Team Umizoomi (TV series)

Team Umizoomi is an American live-action and animated interactive musicalchildren's television series with an emphasis on preschool mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and comparisons.[2]

In the United States, Team Umizoomi premiered on Nickelodeon on January 25, 2010. On February 20, 2014, an executive of the show stated that the series had not been renewed for a fifth season by Nick Jr.[3][better source needed]

General characteristics
The eponymous team consists of Milli, Geo, and a robot named Bot, who refer to the viewers as their Umifriend and encourage them to develop their "Mighty Math Powers!" The action generally takes place in and around Umi City, a colorful city where the streets are paved with origami inspired patterns.

Each episode of Team Umizoomi feature each of the following:
 * A task or quest to be completed, usually to assist a child in need. Completing the main task requires completion of several sub-tasks, and there are often unforeseen difficulties that must be surmounted. Each sub-task generally involves mathematical reasoning about patterns, sequences, counting, geometric shapes, or other mathematical concepts.
 * Breaking the fourth wall, where the characters on screen communicate directly to the child viewing the show and encourage him or her to participate with the show.
 * A mixture of live-action and animation. The team and the surroundings are animated, but the person being helped is often a real person. In crowd scenes, other real people are shown in the background. In comparison to the regular people, the animated characters on the team are less than a foot tall. The live-action actors are uncredited.
 * Once the main task has been completed, the team sings a song and performs a dance called the Crazy Shake, which involves shaking and wiggling back and forth quickly. The Crazy Shake was called the "Umi Shake" in the first season. The child viewing the show is encouraged to participate in the dance.
 * "How does it work? " In some episodes, a simple explanation is given of an everyday process, such as how milk gets from farm to market, or how packages are sorted at the post office.

Protagonists

 * Bot (voiced by Donovan Patton) – Bot is a green robot and friend of the siblings who likes to sing and dance with a fun-loving, childlike personality. His abilities are more functional than math-related. In each episode, he is introduced, usually by Milli, as their "Best Robot Friend." He has a small receiver (like a satellite dish) on his head to receive calls (called the Umi Alarm). He also has a screen on the front (called a "Belly Belly Belly Screen" and stylized as "Belly Belly, Belly Screen!") that they can view videos/pictures and have a video call with someone who needs help. He also has a storage compartment on the back of his body, called a Bot-o-mat, which frequently is carrying whatever the team happens to need. His arms and legs, and jaw can be extended to reach things once he says "Arms Extendo" or "Legs Extendo" and sometimes "Jaw EXTENDO!"
 * Geo (voiced by Ethan Kempner and Juan Mirt) - Milli's younger brother who travels on his Super Skates while wearing a blue helmet and shirt. He has abilities related to geometric shapes and wears a Shape Belt that can create objects by assembling shapes and then singing "Super Shapes". Often when Team Umizoomi is stuck and needs a vehicle to assist them, Geo will figure out what they need, present a blueprint for the vehicle needed, and interact with the child viewer to assemble shapes needed to fill in the blueprint. He also has a Shape Magnet to help him find shapes through obstacles and a Shape Splitter to help him split shapes. He is 6 years old.
 * Milli (voiced by Sophia Fox and Madeleine Rose Yen) - Geo's older sister who has abilities related to patterns and measuring. She can change her pink dress to any pattern by singing "Pattern Power" and use her ponytails to measure things by singing "Milli Measure". She is 8 years old.
 * UmiCar (voiced by P.T. Walkley) – The team's beloved yellow and orange car who drives them wherever their help is needed. It is adapted to fit the team's needs by transforming or adding camouflage depending on the mission.

Antagonists

 * 12 Stinkbugs "the Stinky Dozen"
 * DoorMouse (voiced by Joe Narsico and Chris Phillips) – The security mouse of Umi City. Door Mouse insists on Team Umizoomi's compliance with bureaucratic impediments he is in charge of enforcing. He often blocks the team's entry into parks or buildings, stating a key is needed for access. The team must then complete a math-related challenge to get the key back. Team Umizoomi have helped Door Mouse several times, such as when he was sick or accidentally shot into space.
 * Dump Truck popped Sam's balloon made fun of UmiCar, calling it small in "Race Around Umi City." Cheats during a race in an attempt at the magical dodecahedron in "The Great Shape Race." Kind (as opposed to selfish and mischievous) "UmiCar's Birthday Present." Attempts to stop other racers with wet cement and pooting smog (to obscure sight), then throws wet cement at others, but later congratulates winners).
 * The Shape Bandit
 * Squiddy The Squid placed traps to lock The Blue Mermaid in a cage as well as traps to stop Team Umizoomi from freeing her in order to have light, as he was afraid of the dark.
 * Grog, a purple gnome, steals the Sunshine Powers from the Sunny
 * The Troublemakers (Little Trouble voiced by Nick Heatherington; Big Trouble voiced by Jason Harris) – A group of antagonists from the fourth season. They have a secret weapon named the Trouble Ray, which fulfills their malicious troublemaking ways, and a vehicle they call the TroubleTruck, which they use to get away. The Troublemakers are named Little Trouble and Big Trouble. Their only goals in life are to cause havoc, chaos, and trouble, and defeat Team Umizoomi.
 * Zilch (voiced by Chris Phillips) uses magic scepter to eradicate numbers and to trap the King of Numberland in a tower. Team Umizoomi teach Zilch to count after he explains his distain for numbers due to the fact that he does not know how to count.

Additional Voice Talent
Olivia Archer, Blake Benitez, Clare Foley, Skai Jackson, Kathy Searle, Kyle Benitez, Max Morris, Jane Gennaro, Isiah Horton, P.T. Walkley, Linda Beck, Danielle Kotch, Katherine Leask, Kate Simses, Mary Wood, James Mount, Staci Marie Newcomb and Marc Thompson.

Episodes
Main article: List of Team Umizoomi episodes

UK Version
When the show aired on Nick Jr. UK, the show was redubbed using British voice actors, replacing the original American Voices.
 * Olivia Lennon as Milli
 * Alexandra Bieror as Geo
 * David Holt as Bot

Additional Characters

 * Zilch's Hungry Crocodile (voiced by Jo Ruiz)
 * Zilch The Wizard (voiced by David Holt)
 * DoorMouse (voiced by David Holt)

Toys and merchandising
Main article: List of Team Umizoomi Toys and Merchandise

Fisher Price released the first official "Team Umizoomi" toys in early 2012. The first products available included plush dolls, bath toys, and figurines featuring characters and vehicles from the show.[4]

Video games
These video games based on the show are all published by Take-Two Interactive's label, 2K Play.