Grojband

Grojband
A promotional poster depicting the main characters; from left to right: Laney, Corey, Kin and Kon.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Todd Kauffman Mark Thornton
Written by	Mike Kiss Craig Martin Kyle Hart Laurie Elliott Amy Cole Meghan Read
Voices of	Lyon Smith Alyson Court Bryn McAuley Tim Beresford Sergio Di Zio Denise Oliver Graeme Cornies Dwayne Hill
Composers	Brian Pickett Graeme Cornies
Country of origin	Canada
Original languages	English French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (52 shorts) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tom McGillis Jennifer Pertsch George Elliott Bob Higgins Sander Schwartz
Running time	22 minutes (11 minutes per short)
Production companies	Fresh TV Neptoon Studios
Original release
Network	Teletoon Télétoon
Release	September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05) – present

Grojband is a Canadian animated series developed by Fresh TV and distributed by FremantleMedia, Ltd. (FME). The series is created and co-directed by Todd Kauffman (co-creator of Sidekick) and Mark Thornton. Executive Producers are Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, creators of the hit animated reality franchise Total Drama. The series is rated C8 in Canada and TV-PG in the United States. It is geared toward children ages 6 to 11.

The series first aired on June 10, 2013 on Cartoon Network and June 25, 2013 on Boomerang in the United States and on September 5, 2013 on both of its original channels, Teletoon and Télétoon in Canada. On March 31, 2014 Cartoon Network released the remaining 13 half hour episodes on to their online platform "Watch Cartoon Network", giving it exclusive online US release, it is unknown if Cartoon Network will air those 13 episodes on TV or not in the US.

Synopsis

Grojband follows Corey and his three best friends, Laney and twin brothers Kin and Kon, as they work to propel their garage band to international stardom. When they don't have the lyrics, Corey and his friends get Trina into an emotional diary mode to write lyrics in her diary, so that Corey and his friends can perform a perfect song.

Characters

Grojband

• Corey Jaron Riffin (voiced by Lyon Smith) – Corey is the charming and quirky 13-year-old leader, vocalist, main protagonist of the series and guitarist of Grojband. Although kind, he will do whatever it takes to play music, which is usually by angering his sister, Trina, who will write in her diary. He then translates her venting into lyrics for their songs. He keeps it a secret that he steals lyrics from her diary like that. The secret only stays amongst himself and the other members of the band. He would not let anyone else know how they get lyrics because that would be fatal to the reputation he's trying to maintain. Corey has a knack to make everything go his way and if things don't go his way, he's always got a plan up his sleeve to turn things around. His catchphrase is "I've got a crazy plan that just might work." which he uses in almost every episode whenever he has an idea. Corey will never let an opportunity for a gig slip by. Although he may seem off in his own world at times, he will never let his band down and even when things get hard for him being the leader, his band will always be by his side to help him complete his goal.
• Laney Penn (voiced by Bryn McAuley) – Short in stature, but tall in ambition. Laney is the bassist and self-proclaimed band manager of Grojband. A fiery redhead, she is the only female in the band. She tends to be most rational member of the band, but is prone to giving in to Corey and his schemes, mainly due to her crush on Corey. A running gag on the show is despite her clearly being female, nearly everyone assumes her as a boy. Even her own fellow bandmates who know for a fact that she's a girl will constantly call her names him "man," "bro," "dude," "guy," etc. Some people in the shoe don't even know that she's a girl and actually think that she's a guy. Laney dreams of one day being treated like the lady she truly is and in her room, she has a shrine to all things frilly and girly. This is her biggest secret next to her crush on Corey which is why she never lets anybody come into her room. Laney is always using sarcasm and smart remarks because she's in a band with people who act like complete idiots all the time. However, although she may seem like she's annoyed with them and she nags them all the time, deep down, she truly cares for the band and only acts that way because she really likes them and doesn't want anything bad to happen to them.
• Kin Kujira (voiced by Sergio Di Zio) – Kin is the keyboardist of the band, and Kon's twin brother. He has a knack for technology, and usually builds strange gadgets that help the band. He and his twin brother Kon are best friends and fellow bandmates and they are always there for each other. Kin in the scientific, nerdy guy who has a lack of brawn which he makes up for with brains. He will sometimes use his gadgets and pyrotechnics to help with making Trina go into diary mode.
• Kon Kujira (voiced by Tim Beresford) – Kon is the drummer of the band, and Kin's twin brother as well as his best friend who he is always there for. Kon is overweight and sometimes dense, but is usually well-meaning with a childish demeanor. Despite his massive girth, Kon is a very gentle and delicate person who can see the beauty in just about everything. Kon has a crush on Trina but his intolerance for her reign of cruelty to his band overpowers his love which makes him ready and willing to help and make her life miserable so that she can go into diary mode while still making enough room in his life to express how much he loves her. At some rare times, we can catch a glimpse of how Kon is truly more intellegent than he comes on and that his dim-witted personality is merely an act and he has a deep singing voice.

The Newmans

The Newmans are a gender-reversed doppelgänger band to Grojband.

• Carrie Beff – Corey's doppelgänger: the leader, guitarist, secondary antagonist and vocalist of The Newmans. She is also Mina's sister.
• Larry Nepp – Laney's gender-bend rival: bassist and band manager of The Newmans.
• Kim Kagami – Kin's gender-bend rival, who is also the keyboardist of The Newmans.
• Konnie Kagami – Kon's gender-bend rival, who is also the drummer of The Newmans.

Other characters

• Trina Riffin (voiced by Alyson Court) – Trina is Corey's 16-year-old misbehaved sister, and the main antagonist of the series. She is mean and cruel, and always determined to make Corey's life miserable. Whenever she is overcome with emotion (usually rage), she impulsively writes her diary, which provides Corey with lyrical inspiration for their songs. She had a crush on the cute neighborhood boy, Nick Mallory.
• Mina Beff (voiced by Denise Oliver) – Mina is Trina's best friend and sidekick. Despite wanting to express her own opinion, she wishes to be as cool as Trina, and does whatever she tells her to do.
• Nick Mallory (voiced by Graeme Cornies) – Nick is the coolest kid in school, whom all the girls in school adore, especially Trina. He always refers to himself in the third person, but isn't inherently antagonistic, and will sometimes aid the band when they see use of him.
• Kate Persky and Allie Day (voiced by Addison Holley and Madelyn May respectively) – Allie and Kate are Grojband's adorable groupies and their biggest fans.
• Mayor Mellow (voiced by Kedar Brown) – The mayor of Peaceville, who is always seen carrying a picture of his mother around, and speaks in rhymes.
• Party Danimal (voiced by Christian Potenza) - The school party critic who first appeared in the episode "Pox N' Roll".
• Captain Tighty Whitey (voiced by Rob Tinkler) - A pirate captain that serves as a recurring antagonist in the show. He enjoys stealing things from people and finding treasure. He first appeared in the episode "On the Air and Out to Sea"
• G'ORB (voiced by Rob Tinkler) - An evil alien space orb that is bent on destroying the world as well as the band leader of a band called The Orb Experience, made up of three other space orbs named T'ORB, Z'ORB, and N'ORB. He first appeared in the episode "Space Jammin'" where he challenged Grojband to a battle of the bands and lost. He was only a minor one-time character until he returned in the season 1 finale episode "Hear Us Rock Part 2" where he returned and challenged Grojband to a rematch and threatened to destroy the world with an apocalyptic meteor if they lost. G'ORB cheated in the battle of the bands to make him win but at the end of the episode, T'ORB had become fed up with putting up with all of his plans and he stood up to him and overthrew him and let Grojband win. After this, T'ORB broke up the band, forced G'ORB to apologize, and made him give up evil and become good.

Episodes

Grojband consists of 26 episodes (52 segments).

Main article: List of Grojband episodes