History Literature / WheresWally

''Where's Wally?'' (titled ''Where's Waldo?'' when exported to North America) is a series of PictureBooks by Martin Handford where each page is a complex scene filled with hundreds of tiny people. The goal is to find Wally/Waldo, a man in glasses, a bobble hat and a red-and-white striped shirt, carrying a cane. Each page has a short flavor text where Wally/Waldo describes his adventures, pointing the reader to other, usually humorous, things to look for. In other words, a non-electronic HiddenObjectGame.

* MediumAwareness: Odlaw - he directly interacts with the narrator, and he even tries to learn from what happens to him on the show. His only problem is that he doesn't seem to learn that he's the CosmicPlaything.

A Google Maps interactive mini-game version of Where's Wally/Waldo? appeared in the app on April 1, 2018. A few days later it was announced [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation Dreamworks Animation Television]] would be producing a [[WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo2019 new animated series]], due to air on Creator/UniversalKids in Fall 2019.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Woof; he's pretty useless. He's just there for Wally to talk to so he doesn't look crazy, although he does chase off Odlaw from time to time.

* BrickJoke: The things the narrator challenge the viewer to find don't normally count as these, of course... except for the time he snuck in a mention of his stolen car. It shows up anyway.

See also ''Literature/ISpy'', another popular series consisting of hidden object puzzles.

''Where's Wally?'' (titled ''Where's Waldo?'' when exported to North America) is a series of picture books by Martin Handford where each page is a complex scene filled with hundreds of tiny people. The goal is to find Wally/Waldo, a man in glasses, a bobble hat and a red-and-white striped shirt, carrying a cane. Each page has a short flavor text where Wally/Waldo describes his adventures, pointing the reader to other, usually humorous, things to look for.

** It gets worse. [[spoiler:In the books that follow, there are three similar scenes: a dimension filled with others Woofs (ironically, this is the only time you can see all of him as opposed to his tail), a swamp filled with Odlaws, and a movie set filled with actors dressed up as EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE FIVE MAIN CHARACTERS. Good luck.]]

* SdrawkcabName: Odlaw again.

* ChandelierSwing: In ''Find Waldo Now'' some drunk men do this in "Having a Ball in Gaye Paree". One man is unaware that he's broken the chain, turning it into a FallingChandlierOfDoom.

* {{Adorkable}}: Waldo certainly has the look.
* AnachronismStew: Too many times to count.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/BradGarret puts on his best Creator/RodneyDangerfield impression for Wizard Whitebeard.

* PerpetualSmiler: Wally; can stray into [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smiler]] territory at times...

* AdaptationExpansion: The animated series. Among other things, it gave Odlaw a reason to antagonize Waldo (he wanted to steal his [[MacGuffin magical cane]]).

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Most of the main characters have names that start with W. Waldo, Wizard Whitebeard, Wilma, Wenda and Woof. There's also the Waldo Watchers, although their individual names are never given.

A Google Maps interactive mini-game version of Where's Wally/Waldo? appeared in the app on April 1, 2018. A few days later it was announced [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation Dreamworks Animation Television]] would be producing a [[new animated series WheresWaldo2019]], due to air on Creator/UniversalKids in Fall 2019.

A Google Maps interactive mini-game version of Where's Wally/Waldo? appeared in the app on April 1, 2018. A few days later it was announced [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation Dreamworks Animation Television]] would be producing a new animated series, due to air on Creator/UniversalKids in Fall 2019.

* SecretHandshake: Wally's family greeting he does with his cave ancestor. Also counts as [[MirrorMatch Mirror Matching]].

'''Waldo''': Okay, here's a great tip: never hold your nose and sneeze with your mouth closed.

Clockwise from bottom: Woof, Whitebeard, Odlaw, Wenda, Wally. Seated: Martin Handford.]]

Clockwise from bottom]]Woof, Whitebeard, Odlaw, Wenda, Wally. Seated: Martin Handford.]]

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[[caption-width-right:169:[[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder He's right over there.]]]]

A Google Maps interactive mini-game version of Where's Wally/Waldo? appeared in the app on April 1, 2018. A few days later it was announced [[Creator/DreamworksAnimation Dreamworks Television Animation]] would be producing a new animated series, due to air on Creator/UniversalKids in Fall 2019.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Cartoonist Martin Handford hid his titular hero amongst massive (sometimes absurdly so) crowd scenes in which so many unusual events were taking place that you had to look carefully to make out the guy in the striped shirt and ski cap (which was the point of the book). Many of the events depicted were ridiculous or bizarre, and several of them were controversial inclusions for a book aimed at kids ages 6 to 14: a vacuum cleaner sucking a woman's dress off of her body, a man [[VomitIndiscretionShot graphically vomiting]], and another guy getting accidentally [[GroinAttack hit in the nuts]]. One of these sneaky scenes was so subtle that you might not even notice it: a boy at the beach teases a bikini-clad beauty by placing the cold end of his ice cream cone on her back, causing her to bolt up from a prone to a semi-prone position; unless you're looking closely, you might not notice that the girl has loosened her bikini top so as not to get tan lines while sunbathing, and she's about to expose her bare breasts to the world.
** The more fantastical sequels are also worth mentioning. One had a scene of people posing with giant fruits, featuring some very suggestively positioned bananas and oranges.