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Hailey's On It!
American animated television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hailey's On It! is an American animated science fiction action television series created by Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton[3] and produced by Disney Television Animation[1][4][5] that aired on Disney Channel from June 8, 2023 to May 18, 2024.[6][7]
On October 2, 2024, it was reported that the series was cancelled after one season.[7]
In the series, a 14-year-old girl from the Hawaiian diaspora is informed by a time-traveling scientist that she is destined to save the entire planet by reversing global warming. To accomplish this, she has to complete a series of tasks and to overcome her fears. Meanwhile, time-traveling robots are trying to prevent her from ever accomplishing her goals.
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Synopsis
Set in Oceanside, California, the series centers on Hailey Banks, a 14-year-old girl who is averse to taking risks. Her life gets turned upside down during her New Year's celebration when she is visited by a scientist from the future, who reveals that completing a list of tasks she created is crucial for initiating a series of events that will lead to her inventing a device that will be used to save the entire planet by reversing global warming.[8][9]
Now, Hailey must overcome her fears, complete impossible and impractical tasks, and face her feelings toward her best friend, Scott Denoga.[9] However, some of her accomplishments will be threatened by Chaos Bots, small robots from the future sent by a mysterious villain who wants to prevent her from finishing her list and saving the world.
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Characters
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Main
- Hailey Banks (voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho[10]) is a 14-year-old Hawaiian–American girl who is averse to taking risks and now has to overcome her insecurities and fears to save the world. She has a crush on Scott, her best friend, though he is completely oblivious to this and only sees her as a close friend.
- Scott Denoga (voiced by Manny Jacinto[11]) is a 14-year-old Filipino–Korean[12][13] boy and Hailey's best friend whom she has to kiss to prevent the end of the world, but chooses to do it last on her list as it could ruin their friendship.
- Beta (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams[14]) is an AI operating system from the future who lists out Hailey's accomplishments. He has a contentious relationship with Scott.
Recurring
- Kai Banks (voiced by Cooper Andrews[15]) is Hailey's Hawaiian father.
- Patricia Banks (née Phlorange) (voiced by Julie Bowen[16]) is Hailey's Caucasian mother. She is a realtor but was once a breakdancer in music videos.
- A.C. Aychvak (voiced by Josh Brener[17]) is Hailey's rival, although the rivalry is mostly one-sided. He is spoiled and willing to cheat to win, sometimes with the aid of small robots. His catchphrase is "What the beans?"
- The Professor (voiced by Sarah Chalke[18]) is a mysterious, unrevealed named scientist from the future with high energy.
- Rebecca "Becker" Denoga (voiced by Judy Alice Lee[19]) is Scott's troublemaking, tomboyish, and destructive younger sister. She initially develops a crush on Hailey but is able to move on from it when Hailey doesn't reciprocate any feelings for her. She later begins a relationship with her former school rival, Kennedy.
- Bonesaw, Buzzsaw (voiced by Nik Shriner), Chainsaw (voiced by Kyle S. More), and Paul (voiced by Billy Kametz and Eric Bauza) are Becker's friends.
- Kristine Sanchez (voiced by Amanda Leighton[20]) is a popular girl who, despite being somewhat self-absorbed, is very cheerful and friendly to everyone and attends the same school as Hailey and Scott. She is a fashionista who specializes in hats. While Hailey has been shown to dislike Kristine's overly cheerful personality at first, she does start to open up to her in the episode "Road Trippin'." In "The Beginning of the Friend," Kristine begins to date Scott. However, she later breaks up with him in the episode "U.F. Whoa!".
- Sunny Denoga (voiced by Joy Osmanski[21]) is Scott and Becker's mother.
- Thad (voiced by Nik Dodani[22]) is one of Hailey's classmates and in a relationship with Jonathan.
- Jonathan (voiced by Nico Santos[23]) is one of Hailey's classmates and in a relationship with Thad.
- Dwayne and Johnson Banks are Hailey's twin baby brothers. Their names are a reference to Dwayne Johnson, who co-starred with Hailey's voice actress Auliʻi Cravalho in the Disney film Moana.
- Frank (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) is the Banks' pet flamingo. He is in a relationship with Scott's pet peacock, Petey.
- Lucy (voiced by Sydney Mikayla) is Hailey's clumsy classmate.
- Kennedy (voiced by Shara Kirby) is Becker's perfectionist girlfriend and former school rival.
- Bill Board (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a local businessman who appears in several episodes. He runs a company that puts up billboards, appropriately to his name, and has also acquired several other local companies (often in bets or games with other businesspeople).
- Genesis (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) is Hailey's popular classmate.
Guest
- Brian Jordan Alvarez[24] as David Whale
- Blake Anderson[24] as Swagmeister
- Mick Foley[24] as Rowdy Russ Stanton
- Jared Goldstein as Leo Whale
- Jo Koy[24] as Eddie Denoga, Scott's father
- Jack McBrayer[24] as Lazlo, a UFO conspiracy theorist
- Bebe Neuwirth[24] as Barbara "Babs Cadabs" Cadabra
- Chris Parnell[24] as:
- Robert Vandertrache, an obnoxious billionaire
- The narrator for a hair-product warning video
- Klaus Gimlet, the headmaster of a luge academy
- Tim Robinson[24] as Kelly Hardmeier
- Natasha Rothwell[24] as Carla, a local animal shelter owner
- Brandon Mychal Smith[24] as JT
- Martin Starr[24] as Cody, an escape room attendant
- Al Yankovic[24] as:
- Chip Dingle, the owner of Dingles Chips (a parody of Pringles)
- Himself in a hairdo warning video
- Maribeth Monroe as Ms. Ohlson
- Dana Snyder as Sparky La Russo
- Chris Wylde as Finn Skulby
- Grey DeLisle as Anita
- Charlie Schlatter as Tommy D
- Billy Kametz as Road Rash and Paul
- Kerri Kenney-Silver as Gretchen Aychvak
- Karan Brar as Sanjay Singh
- Cristina Vee as Blabby Abby
Additionally, Auliʻi Cravalho "guest stars" as Kelci Fyre, a pop star who looks and sounds like Hailey.
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Episodes
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Chibi Tiny Tales
A few months after its premiere, Hailey's On It! joined the Chibi Tiny Tales series.
Broken Karaoke
Part of the Broken Karaoke series that was started by Big City Greens.
Theme Song Takeover
As part of a promotional campaign, Disney Channel began airing the Disney Theme Song Takeover, wherein supporting characters from different shows performed the theme song to the series they were in.
Road Trip
A shorts series centered on Hailey, Scott, and Beta going on a road trip in the Professor's car to visit the clown museum. The shorts are a loose follow up to a similar series from Big City Greens.
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Production
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Development
The earliest concept for Hailey's On It! was conceived when Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton came up with a scenario of a girl failing to pay attention to a time-traveling messenger.[51] The duo grew interested in the characters and slowly began to develop what would eventually grow into the series.[52] The series was initially pitched under the title I Will NOT Kiss Scott Federman.[53]
On November 18, 2021, Disney Branded Television announced that Hailey's On It! had been greenlit for a 20-episode first season.[1] Meredith Roberts, a Disney Television Animation executive described the series as the first animated series by Bunje and Stanton, and called it a "fast-paced comedy" with "grounded stories" and "heart" which made it a "perfect fit" for Disney.[9] The series was described as aimed at kids aged 6–14 and their families.[54] On June 15, 2022, Disney Branded Television revealed that Hailey's On It! would be receiving 10 additional episodes, bringing the total from 20 episodes to a 30 episode count for the first season.[55]
It was also announced that Howy Parkins would be a co-executive producer, alongside Bunje and Stanton, and supervising director. Reporting also confirmed Wade Wisinski as the show's producer, Karen Graci as the show's story editor, and Lee Ann Dufour as the series art director.[1][56][57] In December 2022, the Daily Sundial reported that artist Jaison Wilson, who has worked on The Princess and the Frog, Milo Murphy's Law, Candace Against the Universe, and Amphibia, would be working on the series.[58] On April 28, the show's first trailer was released, and a press release noted that the show's guest cast includes Brian Jordan Alvarez, Blake Anderson, Mick Foley, Jo Koy, Jack McBrayer, Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Parnell, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, Brandon Mychal Smith, Martin Starr, and Al Yankovic.[6] The same day, it was announced that Cat Harman-Mitchell and Leslie Park would be series directors.[57][6]
Writing
Writers for the series include Mary Gulino and Kevin Yee.[59][60] Karen Graci serves as story editor.[61][57] Bunje and Stanton said the use of animation gave them greater creative freedom than their live-action works.[52] Due to the constant changes made to the show's story during development, the writers purposefully avoided having the content on Hailey's list to be fully defined, instead wanting the content to be conceived as they developed the story for each episode in order to allow greater creative freedom and flexibility.[52]
The character of Beta was created because the writers wanted a way to "organize and prioritize list items" without always relying on the list itself, with the idea of a technologically advanced smartphone being conceived due to the dynamic such character could have with Hailey.[52] Beta was originally meant to be a minor character, but his role was expanded after the writers enjoyed Gary Anthony Williams' performance and further developed him.[62]
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Music
The series features K-pop, rock, pop-rock, electronic dance, and musical theater tracks. A digital soundtrack with six original songs was released on June 9 by Walt Disney Records.[6][63] Matthew Tishler and Andrew Underberg are songwriters/composers for the series.[57][6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Andrew Underberg & Matthew Tishler except where indicated.
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Broadcast
The series premiered simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD on June 8, 2023, and then on Disney+ the following day.[6][64] Several "Theme Song Takeover," "Broken Karaoke" and "Chibi Tiny Tales" shorts featuring characters from the series began airing in July.[6][63] The series has a TV-Y7 parental guideline.[63]
On September 27, 2024, the series was removed from Disney+.[65]
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Critical response
Rob Schwarz of Along Main Street said that Hailey's On It! is an effective show for families with children of nearly any age. Schwarz noted that their own children—ranging from three to eleven years old—each found something enjoyable in the show, appreciating Hailey's character for its empowering message, enjoying the series' humor and pranks, and finding the comedic AI phone sidekick, Beta, particularly entertaining. Schwarz concluded that Hailey's On It! demonstrates how children can overcome their fears, rely on their friends, and embrace new challenges.[66] Matthew Aguilar of ComicBook.com described Hailey's On It! as a "delightful new comedy adventure series."[67]
Tessa Smith of Mama's Geeky rated Hailey's On It! four out of five and said that the show is filled with fun and humor, describing scenarios as relatable, saying Hailey’s experiences can resonate with viewers. Smith praised the series' ability to connect with its audience by addressing the pressures of meeting expectations, even if they seem trivial. They also highlighted that Hailey’s On It! succeeds because it offers humor and situations that appeal to both children and adults. Smith stated that the animation, though familiar in style to other Disney series, is characterized for its quality.[68] Ashley Moulton of Common Sense Media gave Hailey's On It! a grade of four out of five stars, praised the depiction of positive messages and role models, citing friendship and courage, while complimenting the educational value, writing, "Teen girl role model shines in funny action-adventure."[69]
Accolades
The series won Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film - Animated at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.[70][71]
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In other media
Video games
Following the show's premiere, DisneyNOW released updates for the games Bubble Burst and Color Splash related to the show.[6][63]
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