Work It Out Wombats! | |
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Genre | Preschool |
Created by | Kathy Waugh Marcy Gunther Robby Hoffman Marisa Wolsky |
Voices of | Ian Ho Mia Swami-Nathan Rain Janjua Yanna McIntosh |
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Opening theme | "Work It Out Wombats!" |
Ending theme | "Work It Out Wombats!" (instrumental) |
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Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Executive producers | Marcy Gunther Marisa Wolsky |
Production companies | GBH Kids Pipeline Studios |
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Network | PBS Kids |
Release | February 6, 2023 present | –
Work It Out Wombats! is a children's animated television series that premiered on February 6, 2023, on PBS Kids. The series is produced by GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios.[1]
The series follows a playful trio, Malik, Zadie, and Zeke, creative marsupial siblings who live with their grandmother (Super) in her treehouse apartment complex, known as the Treeborhood.[2] Each episode features them encountering a problem of some kind and using computational thinking to solve it.[3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [12] |
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1 | "Snout and About" "Zadie's Shell Shuffle" | Jeff Barker | Kathy Waugh Jiro C. Okada | February 6, 2023 | 103 |
Snout and About: Zeke loses his beloved stuffed animal, Snout, so the wombats retrace their steps to find it. Zadie's Shell Shuffle: While playing hide-and-seek, Zadie messes up Mr. E's shell garden, so she needs to rearrange it in the specific pattern that it was in. | |||||
2 | "Junior Supers" "Measure for Measure" | Jeff Barker | Monique D. Hall Deanna Oliver | February 6, 2023 | 101 |
Junior Supers: Zadie and Malik are tasked to clean the Starlight Room while Super is attending to other things. Measure for Measure: Ellie's hat flies away, so the wombats help make her a new one. However, they need to measure how big her head is so they can make a hat that fits just right. | |||||
3 | "Special Delivery" "Campout Confusion" | Jeff Barker | Sherri Stoner Kathy Waugh | February 7, 2023 | 104 |
Special Delivery: Sammy is sick, and Malik wants to deliver ice cream to him. He needs to find a way to stop the ice cream from melting. Campout Confusion: Zadie wants to host a fun campout, and invites the crab kids to it. Things don't go the way she wanted because she didn't plan ahead. | |||||
4 | "Snout Wash Day" "A Super Recipe" | Jeff Barker | Cusi Cram & Peter K. Hirsch Nida Chowdhry | February 8, 2023 | 102 |
Snout Wash Day: Snout is very dirty and needs to be washed, but Malik accidentally spills soap on the instructions. A Super Recipe: The wombats want to make cornbread for Grandma Super, but when they lose the cookbook, they need to create the recipe by other means. | |||||
5 | "Summerweenie Halloweenie" "Make It Snow" | Jeff Barker | Deanna Oliver Michael Olmo | February 9, 2023 | 110 |
Summerweenie Halloweenie: The wombats go trick-or-treating in summer, and learn how to organize their treats by size and color. Mr. E doesn't like Halloween at first, but he grows to love it when he joins the wombats. Make It Snow: Zeke wants to play in snow, but it's not winter. After Mr. E shows the wombats a snow globe, they decide to make their own giant snow globe, and search for materials that could stand in for snow. | |||||
6 | "Crab Quakes" "Hopping Helpers" | Jeff Barker | Deanna Oliver Crescent Imani Novell | February 13, 2023 | 106 |
Crab Quakes: The crabs are scared by something scary they heard, so they run away to the wombats' house. The wombats take it upon themselves to solve the mystery of what made the noise. They figure out that the noise came from a wind-up dragon toy. Hopping Helpers: Malik, Zadie, and Zeke realize that it feels good to help others, so they become the "Hopping Helpers" and try to help everyone in the Treeborhood. But with all the tasks they have to do, they realize that even helpers need help sometimes. | |||||
7 | "Brother Day" "Cafe Chaos" | Jeff Barker | Darnell Lamont Walker Cooper Sweeney | February 14, 2023 | 107 |
Brother Day: Malik learns the key to a successful brother day; ask the brother in question, Zeke, what he wants to do. Cafe Chaos: After Duffy sprains her ankle, Zeke and Louisa become waiters at the Eat N' Greet. However, waiting so many tables at once proves to be difficult for them, and they keep screwing up the orders. Quique helps them memorize the steps to being a waiter. With Zeke and Louisa's help and newfound waiter skills, Mr. E's luncheon with Ellie goes great. | |||||
8 | "The Sleepover" "Secret Tunnels" | Jeff Barker | TBA | February 15, 2023 | 109 |
The Sleepover: Zeke attends a sleepover at the Creation Station with Louisa and the crab kids, but the activities at the sleepover are nothing like his usual bedtime routine. Secret Tunnels: When the wombats want to deliver books to the crab kids, Super shows them a secret network of passageways in the underbelly of the Treeborhood. Zeke loses his book, so the wombats have to navigate the tunnels to find it. | |||||
9 | "The Mighty Zeke" "Gift For a Fish" | Jeff Barker | TBA | February 16, 2023 | 105 |
The Mighty Zeke: Malik and Zadie help Zeke overcome his fear of riding a two-wheeler. Gift For a Fish: The Fishmans had their babies, and the wombats are invited to their baby shower. The wombats come up with the perfect gift for the fish babies. |
The series was greenlit in October 2020, under the working title of Wombats![13] Early-career writers were granted fellowships so they could bring diverse viewpoints and BIPOC representation to the series.[14] The production team worked to ensure authentic representations of names, language, and some of the cultural origins found with the animals themselves, while keeping in mind that animals are not a proxy for race and ethnicity. For example, JunJun and his family are Philippine eagles, while Ellie is a moose; an animal not found in Jamaica.[15] The producers deliberately sought out voice actors that match the ethnicity of the characters to ensure authenticity.[16]
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