Fanboy & Chum Chum
Inter title
Genre:	Slapstick comedy Surreal comedy Gross-Out Comedy
Creator:	Eric Robles
Director:	Brian Sheesley Jay Lender
Starring:	David Hornsby Nika Futterman Jamie Kennedy Jeff Bennett Wyatt Cenac Josh Duhamel Candi Milo Steve Tompkins Dyana Liu Estelle Harris
Theme composer:	Brad Joseph Breek
Opening theme:	"Fanboy & Chum Chum"
End theme:	"Fanboy & Chum Chum" (Instrumental)
Number of seasons:	2
Number of episodes:	30 (List of episodes)
Executive producer:	Fred Seibert Steve Tompkins Eric Robles
Producer:	Shaun Cashman Jason Meier
Runtime:	approx. 22-26 minutes (consisting of two 11 minute cartoons)
First aired:	November 6, 2009

Fanboy & Chum Chum 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 is created by Eric Robles and directed by Brian Sheesley and Jim Schumann. It premiered on November 6, 2009 on Nickelodeon after the SpongeBob SquarePants special "Truth or Square". A sneak peek of the show was shown on October 12, 2009.

The series surrounds Fanboy and Chum Chum, two energetic "super fans" of science fiction and fantasy. They have super hero costumes with underwear outside the costumes and their world is full of comic adventures and misadventures.

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

PlotEdit

See also: List of Fanboy and Chum Chum characters and List of Fanboy and Chum Chum episodes

Animated shortEdit

The animated short "Fanboy" aired as part of Frederator Studio's Random! Cartoons, and led to the creation of the animated series.

Worldwide releaseEdit

Reception and achivementEdit

ReviewsEdit

Critical reception was generally mixed. Aaron H. Bynum of Animation Insider called Fanboy & Chum Chum "a fun show that deserves a good look. The quality animation helps counterbalance the immense amount of dialogue from the series' chatty characters, and the sheer comedy of marginally competent comic-loving kids helps outweigh what might otherwise be a binge of geeky annoyance. But overall, Fanboy and Chum Chum is a lot of fun." Variety praised the series' "bright, energetic look and even an appealing premise in theory". David Hinckley of NY Daily News gave the series three stars out of five, and said that "it's good, but might not be the next SpongeBob".

A negative review came from KJ Dell'Antonia of Slate who found the main characters irritating, and thought the whole concept was unoriginal, with "many tired jokes and not enough of hat kind of mild satire to make this play in our house".

RatingsEdit

The series premiered on November 6, 2009, after the SpongeBob SquarePants special Truth or Square The broadcast ranked number three of cable programs that week and number two of the night. The premiere was watched by a total of 5.8 million viewers. The second episode was broadcast on November 7, 2009 and garnered 5.4 million viewers, ranking fifth of all cable broadcasts that week.

The third episode was broadcast a week later, on November 14, 2009, with 3.8 million viewers. A broadcast on November 28, 2009 was viewed by 3.9 million viewers. In February 2010, the episode "Moppy Dearest" was viewed by 4.27 million viewers, an improvement over the last few episodes.

AwardsEdit

External links Edit

• Fanboy & Chum Chum Wiki