Bunk'd
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Pamela Eells O'Connell |
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| Opening theme | "Kikiwaka" performed by Kevin Quinn[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Thomas T. Eckelberry |
| Camera setup | Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
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| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | July 31, 2015 – present |
| Related | |
| Jessie | |
Bunk'd is a Disney Channel television series and a spin-off of Jessie, a Disney Channel original series. The series stars Peyton List, Karan Brar, and Skai Jackson returning as their respective characters of Emma, Ravi, and Zuri. Starring alongside them are Nina Lu, Miranda May, Nathan Arenas, and Kevin Quinn. Despite revolving around the Ross kids, Cameron Boyce, who portrayed Luke Ross, does not reprise his role. The show premiered on July 31, 2015.
Plot
Emma, Ravi, and Zuri leave New York and head off to a summer camp in Maine called Camp Kikiwaka, which was founded by Jedediah Swearengen and is named after a legendary creature that lives in the nearby forest. Camp Kikiwaka is also where their parents Christina and Morgan happened to have met as teenagers. Along with their new friends, they try their best to adapt to their new lives at Camp Kikiwaka.
Cast and characters
Main
- Emma Ross (Peyton List) is the oldest of the Ross kids, and counselor-in-training who is in Cabin Woodchuck. She is shown to have a unique sense of fashion.
- Ravi Ross (Karan Brar) is a weak, yet extremely smart, counselor-in-training who is in Cabin Grizzly. The second-youngest of the Ross kids, he brings his pet, a seven-foot Asian water monitor lizard named Mrs. Kipling, to camp.
- Zuri Ross (Skai Jackson) is an adorably sweet yet sharp, sarcastic, and talkative little girl and the youngest of the Ross kids who is in Cabin Woodchuck.
- Lou (Miranda May) is a hyperactive girl, counselor, and Emma's friend. She is the head of Cabin Woodchuck.
- Xander (Kevin Quinn) is a popular handsome counselor and resident musician who is the head of Cabin Grizzly. He is the love interest for Emma.
- Jorge (Nathan Arenas) is a goofy, chubby young boy of Hispanic descent with glasses who is Ravi's friend and in Cabin Grizzly. He is shown to be very messy, unclean, and calls people "weird" despite being weird himself. Jorge once claimed that he was once abducted by aliens.
- Tiffany (Nina Lu) is a smart young girl of Chinese descent who chooses to read instead of having fun.
Recurring
- Gladys (Mary Scheer) is the strict proprietor of Camp Kikiwaka who has been jealous of Christina ever since Christina had "stolen" Morgan from her.
- Hazel (Tessa Netting) is the head counselor of Camp Kikiwaka and niece of Gladys.
Episodes
- Kevin Quinn and Nina Lu are both absent for one episode.
- Nathan Arenas is absent for two episodes.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | Prod. code [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka" "Pilot" | Bob Koherr | Pamela Eells O'Connell | July 31, 2015 | 101 | 4.24[4] |
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Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross decide to leave the loud and noisy streets of New York to visit Camp Kikiwaka, which is the same camp where their parents met. While Ravi and Zuri meet Jorge and Tiffany, Emma befriends Lou and develops an interest in Xander while competing against Hazel. Due to Hazel's trick where Emma and Zuri end up in the woods, Xander drags Lou, Ravi, Jorge, Tiffany, and Hazel to get to them while being stalked by the Kikiwaka. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Tessa Netting as Hazel Note: According to Zuri, the reason why Luke is not at camp is because he is in summer school after failing English class. | ||||||
| 2 | "Gone Girl" | Rich Correll | Jeff Hodsden Tim Pollock | August 7, 2015 | 102 | 2.12[5] |
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Xander finally asks Emma on a date. Due to Ravi's misinterpreted encounters overhearing Lou and Xander's conversation about the date to a murder plot, Emma becomes weary of Xander's motives. Meanwhile, Zuri and Jorge begin an underground candy business after Gladys banned it due to being stood up by the candy delivery man Serge. Unfortunately, Tiffany ends up getting hooked on candy. Guest star: Mary Scheer as Gladys | ||||||
| 3 | "Camp Rules" | Bob Koherr | Mike Montesano Ted Zizik | August 14, 2015 | 104 | 1.80[6] |
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Following the black market candy sales and the Woodchuck Cabin almost catching on fire, Gladys reinstates the laws established by Camp Kikiwaka's founder Jedediah Swearengen. She assigns the counselors-in-training to give out demerits to anyone committing illegal actions where three demerits will get that camper punished. Emma and Zuri have been arguing lately with an issue with the bathroom nearly causing the Woodchuck Cabin to burn to the ground. Due to Lou's canoe therapy going wrong, Emma and Zuri get trapped out on the lake and start to drift toward the rapids causing Lou and Xander to go rescue them only for them to be needing rescue. Meanwhile, Ravi keeps busting Jorge for his lawbreaking which leads to Jorge stealing the original rules and both of them getting into trouble with Gladys. Guest star: Mary Scheer as Gladys Absent: Nina Lu as Tiffany | ||||||
| 4 | "Smells Like Camp Spirit" | Rich Correll | Lacey Dyer Julie Layton | August 21, 2015 | 105 | 2.18[7] |
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Emma gets the camp's spirit stick and becomes a guardian, but she gives it to Xander who loses it and curses the camp with bad luck. Meanwhile, Ravi learns how to swim for his test and is coached by Jorge and Tiffany. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel | ||||||
| 5 | "The Ones That Got Away" | Bob Koherr | Valerie Ahern Eric Schaar | November 6, 2015 | 103 | 1.82[8] |
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Emma and Xander team up for a fishing competition, but end up finding out that they have nothing in common. Meanwhile, Gladys chases the chef Murphy and is very desperate while Lou and Ravi try to find a large fish. Zuri and Tiffany get caught cheating by stuffing a fake fish, losing their title at the contest, Lou realizes that the search is more important than the result. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Casey Campbell as Murphy Absent: Nathan Arenas as Jorge | ||||||
| 6 | "Can You Hear Me Now" | Bob Koherr | Sally Lapiduss | November 13, 2015 | 106 | 1.79[9] |
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All of the campers are forced to hand in their phones, but Zuri swaps her phone with a rock and keeps it so that she can order some deli food. In search for a signal, she and Emma trick Ravi and Tiffany into building a router, saying that Gladys wanted a secret art project to commence. They lie when asked about it, and when Lou finds out, she is very hurt and stops talking to Emma. Meanwhile, Grizzly Cabin is entrusted with designing the camp totem pole, and Xander gets very controlling, which upsets Jorge and causes him to quit. Later, Xander and Jorge reconcile and Jorge gets to use his design for the pole. Then Emma and Lou also reconcile when Emma destroys the pole, among other things. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel | ||||||
| 7 | "Friending with the Enemy" | Rich Correll | Adam Lapidus | November 20, 2015 | 107 | 1.64[10] |
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A TV producer named Dr. Hunter Brody shows up at Camp Kikiwaka and the kids join him in his search for the Kikiwaka. Meanwhile, Emma and Lou try to make friends with Hazel in order to get on her good side. Guest stars: Tessa Netting as Hazel, Myko Olivier as Dr. Hunter Brody Absent: Kevin Quinn as Xander, Nathan Arenas as Jorge | ||||||
| 8 | "Waka, Waka, Waka!" | Victor Gonzales | Valerie Ahern Eric Schaar | November 27, 2015 | 108 | 1.73[11] |
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The Camp Kikiwaka Festival occurs as Emma, Lou, and Hazel compete in their sales to become the Kikiwaka Queen since Xander is dressed as the Camp Kikiwaka mascot and is also the Kikiwaka King. Xander wants Emma and Lou to outsell Hazel to evade dancing with her at the end of the festival. Meanwhile, Ravi and Tiffany try to gain proof of the Kikiwaka's existence following their close encounter with the Kikiwaka. At the same time, Zuri cuts a deal with Gladys to use the students to make Kikiwaka dolls in exchange that she uses Gladys' shower. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Tessa Netting as Hazel | ||||||
| 9 | "Secret Santa" | Lauren Breiting | Jeff Hodsden Tim Pollock | December 4, 2015 | 114 | 1.50[12] |
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After getting lost due to Xander's poor sense of direction, Zuri, Xander, Tiffany, and Jorge discover a cabin up in the mountains. They meet an old man and ask for directions; he gives them directions, but in a rude manner as he doesn't appear to like children and wants them to go away. As they're leaving, Jorge rushes back in because he really has to use the bathroom. When he takes a wrong turn on the way back out, he discovers that the old man is Santa. Meanwhile, Emma and Lou want to get each other nice gifts to show each other how much their friendship means, but after listening to bad advice from Ravi, they both try to get each other something other than what they were originally going to get. Emma tries to capture a woodchuck while Lou puts on an embarrassing show for Emma. Meanwhile, upon later returning, the old man denies Jorge's allegations that he's Santa, but later admits that he used to be Santa. He stopped being him because children nowadays can just get their toys or whatever they want online and he no longer felt special. Feeling bad, Ravi, Xander, Tiffany, and Jorge decorate his cabin, which Santa appreciates when he returns. Later, after discovering what happened, Emma and Lou discuss that it's the thought that counts, not the gift. Guest star: Harrison White as Old Man | ||||||
| 10 | "Counselors' Night Off"[13] | Unknown | Unknown | January 8, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
| 11 | "There's No Place Like Camp"[14] | Unknown | Unknown | January 22, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
Broadcast
In Canada, the series premiered on Disney Channel Canada on the second day of the channel's launch on September 2, 2015.[15] The series premiered on Disney Channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 20[16] and in Australia and New Zealand on January 14, 2016.[17]
References
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- ^ "BUNK'd Episode Guide". Zap2it.
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- ^ "Bunk'd : There's No Place Like Camp". Zap2it. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ "Get Ready Canada! Disney Channel Arrives on September 1!". Corus Entertainment. August 11, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka". TV Guide UK. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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