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Wee 3 is a Canadian preschool television series aired on Treehouse TV and Radio-Canada. It first aired on January 30, 2001 with a total of 27 27-minute episodes, along with Treetown, Ants in Your Pants and Crazy Quilt. It also formerly aired in the French-language counterpart on ICI Radio-Canada.
The show also aired new episodes on Treehouse TV and Radio-Canada from January 30, 2001 to June 15, 2002, where repeats of episodes were aired from June 16, 2002 until February 27, 2011. In September 2005, it moved with Treetown, Crazy Quilt and Ants in Your Pants to the "graveyard slots", where all of them (other than Ants in Your Pants, which left in February 2008) stayed until their removal along with The Big Comfy Couch on February 27, 2011.
It centers the friendship and adventures of three, likely four-year-old anthropomorphic toy monsters named Bunwin, Creakie and Pook, who all come out from hiding in a young human child's bedroom and play games in attempt to solve problems. However, they come out only when the child is absent. They work out their fears by playing fantasy adventures targeted towards children between the ages of three and seven years old.
An animated revival of the series was announced by Treehouse TV in March 2019. They had confirmed that Creakie, Pook and Bunwin would be appearing in the animated version of the series, and that it would feature characters from the previous live-action Treehouse shows they stopped airing.
Plot
Bunwin, Creakie and Pook are a trio of small, intriguing four-year-old monsters who all emerge from the nooks and crannies of a young child's bedroom, but these miniature monsters will only come out whenever that said child is not around!
Characters
Original characters
- Bunwin (voiced by Jane Miller in season one, Dana Glickman in season two and Holly Gauthier-Frankel in the animated series) – An orange and only female monster. Her home is the shelf drawer. Her favorite toy is Dolly, and is playful and inquisitive.
- Pook (voiced by Jeff Sweeney in the original series, and Christian Potenza in the animated series) – A purple male monster. His home is inside the closet. His favorite toy is Magic Racer, and loves jelly beans.
- Creakie (voiced by Ruth Barrett in the original series, and Cory Doran in the animated series) – A blue male monster. His home is under the bed. His favorite toy is Cheep Cheep, and nicknames himself "Vance Murdoch". Voiced by Ruth Barrett.
- Dolly (voiced by Krystal Meadows) – Bunwin's favorite toy. Originally introduced as an inanimate toy character in the earlier seasons, she is prompted to a major role in the animated revival.
Cast
Original voice cast
- The original cast members of the show only participated in the original, live-action version of the series. They were not confirmed to return for the animated revival of the show, as the cast for the animated version features prominent members of ACTRA.
- The original cast was also the only cast generation in the entire series to feature puppeteers, as the revival would feature animated versions of the original characters.
| Character | Puppeteer | Season 1 | Season 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunwin | Mandi Lester | Jane Miller | Dana Glickman |
| Pook | Gérard Lizaire | Jeff Sweeney | |
| Creakie | Jay Daniels | Ruth Barrett | |
New voice cast
- When Treehouse TV announced the big return of their classic live-action shows, they also announced they would be animated and would feature cast members who are more prominent members of Toronto, Ontario-based union, ACTRA. More details on the revamp of the original shows would be announced as Nelvana and Spectra Animation were working on them.
| Character | Voiced by | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Main characters | ||
| Bunwin Monster | Holly Gauthier-Frankel | Originally meant to be voiced by Denise Oliver. Like her original counterpart, she is inquisitive and playful. |
| Pook Monster | Christian Potenza | Originally planned to voice Snicklefritz. Just like his original counterpart, he loves jelly beans, and can be rather dim-witted. |
| Dolly | Krystal Meadows | Was originally meant to voice Loonette. She is Bunwin's best friend who loves playing. |
| Creakie "Vance Murdoch" Monster | Cory Doran | Originally planned to voice Wuzzy. Just like his original counterpart, he enjoys having tons of fun with the other monsters. |
| Supporting characters (in no specific order) | ||
| Major Bedhead | Christopher Jacot | The local clown courier who makes deliveries to Loonette from Auntie Macassar or Uncle Chester. He can be quite goofy at times and a bit clumsy. He also dislikes lying and being dishonest. |
| Zoey | Jodie Resther | A blonde-haired woman and Spot's best friend. Together, they both hosted earlier episodes of Crazy Quilt before Maggie and Jackson took over. |
| Spot the Tiger | Dwayne Hill | A yellow tiger and Zoey's best friend. He co-hosted Crazy Quilt until Maggie and Jackson started hosting. |
| Jackson the Raccoon | Rick Jones | A creative raccoon and Maggie's friend. He gets nervous when he sees things like ogres or monsters, besides Creakie, Bunwin and Pook, despite the others not believing him. |
| Uncle Chester | Jeremy Thibodeau | Loonette's travelling uncle who appears in the show's revival. |
| Rosabelle | Denise Oliver | Rosabelle is a Treetownie who seams to be a bit older than her sister Tansy, but Tansy is taller than Rosabelle. In one Treetown short, she broke Rosabelle's crayons but then was forgiven by her. |
| Lickety Split | Justin Bradley | A cheery monkey who loves making and playing music. |
| Cush | Wyatt Bowen | A gray, sometimes purple cush that owns a library which he says is "way up high in Treetown". He loves reading, dancing, and singing. |
| Fuzzy | Danny Brochu | One of the twin dust bunnies who lives under the bed. Only Molly is aware of their existence, and always does her best to protect them so she can play with them. |
| Maggie | Bryn McAuley | Jackson's best friend and the host of later Crazy Quilt episodes. |
| Loonette | Alyson Court | She is a young, freckle-faced clown living with her doll, Molly, in their house, on the eponymous Big Comfy Couch, an oversized green floral couch. She frequently reads stories to Molly, always performs a Clock Rug Stretch, and likes to visit Granny Garbanzo. Loonette is gifted in the art of classical dance and runs "Miss Loonette's Dance Academy". Another gift she possesses is the unusual skill to clean just about any mess up in ten seconds, which she calls the Ten Second Tidy. |
| Tansy | Claudia Besso | Tansy is a Treetownie who loves adventure and playing games. She would appear to be younger than Rosabelle, but taller. |
| Stu the Dumptruck | Terrence Scammell | A red dumptruck. He sometimes does not talk, and only make beeping sounds with his mouth if he does not. |
| Wuzzy | Julian Casey | The other half of the twin dust bunnies who lives under the bed. Only Molly is aware of their existence, and always does her best to protect them so she can play with them. |
| Suzanne Magique | Stacey DePass | A magic crayon that owns her very own doodle room, she loves drawing, writing, making rainbows, and having surprise parties. |
| Osbert Plunky | Tim Beresford | A red and yellow basketball that loves jumping, bouncing, and rolling around. He lives in one of the unknown houses that aren't visited in earlier episodes. |
| Eileen | Leah Renée Cudmore | A very silly family member who lives inside of Loonette's dollhouse. |
| Jim | Jeff Geddis | Another very silly family member who lives inside of Loonette's dollhouse. |
| Ruby Rae Craw | Evany Rosen | A special toy made out of all kinds of toy parts. She loves being a television announcer. |
| Andy | Thor Bishopric | One of the very silly family members that live inside of Loonette's dollhouse. |
| Lillian | Leah Vandenberg | A little doll that loves tea parties, dressing up, and sailing. |
| Wobbly | Tom Wehlan | A close friend who lives in Clowntown. |
| Molly the Doll | Angela Galuppo | Loonette's living doll. Loonette found her in a barrel with a sign marked "Free to a good home", and adopted her. She believes that dust bunnies really exist, despite Loonette's disbelief. Her favorite food is donuts. She only speaks by cartoon bubbles, and usually answers Loonette's yes or no questions by either nodding or shaking her head. |
| Cheep Cheep | Dawn Ford | A female yellow chicken and Creakie's best friend. |
| Dolly #1 | Catherine Disher | A tan-skinned doll who has her hair in pigtails. She tends to be bossy at first, but as others get to know her she becomes more timid and respectable at first. |
| Dolly #2 | Eleanor Noble | A bespectaled, blue doll who has long hair. She is always sensitive but nonetheless is up for adventure all the time. |
| Snicklefritz | Michael Cohen | Granny's cat, who likes to play pranks on the others and sometimes tries to get out of getting flea-baths. |
| Auntie Macassar | Ana Sani | Loonette's travelling aunt who likes to make an entrance whenever she visits. |
| Granny Garbanzo | Samantha Weinstein | Loonette's next-door neighbor who loves her and Molly. She comes from the "old country" and has a foreign Russian accent. Granny also likes growing in her garden and she lives inside a wagon with Snicklefritz, her cat. |
| Magic Racer | Juan Chioran | A green toy dinosaur, and Pook's best friend. |
Episodes
Season 1 (2001)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod.code | US viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Creakie's Birthday"
"Pook's School" |
Lorraine Barton | Pay Chen
Jeff Sweeney |
January 30, 2001 | 101 | N/A |
| Pook and Bunwin plan out Creakie's birthday.
Pook starts a school and teaches Bunwin and Creakie. | ||||||
| 2 | "Poouuii!!"
"Home Sweet Home" |
Lorraine Barton | Jeff Sweeney | February 1, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Something smells terribly bad in the bedroom.
Bunwin, Pook and Creakie play to celebrate their home, sweet, home: the bedroom. | ||||||
| 3 | "Frog and the Storm"
"Close Call" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 3, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Together, during a "storm", the gang overcome their fears.
The gang solve their problems. | ||||||
| 4 | "Food Store"
"Hat Smasher" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 6, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang share via playing food store.
Someone is a "hat smasher" in the bedroom and admits its mistake. | ||||||
| 5 | "Treasure That Wasn't"
"Pet Snake" |
Lorraine Barton | Pay Chen
Jeff Sweeney |
February 8, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang pretend to be pirates who are going on a treasure hunt, and learn to fit the gang in.
The gang include others by pretending to have a pet snake. | ||||||
| 6 | "Pook's Racecar"
"Bunwin Flies" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 10, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Pook uses confidence via racecar building.
Bunwin tries to learn a new thing: flying. | ||||||
| 7 | "Little Rodeo"
"Tiger, Tiger" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 13, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| After failing every event at a rodeo, the gang deal with their failure.
The gang overcome fears. | ||||||
| 8 | "Three Captains"
"Pookasaurus!" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 15, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang pretend to be in charge by being the three captains.
Pook pretends to be a dinosaur by playing games. | ||||||
| 9 | "Always A Bridesmaid"
"Messy Tea" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 17, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang are trying their hardest, by keeping their promises.
The three learn about being a special guest. | ||||||
| 10 | "Pet Games"
"Cheep, Come Home" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 20, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The three participate in games and learn about winning.
The three help each other. | ||||||
| 11 | "Cafe Pook"
"Peacemaker Pook" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 22, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Together, an introduction to Pook's cafe turns out to be that Bunwin and Creakie follow their cafe's rules.
To avoid conflict, Pook is a peacemaker. | ||||||
| 12 | "Seedling"
"Camping with Bunwin" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | February 24, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang use cooperation and help together.
Pook and Creakie be helpful when camping with Bunwin. | ||||||
| 13 | "Monster Blocks!"
"Tattletale!" |
Lorraine Barton | Jeff Sweeney | February 27, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Bunwin and Pook must overcome their fear of a monster, which was just Creakie's scarecrow.
When playing with building blocks and other toys, somebody is tattling. | ||||||
| 14 | "Courageous Creakie"
"Broken Cheep!" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | March 1, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| Courageous Creakie learns to confront his fears.
When Cheep is broken, the gang learn to confess. | ||||||
| 15 | "Buzzin' Bee"
"Fastest, Bestest!" |
Lorraine Barton | TBA | March 3, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| As buzzin' bees, the three learn to deal with their anger issues.
A race the gang play is to be a fair play. | ||||||
| 16 | "Wee Rock!" | Lorraine Barton | TBA | March 6, 2001 | TBA | N/A |
| The gang start a band. | ||||||
Season 2 (2002)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod.code | US viewers
(millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "My Fuzzy Valentine!"
"Surprise Party!" |
Steven Wright | TBA | February 14, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Bunwin learns to let Pook and Creakie work at their own paces.
Pook learns that a lack of self-discipline can hurt others. | ||||||
| 2 | "All-Knowing Fairy"
"Egg" |
Steven Wright | TBA | March 28, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie learns to respect others.
Bunwin and Pook earn Creakie's respect, while an egg is about to hatch... a special guest. | ||||||
| 3 | "Color Me!"
"Tea Party" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 11, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Pook and Creakie won't let Bunwin join the Blue and Purple Club because she's orange, so she tries various ways to get in the club.
Creakie tries new things at Bunwin's very special and fancy tea party. | ||||||
| 4 | "Secret Spy"
"Fancy Ladies" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 14, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Pook learns not to lie.
Bunwin learns to set her limits. | ||||||
| 5 | "King Creakie
Double Twins" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 18, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie, as a king, learns to compromise.
Pook tries to act like Creakie, simply by copying him. | ||||||
| 6 | "Candy Competition"
"Magic Farm" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 20, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie is jealous of Bunwin's candy shop.
Pook learns not to be selfish. | ||||||
| 7 | "Rollercoaster"
"Bunny Ballet" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 23, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie learns to take turns.
Pook learns to adapt to other people's abilities by ballet. | ||||||
| 8 | "Pookerassic Park!"
"Better" |
Steven Wright | TBA | April 25, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| The monsters overcome their fears of being eaten.
The monsters learn empathy for one and another. | ||||||
| 9 | "Talking Toy"
"The Deep Dark Woods" |
Steven Wright | TBA | May 2, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie and Bunwin learn about how Pook feels.
Together, the monsters overcome their fears of abandonment. | ||||||
| 10 | "Circus"
"The Sleepless Sleepover" |
Steven Wright | TBA | May 9, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Creakie learns to share.
During a sleepover, the monsters learn to depend on each other. | ||||||
| 11 | "Birthday Cake"
"Bay-cation on the Moon!" |
Steven Wright | TBA | June 15, 2002 | TBA | N/A |
| Bunwin learns that friends are more important than toys.
Together, Bunwin, Creakie and Pook all learn to appreciate their individual strengths on a vacation to the moon. | ||||||
Season 3 (2019-2020)
| No. | Title | Written by | Original airdate | American airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Butterfly Catchers"
"Day of the Dust Bunnies" |
Paul Stoica and Alexandre Riendeau | March 16, 2019 | April 29, 2019 | 101 |
| 2 | "Pook Says"
"I Cannot Tell a Lie" |
Miles Smith
Scott Albert |
March 17, 2019 | April 30, 2019 | 102 |
| 3 | "The Wishing Plant"
"Best Frenemies" |
Scott Albert
Paul Stoica and Alexandre Riendeau |
March 23, 2019 | May 1, 2019 | 103 |
| 4 | "The Amazing Flying Creakie"
"Bunwin the Champion" |
Paul Stoica
Story by: Alexandre Riendeau Teleplay by: Kyle Muir |
March 24, 2019 | May 2, 2019 | 104 |
| 5 | "Bubble Up!"
"I Wonder Why" |
Jeff Sweeney
Jeremy Winkels |
March 30, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | 105 |
| 6 | "Around the World in Eighty Daze"
"Strange New World" |
Pay Chen
David Dias |
March 31, 2019 | May 4, 2019 | 106 |
| 7 | "Creakie, We Have a Problem"
"Fuzzy Fail" |
Jeff Sweeney
Dennise Fordham and Stephan Dubreuil |
April 6, 2019 | May 5, 2019 | 107 |
| 8 | "Lights, Camera, Fuzzy Wuzzy"
"The Wishlist" |
Jeremy Winkels
Story by: Alexandre Riendeau Teleplay by: Pay Chen |
April 7, 2019 | May 6, 2019 | 108 |
| 9 | "Lost and Found"
"Bunwin the Artist" |
Shawn Kalb
Miles Smith |
April 13, 2019 | May 7, 2019 | 109 |
| 10 | "Sports Day"
"No Questions Asked" |
Shawn Kalb
Scott Albert |
April 14, 2019 | May 8, 2019 | 110 |
| 11 | "Living Up to It"
"Class Pet" |
Marie-France Landry
Lisa Hunter |
April 20, 2019 | May 9, 2019 | 111 |
| 12 | "Washing"
"How They Met" |
Charles Johnston and Sean Carley
Anne-Marie Perrotta |
April 21, 2019 | May 10, 2019 | 112 |
| 13 | "Home-Grown Ninjas"
"Stuck!" |
Story by: Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Paul Stoica Alice Prodanou |
April 27, 2019 | May 11, 2019 | 113 |
| 14 | "The Planet Panic"
"We Say a Unicorn!" |
Tean Schultz
Marie-France Landry |
April 28, 2019 | May 12, 2019 | 115 |
| 15 | "Endless Nightmares"
"A Spontaneous Winter" |
Story by: Andrée Lambert
Teleplay by: Charles Johnston and Sean Carley Story by: Sean Scott Teleplay by: Tom Mason and Michael F. Hamill |
May 4, 2019 | May 13, 2019 | 114 |
| 16 | "The Germinator"
"Pook and the Coyotes" |
Stephen Senders
Alice Prodanou and Louis-Martin Pepperall |
May 5, 2019 | May 14, 2019 | 116 |
| 17 | "Mad Maze"
"It's All Yours" |
Paul Stoica
Story by: Dwayne Hill Teleplay by: Jeremy Winkels |
May 11, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | 117 |
| 18 | "Pot Predicament"
"Don't Turn Sour" |
Shawn Kalb
Miles Smith |
May 12, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | 118 |
| 19 | "Is That the Celestial Manatee?"
"Timeless Duties" |
Scott Albert
Justin Bradley |
May 18, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 119 |
| 20 | "The Hut"
"Waves of Protest" |
Lisa Hunter
Tean Schultz |
May 19, 2019 | May 18, 2019 | 120 |
| 21 | "Me and My Home Planet"
"The Zen Garden" |
Charles Johnston and Sean Carley
Story by: Jeremy Thibodeau Teleplay by: Paul Stoica |
May 25, 2019 | May 19, 2019 | 121 |
| 22 | "A Demo at All Costs"
"Day of the Totems" |
Tom Mason and Michael F. Hamill
Stephen Senders |
May 26, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 122 |
| 23 | "I Dream, Therefore I Act"
"Lunatic for Sale" |
Story by: Kim Thompson
Teleplay by: Paul Pogue Shawn Kalb |
June 1, 2019 | May 21, 2019 | 123 |
| 24 | "Molly's Real Life"
"Unicorn Issue" |
Scott Albert
Charles Johnston and Sean Carley |
June 2, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 124 |
| 25 | "Pook's Quest"
"A Very Ugly Banquet" |
Lisa Hunter
Anne-Marie Perrotta |
June 8, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 125 |
| 26 | "An Endless Day"
"There Can Be Only One Winner" |
Justin Bradley | June 9, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | 126 |
Season 4 (2021)
Trivia
- Whenever it shows the whole room, the window can sometimes be seen open with the curtains blowing, or with the curtains closed without any wind blowing from outside.
- After the first segment ends, it would show the whole room, sometimes Bunwin, Pook, and Creakie can be seen carrying blocks going under the bed before saying Wee 3 off-screen, only when the window is open, but if the window is closed with curtains, then they don't carry blocks going under the bed.
- Even though Pook and Creakie are male monsters, they would still sometimes wear female dresses.
- Bunwin, Pook, and Creakie are always able to talk even when their mouths don't move.
- Pook is the only monster not to have a bellybutton like Creakie and Bunwin do.
- Sometimes Creakie can be seen with his left ear hanging down.
- Pook's right ear is hardly seen while his left is seen.
- Bunwin, Pook, and Creakie are able saying their own names during the theme song and the end credits.
- Creakie is the only monster that can be found rather bossy sometimes but not all the time.
