ChalkZone is an animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. The series is very reminiscent of the 1974 cartoon Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings . It was originally featured on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, just like The Fairly OddParents and My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The main character, an elementary school student named Rudy Tabootie (Elizabeth Daily, Tommy Pickles on Rugrats), has been gifted with a magically endowed piece of chalk that allows access to the ChalkZone, an alternate dimension where everything and everyone that's ever been drawn in chalk and erased takes form as the living and/or tangible (compare Philip José Farmer's Riverworld). The show concentrates on the adventures of Rudy, sidekick Snap (Candi Milo), and classmate Penny Sanchez (Hynden Walch ) within the zone. A soundtrack album, titled In The Zone (not to be confused with Britney Spears' 2003 album), has also been released.
Characters
- Rudy Tabootie (E.G. Daily) - The shy artist whom the show stars.
- Snap (Candi Milo) - Rudy's ChalkZone pal, based on a comic strip character he's created.
- Penny Sanchez (Hynden Walch ) - Rudy's geeky classmate whom he is obviously in love with.
- Reggie Bullnerd (Candi Milo) - The school bully.
- Joe Tabootie (Jess Harnell ) - Rudy's father, who runs a meat shop.
- Mildred Tabootie (Miriam Flynn ) - Rudy's mother.
- Horace T. Wilter (Robert Cait ) - Rudy's cartoon-hating school teacher.
- Biclops (Rodger Bumpass) - The guardian of the Magic Chalk Mines; has one eye on top of the other.
- Blocky (Candi Milo) - A childlike drawing Rudy drew early on.
- Queen Rapsheeba (Russi Taylor ) - ChalkZone's hot rap artist whom Snap has a crush on.
- Spy Fly - A chalk-fly with a camera attached to her head.
- Skrawl (Jim Cummings) - A villainous (and strange-looking) chalk-being who is constantly out to "get" Rudy.
- The Beanie Boys - Skrawl's flying, singing henchmen.
- The Craniacs - A group of robots looking for futuristic inventions, each one smarter than the last.
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