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Fanboy & Chum Chum
Genre	Comedy Animated Cartoon series
Created by	Eric Robles
Directed by	Pilot: Shaun Cashman Season 1: Brian Sheesley Jim Schumann Russell Calabrese Season 2: Eddie Trigueros Brandon Kruse Tom King Ken Mitchroney
Voices of	David Hornsby Nika Futterman Jeff Bennett Wyatt Cenac Jamie Kennedy Josh Duhamel Candi Milo Steve Tompkins Dyana Liu Estelle Harris
Theme music composer	Brad Joseph Breeck
Opening theme	"Fanboy & Chum Chum" Performed by The Mae Shi
Ending theme	"Fanboy & Chum Chum" (Instrumental)
Composer(s)	Brad Joseph Breeck
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (100 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fred Seibert Steve Tompkins Eric Robles (co-executive producer)
Producer(s)	Shaun Cashman (supervising producer) Jason Meier
Running time	22 minutes (consisting of two 11 minute segments)
Production company(s)	Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (2009–12) Nicktoons (2014)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12) – July 12, 2014 (2014-07-12)
Chronology
Preceded by	Random! Cartoons

Fanboy & Chum Chum is a fun American cartoon series. It uses 3D CGI animation. Eric Robles created the show for Nickelodeon.

The series is based on an earlier short cartoon called Fanboy. Eric Robles also made that short for Nicktoons and Frederator Studios. It was shown on a program called Random! Cartoons.

Fanboy & Chum Chum first aired on October 12, 2009, as a special preview. Its official start was on November 6, 2009. This happened right after the SpongeBob's Truth or Square special.

The show is about two best friends, Fanboy and Chum Chum. They are a bit silly and think they are superheroes. They try to protect their town, Galaxy Hills, from bad guys. But mostly, they just annoy everyone around them!

The first episode was very popular. About 5.8 million people watched it. The second episode had 5.4 million viewers. The series even won an award! It got a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program. This was at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards.

The show finished its main run on November 2, 2012. One episode, "Brain Freeze," came out on DVD in 2011. It didn't air on TV until July 12, 2014. The catchy theme song was written by Brad Joseph Breeck. An experimental punk band called The Mae Shi performed it.

About the Show's Story

The cartoon follows Fanboy and Chum Chum. They are super energetic and a bit odd. These best friends love superhero comics. Their favorite hero is Man-Arctica. He is like a superhero version of Santa Claus!

Many episodes make fun of famous movies. They also have lots of references to popular culture. The show shares Fanboy and Chum Chum's wild daily adventures. They often get into funny problems. Or they just make other characters really annoyed with their silly actions.

Episodes of Fanboy & Chum Chum

List of Fanboy & Chum Chum episodes

Meet the Characters

Main Characters

• Fanboy is a huge fan of comic books. He also loves fantasy, science fiction, and action figures. He wears a green and purple outfit. He has white briefs on the outside. In the first short, he wore a gray costume. David Hornsby does his voice.
• Chum Chum is Fanboy's best friend and helper. He is younger than the other main characters. But he is in the same class as them. The show's creator, Eric Robles, said Fanboy snuck him into the class. The teacher never noticed the age difference. Chum Chum is very energetic and happy. He wears an orange and yellow uniform. He also has white briefs on the outside. In the first short, he wore an orange shirt with yellow buttons. Nika Futterman is his voice actor. In the first short, Nancy Cartwright voiced him.

Supporting Characters

• Boogregard "Boog" Shlizetti is a short-tempered bully. He loves playing the video game Chimp Chomp. This game is like a parody of Donkey Kong. He plays it at the Frosty Mart. He often plays instead of working. Boog's voice sounds like John Travolta's character Vinnie Barbarino. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Leonard "Lenny" Flynn-Boyle is the manager of the Frosty Mart. He often has accidents. He finds Fanboy and Chum Chum very annoying. He sometimes gets a "stress twitch" because of them. He first appeared in the episode "Dollar Day." Wyatt Cenac is his voice actor.
• Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason is a wizard who is still a kid. He doesn't like Fanboy and Chum Chum because they aren't very smart. But secretly, he wants to be their friend. Kyle was kicked out of his wizard school, Milkweed Academy. He turned his teacher, Professor Flan, into a raspberry flan. He called him a "Delicious old fool." Now Kyle has to go to Fanboy and Chum Chum's public school. He doesn't have many friends there, except for Fanboy and Chum Chum. Fanboy and Chum Chum usually forget Kyle has magic powers. Reminding them often makes Kyle very angry. He wears a red and yellow striped shirt with jeans. Kyle has red hair and big front teeth with braces. He speaks with a British accent. Kyle tries hard to get back into Milkweed. He often faces embarrassing moments, usually because of Fanboy and Chum Chum. Jamie Kennedy voices him.
• Yo is another classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum. She is very happy and loves her Yamaguchi digital pets. These are like a parody of Tamagotchi. She especially loves her cat named Scampers. She has a big crush on Chum Chum. She often wants to play with him like he's a toy. Yo has black hair. She wears a yellow shirt, a plaid skirt, and a frog backpack. She is good at pranks. She even beat Fanboy on Prank Day. She can be a bit mean sometimes, but she is usually nice. Dyana Liu voices her.
• Mr. Hank Mufflin is Fanboy and Chum Chum's teacher. He is often grumpy but can also be playful. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Ozwald "Oz" Harmounian owns the local comic shop, Oz Comix. Oz is a friend to the boys. They think he is "the most knowledgeable human being ever." But he is a nerdy know-it-all. He lives with his elderly mother. Josh Duhamel voices him.
• Dollar-nator is a smart computer system. Fanboy built him in the future. Fanboy sent him back in time to help Fanboy and Chum Chum. This happened in the episode 'Dollar Day'. He has many surprising skills. He is a parody of The Terminator. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Janitor Russ Poopatine is a janitor at Fanboy and Chum Chum's school. He is a parody of Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars. He is a pale, skinny, old man. He wears a dark hooded shirt. Poopatine rides around in a smart cart named Brenda. He understands all of Brenda's robot noises. He often talks to her. Poopatine really hates gum and saltwater taffy. Steve Tompkins voices him.
• Man-Arctica is a superhero who uses ice powers. He travels through space looking for bad guys. He doesn't like humans much. But he still feels it's his job to save them. He often calls children "earth larvae." Jeff Bennett voices him.

Other Characters

• Agent Johnson is an authority figure in Galaxy Hills. He does many different jobs. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Fedora Man is one of the delivery people in Galaxy Hills. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Secret Shopper first appeared to check the Frosty Mart's products and service. This was in "Secret Shopper." Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Fankylechum is a nerdy and kind classmate of the boys. Jamie Kennedy voices him.
• Dirty Bird is a seagull. He appears in many parts of the show.
• Chris Chuggy is a classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum. He only says "Wah." Eric Robles voices him.
• Scrivener Elf is an elf Kyle creates. This was in "The Janitor Strikes Back." He does Kyle's homework. He also appears other times. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Lupe is a kind girl in Fanboy and Chum Chum's class. Lupe seems to be Yo's friend. They are often seen together. Candi Milo voices her.
• Necronomicon is a talking book of spells. He is Kyle's friend. He often tells Kyle about the right and wrong of his choices. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Sigmund The Sorcerer is Kyle's rival. He is a more successful and skilled German wizard. He was from Kyle's old wizard school, Milkweed Academy. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Lunch Lady Cram is the new strict lunch lady. She replaced the old strict lunch lady, Mildred. She is known for making "glop." Candi Milo voices her.
• Thorvald the Red is a Viking. He first appeared in "Norse-ing Around." He also showed up in "Norse Code" and "Normal Day." Nolan North voices him.
• The Global Warmer is a super-villain. He is Man-Arctica's main enemy. He appears several times in the series. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Oz's Mom is a single mother. She wants to teach her adult son that selling is the only way to run a good business. Estelle Harris voices her.
• Mitzi is Oz's mom's pet goat. She uses Mitzi to make milk. In "The Hard Sell," she wanted to turn Oz's shop into a yogurt shop using Mitzi's milk. David Hornsby voices him in "The Winners."
• Professor Flan is a professor from Milkweed Academy. Kyle needs his permission to get back into Milkweed. Kyle turned him into a raspberry flan. Jim Cummings voices him.
• Brizwald Harmounian is Oz's cousin. He loves money and makes plans. Amir Talai voices him.
• Chimp Chomp is a video game. It is a parody of Donkey Kong. It features a monkey, Chimp Chomp, trying to take an ape's bananas. Boog is addicted to this game. You can play it on Nick.com.
• Precious is Mr. Mufflin's class pig. Precious appears in "Precious Pig." A pig that looks like Precious also appeared in "Eyes on the Prize" and "Fanboy A'Hoy!" Dee Bradley Baker voices her.
• Berry is a small pink creature. He lives inside the Frosty Freezy Freeze machine at the Frosty Mart. Kevin Michael Richardson voices him.
• The Ice Monster is a very large, scary beast. It was made when Frosty Freezy Freeze and Ice-Monster Bun Bun mixed. This happened in the first short from Random! Cartoons. It appears again in "Brain Freeze." There, Blue-Tonium and Radioactive Red Frosty Freezy Freeze combine.
• Michael Johnson is a classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum. He is a good dancer. He moves around by dancing. Wyatt Cenac voices him.
• Duke is a classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Nancy Pancy is a girl in Mr Mufflin's class. Kari Wahlgren voices her. In "Fanboy A'hoy!" and "Slime Day," Nika Futterman voiced her.
• Francine is a brown-haired diva in Mr. Mufflin's class. Candi Milo voices her.
• Cher "Cheer" Leader is a cheerleader in Mr. Mufflin's class. She is one of three triplets. She sometimes appears with her two sisters, who look just like her. The triplets were voiced by Kari Wahlgren in "Fanboy Stinks." But Cher is voiced by Candi Milo in all other appearances.
• Dr. Acula is a vampire plastic surgeon. He gives Chum Chum a neck. This is so vampire Fanboy can bite Chum Chum and turn him into a vampire too. In the end, sunlight destroys him. The same character also appears as a vampire dentist named Dr. Plaque-ula in "Dental Illness." Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Miss Olive is a preschool teacher. She appears in "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha," "Battle of the Stands," and "Frosty Mart Dream Vacation." The same character also appears as a French teacher named Madame LaVache in "Excuse Me." She has a French accent. Candi Milo voices her.
• Marsha was a nice, smart student. But Fanboy accidentally ruined her life. He sneezed on her test, making it unreadable. She got a failing grade and had to repeat kindergarten. There, she swore to get revenge on Fanboy. She appeared in "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" and "Face-Eating Aliens From Planet X." Candi Milo voices her.
• Cheech is a classmate in Mr. Mufflin's classroom. In "The Janitor Strikes Back," Nika Futterman voiced him.
• Fanbot is a robot version of Fanboy. He appears in "I, Fanbot."
• Mecha-Tech is a dancing robot action figure. Mecha-Tech often says "I await your command!" He can do anything his owner tells him to do. Dee Bradley Baker voices him.
• Monster in the Mist is something Boog imagines. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Scampers is one of Yo's Yamaguchi digital pets. Scampers is a cat. Dee Bradley Baker voices him.
• Yum Yum is a one-eyed bubble gum creature. Fanboy and Chum Chum created him in "The Janitor Strikes Back." John DiMaggio voices him.
• Fanman is a superhero. He appeared in the Random! Cartoons short "Fanboy." Scott Grimes voiced him.
• Sprinkles is the class bear. Dee Bradley Baker voices him.
• Muk Muk is Chum Chum's female cousin. She is a bit wild and from "West Apetown." Nika Futterman voices her.
• Crabulus: Destroyer of Worlds is a crab-like action figure. He appears several times in the series. Collectors don't like him much because of his embarrassing exercise DVD. Jeff Bennett voices him.
• Moppy is a mop. Fanboy put it together as a date for his school dance in "Moppy Dearest."
• Agent 08 is an octopus cartoon character. Fanboy and Chum Chum are big fans of him. Agent 08 was made into a dangerous toy. Oz owned it and hid it because it was supposed to be stopped.
• The Burgle Brats are three kindergartners who like to commit crimes.
• Stinks is a creature made of dirt. He takes over Fanboy's right glove. He forces Fanboy to commit crimes.
• Nurse Lady Pam is the school nurse. She is in love with Man-Arctica. Fanboy and Chum Chum try to get her attention in "Lice, Lice, Baby."

Places in Galaxy Hills

• Galaxy Hills is the town where the show takes place. It's a colorful and quiet town. Fanboy, Chum Chum, and most other characters live here.
• The Fanlair is Fanboy and Chum Chum's home. It's a water tower on top of an apartment building. It's right in the middle of Galaxy Hills.
• Kyle's Apartment is Kyle's magical safe place. It's where he escapes from the normal public school. Fanboy and Chum Chum sometimes sneak in through the mail slot.
• Oz Comix is Oz's secret comic book library. It's also a museum for collectibles. It looks like a normal comic book store.
• Galaxy Hills Elementary School is the school the characters go to. It's at the end of Fanboy's street.
• Galaxy Hills Theater is the town's movie theater. It's at the end of the street, across from the school.
• The Frosty Mart is Fanboy and Chum Chum's favorite store. It's a convenience store where they hang out.

When and Where the Show Aired

A special preview of Fanboy & Chum Chum aired in the United States on October 12, 2009. The show officially started in the US on November 6, 2009.

In Canada, the series began on YTV on November 1, 2009. It also aired on Nickelodeon (Canada) on November 2, 2009.

In the UK and Ireland, the show started on Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland) on February 16, 2010. Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand) debuted the series on April 19, 2010. Nickelodeon (Africa) started airing the series in June 2010.

DVD Releases

Paramount Home Entertainment is the company that sells the show on DVD.

Main DVD Releases

• Fanboy & Chum Chum (Released May 24, 2011). This DVD also has the first episode of Planet Sheen.
• Fanboy & Chum Chum: Brain Freeze (Released August 16, 2011).
• Fanboy & Chum Chum: Season 1 (Released August 7, 2012).

Episodes on Other DVDs

Some episodes of Fanboy & Chum Chum were included as bonus features on other DVDs:

• SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge (Released July 13, 2010). It includes "Wizboy" and "Pick a Nose."
• SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off (Released January 3, 2012). It includes "The Last Strawberry Fun Finger" and "Power Out."

NOTE: The episode "A Very Brrr-y Icemas" was supposed to be on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! DVD. Christmas episodes of The Fairly OddParents and T.U.F.F. Puppy were also planned. But they were not on the final DVD. However, a special Target store version of It's A SpongeBob Christmas! did include these Christmas episodes on an extra disc.

How Many People Watched the Show

The series started on November 6, 2009. It aired after the SpongeBob SquarePants movie Truth or Square. The first show was the third most-watched cable program that week. It was the second most-watched show that night. A total of 5.8 million people watched the first episode.

The second episode aired on November 7, 2009. It had 5.4 million viewers. This made it the fifth most-watched cable broadcast that week.

The third episode aired a week later, on November 14, 2009. It had 3.8 million viewers. An episode on November 28, 2009, was watched by 3.9 million viewers. In February 2010, the episode "Moppy Dearest" had 4.27 million viewers. This was an improvement over the previous episodes.

Nickelodeon announced a second season for the show in 2010–2011.

See also

In Spanish: Fanboy & Chum Chum para niños