Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wallaru – Lucki

Lucki – Lucky from Bluey and Lucky Charms Cereal
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Lucki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bluey_characters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Charms

Lucki

Lucki is a Jewel Vendor in Hope Springs who offers useful Jewels from his “Lucki Charms” shop.

Bluey is an Australian animated preschool television series which premiered on ABC Kids (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on October 1, 2018. The program was created by Joe Brumm and is produced by Queensland-based company Ludo Studio. It was commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation, with BBC Studios holding global distribution and merchandising rights. The series made its international premiere on Disney Junior in the United States and is released widely on Disney+.

The show follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic six-year-old (later seven-year-old) Blue Heeler puppy who is characterized by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. The young dog lives with her father, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative play together. Other characters featured each represent a different dog breed. Overarching themes include the focus on family, growing up, and Australian culture. The program was created and is produced in Queensland; its capital city Brisbane inspires the show’s setting.

Bluey and her family Bandit, Chilli and Bingo

Bluey has received consistently high viewership in Australia on both broadcast television and video-on-demand services. It has influenced the development of merchandise, a stage show featuring its characters, and a feature film in development for a 2027 release. The program has won three Logie Awards for Most Outstanding Children’s Program, an International Emmy Kids Award in 2019, and a Peabody Award in 2024. It has been praised by television critics for depicting a modern everyday family life, constructive parenting messages, and the role of Bandit as a positive father figure. The child characters of Bluey are voiced by children of the program’s production crew and, for privacy reasons, are not credited as voice actors.

Lucky

Lucky is a Labrador Retriever, one of the Heelers’ next-door neighbors, and the eldest son of Pat and Janelle. He is depicted as an energetic kid who loves sports. While not explicitly attending Glasshouse Primary School, Lucky has numerous friends from there. He, his father and his brother Chucky support the Maroons, a professional football (soccer) team.

Lucky Charms is a brand of breakfast cereal produced by General Mills since 1964. The cereal consists of multi-colored marshmallows and pieces of shaped pulverized oat, each resembling one of several objects or symbols associated with good luck. The packaging and marketing features a leprechaun mascot, Lucky.

Frosted Lucky Charms
They’re Magically delicious

Lucky Charms was created in 1964 by product developer John Holahan. General Mills management challenged a team of product developers to use the available manufacturing capacity from either of General Mills’ two principal cereal products—Wheaties or Cheerios—and do something unique. Holahan came up with the idea after a visit to the grocery store in which he decided to mix Cheerios with bits of Brach’s circus peanuts.

Thank you to JM Lacanlale, J Katz, and A Button for pointing out the Bluey references.

The current list of all the (known) Wallaru references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Lucki image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Bluey images are copyright Disney Jr. and ABC Kids.

Lucky Charms image is copyright General Mills

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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