Numb Chucks

*Numb Chucks*
Numb Chucks
Genre	Adventure-Comedy; Animation; Fantasy;
Created by	Phil LaFrance; Jamie LeClaire;
Developed by	Jono Howard
Directed by	Brad Ferguson; Dave Brown;
Voices of	Terry McGurrin; Lou Attia (season 1); Cory Doran (season 2); Bryn McAuley; Andrew Jackson; Robert Tinkler; Julie Lemieux; Joris Jarsky;
Theme music composer	Graeme Cornies
Opening theme	"Numb Chucks!"
Ending theme	"Numb Chucks!" (instrumental)
Composer	Matt Davis
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Vince Commisso; Steven Jarosz; Kyle MacDougall;
Producer	Tristan Homer
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Jam Filled Entertainment; 9 Story Media Group;
Original release
Network	YTV; Boomerang (U.S.)
Release	January 7, 2014 –; December 1, 2016

Numb Chucks is a Canadian animated television series that was created by Phil LaFrance and Jamie LeClaire and premiered on YTV in Canada on January 7, 2014.^[1]^[2] The series focuses on Dilweed and Fungus, a pair of woodchucks with big hearts, who are obsessed with using their bungling kung-fu skills to protect the lives of the citizens in their town of Ding-a-Ling Springs. The series aired its last episode on December 1, 2016. 52 episodes were produced.^[3]

Plot

Before one night changed their lives, woodchuck brothers Dilweed and Fungus never saw themselves as heroes. But during a late-night-TV infomercial, they ordered a Woodchuck Morris kung-fu video. Now, they have made it their mission to become just as awesome as their kung-fu mentor. Misguided but with good intentions, the brothers become obsessed with using their newfound skills to protect the citizens in their town of Ding-a-Ling Springs. Dilweed and Fungus take on a never-ending quest to fight off danger with Morris' guidance.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Original air date
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	26	January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)	December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09)
	2	26	March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)	December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)

Characters

Dilweed Chuck (voiced by Terry McGurrin), a yellow woodchuck and the main protagonist of the series. He likes to get along with the Ding-a-Ling Springs and learning about Kung Fu Fighting. His best friend is Fungus.
Fungus Chuck (voiced by Lou Attia in Season 1 and Cory Doran in Season 2), a brown woodchuck who is Dilweed's best friend. He also hates Buford.
Quills (voiced by Bryn McAuley), a small purple porcupine who works at the Bowling Alley.
Buford G. Butternut (voiced by Andrew Jackson), a blue sheep with white wool and wears white sports socks. She serves as the main antagonist, and he likes to bully the woodchucks.
Grandma Butternut (voiced by Julie Lemieux), a yellow sheep who falls in love with Buford.
Sir Rupert Van Der Hooves (voiced by Robert Tinkler), a gold-colored moose who likes to get away from the woodchucks.
Woodchuck Morris (voiced by Joris Jarsky), a golden woodchuck who is the master of Dilweed and Fungus.

Other voices

David Berni as Reckless Randall, Additional Voices
Sean Cullen
Linda Kash
Emilie-Claire Barlow
Howard Jerome
Laurie Elliott
Dwayne Hill
Ron Pardo
Adrian Truss

Production

The series is produced by Jam Filled Entertainment and 9 Story Media Group, in association with YTV, and was produced with the participation of The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, The Canada Media Fund, Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit and with the financial participation of The Shaw Rocket Fund.^[4]

Telecast and home media

Numb Chucks premiered on YTV in Canada on January 7, 2014 until its final episode aired on December 1, 2016. The series is currently in repeats on YTV and formerly aired repeats on Teletoon (now Cartoon Network)and Nickelodeon.^[5]

On March 10, 2014, Cartoon Network announced the series as part of its 2014–15 season to air on the network in the United States.^[6] However, it was later moved to Boomerang and ran from January 10 to July 12, 2015.

Numb Chucks has also been sold to Cartoon Network (Latin America), ABC (Australia), Disney Channels (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia, Israel and Benelux), TG4 (Ireland), Cartoon Network (Italy), Canal+ Family (France) and Super RTL (Germany).^[7] The series also aired on TVNZ 2 in New Zealand.^[8] The series premiered in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2015 on Pop and Pop Max, several months after Boomerang in the US dumped it.^[9]