What's with Andy?

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What's with Andy?

What's with Andy? poster
Format Animated television series
Voices of See Cast
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
No. of episodes 78
Production
Running time 22 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel Teletoon
Original run September 22, 2001 – March 4, 2007
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

What's with Andy? is a Canadian animated series that debuted in September 2001. It was originally an interactive Flash movie with completely different voice actors and a promotion for FOX Kids. However, it ended up airing on Teletoon.

The protagonist of the series is Andy Larkin, a mischievous teen and the (self proclaimed) "world's greatest prankster". The show follows him as he tries to perform incredibly well-thought out and elaborate practical jokes (a.k.a. pranks) on people. He lives in the fictional town of East Gackle, Alberta (2nd and 3rd seasons only). He constantly breaks the fourth wall when the screen freezes.

Andy's best friend, Danny Pickett, helps him out with almost every prank. He's enemies with his sister, Jen Larkin, and the bullies Peter Lik and Andrew Leech. Andy lusts for a girl named Lori Mackney and usually tries to impress her.

The show ran every morning on ABC Family at 8:00 a.m. E.T. from September 2001 until April 2002. It was also seen at 3:30 p.m. Eastern/2:30 p.m. C.T. on Toon Disney for a short time in early 2005. It now airs on Teletoon throughout the day.



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[edit] Main Characters

  • Andy Larkin: The main character in the show and a prankster who loves to prank people.
    • Danny Pickett: The left hand of Andy.
  • Lori Mackney: Andy's crush but she is dismayed by his childishness due to his pranking.
  • Jen Larkin: Andy's talented older sister who blames her younger brother Andy for everything.
  • Freida Larkin: Andy and Jen's Mother and Al's wife.
  • Al Larkin: Andy and Jen's Father and Freida's husband.
  • Teri: Jen's best friend.
  • Jervis Coltrane: A French stereotypical snob who has a crush on Lori Mackney and he and Andy rival each other.
  • Peter Lik and Andrew Leech: Peter and Andrew are Andy's and Danny's nemeses who always bully them.
  • Craig Bennett: Jen's crush and one of the best athletes of East Gackle.
  • Martin Bonwick: He is a stereotypically nervous nerd who always gets bullied.
  • Victor Muskowitz (Mush): The pizza delivery man of East Gackle who is a good friend of Andy and Danny and he sometimes helps them with pranks.
  • Steve Rowgee Jr.: A dumb police officer who is the incompetent son of Steve Rowgee Sr.
  • Steve Rowgee Sr.: A police officer who is an old man, who always commands Steve Rowgee Jr. (his son) and is nicknamed the Iron Fisted Maniac.
  • Principal DeRosa: He is the bad-tempered principal of the school in East Gackle who is obsessed with punishing Andy and Danny.
  • Mr. Hutchins: One of the many teachers at East Gackle school, Andy likes to prank him more than the other teachers.
  • Mayor Henry K. Roth: He is the mayor of East Gackle and is not a fan of Andy's pranks.

[edit] Minor Characters

  • Spank Larkin : Andy's fat lazy dog.
  • Mayor Simms : Mayor of West Gackle and Mayor Henry K. Roth's rival.
  • Mr Leech : Andrew Leech's Dad.
  • Clyde : The janitor of the school.
  • Bryan : Andy's pranking rival and they battle for the best pranking and for Lori.
  • Hazel Strinner : She is crush on Andy and Lori's protecting friend.
  • Louella Berman : Freida's best friend.
  • Mrs Wibbles : Principal DeRosa's secretary. She puts principal DeRosa in quarantine in episode of Season 3,Prank-o-Mania.
  • Norman Larkin : Andy's grandfather.

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Season 1

  1. Just Stuffing
  2. Gooey Chewies
  3. Beat the Bomb
  4. Rhyme Time
  5. Food Fight
  6. 101 Underpants/Playing Dead
  7. The Show Must Go On
  8. Emergency Spew Relish/Busting
  9. Very Bad Idea/Cockroaches
  10. It Came From East Gackle
  11. Campaign in the Butt
  12. Road Trip/Snow Job
  13. Best Enemies
  14. Mascot
  15. Little Foot/Grandpa Crazy
  16. Gnome for the Holidays
  17. The Royal Secret Society of Zombies (a Halloween episode)
  18. Very Scary Stuff
  19. Wag the Kid
  20. The Answers
  21. Merry Chaos (a Christmas episode)
  22. Bring it Off
  23. Pranks a Lot
  24. Un-Masked Marauders
  25. The Great American Lock-In
  26. Teendreamboats

[edit] Season 2

  1. What's with Jean-Thomas?
  2. The Fortunate One
  3. The Musical Fruit
  4. Weight to Go, Andy!
  5. The Toilet Paper Fiasco
  6. Prankster to the Core
  7. Fore!
  8. Prank and Field Day
  9. Mind Games
  10. Nurse Jen (a memorial episode to Jaclyn Linetsky)
  11. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
  12. Andysaurus Rex
  13. Molasses
  14. A Match Made in East Gackle
  15. Lights... Camera... Ooops!
  16. New Kid on the Chopping Block
  17. Stone Cold
  18. Food for Thought
  19. The Buck Stops Here
  20. Life is a Lottery, Old Chum
  21. Bluebeard's Crate
  22. Spanky Pranky Hanky Panky
  23. Daddy Dearest
  24. The Party
  25. All Dressed to Go
  26. Mr. E.G. Goes to Moosehoof

[edit] Season 3

  1. Romancing the Prank
  2. Andy Pranky Pudding and Pie
  3. The Heart of Prankness
  4. Don't Shoot the Messenger
  5. Scary Teri (a Halloween episode)
  6. Hapless Anniversary
  7. To Kill a Caribou
  8. Pranks are in the Air
  9. I Fall to Pieces
  10. She Pranks Me, She Pranks Me Not
  11. Prank-a-razzi
  12. On the Farm
  13. The Exchange Student
  14. Daddy!
  15. Scooped
  16. The Boy Who Cried Woof
  17. A Ghost of a Prank
  18. One Good Prank Deserves Another
  19. It Lurks in the Crawl Space
  20. Prank-watch
  21. The Pranks Days of Summer
  22. The Gift of Prank (a Christmas episode)
  23. Prank-o-Mania
  24. The Prank that Never Happened
  25. Master Mom
  26. A Passing Prank

[edit] Cast

The actors and actresses who work the voice-overs for the show are:

[edit] Trivia

  • This entire show is based on Andy Griffiths' children's series of Just books, although the majority of episodes are not based on the books. In fact, in place of Just Tricking's Terrible Christmas and a Crappy New Year, there is an entirely new Christmas special, most likely because the word "crap" is generally frowned upon by children's networks, despite a season of Hey Arnold! in which it was allowed for Helga Pataki to use the word often. Other changes include Andy's last name, which was originally that of his creator, and other minor name changes that were in essence pointless.
  • Andy's best friend's last name has always been Pickett, even since the book series. The name "Danny Pickett" is derived from Jim Kjelgaard's Big Red.
  • The setting of the first season of What's with Andy is in the USA while in the second and third seasons, they all have been relocated to Canada. It is very evident in the episode "Rhyme Time" that they lived in the USA because of the American history that Andy recited and that the second language they were taught was Spanish rather than French which is taught as a second language in Canada. Also In "Gnome for the Holidays", a building can be seen saying, US Post Office.

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