wait remember Three Delivery it was a Canadian and U.S joint project that came out on both
Nicktoons in the US and YTV in Canada in 2008 it was a fusion of magic food and
Kung Fu since it has been a while since we took a look at some Nicktoons specifically
from the Nicktoons Network aka the Nickelodeon sister Network aka the Nicktoons graveyard I
thought it would be fun to revisit a show that I don't remember too much aside from
the look of it so today we're going to dive into another one season Wonder so if
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Three Delivery follows a group of employees at Wu's Garden a Chinese restaurant located
in Chinatown Toby Sue and Sid Toby voiced by Robbie sharp is a goofball with a big appetite
but despite that comes from a pretty rough and dark past that is clearly contrasted with his
attitude in the show often not really taking a lot of things too seriously Sue voiced by
Stephanie Shea has probably the toughest spirit and exterior always keeping focus on the task at
hand and rarely lets her guard down showing the other side of her Sid voiced by Johnny Bosch is
the cool one of the group usually playing things out with the least amount of humor but has some
great response and retorts no matter when where or what is going on all three of them were adopted
by Nana voiced by Nancy Wu with Sid and Sue being siblings together in foster care and Toby who was
on his own she takes them in with the goal of raising them and training them for protecting
Chinatown and by extent mentioned the world her herself has some incredible fighting skills as
well as magic skills and operates at a restaurant called Wu garden within Chinatown and instead of
just having the three adopted kids work there in complete deliveries on bikes they are all trained
and prepared to fight back against the show's evil antagonist Kong Lee voiced by Lex rudis
the main plot revolves around a magical cookbook that contains magical recipes that have fallen
into the wrong hands can be used for mass chaos the three who do the deliveries hence the name of
the show are equally as responsible for helping track down the missing recipe pages and to try
and keep them out of Kong Lee's hands who if he obtains the complete magical cookbook can escape
the barrier that traps him in Chinatown to then cause further destruction to the entire world
he used to be just like Nana and was a student in his younger years as well as being friends
with her but in the sake of ultimate power and just pure evilness he wanted it all for himself
now there are a few other characters in the show like Calvin Nana or or her real name Mai's son who
owns the restaurant as well as his son Barney who works there also so while our main three
have a certain task with learning how to and then actually protecting Chinatown they have this other
relationship with Calvin and Barney who really focus solely on the restaurant there's quite
a lot going on but it for the most part flows in between work the real work and expanding the lore
pretty well but how did this fun action-packed and stylized show come to be surprised watch
three delivery Thursday at seven only on Nicktoons Network awful commercials oh come on
three delivery comes to us from Larry Schwarz the same man behind other Nicktoon shows like Kappa
Mikey and Speed Racer the Next Generation specifically for this show he based it on
his own living situation in a way living around Manhattan's own Chinatown giving him inspiration
for the setting and base premise of the show as well as Larry finding inspiration with his
love for Kung Fu movies the collaboration of a Canadian studio in U.S studio is what got this
split country developed and released show thanks to the us-based studio animation Collective and
the canada-based studio fat cat hitting a release for both Nicktoons and YTV in 2008 and it would
eventually go on to release in other territories such as Mexico and the UK in early 2009. the look
of the show is pretty unique itself going for a look that you'd find in some manga classifying
the show as a living graphic novel and for that comment I'd have to agree I think it
very much captures that aesthetic greatly Larry's other show Speed Racer the Next Generation would
Premiere the month before three delivery would so for the initial releases of those Speed Racer
episodes there would be some slick little promos for Three Delivery that would be attached they'd
only be a couple minutes long but it would get you into what three delivery was and to be ready
for the premiere of this new show shortly on the Nicktoons Network it's not uncommon to see
some Creator have multiple shows on one network that even may be on the air at the same time but
to see how close in release these two shows were specifically seems like a nightmare to manage but
nevertheless Three Delivery was coming but there were still several other shorts with 11 being made
in total that were to be aired at a different date with the bulk of them to come out sometime
in 2009 but on June 27 2008 Three Delivery would be released and it was a very interesting show
earlier this year I covered both American Dragon Jake Long and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
two similar shows that premiered around the same time that had a lot of similarities in their
premise and honestly this show does have some loose similar Vibes plot points and themes that
you can kind of see in both of the other shows yes I am saying that not only did Disney and Cartoon
Network have a similar show now Nickelodeon technically had one too it's kind of funny how
that works what I really liked about the show is the animation specifically the way the show looks
it just oozes that early to mid-2000s grunge that I sometimes just miss so greatly mixing
that in with the city environments in Chinatown really Aid in a visually Pleasant looking show
while you can see the stiffness from the similar flash techniques found in Larry's other show Kappa
Mikey and just like that show it adds a level of charm to that while it does date the show a bit
it equals out to be a stylized show it's never about how much money you spend on something it's
about how you use the tools you have to the best of their and your abilities the color palette for
me stands out with a lot of muted darker colors mostly lining the world allowing for the bright
splashes of colors like Reds greens yellows and blues to pop out really well my only main issue I
guess I would find myself having with this series is the premise itself or to be more specific the
magical cookbook aspect while I get that food is the big theme here for the show I don't think it
needed to be ingrained in the plot with a magical cookbook and the pages of it that they are looking
for I would have liked to see the food be this relatable everyday thing that our main Trio have
to do for their job and make deliveries and this magic element be about something else one of these
factors feels a bit tacked on is it the food delivery part or the magical part now with that
being said I don't hate it in fact I quite enjoyed a lot of what this show had to offer the plots
feel like they move at a fast pace the action is a lot of fun and the setting is really nice to
explore while it may not be this big genre pushing show it feels like it knows exactly what it is and
what wants the family aspect is highly important and probably one of the major reasons I liked it
as much as I did maybe it just needed more room to grow maybe it needed to change the flow up a
bit as the series progressed but unfortunately it didn't last long enough to truly get its footing
settled this is serious indeed for free delivery come for free delivery stay for the fried rice
the show would end up lasting for one full season consisting of 26 episodes ending one
year after its original premiere but why it seemed to be doing quite well on the
Nicktoons network with both episode 1 and 2 for their premieres both doing nearly 600
000 in viewership but with episode 3 it would jump to a solid 1.5 million Watchers and became
the number one show on the network at that time only to be dethroned by Wolverine in the X-Men
when that show would Premiere and then again falling down to the third spot after avatar
The Last Airbender would make its way onto the network the show even ends on a pretty strong
moment for the series with a major reveal that changes at least one major Dynamic of the show
and there could have been so many more stories to tell here build upon the rising action of the
first season to deliver a second season that could evolve with the show itself while no
specific reasons were ever truly detailed there's only really speculation of what could have caused
this or that some may try and point the fingers at the plot in the setting of the show being a
concern based on any potential cultural twisting that wouldn't properly reflect its source but the
show did have an Asian American culture consultant to help along the process and there weren't really
any complaints issues or moments at that time to bring up so I don't think that there would
be any reason to pull the plug on the show as these type of issues would have been behind the
scenes and handled before the show would ever come out or pack even be greenlit but what I
think could be one little threat of reasoning for this is that Nickelodeon has a notorious record
with how they handle a lot of their shows ones that are not the Fairly Odd Parents SpongeBob
SquarePants or the Rugrats but even more so is if it's an action cartoon something they barely ever
have an interest in and it sucks because when they do we get some great cartoons or ones that
have great potential but Nick tends to quickly move past a lot of them and I shows that are
more comedy focused first rather than deep story and action which there is nothing wrong with that
the network just has an interest in what they have an interest in I just wish a lot of these
other shows also had a chance as well and also if they feel one show is in any way and I mean
in the littlest of a percent like any other show that they have it usually turns into whichever
is performing better at the moment will be the one that sticks around at least for a little bit
longer but this is all really just conjecture and how I've seen things handled by Nickelodeon while
growing up the fact remains though that there is a reason a lot of people consider this one of if
not the most forgotten cartoon from Nicktoons it's truly a shame as it may be one of the most
sleeper hits the network had sure it didn't hit the numbers other shows were hitting but it had
that number one spot with over a million viewers that has to count for something but in their eyes
I guess not if you've ever seen this show or faintly remember it it is definitely worth
your time to invest in its one season it was a fun show that had some really cool characters
and some great stylized action but what are your thoughts on this show if you have seen it and do
remember it let me know in the comments thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later
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