''Detention Adventure'' is a Canadian children's web series, which premiered May 3, 2019 on

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. Created by Carmen Albano and Joe Kicak, and produced by LoCo Motion Pictures and Broken Compass Films, the series centres on a group of children who stage elaborate pranks every day at school in the hopes of getting detention, so that they can investigate an unconfirmed rumour that the detention room has a secret

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leading to the laboratory of

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. The series stars Jack Fulton, Alina Prijono, Tomaso Sanelli, Simone Miller and

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, as well as Andrew Moodie,

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, Stacey McGunnigle,

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, Mika Collins, Mike Lobel,

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and Jamie Spilchuk in supporting roles. In 2020, the series was picked up for distribution in the United States on

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. The series was removed from HBO Max in 2022. The series received two

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nominations at the

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in 2020, for Best Fiction Web Program or Series and Best Writing in a Web Program or Series (Karen Moore). At the

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in 2021, it was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series, Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (3: Bartlam, Sanelli, Miller), Best Original Music, Fiction (

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, Amin Bhatia,

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and Antonio Naranjo) and Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program (Jessica Meya).Brent Furdyk
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'', March 30, 2021.

Premise

''Detention Adventure'' focuses on nerds Hulk, Joy, and Raign working together with the school bully, Brett, to hunt for Alexander Graham Bell's hidden laboratory. The kids conduct elaborate pranks on their teachers and classmates in order to have themselves thrown into detention, which is held in a room that holds the secret passageway to the lab. They must solve riddles and puzzles in order to make their way through the tunnels and into the lab.

Cast

* Jack Fulton as Norman "Hulk" Bean * Alina Prijono as Joycelina "Joy" Ursula Jayadi * Simone Miller as Raign Westbrook * Tomaso Sanelli as Brett Aaron Austin *

as Kelly Darnell * Danté Prince as Al-Kareem-Nas Singh also known as Dash

References

External links

* 2019 web series debuts Canadian comedy web series CBC Gem original programming 2010s Canadian children's television series 2020s Canadian children's television series Canadian children's web series Middle school television series Television series about children Television series by Blue Ant Studios {{Canada-kids-tv-prog-stub