Wonder Pets: In the City

Wonder Pets: In the City
Genre	Adventure Children's television Musical Comedy Preschool
Based on	Wonder Pets! by Josh Selig
Voices of	Victoria Scola-Giampapa Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. Vanessa Huszár
Country of origin	United States Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Jennifer Oxley Steve Altiere
Production companies	Snowflake Films NYC Kavaleer Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Apple TV+
Release	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
Network	Apple TV
Release	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20) - present

Wonder Pets: In the City is a 2024 animated children's television series. It is a spinoff of the original Wonder Pets! and follows a new team of pets living in a large city environment. It premiered on December 13, 2024, on Apple TV+. The second season was released on March 20, 2026.

Characters

Wonder Pets

• Izzy (voiced by Victoria Scola-Giampapa) is a light brown guinea pig. Similar to Linny, she's the most intelligent one of the new Wonder Pets, as she is usually seen giving Tate and Zuri insight as to where they will be traveling and about the animal, creature, or friend that they are saving. Whereas Linny keeps her cool, Izzy is shown to be prone to her emotions more, such as being bummed or frustrated. Otherwise, Izzy is very encouraging in that she wants her friends to move past their struggles. She is more energetic, punky, and even rash in demeanor, as she loves to pretend that she's riffing an electric guitar and mimic its sounds. It's even evident in her mannerisms, as when she pronounces particular things as "super," "mega," or "awesome," or even a combination of the three. Besides just celery, Izzy also offers more snacks for the others to eat after their missions, such as broccoli and cucumber.
• Tate (voiced by Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.) is a green rat snake. Much like Tuck, he's very caring and sensitive, especially towards his friends and those that he meets and saves. If anything, he's more fragile compared to Tuck because he likes to be quiet and touches nerves with others very easily. He is very hygienic and wants to keep his scales clean and is shown to be lonely without his friends around to keep him company. Also like Tuck, in a couple of episodes, he's seen wearing the former's classic sailor's cap as a reference to the other character.
• Zuri (voiced by Vanessa Huszár) is a black bunny. As is Ming-Ming for her group, Zuri provides a lot of the show's silliness and comedy, but unlike the former, she's a lot nicer and hardly ever uses snarky behavior or sarcasm. She is also a lot more active and mobile, so much so that she can be a little reckless. She also does have a tendency to get distracted or sidelined from the task at hand. Whenever the group has trouble locating an animal, she uses her ears to listen for their sounds. Like Ming-Ming, she also has a catchphrase that she says whenever something is gravely serious or dangerous, wherein she says, "Unbelievable!"

Recurring

• Baby Chick is a chicken that hatched in the end of the "Save the Runaway Egg!" She is revisited in "Save the Baby Chick!" where she has trouble speaking up to her siblings in order to feast on some chicken feed. She eventually musters up the courage to speak with the help of the Wonder Pets, knowing now that the others can finally listen to her.
• The Songbirds are a duo of birds who love to sing in harmony together who first appear in "Save the Songbirds!" They reappear again in "Help the Songbirds... Write a Song!" where they visit the Wonder Pets' classroom to write a new song about them.
• Pearl is a rat who lives in a sewer grate in New York City who first meets and befriends the Wonder Pets in the episode "Save Tate?" She is a scavenger who roams New York City to find things for her collection. She reappears in "Help the Theater Mouse!" as the production manager for the Animal Theater and in "Save the Red Balloon!" where she helps the Wonder Pets and a bunch of other animals to retrieve the runaway red balloon.
• Pizza Kitty is a cat who wants to cook a special pizza for the Wonder Pets in "Help Pizza Kitty!" He shows up again in "Save the Red Balloon!" where he tries to catch a balloon with the Wonder Pets and their friends.
• The Garden Bugs are a trio of insects, more specifically, a bee, a stick bug, and a roly poly, who the Wonder Pets first meet in "Save the Roly Poly!" They are revisited in "Help the Slimy Slug!" where they are revealed to be the playmates of the titular slug who live in the garden and play games with him.
• Little Hippo is a young hippopotamus who was originally stuck in the mud in "Save the Hippo!" She is the same hippo who is best friends with a young elephant who does not want to move away from his friend in "Save the Savanna Friends!"

Guest stars

• Spider - Season 1, Episode 11 (voiced by Isaac McKee) is a baby Golden Silk Orb-Weaver (Nephila) who desperately wants to weave a web before her dad gets home. She is in a big hurry, so her web keeps falling apart. The Wonder Pets teach her how to take a breath, slow down, and build a web that wows. Isaac McKee also plays the role of a Classroom Boy in this episode. ^{[1] [2]}
• Luca - Season 2, Episode 5 (voiced by William Luke III) is Zuri's cousin visiting her and her friends for the day. He wants to prove that he can make a great Wonder Pet, just like Ollie the Rabbit in the original series, but he tends to get a bit self-centered before he learns what it really takes to be part of a team.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
1	13		December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
2	13		March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)

Episodes

Season 1 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Save the Porcupine!"	Steve Altiere	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Runaway Egg!"
A porcupine gets stuck in a tight spot, and a mother chicken's precious egg rolls away.
2	2	"Save the Mountain Lion!"	Katherine Chilson	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Baby Chick!"	Susan Kim
A mountain lion aims a little too high for his size, and a hungry chick struggles to be seen and heard.
3	3	"Save the Woodpecker!"	Bar Ben-Yossef	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Salmon!"	Steve Altiere
A woodpecker can't shake free from a tree, and a young salmon needs some uplifting words to make it upstream.
4	4	"Save the Hedgehog!"	Katherine Chilson	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Hippo!"	Steve Altiere
A hedgehog becomes a "wedged-hog," and a hippopotamus's cooldown turns into a muddy mess.
5	5	"Help the Peacock!"	Everest Varanasi	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Woolly Mammoth!"	Steve Altiere
A peacock questions his dancing abilities, and a woolly mammoth gets trapped on a chunk of ice.
6	6	"Save Tate?"	Tone Thyne	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Song Birds!"	Cynthia Reynoso
A search for a souvenir lands Tate inside a sidewalk grate, and two songbirds need to find their rhythm.
7	7	"Help the Bear Cub!"	Gloria Shen	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Sad Sumi-e Frog!"	Melinda LaRose
A bear cub would rather play all day than go to bed, and a painted frog could use some cheering up.
8	8	"Save the Roly Poly!"	Charise Sowells	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save Jack (and the Giant, Too)!"	Susan Kim
A lonely pill bug looks for a pal, and Jack goes on the run from a much (much) bigger kid.
9	9	"Save the Elephant!"	Dena Diamond	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Help the Little Hawk!"	Melinda LaRose
A thirsty elephant who is blind needs to find the watering hole, and a young hawk tries tackling an impressive move.
10	10	"Save the Screaming Goat!"	Ed Lee	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Help the Wild Culpeo!"	Lauren Monroe
A dwarf goat has a serious case of the yelps, and an energetic culpeo is eager to play with a delicate butterfly.
11	11	"Save the Chinchilla!"	Everest Varanasi	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Help the Golden Spider?"	Dena Diamond
A chinchilla needs rescuing from a tricky spot, and a spider wants to spin a web that will wow.
12	12	"Help the Caribbean Crab!"	Teresa Lee	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Save the Bighorn Sheep!"	Katherine Chilson
A crab's colorful castle risks getting washed away, and two sibling bighorn sheep fight over who goes first.
13	13	"Help the Red Squirrel!"	Bar Ben-Yossef	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
		"Help the Dung Beetle!"
A red squirrel loses track of a buried treat, and a dung beetle battles a blowfly over a ball of dung.

Season 2 (2026)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date
14	1	"Help the Theater Mouse!"	Kevin Del Aguila	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Origami Bunny!"	Annie Nishida
A mouse learns there are no small parts in the play--even for small critters--and the trio constructs an origami boat for a paper bunny.
15	2	"Help Pizza Kitty!"	Everest Varanasi	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Tropical Fishie!"	Kellie R. Griffin
The team learns that the perfect pizza is one made with friends, and a little fish needs help getting to school on time.
16	3	"Save the Sleeping Cutie!"	Caitlin Hodson	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Dress-Up Bear!"	Lauren Monroe
The Wonder Pets must get a koala to bed before he sleepwalks into trouble, and the gang comes together to help a bear find the perfect outfit.
17	4	"Help the Wallabies!"	Bar Ben-Yossef	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Slimy Slug!"	Saurin Choksi
A baby kangaroo would rather stay in his mama's pouch than venture outside, and a slimy slug seeks a game he can play with his friends.
18	5	"Here Comes Cousin Luca!"	Melinda LaRose	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Emperor Penguin...Fly!"	Ed Lee
The trio becomes a quartet for a day when Zuri's cousin pays a visit, and an emperor penguin tries to conquer flying.
19	6	"Help the Blue Whale!"	Stacey Greenberger	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Baby Meerkat!"	Andrew Blanchette
A blue whale deals with some bubble trouble, and the pets search the savanna to reunite a meerkat with his mom.
20	7	"Save the Fennec Fox!"	Saurin Choksi	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Giant Tortoise!"	Fareid El Gafy
A fennec fox is flustered by a noisy road, and the trio aids a tortoise who's world got flipped upside down--literally!
21	8	"Save the Coral!"	Fareid El Gafy	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Queen Bee!"	Laura Kleinbaum
It's all paws to the rescue when a coral reef is covered in garbage, and a newly crowned queen bee gives the team a buzz for some honey help.
22	9	"A Day at the Beach!"	Kevin Del Aguila	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Savanna Friends!"	Steve Altiere
The pets need help when a beach day goes awry, and a baby hippo faces a tough goodbye when her friend moves away.
23	10	"Help the Red Panda!"	Gloria Shen	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Help the Songbirds...Write a Song!"	Billy Lopez
Friends come together when a red panda's paper lantern rips, and songbirds look to the trio for musical inspiration.
24	11	"Help the Dancing Fishies!"	Katherine Chilson	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Red Balloon!"	Kevin Del Aguila
The Wonder Pets being harmony to an underwater dance battle, and a runaway balloon races through the city.
25	12	"Save the Scarecrow!"	Steve Altiere	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
When a scarecrow isn't scary enough to fend off pumpkin-eating crows, the Wonder Pets have to save Halloween.
26	13	"Help the Holiday Hamster!"	Lauren Monroe	March 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
		"Save the Snowman!"	Everest Varanasi
A hamster is too excited to sleep on Christmas Eve, and the trio smells trouble when a snowman's carrot nose goes missing.

Production

In October 2024, it was announced that a new series based on the original Wonder Pets! would be released on Apple TV+ in December. ^{[3] [4]} The official trailer was released in late November. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The show uses the same technique of "photo puppetry" as the original. ^[8] A second season was released on March 20, 2026. ^[9]

Release

In August 2025, all three seasons of the original were added to Apple TV+, with Wonder Pets: In the City, being listed as the fourth season. ^{[10] [11]}

Reception

Ashley Moulton of Common Sense Media gave the reboot, Wonder Pets: In The City, four stars out of five, calling it a "sweet reboot with musical, empathetic, and helpful pets." ^[12]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2025	Annie Awards	Best Animated Television Production for Preschool	Wonder Pets: In the City - "Save Tate?"	Nominated	[13]
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Wonder Pets: In the City	Nominated	[14]
2026	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program	Vanessa Huszar	Nominated	[15]
			Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.	Won
		Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series	Steve Altiere, Billy Lopez and Katie Chilson (for "Save the Runaway Egg")	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Series	Jennifer Oxley, Rob Powers, Tom Gray and Pete McEvoy (for "Save Tate?")	Nominated
		Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series	Holly Gregory, Jeffrey Lesser and Benjie Randall (for "Save the Roly Poly")	Nominated
	41st Artios Awards	Animated Program For Television	Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick and Associate Casting Director: Elizabeth Hay	Nominated	[16]

References

1. https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/save-the-chinchilla--help-the-golden-spider/umc.cmc.64ofb4u2u8pnc1yljjtuxz1cl?showId=umc.cmc.dsa24wciry96i1e8dcq0b9sm
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35006941/
3. Milligan, Mercedes (2024-10-15). "Apple TV+ Announces New 'Wonder Pets: In The City' Animated Pre-K Series for December". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
4. Bharanidharan, Sadhana. "Apple TV+ announces Wonder Pets: In The City" . Retrieved 2025-09-18.
5. Apple TV (2024-11-20). Wonder Pets: In the City — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ . Retrieved 2025-09-18– via YouTube.
6. "Apple TV+ Shares 'Wonder Pets: In the City' Trailer". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
7. Milligan, Mercedes (2024-11-20). "'Wonder Pets: In the City' Scurry into Action in New Trailer". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
8. Zahed, Ramin (2024-12-10). "Music to the Rescue: 'Wonder Pets: In the City' EP Jennifer Oxley Introducers Her Charming New Series". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
9. Milligan, Mercedes (2026-02-23). "First Look: 'Wonder Pets: In The City' Season 2 Arrives on Apple TV in March". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
10. Milligan, Mercedes (2025-08-14). "Apple TV+ Launches Emmy-Winning 'Wonder Pets!' Full Library on Friday". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
11. "Complete 'Wonder Pets!' Library Coming to Apple TV+ on August 15". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
12. Moulton, Ashley (December 13, 2024). "Wonder Pets: In the City TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
13. Giardina, Carolyn (December 20, 2024). "'The Wild Robot' Leads 2025 Annie AwardsNominations With 10 Nods". Variety . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
14. Schneider, Michael (July 9, 2025). "TCA Awards 2025 Nominations: 'Severance' Tops Tally, Followed by 'Adolescence,' 'Hacks,' 'The Pitt,' 'The Studio'". Variety . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
15. Pedersen (November 18, 2025). "Children's & Family Emmy Nominations Revealed – Full List". Deadline . Retrieved November 18, 2025.
16. Pedersen, Erik (October 8, 2025). "Artios Awards Nominations: Netflix Leads Way As Casting Society Reveals Races For TV & More". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on October 8, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Wonder Pets: In the City at IMDb