Fanboy & Chum Chum

Fanboy & Chum Chum
File:Fanboy logo.jpg Inter title
Genre	Slapstick comedy Surreal comedy Gross-Out comedy
Created by	Eric Robles
Directed by	Brian Sheesley Jay Lender
Starring	David Hornsby Nika Futterman Jamie Kennedy Dyana Liu Josh Duhamel Jeff Glen Bennett
Opening theme	"Here We Go!"
Composer	Brad Joseph Breeck
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Fred Seibert Steve Tompkins Eric Robles
Producers	Shaun Cashman Jason Meier
Running time	23 minutes (consisting of two 11 minute cartoons)
Production company	Nickelodeon Studios
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon Nicktoons
Release	November 6, 2009 – present

Fanboy and Chum Chum (also known as Fanboy and ChumChum or Fanboy and Chumchum) is an American CGI animated television series produced by Frederator Studios. It is based on a 1^st episode/short from Frederator's Random! Cartoons called Fanboy. The series is created by Eric Robles and directed by Brian Sheesley and Jim Schumann. It premiered on November 6, 2009 on Nickelodeon. A sneak peek of the show was shown on November 6, 2009 after the movie SpongeBob's Truth or Square.

The series is about Fanboy and Chum Chum, two energetic "super fans" of science fiction and fantasy. They have super hero costumes with underwear outside the costumes and their world is full of comic adventures and misadventures.

The series premiere drew 5.8 million viewers. The second episode was watched by 5.4 million viewers.The third was viewed by 1.5 million viewers.

List of Fanboy and Chum Chum episodes

Main Characters

• Fanboy is a 11 year old enthusiastic fan of fantasy and science fiction, who is the protagonist of the show. Fanboy wears a purple mask, cape, and gloves, green tights, and his underwear on the outside of his costume. Fanboy has an active imagination, a zeal for fun, frolic and adventure, and he enjoys spending all of his time with his best pal, Chum Chum. Voiced by David Hornsby.

• Chum Chum is the show's deuteragonist as Fanboy's best friend and sidekick. He is 9 and a half years old. Although he is significantly younger than the other main characters, he is still in the same class as them. Show creator Eric Robles explained on the Nickelodeon message board that this is because Fanboy snuck him into his class and the teacher never noticed the age difference. Like Fanboy, he doesn't appear to have any super powers (except in the episode "Fanboyfriend", when he absorbed the radiation waves and picked up a number of super powers by the end of the episode.) Chum Chum is extremely energetic and high-spirited. He possesses an indomitable enthusiasm and childlike jocularity. Chum Chum wears a black mask and gloves, orange tights, and his underwear on the outside of his costume. As a possible recurring gag, he has been seen to chase away a bird for pecking Fanboy's brain and slurping the two's smoothies, when he yelled "Shoo-shoo, dirty bird!" Another recurring gag is when Chum Chum and Fanboy always get a bad score on Boog's "Chimp Chomp" machine and being happy that they always lose the game. Voiced by Nika Futterman. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, he was voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

• Kyle is an adorable 12 year old wizard waif. He is the only character with actual powers, other than his rival Sigmund the Sorcerer. He has a pessimistic attitude towards most things involving Fanboy and Chum Chum. He got expelled from wizard school after turning his teacher into a raspberry flan. "Delicious old fool," Kyle said of him. Kyle is now reluctantly enrolled in Fanboy and Chum Chum's regular public school. At first, Fanboy and Chum Chum do not recognize that Kyle possesses wizardly powers, as suggested in the episode "Wizboy", which features Kyle's debut. After that, the boys seem quite aware, such as in "Excuse Me". He truly detests Fanboy and Chum Chum's lack of intelligence, but he is apparently capable of working with them in some cases. He wears a scarlet and yellow striped shirt with jeans, black high tops, and a black cape. He has red hair and very large front teeth with braces and he speaks in a British accent. In the episode, "Night Morning", Kyle has his night time headgear (which are incredibly large and even has a model train on it), and he sleeps with a teddy bear. As a recurring gag he is often seen getting hurt in most episodes, usually as a result of one of Fanboy and Chum Chum's mishaps, such as being mauled when Fanboy's robot head is thrown over his, but never seems to be any worse for the wear. In "Cold War" it is revealed that Kyle has never had a best friend and Fanboy and Chum Chum were the only people who ever wanted to be his friends. Poor Kyle! He appears to help Chum Chum in "Saving Private Chum Chum". He is the third main antagonist of the show. He is a parody of Draco Malfoy of the Harry Potter franchise. Voiced by Jamie Kennedy.

• Yo is Fanboy and Chum Chum's friend. She is 11 years old. Yo is a sweet, happy-go-lucky girl. She loves her digital pet Yamaguchi (a parody of Tamagotchi). She is one of the two tritagonists of the show (the other being Oz). She has a rather insane crush on Chum Chum and appears in "Saving Private Chum Chum" to help him out when Mr. Mufflin keeps him at night. She is shown to be a talented prankster as she constantly pranked Fanboy on Prank Day. Her best friend is a pine cone named Ingrid. Voiced by Dyana Liu.

• Oz Fanboy and Chum Chum think he is "the most knowledgeable human being ever". Yet in reality he is a nerd who still lives with his mother and mostly in episodes he says "seriously". He is one of the two tritagonists of the show (the other being Yo). He has a ponytail and beard and usually wears a black high collared leather jacket. Oz looks similar to Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. He is 20 years old. Voiced by Josh Duhamel.

• Boogregard "Boog" Schlizetti is a bully obsessed with the video game Chimp Chomp, which he plays obsessively at the Frosty Mart. He mentioned twice that he grew up in a plastic bubble (an homage to John Travolta, who starred in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'). Boog even talks like Travolta's character, Vinnie Barbarino, in Welcome Back, Kotter. He very much enjoys the "Chimp Chomp" video game (spending most of his time playing it rather than working) and threatening the boys into giving him their quarters. He is the main antagonist of the show. Voiced by Jeff Glen Bennett. He has a car named Sandy that got destroyed in "Refill Madness".

• Lenny is the junior manager of the Frosty Mart. His real name is Leonard. He finds Fanboy and Chum Chum irritating he sometimes calls them weirdos or costumed goofballs. He sometimes gets a "stress twitch" when annoyed by Fanboy and Chum Chum (first seen in "Dollar Day"). He is the second main antagonist of the show. He may have a cat and lost 3 toes in "Refill Madness". Voiced by Wyatt Cenac. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, he was voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

• Hank Mufflin is the class teacher. Although usually aloof, he finds time to consider Fanboy and Chum Chum annoying and says if he has to hold them back another year, he's going to consider early retirement. He is somewhat senile and hates almost every aspect of his job. According to show canon, he will be able to retire in approximately 12 years. He has a deep, groany Canadian dialect and a lazy eye. He is the main antagonist of "Saving Private Chum Chum" were he keeps Chum Chum and everyone's toys in his school at night and gains laser eye powers and later bat powers. Voiced by Jeff Glen Bennett.

• Michael Johnson is a classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum. Obviously a parody of Michael Jackson, as Johnson wears leather pants and jacket similar to that worn by Michael Jackson in his Thriller video. Like Jackson, Johnson often yells a high pitched "Hee Hee!" He has a major role in the episode "Fanboy and Chug Chug". Voiced by Wyatt Cenac.

• Chris Chuggy is a classmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum's. He may be tough like Lupe; He seems unable to form sentences or words, but only utters a "wah" sound as response. In the episode "Fanboy and Chug Chug" he saves Fanboy's life and they become new friends. He also appears in "Saving Private Chum Chum" as one of Fanboy's helpers. He is roundish with orange hair. He is friends with Michael Johnson and Yo. Voiced by Eric Robles.

• Janitor Russ Poopatine, is a janitor at Fanboy and Chum Chum's school. He is a parody of Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine, in that he is a pale, skinny, gnarled old man in a dark hooded shirt. Several of his lines in his debut episode "The Janitor Strikes Back" (the title, of course a parody of The Empire Strikes Back) are direct parodies of lines spoken by Palpatine and Darth Vader. He rides around in a cart, named Brenda, who communicates by beeping in a manner similar to R2D2. Poopatine has a strong hatred of gum (and saltwater taffy), and tries to destroy Yum Yum, until it saves his life. In "The Janitor's Apprentice", it is shown that he has a trash collection (which was later destroyed by Fanboy) and a trash recepticle called the "Dump Star", a parody of the Death Star. Voiced by Steve Tompkins.

• Scrivener Elf is an elf Kyle creates in 'The Janitor Strikes Back' to do his homework and other things. He is seen in other episodes writing notes for Kyle. He is purple and wears burlap clothes like people in the Middle Ages. He also has buck teeth and pointed ears. He is rather shiftless and is the closest thing to being one of Kyle's friends. Voiced by Jeff Glen Bennett.

• Lupe is one of Fanboy and Chum Chum's schoolmates. She is 11 years old. She once mentioned that she has an uncle who married a chicken and was as crazy as Chum Chum. She also mentioned that her aunt is a chicken. In the episode "Fanboyfriend" she forms a crush on Fanboy when he squished a spider that was near her. She has also punched Kyle in the eye in "Wizboy", after he descended himself from levitation in her lunch, but on "The Janitor Strikes Back", Kyle was showing her magic. She is in "Saving Private Chum Chum" were she is one of the students to help out Chum Chum. She has a Spanish accent and she is voiced by Candi Milo.

• Kyle's Necronomicon is a talking book of spells who helps out Kyle sometimes. It appears in "Chicken Pox" and "Little Glop of Horrors". It is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Chimp Chomp is a video game featuring a chimp who is trying to take an ape's bananas. The ape sits at the top of a palm tree and throws energy balls at the chimp. Chimp Chomp has spawned two movies in the cartoon series Fanboy and Chum Chum. In "Fanboy in the Plastic Bubble", Boog's Chimp Chomp game was destroyed by the plastic bubble when he tried to use the "H-Bop" on Fanboy and Chum Chum.

• Duke is a schoolmate of Fanboy and Chum Chum's. He is 11 or 12 years old. He appeared in three episodes thus far. He has appeared in "The Janitor Strikes Back", "Precious Pig", "Night Morning" and "Saving Private Chum Chum". He is tall, wears a 5 on his shirt and has blonde hair. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Precious is the class pig of Mr. Mufflin's class. He was obtained via a door-to-door pig salesman. Fanboy attempts to teach him martial arts. Even though he was only a one time character, he also made a cameo in 2 brief scenes in "Night Morning", on the roof, howling like a wolf and playing a recorder flute. He also was in "Norse-ing Around" when Chum Chum was riding him like a horse for gold stars. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

• Sigmund is Kyle's more successful and skilled rival from Kyle's old school, Milkweed Academy. Sigmund will appear in the Season 2 episode "Sigmund the Sorcerer". He is Fanboy and Chum Chum's idol because he has his own magic show. He has white hair and a British school uniform and he wears it over a long leather jacket and fingerless gloves.

Other Characters

• Berry the Ice Monster is a small pink creature who lives inside the Frosty Freezy Freeze machine at the Frosty Mart. He creates Frosty Freezy Freeze with his ice breath. In "Berry Sick", he becomes ill and is unable to produce any more Frosty Freezy Freeze. Fanboy and Chum Chum kidnap him and pretend to be doctors attempting to cure him, when in actuality, they want to keep him so that they can have Frosty Freezy Freeze. He also appeared in the 8-minute pilot, though in this appearance he was rather large and more monstrous and had no feet, and was created from the combination of Frosty Freezy Freeze, and Ice-Monster Bun Bun. He is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

• Count Dr. Acula is a vampire plastic surgeon who gave Chum Chum a neck when Fanboy believed he was vampire. Chum Chum wanted to be his immortal companion upon learning vampires are not mortal. Chum Chum wanted to have a neck so Fanboy would bite him and he could be immortal as well. At the end of the episode, Dr. Acula bites Fanboy a second time (having unknowingly bitten him some time in the beginning of the episode) and Fanboy becomes a vampire. He then bites Chum Chum and he becomes a vampire as well. Dr. Acula, gaining Fanboy's irritating personality, felt the urge to play video games and drink Frosty Freezy Freezes and was unable to control his flatulence.He resembles Dracula and is destroyed by the morning sun while trying to get back to his coffin, so far making him the only villain killed off in their series. Afterwards, Fanboy turns into "Fangboy" for real and bites Chum Chum's new neck turning him into a vampire as well. Then they walk into the Frosty Mart and bite Boog, likely turning him into a vampire. He is only seen in "Fangboy" due to his death and was voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Fanbot is a robotic version of Fanboy that appears in "I, Fanbot."

• Mist Monster is a hallucination that Boog has when he plays a video game for 2 1/2 days straight. He believes it is a monster but when he puts on glasses he realizes he was just hallucinating. At the end of the episode he is eaten by the real monster. He slightly resembles Chum Chum sitting atop Fanboy's head, as that was Boog's hallucination of them. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Monster under bed is a monster under Fanboy's bed that appears in 'Night Morning'. It is only seen for a brief second and only his tentacles are seen. He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker

• Dollar-nator is a sophisticated computerized intelligence system built by Fanboy in the future, and sent back in time by Fanboy to bail Fanboy and Chum Chum out of a jam in 'Dollar Day'. He also is in Boog's car, "Sandy", in the episode "Refill Madness". It can make money and candy and is an obvious parody of The Terminator, as he has an Austrian accent. He is made up of parts from a Chimp Chomp machine, a ping-pong video game, a restaurant grade hot dog steamer and a microwave oven. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Grandboy is Fanboy's grandfather. Although he is not seen, he is mentioned by Fanboy in the episode "I, Fanbot".

• Scampers is one of Yo's Yamaguchi digital pets. He is a digital cat who was supposed to be taken care of by Fanboy and Chum Chum over the weekend while Yo's cousin was at her house (Yo's cousin is allergic to cats, even though Scampers is digital). But his constant need for cupcakes angered Fanboy, who then overfed him and caused him to "power down"(which is the only way digital pets die.) The two then buried him in a graveyard that turns him into an evil zombie, which Fanboy and Chum Chum didn't realize when he returned, after which they began to play with him, which constantly led to his death (tossing him into the toilet, stepping on him, trying to hang a safe from the ceiling, etc.), and Fanboy and Chum Chum kept burying him over and over. Eventually Yo came and pointed out that the twosome had turned Scampers into an evil zombie. After which the three ran from him as he chased them (even though he was only about 3 inches tall), The Oz came in with a battle hammer and crushed him. Later Scampers mysteriously came back (even without being buried in the graveyard), only this time he was much much bigger. The Oz was too scared this time, but his mother conveniently walked in with a batch of cupcakes that calmed Scampers down, (but he still ate Chum Chum.) He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

• Yum Yum is a cycloptic bubble gum creature created by Fanboy and Chum Chum. He is one of their best friends, and appears in the opening sequence. He sat on Kyle, and was also seen in Boog's car in "Refill Madness". He is absent minded and voiced by John DiMaggio.

• Man-Arctica is an ice-themed superhero who loves milk and cookies (but not cookies and milk after getting sick the first time he tried them). His biggest fans are Fanboy, Chum Chum, and the Secret Shopper. He is a superhero parody of Santa Claus & comes on every night to deliver all gifts to good boys & girls, and he slightly resembles Batman and Iceman and he also appeared in Moppy Dearest. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Fanman is a fictional superhero he is the hero that Fanboy is dressed up as. He appeared in the Random! Cartoons 8-minute short "Fanboy". His appearance is what Fanboy based his costume on, however, in the actual series, references to him appear to have been replaced with Man-Article. His Arch-Enemy is a large, muscular ice monster. He is voiced by Scott Grimes.

• Sprinkles is the class bear of Fanboy and Chum Chum. He was a cub before the series but is now an adult brown bear. He also appeared in 'Excuse Me' when Mr. Mufflin is tricked by Kyle, Fanboy, and Chum Chum into wrestling it by one of Scrivener Elf's notes he also appeared in Prank Master when he was attacking Fanboy as a prank from Chum Chum and Yo. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

• The Dramatic Chipmunk is a chipmunk that Fanboy tried to train. Its only appearance includes "Precious Pig". It is a parody of the famous internet meme of the same name.

• Stinks A life-form created on Fanboy's right hand after several days without bathing. Stinks sounds like a mobster. He has mushrooms for eyes and is similar to the puppets on Oobi.

• Thorvald The Red Was a viking that appeared in "Norse-ing Around" and broke out of an ice pop while Fanboy and Chum Chum went fishing. He told them his story that he wanted to be brought to an ancient city in Sweden. In Mr. Mufflin's class, he led a battle against him for gold. He was brought to the Frosty Mart, and told the two that he needed to fight a dragon to head over to Valhalla (he was not able to get to Valhalla due to falling into an icy fjord). They brought him to a game, which let him be carried off to Valhalla. He later reappears in "The Norse Code" where he loses his battle axe in the school which was gotten by Mrs. Cram, forcing him to work for her. Fanboy later snatches her hairnet and she loses her evil powers. Thorvald later falls in love with her, gets his battle axe back from her and carries them off to Valhalla. Voiced by Nolan North.

• Muhc Muhc A female cousin of Chum Chum. Her appearance resembles Chum Chum's, though she sports ponytails and a dress. She hails from West Apetown. She is more physical than Chum Chum. She loves to eat and she always says Muk Muk. Her name is "Chum Chum" spelled backwards.

• Crabulous: Destroyer of Worlds Is an action figure who is a crab. He has an exercise video "Crabulous: Destroyer of Flab".

• Moppy A mop that Fanboy conjured for the school dance. She doesn't speak, but people conceivably see her as a real person. Her only friends seem to be Yo and Lupe. Janitor Poopatine seems to admire her, much to Brenda's disappointment.

• Mrs. Cram A new strict lunch lady who replaces the other. Her most popular dish, glop, is made from an unspecified mound of meat, sauce and other horror. She doesn't let anyone out of the cafeteia until they clean their tray and doesn't allow anyone to throw away her food. She also appeared in "Refill Madness", "Excuse Me", and "Pick A Nose" and later "The Norse Code" as the main antagonist. She is revealed to have gotten her powers from her hairnet and later falls in love with Thorvald and goes with him to Valhalla.

• Cheech Is a buck-toothed boy in Mr. Mufflin's class. He was the first person to say "Poop!" to Janitor Poopatine.

• Nancy Pancy Is a girl nerd in Mr Mufflin's class.

• Francine Is a diva in Mr. Mufflin's class. Fanboy thinks they're best friends, but she doesn't entirely care. She appeared in Pick A Nose, Precious Pig, Fanboy Stinks, Moppy Dearest, and Night Morning. Voiced by Candi Milo.

• Fedora Man He appears in "Hard Sell" where he bought a pickle jar. He wears a spring green tuxedo and a top hat and is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Cheer Is a cheerleader (or a group of them) in Mr. Mufflin's class.

• Agent 8 Is a rare collectible octopus agent which Oz collected and bought. Its ink is very acidic. It shocked Fanboy and Chum-Chum many times and at one time almost blew them up.

• Cuppy Is a living Frosty Freezy Freeze cup which Fanboy and Chum-Chum have as a pet. Boog and Lenny tried many attempts to get it away from the boys before they discover it can be used for a free refill but fail.

• Cupzilla is a gigantic Frosty Freezy Freeze cup that Boog tried to trade to Fanboy and Chum Chum. Instead, Mr. Mufflin got the cup with Lenny still swimming on top of it. It is a parody of Godzilla.

• Ms. Olive Is a preschool teacher who appears in "Marsha Marsha Marsha." She also appeared as a French teacher named Madame LaVache in "Excuse Me" with a French accent.

• Marsha was a sweet girl until Fanboy ruined her life. He sneezed on her placement test, rendering it illegible. Rather than let her retake the test—as a real school would have done. The school gave her a zero, and sent an otherwise successful student back to kindergarten. She appears in the episode "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha", by which time she has partially regressed after being forced to fit in with her infantile peers. She holds an intense hatred for Fanboy, and attempted to kill him.

• Fankylechum was originally a mixed up name made up by Fanboy, Chum Chum, and Kyle to fool Mr. Mufflin into getting them out of school, but their plan fails when he calls an actual character who has the name and excuses him from all school forever but is later actually back in the school. He wears glasses and a school uniform. He appears in "Excuse Me" and reappears in "Saving Private Chum Chum" as one of Fanboy's helpers along with Yo, Chris Chuggy, Duke, Lupe, Michael Johnson and Kyle.

• The Oz Clone is a palette swap of Oz that appeared as one of the "customers" in The Hard Sell.

• The Global Warmer is an upcoming supervillain archenemy of Man-Arctica who will appear in "Stan-Arctica".

• Agent Johnson is a member of the Toy Police and is one of the main antagonists of the episode "Total Recall", the other being Oz's Mom who had a short crush on him. He was trying to recall Agent 8 until Fanboy, Chum Chum and Oz get away with Agent 8 into the galaxy. He later revealed to Oz's Mom that he was trying to give them a limited edition Mechatech, only for Oz's Mom to command her pet goat Mitzy to ram them out the house. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

Worldwide release

Country	Network	Premiere Date
United States	Nickelodeon / Nick 2	October 12, 2009 (sneak peek) November 6, 2009 (series premiere)
	Nicktoons	October 23, 2009
Argentina Colombia Mexico Chile Venezuela Dominican Republic Peru El Salvador	Nickelodeon	April 10, 2010
Brazil	Nickelodeon	April 4, 2010
Canada	YTV	November 1, 2009
	Nickelodeon	November 2, 2009
Netherlands	Nickelodeon	April 5, 2010
United Kingdom Ireland	Nickelodeon	February 16, 2010 (Sneak Peek) April 2, 2010 (Series Premiere)
Philippines Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong Macau Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Laos Brunei	Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia)	March 12, 2010 (Sneak Peek) April 17, 2010 (series premiere)
Germany Austria Switzerland	Nickelodeon	April 17, 2010
New Zealand Australia	Nickelodeon	June 26, 2010
Israel	Nickelodeon	April 25, 2010
Japan	Nickelodeon Japan	April 25, 2010
Turkey	Nickelodeon (Turkey)	April 15, 2010
Indonesia	Nickelodeon	September 22, 2010
Croatia	Nickelodeon	May 2010 (Sneak Peak) June 2010 (Series Premiere)
Spain	Nickelodeon (Spain)	April 15 2010

External links

• Official website
• Production blog
• Template:Tv.com
• Fanboy and Chum Chum at IMDb
• Advanced Review at AnimationInsider.net
• Interview with Eric Robles at AnimationInsider.net