ChalkZone is an American animated television series that aired on
NickelodeonNickelodeon 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...
. It was created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber, and produced by
Frederator StudiosFrederator Studios is an independent American animated cartoon studio founded by Fred Seibert in 1997, with its first series launching in 1998. The studio has been at the forefront of the revival of cartoons over the past 20 years, keeping a focus on the talent of artists who write their own...
for the Nickelodeon TV channel (executive producers: Bill Burnett, Larry Huber,
Fred SeibertFred Seibert is a television & film producer, and an entertainment executive who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks...
). It is distributed outside the United States by Canadian animation company, Nelvana Limited.
The main character, an elementary school student named Rudy Tabootie (E.G.
[To Chalk Dad] "Hey hey hey, I was an original Tabootie before YOU were a sketch." - Snap
"I don't wanna hear the end of that sentence!" - Snap
"I forgot to draw the arrow." - Rudy
"You can fill a lot of cereal in this bowl!" - Rudy
"I hope this water softener will help." - Biclops
[After Rudy was bouncing his head & butt with a BULB HORN HONK] "Thank goodness you're okay Rudy." - Biclops
Category:Nickelodeon animated TV shows
Category:Children's television shows
ChalkZone is an American animated television series that aired on
NickelodeonNickelodeon 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...
. It was created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber, and produced by
Frederator StudiosFrederator Studios is an independent American animated cartoon studio founded by Fred Seibert in 1997, with its first series launching in 1998. The studio has been at the forefront of the revival of cartoons over the past 20 years, keeping a focus on the talent of artists who write their own...
for the Nickelodeon TV channel (executive producers: Bill Burnett, Larry Huber,
Fred SeibertFred Seibert is a television & film producer, and an entertainment executive who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks...
). It is distributed outside the United States by Canadian animation company, Nelvana Limited.
Premise
The main character, an elementary school student named Rudy Tabootie (E.G. Daily), has been gifted with a magically endowed piece of chalk that allows access to the ChalkZone, an alternate dimension where everything and everyone that's ever been drawn in
chalkChalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. It forms under relatively deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores. It is common to find flint and chert...
and erased takes form as the living and/or tangible. The show concentrated on the adventures of Rudy, his sidekick Snap (Candi Milo), and classmate Penny Sanchez (Hynden Walch) within the zone.
History/Production
ChalkZone was produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. The series can be seen as homage to the 1974 cartoon
Simon in the Land of Chalk DrawingsSimon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a British children's animated television programme, featuring the adventures of a young child named Simon, who has a magic chalkboard...
. But ChalkZone went much farther, positing a world where everything that had ever been drawn in chalk by
anyone came to life in the alternative chalk universe, endowed with the soul and personality its creator had intended for it. Thus ChalkZone took such alternate universe stories as Through the Looking Glass and The Wizard of Oz one step further. Where Alice and Dorothy were merely confronted by creatures and situations they had no control over, ChalkZone's hero, Rudy Tabootie had to confront the fact that there were consequences for what
he brought into the world and how they interacted with the creations of others. The show was originally featured on
Oh Yeah! CartoonsOh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
, just like
The Fairly OddParentsThe Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy parents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001...
and
My Life as a Teenage RobotMy Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, created by Rob Renzetti who produced it through Frederator Studios, for the Nickelodeon cable channel. Apparently inspired by Otto Soglow's classic comic strip The Little King, the sci-fi series shares the strip's trademark...
. It premiered on March 22, 2002, as the highest rated new show premiere in Nickelodeon's history up to that. Nicktoons production on Season 1 ChalkZone was accidentally copyright 2000. time. A soundtrack album, titled
In The Zone (not to be confused with Britney Spears's 2003 album), has also been released. A second soundtrack album, titled
ChalkZone DoubleDozen has never been released. This album can be found on
Bill Burnett's website. The show aired on
Nick on CBS on February 1, 2003 and ended on September 9, 2004. The show went on hiatus from June 22, 2005 to June 4, 2008. During that time, it was unknown if the unaired episodes would ever air in the US. The unaired episodes aired on Nick between June 4, 2008 to August 23, 2008. On June 28, 2008, an unaired episode did not contain a Music Video. It was one of the first
ChalkZone episodes to not have a
Music Video at the end. As of 2009 Nickelodeon only shows Season 4 episodes.
Awards
ChalkZone has been nominated for numerous Awards including two
Annie Awards a Humantas, and the Imagen award.
Characters
- Rudy Tabootie, voiced by Elizabeth Daily
Elizabeth Ann Guttman , known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an American voice actress, actress, singer, songwriter, and musician.-Early life and acting career:...
, is the artist whom the show stars. Rudy is the main character.; He is also in Fifth Grade. He travels Chalkzone with his best friends Penny and Snap. He has magic chalk that he can use to draw portals into Chalk Zone and draw things out of thin air. It has been suggested throughout the series that he has a crush on Penny.
- Snap, voiced by 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...
, is a small blue, humanoid drawing made by Rudy, and his best friend. Created by Rudy when he was 8 years old, he speaks with a New JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, and to the east by the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, the Arthur Kill, Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Westchester County, New York City, Long Island, and...
-like accent, and is adventurous and witty.
- Penny Sanchez, voiced by Hynden Walch
Heidi Hynden Walch , best known as Hynden Walch, is an American actress.Two of her most known roles are Starfire and Argent in Teen Titans. She also voiced Penny Sanchez on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone and Elsie on the Disney Channel show Stanley...
, is Rudy's best friend, a genius who helps him, and is the only other human besides Rudy who knows about ChalkZone. She is also in fifth grade just like Rudy. Its has been shown that she might have a crush on Rudy.
- Reg "Reggie" Bullnerd, voiced by 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...
, is the school bully. Gets stuck in a lot of things and his full name is shown in the unaired episode Teachers Lounge. He gets into trouble all the time and even has a school record with its own file drawer.
- Joe Tabootie, voiced by Jess Harnell
Jess Q. Harnell is an American voice actor, best known for voicing Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Hunter on Road Rovers. Jess has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1997.-Biography:...
, is Rudy's father, who runs a meat shop.
- Mildred Tabootie, voiced by Miriam Flynn
Miriam Flynn is an American voice artist and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon's Vacation franchise. As a voice artist, she has been featured in The Land Before Time series, Taz-Mania as the title character's mother, Jean and Family Guy...
, is Rudy's mother.
- Horace T. Wilter, voiced by Robert Cait
Robert Cait is a Canadian-born comedian and voice actor.Among the characters he voices are Duke the Golden retriever in Bush's Baked beans television commercials and Horace T...
, is Rudy's cartoon-hating school teacher. He comes close to learning about ChalkZone in the episode "Secret Passages"
- Biclops, voiced by Rodger Bumpass
Rodger Cleveland Bumpass is an American character actor and voice actor with many credits in animated films, animated television series, and video games. Bumpass' voice acting credits go back as far a 1962 episode of The Jetsons...
, is the guardian of the Magic Chalk Mines.
- Queen Rapsheeba, voiced by Rosslynn Taylor
Rosslynn Taylor, also known as Rosslynn Taylor-Jordan, is an American actress, voice-over artist, and casting director. She is known for her starring role on Nickelodeon's ChalkZone, as the voice of the spunky Queen Rapsheeba...
, is ChalkZone's song artist. Snap has had a crush on her forever.
DVD Release
While there have not been any DVD releases specifically for
Chalkzone, the
Christmas episode was featured on the 2006 DVD
Nick Picks Holiday. Three episodes(Gift Adrift, French French Fry Falls, and Eschucha Mi Carazon) were released for the
Nickstravaganza! 2 DVD.
Current Status
On June 22, 2005,
ChalkZone was taken off of Nickelodeon. It then aired on the Nicktoons Network. It is currently running on Nickelodeon on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:00 AM EST/PST and
Nicktoons NetworkNicktoons 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...
at 4:00 AM EST on Sunday and Monday and Saturdays at 6:30 AM EST. The series' last episode aired on Saturday, August 23, 2008. 2 unaired episodes are remaining as of September 2008.
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