Doc McStuffins
| Doc McStuffins | |
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| Format | Animation |
| Created by | Chris Nee |
| Voices of | Kiara Muhammad Lara Jill Miller Robbie Rist Jess Harnell Loretta Devine Jaden Betts Kimberly Brooks Gary Anthony Williams |
| Country of origin | United States Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52[1] |
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| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Brown Bag Films Walt Disney Television Animation |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Junior Disney Channel |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | March 23, 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Doc McStuffins is an American-Irish animated pre-school children's television series produced by Brown Bag Films. It was created and executive produced by Humanitas Prize and Emmy Award-winner Chris Nee and premiered on March 23, 2012 on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.[2][3] The series is about a six-year-old girl who can "fix" toys, with a little help from her stuffed animal friends.
The series received positive reviews due to the show's concept and the main character, on its portrayal about African-Americans in a Disney series. Chris Nee describes the series as "Cheers for Preschoolers".[4]
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Premise [edit]
The series chronicles a six-year-old girl named Dottie McStuffins who, one day, wants to become a doctor like her mother. As a kid, she "pretends" to be a doctor by fixing up toys and dolls (because of this, everyone calls her 'Doc'). When she puts on her stethoscope, toys, dolls, and stuffed animals magically come to life and she can communicate with them. With a little help from her stuffed animal friends, Stuffy, Hallie, Lambie and Chilly, Doc helps toys "feel better" by giving them check-ups and checking their illnesses with "The Big Book of Boo Boos". Each 11-minute episode includes original songs, the "Time for Your Check-Up" song and the "I Feel Better" song. There is also an additional song about things you must do with a doctor's check-up. During ending credits, Doc gives advice to viewers about staying healthy.
Characters [edit]
Episodes [edit]
Season 1 [edit]
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| 1 | "Knight Time/A Bad Case of the Pricklethorns" | March 23, 2012 March 17, 2012 (Advanced screening) |
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Doc discovers that Donny's toy knight, Sir Kirby, is dirty. Doc diagnoses Boppy when he suddenly gets popped after landing in a rose bush. |
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| 2 | "Out of the Box/Run Down Race Car" | March 23, 2012 | ||
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Little Jack, a jack in the box, can't pop, but he's scared of getting a check-up, so his dad, Big Jack, goes first. Ricardo Racecar loses his energy during a race. |
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| 3 | "Tea Party Tantrum/Blast Off!" | March 26, 2012 | ||
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Doc wonders why Susie Sunshine is acting very cranky. Doc helps Carlos' toy space alien, Star Blazer Zero after his arms and legs falls off after a ride in his toy rocket. |
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| 4 | "Engine Nine, Feelin' Fine!/The Right Stuff" | March 27, 2012 | ||
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Donny's toy fire engine Lenny, aka Engine 9, runs out of water, so Doc fixes him by refilling him. During an adventure game, Stuffy's tail gets ripped. |
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| 5 | "Gulpy, Gulpy Gators!/One Note Wonder" | March 28, 2012 | ||
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Doc fixes Gustave, the green gator on Donny's Gulpy Gulpy Gators game after he eats too many marbles. Alma's xylophone toy, Xyla, loses a key by accident. |
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| 6 | "Arcade Escapade/Starry, Starry Night" | March 29, 2012 | ||
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Doc helps a stuffed toy Giraffe called Gaby after her leg was torn in a accident in the claw crane machine at the arcade. Doc helps Henry's Telescope Aurora when she suffers from blurry vision. |
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| 7 | "Ben/Anna Split/That's Just Claw-ful" | March 30, 2012 | ||
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Ben and Anna, Alma's "Hugging Monkeys" need to be separated after one of them suffered a torn Velcro "hug" patch and needed to recover overnight at the clinic. Doc helps Hermie, her toy crab after his arm was torn out by Emmie & Alma's new puppy Rudi. |
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| 8 | "A Good Case of the Hiccups/Stuck Up" | April 2, 2012 | ||
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Doc tries to fix Millie the Microphone when she can't stop repeating words. When Doc gets sand in her eye, she finds out what's wrong with Will's toy digger, Riggo, when his scoop gets stuck. |
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| 9 | "Rescue Ronda, Ready for Take-off!/All Washed Up" | April 3, 2012 | ||
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Doc has to fix Luca's helicopter, Rescue Ronda, when she can't fly, due to getting a little twig from a bush in her propeller. Donny's toy robot, Robot Ray, learns the importance of following doctor's orders when he gets wet during a pirate game. |
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| 10 | "The New Girl/Wrap It Up" | Michael Rabb/Joe Purdy | April 4, 2012 | |
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Doc gets a doll from Japan called Kiko, and she wonders why her legs are so weak. Niles, Donny's toy crane, refuses to have his bandage removed. |
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| 11 | "Rest Your Rotors, Ronda!/Keep on Truckin" | April 5, 2012 | ||
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Rescue Ronda learns how good it is to rest when her propeller is broken. Donny's truck, Tremaine, learns how to keep still to get repainted. |
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| 12 | "Blame It on the Rain/Busted Boomer" | April 6, 2012 | ||
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Alma accidentally leaves her stuffed cow Moo Moo outside during a downpour and Doc fixes her, but she refuses to go home when she believes her owner doesn't like her. Boomer, Emmie's deflated Soccer ball refuses to be reinflated due to having a fear of needles. |
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| 13 | "The Dark Knight/Hallie Gets an Earful" | April 9, 2012 | ||
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During a sleepover party, Doc discovers that Sir Kirby is afraid of the dark and cures him of his fear of the dark. Doc helps Hallie hear better after she has trouble hearing. |
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| 14 | "Break Dancer/Bubble Monkey" | Norton Virgien | April 11, 2012 | |
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Bella, Doc's Ballerina doll, breaks her leg, and finds a lot to do while she waits for it to heal. Doc examines Emmie and Alma's bubble monkey after she stops blowing bubbles. |
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| 15 | "Out in the Wild/A Whale of a Time" | April 13, 2012 | ||
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Doc helps Robot Ray after he injures his arm during a camping trip. Doc helps Lula, the sponge Beluga Whale grow. |
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| 16 | "The Rip Heard Round the World/Walkie Talkie Time" | April 20, 2012 | ||
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Lambie accidentally gets ripped while dancing with Doc. Doc reunites a walkie talkie couple by finding a missing antenna. |
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| 17 | "Un-bur-able/Righty-on-Lefty" | May 3, 2012 | ||
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While playing Astronautball, Stuffy falls into a bush and get burs all over his body. Doc helps Awesome Guy after she discovers that he couldn't walk correctly. |
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| 18 | "Hallie's Happy Birthday/Shark Style Tooth Ache" | May 18, 2012 | ||
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It's Hallie's birthday and Doc and the gang throw a surprise party in her honor. Mr Chomp, Donny's toy shark, has a broken tooth that needs to repaired, but everyone (except for Doc and Hallie) are afraid of him. |
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| 19 | "Awesome Possum/The Bunny Blues" | June 1, 2012 | ||
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A baby toy possum is lost and Doc frantically searches for the baby toy possum and reunites it with its mother. Doc discovers Alma's stuffed bunny in a box at a yard sale. |
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| 20 | "Get Set to Get Wet/Loud Louie" | June 22, 2012 | ||
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Doc finds a mermaid doll and teaches her how to swim. A toy cellphone has a slight problem with its volume switch, causing him to talk real loud. |
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| 21 | "Caught Blue-Handed/To Squeak, or Not to Squeak" | July 20, 2012 | ||
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A mysterious blue rash infects all the toys in the clinic. Marvin the Duck lost his squeaker at the water park and its up to Doc, Lambie and Stuffy to find it. |
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| 22 | "Doctoring the Doc/Hot Pursuit" | August 17, 2012 | ||
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The crew from Doc's Clinic helps Doc after she falls ill. A toy police car overheats while pursuing the Wicked King. |
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| 23 | "Boo-Hoo to You!/It's Glow Time" | October 12, 2012 | ||
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Doc helps a toy ghost, Sebastian, learn not to be scared on Halloween. Glo-Bo is very tired and weak, and unable to glow. |
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| 24 | "Chilly Gets Chilly/Through the Reading Glasses" | December 7, 2012 | ||
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Chilly decides to hang out with the snowman that the gang built but nearly freezes in the cold. Doc receives a stuffed toy owl from her older cousin, but she can't read properly because of her poor eyesight. |
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| 25 | "My Huggy Valentine/Dusty Bear" | February 1, 2013 | ||
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Lambie becomes jealous and brokenhearted when a new toy steals the spotlight from her during Valentine's Day. A teddy bear discovers why Donny doesn't want to play with him. |
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| 26 | "Bronto Boo-Boos/Brontosaurus Breath" | May 3, 2013 | ||
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When Bronty arrives to the McStuffln's household a mysterious outbreak of the Bronto-boo boos breaks out and infected the toys. Doc and the gang wonders why Bronty has a bad case of bad breath. |
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Season 2 [edit]
A second season has been green lit by Disney to be released in the second quarter of 2013.
Broadcast history [edit]
In the United States, Doc McStuffins first premiered on March 23, 2012 on Disney-ABC networks Disney Channel and Disney Junior. Starting March 26, the series had begun airing weekdays at 10:00AM ET on Disney Channel and 4:00PM ET on Disney Junior while on the weekends, it airs at 7:30AM ET on Disney Channel and 10:00AM ET on Disney Junior. On June 5, 2012, Disney Junior renewed the series for a second season, which is set to air in mid-2013.[1]
In Canada, the show started airing on the Canadian Disney Junior channel on Easter 2012 at 10:00AM ET with an encore at 5:30PM ET.[5]
Cast [edit]
- Kiara Muhammad as Doc McStuffins
- Robbie Rist as Stuffy
- Lara Jill Miller as Lambie
- Jess Harnell as Chilly, Buddy, and The Wicked King
- Loretta Devine as Hallie
- Kimberly Brooks as Doctor McStuffins
- Gary Anthony Williams as Mr. McStuffins
- Jaden Betts as Donny McStuffins
Guest stars and additional voices [edit]
- Ty Burrell as Big Jack
- Laraine Newman as Aurora and Professor Hootsburgh
- James Arnold Taylor as Boppy and Teddy
- Jim Belushi as Glo-Bo
- Stephen Stanton as Gustav
- Ari Rubin as Hermie
- Janice Kawaye as Kiko
- Jeff Fischer as Lenny
- Nolan Gould as Little Jack
- Tiffany Thornton as Xyla
- Lisa Loeb as Millie Microphone
- Ian Gomez as Ricardo Racecar
- Dennis Farina as Riggo
- Dee Bradley Baker as Robot Ray and Sebastian
- Camryn Manheim as Rescue Rhonda
- Rob Paulsen as Sir Kirby
- John Michael Higgins as Star Blazer Zero
- Dharbi Jens as Melinda the Mermaid
- Caitlin Carmichael as Alma
- Kylee Anderson as Emmie
- Curtis Harris as Henry
- Jeffrey Nicolas Brown as Ben
- Meghan Strange as Anna
- Georgina Cordova as Louie
- Jay Gragnani as Will
- Elan Garfias as Carlos
- David Boat as Awesome Guy
- Tom Kenny as Walter
- Grey DeLisle as Lula, And Gracie
- Dave B. Mitchell as Boomer
- Colette Whitaker as Moo Moo
- Brad Abrell as Mr. Chomp
- Lacey Chabert as Gaby
- Jeffery Nicholas Brown as Bronty and Ben
- Jeff Fischer as Lenny the Fire Engine
- Charlie Schlatter as Niles
- Amber Hood as Susie Sunshine
- Julianne Buescher as Bella the Ballerina
- Hynden Walch as Bubble Monkey
- Audrey Wasilewski as Penny the Possum
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Pickles the Bunny
- Michael Gough as Officer Pete
- China Anne McClain as Tisha
- Jennifer Hale as Val
- Jason Marsden as Teddy B.
- Mike Vaughn as Stuntman Steve
- Gunnar Sizemore as Jacob
- Mela Lee as Kahterine
- Edie McClurg as TBA
- Nika Futterman as TBA
Reception [edit]
The series received positive reviews and criticisms after its release. Kia Morgan Smith of Cincomom.com said that "It truly warmed my heart and almost brought tears to my eyes when my 8-year-old, Mikaela, saw ‘Doc McStuffins’ for the first time and said, 'Wow, mommy — she’s brown,'"[6] Myiesha Taylor of CoilyEmbrace.com said that "This program featuring a little African-American girl and her family is crucial to changing the future of this nation." Taylor also applauded the concept of its portrayal of a young black girl who wishes to follow in the footsteps of her mother as a doctor as the lead character, that inspired her to collect pictures of 131 doctors — all black, all women — and publish a collage online under the heading, 'We Are Doc McStuffins.'"[7]
The program is also a ratings hit on Disney Junior, attracting an average of 918,000 children age 2 to 5, according to Nielsen data. It has also attracted large amounts of positive attention for older males as well. The series is also a huge cultural impact, generating loud applause on parent blogs, Facebook and even in academia for its positive vocational message for African-American girls.
DVD releases [edit]
| Collection | Included episodes | Release date |
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| Friendship is the Best Medicine | "Engine Nine, Feeling' Fine!" & "The Right Stuff", "Caught Blue-Handed" & "To Squeak, or Not to Squeak", "Ben/Anna Split!" & "That's Just Claw-Ful", "The Rip Heard Round the World" & "Walkie-Talkie Time", "The Dark Knight" & "Hallie Gets an Earful" | August 21, 2012 |
| Time for Your Check Up | "Gulpy, Gulpy Gators!" & "One Note Wonder", "Tea Party Tantrum" & "Blast Off!", "Arcade Escapade" & "Starry, Starry Night", "Bronto Boo-Boos" & "Brontosaurus Breath", "Doctoring The Doc" & "Hot Pursuit" | May 7, 2013 (note this dvd has some toy adverts and old logos) |
References [edit]
- ^ a b Zap2it - 'Doc McStuffins' Renewed by Disney
- ^ http://www.disneydreaming.com/2012/03/22/disney-junior-doc-mcstuffins-episodes-out-of-the-box-and-run-down-race-car-airing-march-23-2012/
- ^ http://mommyfactor.blogspot.com/2012/03/doc-mcstuffins-on-disneyjunior-disney.html
- ^ http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680182/how-the-creator-of-doc-mcstuffins-bucked-the-norm-and-made-cheers-for-preschoolers
- ^ http://www.disneyjunior.ca/en/schedule/television/year/2012/week/14/weekDay/7
- ^ "Doc McStuffins renewed for a second season! An Interview with the show’s Creator Chris Nee!". Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (2012-07-30). "Disney Finds a Cure for the Common Stereotype With ‘Doc McStuffins’". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
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