Doc McStuffins

''Doc McStuffins'' is an American educational computer-animated children's television series created and executive produced by Chris Nee (an Irish-American who was an associate producer for international versions of Sesame Street) and produced by Brown Bag Films which aired on Disney Channel and Disney Junior from March 23, 2012, to April 18, 2020. The series centers on a girl who can "fix" toys, with help from her toy friends. It features songs written and composed by Kay Hanley and Michelle Lewis.

The series received positive reviews due to the series' concept and the main character, as well as its portrayal of African Americans (Nee stated in 2013 that Doc is African American, as proposed by Disney during her initial pitch, Nee initially only knowing she wanted a girl doctor) in a Disney series. Nee conceived the series as ''Cheers'' for preschoolers.

On November 16, 2016, Disney Junior renewed the series for a fifth season. On April 4, 2018, Lara Jill Miller, the voice of Lambie, stated that the series finale had been recorded and would premiere on April 18, 2020, ending the series’ original run after five seasons, and there were no plans for the show to have a sixth season. Since the show ended, reruns continue to air on Disney Junior both locally and globally, as well as the show itself been made available on DisneyNOW and Disney+. On February 7, 2022, it was announced that the series would be celebrating its 10th anniversary in the form of an animated musical special, which was premiered on August 26, 2022.

Premise

The series chronicles freckled, seven-year-old (eight as of 2020 despite the cancellation) Dottie "Doc" McStuffins who decides she wants to become a doctor like her mother, a pediatrician. She practices for her dream job by fixing toys and dolls.

When she activates her magic stethoscope, she can create a variety of supernatural effects, including traveling through time. Her most regular use of it in the TV series is to cause toys, dolls, and stuffed animals to come to life. They are able to move, speak, sing songs, pick up things, hear, see, and smell odors, and she can interact with them. With help from her stuffed animals: Stuffy the Dragon; Hallie the Hippo; Lambie the Lamb; and Chilly the Snowman. Doc helps toys recover, or "feel better", by giving them check-ups and diagnosing their fictional illnesses with an encyclopedia called "The Big Book of Boo Boos" and another encyclopedia called "The Big Vet Book" for her toy pets when she's a veterinarian. In season four the Big Book of Boo Boos and The Big Vet Book go hi-tech in a tablet form.

Each 11-minute episode includes original songs. During ending credits in season 1, Doc gives advice to viewers about staying healthy. Seasons 1 and 2 have the original intro for the theme song, but in season 3, the spoken line by Doc at the end of the theme song was re-recorded with Doc's new voice. In season 3 Doc opens up a veterinary clinic for fixing toy pets in addition to the regular medical services that she provides for the other toys. In season 4, Doc's Grandma reveals her own magical stethoscope and teleports her and Doc to McStuffinsville, a magical city populated by living toys, and puts Doc in charge of the McStuffinsville Hospital. In season 5, Doc and her toys put together the McStuffinsville Pet Rescue Team, where they work together to rescue pets in need.

Each episode focuses on Doc and her crew helping another toy in need and after each check-up gives each toy advice from anything that has happened to her or other circumstances. In some episodes, a member of Doc’s crew ended up being the toy in need and even Doc herself has been the patient with the toys caring for her in the same way she had.

Episodes

Characters

Main

* "Doc" McStuffins (voiced by Kiara Muhammad in Season 1-2 and Laya DeLeon Hayes in Season 3–5) is the main character of the series, Doc is a 7-year-old girl who likes to fix toys, dolls, and stuffed animals. She wants to be a doctor like her mother, one day. She has a magical toy stethoscope which is her form of communication with all of the toys. She is a girl with long dark brown hair tied in braided pigtails with a fashionable headband in the middle of her head. She usually wears a lab coat over a long-sleeved purple-and-white striped T-shirt and pink-colored skirt with polka-dot leggings on her legs and violet ankle socks with pink sneakers with sparkles. Her name is used for the series title. Also, her maternal grandfather has survived heart and knee replacement surgery.
* Lambie (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) is a stuffed lamb who is one of Doc's best friends. She is very sweet, likes to hug people, and is a gifted dancer who wears a pink bow with her matching tutu. Her other friends are Stuffy, Hallie, and Chilly. She may have a bit of a crush on Stuffy, seeing as she gives him the most cuddles. Lambie also idolizes Dress-Up Daisy and hopes to be a fashionista like her.
* Stuffy (voiced by Robbie Rist in the TV series and Ben Schwartz in "''The Doc Files''") is a stuffed blue dragon who tries to be the bravest dragon of all but does not succeed at that every time, especially with spiders which he has a fear of. He is also clumsy. He is one of Doc's friends and his other friends are Hallie, Lambie, and Chilly. His design is partially inspired by Figment from the Epcot ride Journey Into Imagination at Walt Disney World in Florida.
* Chilly (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a stuffed snowman who is a hypochondriac and does not always seem sure that he isn't a real snowman. He is sweet and one of Doc's more fearful friends. He is also friends with Lambie, Stuffy, and Hallie. Chilly wears a black top hat and a blue scarf.
* Hallie (voiced by Loretta Devine) is a stuffed purple hippo and a nurse who is Doc's assistant. She is friendly and treats Doc's patients with respect and good care. She is good friends with Doc and the other stuffed animals. She also has a Radar O'Reilly-like intuition as to what Doc needs during an exam, which she calls a "Hippo Hunch" and sometimes acts like a drill sergeant. She wears a Candy striper nurse's outfit and resembles the nurse at Doc's mother's clinic, named Hattie. She wears red glasses.
* Squeakers is a purple squeaky toy that looks like a blowfish and can go in the water like Hermie, Marvin, Surfer Girl, Melinda the Mermaid, and Lula.
* Donny McStuffins (voiced by Jaden Betts in Season 1-2 and Andre Robinson in Seasons 3 & 5) is Doc's four-year-old brother who usually spends most of his time playing with his toy cars and his friends. He's also a main character in the first 3 Seasons and a guest star character in Season 5. He owns the toy knight action figure named Sir Kirby, who appears in the episodes ''Knight Time'' and ''The Dark Knight''.
* Dr. Maisha McStuffins / Mom (voiced by Kimberly Brooks (also credited as Kim and Kimberly D. Brooks in some episodes)) – She is the mother of Doc and Donny and the wife of Mr. McStuffins. She is a doctor who works at a clinic. She expects Doc to become a doctor, like herself.
* Mr. Marcus McStuffins / Dad (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams) – Mostly a stay-at-home father but indicated in the episode "The New Girl" to have a part-time job who usually cooks dinner while his wife is at work. He takes care of Doc and Donny, his children.

Recurring

* April McStuffins (voiced by Dawnn Lewis) is Doc, Donny, and Maya's paternal Grandmother. It is revealed in the "Toy Hospital" series that she can also speak to toys. She created "McStuffinsville".
* Maya Alana McStuffins (voiced by Karen O' Brien) is Doc and Donny's new adopted baby sister, referred to as "Baby McStuffins" before being named.
* Emmie (voiced by Kylee Anderson) is the girl next door, Doc's soccer teammate, and best human friend.
* Alma (voiced by Amy Smith and Caitlin Carmichael) is Emmie's little sister.
* Emmie and Alma's mom (voiced by Chris Nee)
* Luca Stevens (voiced by Buddy Handleson) is Donny's best friend.
* Rudy is Emmie and Alma's terrier puppy.
* Will Wright (voiced by Jay Gragnani) is Donny's friend, who owns Riggo.
* Carlos Ortiz (voiced by Elan Garfias and Teo Briones) is Doc and Donny's neighbor who owns Star Blazer Zero.
* Henry Diloy (voiced by Curtis Harris) is Doc and Donny's neighbor who owns Aurora.
* Tisha McStuffins (voiced by China Anne McClain) is Doc and Donny's paternal cousin. She is the daughter of Marcus' older sister.
* Tobias (voiced by Tony Hale) is a Christmas Elf. He appears in "A Very McStuffins Christmas" and again in "The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special".
* Santa Claus (voiced by Jeffrey Tambor) is a beloved holiday icon. He appears in "A Very McStuffins Christmas" and "The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special".
* Katherine (voiced by Mela Lee) is Doc and Donny's babysitter neighbor who once owned Dress-Up Daisy.
* Jacob (voiced by Gunnar Sizemore) is the boy in the park, who owns Super Stuntman Steve.
* Dr. Peerless (voiced by Alexandra Ryan) is a doctor who works in the same clinic as Doctor McStuffins.
* Declan Smith (voiced by Matthew Wayne) is a shy boy who befriends Doc at the clinic.
* Hattie (voiced by Loretta Devine in Season 1-5 and Cree Summer in Season 6) is a nurse at the clinic that is like a human version of Hallie.
* Maddie (voiced by Angie Wu) is the girl in the park who owns Norton.
* Ramona Marcus (voiced by Grace Kaufman) is the owner of Dart the Unicorn.
* Ian Sheridan (voiced by Rio Mangini) is one of Doc's neighbors who's the owner of Wildlife Will.
* Tamara (voiced by Kyla Kenedy) is one of Donny's friends who owns Southwest Sal.
* Sabrina (voiced by Raven Walker) is Doc and Donny's toddler cousin.
* Nia (voiced by Cherami Leigh) is one of the patients at Doctor Myiesha McStuffins's clinic.
* Florence Nightingale (voiced by Joanne Froggatt)
* Audrey (voiced by Trinitee Stokes)
* Dev (voiced by Julian Zane) is a seven-year-old boy who is accidentally transported to McStuffinsville and becomes the leader of the McStuffinsville's First Responders.

Toys

* Angus (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a Karate Kangaroo who has a fear of fighting.
* Anna (voiced by Meghan Strange) is a stuffed monkey. She, along with her brother, Ben, can stick to each other. She belongs to Doc's friend, Alma. She had to stay at Doc's house overnight while her brother was getting recovered.
* Aurora (voiced by Laraine Newman) is a telescope belonging to Henry, who speaks in 60's hippie lingo and walks on her tripod. In the episode "Starry Starry Night" her vision was strangely blurred, and Doc led a search in Henry's yard to find Aurora's missing eyepiece.
* Awesome Guy (voiced by David Boat) is a toy superhero that belongs to Donny. In the episode "Righty-on-Lefty", he had to rescue Lambie from a tree, but there was a problem with his legs. Doc wanted to give him a checkup, but he didn't want to get one, and then later Stuffy had an idea to sneak him in. Doc found out the problem: his legs were put on the wrong way. So when Doc fixed them he was back in action.
* Bella (voiced by Julianne Buescher) is a ballerina like Lambie, only she's human and wears a blue outfit and speaks in a Russian accent. She accidentally cracked her leg after a leap and had to have it put in a cast, but she found lots to do while she waited for it to heal.
* Ben (voiced by Jeffrey Nicholas Brown) is a stuffed monkey. He, along with his sister, Anna can stick to each other. He belongs to Doc's friend, Alma. He had to be fixed when his Velcro sticker ripped off and he got separated from Anna overnight.
* Big Jack (voiced by Ty Burrell in "Out of the Box" and Tom Cavanagh in "Chip Off the Ol' Box") is a jack-in-the-box, with a joker popping out when the handle turns. In the episode, "Chip Off the Ol' Box", he hurts his crank after Donny crashes into him while practicing some defensive soccer save moves.
* Boomer (voiced by Dave B. Mitchell) is the soccer ball that belongs to Emmie. He was flat due to a leak but was scared of the needle in the air pump Doc had to use.
* Boppy (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is the blue inflatable punching bag shaped like a dog, who usually can't be knocked down. He found himself losing air after a rosebush popped him, and was taken in by Doc for patching and reinflation (This scene is used as part of each show's opening until Season 4). In ''The Doc Files'' episode "Boppy's Boo Boo" Boppy was also known as "Bobby".
* Bonnie Blue is a toy horse on wheels which Sir Kirby rides on. Bonnie Blue was also in "Dusty Bear" as Stuffy's horse when he pretended to be a Cowboy.
* Bronty (voiced by Jeffrey Nicholas Brown) is a Brontosaurus toy from the Tank Toy Grabber crane machine in which Donny won who loves to run around and to swim.
* Bubble Monkey (voiced by Hynden Walch) is a monkey that blows bubbles and belongs to Emmie and Alma. She stopped blowing bubbles when Alma accidentally filled her with paste instead of bubble soap.
* Buddy (voiced by Jess Harnell) is a dump truck toy that belongs to Donny. Buddy is Riggo's best friend. (Based on the Buddy-L

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