Exchange Student Zero
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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
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| creator = {{ubl|Shayne Armstrong|Bruce Kane|Shane Krauss (film)}} {{ubl|Maurice Argiro|Patrick Crawley (series)}}
| director = Patrick Crawley
| voices = (See Voice cast)
| theme_music_composer = {{ubl|Film: Tripod|Series: Bob Mothersbaugh
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| opentheme = "Exchange Student Zero"
| composer = {{ubl|Film: Tripod; Keith Moore (additional)|Series: Bob Mothersbaugh}}
| country = Australia
| language = English
| network = Cartoon Network
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Yoshiya Ayugai|Silas Hickey|Bruce Kane (series)}}
| producer = Bruce Kane (film)
| editor = Ken Hardie (series)
| company = {{ubl|Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment (series)|Bogan Entertainment Solutions|Cartoon Network Asia Pacific}}
| num_episodes = 13
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| runtime = {{ubl|70 minutes (film)|21–22 minutes (series)}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|09|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2015|12|19|df=y}}
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Exchange Student Zero is a 2012 Australian television film that premiered on 16 December 2012 on Cartoon Network, and a 2015 TV series based on the film.
==Production==
Created by Bruce Kane with Maurice Argiro and produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions, in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, it is the first local animated made production to be commissioned by the channel.{{cite web|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/rove-lends-five-voices-to-cartoon-networks-first-local-show-122587|title=Rove lends five voices to Cartoon Network's first local show|work=Mumbrella|date=22 October 2012|access-date=26 September 2015}}
A TV series based on the film was announced as the first Cartoon Network show produced in Australia,{{cite news|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/aussie-made-content-coming-to-cartoon-network.html|title=Aussie-made content coming to Cartoon Network|last=Knox|first=David|work=TV Tonight|date=22 November 2013|access-date=26 September 2015}} where the two original creators joins Patrick Crawley. It premiered in the Asia-Pacific region on 26 September 2015,{{cite news|url=http://www.whatsageek.com/tv/cartoon-network-philippines-september-2015-programming-highlights|title=Cartoon Network Philippines September 2015 Programming Highlights|author=Thefanboyseo|date=28 August 2015|work=What's a Geek|access-date=26 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/returning-exchange-student-zero.html|title=Returning: Exchange Student Zero|last=Knox|first=David|work=TV Tonight|date=23 September 2015|access-date=26 September 2015}} and the setting was changed from Perth, Australia to a U.S. town called South Port.
Voice cast
=Film (2012)=
==Main==
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- Dee Bradley Baker – Amonsun, Monsters
- Natalie Bond – Lucinda, Anime Girls #1
- Patrick Crawley – Biology Teacher, Real Exchange Student
- Marg Downey – Peg, Happy Peach Flower, Drama Teacher
- Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson
- Mark Hamill – King Karuta, King Blackyard
- Edwin Kane – Leroy
- Kate McLennan – Charity, Anime Girls #2
- Rove McManus – Hiro, John, Max, Lionel, Coach
- Candi Milo – Avere, Queen Karuta, Queen Blackyard
- Peter Rowsthorn – Denmead
- Jon Von Goes – Sot Sloane
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==Additional==
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- Gene Argiro
- Ginger Argiro
- Giles Brading
- Patrick Crawley
- Shona Elliot-Kerr
- Serena Kane
- Indigo Malatt
- Molly McCusker
- Judy Whittle
- Astra Whitton
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=Series (2015)=
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- Ashleigh Ball – Charity, Peg
- Jacqueline Brennan – Queen Blackyard, Avere, Happy Peach Flower, Queen Karuta, Old Lady{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Exchange-Student-Zero/voice-credits|title=Exchange Student Zero (2015) Voice Credits | publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=27 August 2021}}
- Patrick Crawley – Papa Rainbow, Zoobooninian, Doolsworth Farnstickle, Wrestler
- Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson
- Keegan Connor Tracy – Lucinda
- Maryke Hendrikse – Ms. Dunwall
- Jessica Hopcraft – Gunk Queen
- Rove McManus – Hiro, Max, Coach Coach, Stinky
- Scott McNeil – Headmaster, Lionel, King Karuta
- Toby Moore – Principal Kipling, Announcer
- Lee Tockar – Amonsun
- Vincent Tong – John, Nephlan 1
- Sam Vincent – Denmead, Hank, Nephlan 2
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Awards
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane, and Shane Krauss won the 2013 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing for the script.{{cite web| url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awgau/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/30130252/2014-AWGIES-Special-Awards-List-1973-2014.pdf|title= AWGIE special awards 1973-2015| publisher=AWG| access-date=23 December 2023}}
Film
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Series
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| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Good Old Bad Old Days | RTitle = {{cite web|url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/got/whats-on/tv-guide/Exchange-Student-Zero/70322708|title=Good Old Bad Days|work=Foxtel TV Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926042604/https://www.foxtel.com.au/got/whats-on/tv-guide/Exchange-Student-Zero/70322708|archive-date=26 September 2015|access-date=26 September 2015}} | WrittenBy = Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Charles Kenway | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|9|26}} | ShortSummary = When the principal takes the holiday a new evil principal from Zero gets in the school. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Denmead for Denmead | WrittenBy = Bruce Kane | Aux2 = Ian Milne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|10|3}} | ShortSummary = With a card, the school bully Denmead gets a new clone of himself. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = School Photo | WrittenBy = David Witt; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Tony Craig | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|10|10}} | ShortSummary = When it's school photo day everything is wrong so John and Max change it. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Reign of Error | WrittenBy = Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Charles Kenway | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|10|17}} | ShortSummary = Hiro wins a school vote and Charity is horrified. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = His Life as a Dog | WrittenBy = Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar | Aux2 = Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|10|24}} | ShortSummary = An Evil Wolf from Zero comes to Earth from one of the cards. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Prince Harming | RTitle = | WrittenBy = Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause (also story with Bruce Kane) | Aux2 = Michael Harris and Mark Ingram | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|10|31}} | ShortSummary = The school turns upside down with the arrival of a Bishounen prince. He is strikingly beautiful, deeply troubled, self-obsessed and carries a parasol – he pretty much ticks all the boxes for Charity. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = See Ya Later Gladiator | WrittenBy = Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Ian Milne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|11|7}} | ShortSummary = During a fairytale school practice Hiro, Max and John get to a Gladiator world and must win a gladiator contest to get back at school. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Amonsun Under Fire | WrittenBy = Tony Wilson and Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Mark Sonntag | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|11|14}} | ShortSummary = Amonsun, fed up at Hiro abusing, tries to go on strike, but Hiro merely replaces Amonsun with Felintine, but there's more to this newbie than meets the eye. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Sweet Potato | WrittenBy = Tony Wilson, Bruce Kane, and David Witt | Aux2 = Ian Milne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|11|21}} | ShortSummary = The potato chip company has suspiciously released some inferior Battle Day Zero cards, and a giant devil baby named Sweet Potato has been spawned by a chip packet and is terrorizing the town. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = I'll Take the Couch | WrittenBy = David Witt; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Ian Milne and Patrick Crawley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|11|28}} | ShortSummary = Hiro's parents suddenly pay a visit, and it happens to be on Charity's sixteenth-birthday. Things soon get out of hand. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = The Mystic Skater | WrittenBy = Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar | Aux2 = Mark Sonntag | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|12|5}} | ShortSummary = John tries to woo a girl by skating on Hiro's high-tech skateboard, but it becomes a matter of survival when an interdimensional competitive skateboarder arrives to cause mayhem. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Dad to the Bone | WrittenBy = Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Aux2 = Larry Scholl, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|12|12}} | ShortSummary = The kids all try to spend time with their fathers, but Leroy is planning to usurp his father and Hiro has made Karuta a little too emotional. Can John and Max keep the peace? | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = Dead Cute | WrittenBy = Bruce Kane, Tony Wilson, and David Witt | Aux2 = Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|12|19}} | ShortSummary = On Valentine's Day, Max and Denmead unwittingly set loose an adorable creature called the Malentwine that can possess girls by simply being touched, and it threatens the whole world. | LineColor = F5DEB3 }} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/minisite/exchange-student-zero/}}
- {{IMDb title|3093986}} (2012 film)
- {{IMDb title|4224586}} (2015 series)
{{Animation industry in Australia}}
{{Cartoon Network}}
{{Cartoon Network co-productions}}
{{Cartoon Network pilots, films and specials}}
Category:Cartoon Network television films
Category:International Cartoon Network original programming
Category:2012 television films
Category:2010s Australian animated films
Category:2015 Australian television series debuts
Category:2010s children's television series
Category:2010s Australian animated television series
Category:Australian anime-influenced animated television series
Category:Australian children's animated action television series
Category:Australian children's animated fantasy television series
Category:Australian television films
Category:Australian animated feature films