D.N. Ace
D.N. Ace | |
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Genre | Adventure Comedy Science fiction Action |
Created by | Matthew Wexler |
Developed by | John Derevlany Andrew Harrison |
Written by | Andrew Harrison (story editor) |
Directed by | Don Kim |
Voices of |
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Theme music composer | Justin Forsley Craig McConnell |
Composer | Scott Bucsis |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 80 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Scott Dyer Athena Georgaklis Matthew Wexler |
Producers | Laurie Handforth Jeff Ramsden |
Running time | 11 minutes |
Production companies | Nelvana Yeti Farm Wexworks Media |
Original release | |
Network | Teletoon |
Release | July 6, 2019 present | –
D.N. Ace is a Canadian animated television series created by Matthew Wexler and produced by Nelvana. The show debuted on July 6, 2019 on Teletoon.[1]
Plot
The series follows curious, adventure-loving, mischief-making, proudly nerdy, 12-year-old Ace Ripley who suddenly learns he holds an incredible ability to manipulate DNA by fusing the genes of a living thing with any other thing, to create something entirely new. The hero-in-the-making uses his newfound power to create ridiculous, amazing, and even terrifying mashed up creatures, and tries to save his town from total chaos while trying to have the time of his life.
Development
The series was announced on November 14, 2017, as a comedy adventure series created by Matthew Wexler and produced by Nelvana. Dentsu and OLM, Inc. served as consultants through production and represent the series in Japan.[2] The show features service animation by Yeti Farm.[3] Teletoon released the show's first trailer online on June 21, 2019.[4]
Characters
Main
Ace Ripley (voiced by Lyon Smith) is the main and title Character. Ace is a fun-loving 12-year-old who gains the power to manipulate DNA by using the DNA scrambler (Dscram for short),the device that can create the Scrammers.
Sloane Plunderman (voiced by Samantha Weinstein) is Ace's best friend and the twin sister of Huxley Plunderman.
Mendel (voiced by Juan Chioran) is a talking 500 year old immortal squirrel who was the first animal mutated by the meteorite that fell on top of him. He has also sworn himself to be the guardian of the meteor from anyone with evil desires. With help from Ace's ancestor, Zebediah Ripley, he created the DNA scrambler.
Stu Ripley (voiced by Rob Tinkler) is Ace's older stepbrother.
Huxley Plunderman (voiced by Taylor Abrahamse) The main villain of season 1, CEO of Plunderman Enterprises and the evil twin brother of Sloane. He is later downgraded to a recurring antagonist when he fires the scientist Juan and becomes target to some of his attacks.
Other/Minor/Supporting
Huxley's Scientists Head engineers who work for Huxley to build Clashbots.
Scientist 1#/Juan; Tall red head male. In "Del Contender", Huxley fires him and Juan joined Ace and his team. He soon betrays Ace because he was actually spying for Huxley. After the event of Ace and his team to retrieve the rod that destroyed Crabby, Huxley fires Juan, for real this time, making him became a new enemy to Ace when it revealed that Juan has been studying Ace and the Scrammers, knowing that they are not robots from the start. He intended to collect three meteor splinters to power up his robot armor.
Scientist #2; Purple-haired African-Canadian woman.
Scientist #3; Overweight male with sage-colored hair.
All three of them wear red sunglasses, white coats, and black clothes. They also act as "The World's Clashbots League Council Of Elders" when they are wearing robes and amulets.
Bruiser Huxley's main robot. A rag doll Frankenstein's Monster like robot with a monstrous attitude with a human-like speaking voice. In the episode "Splinterfell", it revealed that he had a meteor splinter inside of him. His true form resembles more of a common Clashbot that has his original color design.
Countess Of Clash A clash coach champion that lives on Clash Mountain with her giant robotic pig. She has crazy eyes. She disguises herself as Steve, a crazy old man.
Cynthia E. Overdrive/C.E.O A businesswoman who owns vending machine-type clash bots. She speaks in a snotty Valley-girl accent.
Cackles The Clown A psychotic clash coach clown that terrorizes and destroys cities if his challengers won't accept his challenge. He makes a 2nd appearance in "Crooks and Grannies".
Rad Maverick A suffer-type clash coach who lives in the sewers.
Mendor Mendel's twin brother. Mendor is opposite to his brother, he's more fun, more adventurous, and more greedy. He hides his evil twin brother act so he can trick Ace and Sloane, plus the Scrammers, to convince them he's more chilled and lovable.
Clashsquatch A sentient previous clashbot champion that gain intelligence by a small version of the super meteorite.
Captain Nuevo The recent Clash Coach champion.
Warhol Muse An industrialist magician clash coach. He is shown to have a southern accent dialogue and seem to be insane. He has a WM logo on his giant hat and tie. In the episode "Now Museum Now You Don't" he touch a splinter statue of Mendel and gain powers to turn anyone into paintings, float and glow orange. Thankfully it wasn't permanent, only keeping it inside his hat allows him to have powers.
Mr.Preston/Mr.P a.k.a. The Dump King A nice and kind garbage man that been corrupted and turned evil by drinking essence of the exiled Scarrathorn.
Granny Ace's grandma (and Stew's step grandma). Originally a sweet grandmother before her arrival. After she went on a Gluten free diet, she became more reckless, destructive, obnoxious and crazier than her own grandson.
Ace's Mom Ace's mother (and Stew's Stepmom) shares resemblance to her son.
Stew's Dad Stew's father (and Ace's Stepdad) shares resemblance to his son.
Jerry Dayzee (Voiced by Rob Tinkler) A salesman who is barely respected.
Butternut A Christmas elf that came over from the North Pole to Del Lago. He befriended Ace, Sloan, Mendel and the Scrammers. He was kidnapped by Huxley and forced him to make clashbots to rule the city. He told the team that Santa has been monitoring the super meteorite from a satellite for 100 years since its arrival.
Tim Butternut's reindeer friend. Tim gains powers from jumping onto the super meteorite which gave him the abilities to fly, create portals and shoot laser beams from his antlers.
Raj Dynamite A clash coach who lost in a clash fight and wasn't seen for a year. Until he returns in the Clash Of The Titans Tournament when he created a cloning device, The Clonezooka, to enter the Titan Tournament. It was revealed he was after the belt not just for the title but because there was a Meteor Splinter on the belt.
Lucy also called Little Lucy. A little girl who used to be Ace's biggest fan, until Ace starts to miss out the Clash Tournaments while he is busy with fighting Juan and his Juander-bots. Ace is aware of Lucy before fighting Juan, including having spare time hanging out with her, until he forgot about her. She use a Combiner-Bot to fight off Ace and his Scrammers.
Eel Mutant A normal eel that been mutated by a Splinter underwater and turn into a giant angler fish and dragonfish hybrid-like monster. It had the power to absorb the energy of the Scrammer's attacks. When the splinter was removed, it returns to a normal eel.
Feral Plasma A bacteria that been mutated from feeding on Splinters for centuries and turn into a lava monster. It can drain the Splinter's energy.
Clashbots/Clashers Small Robots that are a popular brand for people and are use in the Clash-a-torium to compete in tournaments and games.
- Common Clashbots
- Security-Bot
- Unicycle-Bot
- Party-Bot
- Ice Cream-Bot
- Lumber Jack-Bot
- Mega-Clasher/Dragon-Bot/Flap Dragon A robot dragon.
- Servant-Bots
- Combiner-Bots Five Clashbots merge into one.
- Combo-Bot A robot that was built to destroy the Scrammers.
- Jolly-Bots
- Dragon-Bot 2/Flap Dragon 2. A smaller version of the original Dragon-Bot.
- Royal-Bot. Juan's little robot butler.
- Juander-Bots.
- Ninja Juander-Bots.
Scrammers
Creatures that Ace creates with the Dscram using DNA mix of one living being and one object. The Scrammers also have their own unique powers and their own personalities when created. But all of them are very loyal to their creator Ace. All of them are about 2 feet tall.
- Multi Crab/Crabby Half Crab half multi-tool.
- Snout Hammer Half Boar half hammer.
- Hide-And-Sneak/Heidi (voiced by Evany Rosen) Half Chameleon half High top shoes.
- Digby/Digs (voiced by David Berni) Half Groundhog half Whoopee cushion.
- Cobra Tot Half Snake half Baby doll.
- Boom Hound Half Bull Terrier half Boombox.
- Chopper Half Beaver half Pine cone.
- Sharkuum Half Shark half Vacuum cleaner.
- Cluck-Cluck-Boom/C.C. Half chicken half "Blueberry Pancake Cannon" Paint Ball Gun.
- Hose Fly Half Moth half Fire Extinguisher
- Rachael 2 (voiced by Angela Maiorano-Thurston) Half Raccoon half Finger Puppet Rachael.
- The Great Bivalvo/val Half oyster half fortune cookie
- Cucarocka (voiced by Mac Heywood) Half cockroach half voice box thingy
- Chlorofile/Chlo Half Ivy Half Nail File.
- Elasta-Kitty Half Cat half Rubberband.
- Snot Rocket Half snot and germs half toy tank.
- Head Wig Half sloth half helmet.
- Beef Plungington Half cow half plunger.
- Scarrathorn Half Biological Mutated Venus Fly Trap half body spray.
- Night Leaper (voiced by Andrew Jackson) Half Grasshopper half Action Figure.
- Polly Roger Half Parrot half GPS.
- Rhinestone Half Rhino Half Diamond.
- Bear-B-Que Half Bear Half Grill Cooker.
- Monkey Floss/Mo Half Monkey Half Cotton Candy.
- Sammy-Rye Half Scorpion Half Sandwich.
- Spark Bug Half Firefly Half Headphones.
- Razzle Dazzle Half Peacock Half Glow Stick.
- Sir Quills Half Porcupine Half Knight's Helmet.
- OctoGraph Half Lie Detector Half Octopus.
- Bucky BlowTorch Half Rabbit Half Torch.
- Tooleo Half Toolbox Half Carpenter Ant.
- Lazerine Half Wolverine Half Lazer.
- Arachnotist/Ari Half Spider Half 3D Printer.
- Power Wash/PDubs Half Mosquito Half Sponge.
- Frostbite Half Crocodile Half Freezer.
- Solar Ray Half Sunflower Half Microwave
- CompuFox Half Fox Half Computer
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Any Given Clashday - Part One" | Don Kim | Miles Smith | July 6, 2019 |
2 | "Any Given Clashday - Part Two" | Unknown | Unknown | July 6, 2019 |
3 | "Baby Snakes are a Pain" | Unknown | Unknown | July 13, 2019 |
4 | "Crabeo and Tooliette" | Unknown | Unknown | July 13, 2019 |
5 | "Adventures in Scrammersitting" | Unknown | Unknown | July 20, 2019 |
6 | "Countess of Clash" | Unknown | Unknown | July 20, 2019 |
7 | "Vending for Danger" | Unknown | Unknown | July 27, 2019 |
8 | "Ace Is Wild" | Unknown | Unknown | July 27, 2019 |
9 | "Dash 'N Splash" | Unknown | Unknown | August 3, 2019 |
10 | "Kicked to the Side" | Unknown | Unknown | August 3, 2019 |
11 | "Super Cool Creator Guy Day" | Unknown | Unknown | August 10, 2019 |
12 | "Hot Mess" | Unknown | Unknown | August 10, 2019 |
13 | "Scrapkins Clean!" | Unknown | Unknown | August 17, 2019 |
14 | "Trash Decisions" | Unknown | Unknown | August 17, 2019 |
15 | "Pure Clownage" | Unknown | Unknown | August 24, 2019 |
16 | "Terminacer" | Unknown | Unknown | August 24, 2019 |
17 | "A Muggy Day" | Unknown | Unknown | August 31, 2019 |
18 | "Scrappetite For Destruction" | Unknown | Unknown | August 31, 2019 |
19 | "Pearls of Wisdom" | Unknown | Unknown | September 7, 2019 |
20 | "Clash of the Bands" | Unknown | Unknown | September 7, 2019 |
21 | "The Scourge" | Unknown | Unknown | September 14, 2019 |
22 | "Sloane Plunderman, Junior Ghost Hunter" | Unknown | Unknown | September 14, 2019 |
23 | "Squirrel Interrupted" | Unknown | Unknown | September 21, 2019 |
24 | "Clash Cops" | Unknown | Unknown | September 21, 2019 |
25 | "Wingin' It" | Unknown | Unknown | September 28, 2019 |
26 | "The Pawshank Redemption" | Unknown | Unknown | September 28, 2019 |
27 | "The Ace and the Hound" | Unknown | Unknown | October 5, 2019 |
28 | "Sibling Riotry" | Unknown | Unknown | October 5, 2019 |
29 | "Snot Rocket" | Unknown | Unknown | October 12, 2019 |
30 | "Ace of Grades" | Unknown | Unknown | October 12, 2019 |
31 | "Tropic Blunder" | Unknown | Unknown | October 19, 2019 |
32 | "A New Dayzee" | Unknown | Unknown | October 19, 2019 |
33 | "Wish Sewer Here" | Unknown | Unknown | October 26, 2019 |
34 | "Timber Tantrum" | Unknown | Unknown | October 26, 2019 |
35 | "Underground Clashdown" | Unknown | Unknown | November 2, 2019 |
36 | "Ready Clasher One" | Unknown | Unknown | November 2, 2019 |
37 | "The Night Leaper" | Unknown | Unknown | November 9, 2019 |
38 | "Legend of the Clashsquatch" | Unknown | Unknown | November 9, 2019 |
39 | "The New Guy" | Unknown | Unknown | November 16, 2019 |
40 | "Mendel Vs. Mendor" | Unknown | Unknown | November 16, 2019 |
41 | "Del Contender - Part One" | Unknown | Unknown | November 30, 2019 |
42 | "Del Contender - Part Two" | Unknown | Unknown | November 30, 2019 |
43 | "The Art of Darkness" | Unknown | Unknown | December 7, 2019 |
44 | "The Explodies" | Unknown | Unknown | December 7, 2019 |
45 | "Fortrash of Solitude" | Unknown | Unknown | December 14, 2019 |
46 | "Crooks and Grannies" | Unknown | Unknown | December 14, 2019 |
47 | "Elf Destruction - Part One" | Unknown | Unknown | December 21, 2019 |
48 | "Elf Destruction - Part Two" | Unknown | Unknown | December 21, 2019 |
49 | "Squirreled Away" | Unknown | Unknown | December 28, 2019 |
50 | "Splinter is Coming" | Unknown | Unknown | December 28, 2019 |
51 | "The Clone Ranger" | Unknown | Unknown | January 4, 2020 |
52 | "The Chosen Juan" | Unknown | Unknown | January 4, 2020 |
53 | "Sticks and Rhinestones" | Unknown | Unknown | January 11, 2020 |
54 | "Sauced and Found" | Unknown | Unknown | January 11, 2020 |
55 | "Carny Crush" | Unknown | Unknown | January 18, 2020 |
56 | "For Whom the BLT Tolls" | Unknown | Unknown | January 18, 2020 |
57 | "Night of the Clashing Dead" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 2020 |
58 | "Orange is the New Blackout" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 2020 |
59 | "Splinterfell" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 2020 |
60 | "The Younger Games" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 2020 |
61 | "Last Auction Hero" | Unknown | Unknown | February 8, 2020 |
62 | "Fangirl Menace" | Unknown | Unknown | February 8, 2020 |
63 | "Clash to the Future" | Unknown | Unknown | February 15, 2020 |
64 | "All in the Scrammily" | Unknown | Unknown | February 15, 2020 |
65 | "Stu Detective" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 2020 |
66 | "Chillin' Like a Villain" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 2020 |
67 | "Now Museum, Now You Don't" | Unknown | Unknown | February 29, 2020 |
68 | "Where Have All the Powers Gone?" | Unknown | Unknown | February 29, 2020 |
69 | "Clothes Call" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 2020 |
70 | "Clashsquatch Lives!" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 2020 |
71 | "Small Business Sloane" | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 2020 |
72 | "Plant Hardly Wait" | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 2020 |
73 | "In the Heat of the Fight" | Unknown | Unknown | March 21, 2020 |
74 | "Supply and Demand" | Unknown | Unknown | March 21, 2020 |
75 | "Caveheart" | Unknown | Unknown | March 28, 2020 |
76 | "Mommelganger" | Unknown | Unknown | March 28, 2020 |
77 | "A Drop in the Bucket" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 2020 |
78 | "Almost Aced 'Em" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 2020 |
79 | "Juan for All and All for Juan (Part 1)" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 2020 |
80 | "Juan for All and All for Juan (Part 2)" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 2020 |
References
- ^ "D.N. Ace, Young Justice: Outsiders – Part Two hit Teletoon in July". I Miss Bionix. June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ^ Foster, Elizabeth (November 14, 2017). "Nelvana greenlights D.N.Ace". Playback. Brunico Communications. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (June 4, 2018). "Yeti Farm and Surprise Bag Form Strategic Partnership". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "NEW SERIES - D.N. ACE - premieres July 6th at 10AM et/pt on Teletoon". Teletoon. YouTube. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
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Toys have been licensed worldwide by Jazwares, and were scheduled for release during October 2020.
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