Unikitty!

''Unikitty!'' (stylized as ''UniKitty!'') is an American animated television series developed by Ed Skudder and Lynn Wang for Cartoon Network and produced by The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation. The series is based on and stars the character of the same name from ''The Lego Movie'' franchise, in which the series is part of.

Premise

As the ruler of the Unikingdom, Princess Unikitty has various misadventures in her land with her brother Prince Puppycorn, scientist Dr. Fox, bodyguard Hawkodile, and advisor Richard. They also deal with the threats of Master Frown from the neighboring Frown Town.

Characters

Main

* Princess Unikitty (speaking voice by Tara Strong and singing voice by Juliana Hansen) is the princess of the Unikingdom who is a cat/unicorn hybrid. She is very happy, playful, cute, and upbeat, but has an angry side that she sometimes struggles to control. She was previously voiced by Alison Brie in the original film and its sequel.
* Prince Puppycorn (voiced by Grey Griffin) is Unikitty's younger brother, a pug/unicorn hybrid. He is sometimes clueless and dimwitted, but is also loyal and good-hearted. He makes a cameo in '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''.
* Dr. Fox (voiced by Kate Micucci) is a red fox who is the castle's resident scientist whose experiments and inventions can both create and resolve problems. Dr. Fox has a crush on Hawkodile.
** Dr. Fox's Robots are small robots that work for Dr. Fox.
* Hawkodile (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is Unikitty's trusty hawk/crocodile hybrid bodyguard who has a "macho" personality and has a crush on Dr. Fox. He trained to be a fighter in the Action Forest and has a rival named Eagleator, who was his former best friend and an eagle/alligator hybrid.
* Richard (also voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is a grey 1x3 Lego brick who is Unikitty's royal advisor and the castle's property caretaker. He speaks with a dull monotone voice and is often the voice of reason, though the others find him boring to listen to.
* Master Frown (voiced by Eric Bauza) is Unikitty's archenemy who comes from Frown Town at the other side of Unikitty's kingdom. He is one of the Doom Lords that spread pain and misery throughout the world as he wants to impress the other Doom Lords. This often causes him to suffer the wrath of Unikitty, who wants to spread fun and joy. In the series finale, Master Frown betrays the other Doom Lords and becomes friends with Unikitty and the rest of the main 5, in prior to his redemption. It's heavily implied (until its confirmed in the end of the series) that he and sidekick, Brock, are a couple.
* Brock (voiced by H. Michael Croner) is an anthropomorphic headstone with a neutral personality who is Master Frown's best friend since childhood, sidekick, and boyfriend (this is confirmed in the end of the series). Brock would often hang around his apartment playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. The only time he gets angry is when Master Frown neglects his part of the chores. He is also Crankybeard's son.

Other

* Asteroid is a talking asteroid who appears in the episode "Asteroid Blues".
* Action Police is a police force who first appeared in "License To Punch".
* Batty is a dark purple and black bat citizen in the Unikingdom with a stand for legs.
*Beau (also voiced by Tara Strong) is a blue square with yellow stripes.
* Beatsby is a yellow boombox with tiny-rounded arms and legs and light red eye sclerae. His toy counterpart has no arms and legs.
* Bim-Bom Liebowitz (voiced by H. Michael Croner when speaking, Roger Craig Smith when coughing) is an anthropomorphic green garbage bag or dumpling who has somewhat of a sassy and sometimes antagonistic personality.
* Burger Person (also voiced by Tara Strong) is a cheeseburger citizen of Unikingdom who dislikes being eaten.
* Crabatar is a robot crab created by Dr. Fox who appeared in "Beach Daze" that is used to study crabs. At the end of the episode, she and the other robot crabs trap the gang in a "pinching dungeon" to torture them with pinching and she claims the Perfect Spot.
* Craig (voiced by Tara Strong) is a female moose who works as a farmer with an Italian accent.
* Crankybeard (also voiced by Eric Bauza) is a bluish-grey tombstone-shaped old man with one wheel for a left foot who resides in Frowntown. He is also Brock's father.
* Crazy Chicken is a chicken that is crafted out of a single brick.
* Candy Fighters are six sentient candies who were brought to life by the gang in the episode "The Very Best Candy" to compete against each other for dominance over which is the best candy.
* Cupcake Monster is a mutated cupcake created by Dr. Fox from "Crushing Defeat" that was blasted by Hawkodile.
* Dainty (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a blue circular-headed citizen with rectangular arms who usually drives a car.
* Dino Dude (also voiced by Grey Griffin in 2017–18, Eric Bauza in 2018) is an Australian-accented Tyrannosaurus with wheels instead of legs.
* Doom Lords are a group of villainous individuals that Master Frown is a part of that make their lair in a tall building in Frown Town. In the series finale, they were betrayed by Master Frown as he quits and are defeated by the power of friendship afterwards.
** Master Doom (also voiced by Grey Griffin in a demonic voice) is the leader of the Doom Lords. She has a tendency to chastise Master Frown for his various failures and appears menacing to the other Doom Lords. She is distinguished by her heterochromia iridum, or odd-eyes as she has one purple iris and one cyan iris.
** Master Papercuts is a member of the Doom Lords with a paper hat. He is the butt of the jokes and claims to do a better job than Master Frown.
** Master Malice is a member of the Doom Lords with long green horns.
** Master Hazard (also voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is a member of the Doom Lords with a fiery head and dark purple bat-like wings. He once burned down the Candy Corn Kingdom.
** Master Misery (also voiced by Tara Strong) is a member of the Doom Lords with an olive-green diamond-shaped face and dark blue hair obscuring the eyes.
** Master Fear (also voiced by Eric Bauza) is a member of the Doom Lords with a blue water drop-shaped face and hollow eye sockets.
** Master Pain (voiced by Grey Griffin) is a female member of the Doom Lords with a white noh mask-like face and pale yellow pupil-less eyes.
** Master Plague is a member of the Doom Lords with a green bird-like head and large eyes.
* Dr. Bunny is a minor character who only appears on the Everything Is Awesome Tween Dream Remix video for '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''. She and Dr. Fox are friends.
* Eagleator (voiced by Keith Ferguson) is an eagle/alligator hybrid and Hawkodile's rival and former best friend hailing from the Action Forest who wants to defeat him and take his shades after Sensei Falcamodo rewarded him with them.
* Esteban is a character from the episode "Roadtrip Ruckus". He is a friend of Really Old Edith.
* Father Time is the master of time who appeared in "Delivery Effect".
* Feebee (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a Southern-accented flower/bumblebee/ hybrid who runs "Feebee's Flower Shop". Her name is sometimes written as 'FeeBee'.
* Flamurtle (voiced by Natasha Leggero) is a flamingo/turtle hybrid with a blue mohawk hairstyle who was the main antagonist of the episode "The New Nemesis". She was Eagleator's other sworn nemesis besides Hawkodile. After being defeated by Hawkodile and Eagleator, she returns to her true arch-nemesis, Owlamander.
* Glandrea is a blue citizen whose head resembles a mountain with a flag on top.
* Gluppycorn is a minor character from "The Unikingdom Awards" who resembles Puppycorn with Unikitty's color scheme. He was seen crying while Schmunikitty consoles him after losing an award.
* Herbert Sherbert is an ice cream cone who works sells ice cream out of a pushcart. He also has a wife named Toni Spumoni-Sherbert.
* Hominid is a green genderless alien that moves around in a UFO.
* Kickflip (also voiced by Tara Strong in most episodes, Grey Griffin in "Little Prince Puppycorn") is a pink skateboard-riding square.
* M'Ladybug (also voiced by Tara Strong) is a ladybug with a purple shell.
* Owlamander (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a character from "The New Nemesis". She is an owl/salamander hybrid. She is the true arch-nemesis of Flamurtle.
* Old Timey Mustache Man (also voiced by Eric Bauza) is a green old man citizen who likes bouncy houses.
* Q.T. (also voiced by Tara Strong) is a pink oval-headed humanoid citizen of the Unikingdom with a magenta bow on her head.
* Really Old Edith (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a blue-hunched-over figure who is one of the oldest citizens of the Unikingdom.
* Rock Guy is a seemingly inanimate rock that is Puppycorn's friend.
* Ryott (also voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is a green square man who screams instead of speaking.
* Schmunikitty is a character from "The Unikingdom Awards" that resembles Unikitty with Puppycorn's color scheme. She consoles Gluppycorn, who was crying over losing an award.
* Stellacopter is a purple creature with round hands that wears a fez that has a helicopter-like blade on it.
* Stocko (also voiced by Kate Micucci) is a teal rectangle with arms and a bowler hat.
* Score Creeper (also voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is a creepy Grim Reaper-like spirit villain who usually traps Unikitty and her friends in games such as "Spoooooky Game". He also tends to speak in rhyme.
* Tap-Dancing Butterfly (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a butterfly that likes to entertain an audience with her tap dancing.
* Ted Butter (vocal effects provided by Roger Craig Smith) is a green duck-like citizen with a vertical rectangle head and vertically stacked eyes and an antagonistic personality.
* The Tooth Fairy (also voiced by Grey Griffin) is a fairy who collects teeth with a Bronx accent. She appears in "Tooth Trouble" and the end of the same episode, she punishes the gang for stealing teeth by taking theirs.
* Theodore (also voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is a brown bear with a smooth voice, a square head, long arms, and short legs.
* Toaster (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) and Toast (voiced by H. Michael Croner) are a duo that consists of a toaster and a toast with arms that rides in him. They are sometimes referred to as the "Toast Bros".
* Trevor is a lion-like creature with flower petals surrounding his head.
* Townsperson (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is an accident-prone citizen who is almost always in a dangerous situation.

Episodes

Season 1 (2017–19)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2019–20)

Production

The series was announced on May 10, 2017. At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, it was confirmed by co-showrunner and co-executive producer Ed Skudder that the series would premiere on Cartoon Network on January 1, 2018.

The second season of the series premiered on February 4, 2019, while the third and final season premiered on December 24, 2019. The series ended on August 27, 2020 after three seasons and a total of 104 episodes, with the two-part series finale "The Birthday to End All Birthdays".

By the time the series ended, Warner Bros. had terminated their film rights with The Lego Group, with Universal Pictures signing a deal as the distributor for future Lego films, though Warner Bros. still owns the rights to the projects in their franchise. However, the episode "Sick Day", was left unaired in the United States due to being unintentionally similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it aired in other territories.

Broadcast

Release

The series was released on Cartoon Network on October 1, 2017, after '' The Lego Ninjago Movie'' was released in theatres on September 22, 2017. It was also released internationally in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 5, and on Teletoon in Canada on March 17, 2018. It premiered on Cartoon Network channels in Southeast Asia on March 30, in Sub-Saharan Africa on April 9 and in Australia and New Zealand on April 27, 2018. It premiered on France 4 in France on September 3, 2018. In Germany, Cartoon Network aired the series in 2018. Similarly to the US, the episode "Sick Day" has been omitted from airing.

Home media

The first DVD set of the series was released on August 28, 2018, subtitled "Sparkle Party Season 1, Part 1".

The entire first season was released on DVD on May 7, 2019.

Sets

2018 sets

The first and only sets released in the United States in August 2018, including promotional sets.

Unikitty! Blind Bags Series 1

There are 12 completed blind bag sets.

Reception

Critical reception

Luke Y. Thompson from the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes wrote that "If you didn't like the character, this may not be for you, but also, you may have no soul."

A favorable review of the series came from Emily Ashby from Common Sense Media where she notes Unikitty's motivations can inspire good, her friends yield in teamwork and are willing to accept reality whenever everything doesn't go as planned.

Upon the release of the "Sparkle Party" DVD, Luke Y. Thompson from ''Forbes'' gave a positive review of ''Unikitty!'', stating that the series "has humor for everyone", although its "occasional dark bit of subtext" could go against the taste of some parents for their children.

Accolades

See also

* ''The Lego Movie'' (franchise)
*'' The Lego Movie''
*'' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''
* ''The Lego Movie'' (Lego theme)
*'' Lego Unikitty!''
*''The Lego Movie Videogame''
*'' The Lego Movie 2 Videogame''
*'' Lego Dimensions''

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