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* '''Willem Viceroy III''' (voiced by [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Often just called Viceroy, he is a [[mad scientist]] but rather refined madman responsible for all of the bizarre robots attacking Randy. As McFist’s chief scientist, Viceroy doesn't really care about money or power. He just wants everyone to appreciate his genius. In "Monster Dump," it is revealed that Viceroy now keeps a pet [[amoeba]] named Nicholas. He was also a classmate to Jerry Driscoll and ratted him out to the police about his device causing his arrest.
* '''Willem Viceroy III''' (voiced by [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Often just called Viceroy, he is a [[mad scientist]] but rather refined madman responsible for all of the bizarre robots attacking Randy. As McFist’s chief scientist, Viceroy doesn't really care about money or power. He just wants everyone to appreciate his genius. In "Monster Dump," it is revealed that Viceroy now keeps a pet [[amoeba]] named Nicholas. He was also a classmate to Jerry Driscoll and ratted him out to the police about his device causing his arrest.
:* '''Robo-Apes''' (voiced by John DiMaggio)
** '''Robo-Apes''' (voiced by [[John DiMaggio]]) - Robotic [[gorilla]]s created by Willem Viceroy that that are often unleashed by Hannibal McFist to attack the Ninja.


* '''Jerry Driscoll''' (voiced by [[Andy Dick]]) - Mrs. Driscoll's deceased husband whose skeleton she carries around with her at all times. In "Dawn of Driscoll," Randy accidentally brought his skeleton back to life. Its revealed that he is a mad scientist and arguably the most dangerous villain in the show as he spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe. He hates Viceroy who got him imprisoned and stole the spot of Valedictorian at Mad Scientist University. The only thing he loves more than destruction is his wife.
* '''Jerry Driscoll''' (voiced by [[Andy Dick]]) - Mrs. Driscoll's deceased husband whose skeleton she carries around with her at all times. In "Dawn of Driscoll," Randy accidentally brought his skeleton back to life. Its revealed that he is a mad scientist and arguably the most dangerous villain in the show as he spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe. He hates Viceroy who got him imprisoned and stole the spot of Valedictorian at Mad Scientist University. The only thing he loves more than destruction is his wife.
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* '''Buttermaker''' (voiced by [[Sterling Knight]]) - A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team.
* '''Buttermaker''' (voiced by [[Sterling Knight]]) - A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team.


* '''Juggo''': A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle.
* '''Juggo''' - A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a [[clown]] every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle.


* '''Mick''' - A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's friend.
* '''Mick''' - A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's friend.
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* [[Sterling Knight]] - Buttermaker
* [[Sterling Knight]] - Buttermaker
* [[Biz Markie]] - Tiny Tim
* [[Biz Markie]] - Tiny Tim
* [[Rob Paulsen]] - Jacques
* [[Annie Potts]] - Miss Mary Elizabeth Zingwald
* [[Annie Potts]] - Miss Mary Elizabeth Zingwald
* [[Sam Reigel]] -
* [[Sam Reigel]] -

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Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
GenreAction
Adventure
Comedy
Surreal
Fantasy
Created byJed Elinoff
Scott Thomas
Directed byMike Milo
Shaun Cashman
Joshua Taback
Chuck Austen
Voices ofBen Schwartz
Andrew Caldwell
Kevin Michael Richardson
John DiMaggio
Dave Wittenberg
Tim Curry
Megan Mullally
John Oliver
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes31 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJed Elinoff
Scott Thomas
Running time11 minutes
Production companiesTitmouse, Inc.
Boulder Media Limited
Original release
NetworkDisney XD
ReleaseSeptember 17, 2012 (2012-09-17) –
present

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an American animated television series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for Disney XD.[1] It is co-produced by Titmouse, Inc. and Boulder Media Limited. Many of the character designs were supplied by Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim.[2] The series premiered on September 17, 2012.[1][3][4]

Plot

A town called Norrisville has been protected by a ninja for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville don't know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy Cunningham, ninth grade teenager, is the next ninja. Now, Randy must protect Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant William Viceroy.[1][3]

Characters

Main Characters

  • Randy Cunningham (voiced by Ben Schwartz[1][3]) - A 9th grade kid and the main protagonist of the series who is chosen to be the next ninja. He and his friend Howard love video games as seen in the series preview. Randy sometimes thinks of himself as a ladies' man. Randy tries to find out new things about the ninja suit by reading a book that came with it called "The Ninja-Nomicon". Randy is also in a band with his best friend Howard Weinerman called "30 Seconds to Math" a parody of the band "30 seconds to Mars", in which he plays the keytar. Randy is lazy, doesn't always demonstrate good judgment, and he tends to ignore the good advice of the Ninja-Nomicon, leading him to frequently misuse his powers and weapons. However, he also has an ability to solve riddles, an affinity for science and a willingness to fix his mistakes.
  • Howard Weinerman (voiced by Andrew Caldwell[1][3]) - Randy's best friend, who always call him by his last name. He is a big fan of the ninja in the first episode until he finds out that Randy is the ninja. Howard is secretly insecure about his "dainty" hands. Howard can be very selfish, but treasures his friendship with Randy. The Ninja-Nomicon has told Randy that friendship is a burden the ninja must not have, but Randy is determined to continue being both the ninja and Howard's best friend. Also, in the episode "Stanks Like Teen Spirit", it is shown that Howard is extremely good at chess, even beating a so-called "Unbeatable Robot".

Villains

  • The Sorcerer (voiced by Tim Curry[1][3]) - The primary antagonist of the series. The Sorcerer is the evil one that wants to destroy the ninja. This one-time master of the dark arts was sealed beneath the Earth 800 years ago by the last survivor of Norisu Nine (a family of ninjas that fought the Sorcerer). But in the present-day, Norrisvile High School was built over his burial ground and he has reawakened. In order to escape, the Sorcerer needs to create chaos to build his power. He does this by creating and releasing a gas that can turn the most vulnerable people in school into rampaging monsters (referred to as "Stankifying"). The only way to reverse this transformation is by doing something massively distracting to the victim, such as destroying something the victim greatly cherishes or reuniting them with someone they love or care about. If he creates enough chaos, he could break free from his prison, destroy the Ninja, and rip the world to shreds. Hannibal McFist has allied with the Sorcerer to cause chaos in exchange that the Sorcerer gives Hannibal McFist the ability of his choosing. During his time in his prison, the Sorcerer started socializing with a rat.
  • Hannibal McFist (voiced by John DiMaggio[1][3]) - The secondary antagonist of the series. Hannibal McFist is the owner and CEO of McFist Industries which makes or owns just about everything like McFist Tunes, McFist Limousine, McFillings, McCedes, McShorties, McSterminator, McSquiddies, McTighties, McTops, McHoodles, McFistios, McKicks, McFizzles, and McSkinnies. But the world is not enough for McFist. The one thing he wants more than anything is a super power. So he made a deal: if McFist helps the Sorcerer break out of his hole of a prison, the Sorcerer will reward McFist with the super-human ability of his choosing. Hannibal McFist has a robotic right arm which has its own brain. In "Last Stall On the Left", it is shown McFist doesn't always have complete control over his mechanic arm. Before discovering his true nature, McFist was actually Randy's hero due to loving all the stuff his industries make.
  • Willem Viceroy III (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson[1][3]) - Often just called Viceroy, he is a mad scientist but rather refined madman responsible for all of the bizarre robots attacking Randy. As McFist’s chief scientist, Viceroy doesn't really care about money or power. He just wants everyone to appreciate his genius. In "Monster Dump," it is revealed that Viceroy now keeps a pet amoeba named Nicholas. He was also a classmate to Jerry Driscoll and ratted him out to the police about his device causing his arrest.
    • Robo-Apes (voiced by John DiMaggio) - Robotic gorillas created by Willem Viceroy that that are often unleashed by Hannibal McFist to attack the Ninja.
  • Jerry Driscoll (voiced by Andy Dick) - Mrs. Driscoll's deceased husband whose skeleton she carries around with her at all times. In "Dawn of Driscoll," Randy accidentally brought his skeleton back to life. Its revealed that he is a mad scientist and arguably the most dangerous villain in the show as he spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe. He hates Viceroy who got him imprisoned and stole the spot of Valedictorian at Mad Scientist University. The only thing he loves more than destruction is his wife.
  • Mac Antfee - He was the ninja of the 1980s but was "condemned for conduct unbecoming of a ninja" and stripped of the ninja suit. He first appeared in a flashback in the Nomicon in "Stank'd to the Future" which revealed that he opted to lock a stankified student named Dickie in the cafeteria freezer so he wouldn't miss a dance. Whether or not this was the act that got him stripped of his ninja mask was unknown. Since losing the suit, he opened up a ninja camp that teaches kids to win via cheating and dirty tricks. He also believes himself to be the one worthy of being the ninja and has dedicated his life to reclaiming the mask. He is shown to have some fighting skills, though no where near the level of the ninja, and has trained numerous red suited students to serve as grunts, with one heavyset student also serving as his personal gong (much to the student's discomfort). After being defeated by Randy, he escaped on a speedboat with the student he uses as a gong, vowing revenge.

Other characters

  • Heidi Weinerman (voiced by Cassie Scerbo[1][3]) - Howard’s older sister, and the host of "Norrisville High's #1 Me-Cast: Heidi@School!" She’s tall, beautiful, popular and on the cutting edge of pretty much everything. In "30 Seconds to Math" she is shown to be a fairly talented singer. She often gets Randy's name wrong, constantly calling him every other name that rhymes with Randy except Randy itself.
  • Theresa Fowler (voiced by Sarah Hyland) - A Norrisville High student who has an interest in baton twirling. She has shown an indication that she might have a crush on Randy as seen in "Night of the Living McFizzles" and "Der Monster Klub".
  • Debbie Kang (voiced by Piper Curda) - A Straight A student who has an obsession for Mexican death bears thinking them as "very cute" and can get over-excited when hearing about them. She can also speak fluent Spanish thanks to a hypnotising CD.
  • Morgan (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - The leader of "Dancing Fish", Morgan is a dancer with a sassy attitude and a smug voice.
  • Marci McFist (voiced by April Stewart) - The wife of Hannibal McFist and mother of Bashford Johnson. Though she is aware that her husband does supervillain-based activities, she is blissfully unaware that her son is the biggest bully in school even when she and Hannibal are often called in by Principal Slimovitz.
  • Bashford "Bash" Johnson (voiced by Dave Wittenberg[1][3]) - A school bully and McFist’s stepson, the Norrisville High Crushin’ Carp quarterback, and a Grade-A jerk who thinks he’s the king of the school. What Bash lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in fists.
  • Principal Slimovitz (voiced by Jim Rash[1][3]) - The principal of Norrisville High School. A recurring theme that happens in episodes that he appears in is that his car is always destroyed by Randy as "The Ninja" when he fights monsters and robots at school. After school, he acts like a baby cowboy, wearing nothing but a ten gallon hat, training pants, and a holster. When this news was revealed by Howard on Heidi's show and the students laughed at Principal Slimovitz, he said, "After school is ME time!"
  • Marlene Driscoll (voiced by Megan Mullally[1][3]) - Randy and Howard's 9th grade science teacher who's smart, but out there and is often seen talking with her husband Jerry Driscoll's skeleton with bad ventriloquism.
  • Miss Mary Elizabeth Zingwald (voiced by Annie Potts) - The poetry teacher at Norrisville High School with long ankle-length hair. In "Stank to the Future," she once went out with a student named Dickie (who was Stankified by the Sorcerer and left in the freezer by Mac Antfee). When Dickie is Stankified a second time, Randy had her presence Un-Stankify Dickie (which also got him caught up to his adult age) and the two of them were reunited.
  • Stevens - The trombone player in the school's marching band, he always wears sunglasses and hardly talks except when he plays the sour tone on his trombone which he has on him even when out of band uniform. In "The Tale of the Golden Doctor's Note", he always gets out of gym, because he has a doctor's note.
  • Julian (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - A Gothic Student who is seen wearing a purple top hat, a purple suit and sports vampiric features such as teeth. He speaks sometimes in Old English or in third person, even monologues of gothic rituals. He seems to admire death and torture, even his hat, but when he was in danger, he revealed that he was lying. Like a stereotypical goth, he can be seen popping out in any site mostly in dark areas to spook the people. He also does a flamboyant creepy giggle at times when excited. Howard thinks of him as a freak. In "The Tale of the Golden Doctor's Note," Julian guided Randy and Howard to the abandoned gymnasium where the Golden Doctor's Note is located. After almost perishing in a death trap, Julian became vulnerable enough for the Sorcerer to Stankify Julian into a spider-like monster. Randy managed to Un-Stankify him by destroying his top hat. In "Der Monster Klub," it is revealed that Julian plays a dangerous game that purposely turns him and his fellow club members into monsters when humiliated which he gracefully enjoys their destruction very much, even so much as begging "the ninja" not to stop them by grabbing on to his legs two times. This led to the Sorcerer turning Julian into his monster form again until Randy was able to Un-Stankify Julian and those that were Stankified.
  • Bucky Hensletter (voiced by Scott Menville[1][3]) - A student who always get bullied by Bash and plays the triangle. He is shown to be vulnerable enough to be turned into a monster by the Sorcerer constantly. He has a crush on Flute Girl and even wrote a song for her. Bucky is a sort of recurring character as he's always shown in nearly every episode. He seems to love his triangle so much that he breaks out into a one man band and does a "triangle solo".
  • Flute Girl (voiced by Grey DeLisle[1][3]) - Nerdy girl who plays the flute in the schools marching band. She is shown not to share the same feelings as Bucky does for her, though she does seem to be his friend.
  • Brent (voiced by Jason Earles) - A student at Norrisville High School who is the protege of S. Ward Smith.
  • Dave - An accordion player at Norrisville High School.
  • Buttermaker (voiced by Sterling Knight) - A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team.
  • Juggo - A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle.
  • Mick - A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's friend.
  • Dickie (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) - In 1985, Dickie was Stankified by the Sorcerer after mistakingly believing that his girlfriend had stood him up. Unfortunately for him, the ninja at the time was Mac Antfee, who locked Dickie in the freezer instead of fighting and freeing him so that he wouldn't miss prom. Inadvertently released by Randy, Dickie was De-Stankified only to discover he had been frozen for over twenty five years. Believing he had lost his beloved "Tawny" forever, he became depressed and was quickly Re-Stankified by the Sorcerer. But Randy managed to reunite him with Miss Zingwald. This magically freed him from the stank and aged him to how old he should have been by that point, allowing him to live happily with his love.

Episodes

Main article: List of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja episodes
SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
15226August 13, 2012 (2012-08-13)February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08)
24824July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19)July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)

Principal voice actors

Additional voices

Crew

Broadcast

A sneak preview of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja aired on Disney XD in the United States on August 13, 2012. The official US premiere was on September 17, 2012. Disney XD Canada premiered the series on September 29, 2012. The series premiered on October 4, 2012 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and on Disney Channel Australia & New Zealand on December 10, 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at DisneyXDMedianet.com
  2. ^ Jhonen Vasquez, cartoonist
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at Cartoon Brew
  4. ^ Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at TVGuide.com
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