Book One - The Perennial Child

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**Book One - The Perennial Child** is the first season of the Cartoon Network series *Infinity Train*. It premiered on August 5, 2019.

13 year old Tulip finds herself trapped on an seemly endless train, where every car has it's own pocket dimension. She is accompanied by a dual personality robot named One-One and the king of corgis, Atticus. In awe and frustration of the trains nature Tulip and her friends traverse through the cars looking for the conductor to get answers. Strangely, their quest is being threatened by a mysterious and menacing multi-armed monster.

The season was confirmed on March 9, 2018 via a video on Cartoon Network's YouTube channel. A full trailer was released on June 18, 2019 initially accessible through a puzzle on Cartoon Network's website. The puzzle game was to play the right notes to the shows theme on the keyboard from the Keyboard Car. Specifically the combination D, B, G, then F#. The season's full title was revealed in a tweet from Owen Dennis on November 25, 2019.

The first episode was made available on the Cartoon Network website on July 20, 2019, at 5:00 PM (PST). A countdown was also made available in a live stream on Cartoon Network's official YouTube channel.

## Cast and Crew

### Voice Cast

Main

* Ashley Johnson as Tulip Olsen, Steward, and Mirror Tulip
* Jeremy Crutchley as Glad-One
* Owen Dennis as Sad-One
* Ernie Hudson as Atticus

Supporting

* Kate Mulgrew as The Cat
* Rhys Darby as Randall
* Reagan Gomez-Preston as Mikayla and Ugly Irwin
* Audrey Wasilewski as Megan Olsen
* Dee Bradley Baker as Ghoms
* Mark Fite as Andy Olsen
* Ben Mendelsohn as Special Agent Mace
* Bradley Whitford as Agent Sieve
* Ron Funches as Khaki Bottoms
* Lena Headley as Amelia Hughes
* Matthew Rhys as Alrick Timmens and Aloysius

### Production Crew

Writers

* Owen Dennis (eps: 1 and 3)
* Madeline Queripel (ep: 1)
* Cole Sanchez (ep: 1)
* Lindsay Katai (eps: 1, 4, 7, and 10)
* Alex Horab (eps: 2, 6, and 8)
* Justin Michael (eps: 3, 5, and 9)

Storyboard Artists

* Sarah Soh (Storyboard Supervisor) (ep: 3)
* Esther Shin (Storyboard Revisionist)

* Owen Dennis (eps: 1 and 3)
* Madeline Queripel (eps: 1 and 6)
* Cole Sanchez (ep: 1)
* Sofia Alexander (eps: 1, 4, 6, and 9)
* Kellye Perdue (eps: 2, 5, and 8)
* Sam Spina (eps: 2, 5, and 8)
* Jessie Wong (eps: 3, 7, and 10)
* Ryan Pequin (eps: 4, 6, and 9)
* Jacob Winkler (eps: 7 and 10)

Character Designers

* Allison Kim
* Megan Phonesavanh

Background Artists

* Grace Kum

Music

* Chrome Canyon
* Encounter by ZAQ

## DVD

*Main article: Infinity Train: Book One (DVD)*

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Infinity Train: Book 1 (Original Soundtrack)*
## Gallery

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## Videos

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## Trivia

* **Music:** The song used in the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con trailer is "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.
* The official clip was animated by Owen Dennis. In the Gallery Nucleus panel he admits that when making it he'd forgotten what Tulip's chin looked like, hence the hilarious bucket shaped head design.
* The jungle area on the cover of Book One never makes an appearance in the season. This jungle is the same one that appears in *Book Three - The Cult of the Conductor.*
* Book One's main story takes inspiration from *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* by Lewis Carroll:
	+ In "The Past Car" a young Alrick Timmens gets a good grade on an essay about the themes in *Alice in Wonderland* for his English class.
	+ Certain characters in this season mirror an *Alice in Wonderland* characters. An example of this is The Cat whose role in the story is similar to that of the Cheshire Cat.
* Although never, confirmed one could also claim Book One's story is similar to *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz* by L. Frank Baum, which is about a girl and her newfound companions traveling to find a powerful figure who turns out to be a fraud. Coincidentally, Baum was strongly influencd by *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* when writing *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.
* In 2020, Owen Dennis created a VHS edition of Book One as a gift for the crew. A copy of this tape was auctioned off for The Trevor Project on March 13th, 2022. The auction was organized by *The Owl House* creator Dana Terrace against Disney's stance on the "Don't Say Gay" Bill.

### Errors

* On the Book One DVD cover Tulip's number is on the left hand instead of the right.
* In the Official Infinity Train trailer, the destination of the train is referred to as "Osh Kosh" instead of "Oshkosh". The error was fixed for the show.

## References

1. ↑ Youtube: Piano keyboard puzzle for unlocking the trailer.
2. ↑ "Ah they changed the design! No... it's because I forgot". (Timestamp 28:30-29:55)
3. ↑ Dennis' Book 3 Twitter AMA Screenshots on Reddit (8/20)

Infinity Train (pilot)

****Book One****
The Grid Car • The Beach Car • The Corgi Car • The Crystal Car • The Cat's Car • The Unfinished Car • The Chrome Car • The Ball Pit Car • The Past Car • The Engine

**Minisodes**
The Green Car • The Tiny Wizard Car • The Kaiju Car • The Tech Support Car • The Snow Car • The Hill Car • The Movie Theater Car • The Cross-Eyed Ducks Car • The Minecart Car • The Wedding Cake Car

**Book Two**
The Black Market Car • The Family Tree Car • The Map Car • The Toad Car • The Parasite Car • The Lucky Cat Car • The Mall Car • The Wasteland • The Tape Car • The Number Car

**Book Three**
The Musical Car • The Jungle Car • The Debutante Ball Car • Le Chat Chalet Car • The Color Clock Car • The Campfire Car • The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car • The Hey Ho Whoa Car • The Origami Car • The New Apex

**Book Four**
The Twin Tapes • The Iceberg Car • The Old West Car • The Pig Baby Car • The Astro Queue Car • The Party Car • The Art Gallery Car • The Mega Maze Car • The Castle Car • The Train to Nowhere