - a nerd at Mimi's school. He is in charge of the school newspaper. He's also often the target of Brock and Buddy's pranks.
* Lodeman (voiced by Peter Kelamis) - a student at Mimi's school who tends to make very bad noises and to act distracted all the time.
* Ms. Victoria Frances Grindstone (voiced by
Saffron Henderson
Saffron Henderson (born September 25) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who often works with Ocean Productions in numerous anime dubs.
Career
Henderson tends to be cast as mature and flirtatious women, young boys and teenage girls, as wel ...
) - Mimi's teacher.
* Mr. Petri (voiced by Sam Vincent) - a science teacher who blames Brock for everything bad (even over things Brock never did) because of his state of being a bully and for pulling several pranks inside of his classroom.
* Mr. Jacques (voiced by
Dale Wilson) - a gym teacher.
* Ms. Murchison - the librarian of Starfish Bay School. She and Mr. Pianoforte hate each other.
* Principal Earl (voiced by
Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk is a British-born Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines'', as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of '' Transformers: Armada'', '' Transform ...
) - the principal of Starfish Bay School.
* Mr. Pianoforte - a music teacher. He and Ms. Murchison hate each other.
Episodes
The series consists of 39 half-hour episodes divided into three seasons. The first two seasons consist of 13 episodes with a full 22-minute story each, while the third season consists of 13 episodes divided into 26 11-minute stories.
Series overview
Season 1 (2000–01)
Season 2 (2001)
Season 3 (2002)
Awards
The show won a Pulcinella Award for the Best Series for Children in 2001.
Telecast and home media
''What About Mimi?'' was first premiered on
Teletoon
Teletoon (stylized as TELETOON) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Its name is a portmanteau of "television" and " cartoon". The channel primarily broadcasts ...
in 2000 until 2002 with repeats until the late 2000s. The show does not air in the U.S., but PorchLight's KidMango had episodes online. Internationally, the show does air on Fox Kids (now Disney XD) in Latin America and KiKa in Germany. As of 2022, the show had added with m4e's YouTube channel online.
Two volumes of the show have been released on DVD in Canada by
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment (formerly Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment) was an American home entertainment and production company. It was a subsidiary of Starz Inc. Anchor Bay Entertainment marketed and sold feature films, television ser ...
. Volume 1 includes four half-hour episodes and one 11-minute episode. Volume 2 includes three half-hour episodes and three 11-minute episodes. The first two episodes were additionally released on DVD in Australia as part of a compilation series.
* What About Mimi? Volume 1: ''Lights, Camera, Action''; ''Outta Sync''; ''The Play's The Thing''; ''A Star Isn't Born''; ''Critics Choice''
* What About Mimi? Volume 2: ''Wildthing''; ''High Toon''; ''Skiing is Believing''; ''Iron Guy''; ''Club Mimi''; ''Sports Day''
* The Best of What About Mimi?: ''Second Honeymoon''; ''The Great Campaign''
References
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2000 Canadian television series debuts
Canadian children's animated comedy television series
Television shows set in British Columbia
Television shows filmed in Vancouver
Television series by DHX Media
Teletoon original programming
2002 Canadian television series endings
2000s Canadian animated television series
Animated television series about children
English-language television shows