The Day My Butt Went Psycho!

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The Day My Butt Went Psycho!
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Genre
Based on The Day My Bum Went Psycho
by Andy Griffiths
Developed byMark Steinberg
Directed byMatt Ferguson
Voices of
Theme music composerGeorge Guerrette
ComposerStephen Skratt & Asher Lenz
Country of originAustralia
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes40 (80 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Colin Bohm
  • Irene Weibel
  • Andrew Davies
  • Julia Adams
Producers
  • Andrew Davies
  • Vanessa Esteves (Season 1)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 21, 2013 (2013-09-21) 
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)

The Day My Butt Went Psycho! is an Australian/Canadian animated television series based loosely upon the novel series of a similar name by Andy Griffiths. The show premiered on the Australian television channel Nine Network in September 2013 and on Teletoon (now Cartoon Network) and on the Canadian version of Boomerang. [1]

Contents

Plot

The series, played out as an episodic comedy as opposed to a story-based narrative as the novels were, features Zack Freeman, a junior butt fighter, his anthropomorphic butt Deuce and Eleanor Sterne, the daughter of legendary butt fighter Silas Sterne.

Cast

Additional cast

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 20June 12, 2014October 16, 2014
2 20June 30, 2015 (Netflix)

Season 1 (2014)

This season was televised on Teletoon and Télétoon from June 12, 2014.

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Butt I'm A Cheerleader"
"Bubble Bum"
June 12, 2014 (2014-06-12)
"Butt I'm A Cheerleader": Zack and Deuce get on the wrong bus."
Bubble Bum": Zack gets allergic to Deuce.
2"Bum Shelter"
"I Dream of Deucie"
June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)
"Bum Shelter": A soldier hiding in a shelter is found by Zack and Deuce."
I Dream of Deucie": In the Sea of Butts, Zack, Deuce, and Eleanor find a bottle.
3"The Flushinator"
"Royal Flush"
June 26, 2014 (2014-06-26)
"The Flushinator": A robot toilet from the future arrives."
Royal Flush": Zack gets an interesting email.
4"My Milkshake Brings All the Butts to the Yard"
"Grandparents' Butts Just Don't Understand"
July 3, 2014 (2014-07-03)
"My Milkshake Brings All the Butts to the Yard": Silas Sterne makes a milkshake."
Grandparents' Butts Just Don't Understand": Gran is convinced to let her butt babysit Zack and Deuce.
5"Basic In-Stink"
"Jurassic Fart"
July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10)
"Basic In-Stink": The Mabletown Butt Menace Meter breaks."
Jurassic Fart": Zack and Deuce accidentally revive a dinosaur.
6"Big Butt House"
"Journey to the Center of the Mabletown Crack"
July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
Bug Butt House": Zack, Eleanor, the butts, and Silas compete in a reality show that's a trap."
Journey to the Center of Mabletown Crack": Deuce and Eleanor argue.
7"Harmony Day"
"Wacky Wednesday"
July 24, 2014 (2014-07-24)
Harmony Day": It's Harmony Day, so it's celebrated."
Wacky Wednesday": Deuce and Zack switch bodies by accidentally dropping a glass sphere. The aim of this episode is to teach the functions of Francis Hauksbee's static electricity generator. The sphere in the episode also has an eerie blue glow, just like when you touched the glass sphere in the generator.
8"Zackster of Disguise"
"Plumber Butt"
July 31, 2014 (2014-07-31)
Zackster of Disguise": Zack attempts disguise."
Plumber Butt": Zack tries to scare Deuce with a story about the Plumber's Butt.
9"Comic Butt Convention"
"Beat Box Butt"
August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)
Comic Butt Convention": Zack is given a comic book by a weird mystic, who claims he is the Chosen One. Later they find out that the weird mystic was their enemies, Prince and Maurice, that was sent by the Great White Butt. This episode makes people believe in their destiny."
Beat Box Butt": Deuce is taken to a yogi by Zack and Eleanor.
10"The Dark Nugget"
"Dodgebutt"
August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07)
"The Dark Nugget": Zack and Eleanor's glory is stolen by something mysterious."
Dodgebutt": Deuce is taken to a "boga" (butt yoga) class by Zack and Eleanor.
11"Legend of the Butt-Squatch"
"All's Smell That Ends Smell"
August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14)
"Legend of the Butt-Squatch": Silas Sterne tells a story."
All's Smell That Ends Smell": The town is accidentally at risk because of Zack and Deuce.
12"Game of Porcelain Thrones"
"The Fast & the Gluteus"
August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21)
"Game of Porcelain Thrones": Zack develops an interest in history."
The Fast & the Gluteus": A butt buggy is built by Zack and Deuce.
13"Flush of Dooty"
"How Deuce Got His Stink Back"
August 28, 2014 (2014-08-28)
"Flush of Dooty": Zack gets addicted to a video game."
How Deuce Got His Stink Back": Zack removes Deuce's stinky smell.
14"Glutiator"
"Buttstache"
September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04)
"Glutiator": Zack participates in a battle after being invited."
Buttstache": Zack and Deuce grow mustaches.
15"Gran to Gran Combat"
"Snoozing Booty"
September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11)
"Gran to Gran Combat": Zack has to run errands with Gran instead of being with Eleanor at Flushing Gardens."
Snoozing Booty": Zack and Deuce combine to win a contest, but Deuce ends up falling asleep.
16"Everybooty Loves the Great White Butt"
"The Brown Out"
September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)
"Everybooty Loves the Great White Butt": The followers of the Great White Butt abandon him."
The Brown Out": The power of Mabletown is sucked out by Deuce.
17"Switched at Butt"
"The Dark Nugget Returns"
September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25)
"Switched at Butt": Zack and Deuce appear on a talk show."
The Dark Nugget Returns": Bummy Rippa shoots a movie in Mabletown.
18"C'est Cheek"
"I, Robutt"
October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)
C'est Cheek": Zack and fashion."
I, Robutt": Zack hurts his back after falling.
19"Eternal Bumshine of the Spotless Behind"
"Skull & Bums"
October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09)
Eternal Bumshine of the Spotless Behind": Deuce gets amnesia after bumping his head."
Skull & Bums": A secret club invites Zack and Deuce, and they join.
20"Cheer Window"
"Planet of the Butt Monkeys"
October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16)
"Cheer Window": Eleanor tries to uncover her new neighbour's secret. "
Planet of the Butt Monkeys": Deuce uses a forbidden instrument.

Season 2 (2015)

The second season was released on Netflix on June 30, 2015.

No.Title [2] Original release date
21"All's Smell That Ends Smell"
"Cheer Window"
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
22"Gary Whitebutt"
"My Fair Derriere"
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)
23"They Came from Uranus!"
"Being Deuce"
July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)
24"On Goldie Oldie Pond"
"The D-Team"
July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)
25"The Old Butts and the Sea"
"99 Flavours, Buttfightin' Ain't One"
July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)
26"Don't Shoot the Messagebutt"
"Buttnado"
August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04)
27"Outhouse on Haunted Hill"
"Pinch Me If You Can"
August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11)
28"The Last of the Plungercorns"
"Bums of Steel"
August 18, 2015 (2015-08-18)
29"Eleanor, Smellanor"
"Backdrafters"
August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)
30"Breaking Bunbury"
"Calendar Butt"
September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
31"Exit Through the Outhouse"
"Smelling Bee"
September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)
32"The Notorious B.U.T.T."
"Prom Prom Night"
September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
33"Cheeky-O's"
"To Flush or Not To Flush"
September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)
34"The Stinkiness"
"Crouching Tiger; Hidden Toot"
September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)
35"Oh Butt Brain, Where Art Thou?"
"Bad News Butt Fighter"
October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06)
36"The Dark Nugget Floats"
"Butts v. Zack Dawn of Justice"
October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)
37"Dodgebutt Rules!"
"Runnin' on Empty"
October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
38"Flushment Day"
"The Great White Buff"
October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27)
39"Jani-Thor"
"Silas Says"
November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)
40"Bring Me the Butt of Silas"November 10, 2015 (2015-11-10)

Broadcast

The series aired on Okto in Singapore, and TVNZ 2 in New Zealand. The series also debuted on Cartoon Network (now Boomerang) in Canada in 2017

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