''Oddballs'' is an American animated

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television series created by James Rallison and Ethan Banville. The series debuted on October 7, 2022. The show features a total of twelve 15–17 minute episodes in its first season, and eight in the second and final season, which was released on February 24, 2023.

Premise

Cast and characters

* James Rallison as: ** James, a fictionalized version of Rallison, resembles Rallison's avatar on his YouTube channel. He is a bubble-shaped teenage boy who enjoys insane misadventures and going on

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s, including subjects like

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and line-cutting. ** Sagu, a talking cactus that houses James' trailer/treehouse. * Julian Gant as Max, an

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and dim-witted

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who is a failed genetic experiment gifted with human intelligence and voice, James's next-door neighbour and best friend. He was previously seen in the music video for Rallison and David Brown's song "Life Is Fun". *

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as Echo, a time-travelling teenage girl who comes from the future and loves eating food, as she comes from a future where processed food went extinct as the result of James and Max's action of giving sentience to Toasty/Declan. Although best friends with James and Max, she sometimes clashes with the former due to her egotism and not believing that she's from the future. * Carl Faruolo as: ** Greg, Max's father. ** Stuart, a stereotypical

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slime blob who is capable of possessing people and a proficient chess player. *

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as: ** Jenna, Max's sister works at the "You Break, I Don't Judge" electronics repair shop. ** Liv, Max's mother shows a cold and calculating demeanor towards him. *

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as Toasty / Declan, an

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toaster created by James and Max who becomes evil. **

Kari Wahlgren Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American voice actress who has provided English-language roles for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as List of FLCL characters#Haruko Haruhara, Haruko H ...

as young Toasty *

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as Patrick, James' father who is usually mild-mannered and submissive. *

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as Louise, James' mother who is an astrophysicist, shows a stricter attitude towards her son. *

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as Mr. McFly, an anthropomorphic fly teacher at the Dirt school. * Nicolas Cantu as: ** Smooth/Wrinkly Jason. * Emily Eiden as Maz Scare-Ah, a goth unicorn. *

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as Food-Ball Joe. *

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as Principal Loudspeaker. *

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as Chef Throgbort. *

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as Roxanne. *

Paul Rugg Paul Kevin Rugg is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is best known for his starring roles in shows like ''Freakazoid!'', ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'', and ''Earth to Ned''. Biography Rugg has worked extensively ...

as Doctor Bolster. *

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as Geefus. *

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as Grand-Ma. * Ethan Banville as Bob Awman. *

Courtenay Taylor Courtenay Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her video game voice roles as Jack in the ''Mass Effect'' series, Ada Wong in the ''Resident Evil'' series, the female Sole Survivor in ''Fallout 4'', Amanda Holliday and Empress C ...

as Doctor Squats. * Ryan George as Byron Sellers.

Production

In early 2020, James Rallison and Ethan Banville pitched their new series to Netflix, which was subsequently picked up by the streaming service in August of the same year. Due to the

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and the resulting lockdowns, the entire production of the show was done remotely. Despite this, the first season of the show was set to premiere later in the year, as Rallison announced in a video. In September 2022, the official trailer for the first season was released on various YouTube channels, along with an official release date of October 7. Rallison also uploaded a video detailing the process of pitching the show and creating its screenwriting bible. The second season of the show was announced in January 2023, with an official trailer released shortly after and the season airing on February 24 of the same year. The show was animated using ToonBoom, with Hallis Blaney serving as animation director. However, in May 2023, Banville announced the cancellation of the show and the release of a graphic novel called ''Oddballs: The Graphic Novel'', which features five stories originally intended for the show. Ultimately, ''Oddballs'' ran for just 20 episodes and two seasons on Netflix before its cancellation.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2022)

Season 2 (2023)

References

External links

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