Craig of the Creek
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Craig of the Creek |
| Original title | Craig of the Creek |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2018 |
| Production company |
Cartoon Network Studios |
| length | 11+ minutes |
| Episodes | 46 in 1 season |
| genre | Comedy |
| idea | Matt Burnett, Ben Levin |
| music | Jeff Rosenstock |
| First broadcast | March 30, 2018 on Cartoon Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 15, 2018 on Cartoon Network |
Craig of the Creek is an American animated series that has been produced by Cartoon Network Studios since 2018 .
Production and publication
Matt Burnett and Ben Levin, former Steven Universe screenwriters , began producing the series in 2017. Directed by Stu Livingston and the music composed by Jeff Rosenstock . Martin Ansolabehere was the artistic director.
The pilot ran on December 1, 2017. The official premiere of the series took place on March 30, 2018 on Cartoon Network . On August 15, 2018, the Cartoon Network's Twitter account announced that the series would have a second season, which will air for the first time in 2019.
In Germany, the series has been shown by Cartoon Network since October 15, 2018. On May 3, 2018, the series made its debut in Canada. The series was launched in Australia on August 3, 2018. The series premiered in the UK on October 1, 2018.
action
In the fictional town of Herkleston near Baltimore ( Maryland ), nine-year-old Craig Williams and his best friends Kelsey Pokoly (8) and John Paul "JP" (11) experience daily adventures in their favorite place, the river. This is the predominant location for the episodes. The stories mainly focus on the experiences and experiences of the children with partial inclusion of the family environment.
characters
main characters
- Craig Williams - The 9-year-old boy enjoys taking on the position of leader and helper. As a trademark he carries a self-made stick and a bag with him. He is gifted at mathematics and as a cartographer extends the map of the river.
- Kelsey Bern - The red-haired, 8-year-old girl is one of Craig's friends. She always wears a purple cloak and has a pet parakeet (which she calls a hawk) called Mortimer , which usually sits on her head. She typically wears a homemade PVC pipe sword. She is adventurous, loves books, and has a tendency to be overly dramatic. She lives with her single, widowed father. In Doorway to Helen , it is revealed that Kelsey is Jewish.
- John Paul "JP" Mercer - Craig's friend JP is a tall, 13-year-old boy with a Southern accent. He wears an oversized red hockey jersey. He's not very smart, but he is imaginative and friendly on all sides. He has a tendency to get very dirty and injure himself. The abbreviation JP also stands for John Paul, as revealed in Fangen . In The Underpass , it becomes clear that Craig, Kelsey and JP met in an earlier adventure.
Minor characters
The most important minor characters are:
- Bernard Williams ~ Craig's smart, somewhat snobbish older brother looks down on Craig and his brook adventures. He's obsessed with getting good grades and going to Ivy League college . Despite his hardworking nature, Bernard also shows a funny side. He plays Duel of the Beasts and wants to teach it to his friends. He has a girlfriend named Alexis.
- Jessica Williams - Craig's younger sister who typically likes to keep things under control by describing her actions out loud. She is very smart for her age and is already showing an interest in the stock market.
- Duane Williams - Craig's understanding father works as a personal trainer . He sometimes plays retro video games with Craig and loves bad jokes.
- Nicole Williams - Craig's loving mother is a counseling teacher. She takes great care of her children and is always supportive of Craig.
Speaker and dubbing
The series was dubbed at SDI Media Germany based on dialogue books by Luisa Buresch, directed by Ina Kampf and Christian Zeiger .
main characters
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Williams | Philip Solomon | Philip Sweet |
| Kelsey Bern | Georgie Kidder (episodes 1-3)
Noël Wells (from episode 4) |
Mia Diekow |
| JP Mercer | H. Michael Croner | Max fields |
Minor characters
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Williams | Phil LaMarr | Amadeus Strobl |
| Jessica Williams | Dharma Brown (pilot)
Lucia Cunningham (TV series) |
|
| Duane Williams | Terry Crews | Thomas Schmuckert |
| Nicole Williams | Kimberly Hebert Gregory | |
| Mackenzie | Lauren Lapkus | Peggy Pollow |
| Big Red | Dana Davis | |
| Carter Brown | Zeno Robinson | Kaze Uzumaki |
| Toman | Kaeden Hall | |
| Eliza | Josefin Hagen | |
| Jerry | Nico Wiek | |
| Wren | Ashleigh Crystal Hairston | Cornelia Waibel |
| Shawn | Michael Croner | Michael Ernst |
Episodes
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The poison ivy grove | Itch to Explore | March 30, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | Madeline Queripel |
| Craig and friends traverse a poison ivy forest to explore an unrecorded part of the map. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | To catch | You're it | March 30, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | Matt Burnett and Ben Levin |
| Kelsey is isolated in the river after being touched in spot play. Craig and JP look for a solution to help Kelsey be a normal girl in the river again. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | With Jessica in the forest | Jessica Goes to the Creek | March 31, 2018 | Oct 16, 2018 | Tiffany Ford and Michelle Xin |
| Jessica and Craig forget their keys and can't get inside, so Craig has to take his little sister Jessica to the river. | ||||||
| 4th | 4th | The last book | The Final Book | March 31, 2018 | 17th Oct 2018 | Carmen Liang and Charmaine Verhagen |
| Craig and JP help Kelsey find the latest installment of their favorite book series. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | Collected treasures | Too many treasures | March 31, 2018 | Oct 18, 2018 | Katie Aldworth and Jason Dwyer |
| The pulley to get into his friends' underground trunk breaks, so the trio goes to the nearby junkyard to look for spares. | ||||||
| 6th | 6th | Freedom for the animals | Wildernessa | Apr 2, 2018 | 19th Oct 2018 | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Kelsey meets a little girl by the river who inspires her to take care of animals and nature. | ||||||
| 7th | 7th | The Sunday suit | Sunday clothes | Apr 6, 2018 | 23 Oct 2018 | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| JP got all of his clothes dirty and is forced to wear his elegant Sunday suit. However, this means that JP has to be very careful not to stain the suit. | ||||||
| 8th | 8th | Caught at home | Escape from Family Dinner | 9 Apr 2018 | Oct. 22, 2018 | Tiffany Ford and Michael Yates |
| Craig tries to escape from a family dinner to take part in a water balloon fight on the river. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | The monster in the garden | Monster in the Garden | Apr 13, 2018 | Oct 25, 2018 | Lamar Abrams and Jeff Liu |
| Craig helps his grandfather protect his garden from a so-called "monster" that eats his vegetables at night. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | The curse | The Curse | April 16, 2018 | Oct. 24, 2018 | Charmaine Verhagen and Amber Cragg |
| Craig, Kelsey and JP believe they have been cursed by "witches" in the river, but they are just youthful goths . | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | The canine oracle | Dog Decider | April 20, 2018 | Oct. 26, 2018 | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Craig has a hard time making up his mind until he comes across kids who, in a cult, let a dog named Fred make all his decisions. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | Duel of the beasts | Bring out your beast | 23 Apr 2018 | Oct 29, 2018 | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| Craig steals Bernard's old card game "Duel of the Beasts" to take part in a tournament on the river. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | Lost in the sewer | Lost in the Sewers | Apr. 27, 2018 | Oct. 30, 2018 | Jon Feria and Mark Galez |
| Craig helps a girl who lives in the sewer system draw a map. | ||||||
| 14th | 14th | Craig in the cardboard city | The future is cardboard | April 30, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig discovers a boy who is making cardboard sculptures and exploring his cardboard mansion. | ||||||
| 15th | 15th | The swarm of cicadas | The Brood | May 7, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 | Kris Mukai and Charmaine Verhagen |
| Craig, Kelsey and JP lock themselves in their underground trunk to protect themselves from the cicadas invasion. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | The underpass | Under the overpass | July 9, 2018 | Nov 7, 2018 | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig, Kelsey and JP go with Kit, the girl in the merchant tree, in search of honeysuckle on the other side of the river. | ||||||
| 17th | 17th | The tea drinkers | The Invitation | July 9, 2018 | Nov 2, 2018 | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Craig and friends are invited to a tea party with other kids from the river. However, there may be a trap. | ||||||
| 18th | 18th | Craig's song | Vulture's Nest | July 9, 2018 | Nov 8, 2018 | Tiffany Ford and Jason Dwyer |
| Craig and friends help teenagers with a concert on the river. | ||||||
| 19th | 19th | A worthy opponent for Kelsey | Kelsey Quest | July 9, 2018 | Nov 5, 2018 | Katie Aldworth and Niki Yang |
| Kelsey must prepare for a battle with a river boy who stole Mark's sword. | ||||||
| 20th | 20th | JP becomes a horse | JPony | July 9, 2018 | Nov 6, 2018 | Angel Lorenzana and Charmaine Verhagen |
| JP joins the group of horse girls after a girl who was in love with JP accidentally invited him. | ||||||
| 21st | 21st | - | Ace of Squares | 27 Aug 2018 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig tries to beat the best player in a ball game because the river kids are fed up with their absurd rules. | ||||||
| 22nd | 22nd | - | Doorway to Helen | 28 Aug 2018 | - | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Craig tries to meet a girl who supposedly lives in another dimension. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | - | The Last Kid in the Creek | 29 Aug 2018 | - | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| Oddly enough, there are no more children in the river, except for Craig ... | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | - | The Climb | 30 Aug 2018 | - | Katie Aldworth and Malcolm Pryor |
| When Craig tries to film the entire river from above, the balloon basket with his cell phone gets stuck in the tallest tree. | ||||||
| 25th | 25th | - | Big Pinchy | 31 Aug 2018 | - | Charmaine Verhagen and Niki Yang |
| JP and friends go in search of a giant crab that JP claims to have seen. | ||||||
| 26th | 26th | - | The Kid from 3030 | Oct. 1, 2018 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig, Kelsey, and JP find a future child and try to help them return to their time. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | - | Power punchers | Oct 2, 2018 | - | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| Craig has to train very hard to beat his father in a video game fight. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | - | Creek Cart Racers | Oct 3, 2018 | - | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Several river children go on an excursion. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | - | Secret Book Club | 4th Oct 2018 | - | Katie Aldworth and Aleth Romanillos |
| Kelsey and her library friend Stacks start a secret book club to introduce Craig and JP to reading. | ||||||
| 30th | 30th | - | Jextra Perrestrial | Nov 5, 2018 | - | Charmaine Verhagen and Niki Yang |
| After an accident and without pain, JP believes he is from another planet. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | - | The Takeout Mission | Nov 6, 2018 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| On a rainy night, delivery from a Thai restaurant is not possible and Kelsey, Craig and JP have to go to the restaurant to get the food. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | - | Dinner at the Creek | Nov 7, 2018 | - | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Craig learns that his parents won't be there at night and that Bernard will be making dinner with his girlfriend. To avoid this, Craig suggests dining by the river. | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | - | Jessica's Trail | Nov 8, 2018 | - | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| While her mother cuts her hair, Jessica gets lost in an unknown part of the river and Craig has to save her. | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | - | Bug City | Jan. 28, 2019 | - | Katie Aldworth and Drew Green |
| Craig and his friends discover lots of bugs and decide to give them a home. | ||||||
| 35 | 35 | - | Deep Creek Salvage | 4th Feb 2019 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| The trio said they found a gold bar. | ||||||
| 36 | 36 | - | The shortcut | Feb 11, 2019 | - | Charmaine Verhagen and Niki Yang |
| In a heatwave, the ice cream stick in the commercial tree melts and Craig and Kit have to get new ice cream, leaving Kelsey and JP in charge of the commercial tree. | ||||||
| 37 | 37 | - | Dibs Court | Feb. 18, 2019 | - | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| Craig, Kelsey and JP have to take care of a child who is taking up the underground trunk. | ||||||
| 38 | 38 | - | The Great Fossil Rush | Feb 25, 2019 | - | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| JP finds a fossil in the river and Jason digs too much to find more, but that's ultimately a problem. | ||||||
| 39 | 39 | - | The Mystery of the Timekeeper | 4th March 2019 | - | Jason Dwyer and Tiffany Ford |
| The girl who warns all children to go home disappears. | ||||||
| 40 | 40 | - | Alone Quest | March 11, 2019 | - | Katie Aldworth and Drew Green |
| Craig and JP have an emergency to find a bathroom nearby, but they encounter all sorts of obstacles on the way to get there. | ||||||
| 41 | 41 | - | Memories of Bobby | 18th March 2019 | - | Charmaine Verhagen and Niki Yang |
| Bobby leaves the river and Craig, Kelsey and JP regret not spending more time with him. | ||||||
| 42 | 42 | - | Jacob of the Creek | 18th March 2019 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig accidentally gets a terrible haircut but everyone in the river starts treating him better and Craig transforms. | ||||||
| 43 | 43 | - | Return of the Honeysuckle Rangers | March 25, 2019 | - | Deena Beck and Angel Lorenzana |
| Children on the other side of the river come back to Craig and his friends on the other side to solve past problems. | ||||||
| 44 | 44 | - | Kelsey the Elder | April 1, 2019 | - | Katie Aldworth and Ashley Tahilan |
| Things take an unexpected turn when Kelsey joins the "Elders of the River" and Barry befriends Craig and JP. | ||||||
| 45 | 45 | - | Sour Candy Trials | April 1, 2019 | - | Dashawn Mahone and Najja Porter |
| Craig decides to take on a challenge and try to break the record. | ||||||
| 46 | 46 | - | Fort Williams | May 11, 2019 | - | - |
| When Craig can't go to the river, he and his mother decide to build the largest deck castle in the world. | ||||||
Web links
- Craig of the Creek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Craig of the Creek on Cartoon Network
- Craig of the Creek at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Head to the Creek for Endless Adventure with "Craig of the Creek" Beginning Monday, Feb. 19 on Cartoon Network . In: TheFutonCritic . February 15, 2018 ( thefutoncritic.com [accessed February 15, 2018]).
- ^ Dino-Ray Ramos: Cartoon Network Renews 'Craig Of The Creek' For Second Season . In: Twitter . August 15, 2018 (English, deadline.com [accessed November 16, 2018]).
- ↑ Craig of the Creek . In: TV series . October 15, 2018 ( fernsehserien.de [accessed April 28, 2019]).
- ↑ Craig Of The Creek Premieres On Teletoon Canada On Thursday 3rd May . In: RegularCapital . April 17, 2018 ( regularcapital.com [accessed April 26, 2019]).
- ↑ Cartoon Network Australia And Boomerang Australia August 2018 Highlights . In: RegularCapital . June 5, 2018 ( regularcapital.com [accessed April 26, 2019]).
- ↑ Cartoon Network UK October 2018 Highlights . In: RegularCapital . September 7, 2018 ( regularcapital.com [accessed April 26, 2019]).
- ↑ Craig of the Creek in the German dubbing index