D.N. Ace


D.N. Ace is a Canadian animated television series created by Matthew Wexler and produced by Nelvana for Teletoon. The series focuses on the life of Ace Ripley, a 12-year-old boy who gains the power to create DNA by using the Dscram to manipulate the Scrammers, alongside his lovable best friend Sloane Plunderman and an immortal squirrel named Mendel.
The show debuted on 6 July 2019, and ended its run on 11 April 2020. This was the final English-language Teletoon original series before the network rebranded as the new version of Cartoon Network Canada in 2023. 40 episodes were produced.

Plot

The series follows the adventures of a curious, adventurous, mischievous, proudly nerdy 12-year-old boy named Ace Ripley who suddenly learns he holds an incredible ability to manipulate DNA by fusing the genes of a living thing with any other thing, to create something entirely new. The hero-in-the-making uses his newfound power to create ridiculous, amazing, and even terrifying mashed-up creatures, and tries to save his town from total chaos while trying to have the time of his life.

Development

The series was announced on 14 November 2017, as a comedy adventure series created by Matthew Wexler and produced by Nelvana. Dentsu and OLM, Inc. served as consultants through production and represent the series in Japan. The show features service animation by Yeti Farm. Teletoon released the show's first trailer online on 21 June 2019.

Characters

Main

  • Ace Ripley is the eponymous main character: a fun-loving 12-year-old boy who gains the power to manipulate DNA by using the Dscram, the DNA scrambling device that can create the Scrammers outside face of the wrath attack the mutants.
  • Sloane Plunderman is a teenage girl who is Ace's best friend and the sister of Huxley Plunderman.
  • Mendel is a squirrel who gained immortality and sentience after being exposed to the meteorite's energy. Afterwards, he swore to protect it and worked with Ace's ancestor Zebediah Ripley to create the DNA scrambler.
  • Stuart "Stu" Tweeble is Ace's older stepbrother.
  • Huxley Plunderman is the main antagonist. He is the C.E.O. of Plunderman Enterprises and the evil brother of Sloane. He is later downgraded to a recurring antagonist when he fires Juan and becomes a target to some of his attacks.

    Other/Minor/Supporting

  • Huxley's Scientists are engineers who work for Huxley to build Clashbots. All three wear red sunglasses, white coats, and black clothes.
  • Bruiser is Huxley's main robot, who resembles Frankenstein's monster. He is later revealed to have a meteor fragment inside his body.
  • Countess of Clash is a clash coach champion who lives on Clash Mountain with her giant robotic pig.
  • Cynthia E. Overdrive/C.E.O. is a businesswoman who owns vending machine-type clash bots and speaks in a snotty Valley-girl accent.
  • Cackles the Clown is a psychotic clash coach clown that terrorizes and destroys cities if his challengers won't accept his challenge.
  • Rad Maverick is a surfer-type clash coach who lives in the sewers.
  • Mendor is Mendel's twin brother who is opposite to his brother, funnier, adventurous, and greedy. He hides his evil twin brother act so he can trick Ace, Sloane and the Scrammers, to convince them he is more chilled and lovable.
  • Clashsquatch is a former clashbot champion who gained sentience after being exposed to a fragment of the meteorite.
  • Captain Nuevo is the recent Clash Coach champion.
  • Warhol Muse is an industrialist magician clash coach. In the episode "Now Museum Now You Don't", he temporarily gained the ability to transform others into paintings after touching a statue of Mendel that was imbued with a meteor fragment.
  • Mr.Preston/Mr.P a.k.a. The Dump King is a nice and kind garbage man who became evil after drinking the essence of the exiled Scarrathorn.
  • Granny is Ace's grandma. Originally a sweet grandmother before her arrival, she went on a gluten-free diet and became more reckless, destructive, obnoxious and crazier than her own grandson.
  • Peggy Ripley is Ace's mother who shares a resemblance to her son.
  • Stew's Dad Stew's father shares a resemblance to his son.
  • Jerry Dayzee is a salesman who is barely respected.
  • Butternut is a Christmas elf and friend of Ace.
  • Tim is Butternut's reindeer friend, who can fly, create portals, and shoot lasers from his antlers.
  • Raj Dynamite is a clash coach who lost in a clash fight and disappeared for a year. He returns in the Clash of the Titans Tournament in an attempt to claim the champion belt, which holds a meteor fragment.
  • Lucy, also called Little Lucy is a little girl who used to be Ace's biggest fan until Ace starts to miss out of the Clash Tournaments while he was busy with fighting Juan and his Juander-bots. Ace is aware of Lucy before fighting Juan, including having spare time to hang out with her until he forgot about her.
  • Eel Mutant is a normal eel who was mutated by a Splinter and temporarily transformed into a draconic monster.
  • Feral Plasma is a bacteria who was mutated after feeding on Splinters for centuries and transformed into a giant fiery form.
Clashbots/Clashers are small robots that are a popular brand for people and used in the Clash-a-torium to compete in tournaments and games.
  • Common Clashbots
  • Security-Bot
  • Unicycle-Bot
  • Party-Bot
  • Ice Cream-Bot
  • Lumber Jack-Bot
  • Mega-Clasher/Dragon-Bot/Flap Dragon A robot dragon
  • Servant-Bots
  • Combiner-Bots Five Clashbots merge into one
  • Combo-Bot A robot that was built to destroy the Scrammers
  • Jolly-Bots
  • Dragon-Bot 2/Flap Dragon 2 are a smaller version of the original Dragon-Bot
  • Royal-Bot is Juan's little robot butler
  • Juander-Bots
  • Ninja Juander-Bots

    Scrammers

Creatures that Ace creates with the Dscram using DNA mix of one living being and one object. All of them are loyal to their creator Ace and are about two feet tall.
  • Multi Crab/Crabby is a half crab, half multi-tool.
  • Snout Hammer is half boar and half hammer.
  • Hide-And-Sneak/Heidi is half chameleon and half high top shoes.
  • Digby/Digs is half groundhog and half Whoopee cushion.
  • Cobra Tot is half snake and half baby doll.
  • Boom Hound is half Bull Terrier and half boombox.
  • Chopper is half beaver and half pine cone.
  • Sharkuum is half shark and half vacuum cleaner.
  • Cluck-Cluck-Boom/C.C. is half chicken half "Blueberry Pancake Cannon" Paint Ball Gun.
  • Hose Fly is half moth and half fire extinguisher.
  • Rachael 2 is half raccoon and half Finger Puppet Rachael.
  • The Great Bivalvo/val is half oyster and half fortune cookie.
  • Cucarocka is half cockroach and half voice box.
  • Chlorofile/Klo is half ivy and half nail file.
  • Elasta-Kitty is half cat and half rubberband.
  • Snot Rocket is half snot germs and half toy tank.
  • Head Wig is half sloth and half helmet.
  • Beef Plungington is half cow and half plunger.
  • Scarrathorn is half biologically mutated Venus flytrap and half body spray.
  • Night Leaper is half grasshopper and half Action Figure.
  • Polly Roger is half parrot and half GPS.
  • Rhinestone is half rhino and half diamond.
  • Bear-B-Que is half bear and half BBQ charcoal grill cooker.
  • Monkey Floss/Mo is half monkey and half Cotton Candy.
  • Sammy-Rye is half scorpion and half sandwich.
  • Spark Bug is half firefly and half headphones.
  • Razzle Dazzle is half peacock and half glow stick.
  • Sir Quills is half porcupine and half Knight's Helmet.
  • OctoGraph is half octopus and half detective kit.
  • Bucky BlowTorch is half rabbit and half torch.
  • Tooleo is half carpenter ant and half toolbox.
  • Lazerine is half wolverine and half lazer.
  • Arachnotist/Ari is half spider and half 3D Printer.
  • Power Wash/PDubs is half mosquito and half sponge.
  • Frostbite is half crocodile and half freezer.
  • Solar Ray is half sunflower and half microwave.
  • CompuFox is half fox and half laptop.

    Episodes