Wizboy

"Wizboy[1] " is the second episode of the first season[2] of the animated television series Fanboy & Chum Chum. It premiered on November 6, 2009[3] as the series premiere along with Trading Day on Nickelodeon. The episode was written by Steve Tompkins[4] and directed by Jim Schumann.[4]

"Wizboy"
Fanboy & Chum Chum episode
The episode's title card
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 2
Directed byJim Schumann
Written bySteve Tompkins
Production code102
Original air dateNovember 6, 2009 (2009-11-06)

Synopsis

Fanboy (voiced by David Hornsby) and his best friend Chum Chum (voiced by Nika Futterman) meet the new kid, Kyle (voiced by Jamie Kennedy), who was recently expelled from Milkweed Academy for Wizards. The boys pretend to be wizards like Kyle, but he gets annoyed by them and tries to destroy them.

Plot

Fanboy and Chum Chum are in their regular class until a new kid at their school shows up. His name is Kyle, but no one catches his attention yet. After he arrives, Kyle sits on his own up front, but Fanboy and Chum Chum scoot up next to him. They quickly find Kyle as a pretend wizard, despite the fact he really is one. So, Fanboy pretends to be one named "Wizboy", and Chum Chum pretends to be his assistant. Kyle soon finds that Fanboy and Chum Chum are acting like wizards, and is annoyed. At lunch, they annoy him more by pretending to levitate ketchup. Kyle shows them real levitation, surprising them, but accidentally descends into a lunch tray, which causes him to get hurt by Lupe, one of the students. So, Kyle eventually challenges Fanboy to a "wizard-off". During that, Fanboy performs a "removed finger" trick, causing a dumbstruck Chum Chum to faint to the ground. Fanboy gives Chum Chum an Ice Monster Bun Bun to wake him up, but he sticks himself to Fanboy's head, and they hop around, madly. For Kyle, he thinks this is a target, and he is ready to win. But before he was going to destroy Fanboy he eventually is taken by a griffin (because of a spell Fanboy cast from Kyle's spellbook at lunch earlier), and flies away on it. Fanboy and Chum Chum do not see this, thinking he left, and Fanboy apologizes for being more awesome. To make it up, he says they will play wizard with Kyle all day tomorrow, thinking he'll like that. As they walk home, Kyle can be heard in the distance, saying "No, I won't!"

Production and Broadcast

Wizboy was written by Steve Tompkins and directed by Jim Schumann with storyboards by Andy Kelly.[4] The episode carried a TV-Y7 rating.[5] It originally aired on November 6, 2009, after the world premiere of SpongeBob's Truth or Square.[6]

Reception

The episode drew over 5.78 million viewers[7] and 2.5 million kids 6-11.[7] This episode set a new record as Nickelodeon's highest-rated series premiere ever with kids 6-11 and 2-11.[8]

References
  1. "Frederator Studios Blogs | Fanboy and Chum Chum | "Wizboy" Title Cards". Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
  2. http://www.fancast.com/tv/Fanboy-and-Chum-Chum/105881/episodes/Wizboy/736721
  3. "Fanboy and Chum Chum - 'Wizboy' Episode Info - MSN TV". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  4. "Frederator Studios Blogs | Fanboy and Chum Chum | Thanks to Everyone". Archived from the original on 2009-12-01.
  5. CommonSenseMedia
  6. "Breaking News - Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants "Truth Or Square" Grabs 7.7 Million Total Viewers, Ranks as Number-One Entertainment Show on Basic Cable for Week". TheFutonCritic.com. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  7. Seidman, Robert (2009-11-10). "Cable ratings: NFL Football, SpongeBob and Fanboy & Chum Chum top weekly cable charts". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  8. "Fanboy and Chum Chum: Wizboy / Trading Day episode on TV.com". www.tv.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-20.
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