Henry's World

For the unrelated book of the same name, see Cathy Conheim.

Henry's World is a Canadian animated children's television series produced for Canada's Family Channel by Cuppa Coffee Animation, Alliance Atlantis Communications, with German company TV-Loonland AG also producing the first. It was first aired from 2002 to 2004, with 26 episodes altogether.^[1] The series follows Henry Wiggins, a boy who has an extraordinary ability to make his wishes come true when eating his mother's mushy carrots. This was the first stop-motion animated series to be entirely produced in Canada.

Henry's World
Clockwise from left to right: Henry, Darwin, Fraidy, and Margaret the dog
Genre	Animation Children's animation Fantasy Cartoon series
Created by	Michael McGowan
Written by	Michael McGowan Alan Gregg Kenn Scott Simon Racioppa Richard Elliot
Directed by	Dave Thomas (Season 1) Todd Peterson (Season 2)
Starring	Samantha Reynolds Tracey Moore Julie Lemieux Fiona Reid Colin Fox Daveed Louza
Country of origin	Canada Germany
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Adam Shaheen (Season 1) Ken Faier (Season 2) Michael McGowan (Season 2)
Producers	Alan Gregg Paul Vella (Season 1)
Camera setup	Digital Betacam
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Cuppa Coffee Studio Alliance Atlantis Communications TV-Loonland AG (Season 1)
Original release
Network	Family Channel
Release	August 24, 2002 (2002-08-24) – August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)

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 mushy 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 (voiced by Julie Lemieux), and Doris (voiced by Fiona Reid), a dragon who lives in Henry's closet. Other characters in the show include Henry's Uncle Neptune (voiced by Colin Fox), Ms. Pierre (also voiced by Fiona Reid), Henry's teacher and the anti-hero Darwin (also voiced by Julie Lemieux), an overweight bully who sometimes teases and picks on Henry.

Episodes

Season One (2002)

1. Pet Dinosaur
2. Pirate Out of Water
3. My Two Front Teeth
4. Goragh
5. Triple Trouble
6. Tunnelling To China
7. Is Anybody Out There?
8. Secrets
9. My Gorilla Is Bigger Than Yours
10. Whither Weather
11. Sugar Overload
12. Lady Luck
13. Henry the Magnificent
14. Jump to It
15. Hitch In Time
16. Doris' Day
17. Love Is In The Air
18. Who's Afraid Of The Dark
19. Middle Child Blues
20. Silver Tongue
21. Carrots Away
22. Price of Lame
23. Costume Capers
24. Fire's Out
25. X-Ray X-mas
26. Darwin For A Day

Season Two (2003–2004)

1. Super Hero Henry
2. Treasure Hunt
3. Henry's New Shoes
4. Stuck on You
5. Henry's Massive Munchies
6. Plant Life
7. Home Run Henry
8. Henry the Brave Knight
9. Henry and Henrietta
10. Stage Fright
11. Happy Birthday Henry
12. Henry's Big Story
13. Henry's Little Adventure
14. Henry the Cook
15. The Chestervale Challenge
16. Fishing Friends
17. King of Chestervale
18. Henry the Halloween Wizard
19. Kung Fu Henry
20. Henry the Cowboy
21. Now You See Me
22. Talk To The Animals
23. Dad For A Day
24. Haircut Hoopla
25. Henry's Christmas Gifts

Release

Henry's World was also seen on ABC Kids in Australia (21 October 2002 – 31 October 2013) and Animania HD in the USA. The first season of the show is available on a two-disc DVD set from Echo Bridge Entertainment.

References

1. 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. 134. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links

• Henry's World at IMDb
• Henry's World Season 1 at Telefilm Canada
• Henry's World Season 2 at Telefilm Canada