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Composer | Gary S. Scott |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
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Producer | Don Dunn |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production companies | AwesomenessTV (DreamWorks Animation) |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | February 20 – May 22, 2015 |
Richie Rich is an American sitcom television series produced by DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV for Netflix. [1] The show is loosely based upon the Harvey Comics character of the same name, with Jake Brennan playing the eponymous character. [2] However, all of the original characters (except for Richie and Irona) were replaced with a new supporting cast. The first season, consisting of 10 episodes, was released on February 20, 2015, [3] followed by the second season of 11 episodes on May 22 the same year. [4]
Richie Rich is a boy who turned vegetables into a clean energy source. As a result, Rich now has over a trillion dollars. Rich lives with his family in a mansion filled with toys, contraptions, and his best friends Darcy and Murray are always by his side, along with Richie's robot maid, Irona, his dad, Cliff; who loves naps and is a bit dense, and his jealous sister, Harper. Also, Darcy loves spending money and Murray doesn't want anything out of budget.
The series was announced in October 2014 as part of an ongoing partnership between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, in which DreamWorks will create 300 hours of original programming for the service. [6] Unlike the comics, where the lead character comes from a wealthy family, Richie Rich has a self-made fortune from an innovative green technology. The series follows his adventures with his new wealth. Brian Robbins (co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation-owned AwesomenessTV), Tim Pollock and Jeff Hodsden ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ) are the executive producers and showrunners. Additionally, AwesomenessTV's Shauna Phelan and Joe Davola serve as executive producers on the series. [2]
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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1 | 1 | "Man$ion Warming" | Phill Lewis | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
Richie Rich (Jake Brennan) is happy with his new trillionaire life, but Murray thinks he's spending too much money. When Richie's dad decides on having family game night the same day as Richie's concert, he must burst into two people and go a two places at one time. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Royal Flu$h" | Joel Zwick | Jeny Quine | February 20, 2015 | |
Harper tries to finish her science project for Harvard grad school, but her friend, Tulip holds her back. Meanwhile, Richie is given an island and he makes fun out of it after cancelled plans. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "The $et Up" | Joel Zwick | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
When their dad's smothering level of attention drives them crazy, Richie and Harper set him up with a lady who looked unattractive on the dating website, but turns out to be pretty in person. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "The Wonderful Thing$ He Doe$" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
Richie tries to get out of doing a book report on The Wizard of Oz by directing a movie starring Darcy, Murray, Irona and neighbor's son Tahj. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "The Madne$$ of Queen Harper" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
Cliff goes to a Fantasy Football draft, leaving Harper in charge. When Richie is invited to Khalil Wood's birthday party, Harper decides to prevent Richie from going. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "More or Le$$" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
After Richie is fed up from Darcy and Murray constantly arguing about money, he decides to switch their roles. Meanwhile, Harper introduces Cliff to her date which he doesn't approve because of the lack of fun. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "$nowball Effect$" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
8 | 8 | "Good Deed$" | Phill Lewis | Vincent Brown | February 20, 2015 | |
9 | 9 | "$pooky $tuff" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | February 20, 2015 | |
After hearing noises in the night, Richie is convinced that his room is haunted and gets Darcy and Murray to stay with him. Harper attempts to re-create her childhood by hiring a little girl for her college application after realizing her father never took any pictures of her childhood. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Fir$t Love" | Phill Lewis | Bo Belanger | February 20, 2015 | |
Irona starts malfunctioning, resulting her to be taken away to be repaired and being replaced by Urona, a mini-model of Irona. Upon first sight, Richie instantly falls in love with Urona. However, Murray and Darcy discover that Urona has been cheating on Richie - with a vacuum cleaner. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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11 | 1 | "Rapper'$ Delight" | Adam Weissman | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
When Taj expresses his desire to get into hip-hop, Richie does his best to support. | ||||||
12 | 2 | "Briti$h Rich" | Phill Lewis | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright | May 22, 2015 | |
Richie learns he has a new British neighbor who's copying him while Harper hosts a fundraiser for homeless turtles. | ||||||
13 | 3 | "$uperheroe$" | Phill Lewis | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
After a burglary, Richie, Darcy and Murray form a superhero squad in the hopes of catching the thief. | ||||||
14 | 4 | "$tockholm Cowboy" | Patrick Maloney | Bo Belanger | May 22, 2015 | |
A world-famous Swedish DJ surprises Richie and friends with a visit at their mansion while Harper gets kicked off the debate team. | ||||||
15 | 5 | "Plu$ One" | Sean Lambert | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
Richie is named Man Of the Year, but he is told he can only invite one guest to the award ceremony, which could be Irona, Darcy, Cliff, Taj or Murray. | ||||||
16 | 6 | "Back to the Pre$ent" | Sean Lambert | Bo Belanger | May 22, 2015 | |
Richie gets a visit from his future adult self, who brings him back to help with his disappointed son, while Harper realizes she made a mistake on an application to Harvard, and it drives her crazy. | ||||||
17 | 7 | "Fun and Game$" | Sean Lambert | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
A game designer gives Richie a game he does not want that's based on his life while Harper and Cliff work on a musical number. | ||||||
18 | 8 | "Wa$hed Up" | Sean Lambert | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright | May 22, 2015 | |
Richie runs out of ideas for an invention and seeks help from the people-and robot-he is closest to. | ||||||
19 | 9 | "Meat the Camper$" | Chuck Vinson | Jeny Quine | May 22, 2015 | |
After the camp burns down, Richie hosts the camp at his house and drives everybody crazy. | ||||||
20 | 10 | "Ladie$ Man" | Chuck Vinson | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
A beauty pageant comes to town and Taj, Murray and Richie develop crushes on the contestants. | ||||||
21 | 11 | "Family Tie$" | Patrick Maloney | Tim Pollock & Jeff Hodsden | May 22, 2015 | |
When Grandma Barb visits, Richie and Harper learn a stunning family secret; Darcy hires a personal fashion designer. |
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