Unfabulous
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| Created by | Sue Rose |
| Starring | Emma Roberts Malese Jow Jordan Calloway Tadhg Kelly Molly Hagan Markus Flanagan |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 27 (As of October 7, 2006) |
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| Running time | 30 min. (with commercials) |
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| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | September 12 2004 – present |
Unfabulous is an American children's television series on Nickelodeon about an "unfabulous" Junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts. The show, which debuted in fall 2004, is one of the most-watched programs in the United States among children between the age of 9 and 14[1] and was created by Sue Rose, who previously created the animated television series Pepper Ann and Angela Anaconda.
It has been claimed that the upcoming third season will be the series' final season,[2] although Roberts indicated in an MSN Live Celebrity Chat in November 2005 that there would be at least four seasons.[3]
The show's theme song is performed by Jill Sobule, who also writes the songs for the series.
Overview
Unfabulous' main character is 13-year-old seventh grader Addie Singer (Emma Roberts), who writes songs about her life in junior high school. The plotlines often revolve around tensions and race relations between the students at school. Her best friends are Geena Fabiano (Malese Jow), who is into fashion and designs her own clothes, and the environmentally-committed school basketball player Zach (Jordan Calloway). They all attend Rocky Road Middle School in an unspecified East Coast city. Addie's older brother Ben (Tadhg Kelly) works at The Juice, a smoothie bar where Addie and her friends often hang out after school. Template:Spoiler-aboutThroughout the first season, Addie obsesses about her crush on Jake Behari[4] (Raja Fenske), who already has a girlfriend. For the majority of the second season, however, Addie is dating Randy Klein (Evan Palmer). They break up towards the end of the season and Addie realizes that she still likes Jake. The made-for-TV movie Unfabulous: The Perfect Moment focused on Addie and Jake getting together and altough Jake now lives in Canada they decided to still remain friends. Template:Endspoiler
All episodes from the first and the second season (including The Perfect Moment) have been available for download in the iTunes Store in the U.S. since fall 2006.
Cast
Main cast
- Emma Roberts as Addie Singer
- Malese Jow as Geena Fabiano
- Jordan Calloway as Zach Carter-Schwartz
- Tadhg Kelly as Ben Singer, Addie's older brother
- Molly Hagan as Sue Singer, Addie's mother
- Markus Flanagan as Jeff Singer, Addie's father
- Chelsea Tavares as Cranberry[5]
- Emma Degerstedt as Maris[5]
Recurring cast
- Mildred Dumas as Principal Brandywine
- Mary Lou as Mary Ferry
- Dustin Ingram as Duane Oglivy
- Carter Jenkins as Eli Pataki
- Raja Fenske as Jake Behari[4]
- Stephen Lunsford as Chad
- Evan Palmer as Randy Klein
- Sean Whalen as Coach Pearson
- Bianca Collins as Patti Perez
- Sarah Hester as Jen
- Brandon Smith as Mario
- Harry Perry III as Manager Mike
Episodes
Season 1: 2004–2005
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
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| 1 | "The Party" | September 12 2004 | 101 |
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To become popular Addie decides to host a party at the beginning of the seventh grade as Randy, who usually hosts the party, gets a sprained ankle. | |||
| 2 | "The Secret" | September 19 2004 | 102 |
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As she finds out Geena and Zach haven't always been telling her the truth, Addie comes up with a rule, forbidding the three friends to lie to each other. | |||
| 3 | "The Picture" | September 26 2004 | 103 |
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It's picture day and Addie feels insecure when Maris and Cranberry tell her that her hair is flat. Her attempts to change her hair style go awry. | |||
| 4 | "The Book Club" | October 10 2004 | 104 |
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Instead of spending time with her mother in a "mother daughter book club" Addie sneaks out and goes to a hip hangout place with Geena. | |||
| 5 | "The Pal" | October 17 2004 | 105 |
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Addie is not sure if Jake Behari has a crush on her or if she is just a friend to him and follows a teen magazine's advices to get him to like her. | |||
| 6 | "The Pink Guitar" | October 24 2004 | 107 |
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Addie joins a girl group, but her other band members are more interested in learning their choreography than rehearsing their songs. | |||
| 7 | "The Rep" | November 7 2004 | 106 |
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Addie becomes "popular" in a school assignment where the students are put into cliques and not allowed to talk to members of other groups. | |||
| 8 | "The 66th Day" | January 2 2005 | 108 |
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Addie tries to get her CD of 65 songs about her crush on Jake Behari, which Zach borrowed by mistake, back before anybody gets to hear it. | |||
| 9 | "The List Of Kissed" | January 9 2005 | 109 |
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Addie wants to get on a list of girls who have been kissed, which is posted in the girls' bathroom, and tries to get her first kiss from Eli Pataki. | |||
| 10 | "The 'B' Word" | January 16 2005 | 110 |
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Geena gets mad about Addie when Addie talks bad about Geena's new boyfriend Chad, and accuses Addie of being jealous. | |||
| 11 | "The Little Sister" | January 30 2005 | 111 |
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Addie wants to achieve something in school her older brother has not done before, so she is no longer referred to as "Ben Singer's little sister". | |||
| 12 | "The Partner" | February 13 2005 | 112 |
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Addie wants Zach to be her partner for the annual science fair, but Zach teams up with someone else, as Addie is "cursed" when it comes to science. | |||
| 13 | "The Bar Mitzvah" | March 6 2005 | 113 |
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Randy invites Addie to his Bar Mitzvah, but Addie does not want to go because she got braces and does not want to be seen in public. | |||
Season 2: 2005–2006
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
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| 14 | "The Rhinoceros In The Middle of The Room" | September 10 2005 | 201 |
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Addie has trouble dealing with her relationship with Randy Klein, her braces, and the death of her great-aunt. | |||
| 15 | "The Balancing Act" | September 18 2005 | 202 |
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Addie ignores her friends to spend more time with her boyfriend. | |||
| 16 | "The Job" | September 25 2005 | 203 |
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Addie tries to pay back money she's borrowed through a babysitting job. | |||
| 17 | "The Eye Randy" | October 9 2005 | 204 |
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Addie's jealousy over other girls looking at her boyfriend, Randy, drives them apart. | |||
| 18 | "The Road Trip" | October 16 2005 | 205 |
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Addie and her brother spend a weekend without their parents, resulting in a house party. | |||
| 19 | "The Charity Case" | October 23 2005 | 206 |
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Addie and Geena team up to help with a charity chase, but compete with Maris and Cranberry for a trip for whoever gets the most money out of the chase. | |||
| 20 | "The Dark Side" | October 29 2005 | 208 |
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On a Halloween party Addie has to kiss someone dressed up as Darth Vader when playing spin the bottle, and later tries to find out who was behind the mask. | |||
| 21 | "The Information" | November 6 2005 | 207 |
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The girls find out they haven't been invited to 'Man Golf'. Addie turns to spying as her last resort. | |||
| 22 | "The Grey Area" | January 15, 2006 | 209 |
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Addie has to decide whether to pick Maris or Geena's design for the new cheerleader uniforms. Ben finds out something about Jen. | |||
| 23 | "The Perfect Couple" | January 22, 2006 | 210 |
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Addie starts doubting that Randy is the right choice for her because Randy doesn't know much about her, and vice-versa. Meanwhile, Zach has girl trouble with an 8th grader that won't go out with him because he is a 7th grader. | |||
| 24 | "The Set Up" | January 29, 2006 | 212 |
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Geena and Zach create a fake secret crush for Addie to try to keep her mind off breaking up with Randy. | |||
| 25 | "The Drama" | February 26, 2006 | 211 |
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Addie directs the school play while Geena plays the main role. During a rehearsal, she finds out that she was jealous of Geena because she likes Jake again. | |||
| 26 | "The Last Day of 7th Grade" | April 16, 2006 | 213 |
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Addie has one chance to tell Jake that she likes him, but she doesn't take it. They exchange yearbooks, after being pummeled by an eigth grade tradition. She learns that he was the Darth Vader who kissed her. He left for Canada for the summer not knowing that Addie liked him back. | |||
Made-for-TV movie
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Unfabulous: The Perfect Moment, originally expected to be the two-part season finale of season two, is scheduled to air as a made-for-TV movie on October 7 2006 on Nickelodeon, and on August 7 on YTV.[6]
Season 3: 2007
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
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| 27 | "The Toot" | TBA | 301 |
| 28 | "TBA" | TBA | 302 |
| 29 | "The New Best Friend" | TBA | 303 |
| 30 | "The Auction" | TBA | 304 |
Merchandise
Along with the start of the second season in September 2005, Nickelodeon also began selling different types of Unfabulous-related merchandise, beginning with the album Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts (see Soundtrack below). In November 2005 the album was followed by two books tying into the show, Keepin' It Real (ISBN 0-439-79666-0) and Split Ends (ISBN 0-439-80179-6), both written by Robin Wasserman, and the first items in a line of clothes based on Addie's wardrobe on the show. [7] Two more books were released in February 2006, Starstruck (ISBN 0-439-83157-1) and Jinxed! (ISBN 0-439-83158-X).
Before the launch of the third season, a video game based on the show was released for the Game Boy Advance by THQ on September 25 2006.[8]
Soundtrack
On September 27 2005, shortly after the premiere of the show's second season, Columbia Records and Nick Records released the album Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts, which serves as both the show's soundtrack and as Emma Roberts' debut album.
The album includes several original songs (among them "Dummy" and "I Wanna Be", both of which were also released as music videos, "I Have Arrived", and "This Is Me", which was co-written by Roberts), as well as some of Addie's songs from the first season (however in newly recorded versions), including "Punch Rocker" and "New Shoes" (both from the episode "The Party"), "94 Weeks (Metal Mouth Freak)" (from "The Bar Mitzvah") and "Mexican Wrestler" (which had previously appeared on Jill Sobule's 2000 album Pink Pearl and in the Unfabulous episode "The 66th Day").
It was also one of the albums originally released by Columbia Records with the controversial Extended Copy Protection digital rights management scheme.[9]
The album peaked at #46 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers.[10]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "For teens & tweens, 'Chris' is still cool". Media Life Magazine. Retrieved November 10.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b The character's last name is spelled both Behari and Bahari by Nickelodeon.
- ^ a b Added to the main cast at the beginning of the second season.
- ^ "YTV Highlights and Specials". Retrieved July 28.
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- ^ "Emma Roberts: Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 31.
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External links
- Template:Tvguide show – TV listings, cast and details, photos, videos and more
- Official Unfabulous homepage at Nickelodeon.com
- Official Unfabulous: The Perfect Moment homepage at Nickelodeon.com
- Template:Tvtome show
- Unfabulous at IMDb
- Unfabulous on YTV
- Unfabulous at the iTunes Store (iTunes required)