GOBBLEVILLE: An animated TV series by Terry John Barto

The background setting is one of cultural expansion, featuring museums, amusement parks, and themed restaurants. The visual component is Googie-themed architecture that sets the stage for the citizens of Gobbleville to live and work.

City Hall is in the center of town. Around the corner is Gotta Flap Dance Studio, where Anamazie takes ballet, jazz, and tap classes. Wattle View School is nearby. The Feather Fluff Salon offers a variety of cosmetic treatments. Next to the bank is the Okie-Dokie Diner.

Everyone brings their fine clothing to the Spick & Span Cleaners. The Spring Valley Fire Department is at the corner of Gobbleville Boulevard and Pickle Place. Then there's Fan-the-Tail Lanes and the Kee-Kee-Run Arcade. Near the Gas Station is Slim Gym. The only grocery store is Reed's Feed Shop, which has grass, grain, insects, berries, vegetable scraps, and leafy greens.

Juxtaposed is Gollywood, which is electric and promoted as the most glamorous place on earth. Gobbleville residents are skeptical of the birds in this big city due to their outlandish behavior. 

ANAMAZIE is an intelligent, attractive, multi-talented girl discovered on Gobbleville's Got Talent and becomes a movie star.

TOMMY JR. often finds himself at odds with Judge Jinny due to his rebellious nature. While he dreams of a career in Rock 'n' Roll, his parents envision a future for him as a Gizzardologist. 

TOM is their dad, who serves as Gobbleville's mayor. He maintains order in the community, overseeing the town council and executing tasks efficiently, dramatically, and swiftly, moving from one event to the next. 

HENRIETTA PEARL is an accomplished actress who has starred in productions at the Korn-a-Plenty community theatre. She guides Anamazie on theater etiquette and helps with her study habits. 

UNCLE BEN thinks he's Benjamin Franklin and dresses in full colonial garb. He starts every sentence with "I remember when…" and segues into historical quotes.

UNCLE BUMBLE is the only handyman in Gobbleville. His complicated and clumsy way of fixing things often leads to precarious situations. 

GRANDMA MIMI is a cranky old lady, not a frail flower. As head of the Vegan Enforcers SWAT team, she is tenacious about ensuring that youngsters eat only vegetables.

During a movie shoot, waiting between takes can be utterly dull. Filled with curiosity, ANAMAZIE and her actor friends sneak away to explore the studio lot. After passing sound stages, winding down Colonial Street, and traversing different sets, Anamazie sees a building behind an unkept, overgrown garden. They move through the shrubbery and stumble upon a secret warehouse filled with old movie props.

Each prop stored here was imbued with magical powers by wannabe Wizard/ Propmaker PERCY McNUTIA, a persnickety man obsessed with details. His effort to be authentic went awry, and these props were banned and hidden in this warehouse on the outskirts of the studio. 

Unbeknownst to Anamazie and her colleagues, the actors find themselves whisked away to another place and time in history as they act out a scene with the props.

Exhilarated that someone finally discovered this clandestine storeroom, CHECKMATE, the featured chess clock in Searching for Bobby Fischer, befriends Anamazie and the kids. He tags along as their companion to ensure their safe return.