Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil

**Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil** is an American television series created by Sandro Corsaro.

It focuses on a young boy named Clarence Francis "Kick" Buttowski who aspires to become the world's greatest daredevil with the help of his loyal friend, Gunther

The series premiered on Disney XD on February 13, 2010 and aired for two seasons until December 2, 2012.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Charlie Schlatter as Kick
* Matt Jones as Gunther
* Danny Cooksey as Brad

### Recurring

* John DiMaggio as Mr. Vickle
* Brian Stepanek as Dad
* Kari Wahlgren as Mom
* Eric Christian Olsen as Wade
* Jeff Bennett as Billy Stumps / Announcer
* Greg Cipes as Horace / Emo Kid
* Harland Williams as Pantsy
* Grey DeLisle as Brianna
* Jessica DiCicco as Penelope
* Suzanne Blakeslee as Librarian
* Brian Doyle Murray as Clerk
* Jess Harnell as Announcer
* Mindy Sterling as Ms. Chicarelli
* Clancy Brown as Gunther's Dad
* April Winchell as Gunther's Mom
* Maria Bamford as Jackie
* Veronica Cartwright as Ms. Dominic
* Emily Osment as Kendall
* Carlos Alazraqui as Sanchez
* Carl Faruolo as Papercut Peterson
* Richard Steven Horvitz as Mouth
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Rock Callahan
* Danny Jacobs as Moog
* Roz Ryan as Mrs. Fitzpatrick
* James Arnold Taylor as Jock Wilder
* Adam Carolla as One-Eyed Jackson
* Simon Helberg as Ronaldo
* Jeffrey Tambor as CEO
* Tom Kenny as Kyle
* Brian Vanholt as Boom McCondor
* Alyssa Milano as Scarlett
* Fred Tatasciore as Janitor
* Tiffany Thornton as Teena Sometimes
* Henry Winkler as Principal

## Episodes

See Also: List of Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Episodes

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## Production

### Creation

Corsaro has stated that he was thinking about his own childhood when he drew the character in 2002 and subsequently began developing the idea for a TV series. Kick was named Kid Knievel, and was slightly different from the original vision of himself. He was much smaller. He had blue stars on his helmet and blue stripes on his clothing in an apparent homage to Evel Knievel. Many of the show's humorous characters and locations were inspired by Corsaro's hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts.

### Development

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil started production on December 19, 2008. The original name was Kid Knievel at the time. The title was changed to Kick Buttowski on April 4, 2009. In early December 2009, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 13, 2010, exactly one year after the launch of Disney XD, and the premiere of its first original series, Aaron Stone. The series' stunt coordinator is Robbie Knievel, the son of Evel Knievel.

### Pilot

The pilot was written and developed by Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton, who eventually left the project to work on another Disney XD series, Zeke and Luther. The pilot was later split into the first two episodes of the series, "Dead Man's Drop" and "Stumped".

## Release

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil had been set to air in November 2009, but Disney announced it would instead air in February 2010. The show debuted on Disney XD on February 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Sneak peeks and promos were shown on Disney XD, DisneyXD.com and Disney Channel. The series sometime aired Saturday mornings at 8:30am on Disney XD.

On April 2, 2010, the series first aired on Disney Channel as a special presentation with the episode, "Obsession: For Kick / Flush and Release" as part of the "Get Animated" marathon. Another presentation was shown on Disney Channel on May 22, 2010, featuring three episodes. On June 18, 2011, Kick Buttowski was moved to an off and on spot on Disney Channel with its incorporation into Toonin' Saturdays, Disney Channel's new Saturday morning cartoon block, the show last aired on Disney Channel on December 25, 2011.

The show aired its final episodes on December 2, 2012, After the show's cancellation reruns still air on Disney XD from time to time.

## Reception

The pilot episode "Dead Man's Drop/Stumped" was watched by 842,000 viewers, the second highest-rated series premiere in Disney XD's history. The second episode, "If Books Could Kill/There Will Be Nachos" was watched by 972,000 viewers.