The Cheetah Girls (novel series)
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The Cheetah Girls is a 16-book novel series created and written by Deborah Gregory. The series, which began in 1999, is about a female vocal group seeking success and fortune. In the book series, there are five Cheetah Girls, but in the Disney Channel Original Movies, there are only four (Anginette does not appear). In The Cheetah Girls 3, Galleria will not be portrayed.
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[edit] Books
[edit] Original Books
- 1999
The Cheetah Girls #01: Wishing on a Star
The Cheetah Girls #02: Shop in the Name of Love
The Cheetah Girls #03: Who's 'Bout to Bounce?
- 2000
The Cheetah Girls #04: Hey, Ho, Hollywood!
The Cheetah Girls #05: Woof, There It Is
The Cheetah Girls #06: It's Raining Benjamins
The Cheetah Girls #07: Dorinda's Secret
The Cheetah Girls #08: Growl Power
The Cheetah Girls #09: Showdown at the Okie-Dokie
- 2001
The Cheetah Girls #10: Cuchifrita, Ballerina
The Cheetah Girls #11: Dorinda Gets a Groove
The Cheetah Girls #12: In the House With Mouse!
[edit] Books New Edition
- 2002
The Cheetah Girls #13: Oops, Doggy Dog!
- 2003
The Cheetah Girls Livin' Large! Books 1-4, Bind-Up #1
The Cheetah Girls Supa Dupa Sparkle! Books 5-8, Bind-Up #2
- 2004
The Cheetah Girls Growl Power Forever! Books 9-12, Bind-Up #3
The Cheetah Girls: Movie Junior Novel
- 2005
The Cheetah Girls: Off the Hook! Books 13-16, Bind-up #4
The Cheetah Girls Quiz Book
The Cheetah Girls Supa-Star Scrapbook
The Cheetah Girls: Cheetah Chatter
- 2006
The Cheetah Girls: Movie Junior Novel 2
XOXO, The Cheetah Girls
[edit] Film
The Cheetah Girls is a 2003 movie based on the book, which resulted in the spinoff of a girl group by the same name. In 2006 the sequel to The Cheetah Girls, The Cheetah Girls 2 premiered on Disney Channel. The movies star Raven, Sabrina Bryan,Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams of another girl group 3LW. The popularity of the first movie spawned a real-life girl group, The Cheetah Girls, featuring all the stars of the movie. Raven remained a member of the group until September 2006, shortly after the release of Chettah Girls2, when she had a falling out with the members of the group, her friends Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, and Kiely Williams. Raven moved on in her career, stating in January 2007 that her friendship with the other girls was over. Despite Raven leaving the group and ending her friendship with the other girls, the Cheetah Girls still remained as a successful singing group.
- Movies by Disney Channel Original Movie
- The Cheetah Girls was released August 15, 2003
- The Cheetah Girls 2 was released August 25, 2006.
- The Cheetah Girls One World, will be released August 22, 2008.
[edit] Characters
On the book covers, each character is portrayed by a model. The real-life R&B girl group Before Dark posed as three of the girls on the book covers.
- Brandi Stewart...Chanel Simmons,
- Arike Rice...Aquanette Walker, (Books 1-4),
- Jeni G....Anginette Walker, (Books 1-4),
- Mia Lee...Galleria Garibaldi, (Books 1-8),
- Imani Parks...Dorinda Rogers,
- Davida Williams...Galleria Garibaldi (Books 9-13),
- The Millen Sisters...Aquanette Walker and Anginette Walker ((Books 5-13)
Chanel 'Chuchie' Simmons is of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican descent and is noted for her trademark mini-micro braids. Chanel has a flair for designer clothing (notably, she shares the last name of designer Coco Chanel) and once charged hundreds of dollars on her mother's credit card. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. She is very body conscious, and developed somewhat of an eating disorder near the end of the book series. She and Galleria took ballet lessons until grade 6. Chanel continues to practice ballet. Her interests include hair and singing. She lives with her mother and brother, Pucci in SoHo. In the films, she is portrayed by Adrienne Bailon.
Anginette Walker is of African-American descent, is the only member of the group not to narrate a book in the series, and the only main character cut out of the movie adaptation. She lets her older twin sister, Aquanette Walker, do most of the talking, and is very sneaky. She lives with her sister and father on the Upper West Side. Her nicknames include 'Angie' and 'Nettie Two.' She loves horror movies, and wants to be a doctor one day. She also loves gospel music. There is no Anginette in the Cheetah Girls films, because Deborah Gregory couldn't find twin girls to play both her and Aqua and just decided to drop Angie from the movies.
Aquanette "Aqua Walker, Aqua for short and sister Anginette, narrates in the books "Hey, Ho, Hollywood!", "Growl Power!", "In the House with Mouse" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Cheetah Stars". Her character is also used in The Cheetah Girls (film), where she is portrayed by Kiely Williams of 3LW. She moved from Houston, Texas to New York with her father when her parents separated. In the books, Aquanette and her sister are known for having the strongest voices in the group. She has a warm personality, and constantly carries hot sauce in her purse. She and Anginette Walker live on the Upper West Side. Aqua is very religious, and attends church every Sunday. Unlike her sister, she is aggressive, and speaks her mind when she is unhappy. Her interests include horror movies, animals, and one day becoming a doctor. She has three pets: two guinea pigs and a dog.
Galleria "Bubbles" Garibaldi narrates "Wishing On a Star", "Woof, There it is!", "Showdown at the Okie-Dokie" and "Oops, Doggy Dog!". She is of Italian and African-American descent. Galleria is the leader of the band, and lives with her upper class parents in an apartment on the exclusive Upper East Side. She is not only the lead singer of the group and co-founder (along with Chanel), but also the most aggressive of the group, and always speaks her mind, a quality which occasionally gets her into trouble with others. She is the writer of all the group's songs. She is portrayed by Raven-Symoné in the Disney Channel Original Movies The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2. However, she will not be portrayed in The Cheetah Girls 3. As of current time, there is no reason for her and her mother's absence.
Dorinda "Do" Rogers narrates "Who's Bout To Bounce?", "Dorinda's Secret", "Dorinda Gets a Groove" and "Bring It On!". Although she is only twelve years old, she attends the Ninth grade at Fashion Industries High School. She is the smartest of the group, and the best dancer. She is also a foster child, and lives with ten other children in the housing projects of Harlem, New York. She eventually locates her biological sister, Tiffany. The character appears in the movies as Dorinda Thomas and is portrayed by the Latina American (of Caucasian and Mexican descent) actress Sabrina Bryan.
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