Esme & Roy

Characters

Esmeralda "Esme" (voiced by Millie Davis) is a 9-year-old African-American girl and a monster sitter who uses her MonsterCase—a suitcase full of games that turns into a motorized scooter—to help monsters play their problems away. In "Party Time" she experiences a Monster Sitter Meltdown, and Roy helps her by singing the "Belly Breathing" song. In "Stroller Derby" it is revealed that Esme attends a different school than the little monsters. Roy (voiced by Patrick McKenna) is Esme's best friend, a yellow monster who carries a Monster Fact book and loves meatballs.

Dumpling is Esme and Roy's pet guinea pig/hamster-like monster who rolls into a ball and loves to dance. Hugo Ooga (voiced by Shayle Simons) is a theatrical 4-year-old winged monster who creates his own spotlight by clapping. Fig Ooga (voiced by Elle Simons) is Hugo's 1-year-old baby sister without wings; she has super strength and shrinks if she smells a Sludgeflower. Tillie Plink (voiced by Abigail Oliver) is an active 3-year-old monster with pink fur, blue eyes, and red hair in pigtails; she spins fast when sad, for fun, or for dancing and sometimes refers to herself in third person.

Snugs Muzzywump (voiced by Benjamin Hum) is a 3-year-old monster who loves to hug and cuddle; he puffs up when scared or upset and has a baby brother named Fuzzy.

Broadcast

Esme & Roy first aired on August 18, 2018, on Treehouse TV in Canada and HBO in the United States. It later reached international audiences on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom.

The show joined PBS Kids on August 30, 2019, as part of the Family Night block, then moved to the regular schedule the next day, with its final PBS Kids broadcast on June 27, 2021. On September 18, 2021, it began airing on Cartoon Network and HBO Max as part of the Cartoonito preschool block. In Asia, it debuted on Disney Junior Asia on August 12, 2019, running until April 2021, before shifting to Cartoon Network Asia in 2022 within the Cartoonito block.

Did You Know?

• The show was renewed for a second season on May 6, 2019.
• A holiday-themed episode was released on December 10, 2020.
• The second season premiered on PBS Kids on Saturday, March 6, 2021.