Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Jared Bush Sam Levine |
Voices of | Thomas Middleditch Adam DeVine Tania Gunadi Alfred Molina Larry Wilmore Sam Levine |
Theme music composer | Jared Bush Sam Levine Ryan Shore Beau Black |
Composer | Ryan Shore |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 (61 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jared Bush Sam Levine |
Editor | Jhoanne Reyes |
Running time | 22 minutes (whole) 10:25 [1] (separate) |
Production companies | Mercury Filmworks (season 1) Tycoon Animation (season 2) Top Draw Animation (additional, season 2) Disney Television Animation |
Original release | |
Network | Disney XD |
Release | December 5, 2014 – July 28, 2017 |
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney XD. The series debuted on December 5, 2014, as a preview, [2] followed by the official premiere on February 13, 2015. [3] The series was ordered on October 16, 2013, for a scheduled fall 2014 premiere. [4] The series' co-creator, Jared Bush, also co-wrote and co-directed Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2016 film Zootopia . [5]
On April 22, 2015, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season. [6] On July 19, 2016, it was announced that the show had been canceled after two seasons. [7] The series ended on July 28, 2017 with the hour-long series finale, "At the End of the Worlds". [7] 35 episodes were produced. [8]
The series follows the adventures of Penn Zero, who unexpectedly inherits the job of his parents: being a part-time hero. Penn must zap into various dimensions to take on the role of the hero in that world and save the day in their place. With the help of his friends, Boone, the part-time wiseman, and Sashi, the part-time sidekick, he must save the worlds from Rippen, a part-time villain and his part-time minion and principal of Penn's school, Larry.
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The art style of the series was inspired by the look of animated films in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly the Disney work by such influential artists as Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, Tom Oreb and Milt Kahl, but also from the more abstract and textured work of studios like UPA and Hanna-Barbera. [9]
The series' original score was composed by Ryan Shore.
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero premiered on Disney XD in Canada on March 16, 2015. [10] The series debuted on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 14,[ citation needed ] on Disney XD in Australia on June 1, [11] and on Disney XD in both the Middle East and Africa on September 7. [12]
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