The sixteenth season of the

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'' was originally broadcast on

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in the United States from October 15, 2012 until May 10, 2013 and consists of 10 episodes. This season was the first to be distributed internationally by

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, as

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merged with

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. Season 16 was the first to switch from traditional animation to in-house

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. The Flash animation for the episodes of this season are made with

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by 9 Story Media Group.

Episodes

Voice casting

The voice actors for Arthur, D.W., Brain, Timmy, and Catherine have all been replaced by new actors : Drew Adkins has taken over the role of Arthur, stepping in to replace

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. Jake Beale has recently taken over the role of D.W. from Robert Naylor. Siam Yu has recently taken over the pivotal role of Brain, succeeding

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Jacob Ewaniuk Jacob Ewaniuk (born September 1, 2000) is a Canadian actor well-known for voicing Nick in seasons 1 and 2 of ''The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!.'' He was discovered by Ford Models at age and began acting thereafter when he got his fir ...

has replaced

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as Timmy, and Robyn Thaler has replaced Alexina Cowan as Catherine. Beale previously voiced James in seasons 11 through 15. This season marked a significant introduction to the storyline with the debut of two new characters, Ladonna Compson and

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, both voiced by Krystal Meadows and

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