My Weird School (TV series)

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My Weird School is an American-Canadian animated comedy TV series that aired on The CC (Cartoon Comedy) based on the same book series of the same name by Dan Gutman. The series began with its first season in April 30, 2009 and ended in May 31, 2010. The series was immediately renewed for a second season due to its overwhelmingly positive critical reception. The second season began to ran in December 1, 2010 to December 1 of the next year. A season 3 had not been announced.

Sometime around 2013, it was announced that the series was not renewed for a 3rd season, as season 2 was planned to wrap things up.

On July 27, 2013, a miniseries entitled My Weird Summer School aired until May 31, 2014. It revolved around A.J.'s adventures at summer school, where he meets a bad girl named Ariana Johnson and falls in love with her. The miniseries served as a replacement to the show, and it got good ratings, which brought up a rumor of a possible continuation. Nothing ever came of this, it seemed.

But on April 27, 2015, a season 3 with 21 episodes was announced for the 2015/16 season would air in 2015, and a season 4 aired in 2016. A fifth season was renewed therefore after, and currently has finished as of 2017. The 100th episode (which aired as part of the season) of the entire series aired on September 29, 2017. A sixth and seventh season were renewed as well.

The show had to sign a contract back in 2014 in order to air the remaining 2 seasons. The contract is to expire July 26, 2017.

However, on January 23, 2017, Variety confirmed that the show is to continue airing, but without its original showrunner, Patsy Shires. The news had been misinformed as cancellation, though everything has since been cleared up. Three more seasons have been renewed, and a new contract was signed. This contract is to expire on 2028, stirring rumors that the show would continue for a very long time.

On The CC (Cartoon Comedy)'s website, an eight season has been leaked to air for late 2018, while a ninth and tenth season consisting each of 13 episdoes will air on 2019 and possibly 2020, making it the show with the most seasons on The CC (Cartoon Comedy), and the longest-airing, with almost 11 years on the air. The previous contract set for 2028 is in case a possible continuation airs before 2028, but if none comes to fruition, the contract could possibly expire earlier.

The show is the fourth one, after The Adventures of Teddy and Friends and Dorami, to hit the 90th episode mark, and the second show to hit the 100th episode mark (after Mia Stories, though it is the first show on air to hit the 100th episode milestone, since the latter show aired on The CC (Cartoon Comedy)'s app). It will also be the only show on The CC (Cartoon Comedy) to hit the 200th episode milestone

Plot
Deals with the wacky adventures of a 9-year old, A.J., and his friends at their weird school, Ella Mentry, host to equally weird teachers. Along the way, A.J. must hide his true feelings for Andrea Young, a girl who's supposed to be his enemy.

Characters

 * A.J. (Jason Ritter, Chris Hardwick in Ep. 24) - A.J. is the main character, a 9-year old immature boy who loves skateboarding and hates school. Unlike in the book series the show's based upon, he's actually, secretly in love with Andrea, his "archenemy", who seems to return those feelings back to him.


 * Andrea (Grey DeLisle) - A.J.'s "archenemy". She always leaves hints at her true feelings for A.J., and vice versa.


 * Ryan (Benjamin Flores, Jr.) - A.J.'s friend who's African-American, and who once ate a seat cushion belonging to the school bus.


 * Michael (Jeff Bennett) - A.J.'s other friend who never ties his shoes. He has glasses and Neil somehow resembles him.


 * Neil (Bennett) - A.J. other friend who is mistaken as "the nude kid" although it's actually "the new kid", but now the gang refers to him by the former.


 * Alexia (DeLisle) - A.J.'s only female friend due to her tomboyish attitude. May love A.J as well.


 * Emily (DeLisle) - Andrea's friend who is a crybaby and is easily offended by the things A.J. says.


 * Annette (Lauren Faust) - Andrea's other friend. A.J. once "puns" her name by saying "A net".


 * Colette (Skai Jackson) - Andrea's other friend, who only appears in one episode.


 * Mrs. Daisy (Leigh-Allyn Baker) - A.J. and the gang's teacher, who loves bonbons but hates school and is dim-witted.


 * Mr. Klutz (Bennett) - Ella Mentry School's principal who loves kissing pigs and doing crazy stunts, and once gave A.J. a chocolate bar.


 * Mrs. Yonkers (Katie Crown) - Ella Mentry School's computer teacher who has a cheese hat on her head that she bought on eBay.


 * Mr. Granite (Dan Castellaneta) - A.J.'s third grade teacher. He's from another planet, called Etinarg (Granite backwards).


 * Mr. Macky (Jess Harnell) - Reading teacher who marries Mrs. Daisy.


 * Miss Holly (Kate Higgins) - Spanish teacher who once hanged mistletoe at the school.


 * Ella Mentry (Candi Milo) - The school's founder who is over 90 years over!


 * Dr. Carbles (Justin Roiland) - The school of boarding president who has a bad temper.


 * Billy (Jason Ritter) - A.J.'s old friend who once dressed as a "underwearwolf".


 * Mrs. Loopy (Hyden Walch) - Ella Mentry School's librarian who dresses as famous people or nursery rhyme characters.


 * Mrs. Hannah (Tara Strong) - Ella Mentry School's art teacher who uses garbage to make paintings and statues of things.


 * Mr. Cooper (Carlos Azraqui) - Teacher who replaces Mr. Granite in season 4.

Production
Production for the first season began in 2008.

Production for the second season began in 2009.

Production for the miniseries began in 2012.

Production for the third season began in 2014.

Production for the fourth season began in 2015.

Production for the fifth season began in 2016

Production for the sixth season started in early 2017, while the seventh season has barely begun production as of summer 2017.

The show uses traditional animation in the vein of the original books' drawings.

Seasons
Main article: List of My Weird School (TV series) episodes

Reception
The show has gotten overwhelming positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has reported a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.9/10 based on 29 reviews. The website's consesus reads, "My Weird School proves itself weird [in a good way], funny, delightful, and aesthetically pleasing with its [traditional animation] reminiscent of the illustrations of the equally entertaining book series it's based on." Hannah Lemming of Variety said of the show, "Canadian animation has proven to been the black sheep of international animation, yet My Weird School is the special case, with its wonderful animation and jokes that anyone can laugh at". The second season was reported with a 90% approval rating, an average rating of 7.3/10, and the consesus, which reads, "This show proves itself as weirdly entertaining yet again." The miniseries currently has no approval rating, however, only a "Want to See" rating which reads "98% want to see it". The third season got a 99% approval rating, average rating of 9.9/10, and a consesus reading, "My Weird School returns in a spectacular and odd manner, winning yet again everyone's heart." The fourth season did just as well as its predecessors, with a 96% approval rating, average rating of 8.5/10, and a consensus. It read, "Though (at times) it has long distanced itself from the source material it adapted upon, this weird show will always make your kid laugh....[weird]." The fifth season did greater with a 98% approval rating, average rating of 8.8/10, and with the consensus, "This weird show just does its weird thing and it weirdly works. How weird is that?" The sixth season, however, has gotten the lowest rating for the series with an 81% approval rating and an average rating of 7.2/10. The consensus reads, "The show's transition to digital animation from its previous traditional animation in this season is apparent and weirdly off-putting for veteran viewers, not to mention its story arc unusual for the series, but the original spirit is still felt."

Awards and nominations
On ~2017, My Weird School made history as the first TV show on The CC (Cartoon Comedy) to ever be nominated for an award, though it wouldn't be the last one (Larry! would also be nominated for an Annie in 2017).