The Doozers
A Fraggle Rock spin-off about inventive little builders.
The Doozers is a cartoon spin-off of Fraggle Rock, co-produced by DHX Media and The Jim Henson Company with the CBC. It first aired on Australia’s Nick Jr. on October 7, 2013, then launched as a Hulu exclusive in the US on April 25, 2014. A second and final season was announced on September 12, 2017, premiering May 25, 2018.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Animated series
- Based on
- Characters, Jim Henson
- Director
- Larry Jacobs; Bill Gordon
- Voices
- David Berni
- Trek Buccino
- Millie Davis
- Jacob Ewaniuk
- Lisa Norton
- Jenna Warren
- Opening theme
- "Do-Do-Do-Doozers"
- End theme
- "Do-Do-Do-Doozers" (instrumental)
- Country
- Canada; United States
- Language
- English
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Characters
Spike Doozer, voiced by Jacob Ewaniuk, is the Pod Squad member who motivates the others into action. He is the son of Chief Doozer and the older brother of Daisy Wheel Doozer, and has a brown nose and brown hair, wearing a blue hat, socks, and wristbands. Molly Bolt Doozer, voiced by Jenna Warren, enjoys organizing events and can create lists, maps, and graphs; she has a purple nose and purple hair and wears a pink hat, socks, and shirt. Flex Doozer, voiced by Trek Buccino in season 1 and Tyler Barish in season 2, lives on his grandparents' farm and uses his room as a workshop, piloting the Pod Squad's vehicles; he has a yellow nose and yellow hair and wears an orange hat, socks, and wristbands. Daisy Wheel Doozer, voiced by Millie Davis, is the youngest and smallest of the Pod Squad, the younger sister of Spike and daughter of Chief Doozer; she has a blue nose and blue hair and wears a purple hat, socks, and shirt. Chief Doozer, voiced by Heather Bambrick, is the Chief of Doozer Creek and mother of Spike and Daisy Wheel. Chief Architect Doozer is married to Baker and mother of Molly. Baker Timberbolt Doozer, voiced by David Berni, is Molly's father and runs the bakery shop in Doozer Creek. Peg Bolt Doozer is voiced by Lisa Norton. Doozer Doodad, voiced by David Berni, manages the Doozer Creek supply depot. Pinball Gimbal is voiced by Lisa Norton. Professor Gimbal, who wears glasses and has purplish-white nose and hair with a light blue helmet, manages the Doozarium and issues challenges to the Pod Squad. Baxter, advertised for the series, has not appeared yet and had a brown nose and brown hair.
Production
The Jim Henson Company and DHX Media, now known as WildBrain, teamed up to create this series for Kids' CBC and Hulu, with DHX Media handling distribution. Directors Larry Jacobs and Bill Gordon led the episodes, while executive producers included Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford from Henson, plus Steven DeNure and Anne Loi from DHX. Philip Stamp took on the role of supervising producer, and Craig Martin served as executive story editor. The project was pitched at the MIPTV conference in 2009. That same March, a press release announced test animation was underway for 52 eleven-minute segments, which could also be formatted as 26 half-hour shows. Production was initially scheduled to begin in fall 2009, aiming for a fall 2010 release, but delays occurred as the Henson Company continued searching for broadcast partners.
Episodes
In 'Project Radish-A-Pult', a gust of wind knocks a large branch onto a bridge in Doozer Creek, blocking the path and halting construction of a new wind turbine. 'Pod Squad Boogey' finds the Pod Squad performing in the Starlight Concert, but upon hearing other Doozers singing, they decide they need to stand out. In 'Jetpack Away', Daisy Wheel's jetpack malfunctions, and Flex volunteers to fix it but makes it so fast it flies out of her reach across Doozer Creek. 'Follow Your Nose' involves Baker Timberbolt being left with 100 extra Smackleberry muffins after a huge bakery order is cancelled, and the Pod Squad runs around town trying to get rid of them. 'Bubbles' sees the Pod Squad invent the Cleanamajigger, a cleaning machine combining a vacuum, floor polisher, bubble sprayer, and scrubber. In 'Mega Magnet Mover', Flex loses his Doodriver while making a clock for his Grandpa's birthday. 'Zip It' has Spike interrupted while finishing his new zip line outside the Doozerium when the Pod Squad must help at the Peach Harvest. 'Green Thumbs' shows the Doozers building a vertical garden inspired by Professor Gimbal. 'Be Leaf It' deals with the Pod Squad figuring out what to do with spare leaves after the Fall Foliage Festival. 'Spookypalooza' features the Pod Squad making a spooky pumpkin by stacking three pumpkins together. In 'An Itch You Can't Scratch', Professor Gimbal is bummed about throwing out old inventions, so the Pod Squad re-purposes them. 'Doozer Derby' involves the Pod Squad wanting to enter a design-your-own cart race but unable to settle on one design. 'Dancing Doodad' has a big dance in Doozer Creek that every Doozer but Doozer Doodad will attend. 'A Doozer of a Dippleplant' has the Pod Squad, with Flex's grandpa's help, growing the largest dippleplant in Doozer history. 'Home Tweet Home' features Molly's house gaining a bird tenant, and the Pod Squad designs a home for it but realizes a Doozer house may not be what the bird wants.
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