Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja


Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an animated television series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for Disney XD. It was produced by Titmouse, Inc., and Boulder Media Limited for Disney's London-based content hub. Many of the character designs were supplied by Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim. The first episode premiered on Disney XD on August 13, 2012, and the final episode premiered on July 27, 2015. Voice direction for the series was done by Ginny McSwain. Shaun Cashman was the supervising director.
The show's pilot and bible was leaked online at 4chan, in April 2024.
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Plot

A town called Norrisville has been protected by a ninja for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville do not know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy Cunningham, a teenage boy who is a freshman at Norrisville High School, is the next ninja. Now, Randy must protect Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant Willem Viceroy.

Characters

Main characters

Randall "Randy" Cunningham / Ninja – A Norrisville High freshman who was chosen to be the "Ninja", a mystic warrior who protects the school and the city from any danger that threatens the safety of people. Randy is depicted as being lazy yet outgoing and humorous, displaying a witty sense of humor, but he also strives to do what is right no matter what while going through the typical day-to-day life of a teenager.Howard Weinerman – Howard is Randy's overweight, rude, and troublesome Jewish-American best friend and the only one who knows his secret identity as the Ninja.

Villains

The Sorcerer – An 800-year-old master of the dark arts who is determined to destroy his nemesis, the Ninja. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Sorcerer was imprisoned in a hole that is now located beneath Norrisville High School. The Sorcerer's main weapon is "stank", a magical ability that he uses to temporarily turn people into monsters.Hannibal McFist – The owner and CEO of McFist Industries and the Ninja's archenemy. While everyone in Norrisville views McFist as a benevolent businessman, he has secretly made a deal to help the Sorcerer destroy the Ninja in exchange for the power of McFist's choosing. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a large blue crab-like monster with long hair and his brain becomes a sentient red claw.Willem Viceroy III – Viceroy is a scientist that works at McFist Industries and is responsible for all robots that attack the Ninja.
  • * Psycho-Bot – A robotic scorpion programmed to copy the moves of the ninja and emotions.
  • * Robo-Apes – A group of robotic gorillas.
  • *Krackenstein – A Frankenstein-like robot with six arms who is the first robot to be shown in the series.
  • *Punkbots – Three robots created to rouse the McSatchlé Store as part of their latest plan to destroy the ninja. The Punkbots appear in the second season as the rulers of Scrap City.
  • *Ninja-bot – A robot version of the ninja who has the same abilities as the ninja.
  • *Steve Riley – A robot who disguised itself as one of Flackville High School's chess players. He was programmed with every chess move ever played and single-handedly defeated the whole Norrisville High Chess Team.
  • *Franz Nukid – A robot created to infiltrate the school and learn the Ninja's identity.
  • *Slaying Mantis – A robotic mantis who is sent to attack the ninja during his vacation.
  • *Rhinosaurus – A robotic rhinoceros who can release gas and summons anyone's worst nightmare.
  • *Robo-Elves – Robotic elves who serves as security guards in the Christmas Party of McFist.
  • *Robo-Snowman – A robotic snowman who is used to destroy the ninja in the Christmas Party.
  • *Robo-Frog – A robotic frog.
  • *Robo-Spiders – A robotic spider.
  • *Robo-Snakes – A robotic snake.
  • *Robo-Lizard – A robotic chameleon.
  • *Robo-Cyclops – A cycloptic robot.Jerry Driscoll – Mrs. Driscoll's deceased mad scientist husband, who spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe when he was alive. Driscoll now carries his skeleton around at all times.The Disciplinarian – The tour guide for Detention Island. He hates cheating and will go out of his way to try to kill cheaters if they are on his island.Mac Antfee – A former Ninja who operated in the 1980s and was stripped of the ninja suit after being "condemned for conduct unbecoming of a ninja".
  • * Man-Gong – Mac Antfee's right-hand man.Catfish Booray – A psychotic Cajun swamp man who lives in the swamp behind the school.The Sorceress – The Sorcerer's girlfriend. Like the Sorcerer, she can use the "stank" ability as well.Evil Julian – Evil Julian is an evil version of Julian who was created when Julian came in contact with one of the Sorcerer's Power Balls.
  • Brawn Brickwall – A famous author, hunter, and adventurer from Norrisville.
  • Todd Principal/PAL – A program created by the Norrisville high school board to ensure the kids to behave in class.
  • Queen Gabnidine – The Queen of the Intraterrestrials from The Evil Mantle-Dwellers. She has the odd verbal tic of ending nearly all her sentences with a long drawn-out, "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?" She is just a made up person by Howard.
  • Whoopee 2 – An evil version of Whoopee who is built by Viceroy replacing the original.
  • NomiRandy – An alternate Randy created by the Nomicon to teach him a lesson about balance.
  • Halloweenja – The Ninja's suit infused with power, who can turn anything to horrors.

Recurring characters

Beauregarde "Bucky" O'Brien – A wimpy and often bullied, unpopular student of Norrisville High who is a member of the school's marching band, in which he plays the triangle. He always makes jokes or comebacks, followed up with a "Zing!". Howard doesn't like him yet Randy enjoys his company. Bucky is shown to be vulnerable enough to be turned into a purple fish-like monster with long eyes by the Sorcerer constantly.Bashford "Bash" Johnson – A school bully who is the Norrisville High football team's "Crushin' Carp" quarterback as well as being McFist's stepson. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a yellow monster with large arms.Heidi Weinerman – Howard's atttactive, stylish, and popular older sister and the host of "Heidi@School!", an online gossip report that focuses on current events in both Norrisville High School and in Norrisville. Heidi is generally depicted as the school's queen bee due to her high social status and her self-important, egotistical attitude, hence why Howard often enjoys messing with her. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a blue dog-like creature.Theresa Fowler – A shy, clumsy, and unpopular Norrisville High student who also has a crush on Randy, who appears to like her as well. When she is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a green plant-like monster.Debbie Kang – An intelligent and hardworking straight-A student who is an aspiring journalist, serving as the chief writer for the Norrisville High School's school newspaper, but has a bossy personality and shares has a rivalry with Heidi. Debbie is also best friends with Theresa, sharing many of the same girly interests as her, although she doesn't get along with Randy and Howard despite Theresa's insistance. She is among the few people aside from Howard who knows Randy is the Ninja. When Debbie is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a porcupine-like monster.Principal Irving Slimovitz – The nervous yet optimistic principal of Norrisville High School. When he was stankified by the Sorcerer, Irving turns into a tiger-like creature.Marcie McFist – The perky yet easily annoyed wife of Hannibal McFist and mother of Bash Johnson.Doug – A Norrisville High student. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a carp-like monster.Flute Girl – Nerdy girl who plays the flute in the Norrisville High marching band. She has been stankified into three different forms: the first one was a two-headed one-legged monster, the second was a Tyrannosaurus-like creature, and the third was a purple dog-like creature.Rachel – The clarinet player in the Norrisville High marching band. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Rachel is transformed into an enormous cat monster.Stevens – The trombone player in the Norrisville High marching band, he always wears sunglasses and hardly talks. When he was Stankified by the Sorcerer, he combined with Flute Girl to form a two-headed one-legged monster.Julian – A goth student who is seen wearing a purple top hat, a purple suit, and sports vampiric features such as false fangs. Whenever he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a spider-like monster.Coach Green – Randy and Howard's insane gym teacher as well as Norrisville High's "Wave Slayers" water ski team coach.Morgan Belding – The leader of Norrisville High's "Dancing Fish" dance squad, Morgan is a popular girl with a punk-inspired look, a snarky attitude and a smug voice. Later episodes reveal that Howard has an unrequited crush on her, as opposed to Theresa's crush on Randy. When Morgan's entire group is stankified by the Sorcerer, they turn into multicolored shark-like creatures. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a green dog-like creature.S. Thomas Smith – The blind metal shop teacher at Norrisville High School and swordsmith.Mrs. Marlene Driscoll – Randy and Howard's science teacher. She keeps the bones of her dead husband and likes to talk through him like a ventriloquist dummy.Pradeep – An Indian-American student who plays the French horn in the Norrisville High marching band. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a green monster.

Other characters

Mr. Bannister – Randy and Howard's strict English teacher at Norrisville High who particularly does not like Howard.Ms. Crabapple – The strict and militant music teacher and coach of the Norrisville High marching band.Mick – A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's best friend.Juggo – A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a four-armed clown monster with long eyes and sharp teeth.Dave – An accordion player at Norrisville High School and one of Randy's friends. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a thin blue humanoid monster with accordion-like arms.Mort Weinerman – The father of Howard and Heidi Weinerman who works at McFist Industries. Gene Levine – An exterminator who helps Viceroy dispose of a few unwanted monster blob creations. He also worked as a Shopkeeper, Builder, and a Home MoverGreg – Greg is a worker at the video arcade called "Greg's Game Hole." When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Greg becomes an arcade machine monster. His character is based on Matthew McConaughey in the movie Dazed and Confused. Señora Jorge – Randy's and Howard's Spanish teacher.Dickie – In 1985, Dickie was Stankified by the Sorcerer after mistakenly believing that his girlfriend had stood him up.Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Tawny" Zingwald – The poetry teacher at Norrisville High School with ankle-length hair.Jacques – A foreign exchange student from France. He becomes a monkey-like monster after The Ninja humiliates him in front of the school enough for the Sorcerer to Stankify him.Buttermaker – A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the Wave Slayers. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes an olive green aquatic monster with four arms and four legs.Brent – A student at Norrisville High School who is the protege of S. Thomas Smith and one of Randy's friends. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a goblin-like monster in samurai armor.Pitch Kickham – A superstar soccer player.Terry McFist – Hannibal McFist's hippie big brother and the true heir to McFist Industries.Stanley Bagel – Stanley is a student who served as a background character for most of the show.First Ninja – The first ninja was the last ninja from the Norisu Nine who became the first Norrisville Ninja and trapped the Sorcerer underground.Sinjin Knightfire – Sinjin Knightfire is a magician and the owner of the Magic Funporium. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a magician-themed monster.Jason Myers – Also known as Mudfart, Jason Myers was a student at Norrisville High in 1993.
  • Rudd Rhymez – A Rapper and Leader of his Posse at Norrisville.
  • Tiny Timmy Scratch-It – The DJ of the Rapper Rudd Rhymez and a member of his posse.
  • Plop-Plop – The Esquire of the First Ninja and the Guardian of the Sorcerer Ball.
  • Levander Hart – A Norrisville student and was a member of the 30 Seconds to Math. He got stanked after hearing Randy and Howard kicking him out of the group and suddenly became a rock star by himself.
  • The Kev – The owner of Club Kev, a resort in Lake LaRusso.
  • Charlie Cluckers – The founder, owner, and operator of the food chain Charlie Clucker's Chicken.
  • PJ McFlubbusters Manager – White-haired, uses a wheelchair and wears a blue tuxedo.
  • Ninja of '05 – Muscular guy and Ninja of 2005.
  • The Creep – Messenger who delivers the Ninjanomicon and Ninja-Mask to whoever is chosen to be the Ninja.
  • Dr. Sam – A pediatrician who takes care of Randy.
  • Rorg – The protagonist of the television series Rorg: A Hero of the Past. Rorg is a parody of He-Man and Lion-O.
  • Socko – Rorg's sidekick.
  • Ruth – Mother of Marcie McFist.
  • Brock Octane – A popular action movie star loosely based on stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.
  • Mrs. Dempsey – A cafeteria worker at the school.
  • Sundown – A janitor who has an Austrian accent.
  • Superintendent – The leader of the school board.
  • Shopkeeper – A gift shop clerk in Little Norrisville.
  • Neil Apestrong '- Norrisville's astronaut and the first animal to go into space. His name is obviously based on Neil Armstrong.
  • Q.T. Bot / Dale' – A robot from Scrap City who is embarrassed by his name.

Additional voices

Broadcast

A preview of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja aired on Disney XD on August 13, 2012. The official premiere was on September 17, 2012. Disney XD premiered the series on September 29, 2012, in Canada. The series premiered on October 4, 2012, on Disney XD in the UK and Ireland. It premiered in Australia on December 10, 2012, on Disney Channel and on April 10, 2014, on Disney XD.

Reception

Critical reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars; writing that "Violence isn't bloody and typically doesn't result in human injury, it won't have an upsetting effect on tweens." She also said that "There's a mild sexual tone to some of the content, including some innuendo and partial rear nudity on guys and revealing clothing on female characters." But she claims that "The series touches on relevant social issues like status and striving to fit in, so there's a fair amount of content you can talk about with your tweens afterward."