''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' is an American

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produced by

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which is a reboot of the 1959–64 animated television series of the same name. It debuted on May 11, 2018, on

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, being DreamWorks Animation Television's first series to air on a streaming service other than

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. Like its preceding spin-off '' The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show'', animation was outsourced by

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's 2D animation studio in

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, Canada. The second and final "part" of the series was released on January 11, 2019.

Premise

The series sees Rocky and Bullwinkle "thrust into harrowing situations but end up saving the day time and again". As Rocky and Bullwinkle's innocent and silly ambitions to become rock stars or find lost treasure end up dovetailing with Fearless Leader's sinister plans to take over the world, our heroes are set on a collision course with his notorious superspies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.

Cast and characters

Main

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as Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel * Brad Norman as Bullwinkle J. Moose *

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Boris Badenov Boris Badenov is an antagonist character in the 1959–1964 animated series ''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Bullwinkle Show'', so often appearing with his devious accomplice, Natasha Fatale, that the two are usually grouped together, as Bo ...

* Rachel Butera as

Natasha Fatale Natasha Fatale is an antagonist in the 1959–1964 animated cartoons '' Rocky and His Friends'' and '' The Bullwinkle Show'', collectively referred to as ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''. She was voiced by June Foray (impersonating Zsa Zsa Gabo ...

, Cloyd *

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Fearless Leader Fearless Leader is the main antagonist in the 1959–1964 animated television series '' Rocky and His Friends'' and '' The Bullwinkle Show'', both shows often collectively referred to as ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''. He is the employer of ...

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as Narrator, Evil Chicken

Recurring

* Fuschia! as Director Peachfuzz * Ant Simpson as Butler *

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as Grandwinkle * Rhomeyn Johnson as Rafi Tusk *

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as Colonel Boudreaux *

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as President Leader *

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as Dr. Lesso * Faruq Tauheed as Mayor Grundstrom *

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as Francis / Newsie *

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as Premier Leader

Guest

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as Chuckles ("If You Can't Beat 'em, Totem!" or "It's Raining Gems!") * Cristina Milizia as Thalia ("If You Can't Beat 'em, Totem!" or "It's Raining Gems!") *

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as Agent Chad ("See You Laser, Alligaser" or "Goop! There it is")

Playing themselves

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Episodes

Part 1 (2018)

Part 2 (2019)

Production

Development

On December 10, 2017, it was reported that

was developing a revival of

Jay Ward Joseph Ward Cohen Jr. (September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989), also known as Jay Ward, was an American creator and producer of animated TV cartoon shows. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bu ...

's ''

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (commonly referred to as simply ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'') is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the American Broadca ...

''. Animation was expected to be handled by DHX Studios Vancouver with writing and early production duties taking place in Los Angeles. On April 12, 2018, it was announced that

had given a series order to the production and that the show would premiere on May 11, 2018. Executive producers were reported to include Scott Fellows and Tiffany Ward, daughter of the original series producer

. On December 15, 2018, it was reported that the series would return with the second half of season one in January 2019. On January 3, 2019, it was announced that these episodes would be released on January 11, 2019.

Casting

Alongside the series announcement, it was confirmed that voice cast would include

, Brad Norman,

, Rachel Butera, Piotr Michael, and

. Strong takes over the role of Rocky from the late

June Foray June Foray (born June Lucille Forer; September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American Voice acting, voice actress and radio personality, best known as the voice of such animation, animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha F ...

; this series is the first instance where Rocky is voiced by somebody other than Foray (besides

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commercial, where he is voiced by Lauri Fraser) due to her death in 2017.

Release

Alongside the series announcement, the first official trailer was released. On April 27, 2018, four clips from the series were released.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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