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As Told by Ginger

As Told by Ginger

Overview
As Told by Ginger is a three-time Emmy nominated American
United States
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 animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon is an American cable television channel owned by Viacom. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s Nickelodoen as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia.It is often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to...

 in October 2000. The show focuses on Ginger Foutley and her adventures at Lucky Jr. High, as she records them in her diary. The series was noted for its storylines, character development and the fact that the characters change outfits each time a new day comes.

In the United States
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, about half the episodes of the third and final season remain unaired.
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As Told by Ginger is a three-time Emmy nominated American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon is an American cable television channel owned by Viacom. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s Nickelodoen as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia.It is often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to...

 in October 2000. The show focuses on Ginger Foutley and her adventures at Lucky Jr. High, as she records them in her diary. The series was noted for its storylines, character development and the fact that the characters change outfits each time a new day comes.

In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, about half the episodes of the third and final season remain unaired. Also, several episodes that were once available through reruns have been taken out of the rotation. This came as a disappointment to fans during its initial run.

About the show


The show focuses mainly on the life of junior high school student Ginger Foutley. She, along with her friends, Darren Patterson, Dodie Bishop and Macie Lightfoot, all try to rise from the position of school geeks as they solve many conflicts that come their way. Luckily for Ginger, the most popular girl in school, Courtney Gripling, has taken a liking to her and often includes her in her social plans. She is intrigued by her 'gingerisms', as Courtney calls them. However, Miranda Killgallen, Courtney's right hand woman, makes sure that she is not bumped down from her position thanks to Ginger. At home, Ginger records her lively adventures in her diary. Her little brother Carl, is often scheming with Robert-Joseph ("Hoodsey") Bishop in his own side plots, and her mother, Lois, is always there for advice Ginger is always open to listen to.
The series takes place in the fictional town of Sheltered Shrubs, located in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....

. It is very rare for a children's program, especially an animated one, to be set in a specific area of the country. Other towns noted in the series are Protected Pines, a gated community
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and sometimes characterised by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential streets and...

 in which Courtney lives, Brittle Branches, where Ginger's father resides, and Heathered Hills, the town of Ginger's summer camp crush, Sasha.

Main characters

  • Ginger Foutley (Melissa Disney
    Melissa Disney
    Melissa Disney is a voice over artist, actress, writer, and film producer. She is the daughter of Louise Gallagher and granddaughter of Toy Gallagher, and is distantly related to Walt Disney...

    )
  • Darren Patterson (Kenny Blank
    Kenny Blank
    Kenny Blank, full birth name Kenneth Michael Benbow Blank , is an American actor. Later, he changed his name to Kenn Michael....

    ) (credited as Kenn Michael starting with Fair to Cloudy) (Seasons 2-3).
  • Carl Foutley (Jeannie Elias
    Jeannie Elias
    Jeannie Elias is a Canadian film and voice actress.-Animation Roles:* As Told by Ginger - Carl Foutley* Bleach - Jinta Hanakari, Kiyone Kotetsu* Blood+ - Young Haji, Nahabi, Additional Voices...

    )
  • Courtney Gripling (Liz Georges)
  • Macie Lightfoot (Jackie Harris)
  • Deirdre "Dodie" Hortense Bishop (Aspen Miller
    Aspen Miller
    Aspen Vincent is an American voice actor and rock singer.Possibly best known for the role of Dodie Bishop in Nickelodeon's Emmy-nominated As Told by Ginger, she also performed the role of Baby Alice in the Rugrats episode 'Hurricane Alice', and has done voice-over work for several CD-ROM games...

    )
  • Robert Joseph "Hoodsey" Bishop (Tress MacNeille
    Tress MacNeille
    Tress MacNeille is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and some Disney movies....

    )
  • Miranda Killgallen (Cree Summer
    Cree Summer
    Cree Summer Francks , best known as Cree Summer, is a Canadian American actress, musician and voice actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as college student Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World...

    )
  • Lois Foutley - Laraine Newman
    Laraine Newman
    Laraine Newman is an American comedienne and actress.-Early life:Newman was born on March 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, the granddaughter of a Jewish cattle rancher from Arizona...

  • Blake Sophia Gripling - Kath Soucie
    Kath Soucie
    Katherine Eleanor Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie or Kath Eleanor Soucie.-Notable roles:...

  • Ian Richton - Adam Wylie
    Adam Wylie
    Adam Augustus Wylie is an American television and motion picture actor, as well as a Broadway musical performer, and a former Crayola spokesman.-Early life:...

     (Season 1)
  • Melissa "Mipsy" Mipson - Sandy Fox
    Sandy Fox
    Sandy Fox is an American voice actress who has had numerous roles in various animated cartoon and Japanese anime series, and video games.Her height is 4'11" on her myspace page...

     (Season 2-3)

Notable others

  • Mr. Cilla - Lewis Arquette
    Lewis Arquette
    Lewis Michael Arquette was an American film actor, writer and producer. Arquette was known for playing "J.D. Pickett" on the TV series, The Waltons, where he worked from 1978–1981....

  • Sasha - J. Evan Bonifant
    J. Evan Bonifant
    J. Evan Bonifant is an American actor. As a child actor, he played small parts on television shows and starred in several films. His most notable role was that of ten-year-old Buster Blues in Blues Brothers 2000. He was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1995 for his role in 3 Ninjas Kick Back...

  • Fred - Toran Caudell
    Toran Caudell
    Toran Caudell is an actor, voice actor, and musician from the United States.He played Rod on 7th Heaven, an American television series about a Protestant minister's family living in the fictional town of Glenoak, California....

  • Brandon Higsby - Grey Delisle
    Grey DeLisle
    Grey DeLisle is an American singer-songwriter, and voice actress.-Early life and early career:Grey DeLisle was born Erin Grey Van Oosbree in Fort Ord, California, of Irish, Dutch, French, Mexican, and Hispanic descent. She had a difficult childhood; her mother was addicted to drugs...

  • Dr. Weinstein - Larry Drake
    Larry Drake
    Larry Drake is an American actor.Drake was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and Raymond Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company. Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show L.A...

  • Mrs. Patterson - Ja’net Dubois
  • George Magroity - Quinton Flynn
    Quinton Flynn
    Quinton Joseph Flynn , is an American voice actor, actor and writer....

  • Operator's Voice - Adrienne Frantz
    Adrienne Frantz
    Adrienne Danielle Frantz is an American actress.-Career:First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, Frantz left the show later that year for her role as the villainess turned sympathetic heroine Amber on The Bold and the Beautiful...

  • Mrs. Gordon - Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman was an American film, television, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed tart maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors, almost invariably to comic effect.-Early life:Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois...

  • Bobbie Lightfoot - Mary Gross
    Mary Gross
    Mary Gross is an American comedian and actress, perhaps best known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch...

  • Hall Monitor - Olivia Hack
    Olivia Hack
    Olivia Hack is an American voice actress best known for providing the voice of Rhonda Wellington Lloyd in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!, and played Cindy Brady in the 90's theatrical Brady Bunch films. She has also done voices for Fillmore!, Bratz as Cloe, Family Guy, Blood+ and Avatar: The Last...

  • Ms. Zorski - Elizabeth Halpern
  • Dr. Leventhal - Beth Howland
    Beth Howland
    Elizabeth "Beth" Howland is an American actress who has worked extensively on stage and television....

  • David Dave - David Jeremiah
    David Jeremiah
    For the article on the retired U.S. Navy admiral and former Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, see David E. Jeremiah.Dr. David P...

  • Winston - John Kassir
    John Kassir
    Johnny Kassir is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian who is perhaps best known for voicing the Crypt Keeper on the hit HBO show Tales from the Crypt.-Career:...

  • Noelle Sussman - Emily Kapnek
    Emily Kapnek
    Emily Kapnek is an actress, television producer and three time Emmy Award nominated writer. She created the animated program As Told by Ginger and executive produced the short-lived television series Emily's Reasons Why Not.-Trivia:...

  • Buzz Harris - Tom Kenny
    Tom Kenny
    Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American voice actor and comedian, noted for his long-running role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name. He also voices Gary, the French narrator and others...

  • Joann Bishop - Susan Krebs
  • Chet Zipper - Hope Levy
  • Bobby Lightfoot - Michael McKean
    Michael McKean
    Michael John McKean is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Squiggy's friend, Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski, on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley; as David St...

  • Claire Gripling - Candi Milo
    Candi Milo
    Candi Milo is an American voice actress and singer. She is currently the voice of Jacobo on Disney's The Replacements, Coco, Madame Foster and Cheese on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Irma Lair on Disney's W.I.T.C.H., lead character Maya Santos on Maya & Miguel , the punk rocker/goth protegé...

  • Mr. Bowers, Math Teacher - Stuart Pankin
    Stuart Pankin
    Stuart Pankin is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Pankin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America. He attended Dickinson College, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Columbia University.One of Pankin's earliest film appearances was as...

  • Carl's Art Teacher - Christina Pickles
    Christina Pickles
    Christina Pickles is a British-born American actress. She has appeared in such television shows as Roseanne, Matlock, Diagnosis Murder and Murder, She Wrote, as well as the soap operas The Guiding Light and Another World. Her most famous television role is that of Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the...

  • Steven Applebaum - Robbie Rist
    Robbie Rist
    Robert Anthony Rist is an American actor and musician.-Acting and voiceover work:As a child, Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. It was hoped that, with his Dutch Boy haircut and wire-rimmed glasses, his resemblance to pop singer John Denver and juvenile appeal would...

  • Jimmy - Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice artist, who currently stars in the Fox animated series The Cleveland Show.-Early life:...

  • Radio
    Radio
    Radio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

     Voice, Student #2 - Rino Romano
    Rino Romano
    Rino Romano is a Canadian voice actor probably best known for his voice roles as Batman in the animated series The Batman, Spider-Man in the short-lived series Spider-Man Unlimited, and as the first voice of Darien Shields in the dub of the popular anime Sailor Moon.-Career:He also voiced the...

  • Ralphie - Mike Simone
  • Mr. Briggs - Brian Tochi
    Brian Tochi
    Brian Keith Tochihara , better known as Brian Tochi, is an American actor, screenwriter, movie director and producer...

  • Mrs. Grimley - Billy West
    Billy West
    William Richard "Billy" West is an American voice actor. He launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN shortly after moving on to do the revival of Beany and Cecil and was also a castmember on the Howard Stern's radio show during the early to mid...


Episodes



Sixty episodes plus one pilot episode were produced for the show.
The pilot was produced in 1999 and officially completed on September 10 of that year.
Season one was produced from November 1999-June 2000.
Season two was produced from August 2000 - November 2001.
Season three was produced from August 2002-November 2003.

TV movies

There were four television movies during the series' run.
  • Summer of Camp Caprice had Ginger, Dodie, Macie and Courtney heading to summer camp, with Darren and Miranda going to military camp
    Military camp
    A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites. In the Roman era the military camp had highly...

     (where, as it happens, Miranda's father works) and Carl and Hoodsey on the trail of dog nappers.
  • Foutleys on Ice (seen in the US as Far From Home), following up on the Emmy-nominated episode And She Was Gone, dealt with Ginger winning a scholarship to an arts school, and Carl and Hoodsey making friends with a new character, the telekinetic
    Psychokinesis
    The term psychokinesis , also known as telekinesis , sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term coined by publisher Henry Holt to refer to the direct influence...

     Noelle Sussman (voiced by Emily Kapnek
    Emily Kapnek
    Emily Kapnek is an actress, television producer and three time Emmy Award nominated writer. She created the animated program As Told by Ginger and executive produced the short-lived television series Emily's Reasons Why Not.-Trivia:...

    ). This episode was released on DVD
    DVD
    DVD, also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc,is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995. Its main uses are video and data storage...

    .
  • Butterflies are Free Ginger and her friends graduate junior high.
  • The Wedding Frame
    The Wedding Frame
    The Wedding Frame is a television movie for the Nickelodeon animated comedy show As Told By Ginger. It is comprised of the final three episodes of the series. It was never aired in the United States, but is available on DVD....

    , which closed out the 3rd season and the series as a whole, and features Lois marrying one of the doctors at her hospital. Nickelodeon originally asked for the ending of that telefilm to be changed to something less conclusive in case they wished to make future TV episodes, however, perhaps due to that situation being very unlikely, the original ending was eventually retained. It was released directly to DVD in the United States in November 2004, and has not been broadcast in the US; also, the six episodes leading up to the movie were never televised or released in the US, resulting in some continuity problems.

Production


The pilot for the show was completed in September 1999. The show premiered the following October on Nickelodeon. The show was greatly popular at first, even making its way into the teenager-aimed block TeenNick
TeenNick
TeenNick is the name of a cable channel in the United States that was converted from The N on September 28, 2009 at 6:00AM Eastern/5:00AM Central/3:00AM Pacific...

. After the second season, the show's popularity began to decline, partially due to constant scheduling changes. Nickelodeon then took the show off the air after airing less than half the episodes of the third and final season. Nickelodeon's sister channel, Nicktoons Network has aired two episodes that have been unseen on Nickelodeon, and it acts as the only network to air the show in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Show Airings

Nickelodeon
6am Tuesdays
?- March 2008>
Network Time In effect
Nickelodeon Wednesdays at 8 pm October 2000-January 2001
Nickelodeon Sundays 7:30 pm January 2001-June 2003
Nick on CBS Saturday mornings September 2002-September 2004
Nickelodeon Selected Weekday Mornings November 2005
Nicktoons Weekday mornings November 2006-May 2007
Nicktoons Sunday and Monday mornings May 2007-July 2007
Nickelodeon Monday mornings August 2007
Nicktoons Monday - Saturday mornings October 2007- March 2008
Nicktoons 4:00am Monday - Friday mornings March 2008 - January or February 2009

  • The episodes I Spy a Witch, Déjà Who?, An "Even Steven" Holiday Special, and Piece of My Heart were all made for the first season line-up, but aired during the second season.
  • Never Can Say Goodbye, Gym Class Confidential, Fast Reputation, and The Nurses' Strike all premiered in the same week during the teen nick block. They aired February 11-February 14, 2002 (which were the days between Monday and Thursday.)
  • The episodes Detention, Kiss Today Good-bye, A Lesson In Tightropes, Dodie's Big Break, and Battle of the Bands are all high school episodes that have yet to air in the United States. They were at one time scheduled to air during the second week of November 2006, but were immediately removed from the schedule after the first high school episode, Stuff'll Kill Ya was aired. In most other countries, especially in the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

    , they are part of the common re-runs. The series finale The Wedding Frame has also never been broadcast in the USA, but it is shown sometimes in other countries.
  • The episode specials that run over 30 minutes with commercials are not seen in the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    .
  • Nicktoons Network
    NickToons Network
    Nicktoons is a digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel. The network broadcasts Nickelodeon's animated series, Nicktoons, along with other original animated series and foreign animation from other Nickelodeon networks...

     has been showing more and more episodes including ones they wouldn't show in the past such as "The Right Stuff". They have also been showing specials such as "Even Stevens Holiday", "Far From Home" and "No Turning Back" (January 2008).

DVD and iTunes releases

  • The TV-movies Far From Home and The Wedding Frame are available in the USA on Region 1 DVD
    DVD
    DVD, also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc,is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995. Its main uses are video and data storage...

    s. Far From Home comes with the bonus episodes Ginger The Juvey and The Pilot. The Wedding Frame includes Stealing First and Dare I, Darren.
  • The first 13 episodes became available on iTunes
    ITunes
    iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone...

     on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, but were eventually removed. The episode "I Spy A Witch" is listed as "Blizzard Conditions" as an error. Blizzard Conditions is not available as an error. The first episode Ginger the Juvey was already available on Nick Rewind Volume 2.
  • The episode "An Even Steven Holiday Special" is available on Holly Jolly Specials '07.
  • The episodes 1 through 45 are available on Russian DVD sets with each DVD containing 5 episodes. The As Speaks Ginger-DVDs as they are known in Russia (Cyrillic: Как говорит Джинджер) are produced and distributed by Russobit-M and are only available with a Russian soundtrack.

Theme song


Originally, Melissa Disney, who voices Ginger, sang the theme song. Before the show's first airing, the theme song was switched to a version sung by Cree Summer
Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks , best known as Cree Summer, is a Canadian American actress, musician and voice actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as college student Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World...

, the voice of Miranda. The first half of the first season used this theme song version. After that, all episodes used a new version sung by R&B artist Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Macy Gray , also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.To date, Gray has released four studio albums, one...

. Although the Melissa Disney version has never been used in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 airings, all three versions are featured regularly in other English-speaking countries.

Closing credits


The closing credits are generally designed backgrounds with the shows signature font. These backgrounds include the ice cream cones from Ginger's bedroom walls, ladybugs from Dodie's bedroom walls, pencils, lizards and more. The ending theme is most often an instrumental version of the theme, although there have been exceptions. The episode Never Can Say Goodbye ended with a song called "Wrong", sung by voice actor Kenny Blank
Kenny Blank
Kenny Blank, full birth name Kenneth Michael Benbow Blank , is an American actor. Later, he changed his name to Kenn Michael....

 as Darren Patterson and And She Was Gone ended with a musical version of Ginger's poem during the credits. The episode Come Back Little Seal Girl featured the songs Courtney's World and The Little Seal Girl blended together. In About Face, a song called Diamonds Are Expensive, presumably sung by the engaged Lois and Dr. Dave is played over the credits. Finally, Next Question ended with The Teen Seal Girl song.

Character development and continuity


As Told by Ginger has been recognized by fans and Nickelodeon alike for its character development, most of which is unusual for a cartoon.

In the first season, Ginger's age group is hinted as being in seventh grade. By the second season, they move up to eighth grade rather than remaining the same age. They graduate Jr. high in the third season and move on to becoming freshman in high school. Carl's age group works in a similar way, as they become Jr. high students by the third season. As the episode with the Jr. high graduation aired in 2004, Ginger is most likely part of the class of 2008. Also in the second season, Darren had his unwieldy orthodontia that he had been wearing for the entire first season removed, which resulted in rising popularity. Also, many episodes (mostly seasons two-three, although season one did this too) have references to previous episodes, giving the episodes a definite order.

One of the more noticeable developments is the fact that the characters change clothes each time a new day comes. Many cartoons have their characters remain in the same outfits to save time and money. The girls in Ginger's age group (Dodie, Courtney, Macie, Miranda, and Ginger herself) and some of the adults were the only ones to do this at first. But after Darren got his orthodontia removed, he changed clothes as well. Carl's age group only changes clothes so often, most of the time with little changes. Hoodsey's coat rack has identical purple hooded-sweatshirts, mocking cartoons that always remain in the same outfits. Also, unlike live-action shows whose characters only wear an outfit once, As Told By Ginger characters wear their outfits in rotation, and new outfits are added every few episodes.

The show also deals with several deeper themes than other Nicktoons. In Wicked Game, Ginger's two best friends betray her after feeling jealousy toward her new boyfriend, Darren. In And She Was Gone, the staff and students at school think Ginger is depressed after she writes a disturbing poem. In the episode No Hope For Courtney, Carl's pranks cause his teacher to retire. After she agrees to come back, Mrs. Gordon passes on. In actuality, the voice actress, Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman was an American film, television, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed tart maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors, almost invariably to comic effect.-Early life:Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois...

 died and the episode was dedicated to her. A Lesson in Tightropes has Ginger going through an emotional break-up with Darren while, at the same time, having to get surgery for acute appendicitis
Appendicitis
Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is a medical emergency. All cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of peritonitis and shock...

. Furthermore, the episode Stuff'll Kill Ya shows Ginger dealing with what could be conceived as a caffeine addiction.
  • In the TV movie The Wedding Frame, when the Foutleys' are driving to their soon-to-be home, they pass a cemetery park. One tombstone reads "ATBG" while the other reads "RIP". ATBG is short for As Told By Ginger and RIP is short for Rest In Peace. This is a nod to the fact that this movie is the series finale.
  • Piece of My Heart aired in the month of December, but since then has been known as a Valentine's Day special.
  • In the episode No Hope For Courtney, Mrs. Gordon retires after having enough of Carl and Hoodsey. Carl begs her to return. The script was originally written to have Mrs. Gordon return to her teaching job. Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman was an American film, television, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed tart maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors, almost invariably to comic effect.-Early life:Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois...

     died in 2001 before the episode's first airing and the script was re-written to have Mrs. Gordon die as well and the newly-scripted episode aired some years later.
  • A girl who had cancer and was also a Make-A-Wish patient watched this show during treatment. Her wish was to be a character on the show, and she was a character in one episode.
  • ATBG was a rare occasion that a Nicktoon was aired on Teenick
    TEENick
    TEENick was a television block aired on Nickelodeon that was launched in 2001 and owned by Viacom's MTV Networks. The teen-oriented programming block took the position of SNICK, which started in 1992. It aired on Sunday nights and some Saturday nights. It was originally hosted by Nick Cannon and...

    , rather than during the day like most other Nicktoons. This was because the show was aimed at young teenagers.

Awards

  • Three Emmy nominations for Hello Stranger (in 2001), Lunatic Lake (in 2002), and And She Was Gone (in 2003) (all three times As Told By Ginger was beaten by Fox shows). They were all three nominated in the Outstanding Animated Program (Less than One Hour).
  • "Best Cartoon" at Nickelodeon Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...

    ' Kids Choice Awards in 2005.
  • Two episodes of As Told By Ginger will be ranked in Nickelodeon's 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoons History. The episodes are Gym Class Confidential and Stealing First and ranked in positions 97 and 95.

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