Higglytown Heroes

Higglytown Heroes is an American CGI-animated children's television series produced by Wild Brain that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel in the United States. The show's characters are shaped like Russian nesting dolls. In the show, children Wayne, Eubie, Twinkle, and Kip learn about all of the important jobs that people do in Higglytown 65 episodes were produced.

The theme song of the show, Here in Higglytown, is performed by They Might Be Giants, which was also released on their second children's album Here Come the ABCs. After its series finale originally aired on January 7, 2008, reruns aired on Playhouse Disney until March 29, 2009. Disney Junior then aired it in reruns from March 23, 2012 until November 29, 2018. The Higglytown Heroes TV series was made using Alias Maya which was used to design models and textures for the Higglytown Heroes Characters, and Photoshop which was used to create the 2D backgrounds and 2D props. The lyrics to the first "Hero" song were written by Kent Redeker, one of the show's executive producers. The song was composed and produced by Mark Harrison, the show's senior songwriter.

Plot
Kip, Wayne, Eubie and Twinkle are a group of friends who live in Higglytown. They love singing and their best friend, Fran, is a red squirrel. The series focuses on everyday community characters like grocers, librarians, and mail carriers. The kids of Higglytown learn the importance of different jobs and have fun around their neighborhood together.

Why It Is A Higgly-Helper

 * 1) This show has very good animation.
 * 2) The idea of characters acting like matryoshka dolls is unique.
 * 3) Some likeable characters, including Kip, Wayne, Eubie, Twinkle and Fran.
 * 4) "Higglytown Heroes!"
 * 5) Catchy theme song sang by They Might Be Giants, who also sang the Malcolm in the Middle theme song.
 * 6) Good voice talents from Taylor Masamitsu, Jeff Bennett, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Liliana Mumy, and Edie McClurg.
 * 7) They teaches some good life lessons that is like educational show like Whisker Haven and Molang.
 * 8) It features some cute moments.
 * 9) A lot of good episodes like A Valentine for Miss Fern, Halloween Heroes, Canyon Capers, Kip Joins the Circus and whole lot more.
 * 10) The series finale, Wayne's Toasty Invention/Spell It Safe was a good way to end the show.
 * 11) Lots of guest starring cast that voiced for certain characters, like Tim Curry, Mindy Sterling and Kevin Michael Richardson.
 * 12) Higglytown is a very cute fictional town.
 * 13) Funny catchphrase, such as "Aw, pickles!", when Twinkle react to Fran pointing out the problems in her big ideas.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While it was good, some episodes are considered to be the weakest of the show, such as "Wayne's Ripping Adventure", "Great Un-exectations" and "Stinky Situation".
 * 2) While the character designs do not really fall into the uncanny valley, some may view them as a bit creepy.
 * 3) Latin Spanish dub of the first season while still decent, isn't so good like the original one.
 * 4) * Fortunately, the dub of the following two seasons made in Argentina is a improvement.

Trivia

 * This show was a short-form show, but it was picked up for a full series in September 13, 2004 by Disney Channel.
 * Liliana Mumy and Lara Jill Miller went to work for Nickelodeon's Emmy-winning Animated series, The Loud House.
 * Liliana went to play as Leni in the show, and Lara went to play as Lisa in the show.