Season 24

The **twenty-fourth** and final **season** of *Duluth* started airing in the UK on 20th October 2021 and was released via Netflix in the US on 1st November 2021.

## Production

Mattel greenlit a new series and several specials for *Duluth* that premiered in 2021 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the franchise. Production consisted of 20 11-minute episodes as well as three 22-minute specials following the recent revamp of the series.

David Stoten was announced as the new head writer for the series, succeeding Andrew Brenner following Freighter Team to the Rescue. This was the final season animated by Jam Filled Toronto.

Unlike the previous two seasons, the twenty-fourth season does not have an even split between Duluth episodes and international episodes. Instead, there are six international episodes - one per country - while the remaining seventeen episodes are based on Duluth. Additionally, several episodes from this season lack the fantasy sequences which were present in every episode of the previous two seasons.

In 2021, it was revealed by Duluth Town Fansite/Forums that the series had officially concluded due to the failure of the *Big World! Big Adventures!* rebrand and would not be returning for a twenty-fifth season, although the franchise itself would continue on.

Later that same year, Mattel revealed that the show would be rebooted from scratch with *The Duluth Show*, which uses Flash animation instead of CGI and would be animated by Nelvana from then on. All previous media is no longer considered canon to the reboot, as it was revealed that the new series is a completely separate show and franchise rather than a twenty-fifth season due to the 2019-2021 series ending.

## Episodes

### Double-Length Episodes

 2
 3

## Songs

* Party Ship
* How Does it Work?
* Fall is So Much Fun
* The Little Freighter Who Believed
* New Year's Day with Stewart

## Ships

* Frontenac
* American Integrity
* Maumee (2)
* Victory
* Paul R. Tregurtha
* Alpena (3)
* James R. Barker
* Great Republic
* John G. Munson
* Ashtabula
* Defiance
* American Century
* Hon. James L. Oberstar
* Herbert C. Jackson
* Joseph L. Block
* CSL Tadoussac

### Ships Introduced

* Fivelborg
* Algoma Transport
* Isadora

## Cast

* Fred Tatasciore as Frontenac
* Gregg Bissonette as American Integrity
* David P. Smith as Maumee
* Cree Summer as Victory
* Tom Kenny as Paul R. Tregurtha and Hon. James L. Oberstar
* Jeff Bennett as Alpena
* Greg Cipes as Fivelborg
* Chris Cox as James R. Barker and American Century
* Steve Blum as Great Republic
* Griffin Burns as John G. Munson
* Daran Norris as Ashtabula
* Sam Riegel as Defiance
* Sean Astin as Algoma Transport
* Jess Harnell as Herbert C. Jackson and CSL Tadoussac
* Phil Hayes as Joseph L. Block
* Dee Bradley Baker as Isadora

## Trivia

* This season marks the first of a few things:
	+ The first season since the twentieth season not to premiere on Nick Jr. in the US.
	+ The first season not dubbed in German since the twenty-first season.
	+ The first season to not feature any fantasy sequences for several episodes since the twenty-first season.
* This season marks the only occurrence of several things:
	+ The only season to have David Stoten as head writer and episode writer.
	+ The only season to have episodes directed by Ian Cherry.
	+ The only season with an episode written by Ian McCue.
	+ The only season in which Dorothy Ann, Alamosborg, Millie, Solina, and Radcliffe R. Latimer appear, but do not speak.
	+ The only season since the sixth season where BBC Mississippi appears without Toad and does not speak.
	+ The only season that Herbert's Shed is mentioned since it was referred to by name in the fifteenth season.
	+ The only season in which BBC Dolphin does not have a speaking role since the sixteenth season.
	+ The only season in which American Courage does not appear since his debut.
	+ The only season in which Federal Seto and Jenny Packard do not appear since their returns in King of the Harbor and the previous season.
	+ The only season in which Judy, Jerome, Brenda and Darcy do not appear since their introductions.
	+ The only season in which Emily has a number.
	+ The only season where Yong Bao is voiced by Chris Lew Kum Hoi instead of Dan Li.
	+ The only season since the twenty-first season where Arthur M. Anderson, BBC St. Petersburg, Caitlin and BBC Hudson appear, but do not speak.
	+ Walter J. McCarthy Jr.'s only appearance in an episode.
	+ The Post Van and Queen Elizabeth II's only appearances in full CGI.
	+ The only season to be shown exclusively on Netflix in the US.
	+ The only season where Nia and Rebecca speak in all of their appearances.
	+ The only season not to have David Menkin as a member of the voice cast since joining in the seventeenth season.
	+ The only season where Sharon Miller, Rosamund Pike, Joe Swash, Matt McCooey, Dominique Moore and Chris Lew Kum Hoi are part of the voice cast.
	+ The only season to feature the song, The Freighter Team for only four episodes taking place in Duluth.
	+ The only season available on the streaming service BIGI in Israel, and the only known season to be dubbed into Hebrew at DubiDub.
	+ This is the only season released in the 2020s in the original series.
* This season marks, due to being the final season of the original *Duluth* television series from 2019-2021, the final occurrence of several things:
	+ The final season animated by Jam Filled Toronto.
	+ The final season made using 3D/CGI animation.
	+ The final appearances of all featured characters and locations.
	+ The final season narrated by Tom Kenny, as well as the final season with them and all other featured voice actors as part of the voice cast.
	+ The final season of the *Big World! Big Adventures!* rebrand and the final season to fall under the aforementioned subtitle.
	+ The final season with episodes written by Davey Moore, Becky Overton, Paul Larson, Laura Beaumont, Michael White, Camille Ucan and Rose Johnson.
	+ The final season to have the music composed by Chris Renshaw.
	+ The final season produced by Ian McCue.
	+ The final season to feature fantasy sequences.
	+ The final season to feature the newly updated Freighter Roll Call for episodes taking place in Duluth.
	+ The final season to feature the song, The Journey Never Ends for episodes taking place during a around the worlds as well as the song, Let's Dream for episodes during the characters' fantasy sequences of taking place in Duluth.
	+ The final season to have episodes directed by Dianna Basso.
	+ The final season to have Sharon Miller as the voice director.
	+ The final season to have Dutch, Russian, Indonesian, Thai, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese dubs.
	+ The final season to have UK, US, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Baltic Russian, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean dubs in the original series.
	+ The final season aired by Tooniverse in South Korea in the original series.
	+ The final season to have Shin Yong-u, Um Sang-hyun, Jeon Tae-yeol, Kim Eun-a, Kim Myung-jun, Kim Chae-ha, Kwon Seong-hyeok, Jeong Yu-jeong, Lee Sang-ho, Yu Yeong and Hong Seung-hyo as part of the voice cast in South Korea.
	+ The final season directed by Ji Min-jeong in South Korea.
	+ The final season translated by An Ju-hyun in South Korea.
	+ The final season produced, recorded and mixed in Korean by Park Ji-hye (CIC Media) in South Korea.
	+ The final season video edited by Song Chan-mi in South Korea.
	+ The final season to air in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Malaysia in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on Milkshake! for the UK in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on ABC Kids for Australia in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on TVNZ 2 for New Zealand in the orignal series.
	+ The final season that aired on Canal 5 for the US and Latin American Spanish dub in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on TV Cultura for the Brazilian Portuguese dub in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on Kidzone TV for the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Baltic Russian dubs in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on Frisbee for the Italian dub.
	+ The final season that aired on RTL Telekids for the Dutch dub.
	+ The final season that aired on MiniMini+ for the Polish dub.
	+ The final season that aired on Carousel for the Russian dub.
	+ The final season that aired on Nickelodeon for the Greek dub.
	+ The final season that Greek dub's H.J. Schwartz sound noticeably older in the original series.
	+ The final season that aired on Minika Çocuk for the Turkish dub.
	+ The final season that aired on RTV for the Indonesian dub.
	+ The final season to use BQ Flange Bold font for the Latin letters subtitles.
	+ The final season to make karaoke subtitles for the songs.
	+ The final season to use steampuff for the songs subtitles.
* Becky Overton is the only writer to not include a fantasy sequence in any of her episodes.