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Super Wish is a Canadian animated children's television series, which premiered on YTV in 2022. [1] Created by Adrian Thatcher and Vanessa Esteves for the Nelvana studio, the series centres on Jesse, a young boy who is sucked into an alternate dimension with his friends after accidentally "wishing" that his birthday party would disappear, and has to figure out how to get back home while travelling through a fantasy land where they discover a different international birthday-related tradition in each episode. [2]

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The series stars Tristan Mammitzsch as Jesse, with supporting and guest voices including Delia Lisette Chambers, Alyzia Inès Fabregui, Lucas Nguyen, Sugar Lyn Beard, Bryn McAuley, Thor Bishopric, Mark Ricci, Teale Bishopric, Lucinda Davis, Cory Doran, Neil Robles, Jorja Cadence, Ian Ho, Michael Hanrahan, Julius Cho, Kintaro Akiyama, Jonathan Tan, David Berni, Krystal Meadows, Bianca Alongi, Elliot Couillard and Kwaku Adu-Poku.

Cast

Episodes

  1. The Big 1-0/Enter the Hee-Roar
  2. Gift Grove/Simon Says Relax
  3. Welcome to the Jingle/The Button and the Coin
  4. Keep It Up/Go Go Gropopogo
  5. Three's a Crowd/Copycat
  6. Taste Buddies/Imagination Caboose
  7. The Floor is Definitely Not Lava/Pinatatown
  8. Den for Over 10s/MochiZuna
  9. The First Birthday Cake/100's and 1000s
  10. Sticky Situation/Bring in the Clowns
  11. Call of the Waxkeeper/Hats Off
  12. Hide and Spell/Pabitin for the Win
  13. Legend of Cake-Bun Bottoms
  14. Pinata Trouble/Abracadabra
  15. Square Cat Winnie/Card Tricked
  16. Christmas in Decemburg/A Birthdae Carol
  17. Princess Party/Unhappy Land of Birthdays
  18. Wishwharf/The Amazing Maze
  19. 24 Carrot Gold/Pass the Parcel
  20. Under the Rainbow/Don't Cave
  21. Mega Mini Mayhem/Wrap it Up
  22. La Mordida/The Party's Over
  23. Which Digit Did It/Ultimate Musical Chairs
  24. Slumber Blunder/Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Balloon
  25. Gummy Grunder Down Under/Fools of the Game
  26. The Ballooniverse Pageant/The Way Back Home

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientStatusRef
Canadian Screen Awards 2023 Visual EffectsAndy Powell, Raymond Pang
"The Floor Is Definitely Not Lava"
Nominated [3]
Sound in an Animated Program or SeriesRyan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas
"Taste Buddies/Imagination Caboose"
Nominated
Original Music, AnimationNeil ParfittNominated
2024 Performance in an Animated Program or Series Cory Doran Pending [4]
Editing in an Animated Program or SeriesJamie Ebata, Kirk Hudson
"The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home"
Pending
Sound in an Animated Program or SeriesRyan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas
"The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home"
Pending
Original Music, AnimationNeil Parfitt
"The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home"
Pending
Canadian Screen Music Awards 2023Best Original Score for an Animated Series or SpecialNeil Parfitt
"The Legend of Cake-Bun Bottom"
Nominated [5]

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