Exchange Student Zero

Exchange Student Zero is a 2012 Australian television film that premiered on 16 December 2012 on Cartoon Network, and a 2015 TV series based on the film.

Exchange Student Zero
Created by	Shayne Armstrong Bruce Kane Shane Krauss (film) Maurice Argiro Patrick Crawley (series)
Directed by	Patrick Crawley
Voices of	(See Voice cast)
Theme music composer	Film: Tripod Series: Bob Mothersbaugh Mark Mothersbaugh
Opening theme	"Exchange Student Zero"
Composers	Film: Tripod; Keith Moore (additional) Series: Bob Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Yoshiya Ayugai Silas Hickey Bruce Kane (series)
Producer	Bruce Kane (film)
Editor	Ken Hardie (series)
Running time	70 minutes (film) 21–22 minutes (series)
Production companies	Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment (series) Bogan Entertainment Solutions Cartoon Network Asia Pacific
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	26 September (2015-09-26) – 19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)

Production

Created by Bruce Kane with Maurice Argiro and produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions, in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, it is the first local animated made production to be commissioned by the channel.^[1]

A TV series based on the film was announced as the first Cartoon Network show produced in Australia,^[2] where the two original creators joins Patrick Crawley. It premiered in the Asia-Pacific region on 26 September 2015,^[3][4] and the setting was changed from Perth, Australia to a U.S. town called South Port.

Voice cast

Film (2012)

Main

• Dee Bradley Baker – Amonsun, Monsters
• Natalie Bond – Lucinda, Anime Girls #1
• Patrick Crawley – Biology Teacher, Real Exchange Student
• Marg Downey – Peg, Happy Peach Flower, Drama Teacher
• Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson
• Mark Hamill – King Karuta, King Blackyard
• Edwin Kane – Leroy
• Kate McLennan – Charity, Anime Girls #2
• Rove McManus – Hiro, John, Max, Lionel, Coach
• Candi Milo – Avere, Queen Karuta, Queen Blackyard
• Peter Rowsthorn – Denmead
• Jon Von Goes – Sot Sloane

Additional

• Gene Argiro
• Ginger Argiro
• Giles Brading
• Patrick Crawley
• Shona Elliot-Kerr
• Serena Kane
• Indigo Malatt
• Molly McCusker
• Judy Whittle
• Astra Whitton

Series (2015)

• Ashleigh Ball – Charity, Peg
• Jacqueline Brennan – Queen Blackyard, Avere, Happy Peach Flower, Queen Karuta, Old Lady^[5]
• Patrick Crawley – Papa Rainbow, Zoobooninian, Doolsworth Farnstickle, Wrestler
• Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson
• Keegan Connor Tracy – Lucinda
• Maryke Hendrikse – Ms. Dunwall
• Jessica Hopcraft – Gunk Queen
• Rove McManus – Hiro, Max, Coach Coach, Stinky
• Scott McNeil – Headmaster, Lionel, King Karuta
• Toby Moore – Principal Kipling, Announcer
• Lee Tockar – Amonsun
• Vincent Tong – John, Nephlan 1
• Sam Vincent – Denmead, Hank, Nephlan 2

Awards

Writers Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane, and Shane Krauss won the 2013 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing for the script.^[6]

Film

Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
"Exchange Student Zero"	Bruce Kane, Shayne Armstrong, and Shane Krause David Witt (contributing writer)	Scott Edgar, Ivan Dixon, Ben Grimshaw, and Gregory Sharp	16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)

Series

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	"Good Old Bad Old Days"[7]	Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)	Charles Kenway	26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)
When the principal takes the holiday a new evil principal from Zero gets in the school.
2	"Denmead for Denmead"[8]	Bruce Kane	Ian Milne	3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
With a card, the school bully Denmead gets a new clone of himself.
3	"School Photo"[9]	David Witt; Bruce Kane (story)	Tony Craig	10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
When it's school photo day everything is wrong so John and Max change it.
4	"Reign of Error"[10]	Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story)	Charles Kenway	17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
Hiro wins a school vote and Charity is horrified.
5	"His Life as a Dog"[11]	Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar	Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley	24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
An Evil Wolf from Zero comes to Earth from one of the cards.
6	"Prince Harming"	Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause (also story with Bruce Kane)	Michael Harris and Mark Ingram	31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)
The school turns upside down with the arrival of a Bishounen prince. He is strikingly beautiful, deeply troubled, self-obsessed and carries a parasol – he pretty much ticks all the boxes for Charity.
7	"See Ya Later Gladiator"[12]	Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)	Ian Milne	7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
During a fairytale school practice Hiro, Max and John get to a Gladiator world and must win a gladiator contest to get back at school.
8	"Amonsun Under Fire"[13]	Tony Wilson and Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story)	Mark Sonntag	14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)
Amonsun, fed up at Hiro abusing, tries to go on strike, but Hiro merely replaces Amonsun with Felintine, but there's more to this newbie than meets the eye.
9	"Sweet Potato"[14]	Tony Wilson, Bruce Kane, and David Witt	Ian Milne	21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
The potato chip company has suspiciously released some inferior Battle Day Zero cards, and a giant devil baby named Sweet Potato has been spawned by a chip packet and is terrorizing the town.
10	"I'll Take the Couch"[15]	David Witt; Bruce Kane (story)	Ian Milne and Patrick Crawley	28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Hiro's parents suddenly pay a visit, and it happens to be on Charity's sixteenth-birthday. Things soon get out of hand.
11	"The Mystic Skater"[16]	Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar	Mark Sonntag	5 December 2015 (2015-12-05)
John tries to woo a girl by skating on Hiro's high-tech skateboard, but it becomes a matter of survival when an interdimensional competitive skateboarder arrives to cause mayhem.
12	"Dad to the Bone"[17]	Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)	Larry Scholl, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley	12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)
The kids all try to spend time with their fathers, but Leroy is planning to usurp his father and Hiro has made Karuta a little too emotional. Can John and Max keep the peace?
13	"Dead Cute"[18]	Bruce Kane, Tony Wilson, and David Witt	Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley	19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)
On Valentine's Day, Max and Denmead unwittingly set loose an adorable creature called the Malentwine that can possess girls by simply being touched, and it threatens the whole world.