Chuck's Choice

Chuck's Choice (notes August 16, 2017))

Chuck's Choice is a Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media for YTV. It premiered on YTV on May 6, 2017.

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Wouldn't it be cool to have options when it looks like there aren't any?  Well chuck has a hovering robot that makes this possible for him.  He's like Kazoo was for Fred Flintstone.

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Chuck's Choice

Genre:

Action

Comedy

Science fantasy

Created by:

Kervin Faria

Written by:

Ethan Banville

Stuart Reid

Directed by:

Roger McIntosh

Jon Izen

Voices of:

Sabrina Pitre

Ryan Beil

Kira Tozer

Composer(s):

Mike Shields

Country of origin: Canada

Original language(s): English

No. of seasons: 1

No. of episodes: 20

Production

Executive producer(s):

Kervin Faria

Ken Faier

Asaph Fipke

Steven DeNure

Kirsten Newlands

Producer(s):

James Brown

Logan McPherson (creative producer)

Sarah Wall (supervising producer)

Running time: 

22 minutes (whole)

11 minutes (segments)

Production company(s):

DHX Media/Vancouver

Corus Entertainment

Distributor: DHX Media

Release

Original network: 

YTV

Disney XD

Picture format: 1080i (16:9 HDTV)

Original release: May 6, 2017 – present

Plot

The series is about a ten-or twelve-year-old-boy who claims a gift from an intergalactic reality-altering robot named U.D. to manifest one of three choices throughout his day, leading to adventures.

This is called "Decider Mode" and time appears to freeze for everyone but U.D. and "The Decider" (normally Chuck). Although they seem random, U.D. reveals the ability to influence the selection in "Flush Hour Two" when he generates three identical options to seek help from a pirate monkey to rescue Ariana, the goldfish he befriended that belongs to Chuck's best friend Misha.

Characters

Main characters

▪ Chuck McFarlane (voiced by Sabrina Pitre) is the eponymous hero of the series.

▪ UD (short for U-Decide 3000, voiced by Ryan Beil) is the choice-enabling alien robot who bends reality to suit Chuck's whims.

▪ Misha (voiced by Kira Tozer) is Chuck's best friend, and the heroine of the series. Chuck frequently nicknames her "Mish", dropping the "a" from the end and halving the syllable count. Closed captions frequently spell her name as Meesha or Meesh. She has hair tied into a ponytail which is purple and pink. She is 12.

Recurring characters

▪ Ellen (voiced by Rebecca Shoichet) is Chuck and Norm's mom. She is a caterer.

• Norm McFarlane is Chuck's older brother.

◦ Ash (as she calls herself, or Ashley, as Norm calls her; voiced by Rebecca Shoichet) is a student. She is a girl with glasses and purple twintails who Norm is romantically interested in. She loses her retainer and is called "milady". She has a "nerdy laugh" according to captions and finds varying things interesting about Norm, such as his being a former villain (after losing ice powers in "Cool Hand Norm") or him being comfortable with his body (farting after he does).

▪ Misha's mom and dad are strict about her getting good grades.

▪ Joey Adonis (voiced by Vincent Tong) is a fat rich boy who antagonizes Chuck.

• Biff Adonis is Joey's movie star dad who Chuck admires.

◦ Alfie is Joey's butler who bathes him. He considers Chuck practically a bestie.

▪ Pepper is a girl with orange hair and glasses. Misha chooses her for a lab partner in "Smarten Up Chuck" and in another episode she has the same hairstyle as Misha on picture day. In "Ultimate Chuck" she and Joey are picking volleyball teams and fight over Chuck until he hugs them, joining both.

▪ "some random teenager" as Chuck refers to her in "Cool Hand Norm", is a blonde girl with hair covering one of her eyes. She is among a group who flees Norm's flirtations and asks with disapproval if Chuck knows him. At the end of "Abraham Stinking" she is depicted on a date with Norm and likes his skunk breath.

▪ Ms. Cho is Chuck's teacher.

▪ Dr. Crown is a dreaded dentist.

▪ Coach Dwayne is the balding gym teacher with a mustache and glasses.

▪ Chilly Parchuway

Episodes

Season 1

▪ episode 1: "Cool Hand Norm" (a play on Cool Hand Luke) / "Sunny Daze" (a play on "sunny days")

▪ episode 2: "Show Me the Buddy" (a play on "show me the money") / "No Sleep Till"

▪ episode 3: "The Dentalist" (a play on The Mentalist) / "Maid in Cedar Hills" (a play on Maid in Manhattan)

▪ episode 4: "Pig Hero Fix" (a play on Big Hero 6) / "So Wrong It's Right"

▪ episode 5: "Grown Up Chuck" / "Chuck Dynasty" (a play on Duck Dynasty)

▪ episode 6: "Poultry in Motion" (a play on "poetry in motion") / "Les Disherables" (a play on Les Miserables)

▪ episode 7: "Abraham Stinkin" (a play on "Abraham Lincoln") / "Box o' Norm"

▪ episode 8: "Chuck of the Draw" (a play on "luck of the draw") / "Paw Enforcement" (a play on "law enforcement")

▪ episode 9: "Smarten Up Chuck" / "Ultimate Chuck" (a play on Ultimate Muscle)

▪ episode 10: "Back off, Borkle" / "Who's on Cursed?" (a play on "Who's on First?")

▪ episode 11: "Ex Mishina" (a play on "Ex Machina") / "Veggie Tails" (a play on Veggie Tales)

▪ episode 12: "No Pain, No Dwayne" (a play on "no pain, no gain") / "Shell Raisers" (a play on "Hell Raisers")

▪ episode 13: "Comet and Get It" (a play on "come and get it") / "How To Restrain Your Dragon" (a play on How to Train Your Dragon)

▪ episode 14: "Action Jacket-Son" (a play on "Action Jackson") / "Spirit of the Ce(dar)Son" (a play on "spirit of the season")

▪ episode 15: "We've Got Spirit" / "Cedar Hills' Most Wanted" (a play on America's Most Wanted)

▪ episode 16: "The Dark Dingo and Possum Pete" / "Flush Hour Two" (a play on Rush Hour 2)

▪ episode 17: "Bawk to the Future" (a play on Back to the Future) / "Hairy Christmas" (a play on "Merry Christmas")

▪ episode 18: "In Space, Norman Can Hear You Scream" (a play on "in space, nobody can hear you scream") / "Area Fifty-Tree" (a play on Area 51)

▪ episode 19: "Joey in Da House!" / "Art Attack" (a play on Art Attack)

▪ episode 20: "The Good, the Bad and the UD" (a play on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)