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'''''Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja''''' is an American ] created by Jed Elinoff and ] for ].<ref name="randy"></ref> It is produced by ] and ]. Many of the character designs were supplied by ], the creator of '']''.<ref name="randy4"></ref> The series premiered on September 17, 2012.<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"></ref><ref></ref> Voice direction for the series was done by ].{{cn|date=March 2014}} ] was the supervising director.{{cn|date=March 2014}} '''''Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja''''' is an ] created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for ].<ref name="randy"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818104543/http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3149495&type=lead |date=2012-08-18 }}</ref> It was produced by ] and ] for Disney's London-based content hub.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Levine, Randy Cunningham series both receive Disney promotions |url=https://kidscreen.com/2013/09/13/david-levine-randy-cunningham-series-both-receive-disney-promotions/ |access-date=2024-10-09}}</ref> Many of the character designs were supplied by ], the creator of '']''.<ref name="randy4">{{Cite web |url=http://gameological.com/2012/12/jhonen-vasquez-cartoonist/ |title=Jhonen Vasquez, cartoonist |access-date=11 December 2012 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516024523/http://gameological.com/2012/12/jhonen-vasquez-cartoonist/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first episode premiered on Disney XD on August 13, 2012,<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"></ref><ref></ref> and the final episode premiered on July 27, 2015.<ref name="Blogger">{{cite web|last1=Hulett|first1=Steve|title=Animation Production Amongst Us... Again|url=http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-animated-production-among-us-again.html|website=TAG: The Animation Guild Blog|date=2 March 2016 |publisher=Blogger|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Voice direction for the series was done by ]. Shaun Cashman was the supervising director.


==Plot== ==Plot==
A town called Norrisville has been protected by a ] for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville don't know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy Cunningham, ninth grade teenager, is the next ninja. Now, Randy must protect Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant Willem Viceroy.<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/> A town called Norrisville has been protected by a ] for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville do not know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy Cunningham, the ninth grade teenager, is the next ninja. Now, Randy must protect Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant Willem Viceroy.<ref name=" randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>


==Main characters== ==Characters==
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* '''Randy Cunningham''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Randy is a ninth grader who is chosen to be a ninja. He and his friend Howard love video games as seen in the series preview. Randy sometimes thinks of himself as a ladies' man. Randy tries to find out new things about the ninja suit by reading a book that came with it called "The Ninja-]". Randy is also in a band with his best friend Howard Weinerman called "30 Seconds to Math" (a parody of ]), in which he plays the ]. Randy is lazy, doesn't always demonstrate good judgment, and he tends to ignore the good advice of the Ninja-Nomicon, leading him to frequently misuse his powers and weapons. However, he also has an ability to solve riddles, an affinity for science and a willingness to fix his mistakes.


===Main characters===
* '''Howard Weinerman''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Randy's best friend, who always call him by his last name. He is a big fan of the ninja in the first episode until he finds out that Randy is the ninja. Howard is secretly insecure about his "dainty" hands. Howard can be very selfish, but treasures his friendship with Randy. The Ninja-Nomicon has told Randy that friendship is a burden the ninja must not have, but Randy is determined to continue being both the ninja and Howard's best friend. Also, in the episode "Stanks Like Teen Spirit", it is shown that Howard is extremely good at chess, even beating a so-called "Unbeatable Robot".
* '''Randall "Randy" Cunningham / Ninja''' (voiced by ]<ref name=" randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – A Norrisville High freshman who was chosen to be the "Ninja", a mystic warrior who protects the school and the city from any danger that threatens the safety of people. Randy is a young student who faces monsters and freaks to keep the evil Sorcerer in his arrest.
* '''Howard Weinerman''' (voiced by ]<ref name=" randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Howard is Randy's best friend and the only one who knows his secret identity as the Ninja.


===Villains===
* '''The ]''' (voiced by ]<small>(Episodes 1-49)</small><ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - This one-time master of the dark arts is determined to destroy the ninja. The Sorcerer was sealed beneath the Earth 800 years ago by the last survivor of Norisu Nine (a family of ninjas that fought the Sorcerer). But in the present-day, Norrisvile High School was built over his burial ground and he has reawakened. In order to escape, the Sorcerer needs to create chaos to build his power within the Chaos Pearls that he wears on him. He does this by creating and releasing a gas that can turn the most vulnerable people in school into rampaging monsters (referred to as "Stankifying"). The only way to reverse this transformation is by doing something massively distracting to the victim, such as destroying something the victim greatly cherishes or reuniting them with someone they love or care about. If he creates enough chaos, he will become powerful enough to break free from his prison, destroy the Ninja, and rip the world to shreds. Hannibal McFist has allied with the Sorcerer to cause chaos in exchange that the Sorcerer gives Hannibal McFist the ability of his choosing. During his time in his prison, the Sorcerer started socializing with a rat. In "Raiders of the Lost Nomicon," Randy finally meets the Sorcerer in McFist's tower. It is shown that he has limited influence in the outside world by using a kind of red stank to attack Randy. The influence appear to be limited to McFist's corporate office. In "Randy Cunningham and the Sorcerer's key", it is revealed that after the Sorcerer was imprisoned, a key that can unlock his prison was created. At the end of this episode, Randy found the key and sealed it away in the Nomicon. It was stated that the key is needed in the final battle in the series finale. In "Randy Cunningham: 13th Century Ninja", Randy and Howard go back in time where Randy accidentally prevents the Sorcerer from being imprisoned, causing a time paradox that made the Sorcerer's dream of escaping finally come true. But when Randy, Howard, and the original Ninja rewrite history, the Sorcerer is once again imprisoned in his hole. Though one of the Sorcerer's Chaos Pearls is found by Catfish Booray.
* '''The Sorcerer''' (voiced by ]<small></small><ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/> in season 1, ] in season 2) – An 800-year-old master of the dark arts who is determined to destroy his nemesis, the Ninja. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Sorcerer was imprisoned in a hole that is now located beneath the school. The Sorcerer's main weapon is "stank", a magical ability that one uses to temporarily turn people into monsters.
* '''Hannibal McFist''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – The owner and ] of McFist Industries and one of the Ninja's enemies. McFist also has a mechanical arm with a brain that replaces his right arm. While everyone in Norrisville views him as a benevolent businessman, he has secretly made a deal to help the Sorcerer destroy the Ninja in exchange for the power of McFist's choosing. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a large blue crab-like monster with long hair and his brain becomes a sentient red claw.
* '''Willem Viceroy III''' (voiced by ]<ref name=" randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Viceroy is a scientist that works at McFist Industries and is responsible for all robots that attack the Ninja.
** '''Psycho-Bot''' (voiced by ]) – A robotic ] created by Viceroy programmed to copy the moves of the ninja and emotions.
** '''Robo-Apes''' (voiced by ]) – Robotic ]s created by Viceroy that are often unleashed by Hannibal McFist to attack the Ninja.
**'''Krackenstein''' (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – A frankenstein robot with 6 Arms who tries to destroy the ninja which is the first robot to be shown in the series. It would later appear in season 2.
**'''Punkbots''' (voiced by ] in season 1 and ] in season 2) – Are 3 robots created by Viceroy to rouse the McSatchlé Store as part of there latest plan to destroy the ninja. The Punkbot Leader and other 2 would later appear in season 2 as the ruler of Scrap City.
**'''Ninja-bot''' – A robot version of the ninja who has the same abilities as the ninja.
**'''Steve Riley''' – A robot created by Viceroy in disguise as one of Flackville High School's chess players. He was programmed with every chess move ever played and single handedly defeated the whole Norrisville High Chess Team.
**'''Franz Nukid''' (voiced by ]) – A robot created by Viceroy to infiltrate the school to find out the Ninja's identity.
**'''Slaying Mantis''' – A robotic ] who is sent by Viceroy to attack the ninja while during vacation.
**'''Rhinosaurus''' – A robotic rhino who can release gas and summons anyone's worst nightmare.
**'''Robo-Elves''' – A robotic elf who serves as security guards in the Christmas Party of McFist.
**'''Robo-Snowman''' – A robotic snowman who is used to destroy the ninja in the Christmas Party.
**'''Robo-Frog -''' A robotic frog who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja in various battles.
**'''Robo-Spiders -''' A robotic spider who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja.
**'''Robo-Snakes''' – A robotic snake who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja.
**'''Robo-Lizard -''' A robotic lizard who is trying find who is the ninja via sneezes and boogers.
**'''Robo-Cyclops''' – A robot created by Viceroy to destroy the ninja.
* '''Jerry Driscoll''' (voiced by ]) – Mrs. Driscoll's deceased mad scientist husband who spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe when he was alive, and whose skeleton she now carries around with her at all times.
* '''The Disciplinarian''' (voiced by ]) – The ] for Detention Island. He really hates cheating so much that he'll go out of his way to try to kill anyone who commits this action if they are on his island.
* '''Mac Antfee''' (voiced by ]) – He was the ninja of the 1980s but was "condemned for conduct unbecoming of a ninja" and stripped of the ninja suit.
** '''Man-Gong''' – Mac Antfee's right-hand man.
* '''Catfish Booray''' (voiced by ]) – A psychotic Cajun swamp man who lives in the swamp behind the school.
* '''The Sorceress''' (voiced by ]) – The Sorcerer's girlfriend. Like the Sorcerer, she can use the "stank" ability as well.
* '''Evil Julian''' (voiced by ]) – Evil Julian is an evil version of Julian who was created when Julian came in contact with one of the Sorcerer's Power Balls.
*'''Brawn Brickwall''' (voiced by ]) – A famous author, hunter, and adventurer from Norrisville.
*'''Todd Principal/PAL''' (voiced by ]) – A program created by the Norrisville high school board to ensure the kids to behave in class.
*'''Queen Gabnidine''' (voiced by ]) – The Queen of the Intraterrestrials from The Evil Mantle-Dwellers. She has the odd verbal tic of ending nearly all her sentences with a long drawn-out, "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?" She is just a made up person by Howard.
*'''Whoopee 2''' (voiced by ]) – An evil version of Whoopee who is built by Viceroy replacing the original.
*'''NomiRandy''' (voiced by ] in a Boston Accent) – An alternate Randy created by the Nomicon to teach him a lesson about Balance.
*'''Halloweenja''' – Is the Ninja's suit infuse with power of "The Essence of Terror", who can turn anything to horrors.


===Recurring characters===
* '''Hannibal McFist''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Hannibal McFist is the owner and ] of McFist Industries which ] like McFist Tunes, McFist Limousine, McFillings, McCedes, McShorties, McSterminator, McSquiddies, McTighties, McTops, McHoodles, McFistios, McKicks, McFizzles, and McSkinnies. But the world is not enough for McFist. The one thing he wants more than anything is a super power. So he made a deal: if McFist helps the Sorcerer break out of his hole of a prison, the Sorcerer will reward McFist with the super-human ability of his choosing. Hannibal McFist has a robotic right arm which has its own brain. In "Last Stall On the Left", it is shown McFist doesn't always have complete control over his mechanic arm. Before discovering his true nature, McFist was actually Randy's hero due to loving all the stuff his industries make. In "Fart-Topia," it is revealed that Hannibal has a hippie brother named Terry, who is the true heir to McFist Industries, and Hannibal only runs business as Terry's ]. When stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a large blue crab-like monster with long hair and his brain becomes a sentient red claw.
* '''Bucky Hensletter''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – A student of Norrisville High who is a member of the school's marching band, in which he plays the triangle. He always makes jokes or comebacks, followed up with a "Zing!". He is shown to be vulnerable enough to be turned into a purple fish-like monster with long eyes by the Sorcerer constantly.
* '''Bashford "Bash" Johnson''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – A school bully who is also McFist's stepson, and the Norrisville High Crushin' Carp quarterback. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a yellow monster with large arms.
* '''Heidi Weinerman''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Howard's older sister and the host of "Heidi@School!", an online gossip report that focuses on current events in the school and in the city. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a blue dog-like creature.
* '''Theresa Fowler''' (voiced by ]) – A Norrisville High student who is a member of the school's ] team and also has a crush on Randy. When she is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a green plant-like monster.
* '''Debbie Kang''' (voiced by ]) – A straight-A student who has an obsession for ]. When Debbie is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a porcupine-like monster.
* '''Irving Slimovitz''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – The principal of Norrisville High School. When he was stankified by the Sorcerer, Irving turns into a tiger-like creature.
* '''Marci McFist''' (voiced by ]) – The wife of Hannibal McFist, sister-in-law of Terry McFist, and mother of Bashford Johnson.
* '''Doug''' (voiced by Scott Thomas) – A Norrisville High student. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a carp-like monster.
* '''Flute Girl''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Nerdy girl who plays the flute in the Norrisville High Marching Band. She has been stankified into three different forms: the first one was a two-headed one-legged monster (when combined with Stevens), the second was a Tyrannosaurus-like creature, and the third was when she was turned into a purple dog-like creature by the Sorceress.
* '''Rachel''' (voiced by ]) – The clarinet player in the Norrisville High Marching Band. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Rachel is transformed into an enormous cat monster.
* '''Stevens''' – The trombone player in the school's marching band, he always wears sunglasses and hardly talks. When he was Stankified by the Sorcerer, he combined with Flute Girl to form a two-headed one-legged monster.
* '''Julian''' (voiced by ]) – A ] Student who is seen wearing a purple ], a purple suit, and sports vampiric features such as false fangs. Whenever he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a spider-like monster.
* '''Coach Green''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Randy and Howard's eccentric and insane gym teacher as well as the manager for the Norrisville Wave Slayers water-ski team.
* '''Morgan''' (voiced by ]) – The leader of "Dancing Fish", Morgan is an upperclassman dancer with a sassy attitude and a smug voice. When her entire group (except herself) is stankified by the Sorcerer, they turn into multicolored shark-like creatures. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a green dog-like creature.
* '''S. Ward Smith''' (voiced by ] in season 1 and ] in season 2) – The blind metal shop teacher at Norrisville High School and swordsmith.
* '''Marlene Driscoll''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – Mrs. Driscoll is Randy and Howard's ]. She keeps the bones of her dead husband and likes to talk through him like a ventriloquist dummy.
* '''Pradeep''' (voiced by ]) – A student who plays the French horn in the Norrisville High Marching Band. Beeb has a fear of spiders. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a green monster.


===Other characters===
* '''Willem Viceroy III''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Often just called Viceroy, he is a ] but rather refined madman responsible for all of the bizarre robots attacking Randy. As McFist's chief scientist, Viceroy doesn't really care about money or power. He just wants everyone to appreciate his genius. In "Monster Dump," it is revealed that Viceroy now keeps a pet ] named Nicholas. He was also a classmate to Jerry Driscoll and ratted him out to the police about his device causing his arrest.
* '''Mr. Bannister''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) – An English teacher at Norrisville High.
** '''Robo-Apes''' (voiced by John DiMaggio) - Robotic gorillas created by Willem Viceroy that that are often unleashed by Hannibal McFist to attack the Ninja.
* '''Ms. Wickwhacker''' (voiced by ]) – The strict and militant band instructor of the Norrisville High Marching Band at Norrisville High.
* '''Mick''' (voiced by ]) – A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's best friend.
* '''Juggo''' (voiced by ]) – A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a giant four-armed clown monster with long eyes and sharp teeth.
* '''Dave''' (voiced by ]) – An accordion player at Norrisville High School. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a thin blue humanoid monster with accordion-like arms.
* '''Mort Weinerman''' (voiced by ]) – The father of Howard Weinerman and Heidi Weinerman.
* '''Gene Levine''' (voiced by ]) – An exterminator who helps Viceroy dispose of a few unwanted monster blob creations. He also worked as a Shopkeeper, Builder, and a Home Mover
* '''Greg''' – (voiced by ]) – Greg is a worker at the ] called "Greg's Game Hole." When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Greg becomes an arcade machine monster. His character is based of ] in the movie '']''.
* '''Señora Jorge''' (voiced by ]) – Randy's and Howard's ].
* '''Dickie''' (voiced by ]) – In 1985, Dickie was Stankified by the Sorcerer after mistakenly believing that his girlfriend had stood him up.
* '''Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Tawny" Zingwald''' (voiced by ]) – The poetry teacher at Norrisville High School with ankle-length hair.
* '''Jacques''' (voiced by ]) – A foreign exchange student from France. He becomes a monkey-like monster after The Ninja humiliates him in front of the school enough for the Sorcerer to Stankify him.
* '''Buttermaker''' (voiced by ]) – A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes an olive green aquatic monster with four arms and four legs.
* '''Brent''' (voiced by ]) – A student at Norrisville High School who is the protege of S. Ward Smith. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a goblin-like monster in samurai armor.
* '''Pitch Kickham''' (voiced by ]) – Pitch Kickham is a superstar soccer player who appeared in "The McHugger Games" and "The Three Mascoteers."
* '''Terry McFist''' (voiced by ]) – Hannibal McFist's ] big brother and the true heir to McFist Industries.
* '''Ranginald Bagel''' (voiced by ]) – Ranginald is a student who served as a background character for most of the show.
* '''First Ninja''' (voiced by ]) – The first ninja was the last ninja from the Norisu Nine who became the first Norrisville Ninja and trapped the Sorcerer underground.
* '''Sinjin Knightfire''' (voiced by ]) – Sinjin Knightfire is a magician and the owner of the Magic Funporium. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a magician-themed monster.
* '''Jason Myers''' (voiced by ]) – Also known as Mudfart, Jason Myers was a student at Norrisville High in 1993.
*'''Rudd Rhymez''' (voiced by ]) – A Rapper and Leader of his Posse at Norrisville.
*'''Tiny Timmy Scratch-It''' (voiced by ]) – The DJ of the Rapper Rudd Rhymez and A member of his Posse.
*'''Plop-Plop''' (voiced by ]) – The Esquire of The First Ninja and the Guardian of the Sorcerer Ball.
*'''Levander Hart''' (voiced by ]) – A Norrisville student and was a member of the 30 Seconds to Math. He got stanked after hearing Randy and Howard kicking him out of the group and suddenly became a rock star by himself.
*'''The Kev''' (voiced by ]) – The Owner of Club Kev a resort in Lake LaRusso. Who appears as a Skinny Man.
*'''Charlie Cluckers''' (voiced by ]) – The founder, owner, and operator of the Food Chain Charlie Clucker's Chicken.
*'''PJ McFlubbusters Manager''' (voiced by ]) – White-haired, wheel-chaire bound and wears a blue tuxedo.
*'''Ninja of '05''' (voiced by ]) – Muscular guy and Ninja of 2005.
*'''The Creep''' (voiced by ]) – Messenger who delivers The Ninjanomicon and Ninja-Mask to whoever is chosen to be the Ninja. He can be seen in every episode.
*'''Dr. Sam''' (voiced by ]) – A Pediatrician who takes care Randy.
*'''Rorg''' (voiced by ]) – Protagonist of a TV show, Rorg: A Hero of the Past. Rorg is a parody of both ] and ].
*'''Socko''' (voiced by ]) – Rorg's sidekick.
*'''Ruth''' (voiced by ]) – Mother of Marci McFist.
*'''Brock Octane''' (voiced by ]) – Popular action star loosely based on stars like ] and ].
*'''Mrs. Dempsey''' (voiced by Grey DeLisle) – Cafeteria Lady at the school.
*'''Sundown''' (voiced by ]) – School's Janitor who has an Austrian accent like ].
*'''Superintendent''' (voiced by ]) – Leader of the School Board to Make sure the Student's Education is Right and Follows Rules.
*'''Shopkeeper''' (voiced by ]) – Gift shop clerk in Little Norrisville who has twitching left eye on his.
*'''Neil Apestrong''' '''-''' Norrisville's astronaut and the first animal to go into space. His name is based on ].
*'''Q.T. Bot / Dale''' (voiced by Rob Riggle) – A Robot from Scrap City who is embarrassed by his name.


=== Additional voices ===
* '''Jerry Driscoll''' (voiced by ]) - Mrs. Driscoll's deceased husband whose skeleton she carries around with her at all times. In "Dawn of Driscoll," Randy accidentally brought his skeleton back to life. Its revealed that he is a mad scientist and arguably the most dangerous villain in the show as he spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe. He hates Viceroy who got him imprisoned and stole the spot of Valedictorian at Mad Scientist University. The only thing he loves more than destruction is his wife.


* Andrew Caldwell
* '''Mac Antfee''' (voiced by ]) - He was the ninja of the 1980s but was "condemned for conduct unbecoming of a ninja" and stripped of the ninja suit. He first appeared in a flashback in the Nomicon in "Stank'd to the Future" which revealed that he opted to lock a stankified student named Dickie in the cafeteria freezer so he wouldn't miss a dance. Whether or not this was the act that got him stripped of his ninja mask was unknown. Since losing the suit, he opened up a ninja camp that teaches kids to win via cheating and dirty tricks. He also believes himself to be the one worthy of being the ninja and has dedicated his life to reclaiming the mask, stating that when he does, he will "kick every butt in Norrisvile."He is shown to have some fighting skills, though no where near the level of the ninja, and has trained numerous red suited students to serve as grunts, with one heavyset student also serving as his personal gong (much to the student's discomfort). After being defeated by Randy, he escaped on a speedboat with the student he uses as a gong, vowing revenge. Instead, Mac reevaluated his life and attempted to move on as a motivational life couch. But Randy's prodding reawakened his desire for the mask and made him realize Randy was the current ninja. The two had a showdown in the ninja-nomicon and Randy tricked Mac into getting his mind wiped. Without memories of the power he had as the ninja, Mac returned to being a really nice guy, to the bewilderment of his gong sidekick.
* April Stewart
** '''Man-Gong''' - Mac Antfee's right-hand man.
* Ben Schwartz

* Carlos Alazraqui
* '''Catfish Booray''' (voiced by ]) - A Cajun swamp man stereotype, Booray lives in the swamp behind the school. With knowledge of both science and sorcery upon gaining special powder from the "Spirit of the Swamp," he can control animals and turn himself into giant amalgamation of swamp animals called the Pythanthigator (a python/black panther/alligator hybrid). He views himself as the best ] of the swamp and believes anything in it is his property, including students who sneak in. Due to Randy trying to hide his identity when they first met, Booray knows him as "Ranginald Bagel." In "Bring Me the Head of Ranginald Bagel," Catfish Booray told Hannibal McFist and Willem Viceroy about the identity of the Ninja unaware that the real Ranginald Bagel exists. In the post-credits of "Randy Cunningham: 13th Century Ninja," Catfish Booray finds finds a Chaos Pearl that fell to the swamp 800 years ago. The pearl shoots green stank into Catfish's eyes and shows the Sorcerer laughing and Catfish laughs too.
* Cassie Scerbo

* Dave Wittenberg
* '''The Sorceress''' (voiced by ]) - The Sorcerer's girlfriend. She's a being of similar powers and appearance where the monsters she created from anyone she Stankifies are much different from the Sorcerer's monsters. They met eight hundred years ago while each causing chaos and misery and it was love at first fight. Together they were nearly invincible, but the original ninja managed to use their own powers to banish her to the Land of Shadows before imprisoning the Sorcerer. Knowing she might eventually return, the ninja used the Eye of Eternity as the lock for his prison, believing her inability to see true beauty would make her unable to locate it. In Randy's time, she returned but had somehow lost the bulk of her power. Nevertheless, she disguised herself as a beautiful high school student named Amanda Levey, and put a love spell on all the boys in her class. Then she had them go hunt for the most beautiful thing in the school, which led to Randy showing her the eye's location. She then attempted to free the Sorcerer but was once again defeated by having her powers used against her. She escaped and vowed she would return once she regained her full power. Her primary stank colors are pink and light blue. Although she can take a form that humans find beautiful, her stank based powers cause her to be unable to hide her awful smell. She returned by luring all the students of Norrisville High into what was supposedly a club, until she revealed her self and made everyone she lured her prisoners. Howard led the prisoners to an escape route while Randy battled the Sorceress. She planned to send him to the Land of Shadows only for Randy to push her into the portal and send her back to the Land of Shadows.
* David Koechner

* Dee Bradley Baker
==Recurring characters==
* Fred Tatasciore
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* Gary Anthony Williams
* '''Heidi Weinerman''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Howard's older sister, and the host of "Norrisville High's #1 Me-Cast: Heidi@School!" She's beautiful, popular and on the cutting edge of pretty much everything. In "30 Seconds to Math" she is shown to be a fairly talented singer. She often gets Randy's name wrong, constantly calling him every other name that rhymes with Randy (e.g. Andy, Sandy, Mandy) except Randy itself. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a blue dog-like creature.
* Grey Griffin

* ]
* '''Theresa Fowler''' (voiced by ]) - A Norrisville High student who has an interest in ]. It is indicated several times that she has a crush on Randy. When she is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a green lizard-like monster.
* Jed Elinoff

* ]
* '''Debbie Kang''' (voiced by Piper Curda) - A straight-A student who has an obsession for ]. She considers them "very cute" and can get over-excited when hearing about them. She learned how to speak fluent Spanish after listening to a ] CD. When Debbie is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a porcupine-like monster.
* Jim Rash

* John DiMaggio
* '''Bashford "Bash" Johnson''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - A school bully who is also McFist's stepson, the Norrisville High Crushin' Carp quarterback, and a Grade-A jerk who thinks that he is the king of the school. What Bash lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in fists.
* Jon Lovitz

* Kari Wahlgren
* '''Bucky Hensletter''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - A student who always get bullied by Bash and plays the triangle. He is shown to be vulnerable enough to be turned into a purple fish-like monster with long eyes by the Sorcerer constantly. He has a crush on Flute Girl and even wrote a song for her. Bucky is a sort of recurring character as he's always shown in nearly every episode. He seems to love his triangle so much that he breaks out into a one man band and does a "triangle solo".
* Keith Ferguson

* Kevin Michael Richardson
* '''] Slimovitz''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - The principal of Norrisville High School. A recurring theme that happens in episodes that he appears in is that his car is always destroyed by Randy as "The Ninja" when he fights monsters and robots at school. After school, he acts like a baby cowboy, wearing nothing but a ten gallon hat, ], and a holster. When this news was revealed by Howard on Heidi's show and the students laughed at Principal Slimovitz, he said, "After school is ME time!" He was the first adult to be stankified in the series. When stankified by the Sorcerer, he turns into a tiger-like creature.
* ]

* ]
* '''Marlene Driscoll''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Randy and Howard's 9th grade ] who's smart, but out there and is often seen talking with her husband Jerry Driscoll's skeleton with bad ventriloquism.
* Megan Mullally

* Michael Schwartz
* '''] Green''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Randy and Howard's eccentric and insane ], as well as the manager for the Norrisville Wave Slayers waterski team.
* Parvesh Cheena

* Piper Curda
* '''Mr. Bannister''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Randy and Howard's loud English teacher.
* Sam Riegel

* Sarah Hyland
* '''Miss Mary Elizabeth "Tawny" Zingwald''' (voiced by ]) - The poetry teacher at Norrisville High School with long ankle-length hair. In "Stank to the Future," she once went out with a student named Dickie (who was Stankified by the Sorcerer and left in the freezer by Mac Antfee). When Dickie is Stankified a second time, Randy had her presence Un-Stankify Dickie (which also got him caught up to his adult age) and the two of them were reunited.
* Scott Menville

* Scott Thomas
* '''S. Ward Smith''' (voiced by ]) - The blind ] teacher at Norrisville High School. He is actually the ] for the ninja, making the ninja's weapons.
* Tim Curry

* '''Sundown''' (voiced by ]) - Sundown is the janitor at Norrisville High School.

* '''Flute Girl''' (voiced by ]<ref name="randy"/><ref name="randy2"/>) - Nerdy girl who plays the flute in the schools marching band. She is shown not to share the same feelings as Bucky does for her, though she does seem to be his friend. She has been stankified into three different forms, the first one was a two-headed one=legged monster (when combined with Stevens), the second was a Tyrannosaurus-like creature, and the third was when she was turned into a purple dog-like creature by the Sorceress.

* '''Julian''' (voiced by ]) - A ] Student who is seen wearing a purple ], a purple suit and sports vampiric features such as false fangs. He speaks sometimes in Old English or in third person, even monologues of gothic rituals. He seems to admire death and torture. He often enters a scene by popping out of dark areas to spook people nearby. Howard thinks of him as a freak. Whenever he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a spider-like monster.

* '''Dave''' (voiced by ]) - An accordion player at Norrisville High School. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a thin blue monster with accordion-like arms.

* '''Juggo''' (voiced by ]) - A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a giant four-armed clown monster with long eyes and sharp teeth.

* '''Stevens''' - The trombone player in the school's marching band, he always wears sunglasses and hardly talks except when he plays the sour tone on his trombone which he has on him even when out of band uniform. In "The Tale of the Golden Doctor's Note", he always gets out of gym because he has a doctor's note. When he was Stankified by the Sorcerer, he combined with Flute Girl to form a two-headed one-legged monster.

* '''Brent''' (voiced by ]) - A student at Norrisville High School who is the protege of S. Ward Smith. When Brent believed that S. Ward Smith was going to replaced him with Howard, the Sorcerer Stankified him into a ]-like monster in samurai armor.

* '''Morgan''' (voiced by ]) - The leader of "Dancing Fish", Morgan is an upperclassman dancer with a sassy attitude and a smug voice. When her entire group (except herself) is stankified by the Sorcerer, they turn into multicolored shark-like creatures. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a green dog-like creature.

* '''Beeb''' (voiced by ]) - A student who plays the French horn in the marching band. Beeb has a fear of spiders. When he is stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a green monster.

* '''Marci McFist''' (voiced by ]) - The wife of Hannibal McFist and mother of Bashford Johnson. Though she is aware that her husband does supervillain-based activities, she is blissfully unaware that her son is the biggest bully in school even when she and Hannibal are often called in by Principal Slimovitz.

* '''Gene Levine''' - An ] that helps Viceroy dispose of a few unwanted monster blob creations.

* '''Buttermaker''' (voiced by ]) - A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team. When he is stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes an aquatic monster.

* '''Jacques''' (voiced by ]) - A foreign exchange student from France. He becomes a monkey-like monster after The Ninja humiliates him in front of the school enough for the Sorcerer to Stankify him.

* '''Mick''' - A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's friend.

* '''Dickie''' (voiced by ]) - In 1985, Dickie was Stankified by the Sorcerer after mistakingly believing that his girlfriend had stood him up. Unfortunately for him, the ninja at the time was Mac Antfee, who locked Dickie in the freezer instead of fighting and freeing him so that he wouldn't miss prom. Inadvertently released by Randy, Dickie was De-Stankified only to discover he had been frozen for over twenty five years. Believing he had lost his beloved "Tawny" forever, he became depressed and was quickly Re-Stankified by the Sorcerer. But Randy managed to reunite him with Miss Zingwald. This magically freed him from the stank and aged him to how old he should have been by that point, allowing him to live happily with his love.

*'''Ranginald Bagel''' (voiced by ])-Ranginald served as a background character for most of the show and was mentioned in "Swampy Seconds", but his character never developed until "Bring me the head of Ranginald Bagel". He considers himself to be a ], constantly telling jokes that the other characters do not laugh at. Like a real comedian, he signs off by saying "Good Night everybody!" even if it's the middle of the day. In "Swampy Seconds", Randy used Bagel's name to avoid being exposed as the Ninja but didn't know it was a real person's name.

* '''Terry McFist''' (voiced by ]) - Hannibal McFist's big brother and the true heir to McFist Industries. Because he doesn't feel like being a businessman and his father used to tell him he wasn't a businessman, Terry signed a document every year allowing Hannibal to run business on his behalf. In "Fart-topia", Randy learned of this fact and (as the Ninja) convinced Terry to take over. Unfortunately, Terry's idea of wind power was using farts. When it turned out cows couldn't produce enough wind, Terry had his robots abduct people to use theirs. After being defeated by the ninja, Terry decided to, once again, allow Hannibal to run business as his proxy.


==Episodes== ==Episodes==
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==Broadcast== ==Broadcast==
A preview of ''Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja'' aired on ] August 13, 2012. The official premiere was on September 17, 2012. ] premiered the series on September 29, 2012. The series premiered on October 4, 2012 on ]. It premiered in Australia on December 10, 2012 on ] and on April 10, 2014 on ]. A preview of ''Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja'' aired on ] August 13, 2012. The official premiere was on September 17, 2012. ] premiered the series on September 29, 2012 in Canada. The series premiered on October 4, 2012, on ] in the UK and Ireland. It premiered in Australia on December 10, 2012, on ] and on April 10, 2014, on ].


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=== Critical reception ===
Emily Ashby of ] gave the show 2 out of 5 stars; writing that "Violence isn't bloody and typically doesn't result in human injury, it won't have an upsetting effect on tweens." She also said that "There's a mild sexual tone to some of the content, including some innuendo and partial rear nudity on guys and revealing clothing on female characters." But she claims that "The series touches on relevant social issues like status and striving to fit in, so there's a fair amount of content you can talk about with your tweens afterward."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Movie & TV reviews for parents |title=Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja TV Review {{!}} Common Sense Media |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/randy-cunningham-9th-grade-ninja |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.commonsensemedia.org |language=en}}</ref>

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Animated television series For former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham, see Randall Cunningham.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Series' title card
Genre
Created by
  • Jed Elinoff
  • Scott Thomas
Voices of
Theme music composerBrad Breeck
ComposerBrad Breeck
Country of origin
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes50 (100 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jed Elinoff
  • Scott Thomas
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney XD
ReleaseAugust 13, 2012 (2012-08-13) –
July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an animated television series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for Disney XD. It was produced by Titmouse, Inc. and Boulder Media Limited for Disney's London-based content hub. Many of the character designs were supplied by Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim. The first episode premiered on Disney XD on August 13, 2012, and the final episode premiered on July 27, 2015. Voice direction for the series was done by Ginny McSwain. Shaun Cashman was the supervising director.

Plot

A town called Norrisville has been protected by a ninja for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville do not know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy Cunningham, the ninth grade teenager, is the next ninja. Now, Randy must protect Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant Willem Viceroy.

Characters

Main characters

  • Randall "Randy" Cunningham / Ninja (voiced by Ben Schwartz) – A Norrisville High freshman who was chosen to be the "Ninja", a mystic warrior who protects the school and the city from any danger that threatens the safety of people. Randy is a young student who faces monsters and freaks to keep the evil Sorcerer in his arrest.
  • Howard Weinerman (voiced by Andrew Caldwell) – Howard is Randy's best friend and the only one who knows his secret identity as the Ninja.

Villains

  • The Sorcerer (voiced by Tim Curry in season 1, Ben Cross in season 2) – An 800-year-old master of the dark arts who is determined to destroy his nemesis, the Ninja. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Sorcerer was imprisoned in a hole that is now located beneath the school. The Sorcerer's main weapon is "stank", a magical ability that one uses to temporarily turn people into monsters.
  • Hannibal McFist (voiced by John DiMaggio) – The owner and CEO of McFist Industries and one of the Ninja's enemies. McFist also has a mechanical arm with a brain that replaces his right arm. While everyone in Norrisville views him as a benevolent businessman, he has secretly made a deal to help the Sorcerer destroy the Ninja in exchange for the power of McFist's choosing. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a large blue crab-like monster with long hair and his brain becomes a sentient red claw.
  • Willem Viceroy III (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – Viceroy is a scientist that works at McFist Industries and is responsible for all robots that attack the Ninja.
    • Psycho-Bot (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – A robotic scorpion created by Viceroy programmed to copy the moves of the ninja and emotions.
    • Robo-Apes (voiced by John DiMaggio) – Robotic gorillas created by Viceroy that are often unleashed by Hannibal McFist to attack the Ninja.
    • Krackenstein (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – A frankenstein robot with 6 Arms who tries to destroy the ninja which is the first robot to be shown in the series. It would later appear in season 2.
    • Punkbots (voiced by Billy Idol in season 1 and Robin Atkin Downes in season 2) – Are 3 robots created by Viceroy to rouse the McSatchlé Store as part of there latest plan to destroy the ninja. The Punkbot Leader and other 2 would later appear in season 2 as the ruler of Scrap City.
    • Ninja-bot – A robot version of the ninja who has the same abilities as the ninja.
    • Steve Riley – A robot created by Viceroy in disguise as one of Flackville High School's chess players. He was programmed with every chess move ever played and single handedly defeated the whole Norrisville High Chess Team.
    • Franz Nukid (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) – A robot created by Viceroy to infiltrate the school to find out the Ninja's identity.
    • Slaying Mantis – A robotic mantis who is sent by Viceroy to attack the ninja while during vacation.
    • Rhinosaurus – A robotic rhino who can release gas and summons anyone's worst nightmare.
    • Robo-Elves – A robotic elf who serves as security guards in the Christmas Party of McFist.
    • Robo-Snowman – A robotic snowman who is used to destroy the ninja in the Christmas Party.
    • Robo-Frog - A robotic frog who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja in various battles.
    • Robo-Spiders - A robotic spider who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja.
    • Robo-Snakes – A robotic snake who is one the inventions to destroy the ninja.
    • Robo-Lizard - A robotic lizard who is trying find who is the ninja via sneezes and boogers.
    • Robo-Cyclops – A robot created by Viceroy to destroy the ninja.
  • Jerry Driscoll (voiced by Andy Dick) – Mrs. Driscoll's deceased mad scientist husband who spent his time building doomsday devices that could destroy the world and the universe when he was alive, and whose skeleton she now carries around with her at all times.
  • The Disciplinarian (voiced by Andy Richter) – The tour guide for Detention Island. He really hates cheating so much that he'll go out of his way to try to kill anyone who commits this action if they are on his island.
  • Mac Antfee (voiced by David Koechner) – He was the ninja of the 1980s but was "condemned for conduct unbecoming of a ninja" and stripped of the ninja suit.
    • Man-Gong – Mac Antfee's right-hand man.
  • Catfish Booray (voiced by Jim Cummings) – A psychotic Cajun swamp man who lives in the swamp behind the school.
  • The Sorceress (voiced by Jennifer Tilly) – The Sorcerer's girlfriend. Like the Sorcerer, she can use the "stank" ability as well.
  • Evil Julian (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – Evil Julian is an evil version of Julian who was created when Julian came in contact with one of the Sorcerer's Power Balls.
  • Brawn Brickwall (voiced by Matt Berry) – A famous author, hunter, and adventurer from Norrisville.
  • Todd Principal/PAL (voiced by Paul Reubens) – A program created by the Norrisville high school board to ensure the kids to behave in class.
  • Queen Gabnidine (voiced by Jon Lovitz) – The Queen of the Intraterrestrials from The Evil Mantle-Dwellers. She has the odd verbal tic of ending nearly all her sentences with a long drawn-out, "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?" She is just a made up person by Howard.
  • Whoopee 2 (voiced by Bill Hader) – An evil version of Whoopee who is built by Viceroy replacing the original.
  • NomiRandy (voiced by Ben Schwartz in a Boston Accent) – An alternate Randy created by the Nomicon to teach him a lesson about Balance.
  • Halloweenja – Is the Ninja's suit infuse with power of "The Essence of Terror", who can turn anything to horrors.

Recurring characters

  • Bucky Hensletter (voiced by Scott Menville) – A student of Norrisville High who is a member of the school's marching band, in which he plays the triangle. He always makes jokes or comebacks, followed up with a "Zing!". He is shown to be vulnerable enough to be turned into a purple fish-like monster with long eyes by the Sorcerer constantly.
  • Bashford "Bash" Johnson (voiced by Dave Wittenberg) – A school bully who is also McFist's stepson, and the Norrisville High Crushin' Carp quarterback. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a yellow monster with large arms.
  • Heidi Weinerman (voiced by Cassie Scerbo) – Howard's older sister and the host of "Heidi@School!", an online gossip report that focuses on current events in the school and in the city. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a blue dog-like creature.
  • Theresa Fowler (voiced by Sarah Hyland) – A Norrisville High student who is a member of the school's baton twirling team and also has a crush on Randy. When she is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a green plant-like monster.
  • Debbie Kang (voiced by Piper Curda) – A straight-A student who has an obsession for Mexican death bears. When Debbie is Stankified by the Sorcerer, she is transformed into a porcupine-like monster.
  • Irving Slimovitz (voiced by Jim Rash) – The principal of Norrisville High School. When he was stankified by the Sorcerer, Irving turns into a tiger-like creature.
  • Marci McFist (voiced by April Stewart) – The wife of Hannibal McFist, sister-in-law of Terry McFist, and mother of Bashford Johnson.
  • Doug (voiced by Scott Thomas) – A Norrisville High student. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a carp-like monster.
  • Flute Girl (voiced by Grey DeLisle) – Nerdy girl who plays the flute in the Norrisville High Marching Band. She has been stankified into three different forms: the first one was a two-headed one-legged monster (when combined with Stevens), the second was a Tyrannosaurus-like creature, and the third was when she was turned into a purple dog-like creature by the Sorceress.
  • Rachel (voiced by Laura Marano) – The clarinet player in the Norrisville High Marching Band. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Rachel is transformed into an enormous cat monster.
  • Stevens – The trombone player in the school's marching band, he always wears sunglasses and hardly talks. When he was Stankified by the Sorcerer, he combined with Flute Girl to form a two-headed one-legged monster.
  • Julian (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – A Gothic Student who is seen wearing a purple top hat, a purple suit, and sports vampiric features such as false fangs. Whenever he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a spider-like monster.
  • Coach Green (voiced by John Oliver) – Randy and Howard's eccentric and insane gym teacher as well as the manager for the Norrisville Wave Slayers water-ski team.
  • Morgan (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – The leader of "Dancing Fish", Morgan is an upperclassman dancer with a sassy attitude and a smug voice. When her entire group (except herself) is stankified by the Sorcerer, they turn into multicolored shark-like creatures. When Stankified by the Sorceress, she is transformed into a green dog-like creature.
  • S. Ward Smith (voiced by John Witherspoon in season 1 and Gary Anthony Williams in season 2) – The blind metal shop teacher at Norrisville High School and swordsmith.
  • Marlene Driscoll (voiced by Megan Mullally) – Mrs. Driscoll is Randy and Howard's science teacher. She keeps the bones of her dead husband and likes to talk through him like a ventriloquist dummy.
  • Pradeep (voiced by Parvesh Cheena) – A student who plays the French horn in the Norrisville High Marching Band. Beeb has a fear of spiders. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a green monster.

Other characters

  • Mr. Bannister (voiced by Neil Flynn) – An English teacher at Norrisville High.
  • Ms. Wickwhacker (voiced by Grey DeLisle) – The strict and militant band instructor of the Norrisville High Marching Band at Norrisville High.
  • Mick (voiced by John DiMaggio) – A football player on Norrisville High School's football team who is Bash Johnson's best friend.
  • Juggo (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – A student at Norrisville High School who dresses like a clown every day. His known talent is juggling while on a unicycle. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a giant four-armed clown monster with long eyes and sharp teeth.
  • Dave (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) – An accordion player at Norrisville High School. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he is transformed into a thin blue humanoid monster with accordion-like arms.
  • Mort Weinerman (voiced by Richard Kind) – The father of Howard Weinerman and Heidi Weinerman.
  • Gene Levine (voiced by John DiMaggio) – An exterminator who helps Viceroy dispose of a few unwanted monster blob creations. He also worked as a Shopkeeper, Builder, and a Home Mover
  • Greg – (voiced by Keith Ferguson) – Greg is a worker at the video arcade called "Greg's Game Hole." When Stankified by the Sorcerer, Greg becomes an arcade machine monster. His character is based of Matthew McConaughey in the movie Dazed and Confused.
  • Señora Jorge (voiced by Judy Reyes) – Randy's and Howard's Spanish teacher.
  • Dickie (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) – In 1985, Dickie was Stankified by the Sorcerer after mistakenly believing that his girlfriend had stood him up.
  • Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Tawny" Zingwald (voiced by Annie Potts) – The poetry teacher at Norrisville High School with ankle-length hair.
  • Jacques (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – A foreign exchange student from France. He becomes a monkey-like monster after The Ninja humiliates him in front of the school enough for the Sorcerer to Stankify him.
  • Buttermaker (voiced by Sterling Knight) – A jock at Norrisville High School who is the captain of the "Wave Slayers" water ski team. When he is Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes an olive green aquatic monster with four arms and four legs.
  • Brent (voiced by Jason Earles) – A student at Norrisville High School who is the protege of S. Ward Smith. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a goblin-like monster in samurai armor.
  • Pitch Kickham (voiced by Simon Pegg) – Pitch Kickham is a superstar soccer player who appeared in "The McHugger Games" and "The Three Mascoteers."
  • Terry McFist (voiced by Steve Zahn) – Hannibal McFist's hippie big brother and the true heir to McFist Industries.
  • Ranginald Bagel (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) – Ranginald is a student who served as a background character for most of the show.
  • First Ninja (voiced by Joel McHale) – The first ninja was the last ninja from the Norisu Nine who became the first Norrisville Ninja and trapped the Sorcerer underground.
  • Sinjin Knightfire (voiced by Nat Faxon) – Sinjin Knightfire is a magician and the owner of the Magic Funporium. When Stankified by the Sorcerer, he becomes a magician-themed monster.
  • Jason Myers (voiced by Robert Englund) – Also known as Mudfart, Jason Myers was a student at Norrisville High in 1993.
  • Rudd Rhymez (voiced by David Alan Grier) – A Rapper and Leader of his Posse at Norrisville.
  • Tiny Timmy Scratch-It (voiced by Biz Markie) – The DJ of the Rapper Rudd Rhymez and A member of his Posse.
  • Plop-Plop (voiced by Adam Pally) – The Esquire of The First Ninja and the Guardian of the Sorcerer Ball.
  • Levander Hart (voiced by Danny Pudi) – A Norrisville student and was a member of the 30 Seconds to Math. He got stanked after hearing Randy and Howard kicking him out of the group and suddenly became a rock star by himself.
  • The Kev (voiced by Pauly Shore) – The Owner of Club Kev a resort in Lake LaRusso. Who appears as a Skinny Man.
  • Charlie Cluckers (voiced by Chris Parnell) – The founder, owner, and operator of the Food Chain Charlie Clucker's Chicken.
  • PJ McFlubbusters Manager (voiced by John O'Hurley) – White-haired, wheel-chaire bound and wears a blue tuxedo.
  • Ninja of '05 (voiced by Patrick Warburton) – Muscular guy and Ninja of 2005.
  • The Creep (voiced by Bruce Campbell) – Messenger who delivers The Ninjanomicon and Ninja-Mask to whoever is chosen to be the Ninja. He can be seen in every episode.
  • Dr. Sam (voiced by Bill Hader) – A Pediatrician who takes care Randy.
  • Rorg (voiced by Rob Riggle) – Protagonist of a TV show, Rorg: A Hero of the Past. Rorg is a parody of both He-Man and Lion-O.
  • Socko (voiced by Kenan Thompson) – Rorg's sidekick.
  • Ruth (voiced by Elaine Stritch) – Mother of Marci McFist.
  • Brock Octane (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – Popular action star loosely based on stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.
  • Mrs. Dempsey (voiced by Grey DeLisle) – Cafeteria Lady at the school.
  • Sundown (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – School's Janitor who has an Austrian accent like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  • Superintendent (voiced by Ice-T) – Leader of the School Board to Make sure the Student's Education is Right and Follows Rules.
  • Shopkeeper (voiced by James Hong) – Gift shop clerk in Little Norrisville who has twitching left eye on his.
  • Neil Apestrong - Norrisville's astronaut and the first animal to go into space. His name is based on Neil Armstrong.
  • Q.T. Bot / Dale (voiced by Rob Riggle) – A Robot from Scrap City who is embarrassed by his name.

Additional voices

  • Andrew Caldwell
  • April Stewart
  • Ben Schwartz
  • Carlos Alazraqui
  • Cassie Scerbo
  • Dave Wittenberg
  • David Koechner
  • Dee Bradley Baker
  • Fred Tatasciore
  • Gary Anthony Williams
  • Grey Griffin
  • JB Blanc
  • Jed Elinoff
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Jim Rash
  • John DiMaggio
  • Jon Lovitz
  • Kari Wahlgren
  • Keith Ferguson
  • Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Kim Mai Guest
  • Mark Slaughter
  • Megan Mullally
  • Michael Schwartz
  • Parvesh Cheena
  • Piper Curda
  • Sam Riegel
  • Sarah Hyland
  • Scott Menville
  • Scott Thomas
  • Tim Curry

Episodes

Main article: List of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja episodes
SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
15226August 13, 2012 (2012-08-13)February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08)
24824July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19)July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)

Broadcast

A preview of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja aired on Disney XD August 13, 2012. The official premiere was on September 17, 2012. Disney XD premiered the series on September 29, 2012 in Canada. The series premiered on October 4, 2012, on Disney XD in the UK and Ireland. It premiered in Australia on December 10, 2012, on Disney Channel and on April 10, 2014, on Disney XD.

Reception

Critical reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars; writing that "Violence isn't bloody and typically doesn't result in human injury, it won't have an upsetting effect on tweens." She also said that "There's a mild sexual tone to some of the content, including some innuendo and partial rear nudity on guys and revealing clothing on female characters." But she claims that "The series touches on relevant social issues like status and striving to fit in, so there's a fair amount of content you can talk about with your tweens afterward."

References

  1. ^ Hulett, Steve (2 March 2016). "Animation Production Amongst Us... Again". TAG: The Animation Guild Blog. Blogger. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at DisneyXDMedianet.com Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "David Levine, Randy Cunningham series both receive Disney promotions". Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. "Jhonen Vasquez, cartoonist". Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  5. ^ Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at Cartoon Brew
  6. Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja at TVGuide.com
  7. Movie & TV reviews for parents. "Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja TV Review | Common Sense Media". www.commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

External links

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