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Genre	Comedy
Created by	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas
Starring	Landry Bender Lauren Taylor Gus Kamp Ricky Garcia Benjamin Cole Royer Matthew Lewis Royer
Theme music composer	Mitch Allan Mindy Robbins
Composer(s)	Eric Goldman Ken Lofkoll
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	Scott Thomas & Jed Elinoff Michael B. Kaplan
Producer(s)	Julie Tsutsui
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–24 minutes
Production company(s)	Diphthong Productions It's a Laugh Productions
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Picture format	HDTV 720p
Audio format	5.1 surround sound
Original release	June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) – December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

Best Friends Whenever is a fun American comedy TV show. It was created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. The show aired on Disney Channel from June 26, 2015, to December 11, 2016. It stars Landry Bender as Cyd and Lauren Taylor as Shelby. The series is about two best friends who get a special power.

What is Best Friends Whenever About?
Meet the Characters
- Main Characters
- Other Important Characters
How the Show Was Made
Episodes of Best Friends Whenever
Where the Show Aired
How People Liked It
- Viewer Numbers
See also

What is Best Friends Whenever About?

The story takes place in Portland, Oregon. Two teenage best friends, Cyd and Shelby, live together. Cyd is staying with Shelby's family because Cyd's parents are away. They are on an archaeological dig in Peru.

One day, something amazing happens! They have an accident in their neighbor Barry's science lab. This accident gives them the power to travel through time. To time travel, they just need to think of the time they want to go to. They also need to be touching each other.

When they travel to the future, they sometimes find themselves tied to tables in a strange lab. They have to figure out what this means. Along the way, they go on many exciting adventures!

Meet the Characters

The main characters, from left to right: Chet, Barry, Cyd, Shelby, Naldo, and Bret.

Main Characters

Cyd Ripley (played by Landry Bender): She is Shelby's best friend. Cyd lives with Shelby's family while her own parents are in Peru. She has a pet dog named Diesel.
Shelby Marcus (played by Lauren Taylor): She is Cyd's best friend.
Barry Eisenberg (played by Gus Kamp): Barry is a young scientist who wants to be famous. His lab is in a special RV parked outside Shelby's house. His laser caused Cyd and Shelby to get their time travel powers.
Naldo Montoya (played by Ricky Garcia): Naldo is Barry's best friend and helps him in the lab. Barry often calls him "Renaldo."
Bret Marcus (played by Benjamin Cole Royer): Bret is Shelby's brother. He is Chet's twin.
Chet Marcus (played by Matthew Lewis Royer): Chet is Shelby's brother. He is Bret's twin.

Other Important Characters

Astrid (played by Mary Passeri): She is the mother of Shelby, Bret, and Chet.
Norm (played by Kevin Symons): He is the father of Shelby, Bret, and Chet. He works at a company called GloboDigiDyne.
Marci (played by Madison Hu): She is a friend of Cyd and Shelby. Marci is always very calm and relaxed.
Mr. Doyle (played by Larry Joe Campbell): He is a teacher at West Portland High School. He loves to hear gossip. He teaches science and driver's education.
Janet Smythe (played by Nora Dunn): She is a very smart businesswoman and the boss of GloboDigiDyne. Janet is an evil mastermind. She wants to find out how Cyd and Shelby time travel. She plans to change time to take over the country. Future Cyd and Shelby eventually stop her.
Daisy (played by Bryana Salaz): Daisy is a princess from the 1500s. She accidentally ends up in Cyd and Shelby's time. When the girls hug her, they sometimes go back to Daisy's time. Daisy lives with Naldo and learns about modern life.

How the Show Was Made

Best Friends Whenever was created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. They also created another show called Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja.

Disney Channel decided to make Best Friends Whenever on March 6, 2015. They started making the show that same month. The show was so popular that Disney Channel ordered a second season on February 29, 2016. The second season started on July 25, 2016.

In February 2017, the actors shared on social media that the show would not have a third season. The series officially ended on December 11, 2016.

Episodes of Best Friends Whenever

The show has two seasons with a total of 30 episodes.

Series Overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	18	June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)
2	12	July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

Season 1 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"A Time to Travel"	Shelley Jensen	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas	June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	101	3.54
Cyd moves in with her best friend Shelby. On their first day of school, they accidentally get zapped by Barry's machine. This gives them the power to time travel! Shelby wants to ask a boy named Cameron to a dance. When her plan fails, she and Cyd hug and wish they could start over. Suddenly, they are back in time! They learn they can time travel by thinking of a time and touching each other. They realize their friendship is more important than any boy.
2	2	"A Time to Cheat"	Shelley Jensen	Jed Ellinoff & Scott Thomas	July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	102	2.02
Shelby and Cyd are studying for a test. They keep accidentally traveling to the future where they are unprepared for the test. Cyd convinces Shelby to use their power to get the test questions. They pass, but Shelby feels bad. They travel back to tell the teacher the test questions were leaked. Meanwhile, Barry and Naldo try to copy the time travel power.
3	3	"A Time to Say Thank You"	Shelley Jensen	Michael B. Kaplan	July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)	103	1.96
Cyd wants to thank Shelby's family. She tries to do something big, but a trip to the future shows a fire almost burned their house. Cyd feels like she doesn't belong. Shelby tries to cheer her up. It turns out a candle Cyd threw away started the fire. Barry also learns to thank Naldo.
4	4	"A Time to Jump and Jam"	Shelley Jensen	Debby Wolfe	July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)	104	2.01
Cyd's dog, Diesel, finds her favorite banned snack. Cyd wants to jump back to get one. Shelby tries to stop her. When they try to jump, their powers don't work. Shelby admits she was "jamming their jump." Cyd eventually surprises Shelby, and they jump back. The past reveals a secret that upsets Cyd.
5	5	"A Time to Rob and Slam"	Shelley Jensen	Jim Hope	August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)	105	1.87
Shelby's teacher, Mr. Doyle, pairs her with a student called The Rob. He is being mean. Cyd trains Shelby to stand up to him. Shelby succeeds but feels bad. Mr. Doyle says The Rob became mean after a girl rejected him. Cyd and Shelby jump back to help him. Cyd finds out Shelby was the one who turned him down.
6	6	"The Butterscotch Effect"	Shelley Jensen	Steve Jarczak & Shawn Thomas	August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	106	1.67
Cyd and Shelby go back in time to help Barry meet his hero. When they return, Barry has started a rock band because his hero made fun of his ideas. The girls try to fix it. But when they return again, Barry is an evil genius! They go back to see that they caused Barry and Naldo not to meet.
7	7	"Shake Your Booty"	Victor Gonzalez	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas	August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)	107	2.03
Shelby and Cyd need to write an essay on disco. They jump back to the 1970s for ideas. But they get separated and start to forget each other! Cyd becomes a punk, and Shelby joins a disco group. Barry and Naldo try to save them before they lose each other forever.
8	8	"Back to the Future Lab" "Jump to the Future Lab"	Shelley Jensen	Michael B. Kaplan	September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)	108	2.09
Shelby and Cyd find a strange logo in Barry's lab. It is linked to their future experiences. They sneak into GloboDigiDyne, the company where Shelby's dad works. Bret and Chet think Cyd and Shelby are detectives and follow them. The company's boss, Janet Smythe, is testing new robots.
9	9	"Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape"	Victor Gonzalez	Jim Martin	October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	109	2.18
Cyd and Shelby have a spooky adventure.
10	10	"When Shelby Met Cyd"	Victor Gonzales	Jim Hope	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)	110	1.76
Cyd and Shelby travel back to kindergarten. When they return, they start getting younger! This happens because they had never time traveled that far back before. Barry and Naldo try to help them. Cyd was scared of growing up, but Shelby helps her feel better.
11	11	"Cyd and Shelby Strike Back"	Shannon Flynn and Shelley Jensen	Steve Jarczak & Shawn Thomas and Jim Martin	November 27, 2015 (2015-11-27)	111–112	1.72
Cyd and Shelby find out Janet Smythe is behind the future lab. They want to get rid of the lab and GloboDigiDyne. With Barry and Naldo's help, they learn Janet got her ideas after an accident in 1991. They try to stop her, but things don't go as planned.
12	12	"The Girls of Christmas Past"	David Kendall	Kevin Engelking & Sarah Jeanne Terry	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	114	1.33
Cyd feels bad that Shelby's Christmas gifts are always better. She jumps back a year to before she moved in. Cyd tries to keep it a secret from Shelby. Meanwhile, Barry causes a prank war between Bret and Chet. He later apologizes.
13	13	"A Time to Double Date"	Robbie Countryman	Debby Wolfe	February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)	113	1.64
Cyd and Shelby go on a double date.
14	14	"Jump to the '50s"	Shelley Jensen	Loni Steele Sosthand	March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20)	115	1.61
Shelby's Grandma Rita visits and says she met time-travelers who helped her meet Shelby's grandpa. Cyd and Shelby jump to 1958 to investigate. Barry tries to earn money to save his RV.
15	15	"Diesel Gets Lost in Time"	Shelley Jensen	Jim Hope	April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)	116	1.55
Barry makes a time-traveling chip, and Diesel accidentally eats it! Diesel disappears. Cyd and Shelby use a tracker to find him. They find him in the past, but run into trouble. They also meet another Diesel from that time. They eventually save Diesel, but then find themselves in the future lab. They discover that the person trying to remove their powers is Barry!
16	16	"Fight the Future: Part 1"	Shannon Flynn	Steve Jarczak & Shawn Thomas	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	117	1.33
Shelby and Cyd ask Barry why he tried to remove their powers. Barry says they asked him to. They travel to the future and find their school is controlled by Janet Smythe. Cyd learns that Drake is working for Janet. Janet catches the girls and tries to stop their time travel. Cyd and Shelby argue, but then work together to escape. Shelby breaks up with Drake.
17	17	"Fight the Future: Part 2"	Jon Rosenbaum	Michael B. Kaplan	May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)	118	1.63
Janet Smythe comes to the Marcus' house for dinner. Shelby and Cyd suspect her. They learn Janet created a device to track their time travel. They try to go back in time, but Janet remembers everything. They ask Barry to remove their powers, but this only makes things worse. They are powerless against Janet's future plans.
18	18	"Fight the Future: Part 3"	Jon Rosenbaum	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)	119	1.23
Janet Smythe takes Barry's lab equipment and holds Barry and Naldo hostage. She wants the secret to time travel. Shelby and Cyd find out a blue liquid gave them their powers. Shelby accidentally tells Janet the secret, and Janet gets time travel powers too! Janet tries to capture them all. Shelby's dad helps them. Shelby and Cyd fight Janet using their powers. The battle creates a time rift. Future Cyd and Shelby jump out and help. They defeat Janet and take her and the blue liquid back through the rift. The timeline resets, and only Cyd and Shelby remember. They tell Barry and Naldo the blue liquid was Naldo's old hair gel. At the end, the time rift reopens.

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
19	1	"Princess Problems"	Bob Koherr	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas	July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	201	1.18
A time rift opens, and a girl named Daisy from 1522 appears. Daisy is a princess whose parents died. The friends try to open the rift for her. Barry and Naldo accidentally blow up their RV. Shelby realizes Daisy is a prisoner. They help Daisy choose to stay with them. When Daisy, Shelby, and Cyd hug, Cyd and Shelby are teleported to Daisy's tower.
20	2	"Worst Night Whenever"	Bob Koherr	Jennifer Glickman	July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26)	202	1.12
The friends have a very bad night.
21	3	"Epic Girls' Day"	Victor Gonzalez	Erin Dunlap	July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)	204	1.24
Cyd and Shelby take Daisy to the mall for a girls' day. But their usual activities are only for two people. Cyd and Shelby feel left out. Meanwhile, Bret and Chet want new looks. Barry and Naldo argue about selling T-shirts.
22	4	"Girl Code"	Bob Koherr	Jim Martin	July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	203	1.39
The girls learn about a special "girl code."
23	5	"Derby Little Secret"	Victor Gonzalez	Rick Williams & Jenna McGrath	July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)	205	1.26
Cyd suggests they go to a roller derby, even though Astrid said no. They get caught, and find a secret. Astrid gets hurt. Cyd and Shelby jump back to stop it. Cyd feels guilty about sneaking out. Daisy reveals she can make people knights. Barry and Naldo compete to be knights.
24	6	"Night of the Were-Diesel"	Jon Rosenbaum	Rick Williams & Jenna McGrath	October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)	211	1.36
Cyd's plans for the Halloween carnival go wrong. Her dog, Diesel, gets into Barry’s wolf hormone. The serum gets on Cyd, turning her into a werewolf! Shelby asks Barry and Naldo for help. They try to turn Cyd back to normal before the change is permanent.
25	7	"The Friendship Code"	Shannon Flynn	Jennifer Glickman	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)	208	1.20
Shelby and Barry compete at a tech fair. Shelby's hero, Dax Fraggins, is there. Shelby learns Dax is trying to get rid of her and take over her website. Barry tries to warn Shelby. Cyd feels like she doesn't have a passion. She tries to find one with Naldo's help.
26	8	"The Lying Game"	Victor Gonzalez	Molly Haldeman & Camilla Rubis	October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)	206	1.05
During a friendship game, a secret comes out. Cyd left Shelby alone when she was sick to go to a concert. This causes an argument between them. Cyd tries to make it up to Shelby. She lets Shelby go to a concert without her. But Cyd starts to feel like she's not Shelby's best friend anymore.
27	9	"Working Nine to Fudge"	Shelley Jensen	Molly Haldeman & Camilla Rubis	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)	210	1.25
The friends try working at a fudge shop.
28	10	"It's Not Ye, It's Me"	Shannon Flynn	Jim Martin	October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)	207	1.04
Daisy tells Cyd and Shelby she is engaged to someone she doesn't like in her time. They offer to help her break it off. This puts their lives at risk. Daisy joins Barry and Naldo's games and always wins. Barry realizes he has feelings for Daisy.
29	11	"The Christmas Curse"	Shelley Jensen	Erin Dunlap	December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)	209	0.95
The friends deal with a Christmas curse.
30	12	"Revenge of the Past"	Jon Rosenbaum	Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)	212–213	0.94
The friends face revenge from someone in the past.

Where the Show Aired

Best Friends Whenever was shown on Disney Channel in Canada. It also started airing on Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand on October 16, 2015.

How People Liked It

Brian Lowry, a writer for Variety, thought the first episode was a bit predictable. He felt the show didn't use the time travel idea to its fullest. He thought it focused more on Cyd and Shelby's daily lives. He wished they would travel to meet famous people like Abraham Lincoln or see flying cars in the future.

Viewer Numbers

Viewership and ratings per season of *Best Friends Whenever*
Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
Season	Episodes	Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)	Avg. viewers (millions)
1	18	June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	3.54	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)	1.23	1.84
2	12	July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	1.18	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)	0.94	1.17