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'''''daughter of the 50foot woman''''' is a [[Canadian]] [[animated series]] that aired on [[Teletoon (Canadian TV channel)|Teletoon]] in Canada, and on [[Disney Channel]] and [[ABC Family]] in the United States. It is produced by [[United States|American]] [[actress]] [[Alicia Silverstone]], and made by the [[Canadian]] company [[Nelvana]]. |
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The show, set in [[Elkford, British Columbia|Elkford]], [[British Columbia]], is based around Sharon Spitz, who is an eighth grader (later, a ninth grader) with [[ |
The show, set in [[Elkford, British Columbia|Elkford]], [[British Columbia]], is based around Sharon Spitz, who is an eighth grader (later, a ninth grader) with [[growth problums]] that gets in her way of leading a normal teenage life. In the first season, she is enrolled at [[Mary Pickford]] Junior High. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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===vanessa jones=== |
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vanessa is the main character of the series. vanessa wants everything a teenage girl wants: to be popular, get good grades, hang out with friends, and have a boyfriend. vanessa sometimes does get into trouble and messes up like every other teen, but she always learns from her mistakes and sets things right in the end, no matter what the situation. vanessa is also known to be a clumsy girl and, would usually end up embarrassing herself somehow. vanessa rival is Nina Harper, who attends vanessa's junior high school and later senior high school. vanessa's traits are, clumsiness, responsibility, caring, helpfulness, and so many more good, and some bad, traits about her. Sharon's family members include her mother Helen the first 50foot woman and her two brothers, Adam and Josh. |
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vanessa best friend is Maria Wong, and her other friends are Connor MacKenzie, Alden Jones, Brock Leigthon, Dion, Marlo, and later on, Alyson Malitski.vanessa has five pets; her pets are both giant monsters and they have been trainded. Sharon is the middle child in her family. Sharon's favorite singers are Leena and Taylor Knight, both of who she met in person in the episodes "The Good Life" and "Knight To Remember". She was an extra in Leena's new music video and she learned she had a lot in common with her and she also learned from Leena that being a big star isn't easy as people think. Taylor Knight wasn't at all who vanessa thought he was and he ended up being a guy who's full of himself and he didn't seem to really care about her so Sharon was glad when he canceled their date to her prom. Sharon had a huge crush on Alden and they eventually become boyfriend and girlfriend, but later on, Alden ends their relationship. In the final episode, "Leap of Faith", Alden comes back to Sharon and tries to rebuild their relationship, saying that it was his mistake to end it. |
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vanessa's character is based on the early life of the actor Alicia Silverstone. Just like Silverstone, vanessa is an animal rights supporter and a vegetarian. Many times, her braces form a central part of the show's plots, as they are magnets, which leads Sharon to unintentionally attract different objects and get into embarrassing situations, although they do help her occasionally. In the first episode, they are shown to pick up radio and telephone frequencies, though it is never explained how. |
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===Dr. Helen Spitz=== |
===Dr. Helen Spitz=== |
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| Created by | Melissa Clark |
| Starring | Alicia Silverstone Stacey DePass |
| Narrated by | Alicia Silverstone Stacey DePass |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | Teletoon |
| Release | June 2, 2001 – August 27, 2005 |
daughter of the 50foot woman is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone, and made by the Canadian company Nelvana.
The show, set in Elkford, British Columbia, is based around Sharon Spitz, who is an eighth grader (later, a ninth grader) with growth problums that gets in her way of leading a normal teenage life. In the first season, she is enrolled at Mary Pickford Junior High.
Characters
vanessa jones
vanessa is the main character of the series. vanessa wants everything a teenage girl wants: to be popular, get good grades, hang out with friends, and have a boyfriend. vanessa sometimes does get into trouble and messes up like every other teen, but she always learns from her mistakes and sets things right in the end, no matter what the situation. vanessa is also known to be a clumsy girl and, would usually end up embarrassing herself somehow. vanessa rival is Nina Harper, who attends vanessa's junior high school and later senior high school. vanessa's traits are, clumsiness, responsibility, caring, helpfulness, and so many more good, and some bad, traits about her. Sharon's family members include her mother Helen the first 50foot woman and her two brothers, Adam and Josh.
vanessa best friend is Maria Wong, and her other friends are Connor MacKenzie, Alden Jones, Brock Leigthon, Dion, Marlo, and later on, Alyson Malitski.vanessa has five pets; her pets are both giant monsters and they have been trainded. Sharon is the middle child in her family. Sharon's favorite singers are Leena and Taylor Knight, both of who she met in person in the episodes "The Good Life" and "Knight To Remember". She was an extra in Leena's new music video and she learned she had a lot in common with her and she also learned from Leena that being a big star isn't easy as people think. Taylor Knight wasn't at all who vanessa thought he was and he ended up being a guy who's full of himself and he didn't seem to really care about her so Sharon was glad when he canceled their date to her prom. Sharon had a huge crush on Alden and they eventually become boyfriend and girlfriend, but later on, Alden ends their relationship. In the final episode, "Leap of Faith", Alden comes back to Sharon and tries to rebuild their relationship, saying that it was his mistake to end it.
vanessa's character is based on the early life of the actor Alicia Silverstone. Just like Silverstone, vanessa is an animal rights supporter and a vegetarian. Many times, her braces form a central part of the show's plots, as they are magnets, which leads Sharon to unintentionally attract different objects and get into embarrassing situations, although they do help her occasionally. In the first episode, they are shown to pick up radio and telephone frequencies, though it is never explained how.
Dr. Helen Spitz
The mother of Sharon, Adam, and Josh and a professional psychologist. Not only is she successful as a psychologist who sees clients in her home office, she's also a single parent raising three kids. Helen is a great mother who does her best to stay 'in touch' with her kids. This sometimes takes the form of 'psychoanalysing' Sharon and her brothers, which irritaes them. Sharon summerises her mother in three sentences: "Means well, love her dearly, doesn't get it". Helen divorced Sharon's father when Sharon was seven, but her parents still get along well. Helen is now dating a guy named David who, in Sharon's opinion, is a dorky guy who wears dorky ties, but despite this opinion, she likes him.
Adam Spitz
Adam is Sharon's older 17 year old brother. He loves wrestling and his girlfriend, Hana, who he wooed in the beginning of the series. Hana is quite petite and despite Adam's rather tall and fit figure, they get along very well. Typically, he likes teasing his younger siblings, but can also be quite a good listener and wants to be an astronaut.
Josh Spitz
Sharon's younger brother, and an aspiring pianist. Because of this, Sharon often says to anyone who needs to see him, "If you're looking for my little brother, just shut your eyes and follow the sound of classical music!" Josh is not just aspiring but something of a piano prodigy, and he therefore spends much of his time playing classical music. Josh aspires to become a professional musician like his father. Away from the piano, Josh is an ordinary kid enjoying video games, fast food, and playing with the family pets. Sharon cares deeply for Josh and the two couldn't be closer. The two tend not to argue, other than when he's been a nuisance, such as when Sharon wanted to spend time with Alden, only for Josh to go and spoil it for her at every turn (his mocking reactions when he learned of her hoped romance with Alden didn't go down too well with her and proved bad for him during the outcome). Josh's piano playing also tends to get on Sharon's nerves while she's doing a task like homework, or writing an email to a 'special someone'. Josh also went through a period when he thought that Alyson was in love with him. In one episode she spent a lot of time with him as she liked both the way he played the piano and his selection songs. Alyson even went so far as saying that he played like another piano player she liked. Josh tried getting in a relationship with Alyson by giving her a flower and holding hands, but realized Alyson loved being Connor's girlfriend. However, Alyson told Josh that she would still like to remain his friend. Despite all this, when it comes to giving out advice to her, his family or anyone willing to listen Josh is, at times, wise beyond his years . Perhaps because of his innocent and childish perceptions he sees things in a clearer and less complicated way than the others. Josh Spitz's character was played by Michael Cera
Maria Wong
Sharon's best friend. A tomboy and sports fanatic she is laid back but incredibly organized, (except for the fact that her room is always a mess). Loyal and honest, Maria knows when to give Sharon a shoulder to cry on, and when to tell her to 'get over herself.' Maria loves extreme sports, and is always trying to get her friends to join her, but Sharon and Connor don't share Maria's thirst for danger or her competitive streak. Because of this, Maria usually ends up whizzing down the snowboarding pipe on her own, while her friends cheer her on from a safe distance. Maria has an older sister Alee who attends college. She appears once in the series in the episode "Angels Among Us" when their family is doing their Christmas traditions, but she is mentioned by Maria in other episodes in the series. Maria also happens to be brilliant in school, but she's no goody-goody. She and Sharon have been 'partners in crime' on more than one occasion, including when Maria starts to make a habit of using the "five finger discount" and steals a pair of earrings.[1] Maria's background is as diverse as her interests; as she's half-Chinese and half-Italian, and she embraces all the good stuff both cultures have to offer. When Maria liked one of her teachers she met him for lunch at a restaurant, Sharon went to spy on her to make sure she kept her feelings to herself (she hid under the table while the two were talking to each other), Maria slipped one of her shoes off while Sharon was underneath the table and Sharon commented that her feet stink. She was disappointed when she learned he requested she join him along with several other students to request they volunteer as he felt they all had potential in becoming teachers themselves. Maria was disappointed, but learned it was probably better the teacher was behaving professionally, towards the end of the second season and the rest of the series Maria becomes Brock's girlfriend.
Alden Jones
Sharon's first crush and later boyfriend. Alden's hobbies include video games and sports. Alden has three older sisters Lily, Daisy, and Violet who all work together with their parents at their family's restaurant. Maria stated in the episode "The First Worst Date Ever Period", that she thinks Alden is some kind of weed name. Alden plays hockey with his friends for fun for the boys team in both middle school and later on at Elkford High in the series. Alden also plays the guitar in a band called "Mangled Metal" with his friends Brock and Carmen. He was Sharon's first boyfriend, and after they break up, they remain friends. Later, Alden becomes Marlo's boyfriend but they break-up in the long weekend episode. He and Sharon start dating again at the end of the series, when Alden tells Sharon he still loves her...
Connor MacKenzie
Sharon's other best friend who plays the show's stereotypical geek. He lives in her neighbourhood and treats Josh as a surrogate little brother, who Josh can come to if he's having a problem his family can't help him with. Connor has been Sharon's neighbour and friends since they were babies. At the beginning of the series, Connor starts to date a new girl in Elkford named Tally at first he was scared, but they became a couple, for most of the first season , Then towards the end of the first season they broke-up It is never mentioned if they remained, friends afterwards but Tally is shown in later episodes though. Connor and Sharon have a lot of things in common, such as hanging out at Life Cycles the smoothie shop, in Elkford and going to the movies. Connor has severe allergies, and is allergic to almost everything. Thanks to his awkwardness, allergies and a touch of hypochondria, Connor has a reputation as an oddball, but Sharon and his good friends know that there's way more to 'the walking sneeze' than that. He's a whiz at science, believes in extra-terrestrial life, and he plays a wicked game of cards. And when it comes right down to it, Connor doesn't care what most people think of him. He's okay with himself. Connor eventually overcomes some of his oddball ways to have the courage to tell Alyson how he feels about her, In the Episode "Triangles" Connor and Alyson are brought closer, together after her dad rescues him from a fire at Life Cycles. Connor becomes Alyson's boyfriend for the remainder of the series.
Nina Harper
The school's queen bee who bullies Sharon and her friends. Sharon and Nina were once friends, but that all changed when Nina found her dolls with their heads chopped off, and blamed Sharon (even though it was her cousin Petra, revealed in the episode "Clean Slate.") Ever since, Nina has been doing her best to wreck Sharon's life and those who dare attach themselves to her. For example, Nina was the one who stuck Sharon with the nickname "Braceface". Nina isn't well liked by many kids but loved by adults. Although not many people don't like Nina there are some who wouldn't mind being her, Nina has all the money, looks, and life a lot of people would love to have. Nina has helped Sharon on a few occasions though like in the episode "Lorenza" Nina helped Sharon look for the dog when, Lorenza went missing and later on Sharon gives Lorenza to Nina when she revealed why she wanted a dog. Nina's aspiration in life is to be an international fashion model. Part of this reinforces her attitude as a heartless bully who subjugates those she sees as flawed to ridicule and pull spiteful pranks on, Sharon and her friends for example, in the episode "Triangles," Nina made a fake humiliating slide show Of Sharon and Maria for turning Alyson against her. Nina also becomes Griffen's girlfriend later on in the third season.
Mr. Richard Spitz
A musician and the father of Sharon, Adam, and Josh. Because of his career as a musician, and the fact that he and Mrs. Helen Spitz are separated, he does not see Sharon or her brothers often. But Richard is determined to be the best dad he can be, so he keeps an apartment in Elkford, and he's made a few lifestyle changes so he won't be on the road as much. Even though he's busy with his band, Sharon knows that whether he's in town or not, her Dad will always be there for her when she needs him.
Brock Leighton
Brock is Alden's best friend and co-founder of their band. He's the kind of guy who's always trying to get attention. For example, he once tried to tattoo a 'B' on his arm, but it came out looking like a 13 instead.Brock also loves cats just like Sharon does in fact he adopts two of Miranda's cats, a woman who Brock and Sharon helped get most of her cats adopted by their friends before the city took most of them away. In the episode "Mixed Messages," Brock thought Sharon loved him from a message he received, on his cell phone from her but she really meant for the message, to go to Alden instead. Brock is also into and is Captain for the boys hockey team in middle school and later on in the series at Elkford High. Brock had a not-so-secret crush on Maria for a long time. Deep down, Brock's not as confident as he seems. In fact, he's kind of jealous of how easy it is for Alden to meet girls and come off looking cool, towards the end of the second season and for the rest of the series Brock becomes Maria's boyfriend.
Alyson Malitski
Seen in almost all the episodes of the series, Alyson is sweet and pretty, the typical girl-next-door type. She had been a friend of Nina's for a long time. Alyson's firefighter Father had rescued Connor from a fire at Life Cycles one of the most popular places in Elkford, and she instantly took a liking to him, and the feeling becomes mutual. Alyson was never actually cruel or mean, she just did whatever Nina told her to do, because like a lot teenagers Alyson wants to be noticed and fit in. As her friendship with Nina ended, Alyson became friends with Connor, and Maria and Sharon slowly but surely accepted Alyson into the picture, as she is seen with them and Connor almost all the time in later episodes in and after the episode "Triangles" and quickly becomes Connor's girlfriend for the rest of the series. Alyson is extremely feminine, bubbly, and a little simple-minded, but she is very caring and a really nice person, friend, and girlfriend. Alyson is a fan of "The Beatles". Alyson also wants to begin a rock-band, and her back-up plan is to be a heart surgeon. Sometimes people think Alyson is shallow because she says "totally" a lot, but after getting to know her true self, Sharon, Maria, Connor, and everyone else knows there's a whole lot more to Alyson then meets the eye.
Marlo
An athletic girl who likes hockey, and plays for the girls hockey team at Elkford High. She is a friend of Sharon and Maria. She goes out with Alden after he and Sharon break up. In the episode "The Loooong Weekend," Marlo and Alden break-up after they can't work out their issues in their relationship.
Lauren
Lauren is Griffin's mother and Mr. Spitz's girlfriend. She works at a publicity promotion company.
Griffin
Lauren's son, who has mixed feelings for Sharon, he also later on becomes Nina's boyfriend in the third season. He was kicked out of boarding school and is now a part of a school in Elkford, but not Sharon's. He pressured Sharon into smoking in the episode "Up in Smoke", but is over all a nice guy that means well, Griffin also smoked but later on quits which he reveals to Sharon in the episode "Busted".
David
Helen Spitz' boyfriend, Who also has two twin daughter's Lara And Sara who drive Sharon crazy, he struggles hard to be supportive of her and tries bonding with her offspring with not always successful results especially with Sharon or Adam. The character David, incidentally, is named after Alicia Silverstone's real-life elder half-brother.
Hannah
Adam's girlfriend, who loves yoga, like Sharon does. Sharon in fact helped get her brother and her together after she moved into the neighborhood, Hannah's father is a duck hunter and is part of an organization called "Just Quacks" Adam almost joined the club so he could, have a good friend relationship with him but turned them down after Sharon helped him realized that kind of activity is not for him, and isn't something he wanted to be involved in. Hannah and Adam become boyfriend and girlfriend for the remainder of the series.
Dion (a.k.a. Mark Jones)
Dion was assigned to Sharon as a 'mentor' to help ease the transition into high school, but since then, Dion has become her close friend and confidant. His real name is 'Mark Jones', but he prefers to go by 'Dion' in honour of Celine Dion, the musician he adores. Dion is a budding fashion designer, and his innovative creations (usually made of stuff like dental floss or credit cards) are the hit of the school fashion shows. His dream is to get into the Fashion Institute in New York and go on to a fabulous career. Sweet, flamboyant and funny, Dion has an outrageous personal style, and he always speaks his mind. He'd rather stand out than fit in - and Dion has no time for anyone who doesn't 'get' that. When Sharon gets too hung up on what other people think of her, Dion is the first to remind Sharon how cool she really is. Dion is revealed to be homosexual later on in the series.
Voice actors
- Alicia Silverstone....Sharon Spitz (Seasons 1-2)
- Stacey DePass.... Sharon Spitz (Season 3)
- Dan Petronijevic....Adam Spitz
- Daniel DeSanto....Brock Leighton
- Katie Griffin....Nina Harper
- Marnie McPhail....Maria Wong
- Michael Cera....Josh Spitz
- Peter Oldring....Conner Mackenzie
- Tamara Bernier....Helen Spitz
- Vince Corazza....Alden Jones
- Emily Hampshire....Alyson Malitski
Episodes
DVDs releases
- 2001
- Volume 1: Brace Yourself
- 2004
- Volume 2: Getting Real
- Volume 3: Twist of Fate
- 2005
- Turning 13
- Volume 4: Miss Popular
- 2006
- Miss Popular, Brace Yourself, Getting Real, Twist of Fate (4 pack DVDs)
Channel details
| Country | Channel |
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 Canada
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Teletoon |
 Netherlands
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Jetix |
 United States
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Fox Family, ABC Family and Disney Channel |
 Ecuador
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Red TV Ecuador |
 United Kingdom
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Channel 5, Fox Kids/Jetix and Pop Girl |
 Germany
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ProSieben and Nickelodeon |
 Spain
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Disney Channel and K3 |
 Portugal
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Canal Panda and RTP 2 |
 Brazil
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Jetix and Disney Channel |
 Czechia
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Minimax |
 Poland
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Minimax and Zig Zap |
 Romania
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Minimax |
 Denmark
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DR1 |
 Italy
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Disney Channel |
 Belgium
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Ketnet |
 Norway
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Jetix |
 Sweden
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Jetix |
 Hungary
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Minimax |
 South Africa
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SABC 2 |
 Malaysia
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Astro Ria (Malay Language) NTV7 (English Language) |
References
- ^ Season 1, Episode 14, "Take That"
