Exchange Student Zero
2015 Australian TV series or program
Exchange Student Zero is a 2012 Australian television film that premiered on 16 December 2012 on Cartoon Network, and a 2015 TV series based on the film.
01Production
Created by Bruce Kane with Maurice Argiro and produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions, in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, it is the first local animated production to be commissioned by the channel.
A TV series based on the film was announced as the first Cartoon Network show produced in Australia, where the two original creators joins Patrick Crawley. It premiered in the Asia-Pacific region on 26 September 2015, and the setting was changed from Perth, Australia to a U.S. town called South Port.
02Voice cast
Film (2012)
Main
- Dee Bradley Baker as Amonsun, Monsters
- Natalie Bond as Lucinda, Anime Girls #1
- Patrick Crawley as Biology Teacher, Real Exchange Student
- Marg Downey as Peg, Happy Peach Flower, Drama Teacher
- Scott Edgar as Principal Rogerson
- Mark Hamill as King Karuta, King Blackyard
- Edwin Kane as Leroy
- Kate McLennan as Charity, Anime Girls #2
- Rove McManus as Hiro, John, Max, Lionel, Coach
- Candi Milo as Avere, Queen Karuta, Queen Blackyard
- Peter Rowsthorn as Denmead
- Jon Von Goes as Sot Sloane
Additional
- Gene Argiro
- Ginger Argiro
- Giles Brading
- Patrick Crawley
- Shona Elliot-Kerr
- Serena Kane
- Indigo Malatt
- Molly McCusker
- Judy Whittle
- Astra Whitton
Series (2015)
- Ashleigh Ball as Charity, Peg
- Jacqueline Brennan as Queen Blackyard, Avere, Happy Peach Flower, Queen Karuta, Old Lady
- Patrick Crawley as Papa Rainbow, Zoobooninian, Doolsworth Farnstickle, Wrestler
- Scott Edgar as Principal Rogerson
- Keegan Connor Tracy as Lucinda
- Maryke Hendrikse as Ms. Dunwall
- Jessica Hopcraft as Gunk Queen
- Rove McManus as Hiro, Max, Coach Coach, Stinky
- Scott McNeil as Headmaster, Lionel, King Karuta
- Toby Moore as Principal Kipling, Announcer
- Lee Tockar as Amonsun
- Vincent Tong as John, Nephlan 1
- Sam Vincent as Denmead, Hank, Nephlan 2
03Awards
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane, and Shane Krauss won the 2013 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing for the script.
04Episodes
Television film (2012)
| Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Student Zero | Bruce Kane, Shayne Armstrong, and Shane Krause David Witt (contributing writer) | Scott Edgar, Ivan Dixon, Ben Grimshaw, and Gregory Sharp | 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) |
Series 1 (2015)
| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Good Old Bad Old Days" | Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Charles Kenway | 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) | |
| When the principal takes the holiday a new evil principal from Zero gets in the school. | |||||
| 2 | "Denmead for Denmead" | Bruce Kane | Ian Milne | 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) | |
| With a card, the school bully Denmead gets a new clone of himself. | |||||
| 3 | "School Photo" | David Witt; Bruce Kane (story) | Tony Craig | 10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) | |
| When it's school photo day everything is wrong so John and Max change it. | |||||
| 4 | "Reign of Error" | Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story) | Charles Kenway | 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) | |
| Hiro wins a school vote and Charity is horrified. | |||||
| 5 | "His Life as a Dog" | Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar | Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | 24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) | |
| An Evil Wolf from Zero comes to Earth from one of the cards. | |||||
| 6 | "Prince Harming" | Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause (also story with Bruce Kane) | Michael Harris and Mark Ingram | 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) | |
| The school turns upside down with the arrival of a Bishounen prince. He is strikingly beautiful, deeply troubled, self-obsessed and carries a parasol, he pretty much ticks all the boxes for Charity. | |||||
| 7 | "See Ya Later Gladiator" | Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Ian Milne | 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) | |
| During a fairytale school practice Hiro, Max and John get to a Gladiator world and must win a gladiator contest to get back at school. | |||||
| 8 | "Amonsun Under Fire" | Tony Wilson and Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story) | Mark Sonntag | 14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) | |
| Amonsun, fed up at Hiro abusing, tries to go on strike, but Hiro merely replaces Amonsun with Felintine, but there's more to this newbie than meets the eye. | |||||
| 9 | "Sweet Potato" | Tony Wilson, Bruce Kane, and David Witt | Ian Milne | 21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) | |
| The potato chip company has suspiciously released some inferior Battle Day Zero cards, and a giant devil baby named Sweet Potato has been spawned by a chip packet and is terrorizing the town. | |||||
| 10 | "I'll Take the Couch" | David Witt; Bruce Kane (story) | Ian Milne and Patrick Crawley | 28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) | |
| Hiro's parents suddenly pay a visit, and it happens to be on Charity's sixteenth-birthday. Things soon get out of hand. | |||||
| 11 | "The Mystic Skater" | Bruce Kane and Scott Edgar | Mark Sonntag | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) | |
| John tries to woo a girl by skating on Hiro's high-tech skateboard, but it becomes a matter of survival when an interdimensional competitive skateboarder arrives to cause mayhem. | |||||
| 12 | "Dad to the Bone" | Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story) | Larry Scholl, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | 12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) | |
| The kids all try to spend time with their fathers, but Leroy is planning to usurp his father and Hiro has made Karuta a little too emotional. Can John and Max keep the peace? | |||||
| 13 | "Dead Cute" | Bruce Kane, Tony Wilson, and David Witt | Charles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley | 19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) | |
| On Valentine's Day, Max and Denmead unwittingly set loose an adorable creature called the Malentwine that can possess girls by simply being touched, and it threatens the whole world. | |||||
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