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American animated television series

Mighty MonsterWheelies is an American animated television series based on Universal Monsters, produced by DreamWorks Animation Television for Netflix. The first season was released on Netflix on October 14, 2024.^[1] The second season was released on May 5, 2025 with a sneak peek of Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie which was later released theatrically in the United States and worldwide on September 26.^[2][3]

The series is focused on the titular “Mighty MonsterWheelies”, a team of six emergency vehicles with powers and appearances themed after several horror movie monsters from iconic films by Universal Pictures. The team does its best to help out in the town of Motorvania whenever the citizens are in a pinch, called to the job by Mayor Van Helsing ringing the bell atop their garage base.

• Tru Valentino as Bolts Frankenstein, a brave and bold Frankenstein’s Monster-themed fire engine and the team leader. Bolts’ powers are strength-related, and in addition to a water cannon and net, he can extend his arms to reach great distances.
  • Valentino also voices Wyacht, an easygoing catamaran yacht who lives at Blacktop Lagoon.
• Grace Lu as Axyl Bride, an inventive and collected tow truck themed after the Bride of Frankenstein and the team’s mechanic. Axyl can swap out parts of her right arm for a different tool, and in addition to her towing rig, lift things with her forklift, she can generate and fire bolts of electricity from her skullcap.
• Cal Brady as Sonnie Dracula, a light-hearted and confident Count Dracula-themed vehicle who can transform between a motorcycle and a helicopter. Sonnie is equipped with a searchlight, uses his blades to do a turbo twist, and he can detect people through echolocation.
  • Brady also voices Baby Car
• Matt Lowe as Sweeps Wolfman, a cheery and playful street sweeper and garbage truck hybrid themed after The Wolf Man. In addition to his paws containing sweeper brushes, Sweeps can go much faster than normal to reach others and is a very fast digger.
  • Lowe also voices Subrina’s brother, a submersible, a Car Carrier, and a Semi-Truck.
• Sandra Saad as Gill. E Creature, a friendly and excitable lifegaurd ATV with a submersible mode themed after The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Gill. E is equipped with a grappling hook, creature crawl, and life preserver, in water she dives and uses her turbo bubbles to go fast, and out of water can drive on vertical surfaces.
• Chester Rushing as Wraps Stretcher, a soft-hearted mummy-themed ambulance and the team’s medic. Wraps is capable of deploying a scarab beetle-themed quadcopter named Sand-E to reach others, but primarily uses his ability to stretch his arms and wheels to reach others, use a band aid and bandages to fix and holes on tries and pump them up and if there’s a dent he uses a dent popper and can also use bandages as ropes.
  • Rushing also voices Kid Car
• “Weird Al” Yankovic as Mayor Van Helsing, a van and the mayor of Motorvania. He is named after the main human protagonist of Dracula, and is the car responsible for alerting the Monsterwheelies to any disaster or emergency. Van Helsing is the only character aside from the Monsterwheelies themselves to appear in every single episode of the series.

• Scott Menville as Junior Scoots, a young motor scooter who lives in Motorvania.
  • Menville also voices a Motorvanian Green SUV, a Motorvanian Orange Truck, and Passenger 2.
• Kimberly Brooks as Miss Buster, a school bus who works as a teacher in Motorvania.
  • Brooks also voices Subrina, a young submersible who lives under the waters of Blacktop Lagoon.
• Ozioma Akagha as Briggs Parkington, a three-wheeler and deputy mayor of Motorvania.
  • Akagha also voices Cabbie, a car and a singer, and a Pickup Truck.
• Sarah-Nicole Robles as S.S. Rita, a large cargo ship who delivers cargo and passengers to Motorvania from afar.
• Janell Bass as Ranch Rover Jane, a cowgirl truck who owns 5 broncos.
• Kari Wahlgren as Little Old Lady Car, an old car.
  • Wahlgren also voices Subrina’s Sister, a submersible, and a Semi-Truck.
• Darin De Paul as Dr. Jalopy, a crawler crane with a wrecking ball and an inventor operating out of the Motorvania junkyard.
  • De Paul also voices Dad Car.
• Samia Mounts as Spinner, a reverse tricycle motorcycle and the leader of the Extreme Riders stunt team.
• Jonah Platt as Drillbert, a mole drill and Drillette’s brother.
• Jentel Hawkins as Drillette, a mole drill and Drillbert’s sister.
• Alison Jaye as Dee Dee, a delivery truck.
• David Errigo Jr. as Revin Revinito, the fastest car.
  • Errigo Jr. also voices Shopkeeper.
• Krystina Alabado as Wendy Weathervane, a van and weather reporter.
• Kendell Byrd as Skiana Swiss, a car who loves to ski and daughter of Alpha.
• Mia Paige as Carly Cruz, a motorcycle who is blind and cave explorer.
• Jonah Platt as Alpha Swiss, a car and Skiana’s dad.
• Sarah-Nicole Robles as Margo, a large cargo plane who delivers cargo and passengers to Motorvania in the sky.
• Jonah Platt as Flames, a fire truck and Bolts’s number one fan.
• Jentel Hawkins as Sedanny, a orange car.
• Jonah Platt as Ed, a light blue car.
• Jonah Platt as Sprocky, a monster truck and Sweeps’s number one fan.
• Jonah Platt as Rollbarro Speed, a monster truck.
• Jonah Platt as Dennis, a big truck themed Big Foot can fix any broken.

Despite having antagonistic characters, the antagonists in the series are typically anti-villains.

• Ashley Park as the Phantom Freeze, an ice cream truck themed after The Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom Freeze is notorious in Motorvania for controlling others through hypnosis with music played by a built-in pipe organ, typically to make sure that people still desire her ice cream and she snaps her fingers to undo the hypnosis.
• Sean Astin as the Invisible Van, a white cargo van themed after The Invisible Man. Named after his ability to turn invisible on demand, the Invisible Van is notoriously narcisstic, often only commiting his crimes to serve himself but never deliberately meaning to cause harm to others.

The series first announced back in 2023, targeted for a young audience’s first encounter.^[4]

An overall moral and biblical worldview, with the premise of helping those in need, working as a team, and being kind. On the other hand, there is a subtle occult worldview, as the characters resemble traditional Halloween monsters, and even their city has a monster-based name^[5]