6.2 /10 1 Votes
6.1/10 TV Country of origin Canada First episode date 24 August 2002 | 6.5/10 IMDb Genre Children's Original language(s) English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Michael McGowan
Alan Gregg
Kenn Scott
Simon Racioppa
Richard Elliot Directed by Dave Thomas (Season 1)
Todd Peterson (Season 2 and 3) Starring Samantha Reynolds
Tracey Moore
Julie Lemieux
Fiona Reid
Colin Fox
Daveed Louza Executive producers Adam Shaheen, Alan Gregg, Suzanne French Nominations Gemini Award for Best Animated Program or Series Cast Colin Fox, Tracey Moore, Fiona Reid, Julie Lemieux, Samantha Reynolds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry's World is a Canadian animated children's series produced for Canada's Family Channel by Cuppa Coffee Animation, Alliance Atlantis Communications, but TV Loonland AG only produced season 1. It was first aired from 2002 to 2007, with reruns still currently Nick Jr. in Germany. The series follows Henry Wiggins, a boy who has an extraordinary ability to make his wishes come true when eating his mother's mashed 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 mashed 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, and Doris, a dragon who lives in Henry's closet. Other characters in the show include Henry's Uncle Neptune (voiced by Colin Fox), Ms. Pierre, Henry's teacher and the anti-hero Darwin (voiced by Julie Lemieux), an overweight bully who sometimes teases and picks on Henry.
Episode list
Season One
- Pet Dinosaur/Pirates Out of Water
- My Two Front Teeth/Goragh
- Triple Trouble/Tunnelling To China
- Is Anybody Out There?/Secrets
- My Gorilla Is Bigger Then Yours/Whither Weather
- Sugar Overload/Lady Luck
- Henry the Magnificent/Jump to It
- Hitch In Time/Doris' Day
- Love Is In The Air/Who's Afraid Of The Dark
- Middle Child Blues/Silver Tongue
- Carrots Away/Price of Lame
- Costume Capers/Fire's Out
- X-Ray X-mas/Darwin For A Day
Season Two
- Super Hero Henry/Treasure Hunt
- Henry's New Shoes/Stuck on You
- Henry's Massive Munchies/Plant Life
- Home Run Henry/Henry the Brave Knight
- Henry and Henrietta/Stage Fright
- Happy Birthday Henry/Henry's Big Story
- Henry's Little Adventure/Henry the Cook
- The Chestervale Challenge/Fishing Friends
- King of Chestervale/Henry the Halloween Wizard
- Kung Fu Henry/Henry the Cowboy
- Now You See Me/Talk To The Animals
- Dad For A Day/Haircut Hoopla
- Snow Day/Henry's Christmas Gifts
Season Three
- Shape Up with Henry/Henry and the Tooth Fairy
- Henry's Hiccups/Carrot Wish Havoc
- Double Trouble/Henry Draws the Line
- Margaret's Doghouse/Darwin from the Black Lagoon
- Fraidy's Magpie/Darwin the Hero
- Let's Spray/Henry's Big Chair Ride
- Film Night (first ever and only Henry's World special)
- Super Skateboard/The Eye of the Bull
- Henry the Fireman/Henry Goes for the Hoops
- Prize Possession/We've Been Framed
- Save the Tree/Super Job Henry
- Sleepwalking Henry/Henry Encounters
- Snow Day Rescue/Henry's Big Christmas
Availability
Henry's World was also seen on ABC Kids in Australia (21 October 2002 - 31 October 2013). The first season of the show is available on a 2 disc DVD set from Echo Bridge Entertainment.