Fanboy and Chum Chum (2025)

Fanboy and ChumChum is an American CGI animated television series produced by Frederator Studios. It is based on a first episode/short from Frederator's Random! Cartoons called Fanboy. The series was created by Eric Robles and was directed by Brian Sheesley, Jim SCumann, and Russell Calabrese in Season One and Eddie Trigueros, Brandon Kruse, Tom King, and Ken Mitchroney in Season Two. It premiered on November 6, 2009 on Nickelodeon. A sneak peek of the show was shown on October 12, 2009.

The series premiere drew 5.8 million viewers. The second episode was watched by 5.4 million viewers.

Plot[]

See also: List of Fanboy and ChumChum Episodes

Nickelodeon's first original computer-animated Nicktoon is about Fanboy and ChumChum, two energetic super fans of science fiction and fantasy, who live in the Fanlair, a water tower in the sleepy, colorful town of Galaxy Hills. Their indomitable zeal for life is rewarded with comic adventures and misadventures fueled by their fertile imaginations, short attention spans, and madcap worldview. They wear their underwear on the outside of their costumes the way many superheroes do, including their idol Man-Arctica.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

• Fanboy is an enthusiastic fan of comic books, fantasy, science fiction and action figures. Fanboy, the show's main protagonist, wears a green unitard with his logo on the chest, purple cowl, cape and gloves, black high-top sneakers, and his trusty underwear on the outside of his costume. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, Fanboy wears a grey unitard. Fanboy has an active imagination, a zeal for fun, frolic, and adventure, and he enjoys spending all of his time with his best pal, ChumChum. His unique and simple life perspective tends to cause him trouble, but he usually finds a way to weasel out of any consequences. Voiced by David Hornsby.
• ChumChum is the show's deuteragonist as Fanboy's best friend and sidekick. Although he is younger than the other main characters, he is still in the same class as them. Show creator Eric Robles explained on the Nickelodeon message board that this is because Fanboy snuck him into his class and the teacher never noticed the age difference. ChumChum is extremely energetic and high-spirited, and possesses an indomitable enthusiasm and childlike jocularity. ChumChum m has brown hair, wears a black eye mask and gloves, an orange and yellow uniform with his logo on the chest, a yellow cape, black high-top sneakers, and his underwear on the outside of his costume. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, ChumChum wears an orange collared shirt with yellow buttons on the chest instead of his logo. ChumChum seems to be incapable of achieving more than 3 points on Boog's "Chimp Chomp" video game, although ChumChum is ecstatic even when he loses. Voiced by Nika Futterman. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, he was voiced by Nancy Cartwright.
• Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason is a classmate of Fanboy and ChumChum's who often plays an tritagonist. He's an insecure pre-teen wizard who loathes Fanboy and ChumChum for their lack of intelligence, but secretly yearns for their friendship. He appears to be one of only two children with actual powers in the show; the other would be his arch-rival, Sigmund the Sorcerer. Kyle was expelled from his wizarding school, Milkweed Academy, for turning his teacher Professor Flan into a raspberry flan, calling him a "Delicious old fool". Kyle is now reluctantly enrolled in Fanboy and ChumChum's regular public school, where he seems to have very few friends. Fanboy and ChumChum typically forget that Kyle has wizardly powers, and the effort of reminding them usually infuriates Kyle. He wears a scarlet and yellow striped shirt with jeans, red high-top sneakers, and a black cape. He has red hair and very large front teeth with braces and he speaks in a British accent. As Kyle struggles to be re-admitted to Milkweed, he often suffers painful indignities, often a result of Fanboy and ChumChum's shenanigans, but Kyle never seems to be any worse for the wear. Voiced by Jamie Kennedy.

Supporting characters[]

• Boogregard "Boog" Shlizetti is a short-tempered bop-happy bully who is obsessed with the video game Chimp Chomp (a parody of Donkey Kong), which he plays at the Frosty Mart, often instead of working. Boog is a parody of John Travolta. Voiced by Jeff Bennett
• Leonard "Lenny" Flynn-Boyle is the accident-prone junior manager of the Frosty Mart. He finds Fanboy and ChumChum irritating and sometimes gets a "stress twitch" when annoyed by them. His first appearance was in "Dollar Day." Voiced by Wyatt Cenac; in the pilot, he was voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Ozwald "Oz" Harmounian is the owner of the local comic shop, Oz Comix. The boys consider Oz a friend and "the most knowledgeable human being ever," though he is a nerdish know-it-all who lives with his elderly mother. Voiced by Josh Duhamel.
• Dollar-nator is a sophisticated computerized intelligence system built by Femboy in the future, and sent back in time by Femboy to bail Fanboy and ChumChum out of a jam in 'Dollar Day'. He also has many surprise skills and talents and is a parody on The Terminator. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Mr. Hank Mufflin is Fanboy and ChumChum's grouchy yet often playful teacher. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Janitor Russ Poopatine is a janitor at Fanboy and ChumChum's school]. He is a parody of Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars. He is a pale, skinny, gnarled old man who wears a dark hooded shirt. Poopatine rides around in a cart named Brenda, which communicates by beeping. Poopatine has a strong hatred of gum and saltwater taffy. Voiced by Steve Tompkins.
• Man-Arctica is the sub-zero superhero who scours the cosmos looking for scofflaws to "put on ice." Man-Arctica balances a mild disdain for humanity against his duty to save them from harm. He often refers to children as "earth larvae". Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Yo is another of Fanboy and ChumChum's classmates. She is a happy-go-lucky gadget fangirl who loves her Yamaguchi digital pets. She usually acts as an antagonist with a crush on ChumChum. Voiced by Dyana Liu.

Minor characters[]

• Agent Johnson is the do-it-all authority figure in Galaxy Hills. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Fedora Man is one of the delivery people in Galaxy Hills. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Secret Shopper first appeared to evaluate Frosty Mart product quality and customer service in the episode "The Secret Shopper". Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• FankyleCum is a nerdish, good-spirited classmate of the boys. Voiced by Jamie Kennedy.
• Dirty Bird is a seagull who makes cameos throughout the show.
• Chris Chuggy is a classmate of Fanboy and ChumChum's who communicates only through saying "Wah." Voiced by Eric Robles.
• Scrivener Elf is an elf Kyle creates in "The Janitor Strikes Back" to do his homework and other tasks. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Lupe is a kind-spirited girl in Fanboy and ChumChum's class. Voiced by Candi Milo.
• Necronomicon is a talking book of spells who is a companion to Kyle, and nags him about the moral implications of his choices. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Sigmund is Kyle's more successful and skillful wizard rival from Kyle's former school for wizards, Milkweed Academy. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Lunch Lady Cram is the new strict lunch lady who replaced the former strict lunch lady. Voiced by Candi Milo.
• Thorvald the Red is a Viking who debuted in "Norse-ing Around". Voiced by Nolan North.
• The Global Warmer is an super-villain and archenemy of Man-Arctica who first appears in "Stan-Arctica" and then, "Man-Arctica the Ride". Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Oz's Mom is a single mother committed to teaching her adult son that the only way to run a successful business is by selling. Voiced by Estelle Harris.
• Professor Flan is a professor from Milkweed Academy whose permission Kyle has to grant to re-admit to Milkweed. Also the one who Kyle turned into a raspberry flan. Voiced by Jim Cummings.
• Brizwald is Oz's money-loving, scheming cousin. Voiced by Amir Talai.
• Chimp Chomp is a Donkey Kong parody video game featuring a monkey who is trying to take an ape's bananas.
• Precious is Mr. Mufflin's class pig. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
• Berry the Ice Monster is a small pink creature who lives inside the Frosty Freezy Freeze machine at the Frosty Mart. Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
• The Ice Monster is a frighteningly large beast created from the combination of Frosty Freezy Freeze and Ice-Monster Bun Bun, a snack food. The Ice Monster debuted in the pilot episode from Random! Cartoons.
• Michael Johnson is a classmate of Fanboy and ChumChum's, and is an obvious parody of Michael Jackson. Voiced by Wyatt Cenac.
• Duke is a classmate of Fanboy and ChumChum's. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Nancy Pancy Is a girl nerd in Mr Mufflin's class. Voiced by Kari Wahlgren; in "Fanboy A'hoy!", she was voiced by Nika Futterman.
• Francine is a brown-haired diva in Mr. Mufflin's class. Voiced by Candi Milo.
• Cher Leader is a cheerleader (or a group of them) in Mr. Mufflin's class. Voiced by Kari Wahlgren in "Femboy Stinks" and Candi Milo in all other appearances.
• Dr. Acula is a vampire plastic surgeon who gives ChumChum a neck so vampire Femboy can bite ChumChum and turn him into a vampire too. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Ms. Olive is a preschool teacher who appears in "Marsha Marsha Marsha". She also appears as a French teacher named Madame LaVache in "Excuse Me" with a French accent.
• Marsha was a sweet, successful student until Femboy ruined her life by sneezing on her placement test, rendering it illegible. As a result, she received a failing grade, and was sentenced to repeat kindergarten. Voiced by Candi Milo.
• Cheech is a classmate in Mr. Muflin's classroom.
• Fanbot is a robotic version of Fanboy that appears in "I, Fanbot".
• Mechatech is a dancing, robotic action figure. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
• Monster in the Mist is a figment of Boog's imagination. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Scampers is one of Yo's Yamaguchi digital cats. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
• Yum Yum is a cycloptic bubble gum creature created by Fanboy and ChumChum in "The Janitor Strikes Back". Voiced by John DiMaggio.
• Fanman is a superhero who appeared in the Random! Cartoons 8-minute short "Fanboy". He was voiced by Scott Grimes.
• Sprinkles is the class bear. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
• Muk Muk is a female, semi-feral cousin of ChumChum. Voiced by Nika Futterman.
• Crabulous: Destroyer of Worlds is an action figure who is a crab in "The Hard Sell". Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Moppy is a mop that Fanboy assembled as a date for his school dance in "Moppy Dearest".
• Agent 8 Is a dangerous collectible octopus toy which Oz owned with acidic ink.
• The Burgle Brats are three kindergartners with a propensity for crime.
• Stinks was formed from dirt who takes over Fanboy's right glove and forces him to commit crimes.