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television series created by Jason P. Hauser and produced as a co-production between
Cloudco Entertainment
Those Characters From Cleveland, LLC, officially doing business as Cloudco Entertainment and formerly known as AG Properties and American Greetings Entertainment, is an American company and animation studio which formerly traded as American Greeti ...
Disney Channel
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from June 15 to August 18, 2023.
Based on Cloudco Entertainment's property of the same name, the series stars Eliana Su'a, Kyan Samuels, Leah Mei Gold, Yonas Kibreab, and Emma Shannon. In June 2024, the series was cancelled after one season.
Premise
14 year-old Frankie Ripp has a great life until she suddenly gets killed in a freak accident where she fell into a manhole. In the
Underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
...
, she has a heated debate with the
Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is a popular personification of death in Western culture in the form of a hooded skeletal figure wearing a black robe and carrying a scythe. a 14-year-old teenager who came back from the dead, and the assistant to the Grim Reaper.
* Kyan Samuels as Pretty, one of Frankie's bodyguards who is constantly cheerful. He has the ability to heal people.
* Leah Mei Gold as Scary, Frankie's other bodyguard who is moody and sullen. She has the ability to freeze time.
* Yonas Kibreab as Remy, Frankie's younger brother and the only one aware of the Grim Reaper's presence, leader of the S.W.E.A.T.I. club.
* Emma Shannon as Nyx, an emo teen who believes in the supernatural, who becomes Frankie's new best friend. She is revealed to be Principal Peppers' daughter in "Locker Life."
Recurring
* Napiera Groves Boykin as Mrs. Ripp, Frankie's mother; her first name is revealed to be Wendi in "My Soul-Called Life."
* Shawn Carter Peterson as Mr. Ripp, Frankie's father; his first name is revealed to be Jonathan in "Back to Life."
*
Siobhan Murphy
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Early life
From a ...
as the
Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is a popular personification of death in Western culture in the form of a hooded skeletal figure wearing a black robe and carrying a scythe.Lisa Arch
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as Principal Peppers, the principal of Snickering Willows Middle School, who is Nyx's mother.
* Beth Curry as Ms. Hendricks, the English and history teacher at Snickering Willows Middle School. Her first name is revealed to be Barbara in "Locker Life."
* Christopher Darga as Mr. Aston, the science teacher at Snickering Willows Middle school, who runs the debate club.
* Tristan Michael Brown as Carson, Remy's best friend who has a crush on Nyx.
* Finn Carr as Brian, Scary's crush who says the word "dude" in almost every sentence.
Production
''Pretty Freekin Scary'' was initially a product range produced by
American Greetings
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subsidiary AG Properties that was first announced as early as June 2006. The franchise debuted as an accessory line sold in
Walmart
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stores during the 2007 Halloween season.
On October 13, 2022,
Disney Channel
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gave a 20-episode series order to ''Pretty Freekin Scary'', which premiered on June 15, 2023. The series is created by Jason P. Hauser and produced by CakeStart Entertainment and
Cloudco Entertainment
Those Characters From Cleveland, LLC, officially doing business as Cloudco Entertainment and formerly known as AG Properties and American Greetings Entertainment, is an American company and animation studio which formerly traded as American Greeti ...
. Hauser only serves as a co-executive producer alongside Nancy Cohen and Jim & Steve Armogida, while Jessica Kaminsky serves as executive producer and showrunner, with additional executive producers including Kory Lunsford, Louis Kramer Lunsford, Sean Gorman, Ian Lambur, Ryan Wiesbrock, Edward Galton, and Jason Netter.
On June 30, 2024, it was announced that the series was cancelled after one season.
Episodes
Release
''Pretty Freekin Scary'' premiered on June 15, 2023 on
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company ...
. The first 7 episodes were released on
Disney+
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on June 16, 2023, resulting in episodes 3–7 being released prior to their televised premieres. Similarly, episodes 8–14 were added to Disney+ on July 26, 2023, with episodes 13 and 14 being released prior to their television debuts later that week.
The series was removed from Disney+ on September 27, 2024.