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Genre | Preschool |
Created by | Chris Nee |
Written by | Chris Nee |
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Opening theme | "Doc McStuffins Theme Song" by
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Ending theme | "Doc McStuffins Theme Song" (instrumental) |
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Country of origin | United States Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 136 (247 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Production company | Brown Bag Films |
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Network | Disney Junior |
Release | March 23, 2012 – April 18, 2020 |
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The Doc Files |
Doc McStuffins is an animated children's television series created by Chris Nee and produced by Brown Bag Films. It aired on Disney Junior from March 23, 2012, to April 18, 2020. [1] The series centers on a girl who fixes toys, with help from her four toy friends. The series 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 [2] [3] ) in a Disney series. [3] [4] Nee conceived the series as Cheers for preschoolers. [5]
On November 16, 2016, Disney Junior renewed the series for a fifth season. [6] 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, [1] as well as the show itself being made available on DisneyNOW and Disney+. [7] 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. [8] [9] [10]
The series chronicles freckled, [11] 7-year-old [12] Dottie "Doc" McStuffins [13] 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. [14] 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 the help from her 4 stuffed animals: Stuffy, Hallie, Lambie, and Chilly, 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 4, 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, led by her plush dragon Stuffy who is a great pet vet.
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 being the patient with the toys caring for her in the same way she had.
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A group of lemurs who are known for their amazing skills.
In the United States, Doc McStuffins first premiered on March 23, 2012, on Disney-ABC networks Disney Channel and Disney Junior. Starting March 26, the series had begun airing weekdays at 10:00 AM ET on Disney Channel and 4:00 PM ET on Disney Junior while on the weekends, it aired at 7:30 AM ET on Disney Channel and 10:00 AM ET on Disney Junior and has changed since then. On June 5, 2012, Disney Junior renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 6, 2013. On January 8, 2014, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 2, 2014, but when the voice of Doc was changed in 2015, the episodes formerly in the third season with the former voice of Doc were put in season 2 and new episodes were released in season 3 starting July 2, 2015. [24] On April 14, 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth season by Disney Junior, which premiered on August 5, 2016. It is titled "Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital". [25] On November 16, 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth season by Disney Junior, which premiered on October 26, 2018 with its first episode titled "The Pet Rescue Team!".
In Canada, the show premiered on its Disney Junior variant channel on April 8, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET with an encore at 5:30 PM ET. [26] The show also aired globally on Disney Junior in multiple languages.
Home media is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
Collection | Included episodes | Release date |
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Friendship is the Best Medicine | "Engine Nine, Feelin' Fine!" and "The Right Stuff", "Caught Blue-Handed" and "To Squeak, or Not to Squeak", "Ben/Anna Split!" and "That's Just Claw-ful", "The Rip Heard Round the World" and "Walkie-Talkie Time", "Dark Knight" and "Hallie Gets an Earful" | August 21, 2012 |
Time for Your Check Up | "Gulpy, Gulpy Gators!" and "One Note Wonder", "Tea Party Tantrum" and "Blast Off!", "Arcade Escapade" and "Starry, Starry Night", "Bronto Boo-Boos" and "Brontosaurus Breath", "Doctoring the Doc" and "Hot Pursuit" | May 7, 2013 |
Mobile Clinic | "Doc McStuffins Goes McMobile" and "Chip Off the Ol' Box", "Doc to the Rescue" and "Don't Knock the Noggin", "Out of the Box" and "Run Down Race Car", "Rescue Ronda, Ready for Takeoff" and "All Washed Up", "Rest Your Rotors, Ronda!" and "Keep on Truckin'" | March 18, 2014 |
School of Medicine | "Chilly Gets Chilly" and "Through the Reading Glasses", "Hallie's Happy Birthday" and "Shark-Style Toothache", "Think Pink" and "You Foose, You Lose", "Disco Dress Up Daisy" and "The Glider Brothers", "Celestial Celeste" and "Run Doc Run!" | September 9, 2014 |
Cuddle Me Lambie | "My Huggy Valentine" and "Dusty Bear", "Awesome Guy's Awesome Arm" and "Lamb in a Jam", "Kirby and the King" and "Bubble Monkey, Blow Your Nose!", "A Day Without Cuddles" and "Collide-o-scope", "Mirror, Mirror on My Penguin" and "Hide and Eek!" | February 3, 2015 |
Pet Vet | "Fetchin' Findo" and "Twin Tweaks", "Three Goats A'Cuddlin'" and "Swimmer's Belly", "A Dragon's Best Friend", "Stuffy & Squibbles" and "Queen of Thrones", "Take Your Pet to the Vet" and "Master and Commander" | November 3, 2015 |
Toy Hospital | "Welcome to McStuffinsville", "Baby McStuffins and Selfless Snowman", "Runaway Love and Tour De McStuffins", "Bringing Home Baby", "Baby Names and Night Night, Lala" | October 18, 2016 |
The series received positive reviews and criticisms after its release. Kia Morgan Smith of Cincomom.com said that "It truly warmed my heart and almost brought tears to my eyes when my 8-year-old, Mikaela, saw 'Doc McStuffins' for the first time and said, 'Wow, mommy—she's brown,'" [27] Dr. Myiesha Taylor founding president of Artemis Medical Society said that "This program featuring a little African-American girl and her family is crucial to changing the future of this nation." Taylor also applauded the concept of its portrayal of a young black girl who wishes to follow in the footsteps of her mother as a doctor as the lead character, that inspired her to collect pictures of 131 doctors—all women of color—and publish a collage online under the heading, 'We Are Doc McStuffins.'" [28]
The program was also a ratings hit on Disney Junior, with its premiere attracting 1.08 million children ages 2 and up and an average of 918,000 viewers in the same demographic, leading AdWeek magazine to dub the show an "improbable ratings juggernaut". [29]
In 2013, $500 million worth of Doc McStuffins merchandise was sold, [30] something The New York Times writers claimed industry experts said "seems to be setting a record" for a "toy line based on an African-American character". They also said the character had broad appeal and the toys sold well to all demographics. [31]
In 2016, news that Disney had yet to formally renew the program for a fifth season resulted in a number of celebrities, including W. Kamau Bell, Jamilah Lemieux and Audra McDonald to appeal Disney to continue the program. Chris Nee, the show's creator, tweeted that she would report immediately if she received any news of the show being picked up, commenting that the writing staff was eager to continue with new stories. [32]
On August 5, 2017, season 4 Episode 22a, "The Emergency Plan", featured Thea and Edie, an interracial lesbian married couple, making Doc McStuffins the first Disney Junior preschool series and Disney's first TV series to include a same-sex couple. [33] The characters were voiced by real-life lesbian actresses Wanda Sykes (Thea) and Portia de Rossi (Edie). LGBT rights organization GLAAD expressed its support and lauded Disney for the inclusion of the characters. By contrast, it was protested by the One Million Moms division of American Family Association. [34] [35] [36] [37]
George Foster Peabody's craters were recognized by a Platinum Special Honorary Academy Award Of Merit for Record Breaking Achievement in Excellence.
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Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | Ref. |
2013 | British Academy Children's Awards | International | Doc McStuffins | Nominated | [38] |
2014 | Norton Virgien, Theresa Mayer, Chris Nee | Nominated | [39] | ||
2018 | International Pre-School | Chris Nee, Norton Virgien, Colm Tyrrell | Nominated | [40] | |
2019 | International Animation | Dan Nosella, Michael Stern, Chris Nee | Nominated | [41] | |
Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program | Nominated | [42] | ||
2020 | Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series | Nominated | [43] | ||
2018 | GLAAD Award | Outstanding Kids & Family Programming | Emergency Family Plan | Nominated | |
2016 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Tied with Sarah & Duck (Family Jr.) | Won | [44] |
2015 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Children's Program | Doc McStuffins | Won | |
2021 | Outstanding Animated Series | Won | [45] | ||
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) | Laya DeLeon Hayes | Won | |||
2014 | Peabody Award | Peabody Award | Doc McStuffins | Won | [46] |
Doc McStuffins Pet Vet was released on iOS and Android. [47]
There are a variety of games specifically focused on the series, [48] including:
In response to Doc McStuffins, an organization for medical doctors who are also women of color called the Artemis Medical Society was created on June 28, 2012. [59] [60]
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I just thought that nobody needs another male doctor or another male leader in a group. What we needed was a female character. And Disney, in the first conversation that we had after they bought the pitch said, "We've been looking for a good character to bring some ethnicity into them, how do you feel if she's African American?"
It was Disney that suggested, in your first pitch meeting, that Doc, her doctor mother, and her stay-at-home dad be African American.
Winner 2014
We all have things on our bodies that make us special ... like my freckles
Doc McStuffins, the Disney Junior series about a seven-year-old girl named Dottie McStuffins
"Doc McStuffins" is an imaginative animated series about six-year-old Dottie "Doc" McStuffins, who communicates with and heals stuffed animals and toys out of her backyard clinic.
Oh, you never know what you can do with a little magic.(in response to Hallie asking how it is possible when Doc suggests she could meet Florence Nightingale)
Maybe there's more than one Squibbles around here and he doesn't know we're calling him. His full name is Mister Squibbles Sylvester McStuffins the First.
Merchandise based on the Disney Junior TV character Dottie "Doc" McStuffins...grossed around $500 million last year.