HobbyKids Adventures is an American children's animated sitcom created by Butch Hartman and produced by PocketWatch, Inc. and Billionfold, Inc. for the YouTube channel HobbyFamilyTV. The series follows the adventures of HobbyPig, HobbyFrog and HobbyBear as they try to make the world a better place with their inventions while evading their archenemies, the SlobbyKids.
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| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| Directed by | Butch Hartman |
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| Theme music composer | Butch Hartman |
| Composer | Guy Moon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Taylor Bradbury |
| Running time | 5-6 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | June 22, 2019 – March 14, 2020 |
The series was released on YouTube on June 22, 2019.[1] It also released on the Nick Jr. Channel app on July 26, 2019. The second season was released on September 21, 2019.[2]
Premise
editBased on the real-life YouTube family from HobbyFamilyTV, HobbyKids Adventures follows the adventures of HobbyPig, HobbyFrog, and HobbyBear as they use inventions to improve the world, only to get into mischief along the way.
Characters
edit- HobbyPig (voiced by Johnny Rose) - The oldest of the siblings. He is a beige pig who is the leader who jumps quickly into any new situation.
- HobbyFrog (voiced by Griffin Burns) - The middle child. Full of curiosity and bold ideas, he is a green frog who is the inventor who uses his skills to aid the HobbyKids in their adventures.
- HobbyBear (voiced by Cristina Milizia) - The youngest of the family. He is a blue bear cub who is known for his cuteness and often gets into mischief but loves having fun with his brothers.
- HobbyMom (voiced by Cristina Milizia) - A white rabbit and the HobbyKids' mother. She is a supportive parent who loves to have fun.
- HobbyDad (voiced by Johnny Rose) - A yellow Labrador retriever and the HobbyKids' father. Like HobbyMom, he enjoys fun adventures and always supports his family.
- SlobbyRat (voiced by Johnny Rose) - A rat who is the de facto leader of the SlobbyKids and often comes up with plans to defeat their archenemies, the HobbyKids.
- SlobbySkunk (voiced by Johnny Rose) - A striped skunk who is a member of the SlobbyKids.
- SlobbySnake (voiced by Butch Hartman (episode 2) and Griffin Burns (episodes 4-27) - A Chinese Pit Viper.
- HobbyButterfly (voiced by JillianTubeHD) - A butterfly who asks the HobbyKids if they have a sharpener for her pencil.
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 12 | June 22, 2019 | September 7, 2019 | |
| 2 | 15 | September 21, 2019 | March 14, 2020 | |
Season 1 (2019)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Breaking Bedtime" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Nick Kalmar | June 22, 2019 | |
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HobbyMom and HobbyDad arrive home, and the HobbyKids build inventions in their attempt to avoid bedtime. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Drawing Board" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Amanda Lucas & Stephen Picher | June 29, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids invent a crayon that brings drawings to life, but things go awry when their archenemies, the SlobbyKids, plot to steal it. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Title Wave" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Nick Kalmar | July 6, 2019 | |
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In search of the perfect viral video title, the HobbyKids must go to Megabyte Beach. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Waste of Space" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan | Amanda Lucas & Stephen Picher | July 13, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids travel to outer space to stop the SlobbyKids' latest evil plan. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Dump Dummies" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Nick Kalmar | July 20, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids must rescue the SlobbyKids from the dump. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Hooray for Hobbywood" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Amanda Lucas & Stephen Picher | July 27, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids direct a movie starring their biggest fan, and hire the SlobbyKids as stunt doubles. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Maybe Baby Bear" | Butch Hartman | Rose Frankel | Nick Kalmar | August 3, 2019 | |
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HobbyBear tries to prove to his brothers that he is not a baby, but his own adventure in the Giant Egg brings prehistoric peril. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Big Bird Battle" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan | Nick Kalmar | August 10, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids must save their Giant Egg from an enormous bird. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Broken Record" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan & Butch Hartman | Amanda Lucas & Stephen Picher | August 17, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids attempt to break a world record, but the SlobbyKids' interference threatens to ruin their plans. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Hobby, I Shrunk the Kids" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Amanda Lucas, Stephen Picher, & Christian Andrick | August 24, 2019 | |
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After the HobbyKids' latest invention shrinks HobbyBear to be an inch tall, he must figure out how to get his brothers' attention and return to his normal size. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Showtime: Bro Time" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Nick Kalmar | August 31, 2019 | |
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After an employee for Cinemoose Theaters denies them access into a PG-13 rated movie, the HobbyKids disguise themselves as an adult to get in, but the plan backfires a bit on them, in that they get in, but are mistaken for the theater manager. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Flavor Fixer" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan | Thomas Thomas III | September 7, 2019 | |
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In an effort to make their mother's casserole taste great, the HobbyKids invent a device to fool their tastebuds, but they accidentally remove their ability to taste anything. | |||||||
Season 2 (2019–20)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
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| 13 | 1 | "The Great Hobby Pie Launch" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Thomas Thomas III | September 21, 2019 | |
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To win a pie-launching contest and the latest game system, the HobbyKids must team up with the SlobbyKids. | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | "Runny Bunny" | Butch Hartman | Allen Rhodes | Thomas Thomas III | September 28, 2019 | |
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HobbyFrog invents a magic wand, but it doesn't quite work as planned. | |||||||
| 15 | 3 | "Shop 'Til You Drop!" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Marcus Velazquez | October 5, 2019 | |
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Lost at Massive Mart, the HobbyKids must find a way to return to HobbyMom. | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Goop in the Wild" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan | Thomas Thomas III | October 12, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids use up the last of their slime and must figure out how to create more before their robot self-destructs. | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Bigfoot's Believers" | Butch Hartman | Allen Rhodes | Thomas Thomas III | October 26, 2019 | |
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To make a video showing how easily people are led to believe in Bigfoot, the HobbyKids use HobbyFrog's latest invention to turn HobbyPig into Bigfoot. | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | "When Hobby Gives You Lemons" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Stephen Picher | November 2, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids set up their own "Hobby-Ade" stand, but when the SlobbyKids sell a stolen test batch, the whole town glows in the dark. | |||||||
| 19 | 7 | "The Portal Popper" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Marcus Velazquez | November 9, 2019 | |
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HobbyFrog invents a device that creates portals into other dimensions, but trouble arises when HobbyPig falls into one of them. | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | "RoboBaby" | Butch Hartman | David Goodliffe | Tom Bolls | November 16, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids build their own robot baby. | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Who Framed Detective Unisquirm?" | Butch Hartman | Jace Diehl | Tyler Letson | December 7, 2019 | |
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After Detective Unisquirm is framed and one of HobbyFrog's inventions zaps HobbyBear into the TV show, HobbyBear must help locate the real criminal. | |||||||
| 22 | 10 | "Camp Hobby" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Tom Bolls | December 28, 2019 | |
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The HobbyKids have a backyard campout, but their night quickly goes from spooky to Slobby. | |||||||
| 23 | 11 | "Burger Bandits" | Butch Hartman | Rose Frankel | Thomas Thomas III | January 4, 2020 | |
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The HobbyKids invent a device that turns anything into burgers. Note: This episode is an unbranded version of the August 2019 Carl's Jr. tie-in episode of the same name with the restaurant's name changed to Cosmo Burger. | |||||||
| 24 | 12 | "Grav-i-Dad" | Butch Hartman | David Goodliffe | Tyler Letson | February 22, 2020 | |
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The HobbyKids attempt to use their new anti-gravity invention to help HobbyDad relax, but will HobbyHuge have to rescue everyone? | |||||||
| 25 | 13 | "Brain Freeze" | Butch Hartman | Emilia Brennan | Tom Bolls | February 29, 2020 | |
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When HobbyBear gives himself a brain freeze, HobbyFrog and HobbyPig must venture inside his brain to find his warmest memory. | |||||||
| 26 | 14 | "Fast and Froggy" | Butch Hartman | Allen Rhodes | Tyler Letson | March 7, 2020 | |
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To save their town's skate park and "Old Glory" tree, the HobbyKids must beat the SlobbyKids in a car race to win $1000. Guest star: Shiloh Mitchell as Smokey | |||||||
| 27 | 15 | "Into the Locker-Verse" | Butch Hartman | Holly Payne | Charles Moss | March 14, 2020 | |
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On their first day back at school, the HobbyKids get transported to an alternate dimension and meet their alternate selves. Guest star: JillianTubeHD as HobbyButterfly | |||||||
Broadcast
editAfter first premiering on the HobbyFamilyTV YouTube channel on June 22, 2019, the series has since streamed on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Channel apps and has also aired on PocketWatch's 24/7 live-linear channel on Roku Kids & Family as well as on the Hobby Kids live-linear channel on Pluto TV.[3]
Reception
editThe first episode of HobbyKids Adventures amassed over 1 million views on YouTube within 5 days of its release and was well received by audiences.[4] To date, the series has received over 30 million total views on YouTube.[5]
Merchandise
editHobbyKids Adventures merchandise are sold exclusively by Walmart.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Inside Pocket.watch's new YouTube slate". Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ HobbyKids Adventures Cartoon Ending? Top 10 Season 1 Moments Compilation + Special Announcement!, September 15, 2019, archived from the original on December 2, 2020, retrieved September 15, 2019
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 16, 2019). "Pocket.watch Expands Kids' Content Slate, Streaming Footprint". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ HobbyKidsTV (June 22, 2019), New Cartoon - HobbyKids Adventures Episode 1 | Hobby Kids Try to Skip Bedtime, archived from the original on June 28, 2019, retrieved June 27, 2019
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 16, 2019). "Pocket.watch Expands Kids' Content Slate, Streaming Footprint". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "pocket.watch Launches New Franchise Based on HobbyKidsTV • The Toy Book". The Toy Book. May 21, 2019. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
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