Mitchell X (TV series)

*This article is about the CGI animated tv series adaptation of the Mitchell X spin-off franchise. For other uses, see Mitchell X (disambiguation).*

## Development staff

### Genre(s)

Dramedy
Action-Comedy
Action-Adventure
Science Fantasy

### Produced by

Yvette Kaplan (consulting)
Malinda Hee (associate)

### Production company(s)

* Technicolor Animation Productions (Originally known as *OuiDo! Productions* in Season 1)
* Viacom Networks Japan Co., Ltd.
* Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Nickelodeon Digital

### Written by

Viacom Networks Japan K.K.
Micah Ian Wright
Jay Lender

### Music by

Michael Richard Plowman
MITCHELL Project Music Team (Original music)

## Overview

### Studio

Viacom International Media Networks France

### Broadcast

* Nickelodeon & NickRewind (U.S.)
* Nickelodeon (French) & Nicktoons France (France)

### Original run

November 8, 2015 – November 20th, 2019

***Mitchell X*** (ミッチェルX, *Mitcheru X*?, lit. "Mitchell Toon") is an American-French CGI-animated television series produced by Technicolor Animation Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studios in collaboration with Viacom Networks Japan Co., Ltd., loosely based on *Nickelodeon's Mitchell Van Morgan* video game franchise created by Viacom Networks Japan K.K. *Mitchell X* is the second animated television series based on the *Mitchell* franchise, the first developed by Nickelodeon Animation Studio New York following *Mitchell Van Morgan*, and the first ever television series in the franchise to be produced in computer-generated animation and in high definition.

The series premiered on 8 November 2015 in the United States on Nickelodeon and released on 19 November in France on Nickelodeon (French). The show launched in Spring 2015 on the French children's network Nicktoons France, and was followed by an international launch later in 2015 and 2016. The series is a part of the *Mitchell X* spin-off franchise, which consists also of seven video games, a comic book series and a toyline.

The series was aimed at children, teenagers, and adults, and centers around Mitchell and his friends Gavin, Carolyn, Jennifer, Martin, David, Nicholas, and Erisuna, and their never-ending search for adventure and their battles with their arch nemesis Doctor Marquessa. Other characters, both new and old, also join the ensemble.

The series ended after two seasons with 102 episodes each, as the show's producer Bill Freiberger confirmed that there were no plans to continue the series.

The series was announced to be available for streaming on Paramount+ by May 2021 and has been since May 18th, 2022. Due to being a US exclusive streaming service having sort of refuges, *Mitchell X* is currently being the exclusive to Paramount+, the series has been made available for streaming worldwide on Paramount+ as of December 23, 2021. On 19 November 2021, the second season of the show was added to Paramount+. The first season of the series became available to buy from digital storefronts on November 6th 2021. On 16 March 2021, it was announced that the second season was made available for digital purchase.

## Production

The 3D animated series was first announced on October 2, 2013, revealing a teaser image featuring Mitchell Van Morgan, Gavin O'Neal Davis, Martin J. Moody, David Jessie Drake, Nicholas Dunn, Carolyn Ashley Taylor and Jennifer Hooker, in silhouette form. The series, which consists of 102 11-minute episodes, was developed by Evan Baily, Donna Friedman Meir and Sandrine Nguyen, with Micah Wright and Viacom Networks Japan Co., Ltd. as showrunners, under the supervision of Nickelodeon Animation Studio head Ramsey Ann Naito. On February 6, 2014, Nickelodeon revealed the first trailer for the series, showcasing the new designs for the characters.

The series features returning voice actors from the video game and tv series, including Jason Anthony Griffith as Mitchell, Amy Palant as Gavin, Dan Green as Martin, Richard Ian Cox as David, Kirby Robert Burrow as Nicholas, Moneca Stori as Carolyn, Lisa Ortiz as Jennifer, Mike Pollock as Doctor Marquessa, Chuck Huber as Scottie Salmon and Chiara Zanni as Sarah Lynn Meadows respectively, while The series also introduces a new character named Erisuna Nomura, a somewhat-delusional hunter who has been living alone in the wilderness for many years before meeting Mitchell and his friends, who is voiced by Nika Futterman. In an interview with Polygon, Iizuka stated the series came about as a desire to appeal more to Western territories, following the 1998 Nickelodeon American-anime series, *Mitchell Van Morgan*, with Nickelodeon Japan also stating that the franchise will run in parallel with the 'Modern' series of *Mitchell* games and comics. Baily stated that the series would be a mixture of action and comedy, featuring an episodic structure. On October 4, 2015, Viacom announced the air date of the series in the United States to be November 8, 2014 on Nickelodeon.

On February 19, 2015, Nickelodeon announced in a press statement that *Mitchell X*, along with 10 other shows, will return for the 2015–2016 TV season. This was subsequently confirmed by executive producer Bill Freiberger in a fan commentary to not be an indicator of a renewal or second season at this time. However, on October 10, 2015, N-Toons announced a second season which premiered on October 29, 2016. It was announced on November 10, 2016, that the remainder of season two will air on NickRewind while Nickelodeon airs reruns of the series.

Season 1 of *Mitchell X* was released in Japan as a Paramount+ exclusive on July 1, 2021, under the title *Mitchell Toon* (ソニックトゥーン).

As of May 21, 2021, there are no plans to continue the show past its two-season run.

## Plot

*Mitchell X* is set in a wide-open world on the city of Raleighopolis, where most of the characters live in and around Chapel Hill. This vast landscape is filled with jungles, mountains, undersea civilizations, cloud cities and all kinds of other environments. Residing on this island are Mitchell and his friends: Gavin, Carolyn, Jennifer, Martin, David, Nicholas, and Erisuna Nomura. The gang spend their days trying to ward off the evil (and often zany) plans of Marquessa, who is bent on taking over the island and subsequently the world. In this ensemble of a comedy that pokes fun at action-adventure storytelling, Mitchell faces regular battles with Marquessa’s henchmen, including loyal henchmen "Waldo" and "Blockus", evil interns, and giant, robotic monsters.

## Cast and characters

The cast for *Mitchell X* was confirmed by Nickelodeon Animation Studio on February 25th, 2015. Jack Fletcher works as the voice director. On May 29th 2014, Nickelodeon announced that Nika Futterman will play the role of Sticks, a jungle badger, who joined the franchise as a major character. Several new characters were also created for Mitchell X, such as Mayor Fink, Fastidious Beaver, and Perci. Jack Fletcher works as the show's voice director, a role he has also held for the *Mitchell* video game series since 2010.

### Main

* Mitchell Van Morgan(voiced by Jason Anthony Griffith) – The heroes' leader of the series, an Afro-Latin American Manga artist with autism, super speed, lionheartedness and he is known for his love of cheese pizza. Unlike most incarnations, the Mitchell X version of Mitchell has longer hair and wears the same golden long scarf around his neck like his other versions of himself and athletic tape on his wrists.
* Gavin O'Neal Davis (voiced by Amy Palant) – A Teenage African-American chubby mechanic who is Mitchell's sidekick. He sports goggles and a tool belt, and serves as the group's mechanic and technology expert. Gavin's inventions do not always work out as intended, though he's highly confident in his abilities and he now has a crush on his girlfriend Jennifer. He maintains the same personality overall, though he can be blunter and more openly skeptical.
* Carolyn Ashley Taylor (voiced by Moneca Stori) – A teenage Caucasian-American schoolgirl who is the fairest and luckiest member of the group. Carolyn wields a giant bow during a fight. In battle, her professional archery is one to all. As in other series, Carolyn has a crush on Mitchell, but seems to be more fair-minded about it than the other versions of herself. The Mitchell X version of Carolyn is married to her beloved boyfriend Mitchell and stayed with him as his wife with the help of Gavin, Jennifer, Martin, David, Nicholas and Lakeisha. When it comes to offering common sense when the rest of the team gets carried away, She is more impassively childish although she is sensitive, soft-spoken, loves to read books and gets rebellious against Marquessa & his henchmen alot like Mitchell.
* Jennifer Hooker (voiced by Lisa Ortiz) – A teenage Caucasian-American girl who is the peppiest member of the group and also Carolyn's sidekick. Jennifer wields a giant hammer in battle. As in other series, Jennifer has a crush on Gavin, but seems to be more cautious about it than other versions of herself. Dr. Marquessa has referred to her and Gavin as if they were a married couple, and to her as Gavin's girlfriend. She is the more emotionally mature member of the group, offering common sense when the rest of the team gets carried away.
* Martin J. Moody (voiced by Dan Green) - An redhead-american and the muscle of Team Mitchell, whose redesign for Mitchell X is the most drastic of any Nicktoon character altered for the series: Martin is considerably taller than most versions of the character, appears more muscular, and wears sports tape around his hands but keep his trademark biker gloves on. Whereas other versions of Martin have a history of being gullible, Mitchell X Martin is clueless and often annoys his teammates.
* David Jessie Drake (voiced by Richard Ian Cox) - A soccer-experienced truant, the werewolf and the weakness of Team Mitchell, whose redesign for Mitchell X is the most drastic of any Nickelodeon character altered for the series: David is considerably in the same height as Mitchell than most versions of the character, appears more leanier, and wears sports tape around his hands as opposed to spiked boxing gloves. Whereas other versions of David have a history of being a chemistry geek, the Mitchell X version of David is idiotic, chemosensitive, also a very goofy jokester and often annoys Martin for everything.
* Nicholas Dunn (voiced by Kirby Robert Burrow) - A Caucasian-American boy who is Mitchell's good friend born in the same timeline as Gavin. He sports his winter olympic goggles and serves as the group's automechanic, gymnast and the Olympic Winter Games expert. the Mitchell X version of Nicholas is a proud Industrial chair designer and builder with the same personality overall as his main series duplicate not-to-mention playing the acoustic guitar on his own time, he is extremely gifted with anything mechanical and understands a lot about cars.
* Devin Nelson (voiced by Stephanie Sheh) - A girl who is the christly member of the group. As in other series, Devin and Nicholas are engage to be married, but seems to be more cautious about it than other versions of herself. She currently stayed in the Hospital as a nurse-in-training with the help of her boyfriend Nicholas.
* Ebony Nichole Lewis (voiced by Cree Summer) - A vain teenage African-American girl who is the professional jewel thief and a part-time government spy. Ebony was more sassy but quite skeptical and sarcastic (especially towards Martin). Being born into money she often called to her government butler, Morris, for help on occasion to help Mitchell and his friends usually for incredibly silly reasons. She also had a deep infatuation with fashion, preferring most of her clothes and personal possessions as the same as her trademark clothing, and treats fashion as life and death. She also hates getting dirty not-to-mention getting a picture taken, and absolutely refuses to believe in the supernatural despite the fact she and the rest of the gang actually met a Marquessanik in one episode
* Valerie Ann Gupton (voiced by Candi Milo) - A vain teenage Redneck/Native-American tomboy who is part-time grocery store bagger. The Mitchell X version of Valerie uses chihuahua memes for her own comedy amusement, she intended to be politically barbaric along with David and she seems to get doubtfully suspicious towards the citizens of Raleighopolis but her Southern belle piracy behavior hasn't changed a bit.
* Erisuna Nomura (voiced by Nika Futterman) - A teenage jungle girl skilled in the use of boomerangs that comes from the jungle. Erisuna is a paranoid individual of wild habits, who enjoys digging through garbage and looking at shiny objects. While she may at times seem insane, her madness does occasionally stray into genius, allowing her to find solutions that no one else could have thought of.
* Dr. Alexander Payne (voiced by David Keith) - Amanda's epic father & Mitchell's cool mentor who is also a scientist and helps her to fight down evil by providing equipment and gadgets to his daughter & to his students as well.
* Amanda Payne (voiced by Aspen Miller) - a girly teenager who cares about her schoolife and also heads out for peril as she tries to both solve people's problems and live a normal life. She usually helps Mitchell & his friends bring peace and safety only with her father's permission.
* Marquessa (voiced by Mike Pollock) - A mad scientist who is the constant nemesis of Team Mitchell and the inhabitants of Bygone Island, residing in a lair off the island's coast. In this series, Marquessa is typically portrayed as being rather buffoonish, with his schemes usually being considered annoying rather than threatening. At times, he even appears to be on friendly terms with the heroes, though this usually leads to some scheme in which he tries to defeat them.
* Genola (voiced by Diana Ross) - A female mad scientist who is also the constant nemesis of Team Mitchell and the inhabitants of Bygone Island along with her husband and minions, residing in a lair off the island's coast. In this series, Genola is typically portrayed as being rather buffoonish, with his schemes usually being considered annoying rather than threatening. At times, he even appears to be on friendly terms with the heroes, though this usually leads to some scheme in which he tries to defeat them. As in other series, Genola has a crush on Marquessa, but seems to be more notorious about it than the other versions of herself and she worries about her children the Marquessalings intensely.
* Waldo Marquessa's servants. He is the wiser, blunter, more formal of him and Blockus, often being honest with Marquessa at the expense of the latter. He is also the final unit in the Servant Thug Series.
* Blockus Marquessa's servants. He is the slower, more dimwitted of him and Orbot, which usually leads to him misunderstanding the meaning of other characters' statements. He is also the final unit in the discontinued Servant Thug Series.
* Welton Payne-Smythe (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - Doc's brother who, unlike him, is rather evil and tries to take down all that means for him, even if it implies murdering Amanda. He's still keeps the Marquessa Empire under power even if it implies getting Mitchell out of the equation for his boss, Doctor Marquessa.

### Recurring

* Anthony Nguyen (voiced by Aspen Miller) - a geeky teenager who helps Amanda to solve some of her problems as he's unaware of her secret life as a hero.
* Sarah Lynn Meadows (voiced by Chiara Zanni) - A tyrantess teen girl capable of super speed and teleportation. Idolized by Doctor Genola for her popularity within the series, she is much more aggressive and vengeful than other incarnations of the character, considering friendship a sign of weakness and determined to defeat both Carolyn and Genola at all costs. In the TV series, Sarah has grown a little bit and has shortened her hair.
* Scottie Salmon (voiced by Chuck Huber) - A tyrant teenage boy capable of a and teleportation. Idolized by Doctor Marquessa for his popularity within the series, he is much more aggressive and vengeful than other incarnations of the character, considering friendship a sign of weakness and determined to defeat both Mitchell and Marquessa at all costs. In the TV series, Scottie's behavior from the main series hasn't changed except for his foil character change.
* Amber (voiced by Wionna Ryder) - a teenage goth princess of the alternate dimension who is a talented photographer, seamstress, and is Dusty's fiance with an affinity and love for all things gross, scary, weird, surreal and macabre, and who celebrates all that is (in the words of her main series incarnation) 'strange and unusual'. Despite her love of all things 'strange and unusual'. The Mitchell X version of Amber is married to her childhood friend Dusty and stayed with him as his wife with the help of Katty (the girl from Mitchell Rush adventure). She is very capable of pyrokinesis, also she is able to see ghostly spirits and she can use her broomstick to fly like a witch.
* Dusty Riddle (voiced by Alistair Abell) - A vigilant teenage grim reaper who is the prince of darkness and is Mitchell's closest buddies. The Mitchell X version of Dusty works as a pizza delivery man and his shamanic behavior remains the same as his main series counterpart. Dusty is capable of fading into the darkness and telekinesis.
* Metal Mitchell - A robotic doppelgänger of Mitchell Van Morgan created by Marquessa.
* Metal Gavin - A robotic doppelgänger of Gavin O'Neal Davis created by Marquessa.
* X-2355 (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a robotic lab assistant to Doc Payne who is programmed to aid him whenever he TBD.
* Anna Bleak (voiced by Laura Bailey) - a ditzy student who is Amanda's closest friend and is oblivious to the fact that she is a heroine whenever she TBD.
* Hilda (voiced by Grey Griffin) - a TBD teacher who is rather fond of TBD.

## Reception

Common Sense Media gave *Mitchell X* 4 out of 5 stars. Internet Movie Database also known as IMDB gives this series a rating of 7.9/10 based on 4789 ratings. Critics pointed the show out for being a bit violent for children and making usage of name-calling, but praised it for its light humor and recurring themes about friendship and teamwork. *Mitchell X* later won the award for Best Animation at the 2017 Chico Independent Film Festival, namely under the director, Natalys Raut-Sieuzac.

Mitchell X was also selected for the annual Export Awards of 2017 in France, which rewards the best-selling French television programs worldwide. On 20 June 2018, Mitchell X was nominated for a "Teen Choice" award for animated TV shows, but lost to *Family Guy*. On August 27 2017, Filmchilla awarded *Mitchell X* with "Best Series."

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## External Links

* Official website
* Nickelodeon website

 ***Mitchell Van Morgan* in other media**