Free Willy (TV series)
| Free Willy | |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Patrick Loubert |
| Voices of |
Zachary Bennett Paul Haddad Gary Krawford |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive A. Smith Lauren Shuler Donner Richard Donner |
| Location(s) | Warner Bros. Studios, Florida |
| Running time | 33 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Nelvana Regency Enterprises Le Studio Canal Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC Global Television Network |
| Original release | September 24 – November 26, 1994 |
Free Willy is an American/Canadian animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name.
This television series was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Regency Enterprises and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. The show, which aired for one season (1994) on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), continues the adventures of the orca Willy and Jesse, the boy who freed him from captivity as shown in the film. In retrospect, the series also anticipates multiple plot elements of the film sequel, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, released the following summer. The overarching conflict is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: a powerful oil baron, known to the main characters only as a cyborg called "The Machine" until the final episodes, loses his arm and part of his face to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy".
Jesse, age 14, has been adopted by his foster parents, the Greenwoods, and they have moved from Seattle to the Pacific coast. He is given a job at the Misty Island Oceanic Reserve, a local wildlife rescue and research institute where Randolph, his Native American mentor from the movie, now works. In the first episode, Jesse discovers he has the ability to talk to animals and understand their speech; Randolph, a Haida, explains that he is a Truth Talker. This revelation allows for Willy and the other sea creatures featured in the show to have full personalities and more prominent roles in key plot events. Jesse and Randolph work with Mr. Naugle, the head biologist, and Marlene, a research assistant, who are studying Einstein, a dolphin, and Lucille, a seal, teaching them behavioral communication with normal humans.
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