Weird World is a Walt Disney Animation Studios franchise created by British cartoonist and artist Reloaxa. Starting off as the 2018 animated feature Weird World, it's since spawned into a franchise containing three sequels (the final in two parts), a television series, several video games, successful merchandise sales and loads of other bits of media. It's based on the shorts Weird Shorts from the TV showcase series Reloaxa's Avid Animations.
The franchise follows the story of a colourful planet populated by weird looking creatures of all kinds where 'everyone has a destiny'. One of them, DJ and music producer George Jacqueline, teams up with legendary super team The Extraordinary Eight (later Eleven) to fight monsters, find precious relics and learn the true value of friendship alongside human girl Stephanie, who aims to try and return to Earth after a tragic incident that caused her to be lost.
The franchise was very successful and received universal acclaim from critics and audiences. It was praised for it's originality, writing, characters, humour, action, representations of autism and LGBT rights and themes including diversity, differences, mental health, finding one's inner self and friendship. It has been named by many as one of the greatest franchises of all time, won numerous awards and became a huge influence to many future films and TV series. It's often considered, alongside Soulflake and Sorita the Lonely Sea Girl, to be one of Reloaxa's greatest animated creations and it's his most popular, best known and signature creation. The total value of the Weird World franchise was estimated at $10 billion, making Weird World one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
A few years after the release of The Weird World 4nale (Part 2), it was rumoured that Reloaxa was going to revive the franchise and continue the story, but he's denied this rumour stating on Twitter "Nope. That's it - Weird World's story is done. It was an incredible ride, it had everything the fans didn't know they wanted & now they can look forward to some more new exciting projects on the way. But I will always hold these incredible and precious characters near & dear to me."
Films[]
- Weird World (2018)
- Weird World 2: The Golden Hour (2021)
- Weird World 3 (2023)
- The Weird World 4nale (Part 1)/Weird World: Where Ends Meet [2028]
- The Weird World 4nale (Part 2)/Weird World: Destiny [2029]
Television series[]
- Reloaxa's Avid Animations (Weird Shorts) (2017-2028)
- Weird World: The TV Show (2019-2027)
- Straw Berry: Gangster Spy (2025-2026)
Video Games[]
Merchandise[]
Attractions[]
- Weird World: Comedy Gold (2018) [Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney World Resort]
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- George Jacqueline (voiced by Reloaxa)
- Stephanie (voiced by Lola Blue)
- Craig (voiced by Chris Tucker)
- Eleanor Jacqueline/Sadie (voiced by Jane Horrocks)
- Tinashe (voiced by Laya Lewis; deceased)
- Green Leopard (voiced by Frank Welker)
- Sponghuck (voiced by Ewan McGregor)
- Tyler (voiced by Eugene Mirman [films]/Dee Bradley Baker [TV series]; deceased)
- Lennox (voiced by Jack McBrayer)
- Scooter (voiced by Ade Edmondson [films]/Dee Bradley Baker [TV series])
- Umaiza and Christie (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano and Grey DeLisle; both deceased)
- Josie (voiced by Linda Cardellini)
- Bash (voiced by Reloaxa)
- Cole (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker/Jonny Greenwood [first film only])
- Nelson (voiced by Matt Bomer)
- Brent (voiced by Prince Royce)
- Zayden (voiced by Reloaxa)
Villains[]
- The Water Wand (voiced by Chloë Sevigny; deceased)
- King Axecutioner (voiced by Tim Roth; deceased)
- The Black Saw of Death (deceased)
- Donna (voiced by Grey DeLisle; deceased)
- Axebot (voiced by Denis Leary; deceased)
- Jaxon (voiced by Ryan Gosling)
- Slimeteor (voiced by Christopher Walken)
- Josiah (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker; deceased)
- Shobu Geode (deceased)
Supporting Characters[]
- Mac and Stella (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and Grey DeLisle)
- Lambert (voiced by Tom Kenny; deceased)
- Atom-Pup (deceased)
- Molly, Mitchell and Mickey (voiced by Sarah Chalke, Paul Rugg and Reloaxa)
- Reginald Adair (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker; deceased)
- Samson (voiced by Tom Kenny)
- Tina (voiced by Sarah Chalke)
- Alexanne (voiced by Linda Cardellini)
- Don (voiced by Reloaxa)
- Harper (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker)
- Sarah (voiced by Daveigh Chase)
- Fanchon (voiced by Marion Cotillard)
- Hank (voiced by Will Arnett)
- Hikouki (voiced by Grey DeLisle)
- Roger (voiced by Tony Robinson)
- Flamie (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano; deceased)
- Cameo (voiced by Lucy Liu; deceased)
- Abigail (voiced by Sheena Easton)
- Gary (voiced by Khary Payton)
- Kylie (voiced by Grey DeLisle)
- Benny Cheatam (voiced by Reloaxa)
- Steve Sigafoos (voiced by Reloaxa)
Minor Characters[]
- Jibbal
- Veenus
- Deeran
- Twaimo
- Mayor Spencer Goodley
- Cody
- Zim
- Irma
- Julian
- Straw Berry (voiced by Bruce Campbell)
- 2CE (voiced by Ron Perlman)
- Melonie
- Ella Sandbar
- The Jellycades
Trivia[]
- Reloaxa stated in an interview that the main themes of Weird World are friendship, diversity and finding one's inner self.