Pan-Boy!

Pan-Boy! (or simply just Pan-Boy) is an American animated comedy television series. It is created and directed by Aaron McCullough for Cartoon Network. The show follows the misadventures of 14-year-old Caleb Walker (known as Pan-Boy), and his friends Scribbles and Alexis in the fictional city of Belaware.

The series officially premiered on July 11, 2011, with a sneak peak on July 5, 2011 with the episodes "Voice Crack" and "Quija Board". According to the Cartoon Network website, Pan-Boy! is one of the most popular shows on the channel, along with Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Steven Universe.

The series is rated TV-Y7-FV in the United States for comedic fantasy violence, mild to moderate suggestive content (including use of sexual innuendo), rude (often dark) humor, and scenes of peril, threat, and danger.

Pan-Boy! has been a ratings success for Cartoon Network, and despite being aimed primarily at children, it has developed a following among teenagers and adults.

The show has won awards including: 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, 5 Peabody Awards, a Annie Award, a British Academy Children's Award, a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award, a Pixel Award, and a Kerrang! Award. The series has also been nominated for three Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Annecy Festival Awards, a TCA Award, and a Sundance Film Festival Award.

Premise
The series revolves around the life of a 14-year-old (11 in season 1, 12 in season 2-3, 13 in season 4-5) named Caleb Walker aka Pan-Boy (voiced by Jonathan Morgan Heit), and his friends Scribbles (voiced by Keith Furguson), and Alexis Hardly (voiced by Joey King) in the fictional city of Belaware, and boy, there is a lot of weird stuff in that city.

Development
Pan-Boy! was first conceived by Aaron McCullough in 2005, when he created an idea for a cartoon called Super Pan-Kid!, it was eventually changed to Pan-Boy! due to McCullough liking that name more than the former one.

He pitched the series to Nickelodeon in 2007, they declined it due to the premise sounding "bizarre". One year later in August of 2008, McCullough pitched Pan-Boy! to Cartoon Network. Since CN was interested by shows involving kids in weird worlds, they accepted it and production started in May of 2009. The series was slated for a November 2010 release, but was later delayed to July 2011.

Episodes
The series currently has six seasons, with a seventh season in development, with over 200 episodes.

On November 27, 2010, Pan-Boy! was renewed for a second season, just 8 months before it officially premiered.

Pan-Boy! Minis
''Pan-Boy! Minis is a series of 10 shorts based on the first season of Pan-Boy!''.

Animation
The animation of season 1 of Pan-Boy! was done by Titmouse Inc. Due to budget cuts, Seasons 2-present are animated by Rough Draft Korea.

Music
Most of the music in Pan-Boy! is chiptune music made by Virt (Jake Kaufman). The intro of the show is "Turbonugget" from Virt. The ending theme is "Lick the alphabet" also by Virt.

Broadcasting
The series debuted on Cartoon Network on July 5, 2011.

On December 1, 2014, ''Pan-Boy! ''began airing on Boomerang in the United States, alongside its broadcasts on Cartoon Network, but as of April 3, 2017, reruns have been removed.

Critical reception
''Pan-Boy! ''has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with Season 1 getting mixed reviews, and Seasons 2-6 getting positive reviews. In a favorable review, Brian Lowry of Variety described the series as "a great show with lots of depth and chaos" and "one of the trippiest cartoons on TV". Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly was also positive, writing: "There are few examples of mainstream children's programming as wildly imaginative, as visually and narratively daring, as Pan-Boy!." and "the kind of children's comedy that parents can also enjoy."

Ratings
The show's first episode "Voice Crack" which aired on July 5, 2011, was watched 2.100 million viewers in the United States, and received a 0.4 rating in the 18–49 demographic Nielsen household rating.

Awards and nominations
Coming soon!