''Harvey Girls Forever!'' (originally titled ''Harvey Street Kids'' in its first season, then retroactively retitled) is an American animated comedy television series produced by Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos for

DreamWorks Animation Television DreamWorks Animation Television (abbreviated as DWATV or simply DAT) is an American animation studio that serves as the television production arm of DreamWorks Animation, itself a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and a division of Comcast' ...

, and is based on comic book characters from

Harvey Comics Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by A ...

. It premiered June 29, 2018 on

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and originally concluded on January 10, 2020.

Premise

From long kickball games through the many flavors of ice cream to an impressive climbing tree, most days on Harvey Street feels like a weekend. Energetic Audrey, intelligent Dot and kindhearted Lotta are BFFs (short for Best Friends Forever) and the street's guardians. They try to keep Harvey Street great and start their wacky afternoon adventures.

Episodes

Voice cast

* Stephanie Lemelin as Audrey * Lauren Lapkus as Lotta *

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as Dot *

Grey Griffin Grey DeLisle (; born Erin Grey Van Oosbree; August 24, 1973), sometimes credited as Grey Griffin, is an American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter. DeLisle is known for various roles in animated productions and video games. On Sept ...

as Lucretia / Frufru / The Harvey Street Bow (usually abbreviated as just "The Bow") * Atticus Shaffer as Melvin *

Danny Pudi Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. His roles include Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor i ...

as Tiny *

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as Fredo *

Roger Craig Smith Roger Craig Smith (born 11 August 1975) is an American voice actor. He is well known for his video game voice roles as Chris Redfield in the ''Resident Evil'' series (2009–2017), Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series ...

as Pinkeye / Bobby the Elder * Jamaal Hepburn as Gerald *

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as Zoe *

Chelsea Peretti Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, television writer, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and writing for '' Parks and ...

as Maria *

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as Stu *

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as Richie Rich *

Bobby Moynihan Bobby Moynihan (born January 31, 1977) is an American actor, comedian and writer who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2008 until 2017. He also voiced Louie Duck on Disney's ''DuckTales'' from 2017 to 2021, Panda in ''We Bare B ...

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* Anna Camp as Chevron *

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as Raccoons *

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as Additional voices *

Joey McIntyre Joseph Mulrey McIntyre (born December 31, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member of the pioneering boy band, New Kids on the Block. He has sold over one million records worldwide as a solo ar ...

Nick Lachey Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series '' Newl ...

Joey Fatone Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reali ...

, and Shawn Stockman as Crush4U

Production

''Harvey Girls Forever!'' was dawned by artist Katie Rice in 2014 up until 2015. The show started production in

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on October 9, 2016. The second season was released on May 10, 2019 and was retitled ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' The third season premiered on November 12, 2019 introducing Richie Rich in the series. Jake Brennan did not reprise his role of Richie from the previous Netflix Richie Rich series. The fourth and final season introducing

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, premiered on January 10, 2020.

Music

Music and songs are a central feature of ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' with showrunners Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos creating a fictional boy band named Crush4U made up of actual boy band members to be the subject of affection for character Lotta. “We've gotten to work... with

New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts. The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood. New Kids on the Block enjoy ...

's Joey McIntyre,

Boyz II Men Boyz II Men (pronounced ''boys to men''), also known as B2M, is an American vocal harmony group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are currently a trio composed of baritone Nathan ...

's Shawn Stockman,

NSYNC NSYNC (, ; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. Their 'N Sync (album), self-titled debut album was successfully rele ...

's Joey Fatone and

98 Degrees 98 Degrees (stylized as 98°) is an American pop and R&B vocal group consisting of four vocalists: the group's founding member Jeff Timmons, brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, and Justin Jeffre. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, C ...

' Nick Lachey in our Harvey Street world created boy band," said Aliki to comicbook.com. Original songs were produced by composers Jay Vincent and

Ryan Lofty Ryan Loftsgaarden (born May 19, 1988), commonly known by his stage name Ryan Lofty, is an American producer, composer and songwriter. Career Early beginnings Lofty was introduced to piano and trumpet at a young age by his mother, who is a pi ...

. As part of the promotion for ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' season two the songs were made available for free download.

Merchandise

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is operating official ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' products.

Release

The series premiered on

on June 29, 2018, and its first two seasons are available for purchase on

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and

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. It also set broadcast on

Family CHRGD WildBrainTV is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. WildBrainTV broadcasts live-action and animated children's programming aimed towards audiences ages 6–15. The channel first launched on June 1, 2011, under the own ...

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and

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in France.

Reception

The series was received positively. Emily Ashby of

Common Sense Media Common Sense Media (CSM) is an organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children.

described the series as "lots of playground fun" and said that while there aren't "deep learning takeaways," the series is fun in a "playful, adult-free childhood experience way." Ashby also said that the personalities of the characters are exaggerated, but there is a "lot that's positive" in a series which captures the "joy of childhood."

References

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