Handy Manny

**Handy Manny** is an American television series created by Roger Bollen and Marilyn Sadler.

It focuses on handyman Manny Garcia and his helpful talking tools, who make repairs and fix problems in the small town of Sheetrock Hills.

The series premiered on Playhouse Disney on September 16, 2006 and aired for three seasons on Disney Junior until February 14, 2013.

## Plot

The series is set in the fictional town of Sheetrock Hills where the titular character, Manny (whose full name is Manuel Esteves Garcia III), owns a repair shop where he works with his anthropomorphic talking tools. It is unknown exactly where this town is located, but there are a multitude of Spanish speaking residents within it and the town is surrounded by tropical plants and ocean water (as seen in the Main Title Theme of every episode and as well as seen sometimes during the end of them). This would place Sheetrock Hills in Ventura County in California, as the hills seen in the Main Title Themes are similar to the Simi Hills mountains of Ventura County as well as Los Angeles County, California. Whether this was a coincidence or done on purpose is unknown. Most thirty-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 each episode (except for Uncle Manny, the only episode where Mr. Lopart isn't seen at all) when Manny and the Tools leave for the repair, they see Mr. Lopart with his pet cat Fluffy in front of (or inside) 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 almost 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 "Fix It Right" while performing the repairs. In each episode, the item is fixed.

## Cast and Characters

* Wilmer Valderrama as Manny
* Nancy Truman as Kelly / Mayor Rosa
* Tom Kenny as Mr. Lopart / Pat / Sneeze
* Carlos Alazraqui as Felipe / Abuelito / Spinner
* Dee Bradley Baker as Turer
* Kath Soucie as Dusty / Pinzas
* Nika Futterman as Squeeze / Stretch
* Fred Stoller as Rusty
* Grey DeLisle as Flicker
* Shelley Morrison as Mrs. Portillo
* Brian George as Mr. Kumar
* Jane Lynch as Jackie Greenway
* Tonye Patano as Mrs. Thompson
* Marion Ross as Mrs. Lopart
* Eddie Deezen as Zip
* Jesse Corti as Ticks
* Bill Fagerbakke as Roland
* Mark Decarlo, Grey DeLisle and Kath Soucie as Lefty, Lily and Junior
* Steve Moreno as Beamer
* Daran Norris as Jack
* Yeni Alvarez as Carmela
* Isabella Pajaro as Julieta / Susana
* Mindy Burbano as Chico
* Giada De Laurentiis as Paulette
* Kathie Lee Gifford as Mrs. Hillary
* Sebastian Guerrero as Marcelo
* Mario Lopez as Senor Lopez
* Dawnn Lewis as Tanya
* Florence Henderson as Aunt Ginny
* Rosario Dawson as Dr. Ortega

## Episodes

See Also: List of Handy Manny Episodes

 2 | 41
 3 | 47

## Release

The series not only aired Spanish-Dubbed versions of its episodes on the "Disney Junior en Univision" sub-block on Univision's Planeta U block (weekends from May 31, 2014 to May 26, 2018), but also aired Russian-Dubbed versions of its episode on Disney Channel Russia's Recognition Disney (later Disney Recognition) block, and also Hebrew-Dubbed versions of its episodes on Hop! Channel, all alongside Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (the block on Disney Channel Russia had the exact same logos as Playhouse Disney (with the exception of the block using the former branding) and Disney Junior (with the exception of the block using the latter branding). When the series was released on Disney+, several dubbed versions (whose languages were derived from Latin) were made available. Languages of these dubs include (but might not be limited to) Spanish, European and Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian, French, Dutch, Danish and Swedish.