ChalkZone
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| ChalkZone | |
|---|---|
 From L to R: Snap, Rudy, and Penny |
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Creator(s) | Bill Burnett Larry Huber |
| Starring | E.G. Daily Hynden Walch Candi Milo Miriam Flynn Jess Harnell Robert Cait Rodger Bumpass Buck Owens Russi Taylor Tress MacNeille Jim Cummings Rob Paulsen |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 39 (6 unaired) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including music videos) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon ABC 5 |
| Original run | March 22, 2002 – 2004 |
ChalkZone was an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. The series is very reminiscent of the 1974 cartoon Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings. It was originally featured on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, just like The Fairly OddParents and My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The main character, an elementary school student named Rudy Tabootie (E.G. Daily, Tommy Pickles on Rugrats), has been gifted with a magically endowed piece of chalk that allows access to the ChalkZone, an alternate dimension where everything and everyone that's ever been drawn in chalk and erased takes form as the living and/or tangible (compare Philip José Farmer's Riverworld). The show concentrated on the adventures of Rudy, sidekick Snap (Candi Milo), and classmate Penny Sanchez (Hynden Walch) within the zone. A soundtrack album, titled In The Zone (not to be confused with Britney Spears' 2003 album), has also been released. The show aired on Nick on CBS on February 1, 2003 and ended on September 9, 2004.
[edit] Characters
- Rudy Tabootie (E.G. Daily) - The shy artist whom the show stars.
- Snap (Candi Milo) - Rudy's ChalkZone pal, based on a comic strip character he's created.
- Penny Sanchez (Hynden Walch) - Rudy's best friend, a genius whom he also has an obvious crush on.
- Reggie Bullnerd (Candi Milo) - The school bully.
- Joe Tabootie (Jess Harnell) - Rudy's father, who runs a meat shop.
- Mildred Tabootie (Miriam Flynn) - Rudy's mother.
- Horace T. Wilter (Robert Cait) - Rudy's cartoon-hating school teacher.
- Biclops (Rodger Bumpass) - The guardian of the Magic Chalk Mines; has one eye on top of the other.
- Blocky (Candi Milo) - Rudy's first drawing.
- Queen Rapsheeba (Russi Taylor) - ChalkZone's hot rap artist whom Snap has a crush on.
- Spy Fly (Tress MacNeille) - A chalk-fly with a camera attached to her head, she has a Russian accent.
- Skrawl (Jim Cummings) - A villainous (and strange-looking) chalk-being who is constantly out to "get" Rudy.
- The Beanie Boys - Skrawl's flying, singing henchmen.
- The Craniacs (Rob Paulsen) - A group of robots looking for futuristic inventions, each one smarter than the last. They, like Skrawl, want Rudy's magic chalk. Whenever a new one is drawn, the last is deemed "obsolete", shut down, and put in storage. The Craniac currently functioning is Craniac #4 (it was originally #3, but Rudy drew a #4 to get rid of #3 and now #3 is shut down). They are probably based on and a parody of the Daleks of the long-running British science fiction show "Doctor Who"
[edit] Episodes
For a full listing of episodes, see List of ChalkZone episodes.
[edit] External links
- ChalkZone area on nick.com
- ChalkZone at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- ChalkZone at the Internet Movie Database
