Ginger Snaps (TV series)

This article is about the web series. For the 2000 horror film, see Ginger Snaps (film). For the baked good, see Ginger snap.

Ginger Snaps
Genre	Black comedy
Created by	Sono Patel
Voices of	Lauren Lapkus Aparna Nancherla Cree Summer Kari Wahlgren Ashley Tisdale Maria Bamford Josh Keaton Carlos Alazraqui Benjamin Diskin
Composer	Quan Yeomans
Country of origin	United States Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producers	Sono Patel Bruce Kane Judy Whittle
Producers	Ivan Dixon Greg Sharp Patrick Crawley
Running time	7-9 minutes
Production companies	Rubber House BES Animation Blue Ribbon Content
Original release
Network	ABCd
Release	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)

Ginger Snaps is an adult animated sitcom created by Sono Patel. The series premiered on June 22, 2017 on ABCd. ^[1]

It was not renewed for a second season despite the season finale's cliffhanger ending wherein Kishy and the other Ginger Snaps plan a rebellion against Calista.

Plot

In the middle of a quiet suburb, a power-hungry pre-teen dreams of making her cookie selling troop the most powerful clique. With the moral compass of a movie gangster, she is willing to use everything from her family, friends, and even a schoolmate's terminal cancer diagnosis as leverage in her quest for cookie world domination. Cookies must be sold, and power will be grabbed, no matter the cost!

Characters

• Lauren Lapkus as Calista, a cynical, power hungry pre-teen girl and the founder of the Ginger Snaps. Her main goal is to sell cookies and get money from them. She has issues expressing affection for others as refers to her friends as "business partners" and has yet to find a reason as to why she should care about her mother or sister.
• Aparna Nancherla as Kishy, a happy girl who throughout the first season tries to be a Ginger Snap. She is hated by Calista since Kishy is nice to everyone and does a more efficient job than her.
• Cree Summer as Rachel, she is Calista's second in command. She and Calista used to have a feud but eventually became friends.
• Kari Wahlgren as Jenny and Penny, two creepy twins who are the muscle of the group. They are both skilled in many types of weaponry.
• Ashley Tisdale as Apple, she is the older sister of Calista. She is a cheerleader at school. She loves Calista's cookies and frequently tries to steal them. She and her sister don't seem to really appreciate each other and they both seem to only want to cause harm to each other.
• Josh Keaton as Hemmingway, a boy at Calista's school, whom she has a crush on, but Hemmingway actually likes Kishy.
• Maria Bamford as Vivien, Calista and Apple's single mother. She doesn't have a good relationship with Calista and Vivien is seen frequently trying to make a connection with her.
• Benjamin Diskin as Patrick, a football jock and Apple's boyfriend.

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally released
	1	9	June 22, 2017

Season 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Cancer Girl"	Ivan Dixon	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
Calista and Rachel lose their customer when a girl with cancer starts selling her own cookies.
2	2	"Supply and Demand"	Ivan Dixon	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
Kishy is sent to sell cookies at a possible pedophile's house.
3	3	"Blood"	Ivan Dixon	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
The twins try to find out who is stealing their cookies.
4	4	"Fatal-ish Attraction"	Patrick Crawley	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
The story of how Rachel and Calista met.
5	5	"Boy Drama"	Greg Sharp	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
Calista asks Hemmingway to the dance but he's already going with Kishy.
6	6	"Girl Drama"	Greg Sharp	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
Calista sends Jenny and Penny to destroy Kishy, but find out a big secret about her.
7	7	"Camping"	Patrick Crawley	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
After Vivien gets lost, Calista takes charge of the Ginger Snaps' camping trip, but Kishy's plans work out better than hers.
8	8	"School Dance"	Patrick Crawley	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
It's the school dance, and Calista keeps a close eye on Kishy.
9	9	"Initiation"	Greg Sharp	Sono Patel	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
Kishy finally becomes a Ginger Snap, but now she has one task to take care of, getting rid of Calista.

References

1. "Viola Davis' and Julius Tennon's Juvee Productions Celebrates Juneteenth with Original Short-Form Comedy "American Koko" Now Live on ABC.com and the ABC App" (Press release). The Futon Critic. ABC. June 19, 2017. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

External links

• Ginger Snaps at IMDb