Fancy Nancy (TV series)

Fancy Nancy
Also known as	“Fancy Nancy Clancy” (Outside the U.S. and Canada)
Genre	Family
Created by	Anne Smith
Based on	Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
Developed by	Krista Tucker
Directed by	Jamie Mitchell
Voices of	Mia Sinclair Jenness Spencer Moss Alyson Hannigan Rob Riggle Dana Heath Hannah Nordberg Blake Moore Ruby Jay Malachi Barton George Wendt Rachael MacFarlane Christine Baranski Tatyana AliKal Penn Ian Chen Chi McBride Madison Pettis George Yionoulis Darci Lynne Nathan Arenas
Theme music composer	Matthew Tishler Krista Tucker
Opening theme	"Add a Little Fancy" (Main Title)
Ending theme	"Add a Little Fancy" (Instrumental)
Composers	TJ Hill Matthew Tishler
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	63 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jamie Mitchell Krista Tucker
Animators	Toiion Animation Studios (Season 1) Snowball Studios (Seasons 2 & 3) Stellar Creative Lab (Season 2)
Editor	Pieter Kaufman
Running time	22 minutes (11 minute 2-episode segments) Up to 3 minutes for shorts
Production company	Disney Television Animation
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Junior Disney Channel Disney+ (season 3)
Original release	July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) – present
External links
Official website

Fancy Nancy (titled Fancy Nancy Clancy internationally) is an American computer-animated children's television series developed by Jamie Mitchell and Krista Tucker and produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney Junior based on the eponymous children's picture book series by Jane O'Connor with illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser. The show follows the adventures of Nancy Clancy, a 6 (and then later) 7-year-old girl who loves everything fancy and French (as in French culture)^[1] whiles living with her family and friends in a fictional version of Plainfield, Ohio.

The series premiered on July 13, 2018 in the United States and in Canada the following day. Disney Junior renewed the series for a second season prior to its premiere,^[2] which premiered on October 4, 2019 in the United States.

On September 18, 2019, a third season was commissioned^[3] and would prove be the last for the entire series according its developer, Krista Tucker.^[4] The third season began simulcasting on Disney Junior, DisneyNOW and Disney+ on November 12, 2021.^[5]

Plot[]

Six-year-old Nancy Clancy enjoys fancy and French things that ranges from her outfit to her creative elaborate attire as she plans to teach some fanciness to her ordinary family and her friends.

Characters[]

• Nancy Margaret Clancy "Fancy Nancy" (voiced by Mia Sinclair Jenness) – A little girl who enjoys fancy things, and is a bit of Francophile; she loves France and can speak French too. She was 6 years old until the episode "Nancy's Parfait Birthday!", where she turned 7. Her favorite color is fuchsia, she adores butterflies, has an adorable poodle named Frenchy, her own secret delivery mailbox to share all her party invitations with her best friend Bree, and has her own playhouse. She also has a doll named Marabelle and sometimes carries her everywhere. Her mother sometimes uses her full name when she is in trouble. Her middle name is Margaret after her late maternal grandmother.
• Josephine Jane "JoJo" Clancy (voiced by Spencer Moss) – Nancy's little sister. She has an imaginary friend named Dudley, is a PIT (Pirate in Training), loves to help, is 3 years old but she turned 4 in "Big Top Nancy", laughs a lot, and loves her stuffed animal "Mr. Monkey".
• Doug and Claire Clancy (voiced by Rob Riggle and Alyson Hannigan respectively) – Nancy's parents.
• Mrs. Dolores Devine (voiced by Christine Baranski) – Nancy's elderly widowed neighbor. Her name is a play on the word "divine". Her late husband's name is Ronnie.
• Frank Anderson (voiced by George Wendt) – Nancy's widowed maternal grandfather. He fixes a leaky pipe in "Nancy Goes to Work" where he's called "Grandpa Frank". His late wife was named "Margaret".
• Frenchy (voiced by Fabio Tassone) – Nancy's poodle.
• Poppy (Sid Clancy) (voiced by John Ratzenberger) – Nancy's paternal grandfather. He is a professor of geology. Grammy and Poppy live in Chicago.
• Grammy (Fay Clancy) (voiced by Miriam Flynn) – Nancy's paternal grandmother. Nancy often thinks she’s a spy when she's actually a librarian who works for the government.
• Briana Rose "Bree" James (voiced by Dana Heath) – Nancy's best friend. She is Nancy's next-door neighbor, loves nature, is a fantastique ice skater; she has a dog named Waffles, and has a doll named Chiffon.
• Freddy James (voiced by Blake Moore) – Bree's younger brother and JoJo's best friend. He is 3 years old.
• Calvin and Gloria James (voiced by Geno Henderson and Tatyana Ali respectively) – Bree's parents.
• Mrs. Priva Singh (voiced by Aparna Nancherla) – Doug's accountant agency boss.
• Mr. Ravi Singh (voiced by Kal Penn) - Priva's husband.
• Jonathan (voiced by Ian Chen) – Nancy's cousin who also enjoys fancy stuff. Prior to the series, he went by "Johnny", but now he goes by "Jonathan". He's a magician and loves clothes.
• Gus (voiced by Chi McBride) – A local courier who makes deliveries. He can be quite goofy at times and a bit clumsy. He also hates lying and being dishonest. In the episode "Parcel Pursuit" he loses his kitten Parcel while on his mail route.
• Lionel (voiced by Malachi Barton) – A boy who is a bit of a comedian. Lionel has curly blond hair and has blue eyes. He also has a dog named Flash and a rubber chicken named Bok-Bok, which he carries with everywhere he goes, that he got to get over the chicken incident that happened when he was younger. He has an autistic cousin named Sean that he cares for in the episode "Nancy's New Friend", which he teaches Nancy to be calm around him. In the episode "Love, Lionel", he had a huge crush on Wanda and had trouble making his feelings known to her, as she and her other friends already know him for his cracking of jokes and where Nancy tries to help him get over it and come clean.
• Sean (voiced by George Yionoulis) – Lionel's cousin who is autistic. He loves trains and is really educated about them.
• Brigitte (voiced by Madison Pettis) – Nancy's favorite waitress who always serves her and her friends and family their favorite pizza at the pizza parlor. She is also her and JoJo's babysitter.
• Grace White (voiced by Hannah Nordberg) – Nancy's frenemy. She is from a wealthy family.
• Rhonda and Wanda (both voiced by Ruby Jay) – Identical twin sisters who are Nancy’s friends and Lionel has trouble telling them apart. They love to play sports. They both wear bows on their heads, each with their own pattern with Rhonda's bow having stripes and Wanda's having polka dots. They also have the first letter of their names on the side at the top of their shirts to tell them apart. They are both tomboys and they love to play sports in their backyard, and when they go to practice.
• Roberto (voiced by Nathan Arenas) – Nancy’s friend and Lionel's new Buddy who just moved to their neighborhood from Paris, Texas in the episode "Le Boy Next Door."
• Daisy (voiced by Darci Lynne) – Nancy’s Friend that she met at a Food Drive.
• Lucille (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane) – Nancy's dance teacher.
• Mr. Chen (voiced by James Sie) – The shoe store owner and judge for the Plainfield ballroom dance competition.
• Flash – Lionel's Dog.
• Waffles – Bree's Dog.
• Serena and Venus – Rhonda and Wanda’s pet hamsters. They are named after the famous tennis-playing sisters, Serena and Venus Williams.
• Fritters – Grace's pet bunny.
• Pepper – Grace's pet pony.
• Dumpling – Grace's silky pet Chicken.
• Jean Claude – JoJo's fish that died and had a funeral in the episode "Au Revior Jean Claude".
• Jean Claude Jr. – Nancy and JoJo's fish that they got in the episode "Au Revior Jean Claude" after Jean Claude died.
• Marabelle – Nancy’s favorite doll.
• Chiffon – Bree’s favorite doll.
• Bok Bok – Lionel’s favorite toy chicken that he likes to be funny with and makes jokes with. He carries him everywhere and got him when he was younger to get over the chicken incident.
• Penelope – Grace's favorite doll who looks identical to her.
• Flower Shop Owner - A kindly middle aged woman who owns the Flower Shop and invites Nancy and Bree to participate in the poetry contest.

Episodes[]

Awards and nominations[]

Home media[]

References[]

External links[]

• Fancy Nancy at IMDb