Animated television series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
(also known as
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
) is a 2D
animated television series
developed by Mark Evestaff and Alex Galatis for
Cartoon Network
and
YTV
.
[2]
It is produced by
DHX Media
and
Sony Pictures Animation
in association with
Corus Entertainment
via
YTV Canada Inc.
. Based on the
children's book
and the
film series
of the same name,
[2]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
is the first television series to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation and was animated using
Toon Boom Harmony
.
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The series officially premiered in the United States of America on March 6, 2017, on Cartoon Network, with a sneak peek airing on February 20, 2017.
[2]
After an unsuccessful run, the show moved to
Boomerang's SVOD service
, where it debuted on January 11, 2018. In Canada, the series was originally planned to air on
Teletoon
,
[5]
but instead premiered on
YTV
on April 6, 2017. On February 2, 2018,
DHX Media
announced the series has been picked up for a second season.
[6]
The entire first season is available on
Netflix
in the United Kingdom, Europe and in the United States. On January 24, 2020, the show was removed from Boomerang's streaming service app.
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Plot
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The series is a
prequel
, featuring the high school years of Flint Lockwood, the eccentric young scientist in the films.
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In his adventures, he is joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club (among other professions), Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent still riding on his fame as from the sardine commercial, and Mayor Shelbourne, who serves as the school principal, and who wins every Mayoral election on the pro-sardine platform.
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A certain aspect that is contradicted is Flint and Sam's meetup. The episode "And The Winner Is..." clarifies that Flint and Sam met in High School as opposed to their adulthood
in the first film
. The work around for this is Flint stating that if Sam ever has to move, he will invent a memory eraser, which will erase any memories of their friendship so she won't be saddened by the loss of another friend as she and her family frequently move. While this explains why Sam has no memory of Flint, it does not explain why she has no prior knowledge of Swallow Falls, as her visit in the film was her first time and she is living in the area during the events of the series.
Episodes
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Cast
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- Mark Edwards as:
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- Flint Lockwood; an inventor.
- Steve; Flint's pet
vervet monkey
who communicates using a Speak and Spell monkey thought translator Flint invented.
- Katie Griffin
as Sam Sparks; a weather intern from
New York City
and a reporter.
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- David Berni
as "Baby" Brent McHale; an infamous celebrity mascot of Baby Brent's Sardines.
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- Sean Cullen
as:
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- Tim Lockwood; Flint's widowed father.
- Mayor Susan Shelbourne; the gluttonous and egotistical mayor of Swallow Falls.
- Old Rick; an elderly citizen in Swallow Falls.
- Patrick McKenna
as:
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- Gil; Mayor Shelbourne's neglected son
- Manny; Sam's Guatemalan cameraman and a former doctor, pilot, and comedian.
- Cle Bennett
as Earl Devereaux; the town's athletic cop and Cal's dad.
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- Kim Roberts
(uncredited) as Regina; the wife Earl Devereaux.
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Production
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Sony Pictures Animation and Canadian family entertainment company
DHX Media
signed to co-produce the series in 2014, starting with twenty-six 22-minute episodes (fifty-two 11-minute segments).
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DHX Media handles the global television and non-U.S. home entertainment distribution, along with worldwide merchandising rights, while Sony distributes home entertainment in the United States.
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Turner Broadcasting System
handles international distribution via
Cartoon Network
.
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Broadcast
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
premiered on
Boomerang
in
Latin America
on May 12, 2017 with a broadcast of the first 4 episodes, for next Friday continue with recurring releases (double episode), meanwhile
Cartoon Network
premiered the series on May 18, 2017 premiering a new episode every Thursday. In
Australia
and
New Zealand
, the series premiered on
Cartoon Network
on September 2, 2017.
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In the
United Kingdom
and
Ireland
, the series was first broadcast on
Cartoon Network
on August 28, 2017 starting with the episode "Who You Callin’ Garbage!" (S1EP5).
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In
France
, the series started broadcast on
Boing
from September 2017; in the same period it started on
Cartoon Network
in
Italy
. In
India
, the series aired on
Cartoon Network
. The series began broadcasting on
Disney Channel
in Germany on 6 November 2017. New episodes began premiering on
Boomerang
's SVOD service in the United States in January 2018. Older episodes of the series are also available on Boomerang.
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On February 2, 2018,
DHX Media
announced the series has been picked up for a second season.
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On November 30, 2018, the show was made available for streaming on
Netflix
in the
United States
. In
Pakistan
, the show is available to stream on
TapMad
.
In August 2019,
CBS All Access
acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the series, beginning with Season 2.
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Home media
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Region 1:
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Swallow-een Falls Spooktacular!
(October 10, 2017)
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- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Lobster Claus is Coming to Town
(October 31, 2017)
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Reception
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Critical response
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Common Sense Media
rated the show 3/5 stars stating "
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
doesn't attempt to lead directly into the movies and in fact presents a major inconsistency for the later stories by introducing Sam to Flint during their teen years. Of course this is only a concern for those who have seen the chronologically later stories first; new viewers without a history with these characters won't have a problem and likely will want to follow up with the movies at some point. A big plus to the show? Even though the science often isn't realistic, the hero and heroine make nerdiness seem pretty cool."
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Accolades
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References
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YTV (TV channel)
(2016).
"Monday with a Chance of Meatballs"
.
YouTube
.
we'll follow with a Cloudy: The Series marathon
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Wolfe, Jennifer (February 16, 2017).
"First Look: 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' Series Set for March 6 Premiere"
. Animation World Network.
Archived
from the original on February 17, 2017
. Retrieved
February 17,
2017
.
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https://www.skwigly.co.uk/dhx-media-serving-second-season-cloudy-chance-meatballs-series/
,
Skwigly
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Amidi, Amid (December 8, 2016).
"First Look at Cartoon Network's 2D 'Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs' Series (Clip)"
. Cartoon Brew
. Retrieved
December 8,
2016
.
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Sony Pictures Animation (June 20, 2016).
"Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate"
(Press release). PR Newswire
. Retrieved
September 25,
2016
.
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a
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"DHX Serves Up Second Helping of 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'
"
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Animationmagazine.net
. 2 February 2018
. Retrieved
18 July
2018
.
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Perlman, Jake (9 October 2014).
"
'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' coming to TV"
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Entertainment Weekly
. Retrieved
30 November
2016
.
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a
b
"DHX Media and Sony Pictures Animation Taking Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to Television"
(Press release). DHX Media. October 9, 2014
. Retrieved
October 10,
2014
.
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b
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"Who You Calling Garbage? - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Videos"
. Cartoon Network. Archived from
the original
on October 14, 2017
. Retrieved
February 8,
2017
.
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https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/oakwood-village-actor-relishes-appearance-on-the-handmaids-tale/article_8f390553-61fb-5196-a3ff-ff559aedaac6.html
?
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Friedlander, Whitney (9 October 2014).
"Sony, DHX Creating 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' TV Series"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
30 November
2016
.
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Vlessing, Etan (5 October 2015).
"MIPCOM: Sony's 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' TV Show Sells to Turner Broadcasting"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
30 November
2016
.
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"Cartoon Network Australia And Boomerang Australia September 2017 Highlights"
.
RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News
. RegularCapital/Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific/Catapult Communications. Archived from
the original
on 6 August 2017
. Retrieved
5 July
2017
.
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"Cartoon Network UK New Show Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs The Series Monday 28th August"
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RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News
. Retrieved
15 August
2017
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"
'Cloudy,' 'Pup Named Scooby-Doo' Join Boomerang Lineup This Month"
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Animationmagazine.net
. 4 January 2018
. Retrieved
18 July
2018
.
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"CBS All Access Adding Children's Programming; 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs', 'Danger Mouse', 'Inspector Gadget' Among Content"
. 8 August 2019.
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a
b
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series - Two Single-Disc DVDS for the Cartoon Network Show"
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"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - TV Review"
.
Commonsensemedia.org
. 9 March 2017
. Retrieved
18 July
2018
.
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McNary, Dave (March 15, 2018).
"
'Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations"
.
Variety
. Archived from
the original
on March 16, 2018
. Retrieved
March 15,
2018
.
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"The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented for Creative Fiction Storytelling"
. 27 March 2019. Archived from
the original
on March 28, 2019.
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