Harvey Beaks
Harvey Beaks | |
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Genre | Animation Comedy Adventure Slice of life |
Created by | C.H. Greenblatt |
Directed by | Michelle Bryan Gary Conrad |
Voices of | Max Charles Angelina Wahler Jackson Brundage Tom Robinson |
Opening theme | "Harvey Beaks Main Title Theme" |
Composer | Ego Plum |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producer | C. H. Greenblatt |
Producer | Joann Estoesta |
Production company | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
Original release | |
Network | Nickelodeon (2015-16) Nicktoons (2017) |
Release | March 8, 2015 July 13, 2017 | –
Harvey Beaks is an American animated television show created by C.H. Greenblatt for Nickelodeon. The show follows the adventures of Harvey, a friendly bird, and his two best friends Fee and Foo, the imp twins who together live in Bigbark Woods.
Characters
[change | change source]- Harvey (voiced by Max Charles) is the main protagonist of the show who a friendly anthropomorphic bird with with some OCD problems. Harvey always tries to do the right thing.[1]
- Fee (voiced by Angelina Wahler) is Harvey's best friend and Foo's twin sister.
- Foo (Jackson Brundage and Tom Robinson) is Harvey's other best friend and Fee's twin brother
Episodes
[change | change source]Season 1 (2015-2016)
[change | change source]- Pee-Choo / The Splitting Tree (March 8, 2015)
- The Finger / The Navigates of Being Possibly Charged (March 14, 2015)
- The Rentl Bike / Anti-Valentines Day (March 21, 2015)
- Nightclub Night / The Rebel (March 28, 2015)
- Harvey's First Scar / The Nature of Nature (March 29, 2015)
- A Tail of Les Squirrels / Someone's Stealing My Stuff (April 4, 2015)
- Comet Night? / Comet Night! (April 11, 2015)
- The Ghost Problem / Princess is Better Than You (April 12, 2015)
- The Almighty Foo / Old-Fashioned Dade (April 18, 2015)
- The Sleepover's Over / Curtained Babysitter (April 25, 2015)
- Fee's Haircut / Harvey's Favorite Book (July 4, 2015)
- Dad Band / Foo's Panic Room (July 5, 2015)
- A Day of No-To Do / Recipe for Disaster (August 1, 2015)
- Randl's Scandl / King of Pranks (August 2, 2015)
- Night Maid / Icky Chicky (September 4, 2015)
- Buds Before Suds / Harvey Fights Kratz (September 11, 2015)
- Le Corn Maze... of DOOM! / Harvey Isn't Scary (October 16, 2015)
- Yampions / Barkball (October 23, 2015)
- Junior Squealers / The Storm (November 6, 2015)
- Steamgate / Yeti Ready (November 13, 2015)
- Terry Bear / Bark Kart (November 20, 2015)
- Wade is Cooler than Dade / King of the Castle (March 14, 2016)
- Foofee / Why Are You Even Friends? (March 15, 2016)
- Alone / Foo Shoes (March 16, 2016)
- The Punishment / Arbor Day (March 17, 2016)
- Double Digits / Fee and Foo's 1st Birthday (March 18, 2016)
Season 2 (2016-2017)
[change | change source]- The New Bugaboo / The Case of the Missing Pancake (June 4, 2016)
- Kathy With a 'K' / Harvey's Pet (June 5, 2016)
- Fee's Pyramid / Life Debt (June 11, 2016)
- The Feelings / Bag of Naughty (June 12, 2016)
- Steampunks (June 15, 2016)
- Mr. and Mrs. Borks (July 27, 2016)
- Operation Peanut Butter / Little Littlebark (July 30, 2016)
- Repo Fee / Stalemates (July 31, 2016)
- Techoscare (October 13, 2016)
- It's Christmas, You Dorks! (December 8, 2016)
- Rockbark Rocks / Ocean Promotion (March 1, 2017)
- Jermany: Defender of the Forest / Princess Harvey (March 8, 2017)
- The Split / The Dade (March 15, 2017)
- Secret Gordon / The Unkown Comic (March 22, 2017)
- The Blister / The Bad Seed (March 29, 2017)
- The Ballad of Muesli and Jangles / Floo-id (April 5, 2017)
- Hug Life / On the Fence (July 3, 2017)
- The Late Late Afternoon Show with Harvey Beaks / The Grunicorn (July 4, 2017)
- Photo Finished / Squashbuckling (July 5, 2017)
- Later, Dingus / Hair to Help (July 6, 2017)
- Break the Lake / The Amazing Harvey (July 7, 2017)
- Princess Wants a Mom / Rage Against the Mitchelle (July 10, 2017)
- Grand Motel / Missing Harvey (July 11, 2017)
- Leaf It to Kathy / A Child's Guide to Surviving in the Wild (July 12, 2017)
- The End and the Beginning (July 13, 2017)
Development
[change | change source]C. H. Greenblatt also created Chowder for Cartoon Network and started to develop his next show shortly after Chowder ended in 2010. Greenblatt released a pilot for Nickelodeon under the title Bad Seeds and was picked up for a full show in September 2013 but the title had to change due to copyright reasons.[2]
Music
[change | change source]All of the music in the show was composed by Ego Plum.[3] The show was Nickelodeon's first show to be score with a orchestra. The theme song was composed by Plum, Steve Bartek, Bob Mothersbaugh and David J.
Cancellation
[change | change source]In July 2015, Cartoon Brew reported that the show creator C.H. Greenblatt was not happy with Nickelodeon’s treatment of the show.[4] In 2016, Greenblatt said that the show had been canceled and the remaining episodes will air on Nicktoons.[5] The show was originally going to release new episodes on Nicktoons in 2016. The episodes were delayed and Greenblatt had no idea when the episodes were released.[6] The episodes began aired in 2017 on Nicktoons.
Reception
[change | change source]Harvey Beaks received mostly good reviews from critics. The show was rated 4 out of 5 on Common Sense Media and a 7.7 out of 10 on Behind the Voice Actors.[7] Los Angeles Times said the show look like a children’s storybook.[8]
Awards
[change | change source]Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Source |
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2016 | Annie Award | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children's Audience | Harvey Beaks (for "A Day of No To-Do") | Nominated | [9] |
Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | David Tilton (for "Nightclub Night") | Nominated | |||
Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress (11 and Younger) | Nicole Taylor Wedel | Nominated | ||
2017 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program | C. H. Greenblatt, Shane Houghton, Kevin Kramer, Amalia Levari, & Dani Michaeli | Nominated |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Wilkinson-Swafford, Matthew (2023-03-02). "10 Best Nicktoons Protagonists". CBR. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (2015-01-27). "Nick's Upcoming 'Bad Seeds' Renamed 'Harvey Beaks!'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ↑ EGO PLUM (579). "Ego Plum". Tumblr.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (2016-11-07). "Nickelodeon Forced 'Harvey Beaks' Creator C. H. Greenblatt To Apologize on Cartoon Brew". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "Is it true that Harvey Beaks is moving to Nicktoons?". Tumbir. 2016-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Nerd Armada". Tumblr. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ↑ "Harvey Beaks TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ↑ Day, Patrick Kevin (2015-03-27). "Review: 'Harvey Beaks': Sunny with a chance of bad behavior". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ Harvey Beaks, retrieved 2018-03-23