Fanboy and Chum Chum

Fanboy & Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on Fanboy, an animated short created by Robles for Nickelodeon and Frederator Studios, which was broadcast August 14, 2008 onRandom! Cartoons.

The series premiere drew 5.8 million viewers.^] The second episode was watched by 5.4 million viewers.

The theme song was written by Brad Joseph Breeck and performed by experimental punk band The Mae Shi.

No third season was announced at Nickelodeon's upfront for the 2013-2014 season.

Plot

  The series centers around Fanboy and Chum Chum, a pair of hyperactive, odd, energetic, and slow-witted best friends enthusiastically obsessed with superhero comics, particularly those featuring their favorite superhero Manarctica, who also apparently seems to double as a holiday figurehead parodying Santa Claus within the series. Many episodes are based around comical parodies of famous films or contain countless references to popular culture, chronicling Fanboy and Chum Chum's exaggerated, surreal daily experiences and misadventures relating to dilemmas in which they have entangled themselves or the surrounding characters' utter infuriation with their irritating antics.

Main characters:

Fanboy is an enthusiastic fan of comic books, fantasy, science fiction and action figures. He wears a green and purple costume with white briefs on the outside. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, Fanboy wears a grey costume. Fanboy has an active imagination, a zeal for fun and adventure, and he enjoys spending all of his time with his best friend, Chum Chum. Fanboy's immature decisions often get him into trouble. Voiced by David Hornsby.

 Chum Chum is Fanboy's best friend and sidekick. Although he is younger than the other main characters, he is still in the same class as them. Show creator Eric Robles explained on the Nickelodeon message board that this is because Fanboy snuck him into his class and the teacher never noticed the age difference. Chum Chum is extremely energetic and high-spirited, and possesses an indomitable enthusiasm and childlike jocularity. Chum Chum has brown hair, and wears an orange and yellow uniform, also with white briefs on the outside. In the pilot from Random! Cartoons, Chum Chum wears an orange collared shirt with yellow buttons on the chest instead of his logo. Voiced by Nika Futterman. In the pilot fromRandom! Cartoons, he was voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

By: Paloma Cunha