Detective Jenny (Johnsonverse)

Detective Jenny is an American animated series that ran on WBC's Saturday Morning block from September 3, 1994 to June 2, 2001, and again since September 2, 2017. The series follows the adventures of 11-year-old Jenny G. Dennis, voiced by Tara Charendoff, who took the surname Strong after her marriage in 2000, and her best friends Olga Isabel, voiced by Cree Summer, Kristen Smith, voiced by Kristen Schaal, Terry Jones, voiced by Tress MacNeille, and Louise Savage, voiced by Alanna Ubach, five child detectives in the employ of the UN to uncover such things as drug smugglers, arms traffickers, human slavers, and terrorists. The series was critically acclaimed, and launched the careers of Kristen Schaal and Alanna Ubach.

Development
In late 1992, Tammy Jo Johnson, known for being a doodler, drew up five characters while at a Howard Johnson's during a visit at Times Square. Johnson named the five characters' given names after relatives of the Johnson Family (e.g. Jenny was named after Johnathan Johnson's wife Jenny Daniels). At that point, she immediately began making a series of comic books based on the five characters, naming the series Detective Jenny, about the five girls employed by the UN to uncover various criminal activities. The series was an instant hit, and Johnson's brother, Stephen J. Chalke, saw potential in the characters, and started creating the television series in mid-1993. The pilot, finished in December 1993, was sold to WBC, where Sheldon Johnson, Jr., and his brother Craig, helped Tammy Jo and Stephen develop the series.