Nina's World Explained
Nina's World is an animated children's television series. It is a spin-off/prequel to the Sprout network's first programming block, The Good Night Show, focusing on host Nina,[1] as a 6-year-old child who lives with her family in Chicago, Illinois. It's the second Sprout original series to be spun off from one of the network's programming blocks (the first being The Chica Show, which was spun off from The Sunny Side Up Show). The show premiered on September 26, 2015 on the Sprout network.[2] This incarnation of Nina was introduced by Cat Greenleaf in August 2015.[3]
Plot
This show follows 6-year old Nina, who lives in the city of Chicago, as each adventure takes her on new things to try. At the end, she goes to bed while knowing all about the adventure.
Voice cast
- Isabella Farrier as Nina
- Rita Moreno as Abuelita
- Michele Lepe as Mami
- David Torres as Papi
- Ulka Mohanty as Dr. Kapur
- Evans Johnson as Mavis the Post Master
- Dhirendra Miyanger as Mr. Kapur
- Mandy Patinkin as Mr. Lambert
- Douglas Quan as Mr. Lin
- Darcy Han as Mrs. Lin
- Dayton Wall as Aiden
- Enrique Lopez as Carlos
- Bronwen Holmes as Chelsea B.
- Ethan Luu as Eddie Lin
- Cristiano Batista as Nico
- Gigi Saul Guerrero as Rosie
- Tiana Jung as Skye Lin
- Kira Tozer as Suzy
- Edwin Perez as Tio Javier
- Tabitha St. Germain as Claire, Mrs. Goldstein and Star
- Michael Daingerfield as Radio DJ
- Caitlyn Bairstow as Rhea the Raptor
Characters
Kids
- Nina Sabrina[4] Flores[5] (also called Ninala[6]) is the titular protagonist, voiced by Isabella Farrier. She is six[7] years old and celebrates birthdays with Star and feeding her pet at night.[8] She has the same name as an adult who appears in The Good Night Show.[9] she would often visualizing her daydreams and wishes, On the other hand she playing her best plush/imaginary friend Star and her friends and her family. Starring in the second season Nina would often break the fourth wall by talking to the audience from the beginning of episodes when she's doing something cool, telling about the situation, and by the end of the episode about lesson she learns or plan suscced. Her middle name is mentioned by her mother in "Nina Rides a Bike".
- Aiden Jakeups is one of Nina's friends who at first started out as bully the episode Nina's Amazing Amigos but then became a friend onwards although he would sometimes tease Nina and her friends. He loves eating Colombian arepas, He also allergy to Nuts in the episode Nina's Nutty Adventure but is only to eat things that are nut free He is voiced by Dayton Wall-Fouts.
- Carlos is the best human male friend of Nina and Nico's younger brother He is African American and a Latino from Colombia. His are catchphrases: "Aw, bananas" and "Why, (something), why?!" He often likes playing with Nina and Chelsea. He is voiced by Enrique Lopez in Season 1 and Chance Hurstfield in Season 2.
- Chelsea B Smith. is the best female friend of Nina, voiced by Bronwen Holmes in Season 1 and Zoey Siewert in Season 2. She has fun loving attitude and shows an obsession for space. She can also roller skate and jump rope She is the daughter of Claire and Oliver. Her catchphrases are "Jumping Jupiter", "Bingo Bango" similar to Cricket Green from Big City Greens, and "Brain Blast" similar to Jimmy Neutron from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius.
- Eddie Lin is the brother of Skye and a close friend of Nina, Eddie works at the Everything store with his sister Skye and his parents He's good at doing karate and he can be a bit bossy when he thinks everyone should go his way because he's the oldest voiced by Sean Quan.
- Nico is Carlos' big deaf Brazilian brother. He knows how to speak in sign language, through he doesn't usually seek his voice in some episodes, until in the episode, "Nina's Brother", he was voiced by Cristiano Batista.
- Rosie also called Rostia is voiced by Gigi Saul Guerrero (appears in "Nina Dives In"). She serves as a lifeguard in the community pool and as a Karate Teacher in Nina Learns Karate
- Skye Lin is an older friend of Nina who designs kites, and sometimes helps at the Everything store with her brother Eddie and her parents she is voiced by Tiana Jung.
- Suzy is voiced by Kira Tozer (appears in "Nina the Babysitter").
- Jennifer is Mrs Goldstein's daughter who only appeared in Nina's World Hanukkah Adventure Special voiced by Mayim Bialik.
- Santi Flores formally called Santiago is Nina's little brother voiced by Adriana Cidwell. His appearance was in "Nina's Sweet Valentine Surprise" as a baby, then in the second season he became a toddler who always wants to play and help out on what her sister is doing but sometimes he can't because he's too young, He loves bears and soccer. Santi cops Nina for fun but they still love each other.
- Natalia is Nina's Cousin from Mexico voiced by Ana Martin who has appeared in the second season The New Nina and again in Nina and her Shadow she always likes telling jokes especially with Carlos.
- Polly is Mavis niece who's very shy and Santi's best friend voiced by Ava Kelders. She appears in an episode "Nina's Yard Dale". Other episodes where she has appeared in the third season are "Nina Finds a Kitten", "Nina's in Charge" and "Nina in The Middle".
- Hemeed is one of Nina's friends he's usually silent but has talked in a few other episodes, He has appeared in the second season voiced by Karim Fahmy.
Adults
- Abuelita Yolie[10] is the grandmother of Nina (abuelita is a Spanish term of endearment for abuela which means grandmother) and Mami's mother[11] who teaches Nina and others stretches each episode, voiced by Rita Moreno. She is considered one of the main characters.[12] Yolie moved from Mexico to a new home with her daughter (Nina's mami) prior to Nina's birth.[13]
- Carmen is Nina's cousin.
- Claire (also spelled Clair in closed captions) is the mother of Chelsea[14] voiced by Tabitha St. Germain She is a local dentist being referred as Dr Claire.
- Dr. Kapur is the local Veterinarian at the Pet Vet and is the husband of Mr Kapur voiced by Ulka Mohanty.
- Jorge is Carmen's fiancé.
- Mami aka Mrs. Flores[15] is voiced by Michele Lepe and the husband of Papi/Mr Flores who works at the Bakery, who plays the adult Nina in The Good Night Show. Nina is Mami's daughter.[16] Like her mother Yolie, she is a Mexican immigrant.
- Mavis the Post Master and the niece of Polly is voiced by Evans Johnson.
- Mr. Kapur is the principal at Nina's school and the wife of Dr Kapur voiced by Dhirendra Miyanger.
- Mr. Lambert the town librarian and a secret admirer to Abuelita Yolie voiced by Mandy Patinkin.
- Mr. Lin is voiced by Douglas Quan.
- Mrs. Lin is voiced by Darcy Han.
- Mrs. Goldstein is a coward but nice shopkeeper lady running in the local grocery store voiced by Tabitha St. Germain.
- Papi aka Mr. Flores is Nina's father and the wife of Mami/Mrs Flores, voiced by David Torres.
- Tio Javier is Nina's uncle and Mrs Flores's brother and a musician that runs in a music store voiced by Edwin Perez.
- Dr Rivers is part of the Ocean Patrol and has appeared in the episode "Nina's Seaside Rescue".
- Paquito Fernando is famed salsa singer and is friend of Abuelita Yolie and Tio Javier who appears in Nina Live voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Animals
- Hush is the pet fish of Nina in every episode before Nina goes to bed she would feed Hush and say "Hush Hush little fish we are here to make a wish we close our eyes and then we start to make a wish with all our heart" However starring in Season 2 the bedtime scene is now with Nina now counting with her adventure, Hush later guest-hosts The Good Night Show with Melanie Martinez and Star before Leo replaced Melanie and then Nina replaced Leo.
- Lucy is a firefly who provides light at Nina's bedside In the Season 2 episode The Hand Me Down she now gives Lucy to her little brother Santi since he decide that Lucy his new favorite toy and Nina is too old to play her, Lucy later guest-hosts The Good Night Show with Leo before Nina replaces him.
- Max is Carlos and Nico's mischievous, but friendly, dog.
- Star is the best friend of Nina who is a Star as his name suggests, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain. He can only bee seen talking to Nina when she's alone but staring in the second season he now interact with Carlos & Chelsea and Santi occasionally. He appears 2D in this show[17] and later appears as a 3D puppet in The Good Night Show.[18] which he originally hosts with Melanie Martinez then Leo before Nina came to replace them.
Episodes
Season 1 (2015–17)
1. Nina's Birthday; Nina's Big Adventure Written By Sheila Rogerson
Airdate September 26, 2015
Nina plans to make her sixth birthday the best birthday ever but not everything goes, First she lost her yellow bows but then was later found, she was worried that Tio Javier wasn't going to make in time for her party, Then she accidentally rips out the piñata but she learns from Abuelita that any special day can still be good day.-------Nina is disappointed that she isn't going on a big adventure like her uncle Tio Javier but with a little imagination she and Abuelita go around the block like their own adventure. -------
2. Nina the Nurse!; Super Nina!Written By Betty Quan Sheila Dinsmore
Directed By Kevin Micallef
Airdate September 26, 2015
Abuelita is sick so Nina is eager to be her nurse to recover Abuelita's cold but she must need to know what her patient really needs. --------Nina and Carlos because superheroes to save the day but then they realized that don't need to be superheroes to be amazing they can be helpful everyday heroes and making a big difference. --------
3. Nina Wants to Grow; Nina Takes the Stage Witten By Rosemary Contreas Atul N. Rao
Airdate September 27, 2015
Nina wants to grow taller But she realizes there are good things about being small and that she'll grow when the time. --------When Mrs Lin teaches the kids about a Chinese shadow puppet Nina and her friends put on play. But she struggles on how her friends to play the role.--------
4. Nina the Kite Flyer; Nina's First Sleepover Witten By Rosemary Contreas
Airdate September 27, 2015
When Carlos accidentally breaks the kite that he and Nina made together for the kite festival they must put aside their differences to make a new one with Skye's help.--------Nina tries to make things perfect when she hosts a sleepover with Chelsea. --------
5. Nina from Space; Nina Makes Music Written By John Van Bruggen Madellaine Paxson
Airdate October 3, 2015
Nina and Chelsea pretend to visitors from another planet. --------Nina and Abuelita Yolie visited Tio Javier since he's having some trouble with his song but while Abuelita and Tio Javier see what's the issue Nina and Star check out the musical instruments. --------
6. Nina Unplugged; Nina the Great Witten By Sheila Rogerson
Airdate October 10, 2010
When the whole neighborhood gets a blackout Nina see an opportunity to bring family friends together. --------Nina and Chelsea nearly let their competitive spirits get in the way in their magic show. --------
7. Nina the Artist; Nina and the Missing Myna Bird Witten By Atul N. Rao John Van Bruggen
Airdate October 17, 2015
Nina tries to paint a picture for a school project but she's having some trouble getting inspired on what to paint but then she made a surprise that often to like. --------When Carlos and Max accidentally leave the door and scare away Dr Kapur's pet bird Vikarm Nina Abuelita and Star must rescue her. --------
8. Nina Delivers; Nina's Library Hop Witten By Maria Escobedo Shelia Rogerson
Airdate October 24, 2015
Nina and Abuelita becomes delivering ladies to deliver some letters to the post office. --------When Nina Finds a frog a middle of the road while going to the library for her very first time with Abuelita and Chelsea she tries to find some frog books but then Hoppy starts to disrupt the people in the library. --------
9. Nina and Papi Play Baseball; Nina the Shadow Chaser Witten By Jagjiwan Sohal
Airdate October 31, 2015
Nina wants to learn how to play basketball, so Papi teaches her how. --------Skye is watching Nina while her parents are out but after the girls watch a scary movie, they become shadow monsters. --------
10. Nina Henna Hijinx; Nina's Everything Garden
Airdate November 7, 2015
When Dr Kapur gives Nina a Henna on her arm she tries to be patient when it needs to dry before she can get up.--------Nina Learns to be open to new and different things when she gets the chance to plant her own garden. --------
11. Nina Show and Tell; Nina's Snow Day Airdate Betty Quan John Van Bruggen
Airdate November 21, 2015
When Nina finds a flower nicknamed Florecita that's growing in the sidewalk crack, she finds a way to save its beauty. --------When Chelsea really wants to Winter to come back instead of just having summer Nina gives her a homesick snow party. --------
Shorts
In addition to the main full episodes there are a number of titled shorts associated with them:
- Nina's Birthday Party[19]
- Nina's Imagination[20]
- Nina's World EPK[21]
- Nina and Papi's Best Day Ever[22]
- Nina and the Yard Sale[23]
- Nina Cupcake[24]
- Nina Dog Sits[25] aka Nina Dogs Sits[26] is a short based on episode 14
- Nina Good Night[27]
- Nina Shops with Abuelita[28]
- Nina Speaks Spanish[29]
- Nina with Something Completely Silly[30]
- Stretches with Abuelita[31]
- Tio Missing Party[32]
Broadcast
The show premiered as part of NBC Kids on January 2, 2016, with new episodes airing weekly through February, scheduled for 10:00am on Saturday mornings.[33]
On July 2, 2016, the show began airing on Telemundo's morning block MiTelemundo with two new episodes every Saturday morning at 9:30am–10:30am with Spanish audio track.[34]
Internationally, the series can also be found on eToonz in South Africa.
Reception
The series was positively received. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media called the series "superb" and said that the series has "strong diversity, community, [and] family themes". She also argued that the series has themes of forging "strong relationships," solving issues, and embracing new situations, and stated the show's best aspect is its protagonist, who would "delight youngsters who tune in for her adventures."[35]
Games
- Nina's Big Adventure[36]
- Nina Match Up[37]
- Spot the Differences in Nina's World[38]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hassan . Mohamed . Rita Moreno: 'Nina's World' Children's Show Reflects True Diversity . . September 25, 2015 . January 4, 2016 . Nina's World is an animated prequel to "The Good Night Show" featuring Nina as a six-year-old girl..
- Web site: Mandalit . del Barco . Move Over, Dora: 'Nina's World' Brings Another Bilingual Girl To TV . NPR.org . September 25, 2015 . January 4, 2016 . Starring Rita Moreno and Mandy Patinkin, it's about a 6-year-old Latina girl and the multicultural neighborhood she grows up in..
- Web site: SproutOnline.Com . Nina's Introduction . August 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150819031342/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/ninas-introduction . Nina talks to Cat Greenleaf about her age and her "Best Day Ever" book..
- Nina Rides a Bike. Nina's World. Mami. Nina Sabrina Flores!. (said at end to scold her for riding a bike alone without permission)
- Web site: Nina Speaks Spanish. Nina Flores.
- Nina Unplugged. Nina's World. Goldstein. Mrs.. 3. Oy vey! You startled me Ninala... and these old bones have had enough excitement thanks to the power pickle we're in!.
- Web site: Nina's World. SproutOnline.com. Nina's World tells the story of imaginative six-year-old Nina and her best friend Star..
- Web site: Nina. SproutOnline.com. Hi! I'm Nina! I love to celebrate my (my birthday) with my best friend named (Star). We like to go on adventures around the neighborhood! At night, I feed my pet.
- Web site: Nina-1. SproutOnline.com. Hi! I'm Nina! Hola. It's me, Nina! At the end of everyday my bestfriend (Star) and I begin our great Good Night adventures with all of you!.
- Nina's World . Nina's First Sleepover . Chelsea . 3 . Thanks for inviting me Nina's Grandma... I mean Abuelita Yolie.
- Nina's World . Nina The Great.
- Web site: Abuelita . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918011138/http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/abuelita-0 . September 18, 2015.
- Nina's World . To Mami, from Nina.
- Nina's First Sleepover, closed captions attribution
- Nina's World . Nina the Shadow Chaser . Skye . Lin . 0 . Thanks Mrs. Flores, but don't worry, we'll be just fine..
- Web site: Mami . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918011212/http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/mami . September 18, 2015.
- Web site: Star . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150708160238/http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/star . July 8, 2015.
- Web site: Star-1 . sproutonline.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150809232515/http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/star-1 . August 9, 2015.
- Web site: Birthday Party.
- Web site: Imagination.
- Web site: World EPK.
- Web site: Best Day Ever.
- Web site: Nina and Yard Sale.
- Web site: Cupcake . March 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307183116/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/nina-cupcake.
- Web site: Nina Dog Sits . https://web.archive.org/web/20160906194108/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/nina-dog-sits . September 6, 2016.
- Web site: Nina Dogs Sits . https://web.archive.org/web/20160906194157/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/nina-dogs-sits . September 6, 2016.
- Web site: Good Night . March 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307183411/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/nina-good-night.
- Web site: Shops Abuelita.
- Web site: Speaks Spanish.
- Web site: Something Completely Silly . March 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307182947/http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/nina-something-completely-silly-0.
- Web site: Stretches Abuelita.
- Web site: Tio Missing Party.
- Web site: NBC.com . NBC Kids . https://web.archive.org/web/20151229215807/http://www.nbc.com/nbc-kids . December 29, 2015 . Nina's World tells the story of imaginative six-year-old Nina and her best friend Star. Together, the pair explores Nina's vibrant and colorful neighborhood. Every day transforms into a new excursion that celebrates family, community, diversity, and wonder..
- Web site: Nina's World . . September 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160906193522/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/ninas-world/EP02276731.
- Web site: Ashby. Emily. Nina's World Review. September 21, 2019. Common Sense Media. April 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211031073957/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/ninas-world. October 31, 2021. live.
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160101051325/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/ninas-big-adventure . Nina's Big Adventure. January 1, 2016 .
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160101051206/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/nina-match . Nina Match Up. January 1, 2016 .
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150908055248/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/spot-differences-ninas-world . Spot the Differences . September 8, 2015.
