The twelfth season of the

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'' was originally broadcast on

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in the United States from October 6, 2008, to April 24, 2009, and contains 20 episodes. The 10 episodes listed below were broadcast as season 12, and the other 10 were broadcast as season 13. This resulted all of season 13 episodes airing in several countries such as Canada and United Kingdom for many months prior the U.S. broadcast. This season was created and originally aired in the 16:9 widescreen format in non-US markets though still in

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; in the U.S., they were and continued to be aired in 4:3, with the left and right sides cropped out. The animation was produced by Animation Services HK Ltd. instead of by

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. This was the first season where two seasons (12 & 13 in this case) were now produced simultaneously. This was also the first season where Michael Hirsh was credited as the executive producer.

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guest starred as Francine's grandmother and Camel on the season's premiere episode "Is That Kosher?".

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guest starred in the episode "Room to Ride" as himself.

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, Chris Lortie, and Jake Roseman take over the voices of

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, Alan "Brain" Powers, and Timmy and Tommy Tibble, replacing

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, Paul-Stuart Brown, Tyler Brody-Stein, and Ryan Tilson, respectively. Additionally, Samantha Reynolds temporarily replaces

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as the voice of George Lundgren before Noble's return in season 14.

Episodes

References

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