''Oddballs'' (stylized in

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) is an animated

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streaming television series created by

James Rallison Robert James Rallison (born May 14, 1996), known online as TheOdd1sOut, is an American cartoonist, YouTuber, animator, author, and voice actor. He is known for producing storytime animations on his YouTube channel and being the co-creator and c ...

and Ethan Banville for

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produced by

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and Atomic Cartoons. The series debuted on October 7, 2022. The show features a total of twelve 17–20 minute episodes in its first season. On January 18, 2023, it was announced that a second season will be released on February 24, 2023.

Premise

The series takes place in the fictional Dirt,

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, following the main protagonist James, often partnered with his best friends, a dimwitted crocodile named Max and (as of the fourth episode) a time travelling girl named Echo. James' rants and questioning of social norms often result in disaster each episode.

Cast and characters

as: ** James, a fictionalized version of Rallison, similar to the animations on Rallison's YouTube channel. He is a bubble-shaped teenage boy who enjoys insane misadventures and going on rants, including subjects like

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and line cutting. ** Sagu, the talking cactus that houses James' trailer/tree-house. * Julian Grant as Max, an anthropomorphic and dimwitted crocodile who is James' next-door neighbor and best friend. Max was previously seen in the music video for Rallison and David Brown's song Life is Fun. *

Kimberly Brooks Kimberly D. Brooks (née Lawson) is an American voice actress who works in the voice-over, film, video games, and theatre industry. She has voiced in video games since the mid-1990s. She has played Ashley Williams in the ''Mass Effect'' serie ...

as Echo, a time-traveling teenage girl who comes from the future and loves eating food, as she comes from a future where processed food went extinct as the result of one of James and Max's actions. * Carl Faruolo as: ** Greg, Max's "father" ** Stuart, a stereotypical bully slime who is capable of possessing people and a proficient chess player. *

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as: ** Jenna, Max's "sister" who works at the "uBreakIdon'tjudge" electronics repair shop. ** Liv, Max's "mother" who shows a cold and calculating demeanor towards him. *

Kari Wahlgren Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American actress who has provided English-language voices for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko Haruhara in '' FLCL'', and would later land ma ...

as Toasty, an artificially intelligent toaster created by James and Max who went rogue. *

Harland Williams Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short ...

as Patrick, James' father who is usually mild-mannered and submissive. *

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as Louise, James' mother who is an astrophysicist that shows a stricter attitude towards her son. *

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as Mr. McFly, an anthropomorphic fly who is a teacher at the Dirt school. * Nicolas Cantu: as ** Smooth Jason ** Wrinkly * Emily Eiden as Maz Scare-ah, a goth unicorn. * Fred Stoller as Foodball Joe *

Parvesh Cheena Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series ''Outsourced'' and as Sunil Odhav on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. He also voices Bodhi in ''T.O.T.S.'' Early life Cheena was ...

as Principal Loudspeaker *

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as Chef Throgbort *

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as Roxanne *

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: as ** Dr. Bolster ** Clerk *

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as Geefus *

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as Grandma * Ethan Banville as Bob Awman *

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as Dr. Squats * Ryan George as Byron Sellers

Production

Series creators

and Ethan Banville pitched the series to

in early 2020, with the service picking up the series in August of that year. According to Rallison, the entire production of the series occurred remotely, amid studios locking down during the

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. Rallison announced the series in a YouTube video on June 23, 2022, alongside a sneak peek of it. He also said in the video that the show would premiere later in the year. On September 16, 2022, an official trailer for it's first season was released on Rallison, Banville and Netflix's YouTube channels, with an official release date of October 7 announced. Later the same month, Rallison uploaded a YouTube video titled "Pitching a Show", which goes over his process pitching the show and the show's screenwriting bible. On January 25, 2023, an official trailer for it's second season was released on Banville and Netflix's YouTube channels.

Episodes

Season 1 (2022)

Season 2 (2023)

References

External links

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