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{{character|image=Abby-standing.jpg|performer=[[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]]|debut=2006|design=[[Ed Christie]]|designnote=designer|design2=[[Rollie Krewson]]|designnote2=builder}}
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{{designer|[[Ed Christie]]|Designer|[[Rollie Krewson]]|Builder}}
 
 
[[Image:Abbycadabby.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[Image:Abbycadabby.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:4135-abbysong.jpg||thumb|300px|"[[I Love Words]]": Abby's first solo song.]]
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[[Image:Abby-2013.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby's updated design, introduced in 2012]]
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[[Image:4135-abbysong.jpg||thumb|300px|"[[I Love Words (Cerf)|I Love Words]]": Abby's first solo song.]]
 
[[Image:Abbymouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby and her unnamed pet [[mice|mouse]] play on the computer in a [[Sesamestreet.org]] video intro during the week of October 13, 2008.]]
 
[[Image:Abbymouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby and her unnamed pet [[mice|mouse]] play on the computer in a [[Sesamestreet.org]] video intro during the week of October 13, 2008.]]
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[[Image:4173l.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby kisses Oscar the Grouch.]]
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[[Image:4173l.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby [[Kissing Muppets|kisses]] Oscar the Grouch.]]
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[[Image:AbbyZoeRosita.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby, [[Zoe]] and [[Rosita]].]]
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[[File:Lucky_lou.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Looky Lou]] and Abby Cadabby]]
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[[Image:AbbyZoeRosita.jpg|right|300px|Abby, Zoe and Rosita.]]
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[[File:Abby_and_Prince.jpg|thumb|300px|Abby with her doll, [[Prince (toy)|Prince]].]]
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[[Image:Abbyflies.jpg|right|300px]]
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[[Image:Abbywonder-abby.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[Abby in Wonderland]]'']]
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[[File:AbbyCadabbysPumpkin.png|right|300px]]
 
'''Abby Cadabby''' is a three-year-old fairy-in-training who lives on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. She made her debut in the [[Episode 4109|first episode]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''’s [[Season 37 (2006)|37th season]], when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the Street's residents. On the day of her debut, her wand broke; Big Bird told her to take her wand to the [[The Fix-It Shop|Fix-It Shop]] where Maria would fix it. [[Season 40 (2009-2010)|Season 40]] features her CGI-animated segment ''[[Abby's Flying Fairy School]]''. The regular assistant puppeteer is [[Pam Arciero]] while [[Lara MacLean]] assisted in performing her in [[Season 39 (2008)|Season 39]].
 
   
 
'''Abby Cadabby''' is a three-year-old fairy-in-training who lives on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. She made her debut in 2006, in the [[Episode 4109|first episode]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''’s [[Season 37 (2006)|37th season]], when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the Street's residents. On the day of her debut, her wand broke; Big Bird told her to take her wand to the [[The Fix-It Shop|Fix-It Shop]] where Maria would fix it. Starting in [[Season 40 (2009-2010)|season 40]], she received her own CGI-animated segment, ''[[Abby's Flying Fairy School]]''.
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Her name is a play on the magic word ''Abracadabra''.
 
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Abby's magical powers are limited to popping in and out of thin air, floating when she's happy, and turning things into pumpkins. Although familiar with the world of fairy tales, Abby is astounded by such basic learning skills as drawing [[Letters of the Alphabet|letters]] or counting, prompting her catchphrase "That's so magical!" She frequently uses her wand cell phone to call [[Fairy Godmommy|her mommy]]. When she's asked to return home, she says that she's "gotta poof."
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Her name is a play on the magic word ''Abracadabra''. Abby's magical powers are limited to popping in and out of thin air, floating when she's happy, and turning things into pumpkins. Although familiar with the world of fairy tales, Abby is astounded by such basic learning skills as drawing [[Letters of the Alphabet|letters]] or counting, prompting her catchphrase "That's so magic(al)!" She frequently uses her wand cell phone to call [[Fairy Godmommy|her mommy]]. When she's asked to return home, she says that she's "gotta poof" or "disappear."
   
 
She can speak a language called Dragonfly and is teaching [[Rosita]] the language, while Rosita teaches her Spanish.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5638389 NPR: Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street']</ref> Along with [[Baby Bear]], Abby begins attending school in [[episode 4110|a 2006 episode]] at the [[Storybook Community School]], where [[Mrs. Goose]] is the teacher and other fairy tale characters like [[Hansel and Gretel]] are her classmates.
 
She can speak a language called Dragonfly and is teaching [[Rosita]] the language, while Rosita teaches her Spanish.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5638389 NPR: Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street']</ref> Along with [[Baby Bear]], Abby begins attending school in [[episode 4110|a 2006 episode]] at the [[Storybook Community School]], where [[Mrs. Goose]] is the teacher and other fairy tale characters like [[Hansel and Gretel]] are her classmates.
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Abby's parents are [[divorce]]d and she spends part of her time living with her [[Fairy Godmommy|mommy]] and part of it living with her [[Abby Cadabby's father|daddy]].
   
 
[[Tony Geiss]] conceptualized Abby as a way to simultaneously introduce a major female character to the show and add someone from a different culture, without "having consciously to introduce somebody from Indonesia or India."<ref>Susan Dominus, "A Girly-Girl Joins the 'Sesame' Boys", ''The New York Times'', 6 August 2006.</ref> Abby's design is an intentional departure from the typical Muppet look because she's not originally from Sesame Street. The implication is that the fairies in her old neighborhood look like her. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5638389 NPR: Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street']</ref>
 
[[Tony Geiss]] conceptualized Abby as a way to simultaneously introduce a major female character to the show and add someone from a different culture, without "having consciously to introduce somebody from Indonesia or India."<ref>Susan Dominus, "A Girly-Girl Joins the 'Sesame' Boys", ''The New York Times'', 6 August 2006.</ref> Abby's design is an intentional departure from the typical Muppet look because she's not originally from Sesame Street. The implication is that the fairies in her old neighborhood look like her. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5638389 NPR: Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street']</ref>
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In 2008, Abby was added to the cast of ''[[Plaza SΓ©samo]]'', the [[Mexico|Mexican]] co-production of ''Sesame Street'', appearing in new segments where she tries to perform magic tricks with various ordinary objects. In 2009, she became the host of ''[[3, 2, 1 Vamos!]]'', a Latin American pre-school programming block, which first [[3, 2, 1 Let's Go|aired in English]] in 2010, on Canadian television.
 
In 2008, Abby was added to the cast of ''[[Plaza SΓ©samo]]'', the [[Mexico|Mexican]] co-production of ''Sesame Street'', appearing in new segments where she tries to perform magic tricks with various ordinary objects. In 2009, she became the host of ''[[3, 2, 1 Vamos!]]'', a Latin American pre-school programming block, which first [[3, 2, 1 Let's Go|aired in English]] in 2010, on Canadian television.
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Abby's birthday is October 21.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/SesameStreet/photos/a.314049424548.149622.169731464548/10152800717164549/?type=1&theater Sesame Street's Facebook - Happy Birthday, Abby Cadabby!] (2014-10-21)</ref>
   
 
==Merchandise==
 
==Merchandise==
 
Preceding the release of ''[[Singing Abby Cadabby]]'' by [[Fisher-Price]], she was named a "2007 Hot Property" by ''[[Variety]]''.<ref>Natasha Emmons, "[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967183.html?categoryId=2259&cs=1 2007 Hot Property: Abby Cadabby]", ''Variety'', June 18, 2007</ref> Early licensees were [[Random House]], Procter & Gamble, Mattel (Fisher-Price), [[VEE Corporation]] ([[Sesame Street Live|live touring shows]]), Children's Apparel Network, and [[:Category:Gund|Gund]].
 
Preceding the release of ''[[Singing Abby Cadabby]]'' by [[Fisher-Price]], she was named a "2007 Hot Property" by ''[[Variety]]''.<ref>Natasha Emmons, "[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967183.html?categoryId=2259&cs=1 2007 Hot Property: Abby Cadabby]", ''Variety'', June 18, 2007</ref> Early licensees were [[Random House]], Procter & Gamble, Mattel (Fisher-Price), [[VEE Corporation]] ([[Sesame Street Live|live touring shows]]), Children's Apparel Network, and [[:Category:Gund|Gund]].
   
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A June 2007 news item on Playthings.com reported: "This year, the fairy-in-training is also debuting in plush from Fisher-Price (a 2-piece basic Elmo & Abby Best Friends plush set and a talking Abby Cadabby with bonus DVD sampler); a plush assortment from Gund; Abby Cadabby greeting cards from American Greetings; fun shaped balloons from Anagram; pop-up books from Bendon Publishing; storybooks from Dalmatian; board books from Random House; novelty books from Reader's Digest Children's Publishing; books; and CDs from Soundprints; as well as Sesame Street DVDs from Sesame Workshop and Sony Wonder that features Abby." <ref>"[http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6453005.html Buzz Report: Licensing Show Preview A to Z]", Playthings.com. June 19, 2007.</ref>
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A June 2007 news item on Playthings.com reported: "This year, the fairy-in-training is also debuting in plush from Fisher-Price (a 2-piece basic Elmo & Abby Best Friends plush set and a talking Abby Cadabby with bonus DVD sampler); a plush assortment from Gund; Abby Cadabby greeting cards from American Greetings; fun shaped balloons from Anagram; pop-up books from Bendon Publishing; storybooks from Dalmatian; board books from Random House; novelty books from Reader's Digest Children's Publishing; books; and CDs from Soundprints; as well as Sesame Street DVDs from Sesame Workshop and Sony Wonder that features Abby." <ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20070619201252/http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6453005.html Buzz Report: Licensing Show Preview A to Z]", Playthings.com. June 19, 2007.</ref>
   
 
==Guest appearances==
 
==Guest appearances==
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* November 22, 2007: In addition to being honored with a parade balloon likeness, Abby appeared on the Sesame Street float during the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]
 
* November 22, 2007: In addition to being honored with a parade balloon likeness, Abby appeared on the Sesame Street float during the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]
   
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* December 25, 2007: Abby and friends appeared on ''The Today Show''.
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* December 25, 2007: Abby and friends appeared on ''The Today Show''.
   
 
* October 2008: Abby and Elmo appear on ''[[Hollywood 411]]'' to promote ''[[Abby in Wonderland]]''.
 
* October 2008: Abby and Elmo appear on ''[[Hollywood 411]]'' to promote ''[[Abby in Wonderland]]''.
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==Filmography==
 
==Filmography==
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* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
 
* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
 
**[[Season 37]] (3 episodes - [[Episode 4109|4109]], [[Episode 4110|4110]], [[Episode 4134|4134]])
 
**[[Season 37]] (3 episodes - [[Episode 4109|4109]], [[Episode 4110|4110]], [[Episode 4134|4134]])
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**[[Season 38]] (all 26 episodes)
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**[[Season 38]]
 
**[[Season 39]]
 
**[[Season 39]]
 
**[[Season 40]]
 
**[[Season 40]]
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**[[Season 41]]
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**[[Season 42]]
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**[[Season 43]]
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**[[Season 44]]
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**[[Season 45]]
 
* ''[[Learning is Everywhere]]''
 
* ''[[Learning is Everywhere]]''
 
* ''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
 
* ''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
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*''[[Bedtime with Elmo]]''
 
*''[[Bedtime with Elmo]]''
 
*''[[Elmo's Travel Songs and Games]]''
 
*''[[Elmo's Travel Songs and Games]]''
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==Songs==
 
==Songs==
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* "[[I Love Words]]"
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* "[[I Love Words (Cerf)|I Love Words]]"
 
* "[[Kids with Wings]]"
 
* "[[Kids with Wings]]"
 
* "[[Because We're Friends]]"
 
* "[[Because We're Friends]]"
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*''[[Elmo & Friends Picture Stories]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo & Friends Picture Stories]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo Visits the Dentist]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo Visits the Dentist]]'' (2007)
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* ''[[Elmo's Busy Day]]'' (2007)
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*''[[Elmo's Busy Day]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's Favorite Places]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's Favorite Places]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's Piano]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's Piano]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's World Books|Elmo's World: Teachers!]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's World Books|Elmo's World: Teachers!]]'' (2007)
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* ''[[Friendly, Frosty Monsters]]'' (2007)
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*''[[Friendly, Frosty Monsters]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Guess Who, Abby!]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Guess Who, Abby!]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[I'm a Helper]] ''(2007)
 
*''[[I'm a Helper]] ''(2007)
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*''[[Grover's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Grover's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Let's Go! with Elmo and Friends]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Let's Go! with Elmo and Friends]]'' (2008)
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* ''[[Let's Help the Earth]]'' (2008)
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*''[[Let's Help the Earth]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Our Kind of Bird]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Our Kind of Bird]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Storybook ABCs]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Storybook ABCs]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[What Do You Hear, Dear?]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[What Do You Hear, Dear?]]'' (2008)
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* ''[[What Makes Elmo Happy?]]'' (2008)
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*''[[What Makes Elmo Happy?]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[What's the Word on the Street? (book)|What's the Word on the Street?]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[What's the Word on the Street? (book)|What's the Word on the Street?]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Abby Mix & Match Nursery Rhymes]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[Abby Mix & Match Nursery Rhymes]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[Bert and Ernie's Christmas Snowman]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[Bert and Ernie's Christmas Snowman]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[Count to 10]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[Count to 10]]'' (2009)
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* ''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2009 book)|Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]'' (2009)
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*''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2009 book)|Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[In Elmo's Easter Parade]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[In Elmo's Easter Parade]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[My Big Book of Firsts]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[My Big Book of Firsts]]'' (2009)
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* ''[[Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? (2009)|Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?]]'' (2009)
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*''[[Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? (2009)|Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?]]'' (2009)
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*''[[Busy Friends]]'' (2010)
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* ''[[Murray's First Book of Words]]'' (2010)
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*''[[Murray's First Book of Words]]'' (2010)
 
*''[[Plant a Tree for Me!]]'' (2010)
 
*''[[Plant a Tree for Me!]]'' (2010)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Abby's Pink Party]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Abby's Pink Party]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Elmo's Merry Christmas]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Elmo and Abby's Wacky Weather Day]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Elmo is Red, Cookie is Blue!]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Elmo's Merry Christmas]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Imagine with Elmo]]'' (2011)
 
*''[[Potty Time for Monsters]]'' (2011)
 
*''[[Potty Time for Monsters]]'' (2011)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Grouchy Hugs!]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Brand New Readers]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Is My Face Red!: A Book of Colorful Feelings]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Upcoming Sesame Street storybooks|Circle of Friends]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Elmo and Ernie's Joke Book]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Elmo's Rockin' Rhyme Time!]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Grouchy Hugs]]'' (2012)
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 00:01, 25 June 2015

Abby-standing
PERFORMER Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
DEBUT 2006
DESIGN Ed Christie designer
  Rollie Krewson builder
Abbycadabby
Abby-2013

Abby's updated design, introduced in 2012

4135-abbysong

"I Love Words": Abby's first solo song.

Abbymouse

Abby and her unnamed pet mouse play on the computer in a Sesamestreet.org video intro during the week of October 13, 2008.

4173l

Abby kisses Oscar the Grouch.

AbbyZoeRosita

Abby, Zoe and Rosita.

321letsgo3
Abby and Prince

Abby with her doll, Prince.

Abbywonder-abby

Abby in Wonderland

Abby Cadabby is a three-year-old fairy-in-training who lives on Sesame Street. She made her debut in 2006, in the first episode of Sesame Street’s 37th season, when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the Street's residents. On the day of her debut, her wand broke; Big Bird told her to take her wand to the Fix-It Shop where Maria would fix it. Starting in season 40, she received her own CGI-animated segment, Abby's Flying Fairy School.

Her name is a play on the magic word Abracadabra. Abby's magical powers are limited to popping in and out of thin air, floating when she's happy, and turning things into pumpkins. Although familiar with the world of fairy tales, Abby is astounded by such basic learning skills as drawing letters or counting, prompting her catchphrase "That's so magic(al)!" She frequently uses her wand cell phone to call her mommy. When she's asked to return home, she says that she's "gotta poof" or "disappear."

She can speak a language called Dragonfly and is teaching Rosita the language, while Rosita teaches her Spanish.[1] Along with Baby Bear, Abby begins attending school in a 2006 episode at the Storybook Community School, where Mrs. Goose is the teacher and other fairy tale characters like Hansel and Gretel are her classmates.

Abby's parents are divorced and she spends part of her time living with her mommy and part of it living with her daddy.

Tony Geiss conceptualized Abby as a way to simultaneously introduce a major female character to the show and add someone from a different culture, without "having consciously to introduce somebody from Indonesia or India."[2] Abby's design is an intentional departure from the typical Muppet look because she's not originally from Sesame Street. The implication is that the fairies in her old neighborhood look like her. [3]

Abby's likeness has been adapted for a 43-foot balloon which premiered in the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a full-body costume character for stage appearances and a number of merchandise items.

In 2008, Abby was added to the cast of Plaza SΓ©samo, the Mexican co-production of Sesame Street, appearing in new segments where she tries to perform magic tricks with various ordinary objects. In 2009, she became the host of 3, 2, 1 Vamos!, a Latin American pre-school programming block, which first aired in English in 2010, on Canadian television.

Abby's birthday is October 21.[4]

Merchandise

Preceding the release of Singing Abby Cadabby by Fisher-Price, she was named a "2007 Hot Property" by Variety.[5] Early licensees were Random House, Procter & Gamble, Mattel (Fisher-Price), VEE Corporation (live touring shows), Children's Apparel Network, and Gund.

A June 2007 news item on Playthings.com reported: "This year, the fairy-in-training is also debuting in plush from Fisher-Price (a 2-piece basic Elmo & Abby Best Friends plush set and a talking Abby Cadabby with bonus DVD sampler); a plush assortment from Gund; Abby Cadabby greeting cards from American Greetings; fun shaped balloons from Anagram; pop-up books from Bendon Publishing; storybooks from Dalmatian; board books from Random House; novelty books from Reader's Digest Children's Publishing; books; and CDs from Soundprints; as well as Sesame Street DVDs from Sesame Workshop and Sony Wonder that features Abby." [6]

Guest appearances

  • August 14, 2006: Abby made her public debut on the Today Show, only hours before her first appearance on Sesame Street.[7]
  • August 18, 2006: Abby was featured as "Person of the Week" on ABC World News Tonight.[8] She was the first Muppet to earn the honor, possibly the first non-human.
  • November 22, 2007: In addition to being honored with a parade balloon likeness, Abby appeared on the Sesame Street float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • December 25, 2007: Abby and friends appeared on The Today Show.
  • October 6, 2008: Appearing with Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster, Abby joins Martha Stewart for a tea party on Martha.

Quotes about Abby

β€œWe have our wacky, and we have our gentle. But we wanted a lead female character. If you think about Mary Tyler Moore, some girls relate to Rhoda, who's our Zoe, and some girls really relate to Mary, who’s a girly girl. And we didn’t have that girl. We made a definite decision to sit down with the writers to figure out what this character might be.”

- Liz Nealon [10]

Filmography

Songs

Book appearances

Sources

See also