Wonder Pets: In the City
Wonder Pets: In the City is a 2024 animated children's television series. It is a spinoff of the original Wonder Pets! and follows a new team of pets living in a large city environment. It premiered on December 13, 2024, on Apple TV+.
Characters
Wonder Pets
Izzy is a light brown guinea pig. Similar to Linny, she's the most intelligent one of the new Wonder Pets, as she is usually seen giving Tate and Zuri insight as to where they will be traveling and about the animal, creature, or friend that they are saving. Whereas Linny keeps her cool, Izzy is shown to be prone to her emotions more, such as being bummed or frustrated. Otherwise, Izzy is very encouraging in that she wants her friends to move past their struggles. She is more energetic, punky, and even rash in demeanor, as she loves to pretend that she's riffing an electric guitar and mimic its sounds. It's even evident in her mannerisms, as when she pronounces particular things as "super," "mega," or "awesome," or even a combination of the three. Besides just celery, Izzy also offers more snacks for the others to eat after their missions, such as broccoli and cucumber.Tate is a green rat snake. Much like Tuck, he's very caring and sensitive, especially towards his friends and those that he meets and saves. If anything, he's more fragile compared to Tuck because he likes to be quiet and touches nerves with others very easily. He is very hygienic and wants to keep his scales clean and is shown to be lonely without his friends around to keep him company. Also like Tuck, in a couple of episodes, he's seen wearing the former's classic sailor's cap as a reference to the other character.Zuri is a black bunny. As is Ming-Ming for her group, Zuri provides a lot of the show's silliness and comedy, but unlike the former, she's a lot nicer and hardly ever uses snarky behavior or sarcasm. She is also a lot more active and mobile, so much so that she can be a little reckless. She also does have a tendency to get distracted or sidelined from the task at hand. Whenever the group has trouble locating an animal, she uses her ears to listen for their sounds. Like Ming-Ming, she also has a catchphrase that she says whenever something is gravely serious or dangerous, wherein she says, "Unbelievable!"Recurring
Baby Chick is a chicken that hatched in the end of the "Save the Runaway Egg!" She is revisited in "Save the Baby Chick!" where she has trouble speaking up to her siblings in order to feast on some chicken feed. She eventually musters up the courage to speak with the help of the Wonder Pets, knowing now that the others can finally listen to her.Guest Stars
Spider - Season 1, Episode 11 is a baby Golden Silk Orb-Weaver who desperately wants to weave a web before her dad gets home. But she is in a big hurry and so her web keeps falling apart. The Wonder Pets teach her how to take a breath, slow down, and build a web that wows. Isaac McKee also plays the role of a Classroom Boy in this episode.Production
In October 2024, it was announced that a new series based off the original Wonder Pets! would be released on Apple TV+ in December. The official trailer was released in late November.The show uses the same technique of "photo puppetry" as the original.