What's with Andy?
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| What's with Andy? | |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Teletoon |
| Original run | September 22, 2001 – March 4, 2007 |
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What's with Andy? is a Canadian animated series that debuted in September 2001. It was originally an interactive Flash movie with completely different voice actors and a promotion for FOX Kids. However, it ended up airing on Teletoon.
The protagonist of the series is Andy Larkin, a mischievous teen who calls himself "the world's greatest prankster". The show follows him as he tries to perform incredibly well-thought out and elaborate practical jokes on people. He lives in the fictional town of East Gackle, Alberta (2nd and 3rd seasons only). He constantly breaks the fourth wall when the screen freezes.
Andy's best friend, Danny Pickett, helps him out with almost every prank. He's enemies with his sister, Jen Larkin, and the bullies Peter Lik and Andrew Leech. Andy lusts for a girl named Lori Mackney and usually tries to impress her.
The show ran every morning on ABC Family at 8:00 a.m. E.T. from September 2001 until April 2002. It was also seen at 3:30 p.m. Eastern/2:30 p.m. C.T. on Toon Disney for a short time in early 2005. It now airs on Teletoon throughout the day.
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[edit] Characters
- Andy Larkin: He is a joker and he loves to joke anyone
- Danny Pickett: The left hand of Andy
- Jen Larkin: The annoying sister of Andy
- Lori Mackney: The girlfriend of Andy but she thinks he is a child due his work
- Teri: Jen's best friend
- Freida Larkin: Andy and Jen's Mother
- Al Larkin: Andy and Jen's Father and Freida's Man
- Peter Lik: Peter always bullies Andy and Danny his best friend is Andrew Leech they are called the Lick and Leech duo
- Andrew Leech: Andrew always bullies Andy and Danny his best friend is Peter Lik they are called the Lick and Leech duo
- Craig Benett: The boyfriend of Jen and one of the best sporters of East Gackle
- Jervis Coltrane: The one who is in love with Lori Mackney but Andy hates him
- Martin Bonwick: He is a stupid lame boy his father is retired because a huge toilet paper fell on his leg
- Victor Muskowitz (Mush): The pizza man of East Gackle he is a good friend of Andy and Danny and he helps them sometimes with jokes
- Steve Rowgee Jr.: A Police Officer but he is a little but dumb he is the son of Steve Rowgee Sr
- Steve Rowgee Sr.: A Police Officer but he is a old little man who always commands Steve Rowgee Jr his nickname is Iron Fist Fantastico
- Principal DeRosa: He is the school principal from the school in East Gackle he is always angry and he always wants to punish Andy
- Mr. Hutchins: The teacher of Andy's class he is stupid and a zero in sports
- Mayor Henry K. Roth: He is the mayor of East Gackle and he is a fan of Andy's jokes
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- Just Stuffing
- Gooey Chewies
- Beat the Bomb
- Rhyme Time
- Food Fight
- 101 Underpants / Playing Dead
- The Show Must Go On
- Emergency Spew Relish / Busting
- Very Bad Idea / Cockroaches
- It Came From East Gackle
- Campaign in the Butt
- Road Trip / Snow Job
- Best Enemies
- Mascot
- Little Foot / Grandpa Crazy
- Gnome for the Holidays
- The Royal Secret Society of Zombies (a Halloween episode)
- Very Scary Stuff
- Wag the Kid
- The Answers
- Merry Chaos (a Christmas episode)
- Bring it Off
- Pranks a Lot
- Un-Masked Marauders
- The Great American Lock-In
- Teendreamboats
[edit] Season 2
- What's with Jean-Thomas?
- The Fortunate One
- The Musical Fruit
- Weight to Go, Andy!
- The Toilet Paper Fiasco
- Prankster to the Core
- Fore!
- Prank and Field Day
- Mind Games
- Nurse Jen (memorial episode to Jaclyn Linetsky)
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
- Andysaurus Rex
- Molasses
- A Match Made in East Gackle
- Lights... Camera... Ooops!
- New Kid on the Chopping Block
- Stone Cold
- Food for Thought
- The Buck Stops Here
- Life is a Lottery, Old Chum
- Bluebeard's Crate
- Spanky Pranky Hanky Panky
- Daddy Dearest
- The Party
- All Dressed to Go
- Mr. E.G. Goes to Moosehoof
[edit] Season 3
- Romancing the Prank
- Andy Pranky Pudding and Pie
- The Heart of Prankness
- Don't Shoot the Messenger
- Scary Teri (a Halloween episode)
- Hapless Anniversary
- To Kill a Caribou
- Pranks are in the Air
- I Fall to Pieces
- She Pranks Me, She Pranks Me Not
- Prank-a-razzi
- On the Farm
- The Exchange Student
- Daddy!
- Scooped
- The Boy Who Cried Woof
- A Ghost of a Prank
- One Good Prank Deserves Another
- It Lurks in the Crawl Space
- Prank-watch
- The Pranks Days of Summer
- The Gift of Prank (a Christmas episode)
- Prank-o-Mania
- The Prank that Never Happened
- Master Mom
- A Passing Prank
[edit] Cast
The actors and actresses who work the voice-overs for the show are:
- Ian James Corlett (2001-present)
- Dee Bradley Baker (2001-2002)
- Catherine Cavadini (2001-2002)
- Danny Cooksey (2001-2002)
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey (2001-2002)
- Jenna von Oÿ (2001-2002)
- Scott Parkin (2001-2002)
- Bumper Robinson (2001-2002)
- Mushond Lee (2001-2002)
- Carlos Alazraqui (2001-2002)
- Jaclyn Linetsky (2003-2004)
- Daniel Brochu (2003-present)
- Craig Francis (2003-present)
- Susan Glover (2003-present)
- Mark Hauser (2003-present)
- Arthur Holden (2003-present)
- Matt Holland (2003-present)
- Jessica Kardos (2003-present)
- Holly Gauthier-Frankel (2003-present)
- Bruce Dinsmore (2003-present)
- Michael Yarmush (2003-present)
- Mathew Mackay (2003-present)
- Terrence Scammell (2003-present)
- Rick Jones (2003-present)
- Eleanor Noble (2006-present)
[edit] Trivia
- This entire show is based on Andy Griffiths' children's series of Just books, although the majority of episodes are not based on the books. In fact, in place of Just Joking's Terrible Christmas and a Crappy New Year, there is an entirely new Christmas special, most likely because the word "crap" is generally frowned upon by children's networks, despite a season of Hey Arnold! in which it was allowed for Helga Pataki to use the word often. Other changes include Andy's last name, which was originally that of his creator, and other minor name changes that were in essence pointless.
- Andy's best friend's last name has always been Pickett, even since the book series. The name "Danny Pickett" is derived from Jim Kjelgaard's Big Red.
- The setting of the first season of What's with Andy is in the USA while in the second and third seasons, they all have been relocated to Canada. It is very evident in the episode "rhyme time" that they lived in the USA because of the American history that Andy recited and that the second language they were taught was Spanish.
