Woody Woodpecker (2018)

Woody Woodpecker is an American animated web series based on the animated film series and cartoon character of the same name by Walter Lantz. It premiered on December 3, 2018 on YouTube.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Stays faithful both to the classic series and The New Woody Woodpecker Show.
 * 2) The series brings back Andy Panda, after years without appearing in new Woody Woodpecker media, and even on The New Woody Woodpecker Show.
 * 3) Great voice acting from Eric Bauza, who voiced Woody in the disastrous CGI hybrid/live-action 2017 movie, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, Nika Futterman, and Kevin Michael Richarson.
 * 4) The animation is beautiful.
 * 5) It has episodes dedicated to Brazil, since the franchise is very praised there.
 * 6) It is a major improvement over the infamous 2017 live action film of the same name, as it tries to stay much more faithful to the original show (despite a few changes).
 * 7) Chilly Willy's design is very cute, despite being unfortunately flanderized.
 * 8) In the Season 2 episode "Time Warped", there's a nod to the original 1940 Woody Woodpecker as a dinosaur.
 * 9) Winnie with the ponytail is much better, feminine and pretty, than her 90's design.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The new design of Wally Walrus looks terrible (depending on your view).
 * 2) Some characters like Miss Meany don’t appear on this web series.
 * 3) Woody's overly high-pitched voice from the 2017 movie remains.
 * 4) *Like in the 2017 movie, there are social media references.
 * 5) As mentioned in WIR #7, Chilly Willy has been flanderized in this web series from a troublesome but innocent and cute penguin into a selfish psychopath who cares only for himself and makes other characters, including Woody Woodpecker suffer.

Reception
Despite it not being well received by some Brazilian Woody Woodpecker fans, some of whom see it as an insult to the franchise and the classic series, it was well received by fans from other countries, like the United States.

Trivia

 * Alex Zamm was replaced by Mike Milo as the series' director in Season 2.
 * The upcoming Woody Woodpecker cartoons are yet to be released on Peacock.