List of A.N.T. Farm episodes
A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel original series that follows Chyna Parks (China Anne McClain) and her two best friends Olive Doyle (Sierra McCormick) and Fletcher Quimby (Jake Short) as they transition to a gifted program called "Advanced Natural Talents" (also known as A.N.T.) at a local high school named Webster High. Every episode will have the word "ANT" somewhere in the episode title.[1] Disney renewed A.N.T. Farm for its second season November 30, 2011.[2] Filming for season two began early February 2012.[3]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | |||
1 | 25 | May 6, 2011[4] June 17, 2011 (premiere)[5] |
(preview)April 13, 2012[6] | |
2 | TBA | June 1, 2012 | TBA |
Episodes
Season 2: 2012
- Carlon Jeffrey is absent for one episode.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
U.S. viewers (millions) |
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26 | 1 | "creative consultANT" | Rich Correll | Dan Signer & Jeny Quine | June 1, 2012 | TBA | 2.8[7] |
A teen movie sensation Sequoia Jones who is playing the role of a tween musical prodigy and follows Chyna around to study for her role. But then, Chyna learns Sequoia is trying to steal her life. Guest star: Zendaya as Sequoia Jones Song featured: "DNA" by China Anne McClain | |||||||
27 | 2 | "infANT" | Adam Weissman | Jeny Quine & Dan Signer | June 1, 2012 | TBA | 2.9[7] |
A baby named Sebastian, thought to be a prodigy, is left in the care of the A.N.T.s and Chyna, Olive, Violet, and Fletcher try to uncover the baby's prodigal aptitude. They try art, music, karate, etc. Skidmore entrusts them to find its talent. But actually this was a trick Skidmore played on the ANTs. Guest star: Claire Engler as Violet and Mindy Sterling as Principal Skidmore | |||||||
28 | 3 | "fANTasy girl" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsen | June 8, 2012 | TBA | 2.7[8] |
The ANTs are in charge of arrangements for the school dance. Fletcher and Chyna go together so Fletcher doesn't have to go with Violet. Meanwhile Chyna and Olive pretend Fletcher's dead to raise money for the dance by selling his paintings, but try to hide Fletcher when the person who bought them shows up at the dance. Cameron looks for a date to the dance, and finds a girl who apparently likes him, too, but it turns out she was imaginary, as Cameron hallucinated her because he couldn't face the fact that no one would go to the dance with him. Guest stars: Vanessa Morgan as Jeanne, Claire Engler as Violet | |||||||
29 | 4 | "modeling assignmANT" | Sean McNamara | Mark Jordan Legan & Stephen Engel | June 22, 2012 | TBA | 3.2[9] |
Chyna helps Cameron track down the model who he imagined was his girlfriend. Chyna, disguised as a model agent, gets Vanessa to blind date Cameron. Vanessa wants to go on a picnic in a hot air balloon. Lexi gets a new job at Hippo's new restaurant, and trying to make Lexi miserable at her job, Olive changes the theme of the restaurant to make her life a wreck, but it backfires every time. Guest stars: Aedin Mincks as Angus, Vanessa Morgan as Vanessa, Matt Lowe as Hippo | |||||||
30 | 5 | "ANTswers" | Sean McNamara | Dan Signer & Jeny Quine | June 29, 2012 | TBA | 3.4[12] |
Principal Skidmore shuts off the school's Internet access so the ANTs start the ANTernet. Meanwhile, Lexi begins to get jealous of Vanessa when she is selected to model for Hippo's restaurant. Note: When Lexi is so confused about why Vanessa is Cameron's girlfriend, she wonders if Vanessa is a vampire. Cameron won't expect it saying that she babysits,"Why would anyone hire a babysitter who's a vampire?" This is referring to Vanessa's role on "My Babysitter's a Vampire. [10] Guest stars: Mindy Sterling as Principal Skidmore, Aedin Mincks as Angus, Allie DeBerry as Paisley, Vanessa Morgan as Vanessa and Matt Lowe as Hippo[11] | |||||||
31 | 6 | "the ANTagonist" | Victor Gonzalez | Jeff Hodsden & Tim Pollock | July 6, 2012 | 208 | 2.8[13] |
After creating a really sad animation, Chyna advises Fletcher to do an animation on something he's familiar with, so he creates an offensive animation about Olive, making her an ant named "Pimento". It gains major popularity, and Olive is majorly offended, so she tries to offend Fletcher back, but that doesn't work out so well. After Olive issues a lawsuit on Fletcher for offending her, they go to student court, where they learn to be friends again, and start teasing Chyna. Chyna takes it okay, so they all hug and make up. Meanwhile, Cameron joins the beauty club to keep Vanessa away from other boys, but it ends up with Vanessa breaking up with Cameron. | |||||||
32 | 7 | "endurANTs"[14] | Victor Gonzalez | Jeny Quine & Dan Signer | July 13, 2012 | 209 | N/A |
The ANTs go to an Australian ANT convention. Coincedentally, Lexi and Paisley went to Australia for vacaion, but were stuck at the ANT convention. At the convention, Chyna sees an Australian Nature prodigy named Neville, who has a show, where his name was Tazmanian Neville. Fletcher wants to prove that he has "manly skills", so he asked an Australian supervisor, who dropped him off in the middle of the Australian Outback. Chyna, Olive, Angus, and Neville go to save him, but then learn that Neville is actually an Acting prodigy, who knows nothing about nature. Olive suggests to throw a boomerang to hunt birds, but it doesn't work. Chyna suggests to crack "rocks" together to make fire, but the "rocks" were actually emu eggs. Later on, the 4 of them hide in an old car, when they discuss how much they miss Fletcher. Just when thay thought Fletcher was not ever coming back, they saw him riding on an emu. Chyna starts to tell Fletcher that she'd might actually- Just then, the boomerang came back and hit her on the head. Meanwhile, Lexi and Paisley dress up as nerds and participate in the ANTlympics. Absent: Carlon Jeffery as Cameron Parks Guest Stars: Billy Unger as Neville, Allie DeBerry as Paisley, Aedin Mincks as Angus | |||||||
33 | 8 | "amusemANT park"[15] | Victor Gonzalez | Mark Jordan Legan & Stephen Engel | July 20, 2012 | 211 | N/A |
References
- ^ "Disney Channel and Disney Junior May 2011 Program Highlights" (DOC). The Walt Disney Company. April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (November 30, 2011). "'A.N.T. Farm' Renewed by Disney Channel for a Second Season". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ Sierra McCormick Dishes About ANT Farm Season 2 (@SierraNMcCormic)[dead link]
- ^ "A.N.T. Farm: Cast & Details". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011.
Premiered: May 06, 2011, on Disney
- ^ Gorman, Bill (May 12, 2011). "A.N.T. Farm To Premiere June 17 On Disney Channel". TV by the numbers. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ "A.N.T. Farm Episode Guide – Zap2it". Tvlistings.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ a b "Ratings – Friday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Is Tops With NBA Playoffs". TheFutonCritic.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Ratings – Friday's Cable Ratings: "WWE Smackdown," "Fairly Legal" Top Demos". TheFutonCritic.com. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (June 25, 2012). "Friday Cable Ratings: 'WWE Smackdown' Wing Night, 'Common Law', 'UFC Fight Night', 'House of Payne', 'Mystery Diners', 'American Pickers', 'Jessie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "THESE A.N.T.s CAN LIFT ANYTHING HIGH SCHOOL PILES ON THEM… SEASON TWO OF DISNEY CHANNEL'S HIT SERIES "A.N.T. FARM" PREMIERES WITH BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES, FRIDAY, JUNE 1". Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ Disney Press release (June 1, 2012). "THE ANTs ACT AS THE INTERNET IN A NEW EPISODE OF "A.N.T. FARM," FRIDAY, JUNE 29 ON DISNEY CHANNEL". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (July 2, 2012). "Friday Cable Ratings: 'WWE Smackdown' Wing Night, 'Common Law', 'UFC Fight Night', 'House of Payne', 'Mystery Diners', 'American Pickers', 'Jessie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (July 9, 2012). "Friday Cable Ratings: 'WWE Smackdown' Wing Night, 'Common Law', 'UFC Fight Night', 'House of Payne', 'Mystery Diners', 'American Pickers', 'Jessie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Listing - ANT Farm on Disney". Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ "Listing - ANT Farm on Disney". Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- General references
- "A.N.T. Farm listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- "A.N.T. Farm: Episode Guide". ZAP2it.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.