Summer Camp Island is an American animated television series created for Cartoon Network by Julia Pott, former animator and story/staff writer on Adventure Time, as well as creator of the MTV Liquid Television Online short Valentine's Day Card. It was first announced in January 2017 and later had been shopped around at different festivals including Sundance.
It premiered on July 7, 2018 with a 48-hour marathon consisting of all the first 20 episodes from the first season running over an entire weekend, on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. At San Diego Comic-Con, Julia Pott announced that the rest of the first season would premiere in late 2018 on Cartoon Network with another 20 episodes.
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Synopsis
Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, Summer Camp Island follows two childhood best friends Oscar, an elephant; and Hedgehog, a mammal of the same name, who are dropped off at a magical summer camp. The camp is a host to many bizarre occurrences such as: camp counselors who are popular girl witches, horses that transform into unicorns, talking sharks, yetis, haunted cabins, post-it notes that lead to other dimensions and nosey monsters that live under the bed. Oscar and Hedgehog must contend with these out-of-place events and make their stay at camp worthwhile.
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Characters
Lead Roles
- Oscar Peltzer (voiced by Justin Felbinger in the pilot and Elliott Smith in the series), a 14-year-old anthropomorphic elephant who is best friends with Hedgehog. Oscar tends to be socially awkward and slightly uncomfortable with his new surroundings. However, when he sets his mind to something, he will become determined to perform any task or complete any objective. He has a strong connection to Hedgehog to the point that if she disappeared or something happened to her, he becomes inconsolable, though he does learn to work without her. He believes in order and will do anything to outsmart or prove Susie wrong.
- Hedgehog (voiced by Ashley Boettcher in the pilot and Oona Laurence in the series), a 14-year-old anthropomorphic hedgehog who is best friends with Oscar. She is the more level-headed and science-minded of the two and loves performing experiments. She mostly wants to help Oscar out of his comfort zone, but also wants to outdo Susie. Due to the events of "Hedgehog Werewolf", Hedgehog transforms into a werewolf at the full moon.
- Susie McCallister (voiced by Julia Pott), an anthropomorphic cat, a witch and lead camp counselor. She can be mean and condescending to the campers at times. Deep down, she does display some responsible and sympathetic behavior, but would rather be rude to the campers. It is hinted that she is bisexual, or at least open to it. Despite looking 15, the episode "Fuzzy Pink Time Babies" hints that she is hundreds of years old.
- Alice Fefferman (voiced by Charlyne Yi), an anthropomorphic elephant, a witch and one of the camp's counselors. She serves as Susie's right-hand woman but generally not as mean to the campers as Susie is. She is very commanding however, and would rather turn everything around her cute just to please her.
- Betsy Spellman (voiced by Nikki Castillo), an anthropomorphic horse, a witch and one of the camp's counselors. She appears to be the kindest and most down-to-earth of the witches and seems to clash with Susie at times. It is revealed in "Hedgehog Werewolf" that she herself is a werewolf, something she keeps secret from everyone except Hedgehog.
- Max (voiced by Thomas Vaethroeder in the pilot and Ramone Hamilton in the series), a 14-year-old anthropomorphic bat. He is a fun-loving, wily kid who likes to hang out with Osacar and Hedgehog. Everyone seems to think he is cool because of his backwards cap.
Extra Roles
- Pajamas (voiced by Anna Strupinsky in the pilot and Naomi Hansen in the series), a pair of sentient pajamas owned by Oscar.
- Pepper (voiced by Sam Lavagnino), an anthropomorphic panda normally seen with his security blanket. He has a somewhat neurotic personality at times.
- Lucy (voiced by Indie Lemeth), an anthropomorphic aardvark.
- Oliver (voiced by Andre Robinson), an anthropomorphic dog who is musically gifted.
- Alexa (voiced by Alexa Nisenson), an anthropomorphic giraffe.
- Lem (voiced by Daphne Thomas), an anthropomorphic giraffe, Alexa's younger sister.
- Shark (voiced by Judd Hirsch in the pilot and Richard Kind in the series), a shark who lives in the pool by Oscar's cabin.
- Howard (voiced by Mike Birbiglia), a grey monster with glasses who inhabits the island.
- Ava (voiced by Fortune Feimster), a spotted monster who inhabits the island.
- Mortimer (voiced by Bobby Moynihan), a blueish grey monster who inhabits the island.
- Blanche (voiced by Alia Shawkat), a brown horned monster who inhabits the island.
- Melvin (voiced by Bobby Moynihan), a small orange monster who inhabits the island.
- Margot (voiced by Kimiko Glenn), a purple winged monster who inhabits the island.
- Freddie (voiced by Cole Sanchez), an infant blue monster who inhabits the island.
- Itsadee (voiced by Alison Wotchgalef), a striped pink monster who inhabits the island.
- The Sun (voiced by Melanie Lynskey), a New Zealand accented sun who is indifferent to those around her.
- The Moon (voiced by Cedric the Entertainer), the friendly moon who is friends with Oscar and Hedgehog.
- Monster Under the Bed (voiced by Judd Hirsch in the pilot and Alfred Molina in the series), a monster who resides under Hedgehog's bed.
- Sue Peltzer (voiced by Kathleen Wilhoite), an anthropomorphic elephant and Oscar's mother.
- Andy Peltzer (voiced by Alfred Molina), an anthropomorphic elephant and Oscar's father.
- Saxophone (voiced by Elijah Wood), an adolescent yeti.
- Puddle (voiced by Ethan Maher), an alien who is in love with the king of his planet.
- Ghost the Boy (voiced by Caleb McLaughlin), a ghost and Betsy's ex-boyfriend. His parents are a male same-sex couple.
- Cinnamon Raisin Toast (voiced by Alia Shawkat), a piece of cinnamon raisin toast who studies journalism.
- Popular Banana Split (voiced by Nat Faxon), a jock banana split.
- Jimjams
- Ramona
- The Were-wolf Queen
Production
This is the second original Cartoon Network series to be solely created by a woman (the first being Steven Universe, which was created by Rebecca Sugar).
Broadcast
The show's premiere marathon also happened on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang on July 7, 2018. the marathon ended on July 9, 2018 at 6:00 AM. The show's premiere marathon is also happening on Teletoon on August 13, 2018. It is set to premiere on Cartoon Network UK in Autumn 2018.
Episodes
Precursors (2011-12)
The main Summer Camp Island characters, Oscar, Hedgehog and Max, make their first appearances as incarnations in two Julia Pott's independent shorts: the first is her multi-awarded student film from Royal College of Art (called Belly), while the second is her Sundance Film Festival 2013-nominated short The Event.
Pilot (2016)
Season 1 (2018)
Accolades
References
External links
- Summer Camp Island on IMDb
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