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Team Umizoomi

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Team Umizoomi is an American live-action and animated musical preschool children's television series created by Soo Kim, Michael T. Smith, and Jennifer Twomey, and developed by Teri Weiss for Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel. Twomey and Kim additionally serve as executive producers, and Kim also serves as a producer with Smith and Marcy Pritchard. The series places an emphasis on mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and equalities.[1] Team Umizoomi premiered on January 25, 2010, with "The Kite Festival" and "The Aquarium Fix-It", and ended on April 24, 2015, with "Umi Rescue Copter". Four seasons with a total of 77 episodes were made.[2][3]

Team Umizoomi
Also known asUmizoomi
GenreChildren's animation
Preschool
Musical
Adventure
Comedy
Educational
Created by
  • Soo Kim
  • Michael T. Smith
  • Jennifer Twomey
Developed byTeri Weiss
Directed byMatt Sheridan
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • Mary Wood
  • Scott Hollingsworth
  • P.T. Walkley
Composers
  • Frisbee N.Y.C
  • Mary Wood
  • Scott Hollingsworth
  • P.T. Walkley
  • Sachar Mathias
  • WalkWorth
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes77 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jennifer Twomey
  • Soo Kim
Producers
  • Soo Kim (S1-2)
  • Michael T. Smith (S1)
Running time24 minutes
1 hour (special episodes in Seasons 2-4)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) –
April 24, 2015 (2015-04-24)

Premise and format

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The series follows the adventures of the titular Team Umizoomi, a trio of tiny superheroes who use mathematics to solve whatever problems occur in and around their home of UmiCity in every episode.

The series utilizes a combination of live actors and props with animated characters, vehicles and environments.

Characters

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Main

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  • Milli (voiced by Sophia Fox in Season 1 and Madeleine Rose Yen in Seasons 1-4 in the US and by Teressa Gallagher in the UK) is a six year old girl. She has abilities related to patterns and measuring. By singing certain phrases, she can use patterns to solve problems. She is often the one to lead the team in many of their missions. In addition to being able to change the pattern of her dress, Milli can also alter the appearance of another object or person to match whatever pattern she is projecting on it, and her ponytails can extend to serve as measuring tools, such as a ruler, a weighing scale, and a thermometer. Later seasons would make Milli extra proficient at martial arts, primarily when it comes to jumps and karate chops.
  • Geo (voiced by Ethan Kempner in Seasons 1-3 and Juan Mirt in Season 4 in the US and by Joanna Ruiz in the UK) is Milli's brother. His singing voice is provided by Brody Bett. He mainly solves problems based on shapes and can use them to make different kinds of objects, ranging from food, tools, and clothing to animals, vehicles, and buildings.[4] For these purposes, he always has usage of his shape belt, which grants him the ability to summon any shape he needs, but later episodes would give him two more tools; the shape splitter, a longsword that can cut a shape into any form needed, and the shape magnet, a horseshoe magnet that can function as a grappling hook by attaching to any specific shape. He wears a pair of roller skates, and he rarely takes them off on dry land.
  • Bot (voiced by Donovan Patton in the US and by David Holt in the UK) is a green robot who can extend his limbs to reach things or use the screen on his belly (referred to as his "belly screen") to make calls and do math. He is Milli and Geo's primary caretaker, and as a robot features many retractable tools.
  • UmiCar (voiced by P.T. Walkley) is the car that drives the team wherever their help is needed. He primarily communicates via engine noises that sound like a cat purring through an electronic filter, though he can pronounce his name with a clear and deep voice on rare occasions. He lacks a face in the first fifteen episodes of season 1 and he gains a face in three episodes of season 1.

Recurring

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  • DumpTruck is a living dump truck who doesn't speak real words and doesn't play fair.
  • The Shape Bandit (voiced by P.T. Walkley) is a bandit cat who steals shapes.
  • Squiddy (voiced by Chris Phillips) is a squid who creates all sorts of inventions.
  • The TroubleMakers (Little Trouble voiced by Nick Heatherington and Big Trouble voiced by Jason Harris) are two mischievous foes with the use of their TroubleRays stir up all sorts of trouble in Umi City and often sabotage Team Umizoomi in their tracks.
    • TroubleTruck is the duo's transportation unit.
  • DoorMouse (voiced by Joe Narcisco and Chris Phillips) is a helpful friend who guards all the doors of UmiCity. He also guarding bridges, animals, and anything that needs guarding. Although he may sometimes get a little confused, he usually helps the Team on their missions and knows he can rely on help from them.
  • Shark Car is UmiCar's best friend. As his name suggests, he is a toy car designed to look like a shark.

Episodes

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Main article: List of Team Umizoomi episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 20 January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) December 6, 2010 (2010-12-06)
2 19 October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18) October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)
3 19 October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13) December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
4 19 February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04) April 24, 2015 (2015-04-24)


Toys and merchandising

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Fisher-Price released the first official Team Umizoomi toys in early 2012 and were made until 2015. The first products available included plush dolls, bath toys, and figurines featuring characters and vehicles from the show.[5]

Preschool math kits

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The first products released included a series of math kits designed to build preschool math skills. Each of the three kits included an episode of the show on DVD, a storybook, math activity book and math mission cards.[6]

  1. Sorting, Classification & Reasoning Pre-K Math Kit (Playground Heroes) (ISBN 1612630871)
  2. Shapes, Measurement & Positioning Pre-K Math Kit (Aquarium Fix-It) (ISBN 1612630855)
  3. Numbers, Counting & Patterns Pre-K Math Kit (Carnival) (ISBN 1612630863)

Books

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Little Golden Books

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  1. Find the Dinosaurs! (ISBN 0307929957)
  2. Purple Monkey Rescue! (ISBN 0307975894)

Step Into Reading books

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  1. Outer-Space Chase (ISBN 044981890X)
  2. Top Cops (ISBN 0385374941)
  3. Dog Days (ISBN 044981436X)
  4. Super Soap (ISBN 0449813878)
  5. Farm Alarm! (ISBN 0385385080)

Pictureback books

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  1. UmiCar's Big Race (ISBN 044981386X)
  2. Santa's Little Helpers (Glow-in-the-Dark) (ISBN 0449818810)
  3. Legend of the Blue Mermaid (ISBN 044981758X)
  4. Save the Kitten!/Buster's Big Day (Deluxe Pictureback) (ISBN 0385375204)
  5. Happy Love Day! (ISBN 0385375190)
  6. Team Power! (3-D!-With-3-D-Glasses!) (ISBN 0449814483)

Board books

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  1. Follow that Egg! (ISBN 0385375182)
  2. Count with Us! (ISBN 0449818772)
  3. First Look and Find (ISBN 1450854265)

Coloring and activity books

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  1. Kite Riders! Coloring Book (ISBN 037586119X)
  2. Painting Power! Painting Activity Book (ISBN 0375861610)
  3. The Big Boat Race! Holographic Sticker Book (ISBN 0375862153)
  4. Mighty Adventures Coloring Book with stickers (ISBN 0307930858)
  5. Join the Team! Big Coloring Book (ISBN 0307931382)
  6. Christmas Countdown Painting Activity Book (ISBN 0449818535)
  7. Zoom to the Rescue! Painting Activity Book (ISBN 0307981983)
  8. Umi Egg Hunt Activity Book with stickers (ISBN 0307982114)
  9. Super Shapes! Activity Book with stencils (ISBN 0307982238)

DVD releases

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Paramount Home Media Distribution is the DVD distributor for the series.

Main releases

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Name Release Date Number of Episodes Episode Titles
Team Umizoomi June 28, 2011 4
  • "The Rolling Toy Parade"
  • "The Kite Festival"
  • "The Legend of the Blue Mermaid"
  • "The Wild West Toy Train Show"
Journey to Numberland September 6, 2011 3
  • "The King of Numbers! Never before seen!"
  • "Picnic"
  • "The Dinosaur Museum Mishap"
Umi Games June 2, 2012 4
  • "Umi Sports Games"
  • "Boardwalk Games"
  • "Crazy Skates"
  • "Carnival"
Animal Heroes May 14, 2013 4
  • "Purple Monkey Mission"
  • "Buster the Lost Dog"
  • "Cuckoo Bears"
  • "Animal School House!"
Meet Shark Car! May 19, 2015 4
  • "Shark Car"
  • "Umi Toy Store"
  • "Stompasaurus"
  • "Lost and Found Toys"
Umi Space Heroes June 2, 2015 1
  • "Umi Space Heroes"

Episodes on Nick Jr. compilation DVDs

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Name Release Date Number of Episodes Episode Titles
Nickelodeon: Merry Christmas! October 4, 2011 1
  • "Santa's Little Fixers"
Nickelodeon: Dance to the Music February 28, 2012 1
  • "The Butterfly Dance Show"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn ABCs January 15, 2013 1
  • "To the Library"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn 123s January 15, 2013 2
  • "Counting Comet"
  • "Super Soap!"
Nickelodeon: Rootin' Tootin' Wild West January 29, 2013 (Walmart)
August 6, 2013 (Retail) 		1
  • "Shooting Star"
Nickelodeon: Once Upon a Rhyme April 30, 2013 1
  • "The Umi City Treasure Hunt"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn Colors July 23, 2013 1
  • "The Kite Festival"
Bubble Guppies/Team Umizoomi: Into the Snow We Go! October 15, 2013 2
  • "A Sledding Snow Day"
  • "City of Lost Penguins"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn Patterns and Shapes August 5, 2014 (Walmart)
September 9, 2014 (Retail) 		1
  • "Team Umizoomi vs. the Shape Bandit"
Nickelodeon: Springtime Adventures! February 26, 2015 1
  • "Umi Egg Hunt"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn S.T.E.M. April 28, 2015 1
  • "Let's Play Math Dragons"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn Kindness July 21, 2015 1
  • "Stolen Lunches"
Nickelodeon: Celebrate Fall! August 18, 2015 1
  • "The Ghost Family Costume Party"
Nickelodeon: Puppy Palooza! August 25, 2015 1
  • "Buster the Lost Dog"
Nickelodeon: Let's Learn S.T.E.M. Vol. 2 May 3, 2016 2
  • "Job Well Done"
  • "The Great Shape Race"

Video games

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Name Release Date Publisher Notes
Team Umizoomi November 1, 2011 2K Play [7]
Team Umizoomi & Dora's Fantastic Flight November 6, 2012 2K Play [8]
Team Umizoomi Learning Game: Umi City Heroes 2014 Leapfrog [9]

References

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  1. ^ Team Umizoomi Curriculum Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine from NickJr, accessed 30 December 2011
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 272. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. ^ "PotatoSketchBlog — My staff hoodie came in the mail today!! Now I'm". ashleyfontones.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Watch TV Online, Stream Episodes and Movies | Xfinity Stream". Archived from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  5. ^ Nickelodeon Debuts Its Strongest Entertainment Portfolio Ever from marketwatch.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  6. ^ "For Team Umizoomi Fans: Math Kit for Preschoolers". www.mommieswithstyle.com. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Team Umizoomi - Nintendo DS : Nintendo DS: Video Games". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  8. ^ "Nickelodeon Team Umizoomi & Dora's Fantastic Flight - Nintendo DS : Video Games". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  9. ^ Merchant Video. "LeapFrog Team Umizoomi Learning Game: Umi City Heroes (for LeapPad Tablets and LeapsterGS) : Toys & Games". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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