Handy Manny is a Disney animated children's television program that premiered on September 16, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...

 daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior

Disney Junior

Disney Junior is a current program block on Disney Channel and an upcoming American basic cable and satellite television network intended to replace SOAPnet in February 2012. It began airing on February 14, 2011, replacing Playhouse Disney....

 block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement.

The show features Wilmer Valderrama who plays Manny Garcia, a bilingual Hispanic

Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

 handyman

Handyman

A handyman is a person skilled at a wide range of repairs, typically around the home. These tasks include trade skills, repair work, maintenance work, both interior and exterior, and are sometimes described as "odd jobs", "fix-up tasks", and include light plumbing jobs such as fixing a leaky toilet...

, and his anthropomorphic

Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...

 tools. It also teaches young children the beginnings of Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 and the importance of cultural diversity. A bilingual French version premiered in Canada on June 3, 2009 on Teletoon

Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)

Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...

 alongside the original version. Many kids 4-8 are usually the show's audience.

The show was created by Roger Bollen, Marilyn Sadler

Marilyn Sadler

Marilyn Sadler is a children's writer with a deadpan sense of humor. She was born November 17. One of her best known works was made into a television movie, under the title Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century...

 and Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

-winning writer and producer Rick Gitelson

Rick Gitelson

Rick Gitelson is an Emmy Award-winning American television and film producer and screenwriter.Gitelson's writing and producing credits include for TV: Imagination Movers, Handy Manny, Rugrats, LazyTown, Dragon Tales, Hey Arnold and Recess; and for film: Whispers in the Dark, A Case for Murder,...

. The animation is produced by Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

-based Nelvana

Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...

 and features the voice performances of Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama is an American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny.-Early life:Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida the son of...

, Dee Bradley Baker

Dee Bradley Baker

Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor. He is noted as his long-running-role as Klaus Heissler in American Dad! and other various characters including Squilliam Fancyson in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, Nightcrawler in X-Men: Legends and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance...

, Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...

, Fred Stoller

Fred Stoller

Frederick "Fred" Stoller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist, best known for his frequent guest starring as Gerard on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond...

, Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...

, Kath Soucie

Kath Soucie

Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...

, Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Denzel Q...

, and Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...

. Special guest stars in the series have included Lance Bass

Lance Bass

James Lance Bass , best known as Lance Bass, is an American pop singer, dancer, actor, film and television producer, and author. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band 'N Sync. 'N Sync's success led Bass to work in film and television...

, Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Larson Smith is an American television and film actor. He is best known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop and stern parental characters , and for his appearances in the genre of science fiction...

, Shelley Morrison

Shelley Morrison

Shelley Morrison is an American actress. Early in her career, she was sometimes credited as Rachel Domínguez. Morrison has been a theater and television actress since the early 1960s, predominantly as a character actress in ethnic roles...

, Fred Willard

Fred Willard

Fred Willard is an American actor, comedian, and voice over actor, best known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration as well as...

, Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette

Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, bassist and a best-selling author known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.-Early...

, Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Jane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...

, Jon Polito

Jon Polito

Jon Polito is an American actor and voice artist, who is known for working with the Coen Brothers, most notably in the major supporting role of Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing. He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of...

, Ashley Parker Angel

Ashley Parker Angel

Ashley Parker is an American singer and actor also known as Ashley Parker Angel.-Early years:Ashley Parker was born Ashley Ward Parker, the child of Darren and Paula Parker, and raised in the town of Redding, California. His grandparents are of German and Irish descent...

, Brian George

Brian George

Brian George is a British-Israeli actor and voice actor for Indian accents, who typically plays guest roles for characters of South Asian descent. Perhaps his most famous role is as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt on Seinfeld.-Early life:...

, Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

, Shannon Durig

Shannon Durig

Shannon Durig is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway musical Hairspray, where she played over 1000 performances....

, Marion Ross

Marion Ross

Marion Ross is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the television series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.-Early life:...

, Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...

, James Belushi

James Belushi

James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi.-Early life:Belushi was born in Chicago...

, Ice-T

ICE-T

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, Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE is an American actor, director, producer, and author.Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days...

, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

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 and Bob Glouberman. The theme song is performed by Los Lobos

Los Lobos

Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The...

. Reruns are being shown at 6 AM on the Disney Junior block.

Synopsis

Handy Manny ( play on the word Handyman) is set in the fictional town of Sheetrock Hills; a play on the genericized trademark

Genericized trademark

A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, rather than as an indicator of source or affiliation as intended by the trademark's holder...

 for drywall

Drywall

Drywall, also known as plasterboard, wallboard or gypsum board is a panel made of gypsum plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

; where the titular character, Manny, owns a repair shop along with his anthropomorphic talking tools. It is unknown exactly where this town is located, but due to the multitude of Spanish speakers and town's location being in a desert, it may be Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

. Most 30-minute episodes contain two stories. They typically begin with Manny and the tools interacting in Manny's repair shop. While there, someone, usually needing something repaired or assembled, calls Manny, who answers, "Hola, Handy Manny's repair shop, you break it" and then the tools shout "We fix it". After hearing who needs help where, Manny and the Tools sing "Hop up, Jump in" while the Tools hop into his tool box. In most episodes when Manny and the Tools leave for the repair, they see Mr. Lopart with his pet cat Fluffy in front of his candy store. Mr. Lopart would try to do something on his own without any prior experience. Manny offers him to help but Mr. Lopart says that he doesn't need any help, after Manny and the Tools leave the item Mr. Lopart was building would malfunction and cause a mess. Once Manny and the tools arrive at the repair site, they collaborate on the best way to fix the broken item. Manny then goes to Kelly's hardware store where she always has the item that they need. Once they have the items needed for the repair, they go back to the work-site and sing "We Work Together" while performing the repairs.

Main human characters

• Manuel "Manny" Garcia (voiced by Wilmer Valderrama
  Wilmer Valderrama
  Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama is an American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny.-Early life:Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida the son of...
  
  ) — The bilingual Hispanic
  Hispanic
  Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
  
  /Mexican
  Mexican people
  Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
  
   handyman
  Handyman
  A handyman is a person skilled at a wide range of repairs, typically around the home. These tasks include trade skills, repair work, maintenance work, both interior and exterior, and are sometimes described as "odd jobs", "fix-up tasks", and include light plumbing jobs such as fixing a leaky toilet...
  
  , and the handiest handyman in all of Sheetrock Hills. He has a boxful of anthropomorphic tools, each with their own unique quirk, which he takes with him to do his repairs. He has a reputation for helping everyone, and was awarded with the "Good Citizens Award" last season, after unknowingly repairing his own prize, a trophy. He is Abuelito's grandson and is the brother of Lola. Also uncle to two boys named Pepe and Chico. He has never been seen without his hat on. Sometimes he plays Soccer with his tools and encourageing them to play outside more.

• Lenard Francis Lopart, usually called Mr. Lopart (voiced by Tom Kenny
  Tom Kenny
  Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...
  
  ) — The owner of a candy
  Candy
  Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
  
   store next to Manny's workshop. He is a single middle aged man who lives happily with his cat Fluffy (also voiced by Tom Kenny). There hasn't been a reference to him ever being in a romantic relationship, although he does have an excellent relationship with his mother. Mr. Lopart's know-it-all
  Know-it-all
  A know-it-all or know-all is a person who believes that he/she has an accurate comprehension of a topic and/or situation when in reality, his/her comprehension is inaccurate and limited. This belief may or may not be outwardly expressed. The German word Besserwisser is also used in some languages,...
  
   unusually high level of self confidence, attitude and refusal of Manny's assistance often lands him in trouble, usually resulting in his falling on the floor or on the objects he lifts. It should be pointed out that Mr. Lopart has accepted help from Abuelito on occasion which suggests the issue he has is actually receiving help from someone his senior. In the episode "Bingo Night" Fluffy throws all of the Bingo pieces on the floor and Abuelito offers to lend a hand. Mr. Lopart accepts his offer. Actually, Manny and the tools did help Mr. Lopart in the "A Very Handy Holiday" special and it's probably the first and last time he will do so. His mother is Mrs. Lopart and he has twin nephews named Lyle and Leland. It was also mentioned once that a relative of his, Aloyius Lopart, was known to have painted the Gift Shop in the Sheetrock Hills Art Museum. He shown as a mamma's boy.

• Mrs. Portillo (voiced by Shelley Morrison
  Shelley Morrison
  Shelley Morrison is an American actress. Early in her career, she was sometimes credited as Rachel Domínguez. Morrison has been a theater and television actress since the early 1960s, predominantly as a character actress in ethnic roles...
  
  ) - She owns a Bakery shop and shes one of Manny's good neighbors and She has two grandchildren. Her husband has never been seen on the show. She has a dog named Carlos (voiced by Frank Welker
  Frank Welker
  Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
  
  ).

• Kelly (voiced by Nancy Truman) — owner of a hardware store
  Hardware store
  Hardware stores, sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware including: fasteners, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, housewares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden products directly to consumers for...
  
   frequented by Manny and his tools. She also seems to know and have anything and everything Manny needs for his work. In the episode "A Day at the Beach", we find out that Kelly is an excellent windsurfer.

Tools

• Turner (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker
  Dee Bradley Baker
  Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor. He is noted as his long-running-role as Klaus Heissler in American Dad! and other various characters including Squilliam Fancyson in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, Nightcrawler in X-Men: Legends and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance...
  
  ) - is a flat-head screwdriver
  Screwdriver
  A screwdriver is a tool for driving screws and often rotating other machine elements with the mating drive system. The screwdriver is made up of a head or tip, which engages with a screw, a mechanism to apply torque by rotating the tip, and some way to position and support the screwdriver...
  
   who appears to be sarcastic and cynical, who often fights with Felipe whom he considers a rival usually going against Felipe's over confidence. He appears to have a secret soft spot for Babies and animals (including birds, kittens, and butterflies) and for dancing, although he loudly denies it.

• Pat (voiced by Tom Kenny
  Tom Kenny
  Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...
  
  ) - is a hammer
  Hammer
  A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, forging metal and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure. The usual features are a handle and a head,...
  
   who is talkative, clumsy, and not so intelligent, though he does have flashes of cleverness from time to time. He sometimes finds it hard to control his strength. His catchphrase is "I'm a hammer". He is obsessed with nails.

• Rusty (voiced by Fred Stoller
  Fred Stoller
  Frederick "Fred" Stoller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist, best known for his frequent guest starring as Gerard on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond...
  
  ) - is a monkey wrench
  Monkey wrench
  The monkey wrench is an adjustable wrench, a later American development of eighteenth century English coach wrenches. It was popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but is now used only for heavier tasks, having been mostly replaced by the lighter and sleeker shifting adjustable or...
  
   (though drawn as a pipe wrench
  Pipe wrench
  The pipe wrench is an adjustable wrench used for turning soft iron pipes and fittings with a rounded surface. The design of the adjustable jaw allows it to rock in the frame, such that any forward pressure on the handle tends to pull the jaws tighter together. Teeth angled in the direction of turn...
  
  ) who is not very brave and is a worrywart, generally being afraid of pretty much anything. Most of the time he needs reassurance from his fellow tools and Manny.

• Stretch (voiced by Nika Futterman
  Nika Futterman
  Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...
  
  ) - is a tape measure
  Tape measure
  A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible form of ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fiber glass, or metal strip with linear-measurement markings. It is a common measuring tool. Its flexibility allows for a measure of great length to be easily carried in pocket or toolkit and...
  
   who loves to measure things. He can speak out accurate measurements, has a very mathematical mind, has a good memory, especially for numbers and measurements and can use his tape as an extendable hand.

• Squeeze (voiced by Nika Futterman
  Nika Futterman
  Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...
  
   (Julianna Rose Mauriello
  Julianna Rose Mauriello
  Julianna Rose Mauriello is an American actress. She starred in LazyTown, and has appeared in various Broadway musicals such as Oklahoma!, Gypsy and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.-Personal life:...
  
   in 3 early episodes)) - is a pair of pliers
  Pliers
  Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, for bending, or physical compression. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other...
  
  . She loves to lend a helping hand, and is sometimes impatient to fix something (usually repairs that involve bolts). She also appears to be giggly, girly, and preppy.do you knbow many is spanish

• Dusty (voiced by Kath Soucie
  Kath Soucie
  Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
  
  ) - is a hand saw
  Hand saw
  In woodworking and carpentry, hand saws, also known as "panel saws", "fish saws", are used to cut pieces of wood into different shapes. This is usually done in order to join the pieces together and create a wooden object. They usually operate by having a series of sharp points of some substance...
  
   who is very smart and gives good advice. She acts as the big sister of the group and is very good with detective work.

• Flicker (voiced by Grey DeLisle
  Grey DeLisle
  Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...
  
  ) - Manny's youngest tool (first appearing in season 2) is a flashlight who speaks Spanish and is still learning English, slowly picking up more of the language throughout season 3. He flashes his light whenever he feels excited. In Handy Manny's School for Tools, he seems to be fully bilingual.

• Felipe (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui
  Carlos Alazraqui
  Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Denzel Q...
  
  ) - is a Phillips screwdriver
  Henry F. Phillips
  Henry F. Phillips was a U.S. businessman from Portland, Oregon. The Phillips-head screw and screwdriver are named after him....
  
   who always considers himself a very important tool. He is always over confident about himself. He sometimes thinks of himself as a super hero. Sometimes, his ideas make a problem worse. He provides a lot of the Spanish language content in the show, translating for the other tools. He also loves to sing
  Sing
  Sing may refer to:* Singing, the act of producing musical sounds with the voice-Music:* SING! or Sing, annual student performance in New York City area high schoolsSongs:* "Sing" , a 1991 song from the album Leisure...
  
   but is not very good at it.
• Beamer (voiced by Steve Moreno) - A laser level
  Laser level
  In surveying and construction, the laser level is affixed to a tripod, leveled and then spun to illuminate a horizontal plane. The laser beam projector employs a rotating head with a mirror for sweeping the laser beam about a vertical axis. If the mirror is not self-leveling, it is provided with...
  
   introduced in the season 3 episode The Art Show. He is found in Kelly's shop and later adopted by Manny's artist friend Carmella. He first appeared in Handy Manny's School for Tools.

Recurring and minor characters

• Elliot (voiced by Lance Bass
  Lance Bass
  James Lance Bass , best known as Lance Bass, is an American pop singer, dancer, actor, film and television producer, and author. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band 'N Sync. 'N Sync's success led Bass to work in film and television...
  
  ) - He's Kelly's younger brother who enjoys skateboarding
  Skateboarding
  Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
  
  , drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  ming, and swimming. He has various of jobs such as a life guard and a clerk at the video store. Hes shown as a teenager or young adult.

• Jackie Greenway (voiced by Jane Lynch
  Jane Lynch
  Jane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...
  
  ) - She works at the local park and a good friend to Manny and his tools.

• Mrs. Thompson (voiced by Tonye Patano
  Tonye Patano
  Tonye Patano is an American actress. She is most known for portraying Heylia James on the American TV show Weeds.She has appeared in television shows such as Law & Order, Sex and the City, Monk and Third Watch...
  
  ) - She owns a laundromat and is a teacher at the local preschool. She once helped Kelly with her dress for a party.

• Abuelito (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui
  Carlos Alazraqui
  Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Denzel Q...
  
  ) - Manny's Grandfather who's retired and likes to spend time with Manny and the Tools. He enjoys fishing, and knows a lot about Aztec
  Aztec
  The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
  
   history.

• Mayor Rosa (voiced by Nancy Truman) - The Mayor of Sheetrock Hills and a friend of Manny and the Tool's. She has Mannys help with the community park.

• Mrs. Lopart (voiced by Marion Ross
  Marion Ross
  Marion Ross is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the television series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.-Early life:...
  
  ) - She's Mr.Lopart's mother and they have a great mother-son bond. She likes to knit and baking cookies. She is a very good at bowling which she played for the first time in Bowling Night. Her favorite color is purple
  Purple
  Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
  
  .

New tools (Handy Manny's School for Tools)

• Spinner, the power drill (also appears in Big Construction Job)
• Jack, the jackhammer
  Jackhammer
  A jackhammer is a pneumatic tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel that was invented by Charles Brady King. Hand-held jackhammers are typically powered by compressed air, but some use electric motors. Larger jackhammers, such as rig mounted hammers used on construction machinery, are...
  
   (appears only in Big Construction Job)
• Zip, the power socket wrench
  Impact wrench
  An impact wrench is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a rotating mass, then delivering it suddenly to the output shaft.Compressed air is the most common power source, although electric or hydraulic...
  
  
• Sneeze, the vacuum cleaner
  Vacuum cleaner
  A vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...
  
  
• Ticks and Totts, the socket wrenches
• Pinzas, a pair of needle-nose pliers
  Needle-nose pliers
  Needle-nose pliers are both cutting and gripping pliers used by electricians and other tradesmen to bend, re-position and cut wire...
  
  
• Roland, a giant tool box
  Tool Box
  Tool Box is the fifth studio album from American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It features the singles "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You", "Without Your Love", "Everything I Own" and "How's the Radio Know". "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" reached Number One on the...
  
  
• Lefty, Lily and Junior, the crescent wrenches
  Adjustable spanner
  An adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is a spanner with a "jaw" of adjustable width, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head rather than just one faster, as with a conventional fixed spanner...
  
  

Major businesses

All the major businesses are set to be on Main Street.

• Handy Manny's Repair Shop is the main setting in the TV series. Manny Garcia is manager and owner of the shop. The repair shop is said to be set on Main Street. A hundred years ago, the store was a blacksmith shop whose owner was also named Manuel.

• Mr. Lopart's Candy Store is a candy store in the TV series. Leonard Lopart is the manager and owner of the store. In the episodes Abuelito's Telescope and Little Lopart, the store is said to be ten years old.

• Mrs. Portillo's Bakery Shop is a Bakery Shop next to Mr. Lopart's Candy Store. Mrs.Portillo is the manager and owner of the shop.

• Kelly's Hardware Store is a hardware store
  Hardware store
  Hardware stores, sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware including: fasteners, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, housewares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden products directly to consumers for...
  
   next to the bakery. Kelly is the manager and owner of the store. The first product to be entered into the store is said to be a tuning key. The oldest product to be sold in the store is a 100-year-old valve
  Valve
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  . Kelly's great grandmother was the first person to own the store when it was first built over 100 years ago; back then it was a general store
  General store
  A general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...
  
  . Kelly is sometimes helped by Elliot in the store, who is her brother. He also works as a lifeguard on the local beach and helps out Mayor Rosa at city hall.

Minor businesses

• Flower Shop - A flower shop has been seen in several episodes, as a background shop, but the owner has never been seen, and Manny has never worked there. The shop's second floor windowsill was a minor setting in the episode "Fun and Games" and is revealed to be next to the hardware store.
• Handy Hut - A Glove store shown under construction. It was never shown opened nor seen ever on the later episodes.
• Mrs. Thompson's Laundromat - Seen in two episodes.
• Cassie's Pet Shop
• Sam's Bike Shop
• Fast Eddie's Diner
• Movie Theatre - The Movie Theatre has been said to be located on the corner of Main and Maple Street.
• Chief Eduardo's Fire Station
• Frank's Barber Shop - Introduced in the episode Frank's Barber Shop.
• Victor's Costume Shop
• Mr. Laffler's Toy Factory
• Sherman's Shoe Store
• Marion's Library
• Mr. Kumar's China Shop
• Post Office
• Mini Golf Course
• Building Site
• Magic Marty's Magic Shop
• Tanya's Ice Cream Stand
• Oscar's House of 18 Smoothies - A smoothie
  Smoothie
  A smoothie is a blended and sometimes sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit and in special cases can contain chocolate or peanut butter. In addition to fruit, many smoothies include crushed ice, frozen fruit, honey or contain syrup and ice ingredients...
  
   shop, where Manny helps repair the counter and comes up with an eighteenth flavor.
• Renaldo's Pretzel Castle - Located at the park which has a giant spinning pretzel on the roof. He sells pretzels and churros.
• Theatre - Used for dancing and talent show.
• Sports Hall - Disabled access available
• Luigi's Hot Dog Stand - Converted into a hot dog cart
  Hot dog cart
  A hot dog cart is a specialized mobile food stand for preparing and selling street food, specifically hot dogs, to passersby. A cart operator must meet stringent health regulations designed to protect the public from food poisoning or food borne illnesses. Hot dog carts are quick and easy food...
  
   by Manny.
• Elliot's Video Store - Elliot was also shown working here.
• Aurelia's Salon
• Mr. Diller's variety store
• Paulette's Pizza Palace
• Mr. Ayala's Bowling Alley - Mr. Ayala's first business
• Mr. Ayala's Car Wash - Mr. Ayala's second business
• Big Bob's Music Studio
• The Sheet Rock Hills Community Center - Seen in one episode

Business Stands

• Pepe's Aguas frescas
  Aguas frescas
  Ades, punches, fruit drinks and other non-alcoholic flavored coolers, known as aguas frescas in some parts of Latin America, are a combination of either fruits, cereals, or seeds with sugar and water, blended to make a beverage. Aguas frescas are popular in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean,...
  
   Stand
• Mr. Lopart's Lemonade Stand
• Mr. Lopart's Caramel Apple Stand

Other businesses outside Sheetrock Hills

• Pop's Gas Station

• Big Town Hardware: Seen in Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure
  Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure
  Handy Manny and friends are revving their engines just in time to share a joyous family adventure in Handy Manny: Manny's Motorcycle Adventure on DVD...
  
  . Big Town Hardware is said to be a company which delivers products to hardware stores, which means the company may deliver to Kelly's Hardware Store.

Handy Manny: Motorcycle Adventure

Motorcycle Adventure is Handy Manny's first feature film released in 2009. It is where Manny sets off with his tools to his family reunion

Family reunion

A family reunion is an occasion when many members of an extended family get together. Sometimes reunions are held regularly, for example on the same date of every year....

 but with Pat (plus Squeeze and Flicker) wandering off in search of his own family.

Handy Manny's School for Tools

On January 25, 2010, a series of animated shorts titled Handy Manny's School for Tools was released. The shorts introduce 11 new tools along with the eight from the original series: Spinner the power drill

Drill

A drill or drill motor is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for drilling holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners. The attachment is gripped by a chuck at one end of...

, Zip the power socket wrench

Impact wrench

An impact wrench is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a rotating mass, then delivering it suddenly to the output shaft.Compressed air is the most common power source, although electric or hydraulic...

, Sneeze the shop vac

Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...

, Ticks and Totts the socket wrench

Socket wrench

A socket wrench is a wrench with interchangeable heads called sockets that attach to a fitting on the wrench, allowing it to turn different sized bolts and other fasteners. The most common form is a hand tool popularly called a ratchet consisting of a handle with a ratcheting mechanism built in,...

es, Pinzas the pair of needle-nose pliers

Needle-nose pliers

Needle-nose pliers are both cutting and gripping pliers used by electricians and other tradesmen to bend, re-position and cut wire...

, Roland the tool chest, Beamer the laser level

Laser level

In surveying and construction, the laser level is affixed to a tripod, leveled and then spun to illuminate a horizontal plane. The laser beam projector employs a rotating head with a mirror for sweeping the laser beam about a vertical axis. If the mirror is not self-leveling, it is provided with...

/spirit level

Spirit level

A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface ishorizontal or vertical . Different types of spirit levels may be used by carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, other building trades workers, surveyors, millwrights and other metalworkers, and in some...

, and a family of crescent wrenches

Adjustable spanner

An adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is a spanner with a "jaw" of adjustable width, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head rather than just one faster, as with a conventional fixed spanner...

 - father Lefty, mother Lily and their son, Junior. The 3-minute shorts are used to teach children about different tools and their uses. Spinner also appears along with a jackhammer

Jackhammer

A jackhammer is a pneumatic tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel that was invented by Charles Brady King. Hand-held jackhammers are typically powered by compressed air, but some use electric motors. Larger jackhammers, such as rig mounted hammers used on construction machinery, are...

 named Jack in the Handy Manny episode Big Construction Job.

DVD releases

Seven DVD compilations have been released and one upcoming:

DVD Title	Release Date		Episodes	Other Information
	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
Handy Manny: Tooling Around	25 January 2010	21 August 2007	Squeeze’s Day Off Amigo Grande A Sticky Fix Pat The Screwdriver Supremoguy
Handy Manny: Fixing It Right	TBA	19 February 2008	Manny To The Rescue Felipe Strikes Out Pat's Big Idea Rusty To The Rescue Detective Dusty
Handy Manny: Manny's Pet Roundup	6 July 2009	5 August 2008	Lyle And Leland Lopart Blackout On The Block Squeeze Makes A Promise Pet Problem Kitty Sitting Gopher Help Renaldo's Pretzel Castle	All the episodes in this DVD are related to animal Animal Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and... s and pet Pet A pet is a household animal kept for companionship and a person's enjoyment, as opposed to wild animals or to livestock, laboratory animals, working animals or sport animals, which are kept for economic or productive reasons. The most popular pets are noted for their loyal or playful... s.
Handy Manny: Manny's Green Team	TBA	31 March 2009	Saving The Turtles Science Fair Manny Goes Solar Light Work Bloomin' Tools	All the episodes in this DVD are related to recycling Recycling Recycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...  and caring for the earth.
Handy Manny: A Very Handy Holiday	2 November 2009		A Very Handy Holiday Have A Handy New Year	Language: English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... Subtitles: English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... , French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... , Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... , German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... , Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... , Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...  and Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... .
Handy Manny: Motorcycle Adventure Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure Handy Manny and friends are revving their engines just in time to share a joyous family adventure in Handy Manny: Manny's Motorcycle Adventure on DVD...	TBA	1 December 2009	Motorcycle Adventure Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure Handy Manny and friends are revving their engines just in time to share a joyous family adventure in Handy Manny: Manny's Motorcycle Adventure on DVD... A Very Handy Holiday
Handy Manny: Big Race	TBA	20 April 2010	Big Race Fast Eddie's Scooter Bunny In The Basement
Handy Manny: Happy Birthday!	26 April 2010		Cinco-De-Mayo Piñata Party Skateboard Park
Handy Manny: Big Construction Job	TBA	16 November 2010	Big Construction Job/Good Fences/Butterfly

Signal Intrusion Incident

In one of the few incidents of its kind, Comcast

Comcast

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 replaced the Handy Manny program with hard-core pornography

Pornography

Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...

 for viewers in Lincroft, New Jersey

Lincroft, New Jersey

Lincroft is a part of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the Lincroft census-designated place had a population was 6,135.-Geography:Lincroft is located at ....

 on May 1, 2007. Comcast's response to the ensuing complaints claimed "We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the incident."

External links

• Handy Manny Wiki at Wikia
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