What's with Andy?

What's with Andy?
File:Andywith.jpg What's with Andy? poster
Voices of	See Cast
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	78
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	Teletoon
Release	September 22, 2001 – March 4, 2007

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 and the (self proclaimed) "world's greatest prankster". The show follows him as he tries to perform incredibly well-thought out and elaborate practical jokes (a.k.a. pranks) 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.

Main Characters

• Andy Larkin: The main character of the show and a prankster who loves to prank people.
• Lori Mackney: Andy's crush but she is dismayed by his childishness due to his pranking.She has a crush on Andy very much.
• Jen Larkin: Andy's talented older sister who blames her younger brother Andy for everything.
• Danny Pickett: The left hand of Andy.
• Freida Larkin: Andy and Jen's Mother and Al's wife.
• Al Larkin: Andy and Jen's Father and Freida's husband.
• Teri: Jen's best friend.
• Jervis Coltrane: A French stereotypical snob who has a crush on Lori Mackney and he and Andy rival each other.
• Peter Lik and Andrew Leech: Peter and Andrew are Andy's and Danny's nemeses who always bully them.
• Craig Bennett: Jen's crush and one of the best athletes of East Gackle.
• Martin Bonwick: He is a stereotypically nervous nerd who always gets bullied.
• Victor Muskowitz (Mush): The pizza delivery man of East Gackle who is a good friend of Andy and Danny and he sometimes helps them with pranks.
• Steve Rowgee Jr.: A dumb police officer who is the incompetent son of Steve Rowgee Sr.
• Steve Rowgee Sr.: A police officer who is an old man, who always commands Steve Rowgee Jr. (his son) and is nicknamed the Iron Fisted Maniac.
• Principal DeRosa: He is the bad-tempered principal of the school in East Gackle who is obsessed with punishing Andy and Danny.
• Mr. Hutchins: One of the many teachers at East Gackle school, Andy likes to prank him more than the other teachers.
• Mayor Henry K. Roth: He is the mayor of East Gackle and is not a fan of Andy's pranks.

Minor Characters

• Spank Larkin: Andy's fat lazy dog.
• Mayor Simms: Mayor of West Gackle and Mayor Henry K. Roth's rival.
• Mr Leech: Andrew Leech's Dad.
• Clyde: The janitor of the school.
• Bryan: Andy's pranking rival and they battle for the best pranking and for Lori.
• Hazel Strinner: She is crush on Andy and Lori's protecting friend.
• Louella Berman: Freida's best friend.
• Mrs. Wibbles: Principal DeRosa's secretary. She puts principal DeRosa in quarantine in an episode of Season 3, Prank-o-Mania.
• Norman Larkin: Andy's grandfather.

Episodes

Season 1

1. Just Stuffing
2. Gooey Chewies
3. Beat the Bomb
4. Rhyme Time
5. Food Fight
6. 101 Underpants / Playing Dead
7. The Show Must Go On
8. Emergency Spew Relish / Busting
9. Very Bad Idea / Cockroaches
10. It Came From East Gackle
11. Campaign in the Butt
12. Road Trip / Snow Job
13. Best Enemies
14. Mascot
15. Little Foot / Grandpa Crazy
16. Gnome for the Holidays
17. The Royal Secret Society of Zombies (a Halloween episode)
18. Very Scary Stuff
19. Wag the Kid
20. The Answers
21. Merry Chaos (a Christmas episode)
22. Bring it Off
23. Pranks a Lot
24. Un-Masked Marauders
25. The Great American Lock-In
26. Teendreamboats

Season 2

1. What's with Jean-Thomas?
2. The Fortunate One
3. The Musical Fruit
4. Weight to Go, Andy!
5. The Toilet Paper Fiasco
6. Prankster to the Core
7. Fore!
8. Prank and Field Day
9. Mind Games
10. Nurse Jen (memorial episode to Jaclyn Linetsky)
11. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
12. Andysaurus Rex
13. Molasses
14. A Match Made in East Gackle
15. Lights... Camera... Ooops!
16. New Kid on the Chopping Block
17. Stone Cold
18. Food for Thought
19. The Buck Stops Here
20. Life is a Lottery, Old Chum
21. Bluebeard's Crate
22. Spanky Pranky Hanky Panky
23. Daddy Dearest
24. The Party
25. All Dressed to Go
26. Mr. E.G. Goes to Moosehoof

Season 3

1. Romancing the Prank
2. Andy Pranky Pudding and Pie
3. The Heart of Prankness
4. Don't Shoot the Messenger
5. Scary Teri (a Halloween episode)
6. Hapless Anniversary
7. To Kill a Caribou
8. Pranks are in the Air
9. I Fall to Pieces
10. She Pranks Me, She Pranks Me Not
11. Prank-a-razzi
12. On the Farm
13. The Exchange Student
14. Daddy!
15. Scooped
16. The Boy Who Cried Woof
17. A Ghost of a Prank
18. One Good Prank Deserves Another
19. It Lurks in the Crawl Space
20. Prank-watch
21. The Pranks Days of Summer
22. The Gift of Prank (a Christmas episode)
23. Prank-o-Mania
24. The Prank that Never Happened
25. Master Mom
26. A Passing Prank

Cast

The actors and actresses who work the voice-overs for the show are:

• Ian James Corlett (2001-2007)
• 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 (2003-2007)
• Craig Francis (2003-2007)
• Susan Glover (2003-2007)
• Mark Hauser (2003-2007)
• Arthur Holden (2003-2007)
• Matt Holland (2003-2007)
• Jessica Kardos (2003-2007)
• Holly Gauthier-Frankel (2003-2007)
• Bruce Dinsmore (2003-2007)
• Michael Yarmush (2003-2007)
• Mathew Mackay (2003-2007)
• Terrence Scammell (2003-2007)
• Rick Jones (2003-2007)
• Eleanor Noble (2006-2007)

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 Tricking'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 rather than French which is taught as a second language in Canada. Also In "Gnome for the Holidays", a building can be seen saying, US Post Office.

External links

• Site about "Whats with Andy?"
• What's with Andy? - The home of the Prince of Pranks
• The Teletoon site for this show