My Dad the Rock Star

Plot

Production

Characters

Main

• William "Willy" Zilla – The show's main protagonist; Rock and Crystal's son and Serenity's younger brother. Willy never had a normal life when he was on tour with his family until he came to Silent Springs. Throughout the series, Willy gradually becomes more comfortable in who he is and accepts his new, more normal lifestyle. Willy aspires to be a musician like his father and grandfather and has inherited their musical talent. Willy's music of choice is jazz, and he plays the trumpet in the school band. He realizes that he was living a normal life the whole time with his family, and he doesn't have to be literally normal; he is more mature and more responsible than his father, and he acts like a grown-up.
• Rockford Amadeus "Rock" Zilla – The title character. Rock has loved rock-'n-roll since birth. Even though Rock is the father of the family, he is very immature and behaves/acts like a teenager. His own father is a well-known classical cellist who still does not quite understand him. Despite this, Rock cares for his family very much and goes out of his way to be a decent father.
• Crystal Zilla – Serenity and Willy's mother. Crystal is a pink-haired spiritualist.
• Serenity Zilla – Willy's older sister and Rock and Crystal's daughter. Serenity is the stereotypical teenage girl: spoiled, boy-crazy, egotistical, and ditzy. She picks on Willy, views him to be nothing more than a nuisance and easily gets lost in the mansion. Despite this, she does have a kind side, and can also be supportive of her brother at times.
• Nigel "Skunk" Fanshawe – Ex-driver of the Zilla tour bus, friend/manager of the family. Skunk is from the United Kingdom and has a long two-toned ponytail, hence his name. Skunk is often the voice of reason for the Zillas. He uses the tour bus, permanently parked on the mansion's grounds, as his apartment.
• Alyssa – Willy's sarcastic best friend, and eventually girlfriend. She is an environmental activist.
• Quincy Nesrallah – Willy's other best friend, who is African-Canadian. Prefers to be called "Q" and often tries to act like he’s from the ghetto. His father is an accountant and is often perceived as being narrow-minded, but is later revealed to be a talented band drummer whose love of numbers came first in his life. He also has a older sister named Caitlin just like Willy

  Supporting

• Robert "Buzz" Sawchuck – Lloyd's son and Willy's school bully. Although brutal and violent, Buzz often speaks in the manner of a Shakespearian actor, making long-winded speeches and monologues. Buzz has a crush on Alyssa, which is not reciprocated.
• Principal Malfactor – A strict disciplinarian, with a particular dislike for Willy and his father. He once tried to have music class removed from school, and to have Willy expelled. Both times, he was foiled by Rock's intervention. Bears an uncanny resemblance to Ed Sullivan.
• Mr. Kant – The Zillas' next-door neighbour. He utterly despises Rock for all the chaos he causes, but has a soft spot for Willy and appreciates the boy's maturity. He has two pets, Helga and Henderson, who are friends with Mosh.
• Mosh – The Zillas' lovable purple-and-green pet Komodo dragon. Meant only to be a stage gimmick for Rock's performances, the family could not bear to send him away when it didn't work out, and so adopted him as the family pet.
• Ms. Equiss – A strict teacher at Willy's school.
• Scoop Baverdash – A reporter who regularly harasses Rock.
• Lloyd Sawchuck – Buzz's father, the head of the school board, and a loyal fan of Rock's, owning all of his albums.
• Angela D'Angelo - The first girl Willy fell in love with. Her parents are extremely overprotective and disapprove of Rock so much that when they learned that Willy was Rock's son, they moved to Alaska to get away from him.

  Episodes

Season 1 (2003–04)

Season 2 (2004)

Reception