Harvey Girls Forever! (originally titled Harvey Street Kids in its first season, then retroactively retitled) is an American animated comedy television series produced by Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos for DreamWorks Animation Television, and is based on comic book characters from Harvey Comics. It premiered June 29, 2018 on Netflix and originally concluded on January 10, 2020.
Premise[]
From long kickball games through the many flavors of ice cream to an impressive climbing tree, most days on Harvey Street feels like a weekend. Energetic Audrey, intelligent Dot and kindhearted Lotta are BFFs (short for Best Friends Forever) and the street's guardians. They try to keep Harvey Street great and start their wacky afternoon adventures.
Voice cast[]
- Stephanie Lemelin as Audrey
- Lauren Lapkus as Lotta
- Kelly McCreary as Dot
- Grey Griffin as Lucretia / Frufru / The Harvey Street Bow (usually abbreviated as just "The Bow")
- Atticus Shaffer as Melvin
- Danny Pudi as Tiny
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Fredo
- Roger Craig Smith as Pinkeye / Bobby the Elder
- Jamaal Hepburn as Gerald
- Cree Summer as Zoe
- Chelsea Peretti as Maria
- Nat Faxon as Stu
- Jack Quaid as Richie Rich
- Bobby Moynihan as Casper
- Anna Camp as Chevron
- Dee Bradley Baker as Raccoons
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Additional voices
- Joey McIntyre, Nick Lachey, Joey Fatone, and Shawn Stockman as Crush4U
Production[]
Harvey Girls Forever! was dawned by artist Katie Rice in 2014 up until 2015. The show started production in Glendale, California on October 9, 2016. The second season was released on May 10, 2019 and was retitled Harvey Girls Forever![5] The third season premiered on November 12, 2019 introducing Richie Rich in the series. Jake Brennan did not reprise his role of Richie from the previous Netflix Richie Rich series. The fourth and final season introducing Casper the Friendly Ghost, premiered on January 10, 2020.
Music[]
Music and songs are a central feature of Harvey Girls Forever! with showrunners Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos creating a fictional boy band named Crush4U made up of actual boy band members to be the subject of affection for character Lotta. “We've gotten to work... with New Kids on the Block's Joey McIntyre, Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman, NSYNC's Joey Fatone and 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey in our Harvey Street world created boy band," said Aliki to comicbook.com. Original songs were produced by composers Jay Vincent and Ryan Lofty. As part of the promotion for Harvey Girls Forever! season two the songs were made available for free download.
Merchandise[]
CustomInk is operating official Harvey Girls Forever! products.
Release[]
The series premiered on Netflix on June 29, 2018, and its first two seasons are available for purchase on VUDU, YouTube, Amazon Prime and Google Play. It also set broadcast on Family CHRGD in Canada and Télétoon+ in France.
Reception[]
The series was received positively. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media described the series as "lots of playground fun" and said that while there aren't "deep learning takeaways," the series is fun in a "playful, adult-free childhood experience way." Ashby also said that the personalities of the characters are exaggerated, but there is a "lot that's positive" in a series which captures the "joy of childhood."
Episodes[]
Season 1 - June 29, 2018[]
- 1A "War and Trees"
- 1B "Trade Wreck"
- 2A "While You Weren't Sleeping"
- 2B "The Secret Strife of Pets"
- 3A "Harveyween"
- 3B "New Kid on the Block"
- 4A "It's a Wonderful LARP"
- 4B "My Sectional Romance"
- 5A "Campfire Weekend"
- 5B "Girls Just Wanna Save Fun"
- 6A "FruLess"
- 6B "Citizen Cape"
- 7A "Cereal"
- 7B "Tiny Danger"
- 8A "A Matter of Life and BFF"
- 8B "Cheer and Present Danger"
- 9A "Wary Lotta & the Chamber of Secrets"
- 9B "VHMess"
- 10A "The Great Brain Robbery"
- 10B "Can't Purr-y Love"
- 11A "Elder Skelter"
- 11B "A More Perfect Reunion"
- 12A "Clinging in the Rain"
- 12B "Raccoon Hoarder Picture Show"
- 13A "Pretty in Pinkeye"
- 13B "The Monsters Are Due on Harvey Street"
Season 2 - May 10, 2019[]
- 14 "Raiders of the Lost Park"
- 15A "Dottle Rocket"
- 15B "Weekend at Audrey's"
- 16A "Boy Story"
- 16B "Puzzle, Puzzle, Toil and Trouble"
- 17A "Treasure of the Sierra Harvey"
- 17B "Babies Day In"
- 18A "The Lice Storm"
- 18B "Mission: ImpossiBow"
- 19A "The Fandom Menace"
- 19B "Moby Dot"
- 20A "The Cheer Hunter"
- 20B "Dot's Entertainment"
- 21 "I Wanna Crush Your Hand"
- 22A "Beyond Thunder Dot"
- 22B "10 Things I Hate About Ew"
- 23A "Something's Glotta Give"
- 23B "Afternoon Contrite"
- 24A "Can't Harvey Wait"
- 24B "Bring It Prawn"
- 25A "Hover, May I Board With Danger"
- 25B "Free Gilly"
- 26A "That Thing You Dot!"
- 26B "Where the Streets Have No Games"
Season 3 - November 12, 2019[]
- 27A "Get Rich Quick"
- 27B "Noogie Nights"
- 28A "Audrey Dreams of Ice Cream"
- 28B "Blame That Tune"
- 29A "Bad Lot-tenant"
- 29B "Jet Fretters"
- 30 "Now It's Con"
- 31A "A Stu Is Born"
- 31B "Ruffspringa"
- 32A "Fast Times at Richmont Harv"
- 32B "Sleepless in SkyMansion"
- 33A "Skull & Bows"
- 33B "Nine to Harv"
- 34A "Planet of the Capes"
- 34B "Whole Lotta Like"
- 35A "Foldin' Girls"
- 35B "V for Ven-Lotta"
- 36A "The Puppets Take Meanhattan"
- 36B "Zen & The Art of Video Game Patience"
- 37A "A Tale of Three Kiddies"
- 37B "Austland City Limits"
- 38A "The Future Is Frufru"
- 38B "Harverado"
- 39A "A Butter Tomorrow"
- 39B "Days of Future Presents"
Season 4 - January 10, 2020[]
- 40A "Get Rich or Cry Trying"
- 40B "Dingo Unchained"
- 41A "Miracle on Harvey Street"
- 41B "I Know What You Did Last Stu-mmer"
- 42A "Hero Effect"
- 42B "VR the World"
- 43A "The Dread Pirate Richie"
- 43B "Crush 4U Where RU?"
- 44A "Bobby of Influence"
- 44B "Grill or Be Grilled"
- 45A "Grosse Point Prank"
- 45B "Breaking Butt"
- 46A "Chevronica Mars"
- 46B "The Boy with the Dragon that Flew"
- 47 "Misadventureland"
- 48A "Wacky Weekday"
- 48B "Hike Caramba!"
- 49A "Richie Rich and the Tapir of Doom"
- 49B "Dollar, Dollar Saves Y'All"
- 50A "Scare Bud"
- 50B "All Harveys Eve"
- 51A "Harvily Ever After"
- 51B "Let It Zo"
- 52 "Harvey Endings"