Candyworld

Candyworld is an American-Canadian-French animated series, created by Robby London. It first premiered in syndication on UPN on June 13, 1999. The features the adventures of six teenage girls, who call themselves the Candybombs. Who often get into teenage antics. They also use powers in their everyday life.

Premise
Six teenage girls named the Candybombs go on adventures while facing everyday life.

Setting
The show takes place in the titular city of Candyworld, USA. It is set in a late 90s/early 2000s city, with futuristic themes such as riding on flying candy boards.

Main
The main characters in the series are collectively known as the "Candybombs"


 * Fianna Frostburg (voiced by Krysta Donahue) - Fianna is the leader of the Candybombs. She is a sweet and fun loving girl. She can be a little pushy and stubborn as times. She loves her friends and would make sure she and her friends are in style. Her symbol is a snowflake, and her colors are blue, white, and silver. She lives in the Frost Province. She is Icelanic-American.
 * Marion Macaron (voiced by Tara Charendoff) - She is the bossy and snobbiest second-in-command of the Candybombs. She is really pushy and cares about her looks a bit too much. She is the lancer of the group. If she really wants something done, she does it herself. Her symbol is a berét, and her colors are pink, mint green, and light orange. She lives in the Crepe Center near the Falafel Tower. She is European-American
 * Kiera Konpeijiro (voiced by Momoka Ainjo-Aida) - She is the coolest girl in the group. When the girls have slumber parties, Keira is an expert on anything 'xtreme and cool. She is the party girl of the group. Her symbol is a star, and her colors are purple and peach. She lives in the Ice Cream Plaza. She is Japanese-Danish.
 * Wendy van der Waferson (voiced by Aliyna Thomas) - The girl's dancing diva, who loves the "hip-hop thang". She can be seen often busting out a new tune. Her symbol is a flower shaped wafer, and her colors are salmon, light pink, and white. She lives near Waffle Manor. She is African-Danish-American.
 * Lillian "Lilli" Lollipopper (voiced by Sharon Hughsman) - She is a girl who is nervous and clumsy, loves shopping, is a fashion expert, and the big guy of the group. She is also the gang's resident fashionista. Her symbol is a lollipop, and her colors are yellow, gold, and orange. She lives by Sundae Island. She is the only girl in the group to be full American.
 * Teresa "Terri" Von Taffenberger (voiced by Jillian Shayman) - She is a goth girl and has a liking for poetry. And she is kind but a bit defensive. She is also a psychic. Her symbol is a skull, and her colors are purple, gray, and raven. She is German-American

Villains

 * Lionel Licorice (voiced by Debi Derryberry) - Lionel is the main villain of the series and appears in numerous episodes throughout the show trying to take over the world of Candyworld and get revenge against the Candybombs but often fails to do so because of his brattiness.
 * Snagglerock (voiced by Charlie Adler) - A dog like creature and Lionel's "loyal" henchmen who often is comically abused by Lionel. During the You Go, Girls! arc, he nearly endangers Lionel. As of Season 4, he lives with Marion.

The Boys

 * Peabo Nutter (voiced by Larenz Tate) - The boys' resident party thrower, he often gets the boys into trouble. He is the love interest of Fianna.
 * Brick Brittleton (voiced by Tom Kenny) - The muscular and athletic jock. He is very dimwitted and forgetful, but there are times where he shows common sense and intelligence. Boyfriend to Marion.
 * Judas Jelliobino (voiced by Jess Harnell) - Judas is a mild-mannered teen with blond hair and rectangular glasses. He is a multi-millionaire, whose father owns a lot of the companies in Candyworld. Boyfriend to Kiera.
 * Marley Marshmelloton (voiced by Phil LaMarr) - During the first episode, Wendy casted a spell which cost Marley his hair. However, he has grown used to his new bald appearance and Marley himself doesn't mind. Boyfriend to Wendy.
 * Parron Peppermint (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - He is in a rock band, and loves writing poetry. Boyfriend to Terri
 * Chuck Cottonfloss (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - He is a very clumsy teen who is often getting into trouble. Boyfriend to Lilli.

Ancients

 * Ophelia Frostburg - Fianna's grandmother and ancient.
 * Amerita Jelliobino - Judas' great-aunt and Lilli's ancient and owner of House a la Jelliobino.
 * Topaz Toffeehouse - Trinity's grandmother and Terri's ancient.
 * Lenny Licorice - Lionel's father, and Marion's ancient
 * Briann Canewell - Karrie's aunt, Leo's wife, and Wendy's ancient.
 * Leo Canewell - Karrie's uncle, Briann's wife, and Kiera's ancient. And the girls' teacher.

Rivals

 * Trinity Toffeehouse (voiced by Candi Milo) - Trinity is the senior captain of the cheerleaders. She is in constant rivalry with Marion, usually for a cute boy's attention.
 * Karrie Cottonfloss (voiced by Elizabeth Daily) - Karrie is Trini's main friend and second-in-command. It is revealed that she and Chloe are actually nice people.
 * Chloe Caramellion (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - Chloe is Trini's secondary friend. It is revealed that Karrie and her are actually nice people.

Zell-phones
Zell Phones or Z-phones are devices based on a real life cellphones, but are adapted to provide functions for magic and candyorbs as well as provide the standard functions of a normal cellphone. "Candy Zells" are used to cast spells on other candyions across long distances. To initiate a Candy Zell, the caller either swipes their Candy Zell Card or puts their candyorb in the bead slot after inciting the incantation and then dialing the phone number of the intended recipient and hitting the cast button. The Zell Phone then processes the spell through the phone line and when the recipient picks up the phone the spell is released through the receiver of the phone. It is a useful function that allows candyions to cast spells across long distances, but a lot of teenagers misuse the function and instead use it to play pranks.

Development
The creation of Candyworld was based on the 2000 episode of I Am Sammi called "Candy City" that Robby London wrote. The original show title was called "Fashionitaz", about a group of friends by day who are popular girls with fab fashions and by night, they are stylish fashion defenders. Molly McCain thought this idea was a little generic. However, Andy Heyward, the C.E.O of DIC, asked if they could combine the plot of Candy City and Fashionitaz together to create Candyworld.

Production
All 6 seasons of the show are produced by DIC Entertainment. The show has a co-production with McCain-Donahue Productions.

Episodes
Main article(s)ː List of Candyworld episodes

Home Media releases
Main article(s)ː List of Candyworld videos

In 2000, DIC signed a deal with Warner Home Video to release Candyworld on VHS and DVD in most regions, These DVDs featured about 5 episodes edited together to make an hour long story arc, with extra footage not featured on the TV versions. The first DVDs to be released were Girlfriends For Real - The Movie and The Power of Six- The Movie which were episodes 1-5 and 6-10. Best Friends 4 Ever - The Movie and You Go, Girlsǃ - The Movie were planned for a Fall 2001 and Winter 2002 release but was scrapped.

In September 2002, Paramount Home Entertainment re-released Girlfriends For Real - The Movie and The Power of Six - The Movie on September 14, 2002 and on October 7, 2002 on DVD, along with the scrapped releases of Best Friends 4 Ever and You Go, Girlsǃ. On June 14, 2003, Bedazzled Diamonds - The Movie was released on DVD. The Head over Heels and Mall Trawl arcs were merged together to make one arc titled Head over Heels and Mall Trawl - The Movie which was released on August 3, 2004.

In July of 2009, Paramount Home Entertainment released the whole series on DVD.

As of 2021, The show is now on CBS All Access/Paramount+ and Hulu.