History WesternAnimation / WheresWaldo2019

* FakeInteractivity: How the "Where's Waldo?" segments in the narrative work. Unlike most examples, Wenda and company (or Waldo, for that matter) don't acknowledge the viewers [[AudienceParticipation participating]] in the hunt. Normally this would start when Wenda says [[TitleDrop "Where's Waldo?"]] before cutting to the dense environment, triggering the segment. Normally this would start when Wenda says [[TitleDrop "Where's Waldo?"]] before cutting to the dense environment, triggering the segmentNormally this would start when Wenda says [[TitleDrop "Where's Waldo?"]] before cutting to the dense environment, triggering the segment. Viewers are then given 10 seconds (or more in certain episodes) to find Waldo. When the 10 second time limit has expired, Waldo says "Over here, Wenda!", revealing his location.

** Keeping in the franchise's spirit, the series also emphasizes honing in observation skills through Waldo himself. Throughout a [[OncePerEpisode typical]] episode, Waldo will wander off from the cast while Wenda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Normally this would start when Wenda says [[TitleDrop "Where's Waldo?"]] before cutting to the dense environment giving viewers 10 seconds to locate him before he says "Over here, Wenda!", revealing his location. The difficulty's very forgiving compared to the franchise norm.

* FakeInteractivity: How the "Where's Waldo?" segments in the narrative work. Unlike most examples, Wenda and company (or Waldo, for that matter) don't acknowledge the viewers [[AudienceParticipation participating]] in the hunt, given 10 seconds (or more in certain episodes) to find Waldo. When the 10 second time limit has expired, Waldo says "Over here, Wenda!", revealing his location.

** Keeping in the franchise's spirit, the series also emphasizes honing in observation skills through Waldo himself. Throughout a [[OncePerEpisode typical]] episode, Waldo will wander off from the cast while Wenda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. The difficulty's very forgiving compared to the franchise norm.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: In one shot of "Big in Japan", the Go-Hero Bot is fully in CGI.

The series introduces the [=WorldWide Wanderer Society=], an international organization comprising of magical travelers. A younger Waldo (voiced by Joshua Rush) is a Wanderer-in-training under the tutelage of the eccentric mentor Wizard Whitebeard. Working closely with his junior-level partner Wenda (voiced by Creator/HaleyTju), the two inquisitive kids solve various missions across the world in an effort to earn their Wanderer stripes and gather Magic Keys in the process.

Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's '''''Where's Waldo?'''''[[note]]Known outside of North America as ''Where's Wally''[[/note]] is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise originally created by British illustrator Martin Hanford.

Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019, on Creator/UniversalKids. Prior to that, the pilot episode ("Costa Rica...In Color!") aired as a sneak peek showing on July 6th on the channel, free to view online on the channel's [[https://www.universalkids.com/shows/wheres-waldo website]] and Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFhjaKlaNA page]]. The series is planned to last for at least [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].

Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's '''''Where's Waldo?''''' is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise originally created by British illustrator Martin Hanford.

* TwoDAssetsThreeDEffects: In one shot of "Big in Japan", the Go-Hero Bot is fully in CGI.

* FakeInteractivity: How the "Where's Waldo?" segments in the narrative work. Unlike most examples, Wenda and company (or Waldo, for that matter) don't acknowledge the viewers [[AudienceParticipation participating]] in the hunt.

Creator/DreamWorks' '''''Where's Waldo?''''' is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise originally created by British illustrator Martin Hanford.

* LogoJoke: Much like other ''Creator/DreamWorksAnimation'' works, this series has its own variation of the crescent logo: Waldo, popping out from behind the moon, retrieves his hat from the moon's tip. Using pulling out one of the magic keys from his hat, he sprays his red and white color scheme on "[=DreamWorks=] Animation Television," before hammocking on the moon and affecting that as well.

** When both Waldo and Wenda hear about trolls causing chaos in Reykjavík, Iceland, their first assumption is that they have to be dealing with [[ScoobyDooHoax pranksters in costumes]] since "trolls are only fun legends." It takes them a while to realise that the trolls in question are the real deal.* ArtisticLicenseArt: In the episode "Once Upon a Time in Denmark," the iconic Copenhagen statue of The Little Mermaid looks nothing like the original, which is strange for an educational show. A possible explanation of the change may be because the actual statue has nude breasts and is overall far removed from how children imagine mermaids.

The series introduces the [=WorldWide Wanderer Society=], an international organization comprising of magical travelers. A younger Waldo (voiced by Joshua Rush) is a Wanderer-in-training under the tutelage of the eccentric mentor Wizard Whitebeard. Working closely with his junior-level partner Wenda (voiced by Creator/HaleyTju), the two inquisitive kids solve various missions across the world, in an effort to earn their Wanderer stripes and gathering Magic Keys in the process.

Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Creator/UniversalKids. Prior to that, the pilot episode ("Costa Rica...In Color!") aired as a sneak peek showing on July 6th on the channel, free to view online on the channel's [[https://www.universalkids.com/shows/wheres-waldo website]] and Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFhjaKlaNA page]]. The series is planned to last for at least [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].

*** Woof returns in season 2 in his role of Waldo's dog.

** When both Waldo and Wenda hear about trolls causing chaos in Reykjavík in Iceland their first assumption is that they have to be dealing with [[ScoobyDooHoax pranksters in costumes]] since "trolls are only fun legends". It takes them a while to realise that the trolls in question are the real deal.
* ArtisticLicenseArt: In the episode "Once upon a time in Denmark" the iconic Copenhagen statue of The Little Mermaid looks nothing like the orginal, which is strange for an educational show. A possible explanation of the change may be due to the fact that the actual statue has nude breasts and is overall far removed from how children imagine mermaids.

* BigEater: Fritz, no matter what country they're in he always wants to sample the local cuisine. But usually never gets a chance to chow down due to Odlulu dragging him to her schemes.

* CastOfSnowflakes: The TitleSequence's final seconds demonstrate a massive crowd of unique extras, recurring, and main characters, at Whitebeard's headquarters, featured in the series. Every one of them reflects a unique visual trait related to their culture, profession, or hobby. A very modern take on the similarly classic page spread format of the books, wrapping up with Waldo revealing himself.

* ContinuityReboot: The original book series had thinly veiled stories and lore droppings at best, to explain why Waldo would go places, as the major draw were the impressive wide-shot illustrations and locating Waldo (and other things). This reboot opts to take some of the books' and [[AdaptationExpansion 1991 series']] elements, mixes them together, and bring out a fairly [[SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification recognizable]] but well-defined version of the material.

** This iteration puts the globetrotting adventures through a teaching lense. Waldo and Friends strictly visit real-world locations, like UsefulNotes/CostaRica, to introduce preschool audiences various factoids about culture, language, wildlife, and other geography-based skills.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: "Evil" is a stretch, but it's quite clear Odlulu cares deeply about her pet ferret Fritz, best shown in "Australian Blunder Down Under" where she teams up with Waldo and Wenda to help track Fritz down after a female kangaroo accidentally hops off with him.
* FakeInteractivity: How the "Where's Waldo?" segments in the narrative work. Unlike most examples, Wenda and company (or Waldo for that matter) don't acknowledge the viewers [[AudienceParticipation participating]] in the hunt.

* FramesOfReference: Sweet and sometimes lovable Waldo has round glasses while the scheming, selfish Odlulu has triangular glasses.

* LogoJoke: Much like other ''Creator/DreamWorksAnimation'' works, this series has its own variation of the crescent logo: Waldo, popping out from behind the moon, retrieves his hat from the moon's tip. Using pulling out one of the magic keys from his hat, he sprays his red and white color scheme on "[=DreamWorks=] Animation Television", before hammocking on the moon and affecting that as well.

* RaceLift: Wenda was Caucasian in the books and original series. Here, her skin is quite tanned, making her look vaguely Hispanic. Presumably, this was done to help further differentiate her from the original Wenda who was basically Waldo's DistaffCounterpart.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Both Arf, and Fritz.
* SameLanguageDub: Naturally, this series received a UK dub in 2020, using local talent and Waldo's original name "Wally" for the title and dialogue.

* SignatureHeadgear: Waldo's red and white bobble hat. It seems to act as a BagOfHolding as apparently, he can stuff anything into it from a bunch of spices to the suitcase that teleports him and Wenda everywhere.

* StrictlyFormula: Most episodes follow the same basic pattern: Waldo and Wenda are hanging out in Wanderer HQ when they receive a letter/postcard from a fellow Wanderer, they're informed of some kind of problem (usually Odlulu- and/or Magic Key-related), they travel to said Wanderer's location with a magic suitcase (saying "Ready, set, wander!" while doing so), befriend/meet up with them, stop whatever bad thing Odlulu's doing while learning about that location's culture/history, retrieve any Magic Keys, and then head back home.

* ShoutOut: Thanks to taking place during a comic book and kaiju festival in Tokyo, "Big in Japan" is one to Franchise/SuperSentai, Anime/SailorMoon, Franchise/PowerRangers, and Main/HumongousMecha series in general. Even the PunnyTitle is one to the song of the same name by Alphaville.

* PirateBooty: Featured in "Bahama Drama," and Odlulu wants to be a fearsome pirate.

** When both Waldo and Wenda hear about trolls causing chaos in Reykjavík in Iceland their first asumption is that they have to be dealing with [[ScoobyDooHoax pranksters in costumes]] since "trolls are only fun legends". Its takes them a while to realise that the trolls in question are the real deal.
* ArtisticLicenseArt: In the episode "Once upon a time in Denmark" the iconic Copenhage statue of The Little Mermaid looks nothing like the orginal, which is strange for an educational show. A possible explanation of the change may be do to the fact that the actual statue has nude breasts and is overall far removed from how children imagine mermaids.

** This iteration puts the globetrotting adventures through a teaching lense. Waldo and Friends strictly visit real-world locations, like UsefulNotes/CostaRica, to introduce pre-school audiences various factoids about culture, language, wildlife, and other geography-based skills.

* PirateBooty: Featured in "Bahama Drama," and Odlulu wants some to be a fearsome pirate.

* SignatureHeadgear: Waldo's red and white bobble hat. It seems to act as a BagOfHolding as apparently he can stuff anything into it from a bunch of spices to the suitcase that teleports him and Wenda everywhere.

* YoungerAndHipper: Most of the cast has been deaged from their middle-age appearances in the books. The only exception is Wizard Whitebeard, who's vaguely just as old as his main counterpart.