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YooHoo to the Rescue

YooHoo to the Rescue is a 3D CGI animated children's television series in which YooHoo, a Senegal bushbaby, and his crew of animal friends travel from the magical land of YooTopia to Earth to help animals in trouble. It is a co-production between the South Korean plush toy company Aurora World and Italy's Mondo TV (Mondo TV Suisse), and it is a reboot of the YooHoo and Friends franchise built on Aurora World's plush toy line. The series premiered on Netflix on March 15, 2019, and ran for three seasons.1 • 2 • 3

Key factDetail
PremiereMarch 15, 2019, on Netflix1
Format3D CGI series of 52 eleven-minute episodes, co-produced by Aurora World and Mondo TV Suisse2
SeasonsSeason 1 (March 2019), Season 2 (October 2019), Season 3 (March 2020); status ended4
ReachFirst 26 episodes released to 190 countries in 20 languages; one of the first Asian preschool properties chosen as a Netflix Original Series5
Franchise originBased on the YooHoo & Friends plush line, of which more than 80 million units had been sold since its 2007 launch2
Rating and runtimeTV-Y6
Main voice castKira Buckland (YooHoo), Ryan Bartley (Pammee), Bryce Papenbrook (Lemmee), Cassandra Lee Morris (Chewoo), Lucien Dodge (Roodee), Kyle Hebert (Slo), Erica Mendez (Lora)7

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Premise and characters

Each episode begins in YooTopia, a land outside the Milky Way where the animal friends live. When the colorful fruits of the Sparkling Tree begin to fade, it signals a problem somewhere on Earth; the crew gathers its special gadgets and boards the Wonderbug, a ladybug-like flying aircraft, to investigate. Resolves come through wit, teamwork, and gadgets, and the friends learn facts about the environments they visit.8

The team is led by YooHoo, a Senegal bushbaby voiced by Kira Buckland. YooHoo is joined by Pammee, a fennec fox voiced by Ryan Bartley; Lemmee, a lemur voiced by Bryce Papenbrook; Chewoo, a red squirrel voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris; Roodee, a capuchin monkey voiced by Lucien Dodge; and Slo, a sloth voiced by Kyle Hebert, while Lora the scarlet macaw, voiced by Erica Mendez, acts as YooTopia's messenger.7

Episodes send the crew to real-world locations. The first season opens with "The Stubborn Rhinoceros," in which the team travels to Indonesia to help a young rhino with a headbutting habit; later stories take them to Madagascar to help a chameleon and, in the series finale, to Hawaii to help a local crow named Aloo find his creative calling.9 • 4

Production and release

Aurora World, a Seoul-based plush manufacturer founded in 1981, entered an agreement in October 2017 to produce a 3D YooHoo & Friends animation as a Netflix Original Series, after streaming the earlier 2D YooHoo & Friends seasons on Netflix that September. The company's history records the season 1 premiere in March 2019, season 2 in October 2019, and season 3 in March 2020, with a broadcast on Korea's KBS in April 2020.10

The global launch in spring 2019 brought the first 26 episodes to 190 countries and 20 languages, and the series soon also aired on free-to-air channels in Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Portugal. Aurora World launched the series on the Russian children's channel Carousel TV in July 2019.5 • 11

Merchandising and licensing

The show was designed from the start as a driver of Aurora World's toy business. A toy line of 59 characters launched in February 2019, before the series premiere, and the refreshed plush line reached retailers in Japan and the United Kingdom, including 14 five-inch characters across 200 WHSmith stores in the UK.10 • 12

Licensing extended well beyond plush. Mondo TV announced deals with Nuvita for baby care products across Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the UK, and with Apple Beauty for bath and body products covering more than 40 countries. Later partners included Panini for stickers, mini figurines, and trading cards; Kennedy Publishing and Media Zawada Services for magazines; and Dev Games and Tap Tap Tales for digital apps, with a "YooHoo Puzzle Pop" app developed by Aurora World and Powercore for Google Play.2 • 13 • 14

Reception

Common Sense Media rated the series suitable for ages 4 and up, calling it a colorful reboot with positive lessons and animal fun, and noting that it teaches social-emotional skills such as teamwork and problem-solving while introducing animals and their habitats. The review found no violence, language, or sexual content of concern.7 On IMDb the series holds a user rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 81 votes.3

Some viewers compared the reboot unfavorably with the original 2D YooHoo & Friends animation, noting the switch to 3D and the absence of the original voice actors.9

References

  1. YooHoo to the Rescue, Rotten Tomatoes
  2. YooHoo to the Rescue builds strong international presence, Licensing Italia
  3. YooHoo to the Rescue (TV Series 2019– ), IMDb
  4. YooHoo to the Rescue, TVmaze
  5. Aurora World highlights a new era for YooHoo at Licensing Expo, Licensing Italia
  6. YooHoo to the Rescue, JustWatch
  7. YooHoo to the Rescue, Common Sense Media
  8. YooHoo to the Rescue, PlayPilot
  9. YooHoo to the Rescue: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes
  10. History, Aurora World
  11. YooHoo to the Rescue Archives, TVKIDS / World Screen
  12. Aurora World, WHSmith Partner on 'YooHoo' Plush Toys, License Global
  13. Aurora World Expands 'Yoohoo' Plush Line, License Global
  14. 'YooHoo to the Rescue' Goes Mobile, License Global

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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