Free Willy (TV series)
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Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film Free Willy. The television series was produced by Regency Enterprises and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. This show, which aired for two seasons (1994 - 1995) on ABC, continues the adventures of Jesse and Willy, who were introduced in the film. The overarching storyline is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: an oil baron, known to the main characters only as a cyborg called "The Machine" until the final episode, loses his arm to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy". While the first season centered mostly around Willy and Jesse's adventures in the Misty Island Oceanic Reserve, the second season took them to the Arctic and back, with the group returning just in time for the Christmas special.
[edit] Voice actors and their characters
Characters not seen in the movies are described in parentheses.
- Zachary Bennett - Jesse
- Paul Haddad - Willy
- Gary Krawford - The Machine (alias Rockland Stone, villain)
- Alyson Court - Lucille (talking seal)
- Rachael Crawford - Marlene (marine research assistant)
- Neil Crone - Mr. Naugle (head marine biologist)
- Michael Fletcher - Randolph
- James Kidnie - Amphonids (toxic waste blob servants of The Machine)
- Ron Len - Glenn
- Sheila McCarthy - Annie
- Andrew Sabiston - P.R. Frickey (publicist for Stone's oil company)
- Kevin Zegers - Einstein (talking dolphin)
[edit] Featured living animals
- Killer Whale - Willie
- Bottlenose Dolphin - Einstein
- California Sea Lion - Lucile
Additional characters, whose voice actors are unknown, include Captain Frye (henchman of The Machine) and other talking sea creatures.
