Abby's Flying Fairy School

Abby's Flying Fairy School is a CGI-animated Sesame Street segment starring fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby. 
Abby goes to Fairy School, learning from Mrs. Sparklenose. Her class features all new characters: classmates Blögg and Gonnigan, fairies, trolls, and a part-gerbil part-unicorn called Niblet. The nine-minute segments focus on rhyme, reasoning, problem-solving, and cooperation. It debuted in season 40 and ran through season 45, though season 43 was the last to feature any new editions. The segment's theme song was written by Tony Geiss. It was later re-orchestrated for Season 42.
In an interview with Tough Pigs, Rosita said that she wants to visit the school; Abby considers bringing her for show-and-tell. Abby references attending flying fairy school in Episode 4733, after the segment had been retired.
==Production==
The principal characters in the series were designed by Peter de Sève, whose credits include such animated features as the Ice Age movies and Finding Nemo. The series was designed and animated by SpeakeasyFX. A couple of Spot sequences were animated by Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio.
Development for the segment began as early as 2007 under the title "Mrs. Sparklenose's Flying Fairy School." In these early pitches, the segment was planned as a hybrid of Muppet and CGI animation, where Abby, Gonnigan, and Blögg were to appear as standard Muppet characters, and Mrs. Sparklenose and Niblet as CG characters. While the final segments were nine minutes long, the proposals suggest the segment would run between 10 and 12 minutes. The original opening sequence would have featured the young fairies boarding the bus from a live-action neighborhood.Tony Geiss papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University A later concept for the series was to have the Muppet version of Abby board a bus, which transforms her into a CG character.
==Segments==
Season 40	Season 40 	Season 40 	Season 40
Picture 	Title / First Appearance 	Description 	
 	Niblet's WandEpisode 4187 	Abby, Gonnigan, and Blögg chase Niblet around the classroom and a crayon drawing to retrieve Blögg's stolen wand. 	
 	Pinocchio ProcessEpisode 4188 	Blögg tries to turn his marionette into a real boy, but instead turns himself into a puppet. Mrs. Sparklenose describes the way he can become normal, using "The Pinocchio Process." 	
 	Genie in a BottleEpisode 4189 	Abby accidentally unleashes Gene the Genie from his bottle. His bottle, however, does not want to be empty and sucks up anyone near it. 	
 	Sugar Plum Fairy DayEpisode 4190 	Gonnigan doesn't think he can dance in the dance recital. Mrs. Sparklenose poofs him up some "Sugar Plum Fairy Dance Shoes," which won't stay still for Gonnigan to put them on. 	
 	Cinderella ChallengeEpisode 4191 	The class must participate in the "Cinderella Challenge" to gain their Fairy Godmother wings.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	Say GezundenshniffleEpisode 4197 	Blögg accidentally lets loose some Fairy Dust Bunnies, which set off Mrs. Sparklenose's allergic reactions. Her magic sneezes turn her students into various things.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	Sleeping BlöggyEpisode 4200 	Abby brings the Enchanted Apple from Snow White in for Show-and-Tell, which Blögg eats and falls into a deep sleep.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	Fairies and the BeanstalkEpisode 4203 	Gonnigan uses a spell to make his plant grow, which turns it into a beanstalk and sends Peck into the sky. They go to the top of it and find a giant. 	
 	Colonial TrolliamsbergEpisode 4205 	The class takes a field trip to Colonial Trolliamsberg, a town populated by trolls. Blögg (being half-troll) tries to hide his fairy wings from the residents, thinking he will be made fun of. 	
 	Call it MacaronisaurusEpisode 4207 	Blögg makes a large replica dinosaur from macaroni. Using "The Spice of Life," the dinosaur begins to wreak havoc on the classroom.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
Season 41	Season 41 	Season 41 	Season 41
Picture 	Title / First Appearance 	Description 	
 	Tooth Fairy Training ClassEpisode 4213 	The students learn how to swap the tooth from under a pillow and make it into a coin, but must do it alone when Mrs. Sparklenose is put under a sleeping spell. 
This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	The Cubby ImpEpisode 4214 	Everyone's stuff is disappearing into the cubbies. It's up to Abby, Blögg, and Gonnigan to find the Cubby Creature and retrieve their stuff.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	SheepytimeEpisode 4215 	Abby has a hard time getting to sleep at nap time and conjures some sheep to count, with disastrous results. 	
Season 42	Season 42 	Season 42 	Season 42
Picture 	Title / First Appearance 	Description 	
 	Pandora's Lunch BoxEpisode 4257 	Pandora's Lunchbox is accidentally opened, releasing some giant magical snacks that begin to wreak havoc.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	Super FairyEpisode 4258 	Abby conjures up her hero, Super Fairy, to meet her friends. However, she constantly knocks over their tower while trying to make them like her. 	
 	Fly Me to the GoonEpisode 4259 	Abby brings a bunny to class for B Day, but the bunny turns out to be Little Bunny Foo-Foo, who won't stop bopping everyone's heads. 	
 	The Rapunzel DilemmaEpisode 4260 	It's picture day in class, and Gonnigan is having a bad hair day. Abby tries using Rapunzel brand hair gel on him, but it makes his hair grow longer and longer, so they get Papino, a pixie barber, to cut his hair.This segment was adapted into an interactive game on Sesamestreet.org. 	
 	Blögg's SchlubbyEpisode 4261 	Blögg's stinky sock comes to life and turns everything that it touches dirty and stinky, so the students conjure up a washing machine to clean it. 	
 	Fairy Face the MusicEpisode 4265 	The students meet Morty the Musical Muse, who helps them learn to play their instruments. 	
 	Blögg's Sense of SludgeEpisode 4275 	The gang uses their senses to find Blögg's sludge balls in the ocean. 	
 	Opposite DayEpisode 4277 	Blögg enchants himself with an opposite spell, which makes him into a neat, respectable person. 	
Season 43	Season 43 	Season 43 	Season 43
Picture 	Title / First Appearance 	Description 	
 	Henking DayEpisode 4301 	It's Henking Day, a Troll holiday, and the gang tries to find Grandpa Blögg's tree-home. 	
 	Pet DayEpisode 4304 	The students bring in their pets for a Pet Day competition, making Niblet feel left out. 	
 	Treasure HuntEpisode 4305 	The class joins Captain Hook in a quest for the missing pieces of his treasure. 	
 	Puckish Pete's Petting Zoo Play-AlongEpisode 4307	The class takes a field trip to a petting zoo where they must complete Puckish Pete's play-along challenge; they must feed a hydra, play with a kraken, and ride a unicorn.This segment was made during Season 42's production period. A clip of it can be seen in the season 42 highlight reel.	
 	Playground TrollEpisode 4311 	The students meet a troll who threatens to take over the school playground unless they can solve her riddles. 	
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
*Coordinating Producer: April Chadderdon
*Senior Producer: Tim Carter
*Producers: Scott Stewart, Melissa Dino, Benjamin Lehman, Ronda Music Lask, Christine Walters
*Animation Director: Jan Carlee
*Head Writer: Joey Mazzarino
*Writers: Lou Berger (2009), Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg (2009), Tony Geiss (2009), J Milligan, Luis Santeiro, Emily Perl Kingsley (2009), Ed Valentine, Belinda Ward
*Cast: Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Stephanie D'Abruzzo (2011), Joey Mazzarino, Jeremy Redleaf, Jessica Stone
*Animation Art Director: David Michael Friend
*VFX Supervisor: Andre Zazzera
*Composers: Tony Geiss, Jody Gray, Eric Perlmutter
*Production Design: Rebecca Mount, Tom Evans
*Layout: Jesse Cowan, Dean Jones
*Storyboard Artists: Tom Connor (2009), Abigail Nesbitt, Will Sweeney (2009), Antonio M. Toro (2009), Maurice Fontenot (2011)
*Animators: Jess Cowan (2009), Jake Kalsbeek, Eileen Kearney, Roman Kobryn (2009), Haokun Liang (2009), Laura Skowronski Nattam, Brad Regier, Kevin Scott, Cesar Tafoya, Paul Wei (2009), Mike Wilson, Kevin Worth, Charlotte Zielinski
*3D Artists: Sean Cantrell, Edyta Kuciapa, Mitch Lotierzo, Eric Thivierge, James Reid, Steve Palaia, Tinizsi Gadegbeku
*Sound Effects Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
*Music Editor: Eric Perlmutter
*Vice President of Education and Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
*Characters designed by Peter De Sève, David Michael Friend
*Special thanks to Magnetic Dreams (2009), Norman J, Nitrous, Sandblast ProductionsKinect Sesame Street TV. "Season Pass" clips include closing credits.
==Merchandise==
Hasbro produced an Abby's Flying Fairy School Playset in 2012. The Playset included Abby and Blögg figures. The magical preschool setting included a cabinet that could make the figures "disappear".
==See also==
*Abby's Flying Fairy School characters
==Sources==
==External links==
* Season 40 press kit (archived)
* Ramin Zahed, "CG-Animated Abby Cadabby Gets Her Own Show," Animation Magazine, August 17, 2009.
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