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* AesopAmnesia: No matter how many times Waldo and Wenda warn Odlulu about messing around with the Magic Keys, and her realizing her actions can (and often do) have far-reaching consequences, she continues to do so.
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* BigBad: Odlulu, although (as mentioned down below) she's more selfish and a little spoiled than genuinely malicious.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready, Set, Wander![[note]]Left to right: Woof (dog),Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Waldo, Odlulu and Fritz (ferret).[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready, Set, Wander![[note]]Left to right: Woof Arf (dog),Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Waldo, Odlulu and Fritz (ferret).[[/note]]]]



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

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* FramesOfReference: Sweet and sometimes Main/Adorkable {{Adorkable}} Waldo has round glasses while the scheming, selfish Odlulu has triangular glasses.


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* NonHumanSidekick: Fritz (a ferret) for Odlulu and, to a lesser extent, Arf (a dog) for the main trio.

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Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Universal Kids. 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 about [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].

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Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Universal Kids. 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 about at least [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].


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* {{Adorkable}}: Waldo occasionally. Wenda as well.


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* FramesOfReference: Sweet and sometimes Main/Adorkable Waldo has round glasses while the scheming, selfish Odlulu has triangular glasses.
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* ThingOMatic: All of Waldo's makeshift inventions end with ''inator.'' [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doofenshmirtz]] would be proud.

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* ThingOMatic: All of Waldo's makeshift inventions end with ''inator.''-inator.'' [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doofenshmirtz]] would be proud.
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* ThingOMatic: All of Waldo's makeshift inventions end with ''inator.'' [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doofenshmirtz]] would be proud.
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* GottaCatchThemAll: The Magic Keys.
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* 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.
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* PirateBooty: Featured in "Bahama Drama," and Odlulu wants some to be a fearsome pirate.
* APirate400YearsTooLate: Wizard Doubloon, to an extent, in "Bahama Drama." Odlulu ''tries'' to be one.
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* BigEater: Fritz.
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* ShoutOut: Thanks to taking place during a comic book and kaiju festival in Tokyo, "Big in Japan" is one to Franchise/SuperSentai, Anime/SailorMoon, and Main/HumongousMecha series in general.

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* 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.

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** 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. Though the difficulty's very forgiven compared to the franchise norm.

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** 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. Though the The difficulty's very forgiven forgiving compared to the franchise norm.norm.
* 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.
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* BehemothBattle: One happens between kaiju Fritz and a Mega Mega Monster Key-enlarged ''ramen noodle'' in "Big in Japan."
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* {{Kaiju}}: Fritz becomes one thanks to Odlulu zapping him with the Mega Mega Monster Key in "Big in Japan."
* KingKongClimb: Giant Fritz does this with Odlulu in "Big in Japan."


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* ShoutOut: Thanks to taking place during a comic book and kaiju festival in Tokyo, "Big in Japan" is one to Franchise/SuperSentai, Anime/SailorMoon, and Main/HumongousMecha series in general.

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* WizardBeard/WizardClassic: Wizard Whitebeard and several of his fellow Wizards.

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* WizardBeard/WizardClassic: WizardBeard: Wizard Whitebeard and several of his fellow Wizards.Wizards.
* WizardClassic: Wizard Whitebeard again, as well as most other Wizards seen on the show.
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* WizardBeard/WizardClassic: Wizard Whitebeard and several of his fellow Wizards.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "A Wanderer Christmas."
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* [[Meganekko]]: Odlulu. Waldo could qualify as a male example.

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* [[Meganekko]]: {{Meganekko}}: Odlulu. Waldo could qualify as a male example.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Downplayed a bit, but Wenda doesn't believe in the Loch Ness Monster despite being friends with several wizards and regularly coming into contact with magical keys.


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* [[Meganekko]]: Odlulu. Waldo could qualify as a male example.
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* StockNessMonster: Nessie briefly appears twice in the "Strength of Scotland" episode.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Odlulu isn't all that bad a person, but clearly believes that just about _everything_ is secondary to whatever she wants.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Odlulu isn't all that bad a person, but she clearly believes that just about _everything_ everything is secondary to whatever she wants.



* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Fritz is generally much more interesting in things like food than actually helping Odlulu with whatever scheme she has cooking.
* 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.

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Fritz is generally much more interesting interested in things like food than actually helping Odlulu with whatever scheme she has cooking.
* RaceLift: Wenda was Caucasian in the books and original series, here series. Here, her skin is quite tanned, making her look vaguely Hispanic. Presumably Presumably, this was done to help further differentiate her from the original Wenda who was basically Waldo's DistaffCounterpart.

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** 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 Wanda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Though the difficulty's very forgiven compared to the franchise norm.

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** 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 Wanda Wenda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Though the difficulty's very forgiven compared to the franchise norm.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Odlulu isn't all that bad a person, but clearly believes that just about _everything_ is secondary to whatever she wants.



* RaceLift: Wenda was white in the books and original series, here she's black.

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Fritz is generally much more interesting in things like food than actually helping Odlulu with whatever scheme she has cooking.
* RaceLift: Wenda was white Caucasian in the books and original series, here she's black.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.
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** 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 to while Wanda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Though the difficulty's very forgiven compared to the franchise norm.

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** 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 to while Wanda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Though the difficulty's very forgiven compared to the franchise norm.
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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.

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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.
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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, the two inquisitive kids solve various missions across the world, in an effort to earn their Wanderer stripes.

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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, Wenda (voiced by Creator/HaleyTju ) , the two inquisitive kids solve various missions across the world, in an effort to earn their Wanderer stripes.
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* DistaffCounterpart: Odlaw does not appear and is instead replaced by a female counterpart, Odlulu.


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* RaceLift: Wenda was white in the books and original series, here she's black.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready, Set, Wander![[note]]Left to right: Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Waldo, Odlulu and Fritz.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready, Set, Wander![[note]]Left to right: Wizard Woof (dog),Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Waldo, Odlulu and Fritz.Fritz (ferret).[[/note]]]]



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

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



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%% * CastOfSnowflakes: The TitleSequence's final seconds demonstrates 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.
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Creator/DreamWorks' '''''Where's Waldo''''' is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise created by Martin Hanford.

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Creator/DreamWorks' '''''Where's Waldo''''' is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise originally created by Martin Hanford.
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Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Universal Kids. 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 website and Website/YouTube page. The series is planned to last for about [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].

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Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Universal Kids. 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 website [[https://www.universalkids.com/shows/wheres-waldo website]] and Website/YouTube page.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFhjaKlaNA page]]. The series is planned to last for about [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready, Set, Wander![[note]]Left to right: Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Waldo, Odlulu and Fritz.[[/note]]]]

-> ''Take a trip all around the world,''
-> ''Catch a ride to the moon! (Yodel-ya, yodel-ya!)''
-> ''Ride the wave at the beach,''
-> ''Jump in, discover something new!''
-> ''Oh-eh-oh!''
-> ''Anywhere you go, I'll find you.''
-> ''Oh-oh-oh!''
-> ''Where do you go?'' (x2)
-> ''[[TitleDrop Where's Waldo?!]]''
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Creator/DreamWorks' '''''Where's Waldo''''' is an [[EdutainmentShow educational]] ContinuityReboot of the classic ''Literature/WheresWally'' franchise created by Martin Hanford.

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, the two inquisitive kids solve various missions across the world, in an effort to earn their Wanderer stripes.

Originally slated for May 23, the series made its formal debut on July 20, 2019 on Universal Kids. 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 website and Website/YouTube page. The series is planned to last for about [[https://nbcuni-international.com/ss/WheresWaldo/index2.html 40 episodes]].

Not to be confused with the similarly named 1991 series called "Where's Wally/Waldo: [[AnimatedAdaptation The Animated Series]]".

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* CharacterInTheLogo: A variation of the show's logo has Waldo's mug right in the middle of the circling "Where's Waldo?" travel stamp.
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** 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.
** 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 to while Wanda (and the viewers) try to relocate him through visually dense environments. Though the difficulty's very forgiven 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.
* HiddenInPlainSight: Waldo's famed skill of being able to blend into any scenery, despite having a very distinct color palette.
* 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.
* 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.

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