Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubb Idol

Wubb Idol
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Based on	Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! by Bob Boyle
Written by	Eileen Brennan
Directed by	James Burks Ron Crown Larry Hall Steve Daye
Starring	Grey DeLisle Tara Strong Beyoncé Knowles Lara Jill Miller Carlos Alazraqui
Music by	Mike Reagan
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
Production
Cinematography	Amanda Atkinson
Running time	44 minutes (TV version) 93. min (DVD version)
Production companies	Bolder Media Starz Animation Film Roman
Distributor	Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) (US/CAN TV premiere) October 13, 2009 (DVD release)
Chronology
Preceded by	Wubbzy's Big Movie!

Wubb Idol is an American-Canadian animated musical comedy Television special based on the animated series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; it is the series' second film overall, after 2008's Wubbzy's Big Movie!, and consists of the episodes "Wubb Girlz Rule", "Wuzzleburg Idol", "Wubbzy's Big Makeover", and "The Big Wuzzlewood Concert". The movie originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 2009, with an encore airing on Noggin two days later.

Wubb Idol follows protagonist Wubbzy and his friends as they meet the popular music group Wubb Girlz — consisting of Shine, Sparkle, and Shimmer — who choose him to perform at their concert in the city of Wuzzlewood (based on real-life Hollywood). American singer and actress Beyoncé guest starred as the voice of the Wubb Girlz's lead singer Shine, who was heavily featured in promotion for the film.

The DVD release of Wubb Idol also includes the episodes "Bye Bye Wuzzleburg", "Wubbzy's Wacky Journey", "Lights, Camera Wubbzy", and "A Wubbstar is Born".

Plot[]

The Wubb Girlz (Shine, Sparkle and Shimmer) are the most popular singing group of all time, and everyone in Wuzzleburg loves them—everyone except Wubbzy, who doesn’t know who they are. When it is announced that the Wubb Girlz are visiting Wuzzleburg, Walden decides to throw a special welcome for them. However, when they go to the airport to greet the girls, they aren’t there. Meanwhile, Wubbzy, who is unaware of the girls’ visit, arrives at the train station to watch The Wuzzleburg Express pull into the station, which turns out to be the mode of transportation the Wubb Girlz have taken. Wubbzy thinks they are new to Wuzzlewood, so he gives them a tour of the town, still not knowing who they are. Meanwhile, back at the airport, the townspeople realize their mistake, so they follow Wubbzy and the girls all day, without them even noticing. Luckily, that night, when they follow them to The Wubb Club, they finally find them. The Wubb Girlz announce that they will host the Wuzzleburg Idol Talent Show. the winner of which will fly with them back to Wuzzlewood to perform in their next concert. Wubbzy finally learns who they are, and apologizes for not knowing about the welcome, but the girls tell everybody that it was already great, because Wubbzy is a great tour guide, and Wuzzleburg is a great town. Then they all head inside the clubhouse, for the Official Welcome To Wuzzleburg Party, to celebrate the girls’ arrival.

On the day of the Talent Show, Wubbzy tries to find a talent he’s good at, but can’t do anything like the Wubb Girlz. The girls tell him to be himself and do whatever he does best, so he follows their advice. That night at the talent show, the Wubb Girlz are disappointed that most of the contestants are trying to emulate them. Wubbzy shows off an original talent and wins. The next day, it’s time for him to leave Wuzzleburg to start his trip to Wuzzlewood. But during Wubbzy’s going-away party, when the Wubb Girlz tell him that Wuzzlewood doesn’t have all the things he likes, Wubbzy is afraid to leave Wuzzleburg, and also because he’d never been by himself before and he later tells his friends the thing he’ll miss the most is being with his friends, so they decide to come along with him. They travel to Wuzzlewood in the WubbMobile, which Widget activates into the WubbTraveler, driven by a robot called The Dandy Driver “Dandy”, while the Wubb Girlz take the Wubb Jet.

On the way to Wuzzlewood, Wubbzy wants to stop at an amusement park called Wacky World, but Walden refuses to let him because he’s worried they are going to be late if they keep stopping, so Wubbzy sneaks off on the road trip to go to Wacky World, where he meets The Wubb Girlz. The gang goes to Wacky World to find him. When they find him, Walden is surprised to see The Wubb Girlz. They tell the gang they can take the Wubb Jet to Wuzzlewood, with plenty of room in the Wubb Jet for the WubbMobile and Dandy. Feeling relieved, Walden lets them spend the rest of the day at Wacky World. At the end of the day, they leave Wacky World, and fly to Wuzzlewood.

When they arrive, they meet Stu, the Wubb Girlz’ agent, but when Stu meets Wubbzy, he tells him he doesn’t “look like a star”, and needs a new look to fit into town. Wubbzy dresses in a hip-hop outfit, Stu gives him a trio of fellow hip-hop dancers, and changes his name to Wubb-Z “Z”. However, it causes Wubbzy to act too cool and he starts calling Widget, Walden and Daizy, his old friends, and abandons them. During the rehearsal for the concert, Wubbzy acts cool instead of acting like his old-self, much to the Wubb Girlz’ dismay. While taking photos backstage, Wubbzy accidentally turns on his motorcycle, and it flies up into the sky. Widget, Walden, and Daizy see him and rush to rescue him. He hangs his pants onto the edge of the Wuzzlewood Sign. He wants his new friends to save him, but they refuse, stating he’s “un-cool!”. Luckily, his friends rescue him in the WubbCopter. Back at the Wuzzlewood Bowl (Hollywood Bowl), Wubbzy apologizes for changing and he reconciles with his friends. Stu wants to do more work with him, but Wubbzy refuses, so Stu shrugs, and is back to his old self. Then they head backstage to finish rehearsing, and the Wubb Girlz are also happy he’s back to normal.

On the night of the concert, when famous news reporter Jann Starl (voiced by real-life Jann Carl)^[1] asks Wubbzy if he’s not nervous to perform in front of the audience, Wubbzy begins to have stage fright, so his friends to help cure his stage fright backstage before the show starts. The Wubb Girlz tell him they feel better whenever they have their friends with them, so they invite Wubbzy’s friends to perform with them in the concert. After the show, Wubbzy’s stage fright is cured.

Sometime later, The Wubb Girlz are starring in their new movie titled Wubb Girlz Kung Fu Princesses: Attack of the Dirty-Sock Monster. During a break before filming the ending, Wubbzy and his friends look around the studio while they wait. When it’s time to film the ending, Wubbzy is left in the prop room. He finds a huge pile of Kicky-Kick Balls, but causes a ball avalanche. The ending isn’t working. The Avalanche comes into the studio but when Wubbzy swings on a rope and says “Wow! Wow!”, the director thinks Wubbzy is perfect for his movie, but Wubbzy is disappointed when he learns he’s playing regular star instead of being a celebrity. However, When Wubbzy (as a Star), appears at the end of the movie, he begins to become a Celebrity.

However, he has to continue his stardom by starring in more films, but is too busy to spend time with his friends, so they go back home to Wuzzleburg without him, much to Wubbzy’s depression. After learning from The Wubb Girlz that friendship is more important than stardom, Wubbzy leaves Wuzzlewood during the filming of his biggest movie “Super Wubbzy”, and hops into the WubbMobile with his friends, and they go home. When they arrive, everyone is welcoming Wubbzy home.

Premiere week[]

On April 27, 2009, a "premiere week" of new episodes was aired and lasted throughout April 30, before the actual movie premiere on May 1. This is a list of the individual episodes that aired. This schedule also reflects the end of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! on Nickelodeon as part of its Nick's Play Date block.

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