Team Umizoomi
Introduction '''''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. ''Team Umizoomi'' ran from January 25, 2010 to April 24, 2015, having released 80 episodes over 4 seasons.
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 Umi City in every episode.
Characters ===Main===*Milli (voiced by Sophia Fox in episodes 1-18 and Madeleine Rose Yen in the rest of the series) is a 6-year-old girl with abilities related to patterns and measuring. By singing certain phrases, she can use patterns to solve problems. She is also Geo's older sister, and 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) is a 5-year-old boy and Milli's younger brother. 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. 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. Geo always wears a pair of roller skates, and rarely takes them off on dry land. *Bot (voiced by Donovan Patton in all seasons) 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 team's anthropomorphic orange car that drives the team wherever their help is needed. The character 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 early-Season 1 episodes, but he gained one in mid-Season 1 episodes.===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 in season 1-early season 2, Chris Phillips in late season 2-season 4) is a helpful friend who guards all the doors of Umi City. 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
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.===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.# Sorting, Classification & Reasoning Pre-K Math Kit (Playground Heroes) ()# Shapes, Measurement & Positioning Pre-K Math Kit (Aquarium Fix-It) ()# Numbers, Counting & Patterns Pre-K Math Kit (Carnival) ()===Books=======Little Golden Books====# Find the Dinosaurs! ()# Purple Monkey Rescue! ()====Step Into Reading books====# Outer-Space Chase ()# Top Cops ()# Dog Days ()# Super Soap ()# Farm Alarm! ()====Pictureback books====# UmiCar's Big Race ()# Santa's Little Helpers (Glow-in-the-Dark) ()# Legend of the Blue Mermaid ()# Save the Kitten!/Buster's Big Day (Deluxe Pictureback) ()# Happy Love Day! ()# Team Power! (3-D!-With-3-D-Glasses!) ()====Board books====# Follow that Egg! ()# Count with Us! ()# First Look and Find ()====Coloring and activity books====# Kite Riders! Coloring Book ()# Painting Power! Painting Activity Book ()# The Big Boat Race! Holographic Sticker Book ()# Mighty Adventures Coloring Book with stickers ()# Join the Team! Big Coloring Book ()# Christmas Countdown Painting Activity Book ()# Zoom to the Rescue! Painting Activity Book ()# Umi Egg Hunt Activity Book with stickers ()# Super Shapes! Activity Book with stencils ()===DVD releases===Paramount Home Media Distribution is the DVD 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! "* "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  ''Team Umizoomi'' ''&'' ''Dora'''s ''Fantastic Flight'' November 6, 2012 2K Play  '' Team Umizoomi Learning Game: Umi City Heroes''2014Leapfrog
References
External links *  Team Umizoomi on Nick Jr.*  Team Umizoomi on the Internet Movie Database