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“	W-w-w-WAAAAAAAAAH!	”
	— various episodes, and also the UK/Canadian dub of Alphablocks A-Z

W is a character in Alphablocks.

W is voiced by Lizzie Waterworth.

Appearance

W is a dark-blue block with his glass cap filled with water. He has slightly bigger and wider eyes compared to the other Alphablocks, similar to N’s eyes; except less grumpy and more sad looking.

Personality

W is a soft tender guy, and can get easily offended. W's main shtick is that he cries easily, and he is prone to whining or weeping a lot when he is hurt or upset. W is also quite curious, as he is known to ask a lot of questions. When he gets hurt or upset, he cries; making his sound. “/w/!”

Quotes

• "Wow!"
• "Whoops."
• ”WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

Episodes

• Alphablocks (debut)
• Why (doesn't speak)
• Glow
• Party
• Race
• Alphalympics (sound only)
• Sail
• Fox
• Hide
• Quiet (no solo lines)
• Jaybird
• Box (doesn't speak)
• Web
• Wig
• Rainbow
• On (sound only)
• ABC
• Snowman
• Win
• Champ (sound only)
• Train
• Beep
• Book (sound only)
• How Now, Brown Cow?
• Four
• Alphabet
• Name (sound only)
• Blue
• Outlaw
• Birthday Girl
• Cowboy
• Band Together
• The Wonderful Wizard of Az
• Letters to Santa
• Making Friends
• Crossover (image only)
• An Alphablocks Adventure
• Castles
• R's Really Rare Rose (latest appearance)

Total number of appearances: 38 + 1 (picture)

Trivia

• He's the only Alphablock whose top is filled with tears, and the only Alphablock whose name is more than 1 syllable, his name has 3.
• X is W's idol, as seen in Web.
• His name starts with a d-sound ("double-u" or /dʌb'əl-ju:/).
• The girl who voiced him also voiced O, making them her only male roles.
• Just like his best friend Y, W is voiced by a girl. (That being Lizzie Waterworth)
  • Additionally, W and Y are semivowels, meaning they are sometimes vowels, and sometimes consonants. However, when W is part of a vowel digraph (AW, EW, or OW), he doesn't gain stripes, unlike Y.
    • This might be an error, or an intentional choice due to the fact W doesn't have a vowel sound by himself.
    • It could also be that BlueZoo doesn‘t know that W is a semivowel, since it generally isn‘t considered one nor is it taught to be in schools.
    • A common reason could be that for Phonics and other reading programs, the definition of a "vowel letter" is a letter that can stand for a vowel sound on its own. While 'y' can stand for /i:/ /aɪ/, and /ɪ/ on its own, 'w' requires other preceding vowels to stand for vowels sounds. This is most likely while most reading programs don't consider 'w' as a vowel.
• When W is part of a digraph, the water in his head doesn't go to the other Alphablock for some reason, which is physically impossible.
• He sounds similar to Indigo, despite them being voiced by two different people.
• He is the last Alphablock to lack eyebrows.
• Despite his name pronounced "double U" (/dʌb'əl-ju:/), he has no significant relationship with U.

Gallery

See W/Gallery