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Freaktown
2016 TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Freaktown is a Canadian animated series produced by Portfolio Entertainment, being the first creation of the group's cartoon studio.[1] Devised by Peter Ricq and Philippe Ivanusic, the series premiered on Teletoon on June 20, 2016. Internationally, the series premiered on Disney XD (Southeast Asia) on May 28 and 29, 2016 and is currently airing on Pop Max in the United Kingdom, Boing in France, Hungama TV and Disney XD in India, and Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand.[1]
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Plot
The series focuses on Ben Bones, an undead skeleton. Along with his friends, Lenny and Priscilla, they are to protect Freaktown against a massive makeover of the cute and cuddly kind, courtesy of Princess Boo Boo, the spoiled brat ruler of Sweetlandia and her right-hand bear, Lord Cuddles the Fluffy.
Characters
Main
- Benjamin "Ben" Bones (voiced by Landon Norris) – The kind, friendly and mischievous problem-solving protagonist of the show and hero of Freaktown. Ben is an undead skeleton with a soul. He often foils Princess Boo Boo and Lord Cuddles' plans to "sugar frost" Freaktown.
- Lenny (voiced by Cory Doran) – Ben's best friend. Lenny is a mutant mantis, who is sometimes shy, but also very endearing. He has the ability to shoot sticky webs.
- Priscilla (voiced by Stephanie Lynn Robinson) – Ben and Lenny's best friend. Priscilla is a stitched up ghoul who is also a potion princess and the kind of friend who sees everything, due to the fact that she can take out her eyeballs. She is good at concocting magic potions.
- Princess Boo Boo (voiced by Julie Lemieux) – One of the main antagonists. She is the ruler of Sweetlandia. She is a spoiled brat who plans to turn Freaktown into a kind and cuddly paradise.
- Lord Cuddles the Fluffy (voiced by Matt Baram) – Another main antagonist. He is Princess Boo Boo's right-hand bear and Freaktown's mayor. He is the one who normally plans the scheme to ruin Freaktown.
Minor
- Taylor (voiced by Jamie Watson) – a tough and muscular Unicorn who is Lord Cuddles's bodyguard.
- Sparkles (voiced by Richard Binsley) – a Wizard who often helps Princess Boo Boo and is Cuddles's rival.
- Wereshark (voiced by Lawrence Bayne) – a shark and werewolf hybrid with a nice and friendly personality and had a very powerful bite.
- Jeffreak – a monster that sells barfritos and opens a food truck and restaurant.
- B-1000 – a robot designed to looks like Ben and replace him.
- Chad – a Cupid that Princess Boo Boo ordered to shoot its arrow at Ben but accidentally shoots at other citizens of Freaktown.
- Zoe – Priscilla's baby niece.
- Gary – a fish monster who's a worker of Grossery Store.
- Fluffies – a group of anthropomorphic cottons that are shaped like a rectangle, square, and triangle who often guards Cuddles's castle, and communicates in the language "Snatter Chatter".
- Roy - a small blue dragon that Ben always brought just in case.
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Episodes
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Broadcast and release
The series premiered on Cartoon Network in multiple nations including Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, and Taiwan. It's also associated with the Walt Disney Company's Southeast Asia division as well as ABC Australia. Portfolio Entertainment CEO and co-founder Joy Rosen remarked that the company felt "thrilled to land international deals with world-renowned broadcasters right out of the gate", also stating that the series is crammed with laugh-out-loud moments and unpredictable twists that will perfectly complement the highly-entertaining programming available on these major kids’ networks".[3] On October 29, 2016, Portfolio made new deals with Pop Max in the UK, DR Ultra in Denmark, Disney India, and KIDZ in Israel.[4]
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See also
References
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