Mischief City

Mischief City is a 2005 Canadian animated television series. Created by Peter Moss, it is based on the book of the same title by Tim Wynne-Jones. It was developed by Michael McGowan with co-productions between Shaftesbury Films and Mercury Filmworks with the participation of 9 Story Media Group (or 9 Story Entertainment). Although most of the episodes were aired, 5 of the episodes (or 10 of the segments) didn't for some reason, making them missing episodes.

Plot
Although a boy named Wynchell Adams loves his parents and baby sister, Clio, very much, he often finds himself faced with the adversity of a difficult situation. As a means of escapism, he can magically travel to Mischief City, a place where there is always fun to be had. That is where his best friend, a light green-pigtailed, bespectacled girl named Maxine resides along with her monsters, Mr. Cube and Hey Hey. Maxine and the others often need help from Wynchell that's similar to whatever problem he has at home in the real world and that's when the adventure begins. Maxine and the monsters are frequently at odds with her bullying big brother, Duane. After what's in need to be fixed is fixed, Wynchell returns home and has second thoughts about his difficulty, as he manages to get through it and finds it's not so bad after all.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Both the book and the show make for such a uniquely creative concept.
 * 2) The art style isn't so bad and the flash animation moves well enough.
 * 3) The individual episodes themselves have writing that is just as creative.
 * 4) Many of the characters, except Duane, are great and likable.
 * 5) The character designs are fine as they are.
 * 6) Instrumental theme song that's simple but nice.
 * 7) Impeccable voice acting and voice work.
 * 8) Several, great lines of dialogue and clever jokes.
 * 9) It's good for showing how one can look for the bright spot or the upside of things when faced with a challenging situation and finding how to work through it.
 * 10) The comeuppances that Duane gets are hilariously satisfying.
 * 11) There are loads of excitement to be found here.
 * 12) Imaginative episode segment title cards.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even though some may not care for the basis of its premise, there are more things to the episodes than that and they still have plenty of variety to them.
 * 2) The aforementioned few episodes never aired.

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