Oddballs (TV series)

Oddballs is an American animated adventure-comedy television series created by James Rallison and Ethan Banville. The series debuted on October 7, 2022. The show features a total of twelve 15–17 minute episodes in its first season, and eight in the second and final season, which was released on February 24, 2023, totaling 20 episodes.

Cast and characters

James Rallison as:
* James, a fictionalized version of Rallison, resembles Rallison's avatar on his YouTube channel. He is a bubble-shaped teenage boy who enjoys insane misadventures and going on rants, including subjects like toasters, trophies and line-cutting.
* Sagu, a talking cactus that houses James' trailer/treehouse.
Julian Gant as Max, a dim-witted anthropomorphic crocodile who is a failed genetic experiment gifted with human intelligence and voice, James's next-door neighbour and best friend. He was previously seen in the music video for Rallison and David Brown's song "Life Is Fun".
Kimberly Brooks as Echo, a time-travelling teenage girl who comes from the future and loves eating food, as she comes from a future where processed food went extinct as the result of James and Max's action of giving sentience to Toasty/Declan. Although best friends with James and Max, she sometimes clashes with the former due to her egotism and not believing that she's from the future.
Carl Faruolo as:
* Greg, Max's father.
* Stuart, a stereotypical bully slime blob who is capable of possessing people and a proficient chess player.
Erika Ishii as:
* Jenna, Max's sister works at the "You Break, I Don't Judge" electronics repair shop.
* Liv, Max's mother shows a cold and calculating demeanor towards him.
Scott Menville as Toasty / Declan, an artificially intelligent toaster created by James and Max who becomes evil.
* Kari Wahlgren as young Toasty
Harland Williams as Patrick, James' father who is usually mild-mannered and submissive.
Debra Wilson as Louise, James' mother who is an astrophysicist, shows a stricter attitude towards her son.
Gary Anthony Williams as Mr. McFly, an anthropomorphic fly teacher at the Dirt school.
Nicolas Cantu as:
* Smooth/Wrinkly Jason from the episode "Emo Like the Wolfstank".
Emily Eiden as Maz Scare-Ah, a goth unicorn.
Fred Stoller as Foodball Joe
Parvesh Cheena as Principal Loudspeaker
Stephen Stanton as Chef Throgbort
Misty Lee as Roxanne
Paul Rugg as Doctor Bolster
Bob Bergen as Geefus
Jane Lynch as Grand-Ma
Ethan Banville as Bob Awman
Courtenay Taylor as Doctor Squats
Ryan George as Byron Sellers

Production

In early 2020, James Rallison and Ethan Banville pitched their new series to Netflix, which was subsequently picked up by the streaming service in August of the same year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, the entire production of the show was done remotely. Despite this, the first season of the show was set to premiere later in the year, as Rallison announced in a video. In September 2022, the official trailer for the first season was released on various YouTube channels, along with an official release date of October 7. Rallison also uploaded a video detailing the process of pitching the show and creating its screenwriting bible. The second season of the show was announced in January 2023, with an official trailer released shortly after and the season airing on February 24 of the same year. The show was animated using Toon Boom, with Hallis Blaney serving as animation director. However, in May 2023, Banville announced the cancellation of the show's comeback for Season 3 and the release of a graphic novel called Oddballs: The Graphic Novel, which features five stories originally intended for the show. Ultimately, Oddballs ran for just 20 episodes and two seasons on Netflix before its cancellation.