''Supernormal'' is a

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for

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. It was developed and produced by World Leaders Entertainment in

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UK. It was animated by Fatkat Animation, a Canadian animation studio. It made its television début on 1 September 2007 on CITV, but the official premiere was on 8 September of the same year.Supernormal debuts on CITV: Fatkat blog
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Plot

In the ordinary city of Crumptonville can be found a school for superheroes! Sure, the students wear Spandex and study Death Traps and Doomsday Machines, but they still have all the problems normal kids have at normal schools. There are super-achievers and super-slackers, super-nerds and super-jocks… there's even a teacher's pet - but it lives in the basement, and eats cats! SuperNormal follows the adventures of four of the, er, less promising students at the school. There’s Changerella - a peace-loving shape-shifter who thinks the world would be happier with more flowers, love and pink stuff. The Brass Butt (BB to his friends) - he's not too bright, but is super strong and uses his mighty and shiny brass butt to fight the forces of evil! Buzz Girl - a sarcastic four-armed girl who possesses a multitude of powers from the insect world... and a weakness for porch lights! And Eric Normal. An ordinary boy with no superpowers whatsoever. Yet through a combination of sheer good luck and a little dash of common sense, he was able to get through the school’s combination obstacle course/entrance exam. It's here that brave, enthusiastic and earnest Eric Normal and his friends will learn what it really means to be heroes, with or without superpowers!

Characters

Main characters

* Eric Normal is the world's first superhero without superpowers! Eric Normal may wear a Spandex suit and a homemade cape, but the only thing super about him is his total normalcy. Feisty and determined, Eric is living every kid's dream: he gets to dress up in a colourful costume and punch things, but he takes his role as a superhero-in-training very seriously. He's filled with enthusiasm, a keen sense of justice and is itching to give evil a swift kick in the butt. Eric knows that he doesn't have any superpowers, but that won't stop him from getting stuck in! He fancies himself as a master planner, but his plans are rarely thought out. But whether it's luck or coincidence, Eric Normal will always stand victorious. When the fate of the world teeters on the brink of oblivion, a 13-year old kid with the power of being supernormal may not be the first person you think of ringing, but Eric always has his hand on the phone, ready to answer the call of justice! He is voiced by

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. * Brass Butt (BB) is Strong and loyal! The Brass Butt is Eric Normal's best friend and constant companion. BB (as he's known to his friends) comes from a long line of Brass Butts. His father was a Brass Butt. His grandfather was a Brass Butt. His great-grandfather was a just a tin butt, but that guy's dad was a Brass Butt too! He is voiced by Gary Littman. * Changerella is an incredibly optimistic and peaceful and loving person, with the power of shapeshifting. Similar to BB she has very low intelligence such as being forgetful or not paying any attention. The most empathetic of the group, she is caring and very protective of the rest. She usually claps and cheers at Eric's ideas even when she knows it's obvious they won't work. She wears

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and

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clothes, decorated with

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s. She is voiced by

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.Supernormal: CITV
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, that is, she can climb walls,

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and stretch her

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. She can also spin webs, a trait that belongs to arachnids, not insects. She speaks with

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comments and snide remarks, but means well. Buzz Girl rarely smiles in most of the episodes and frowns or sulks more often. She has four

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s and

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s, and wears a black and purple bathing suit. She is voiced by

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Episodes

Season 1

#Stop Clowning Around #Partly Cloudy With a Slight Chance of Donkey #Hard as Snails #Hold the Pickle #The Gouda, the Brie and the Ugly #The Ice Cream Man Cometh #Beware of Baby Brother #Big King Monkey Gorilla #A Stitch in Crime #Full of Hot Air #Curtains for Crumptonville #It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Supermannequin! #Very Mad Cows #Mr Bad Waits for No Man #Find Fog #Evil Barks and Wets the Carpet #It Rhymes with Coo! #Earth Ball, Corner Pocket #Dam Beavers #Would Like to Eat #Send in the Clowns #League of Evil Teachers #The Incredible Shrinking Mr Bad #The Pansy #Mr Badsketball #Day of the Really Large Wrecking Ball

Critical response

On a

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run by CITV, only 2% of children voted it their favourite television programme on the channel, tied sixth with

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. First in the poll was

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, followed by

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and

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. Tied for last place with 1% were

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and

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.CITV homepage. Stats correct as of January 2 2008
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References

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