Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer

''Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'' is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer. The series lasted for one season and aired on Disney XD from June 3 to June 15, 2017.

Plot

The show follows the adventures of Billy Dilley ( Aaron Springer), a 7th grader who loves science, and his lab partners, Zeke (Tom Kenny) and Marsha ( Catherine Wayne), and his pet rat, Anaximander, who on summer vacation find themselves trapped in Subterranea-Tania, a strange world located in the Earth's core after a test ride in Billy's science fair project The Cheeserator, a giant drilling machine designed for cutting holes in enormous Swiss cheese, goes horribly wrong.

Characters

*Billy Dilley (voiced by Aaron Springer) is an eccentric science-obsessed 12-year old boy who is more observant and often willing to explore much of the creatures in Subterranea-Tania. He is often described as silly, weird, trouble-prone, and overall optimistic.
*Zeke (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a long-haired slacker who was assigned to work with Billy. He often tries to appear cool and aloof, but in reality, can get emotional quite easily. He is considered the voice of reason and usually makes sarcastic remarks. Zeke also tends to be a talented chef, often making calzones and pancakes.
*Marsha (voiced by Catherine Wayne) is a wannabe social butterfly and budding journalist who was assigned to work with Billy. She is very impressionable and lively, if somewhat spacey at times.
*Anaximander is Billy's silent pet rat who spends much of the episodes lazing around.
*Judy (voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles) is a female swamp monster that Billy befriends, and later becomes his love interest.
*Count Raymond Wretcher (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is a green-skinned tyrant who dreams of covering the surface with sludge. He pretends to be friendly towards Billy as an attempt to steal the Cheeserator to bring up to the surface.
*Mrs. Wretcher (voiced by Kerri Kenney-Silver) is Count Wretcher's overbearing mother, who often complains to her son about spreading sludge outside the castle grounds. She is never physically seen as she only appears as a portrait with a speaker below to communicate with others.
*Big Doug (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) is a mammoth farmer and owner of "Big Doug's Wonderful World of Wigs".
*Hag Witch (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) is a witch who has a massive crush on Count Wretcher. Billy works for her as her apprentice.
*The Troggies are primitive gorilla-like creatures in Subterranea-Tania.
**Yucky (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) is a young Troggie who is friends with Billy. His vocabulary consists almost entirely of his own name. While he can be naïve and mischievous, Yucky tends to be very intelligent.
*Tony (voiced by Kenny Pittenger) is a talking snail who was formerly an apprentice to the Hag Witch and a friend to Billy.
*The Gorks are a tribe of lizard man who have a hatred for surface-dwellers. In "Lab Friends… Forever?", they were convinced that Billy, Zeke, and Marsha were the ultra-rare Wormasaurus Rex.
**Gorkager (voiced by Brian Posehn) is the wise leader of the Gorks. While he is intelligent, he tends to be aggressive at times.
**Chancellor Gork (voiced by Aaron Springer) is the second-in-command to Gorkager. He only appears in the first episode, mistaking Billy for an entertainer.
**The Great Gork in the Celing (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is the god of the Gorks who lives in the clouds of Subterranea-Tania.
*Gregory P. Zartran (voiced by Travis Willingham) is a golden-haired Conan the Barbarian-like figure who is actually a homeless conman desperately trying to look for a good home and food.
*Francis, also known as Gumbrump, (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), is a hairy, brown cyclops who is said to be Zartran's archenemy, but is actually his best friend.
*Thurston (voiced by Tom Kenny) is the servant to Count Wretcher and Mrs. Wretcher.
*The Orangutanasaurs are orangutan-like creatures who are similar to the Troggies, but they speak better.
*The Mushroom Prince (voiced by Aaron Springer) is the ruler of Subterranea-Tania's mushroom patch. He appears in the episode "The Mushroom Prince".
*Aunt Agnes (voiced by Mary Jo Catlett) is an elderly lizard woman who is secretly a member of the Subterranea-Tania police. She appears in the episode "Billy/Willie".
*Ogre Chef (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is a muscular, pink-skinned ogre who lives in a cave. He appears in the episode "Calzones".
*Hag Sisters (voiced by Tom Kenny and Catherine Wayne) are the Hag Witch's two sisters who are said to be beauticians. They appear in the episode "Silly Spheres".
*Jared (voiced by Andy Milonakis) is a carnivorous jellyfish-like monster that ended suffering from amnesia and befriending Zeke and Marsha.
*Sluggy (vocal effects by Fred Tatasciore) is a slug who Billy befriends as a pet after feeling ignored by Anaximander. He appears in the episode "Sluggy".
*Mud Men are slimy creatures who live in Subterranea-Tania. In "The Date", Billy and Zeke disguised a Mud Man as Marsha's summer love, Greg Hastings.

Episodes

The series consists of 13 half-hour episodes, with most of them containing 2 11-minute segments, with the final episode being a full-length episode. The series was originally greenlit for 20 episodes, but was cut down during production.

Production

The show was first announced in 2014 as a potential pilot. In March 2016, it was confirmed that Disney XD has greenlit the show for a full series along with '' Big City Greens''.

In 2015, Merriwether Williams was confirmed in a Twitter post by Vincent Waller as one of the show's writers, whilst character designer Robertryan Cory announced on his Tumblr page he has been working on the series since December 2014, just over a year before the pickup was officially announced.

Jessica McKenna was originally chosen to be the voice of Billy Dilley. However, creator Aaron Springer was ultimately chosen in that role.

Broadcast

Release

''Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'' aired on Disney XD in Canada on June 5. In Germany, Disney XD aired the series on July 7. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show aired on Disney XD on September 18, 2017. In Australia and New Zealand, the series aired on Disney XD in October 2017.

Streaming services

All episodes from ''Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'' are available on Google Play, AppleTV, Prime Video, iTunes Store and Disney+

Reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 3 out of 5 stars; saying "This new world of Billy's appeals to kids' sense of imagination, even if it does so with more nonsense than anything else. The show is visually pleasing, boasts a talented voice cast, and is filled with nonstop action and laughs."

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{{Disney Television Animation

2010s American animated comedy television series
2010s American children's comedy television series
2017 American animated television series debuts
2017 American television series endings
Television series by Disney Television Animation
Television series by Rough Draft Studios
Disney XD original programming
American English-language television shows
American children's animated adventure television series
American children's animated comedy television series
Subterranean fiction
Animated television series about children
Television series about vacationing