Carla's Intergalactic Life

, also known as Disney's , is an American animated series created by Diana Uhlman. It is being produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Television and aired on Disney Channel from November 17th 2001 til March 17th, 2007, with an upcoming revival movie, titled  The Face Paint Tribes coming to Disney+ on March 5th, 2021.

The series received universal acclaim from critics, praising the series for its animation, casting, writing and its creativity. Its' success has spawned a toyline, three video games (2003 and 2005), a comic book series, and two Disney Channel Original Movies.

Synopsis
A teenage human boy lives in a Face Paint World, having adventures with his teenage Face Paint girl best friend in the city of /Summerheart City/.

Main

 * /Collin Brady/ (voiced by Jeff Bergman) - a kind-hearted, but stubborn teenage boy who lives in the Face Paint World, being the only human. He is the only human in the series. As of Lucky City, he is Ocean's boyfriend.
 * /Matthew/ (voiced by Quinton Flynn) - a curious, but intelligent cat who is Collin's pet. He often uses tumblers to drink stuff.
 * Madison "Maddie" Crowell (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a cheerful and sweet Face Paint teen girl who is Collin's close friend. Maddie is hinted to be bi-sexual.

Supporting

 * Gerrett Ferret (voiced by Charlie Adler) - a childish and jokey ferret.
 * /Alexis Doll/ (voiced by Tara Strong) - a cutesy, but kinda dumb Face Paint who is Madison's BFF. She often comes up with non-sensical things like "intelligent imbecile" or "internet made of lunches", but she does often does intelligent stuff.
 * Luna (voiced by Hynden Walch) - a Brussels Griffon who is Alexis's pet, and whom Matthew has a crush on.
 * Ocean Starshine (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - A Face Paint girl who TBD, having a big crush on Collin. As of Lucky City, she became Collin's girlfriend.
 * Pearl Starshine (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a Face Paint who is Ocean's younger sister.
 * Carlos (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a triceratops who is chill, getting somehow lost in Summerheart City.
 * Trentston "Trent" Crowell (voiced by Joe Alaskey) - a Face Paint man who is Maddie's grandpa, which Maddie lives with.
 * Professor Cloud (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint who invents stuff at times.
 * Jaidyn Quills (voiced by TBD) - a inspiring and gifted Face Paint girl who TBD.
 * Jemmings, consisting of:
 * Jack (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a Jemming who is the leader.
 * Jobey (also voiced by Joe Alaskey) - a Jemming who is the strongest.
 * Jane (voiced by Russi Taylor) - a Jemming who is the only female member, and is Jack's wife.
 * Fizz (also voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a friendly monster who Collin befriended, hiding from Drackus.
 * Aubrielle Canwell (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint who TBD
 * Fred Barker (voiced by Dan Green) - a kind host of The Cost is Correct who learned someone had put a hypno-chip in the camera before their latest episodes arrive, and aided Maddie and her friends to get it out.
 * Quincy Fishfin (voiced by Rene Mujica) - an anthromorphic Face Paint fish who aided Matthew, Luna and Gerrett.
 * Skye Doll (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a Face Paint girl who is Alexis's younger sister, being a year behind Alexis. She is dumb like Alexis, but not as dumb as her.
 * Crystal Paintders (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) - a rare Face Paint girl who Collin befriended and saved from a billionare that wanted her.
 * Hoots (voiced by TBD) - a owl who got somehow lost in Maddie's house.
 * [Male Face Paint]
 * Hickory Yodelcanvas (voiced by [yodeler voice]) - a yodeler Face Paint who somehow got lost in Summerheart City.
 * [character voiced by Mako (Aku's voice actor before his death)]
 * Magnolia Raini (voiced by TBD) - a fashionista Face Paint.
 * Galaxy Butterfly (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a sporty and friendly Face Paint girl who is one of the gang's close friends.
 * Gaia Butterfly (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint girl who is Galaxy's sister.
 * Lake Butterfly (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint girl who is Galaxy's other sister.
 * Dawn Adair (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a Face Paint girl who got her bow stolen thanks to Spark.
 * Nova Dawkins (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a Face Paint girl who TBD.
 * Jason, Andy and Tom (voiced by TBD, TBD and TBD, respectively) - a trio of jaguar, anaconda and toucan who are the protagonists of Maddie and Ocean's favorite show, The Jungle and Arctic Gang.
 * Samuel and Abigail (voiced by Dante Basco and Kath Soucie, respectively) - a duo of arctic wolf and arctic seal who is also from The Jungle and Arctic Gang.
 * Petra, Penelope, and Phoebe (voiced by TBD, TBD and Sherri Stoner, respectively) - three dog children.
 * Synla (also voiced by Tara Strong) - a baby seal which Alexis took care of.
 * Lapis and Lazuli Sweetlove (voiced by TBD and TBD, respectively) - twin Face Paint girls who refuse to leave each other, as well as loving and supporting each other.
 * Synla's Parents (voiced by Bob Bergen and Tress MacNeille) - parents of Synla.
 * Snorts (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a pig who TBD.
 * Blake Cooper (voiced by Townsend Coleman) - a Face Paint informerical man who TBD.
 * Bruce Smith (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - a Canadian Face Paint man who is a pilot, usually flying all around the world.
 * The Gummy Queen (voiced by Diana Uhlman) - a gummy bear, serving as the queen of the Gummy kingdom.
 * The Gummy Friends of Maddie, consisting of,
 * TBD.
 * Lillyan Nichols (also voiced by Grey DeLisle) - A Face Paint girl who is Maddie and Alexis's childhood BFF.
 * Kaitlyn Beach (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a Face Paint who TBD.
 * Maroon Man (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a classic character who TBD. He is basically like a cartoon Mr. Game and Watch.
 * Bowser (voiced by Tony Todd) - a friendly Velociraptor who TBD.
 * [friendly assistant to the Lucky City mayor]
 * The Animal Kids, consisting of:
 * [goldfish, leader]
 * [peacock]
 * [cheetah]
 * [pig]
 * [dog]
 * [Le Cute CEO]

In the movies

 * Kaeyla Brady (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) - a human/Face Paint hybrid who is Collin and Ocean's daughter, from the future.
 * Meriebelle "Meri" Brady (voiced by TBD) - a human/Face Paint hybrid who is Kaeyla's sister.
 * Collin Brady (future) (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - the Collin from the future who is happily married to Ocean.
 * Ocean Brady (nee Starshine) (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - the Ocean from the future who is Collin's wife.
 * Gerrett (future) (also voiced by Charlie Adler) - the Gerrett from the future who is no longer a party animal and jokey, now being a kind-hearted protector of his park.
 * Madison "Maddie" Crowell (future) (also voiced by Grey DeLisle) - the future Maddie who is still happy-go-lucky and now closer to both Collin and Ocean, as well as being the best aunt. She has a daughter, implying she was married to someone.
 * Alexis Doll (future) (also voiced by Tara Strong) - the future version of Alexis who is still very ditzy and stupid, but now smart enough to raise her own family.
 * Ash Doll (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint who is Alexis's son from the future. Unlike his mother, he is smarter.
 * Mikal-Ann Crowell (voiced by TBD) - a happy-go-lucky Face Paint girl who is Maddie's daughter from the future.
 * Spark the Dragon (future) (also voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - the future Spark who gave up his evil ways, now becoming a beloved baker, and happily married to a wife and raised two kids.
 * [Matthew and Luna's son]
 * Casey (voiced by TBD) - a ferret who is the future Gerrett's nephew, basically being considered as "Gerrett 2.0", being pranky.

Antagonists

 * Spark the Dragon (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a young dragon who loves to pick on people for no reason, on both on his show and in real life.
 * Harold Clutchson (voiced by Josh Keaton) - a con artist Face Paint who scams people.
 * The Carrotkins Family, consisting of:
 * Hank Carrotkins (voiced by Billy West) - a bunny who is the father of the Carrotkins family.
 * Evelynn "Eve" Carrotkins (also voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a bunny who is the mother of the Carrotkins family.
 * O'Quin Carrotkins (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - a stubborn bunny who is the son of Hank and Eve.
 * Maiken Carrotkins (also voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a cheerful bunny who is the daughter of Hank and Eve.
 * Diggs Carrotkins (also voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a baby bunny of the Carrotkins family.
 * Drackus "Drac" (also voiced by Joe Alaskey) - a big vulture who wanted to grab Fizz.
 * Catherine (also voiced by Tara Strong) - a teenage cat from the mentioned planet Yarnsearth.
 * Ryan Dinguson (voiced by Greg Burson) - a Face Paint male who is Fred's assistant, having a secret disliking on him. He is the one who placed the chip on the camera.
 * [a teenage Face Paint boy who pretended to be nice, but is actually Spark's friend]
 * The Mice Pack (also voiced by Townsend Coleman, Rob Paulsen, also by Jess Harnell and also by Sherri Stoner) - A pack of food stealing mice siblings who resided in Collin's apartment. It consists of three brothers and one sister.
 * Dr. Octos (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - a octopus mad scientist who tends to kidnap the Face Paint Fish (later Fish Face Paints).
 * Mr. Skunk (also voiced by Townsend Coleman) - a mean skunk who sprayed on Collin for fun.
 * Mario Smith (also voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - a billionare Face Paint who wanted Crystal for money.
 * Mattison "Mattie" Gargis (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint girl who TBD. Starting off as a harsh person, she ends up redeeming herself in the same episode.
 * Cailin Munday (voiced by TBD) - a Face Paint girl who supports by Mattie's side. Similar to Mattie, she redeems in the same episode she and Mattie appeared in.
 * [kidnapper of the Gummy Queen]
 * The Lobster Pack, consisting of:
 * Pinches (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a lobster who is the leader.
 * Shiny (voiced by Diana Uhlman) -a female lobster who is Pinches' girlfriend.
 * [Pinches' dumb brother]
 * [Pinches' friend]
 * Bug Gangsters, consisting of:
 * Bugzy (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - a tickbug who is the leader of his pack
 * Red-Eyes (voiced by TBD) - a cicada with red eyes, being the keen-eye and the smarteest of the pack.
 * [stupid member]
 * Ticka (voiced by TBD) - a tickbug who is Bugzy's sister, also being the only female of the group.
 * Eduardo (voiced by TBD) - a big mean grizzly bear who loves to beat people up.
 * Fun-Gal Parasite (also voiced by Tom Kenny) - a pink-ish caterpillar-like parasite who turns girls into fun-loving gals when he touches them.
 * The Owl King - a silent 30-feet owl who seemed to be the deadly one, but turned out he wanted to reunite with his son Hootus. He reforms after Maddie reunites Hootus with The Owl King.
 * The One (voiced by TBD) - TBD
 * [greedy mayor of Lucky City]
 * Dunkley Panther and Spearice Wolverine (voiced by TBD and Billy West) - a serious jungle panther and a ditzy wolverine who serves as the main antagonist of The Jungle and Arctic Gang, always trying to kidnap the main characters, but keep failing miserably.

In the movies

 * Harold Clutchson (future) (also voiced by Josh Keaton) - the Harold of the future, no longer a con artist, now a criminal of Summerheart City who tries to make sure Collin from the present stays.
 * [Harold's girlfriend]

Production
Planning stages for the series first started in 1995, when Disney was offered to do a Face Paint series. During the planning stages, joining Disney in 1999, Diana Uhlman expressed interest in creating the show with an idea: a human boy living in a world of the Face Paints with her showing the pilot she made last year. Impressed with the pilot, Disney greenlits the show, therefore, the series is born, but with a early title, named The Adventures of The Boy and The Face Paint. However, during production, Uhlman comes up with a new and creative title for the series: The Face Paint World Life, and they agreed to stick to that name... The Face Paint World Life is officially born. (reserved for Green)

Animation
Animation for the series were outsourced to Rough Draft Studios Korea in Seoul, Korea.

Music
The score for the series is being composed by TBD. Michelle Branch worked on the theme song for the series, titled My Life.

Episodes
See List of episodes.

Pilot
See The Boy and The Face Paint.

Disney Channel Original Movies
See The Face Paint World Life: The Future Adventure! and The Face Paint World Life: Summerheart Gala.

The series received two Disney Channel Original Movies, making it the TBDth Disney Channel animated series to receive them. The first one is directed by Uhlman while the second is directed by TBD, with Uhlman producing, writing and executive producing the movie due to her working on Kodiak.

Revival movie
See The Face Paint Tribes.

On 2018, Uhlman announced that TFPWL would be coming back as a movie, originally planned as a theatrical release, but was then changed to a Disney+ movie. , the director of the High School Musical trilogy and Hocus Pocus, is confirmed to be directing the movie with Uhlman returning to produce and executive produce the movie.

Cancelled theatrical movie
In 2005, Disney had plans to release a theatrical The Face Paint World Life movie, to be titled The Face Paint World Life: Summerheart Gala, and was to have a 2007 release. Due to conflicts and difficulties, and due to Uhlman working on the first season of Kodiak: The Dog Timestopper, plans were ultimately cancelled. Its' planned concept would go on to be revamped as a DCOM, released in 2008.

Critical response
 received widespread critical acclaim from critics, praising the series for its animation, writing, characters, casting and creativity. Currently, on Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a "100%" Rotten Tomatoes score, with the critical consensus reading "TBD". On MetaCritic, the score currently has a "91 of 100", indicating "universal acclaim". It has become one of the most beloved Disney Channel shows, alongside with The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Kim Possible, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, TBD.

Awards

 * It received an nomination at the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program, with the series winning the [2002, 2003, 2005 or 2007, can be more than one if you want]
 * It also received an nomination at the Annie Award for both Best General Audience Animated Television Production (for 2003 and 2005) and Best TV Production for Children (for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006) with them winning [one of the awards]

International/Reruns
The series had reruns on both the Disney's One Saturday Mornings and ABC Kids blocks on ABC, Disney's One Too on UPN, Toon Disney, Disney XD and (only briefly) Disney Junior. The series is available to stream on Disney+ since April 15th, 2020.

In the United Kingdom, it aired on the United Kingdom version of Disney Channel starting from 2002 til 2008, later returning since 2018. The series aired on Germany on the Germany Disney Channel from 2002 til 2009. In Canada, it aired on The Family Channel a month after its U.S. premiere, and left in 2008, but returned to Canada, this time to the Canadian version of Disney Channel since 2019. (Reserved for Green).

In Korea, since Disney Channel didn't arrive there until 2011, it aired on Tooniverse and the Southeast Asian Disney Channel from 2003 til 2008. On Australia and New Zealand, it aired on the Australian version of Disney Channel from 2002 til 2007. In Japan, it aired on the Japanese version of Disney Channel from 2003 til 2008.

Video games
See Where's Matthew and Luna?, The Face Paint World Life: A Treasure Adventure and The Face Paint World Life: Summerheart City Adventures.

In 2003, Disney Interactive released a PC point and click video game based off the television series and a console game for the Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation 2 a month afterwards. In 2005, an another game based on the series was released, this time for the Game Boy Advance.

Cancelled adult-oriented reboot
In 2010, TBD and TBD announced that an adult-oriented reboot to the series would come to ABC by 2013. However, due to extremely negative feedback from critics and big fans of TFPWL (mainly due to the concept and the horrible character designs for the reboot), the reboot plans were eventually pulled permanently. In the aftermath of the continuation, making fun of the reboot designs has become a meme.

Comic adaptation [comic spin-off too?]
See (comic book series).

Promotions/Merchandise
See /Promotions and Merchandise.

Legacy
It went on to become one of the most popular Disney Channel animated series of all time, appearing in some Disney Channel crossover games. Collin, Maddie and Alexis would also appear in the Disney Infinity 3.0 game. It is announced that TFPWL would receive a Minecraft mash-up pack (see Minecraft - The Face Paint World Life Mash-Up).

Collin, Maddie and Matthew would appear on some Disney Channel-themed shirts. Ocean would also appear in some TFPWL-themed shirts, especially shirts of herself.

Tropes
See /Tropes.

Fanfiction
See The Face Paint World Life/Fanfiction.

Trivia

 * Due to the fact that WDTA didn't have a on-screen logo until 2003, the first two seasons used the Walt Disney Television logo.
 * Starting with the second half of the Season 2, they start to use WDTA's own logo.
 * It is the fifth Disney Channel show that had reruns on Disney Junior, along with 101 Dalmations: The Series, The Little Mermaid, Timon and Pumbaa and Lilo and Stitch: The Series. However, it only aired there for three weeks.
 * This is the only series Diana Uhlman worked on to not have any involvement from her own company, Rhythmic Uhlman Productions. Mainly due to the fact it wasn't founded at the time.
 * After rumors of being it made more for all audiences, Uhlman confirmed that the series is meant to be for "female audiences" during her interview in 2017.
 * The series premeired after a new episode of House of Mouse.