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***Flubber*** (stylized as **FLUBBER!** and known as ***Flubberheads*** in some markets) is an American animated television series created by Steve Goldberg for Bonzai Network. The series follows four middle schoolers as they interact with friends, family, and other members of their school environment. Its title derives from the word *flub*, commonly used to describe an embarrassing mistake or blunder; as such, a focal point of *Flubber* revolves around the screwball situations the children get into on a daily basis.

*Flubber* premiered on September 1, 2016, and ran until June 30, 2018. To date, each of the series' three seasons received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its take on conventional American school life and ethnically diverse cast of characters.

## Background and production

Steve Goldberg began working on *Flubber* as part of Bonzai Animation Studios' annual shorts development program in 2014. His original pitch envisioned the series as a sitcom set in a high school "full of stereotypes, cliques, and stereotypical cliques," with two hapless and overachieving sophomores at the forefront. Bonzai executives initially passed on the idea due to being too "grown-up" for audiences, causing Goldberg to rework *Flubber* with its current setup. Bonzai Network officially announced the series on October 28, 2015.

Alongside his own childhood experiences, Goldberg cited works like *As Told by Ginger*, *Little Lulu*, and *Saved by the Bell* as "goldmines of inspiration."

## Characters

### Main

* Annabelle "Anna" Shapiro (voiced by Liza Jacqueline)
* Enrique Tremblay-Flores (voiced by Jason Marsden)
* Wendell Brown (voiced by David Errigo, Jr.)
* Tammy Brown (voiced by E.G. Daily)

### Recurring

#### Family members

* Paul and Margaret Shapiro (voiced by James McAvoy and Sirena Irwin): Anna's parents.
* Jasper Tremblay and Velma Flores (voiced by Christopher Smith and Myrna Velasco): Enrique's parents.

#### Eastville Middle School students

* Nathaniel "Nathan" Rivera (voiced by TBA)
* Bradley Mitchell (voiced by TBA)
* Jordan Mitchell (voiced by Sarah Natochenny): Bradley's cousin.
* Marianne "Srey" Chanda (voiced by Charlyne Yi): A studious and shy Cambodian-American student.
* Liam and Levi Jones (voiced by TBA): Twin brothers from the rural area of Eastville.
* Jessica and Gordon Hopper (voiced by Grace Kaufman and Philip Solomon)
* Sabrina Kraft (voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski): One of Anna and Marianne's friends.
* Michael "Mike" Desmond, Jr. (voiced by TBA): The spoiled-rich son of Principal Desmond. Showered with attention and gifts all of his life, Michael Jr. is an incredibly vain, arrogant, and self-centered person who takes delight in treating the other Eastville middle schoolers with contempt and humiliation. His main points of interest are his schemes to woo Anna into becoming romantic partners and antagonizing Enrique, Wendell, and Trinity.

#### Eastville Middle School staff

* Principal Michael Desmond, Sr. (voiced by Seán Cullen): The principal of Eastville Middle School.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of Flubber episodes*

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