Henry's World

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Henry's World
Henrys World X-mas.jpg
Clockwise from left to right: Henry, Darwin, Fraidy, and Margaret the dog
Genre Animation
Children's animation
Fantasy
Cartoon series
Created by Michael McGowan
Written byMichael McGowan
Alan Gregg
Kenn Scott
Simon Racioppa
Richard Elliot
Directed byDave Thomas (Season 1)
Todd Peterson (Season 2)
StarringSamantha Reynolds
Tracey Moore
Julie Lemieux
Fiona Reid
Colin Fox
Daveed Louza
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersAdam Shaheen (Season 1)
Ken Faier (Season 2)
Michael McGowan (Season 2)
ProducersAlan Gregg
Paul Vella (Season 1)
Camera setup Digital Betacam
Running time22 minutes
Production companies Cuppa Coffee Studio
Alliance Atlantis Communications
TV-Loonland AG (Season 1)
Original release
Network Family Channel
ReleaseAugust 24, 2002 (2002-08-24) 
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)

Henry's World is a Canadian animated children's television series produced for Canada's Family Channel by Cuppa Coffee Animation, Alliance Atlantis Communications, with TV-Loonland AG also producing the first. It was first aired from 2002 to 2005, with 26 episodes altogether. [1] The series follows Henry Wiggins, a boy who has an extraordinary ability to make his wishes come true when eating his mother's mushy carrots. This was the first stop-motion animated series to be entirely produced in Canada.

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Plot

Henry Wiggins (voiced by Samantha Reynolds) is the third oldest of five children (himself, two older brothers and two younger sisters). When he was just five years old, Henry discovered that eating his mother's mushy carrots gave him the ability to make wishes come true. Once eaten, Henry can make one wish come true. However, being only eight years old, his unusual wishes are often played out with unexpected consequences and his insatiable curiosity invariably spells disaster, but Henry also learns some of life's lessons along the way.

Henry shares his secret and misadventures with his best friend Fraidy Begonia (voiced by Tracey Moore), his faithful pet dog Margaret (voiced by Julie Lemieux), and Doris (voiced by Fiona Reid), a dragon who lives in Henry's closet. Other characters in the show include Henry's Uncle Neptune (voiced by Colin Fox), Ms. Pierre (also voiced by Fiona Reid), Henry's teacher and the anti-hero Darwin (also voiced by Julie Lemieux), an overweight bully who sometimes teases and picks on Henry.

Episodes

Season One (2002)

  1. Pet Dinosaur
  2. Pirate Out of Water
  3. My Two Front Teeth
  4. Goragh
  5. Triple Trouble
  6. Tunnelling To China
  7. Is Anybody Out There?
  8. Secrets
  9. My Gorilla Is Bigger Then Yours
  10. Whither Weather
  11. Sugar Overload
  12. Lady Luck
  13. Henry the Magnificent
  14. Jump to It
  15. Hitch In Time
  16. Doris' Day
  17. Love Is In The Air
  18. Who's Afraid Of The Dark
  19. Middle Child Blues
  20. Silver Tongue
  21. Carrots Away
  22. Price of Lame
  23. Costume Capers
  24. Fire's Out
  25. X-Ray X-mas
  26. Darwin For A Day

Season Two (2003–2004)

  1. Super Hero Henry
  2. Treasure Hunt
  3. Henry's New Shoes
  4. Stuck on You
  5. Henry's Massive Munchies
  6. Plant Life
  7. Home Run Henry
  8. Henry the Brave Knight
  9. Henry and Henrietta
  10. Stage Fright
  11. Happy Birthday Henry
  12. Henry's Big Story
  13. Henry's Little Adventure
  14. Henry the Cook
  15. The Chestervale Challenge
  16. Fishing Friends
  17. King of Chestervale
  18. Henry the Halloween Wizard
  19. Kung Fu Henry
  20. Henry the Cowboy
  21. Now You See Me
  22. Talk To The Animals
  23. Dad For A Day
  24. Haircut Hoopla
  25. Henry's Christmas Gifts

Release

Henry's World was also seen on ABC Kids in Australia (21 October 2002 - 31 October 2013) and V-me (Spanish dub only) in the USA. The first season of the show is available on a two-disc DVD set from Echo Bridge Entertainment.

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