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Team Umizoomi
Educational
Created by
  • Soo Kim
  • Michael T. Smith
  • Jennifer Twomey
Developed byTeri Weiss
Directed byMatt Sheridan
Voices of
  • Sophia Fox
  • Madeleine Rose Yen
  • Ethan Kempner
  • Juan Mirt
  • Donovan Patton
  • P.T. Walkley
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)
  • Supervising Producer:
  • Marcy Pritchard
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)

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]

Overview

Using the live actors and props with animated characters, vehicles and environments, 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.

Characters

Main

Recurring

  • 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

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 20 January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) December 6, 2010
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

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

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) ()
  2. Shapes, Measurement & Positioning Pre-K Math Kit (Aquarium Fix-It) ()
  3. Numbers, Counting & Patterns Pre-K Math Kit (Carnival) ()

Books

Little Golden Books

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

Step Into Reading books

  1. Outer-Space Chase ()
  2. Top Cops ()
  3. Dog Days ()
  4. Super Soap ()
  5. Farm Alarm! ()

Pictureback books

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

Board books

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

Coloring and activity books

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

DVD releases

distributor for the series.

Main releases

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

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

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

  1. ^ Team Umizoomi Curriculum Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine from NickJr, accessed 30 December 2011
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  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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