Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

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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 composerJared Bush
Sam Levine
Ryan Shore
Beau Black
ComposerRyan Shore
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes35 (61 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJared Bush
Sam Levine
EditorJhoanne Reyes
Running time22 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
ReleaseDecember 5, 2014 (2014-12-05) 
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)

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]

Contents

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]

Plot

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.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 21December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)October 1, 2015 (2015-10-01)
2 14July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)

Characters

Main

Villains

The heroes' family

Recurring

Residing in other dimensions

Production

The art style of the series was inspired by the look of animated films in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly Disney films 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.

Broadcast

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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