Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | |
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Also known as | Billy Dilley |
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Created by | Aaron Springer |
Voices of |
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Theme music composer | Jeremy Fisher |
Opening theme | "Billy Dilley" (performed by Jeremy Fisher) |
Ending theme | "Catch Me If You Can" (performed by Jeremy Fisher) |
Composer | David Ricard |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (25 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Aaron Springer |
Animator | Rough Draft Korea |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Disney Television Animation |
Original release | |
Network | Disney XD |
Release | June 3 – June 15, 2017 |
Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer. [1] The series lasted for one season and aired on Disney XD from June 3 to June 15, 2017.
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.
The series consists of 13 half-hour episodes, [2] with most of them containing 2 11-minute segments with the final episode being a full-length episode.
No. | Title | Timing directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1a | "Lab Friends... Forever?" | George S. Chialtas | Merriwether Williams, Sam Cherington, Zeus Cervas, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Clay Morrow | Zeus Cervas, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Clay Morrow | June 3, 2017 | BD101 | 0.19 |
When Billy Dilley's science fair project the Cheeserator gets struck by lightning and goes haywire, Billy, his lab partners Zeke and Marsha, and his pet rat Anaximander, find themselves stuck in a strange underground land called Subterranea-Tania. | |||||||
1b | "Surviving Billy" | Helen Roh | Merriwether Williams, Sam Cherington, Charlotte Jackson, Aaron Springer and Clay Morrow | Charlotte Jackson, Ryan Jouas, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow and Chuck Klein | June 3, 2017 | BD102 | 0.19 |
On their second day in Subterranea-Tania, Billy, Zeke, and Marsha find their way back to the Cheeserator after getting kidnapped by a vicious Pterosaur. After getting back to the Cheeserator, the trio builds a house made out of extra parts for safety. | |||||||
2a | "Hey Judy" | Helen Roh | Zeus Cervas, Sam Cherington, Damon Jones, Kenny Pittenger, Clay Morrow, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Zeus Cervas and Kenny Pittenger | June 7, 2017 | BD103 | 0.10 [3] |
A cute female swamp creature called Judy falls head over heels with Billy, who is too busy dealing with a crush of his own, a common earthworm who he names "Lisa". | |||||||
2b | "Count Wretcher" | George S. Chialtas | Merriwether Williams, Damon Jones, Andy Gonsalves, Kenny Pittenger, Chong Suk Lee, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | Andy Gonsalves, Kenny Pittenger, Chong Suk Lee, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 6, 2017 | BD104 | N/A |
Billy strikes up a friendship with the sludge-obsessed Count Wretcher, who offers to help fix the Cheeserator for his own nefarious plans. | |||||||
3a | "Calzones" | Helen Roh | Drew Applegate, Sam Cherington, Damon Jones, Dennis Messner, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer, Clay Morrow and Merriwether Williams | Drew Applegate, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom and Aaron Springer | June 4, 2017 | BD106 | 0.17 [4] |
Zeke, the "King of Calzones", must defend his title when a rival chef enters the picture. | |||||||
3b | "Crab Hands" | George S. Chialtas | Sam Cherington, Derek Drymon, Andy Gonsalves, Chong Suk Lee, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer, Dave Tennant and Merriwether Williams | Andy Gonsalves and Chong Suk Lee | June 4, 2017 | BD105 | 0.17 [4] |
Billy invents a grafting machine and starts adding different creature parts to his body, but the creatures are off to get him. | |||||||
4a | "The Date" | Helen Roh | Aaron Springer and Clay Morrow | Aaron Springer | June 5, 2017 | BD108 | N/A |
When Marsha learns she has missed her date with her summer camp crush Greg Hastings, Billy and Zeke attempt to cheer her up by fixing her up with a subterranean replacement. | |||||||
4b | "The Troggies Next Door" | George S. Chialtas | Casey Alexander, Drew Applegate, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Casey Alexander, Drew Applegate, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 5, 2017 | BD107 | N/A |
Zeke feels intimidated by a primitive tribe called the Troggies, who can do everything better than he does. | |||||||
5a | "The Mushroom Prince" | Helen Roh | Merriwether Williams, Damon Jones, Luke Brookshier, Charlotte Jackson, Aaron Springer and Clay Morrow | Luke Brookshier and Charlotte Jackson | June 6, 2017 | BD109 | N/A |
Marsha starts a newsletter about Subterranea-Tania and Billy is desperate to know what she's written about him. | |||||||
5b | "Welcome to the Hag House" | George S. Chialtas | Zeus Cervas, Sam Cherington, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 7, 2017 | BD110 | 0.10 [3] |
When Billy becomes the new apprentice to Subterranea-Tania's resident sorceress Hag Witch, the two concoct a love potion to try on Count Wretcher. | |||||||
6a | "Beastie Billy" | Jungja Kim-Wolf | Luke Brookshier, Charlotte Jackson, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Luke Brookshier, Charlotte Jackson, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 8, 2017 | BD111 | N/A |
Marsha is convinced that Billy has been cursed after he takes a rock from a sacred patch for scientific analysis. | |||||||
6b | "Zartran" | Tom Pope | Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 8, 2017 | BD112 | N/A |
A barbarian named Zartran moves in with Billy and friends, and entertains them with stories of his epic battle with the Gumbrump, but he turns out to be a fraud as he tricks the trio into leaving their home.. | |||||||
7a | "K is for Klutz" | Tom Pope | Wolf Rudiger-Bloss, Luke Brookshier, Zeus Cervas, Sam Cherington, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Wolf Rudiger-Bloss, Luke Brookshier, Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 9, 2017 | BD113 | 0.14 [5] |
When Marsha suddenly becomes extremely klutzy, Billy goes through great lengths to keep her away from his ant farm. | |||||||
7b | "Tommy X" | George S. Chialtas | Ben Adams, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer, Jonny Van Orman and Merriwether Williams | Ben Adams, Clay Morrow, Aaron Springer and Jonny Van Orman | June 9, 2017 | BD116 | 0.14 [5] |
Zeke tries to impress his extreme sports hero Tommy X when he pays a visit to Subterranea-Tania, but he seems to hang out with Billy more. Guest Star: Steve-O as Tommy X | |||||||
8a | "Billy/Willie" | Tom Pope | Drew Applegate, Derek Iversen, Dennis Messner, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Casey Alexander (storyboard director) Drew Applegate, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 10, 2017 | BD118 | 0.09 [6] |
Zartran returns to swindle Aunt Agnes out of her treasure by getting Billy to pose as her long-lost nephew Willie. | |||||||
8b | "The Telltale Wart" | Helen Roh | Ben Adams, Casey Alexander, Mike Bertino, Sam Cherington, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Casey Alexander (storyboard director) Ben Adams, Casey Alexander, Mike Bertino, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 10, 2017 | BD114 | 0.09 [6] |
Billy becomes obsessed with his Troggie friend Yucky's wart, and decides to transfer it onto his body without Yucky's permission, but guilt starts to kicks in. | |||||||
9a | "Ol' MacBilly" | George S. Chialtas | Drew Applegate, Mike Bertino, Derek Iversen, Dennis Messner, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Sarah Oleksyk, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Kenny Pittenger (storyboard director) Drew Applegate, Mike Bertino, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow, Sarah Oleksyk, Andrew Overtoom and Aaron Springer | June 11, 2017 | BD115 | N/A |
Teased by a gang of lizard youths for his hair, Billy decides to save up for a wig by looking after Big Doug's prized mammoth. | |||||||
9b | "Silly Spheres" | Tom Pope | Ben Adams, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Kenny Pittenger (storyboard director) Ben Adams, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 11, 2017 | BD121 | N/A |
Billy, Tony and Yucky guard Hag Witch's house while she's out, but they can't resist breaking into her spells cabinet. | |||||||
10a | "Wretcherous Treachery" | Helen Roh | Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer, Jonny Van Orman and Merriwether Williams | Zeus Cervas (storyboard director) Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Aaron Springer and Jonny Van Orman | June 12, 2017 | BD123 | 0.10 [7] |
Tired of being castle-bound by his domineering mother, Count Wretcher breaks loose and tries to convince Billy and friends to continue fixing the Cheeserator. | |||||||
10b | "Jared" | Tom Pope | Sam Cherington, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Chris Reccardi, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger, Chris Reccardi and Aaron Springer | June 12, 2017 | BD120 | 0.10 [7] |
Billy grows jealous when Zeke and Marsha befriend a strange creature called Jared, who eventually turns out to be a hideous flesh-eater who suffered from amnesia. | |||||||
11a | "Sluggy" | Helen Roh | Luke Brookshier, Derek Iversen, Charlotte Jackson, Damon Jones, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Luke Brookshier, Charlotte Jackson, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 13, 2017 | BD119 | 0.13 [8] |
Feeling ignored by Anaximander, Billy decides to take in a new pet, a slug called Sluggy. | |||||||
11b | "Double Bubble" | George S. Chialtas | Luke Brookshier, Derek Iversen, Charlotte Jackson, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Luke Brookshier, Charlotte Jackson, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer | June 13, 2017 | BD122 | 0.13 [8] |
When Zeke starts avoiding his chores by throwing his trash on the roof, he and Billy end up dealing with a large-scale garbage problem on their hands. | |||||||
12a | "The Glorp of the Gorks" | Jungja Kim-Wolf | Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Damon Jones, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 14, 2017 | BD117 | 0.10 [9] |
When the Gorks' sacred slime is tampered with, Billy is enlisted to help find the culprit. | |||||||
12b | "Rat's Entertainment!" | Tom Pope | Drew Applegate, Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Dennis Messner, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams | Drew Applegate, Zeus Cervas, Dennis Messner, Clay Morrow, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 14, 2017 | BD124 | 0.10 [9] |
When Anaximander starts molting his fur, the people of Subterranea-Tania decide to put on a show to make him feel better. | |||||||
13 | "The Battle for Subterranea-Tania" | Helen Roh, George S. Chialtas, Jungja Kim-Wolf, and Tom Pope | Casey Alexander, Mike Bertino, Derek Iversen, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Aaron Springer, and Merriwether Williams Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Kyle More, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger, Aaron Springer, and Merriwether Williams | Casey Alexander (storyboard director) Casey Alexander, Mike Bertino, Clay Morrow and Aaron Springer Zeus Cervas and Kenny Pittenger (storyboard directors) Zeus Cervas, Clay Morrow, Andrew Overtoom, Kenny Pittenger and Aaron Springer | June 15, 2017 | BD125–126 | 0.14 [10] |
As Billy, Zeke and Marsha prepare to leave Subterranea-Tania by throwing a "farewell party", Billy accidentally causes a robot-alien invasion led by an evil clone of Billy. The people of Subterranea-Tania then turn against Billy and it's up to the trio to try to stop the invasion once and for all. |
The show was first announced in 2014 as a potential pilot. [11] In March 2016, it was confirmed that Disney XD has greenlit the show for a full series along with Big City Greens . [1]
In 2015, Merriwether Williams was confirmed in a Twitter post by Vincent Waller as one of the show's writers, [12] [13] 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. [14]
Jessica McKenna was originally chosen to be the voice of Billy Dilley. However, creator Aaron Springer was ultimately chosen in that role. [15]
Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer premiered on Disney XD in Canada on June 5, in Germany, Disney XD premiered the series on July 7, in Australia and New Zealand, the series premiered on Disney XD in October 2017, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show premiered on Disney XD on September 18, 2017.
All episodes from Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer are available on Google play [16] , AppleTV [17] , Prime Video, iTunes Store and Disney+ [18]
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." [19]
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