The Future is Wild is an animated children's version of Canadian 2003 joint Animal Planet

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/ORF

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 (Austria) and ZDF

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 (Germany) co-production The Future Is Wild

The Future is Wild

The Future Is Wild was a 2002 seven-part documentary television miniseries. Based on research and interviews with several scientists, the miniseries shows how life could evolve in the future if Homo sapiens became extinct; the Discovery Channel broadcast changed this outlook by stating the human...

. It was developed by Nelvana

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 Animation, and directed by Mike Fallows, with characters and creatures designed by Brett Jubinville. It is made in CGI

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 animation. It airs in Canada

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 on Teletoon

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 and in the US on Discovery Kids

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 where it made its debut on October 13, 2007. It features four teenagers (CG, Luis, Emily and Ethan) who study the future of the earth to find a new habitat for humanity, while learning about the futuristic creatures who inhabit it. The show ran for one 26 episode season. It utilizes creatures speculated about in a the original version of The Future Is Wild, albeit with highly fictionalized elements.

Plot

10,000 years in the future, humanity is threatened by a mega ice age

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. Cassiopeia G. (nicknamed C.G. by her friends) is sent on the Timeflyer to find a new habitat for humanity. While in the Northern Forest, a Squibbon has stowed away on the Timeflyer, accidentally transporting C.G. to the 21st Century. Once there, C.G. is greeted by three kids: Ethan, Emily, and Luis. They accompany her on her mission.

Reception

The show has garnered strong ratings on both the American and Canadian partners of Discovery Kids

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, leading to worldwide distributions, including the United Kingdom

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, Russia

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, Germany

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, Portugal

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, Romania

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, Turkey

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, Hungary

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, Poland

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, Ukraine

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 and the Middle East

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. Episodes are also available on certain airlines and online.

In 2008, it was nominated for an Artios award for 'Outstanding Achievement In Casting', and Marc Donato

Marc Donato

-Life and career:Donato portrayed the character Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Other roles include those in Doc, Locked in Silence, The Blue Butterfly, and other cartoon voices, recently as Ethan in The Future Is Wild...

 was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance In A Voice-Over role.

In 2009, Mike Fallows was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award

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 for Best Direction in a children's series

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.

In 2009, Steve Sullivan

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 was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding

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 Writing

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 In A Children's Series

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 for his work on the show.

The show was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Best Sound

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 in a children's series

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.

Devices used

• Time Flyer - A vehicle that transports to different eras of time through vortexes, the navigation system tells what the era is, C.G. is the one who pilots it.
• InfoStation - A larger, more thorough version of the holodat that is contained in the Time Flyer
• Holodat - A portable device that shows the species of an animal and other information.
• Chameliograhpic Helmet - A device that C.G, Luis, Emily, and Ethan use for turning into other animals, it scans the animal first and then creates a holographic image around the user to mimic the animal.
• Communicator - The crew wears them on their wrists to communicate to each other. In "Sweet Home Pangaea II" it revealed that it also has a force field function.
• Dune Skimmer - A jetski-like vehicle used for fast travel over harsh conditions like sand, snow, and water.
• Molecular Compressor - A device that can alter an object or person's size. The effects wear off in about an hour.
• Cameras - compact, disc-shaped cameras.
• Pump and Hose
• Solar Sequencer- Traps solar energy for later use.
• Glacier Sampler- Sucks up sticks of ice for study.
• Hyper-solidifying Polymer Dispenser- shoots out a substance that surrounds a target and hardens into a glass-like material.

Characters

Character	Voice Actor	Character Info
CG	Ashley Peters	The Time Flyer's captain. Her original time is 12,000 A.D. She is often cautious and robotic in nature, but as she spends more time with Emily, Luis, and Ethan, she becomes more open and expressive. She is arachnophobic and she also may have athsma. Her full name is Cassiopeia G. She may possibly like Luis. Both the streaks in her hair and eyes are blue. She is born with lines beside her left eye. It was suspected that her mother died before she met the crew.
Emily	Miranda Jones	The motherly animal lover of the crew, she tries to see the best qualities in both animals and people. She takes care of Squibbon and they both adore each other. She may possibly like Ethan. Her eyes are green. Her full name is Emily Lonartae. She has a twin sister.
Ethan	Marc Donato Marc Donato -Life and career:Donato portrayed the character Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Other roles include those in Doc, Locked in Silence, The Blue Butterfly, and other cartoon voices, recently as Ethan in The Future Is Wild...	Ethan is adventurous and daring, he is willing to do most of the more dangerous tasks that the crew's mission provides, taking them as a challenge. Ethan often cracks bad jokes and teases Luis of his overly-cautious attitude. In the episode "Phantom Fear!" it is shown he is claustrophobic. His eyes are blue. Ethan possibly likes Emily too. His full name is Ethan Bolato.
Luis	Taylor Abrahamse	Luis is arguably the smartest in the crew and prefers to stay in the ship to avoid the future's hostile environments and dangerous creatures. He often freaks out and is slightly obsessive over hygiene and germs. His full name is Luis Calabasas.His eyes are brown. Luis possibly likes CG.
Squibbon	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...	Sometimes called Squibby. He stowed away on the Time Flyer on CG's first mission. As shown in the episode "A Ghost in the Machine " he is much smarter than he looks. He refers to the others as his "hairy heads".
CG's father	Cedric Smith Cedric Smith (actor) Cedric Smith is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He played Alec King in the CBC television series Road to Avonlea and was the voice of Professor X in the X-Men TV series.-Music:...	The father of CG. He informs C.G. of what the crew's mission objectives are in each environment. He doesn't know that Squibbon is with them, until "Sweet Home Pangaea II". It is often shown he doesn't approve of C.G. bringing Ethan, Emily, and Luis along, often calling them "primitives". Like his daughter, His eyes are blue and has lines beside his left eye.

5 Million Years

• Gannetwhales – Beaker, Doop and Tooby - seen in episode 20. Unnamed gannetwhales seen in episode 26.
• Shagrats – Art, herd leader and herd- seen in episode 12.Unnamed shagrats seen in episode 25.
• Snowstalkers – seen in episodes 12 unnamed 20 unnamed and 26 Snowball.
• Babookaris – Dex and Alpha- seen in episode 11. Unnamed babookaris seen in episodes 18,25 and 26.
• Rattlebacks – seen in episodes 11,25 and 26, unnamed.
• Carakillers – Subo, Zodek, Zaba, Zork, and Zobo- seen in episode 18. Unnamed Carakillers seen in episodes 11,24,25 and 26

100 Million Years

• Lurkfish – Gill and Butch- seen in episode 1.Unnamed lurkfish seen in episode 6.
• Toratons – Tica, Tonk (infants), and Teir mother, Tory - seen in episodes 5 & 17. Max and Stoney- seen in episode 4. Unnamed toratons seen in 25.
• Swampus – unnamed, seen in episodes 1, baby and parent seen in episode 6. Another are seen in episodes 5 and 17 and are unnamed.
• Spitfire Beetles –Nix- seen in episode 2
• False Spitfire Birds – Simile, Flitter, and Beaky - seen in episode 16
• Spitfire Birds – Spritz, seen in episodes 2, 16,17 and 22.
• Falconflies – Lance, seen in episodes 2, 16 , 17 and 22.
• Roachcutters – unnamed, seen in episodes 2,16,17 and 22.
• Poggles– Gad seen in episode 7. Unnamed poggle seen in episode 17
• Great Blue Windrunners – Big blue, Snip and Snap, seen in episode 3.
• Silver Spiders – Zaga, Zuma, and Zeke, seen in episodes 7 and 17.
• Reef Gliders – Bloatus and Bobber - seen in episode 8. Unnamed reef gliders seen in episode 17.
• Ocean Phantoms – unnamed, seen in episodes 8 , 15 and 17.
• Spindletroopers – unnamed spindletrooper and troop leader seen in episode 15.

200 Million Years

• Slickribbons – Philo and female friend- seen in episode 19
• Terabytes – Torq (rock borer) and Tog, his transporter-all seen in episode 13.Unnamed terabytes seen in episode 9.
• Garden Worms – unnamed, seen in episodes 9, 13 and 19.
• Gloomworms – unnamed, seen in episode 19.
• Squibbons – Squibby- seen in all episodes, Ooly - seen in episodes 14, 24 and 25, Buzzy- seen in episodes 24 and 25.
• Megasquids – Unnamed ,seen in episodes 10 , 14, 23. Mega and male friend seen in episode 21. Unnamed seen in episodes 24 and 25.
• Forest Flish – unnamed flocks seen in episode 14. In episode 23 one is named Flare. Unnamed seen in episode 21.
• Slithersucker – unnamed, seen in episodes 14,21 and 23.

Episode list

#	Title	Air date