The Excellent World of Rumball

***The Excellent World of Rumball*** (sometimes referred to simply as ***Rumball***) is a British-American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet for Keynote Network. It is produced primarily by Keynote Network Studios Europe (formerly Keynote Network Development Studio Europe) and Studio Soi. On June 4th, 2012, a sneak preview of the episode "The DVD" was shown after the premiere of *The Looney Tunes Show*. It officially premiered on June 10th, 2012, with the episodes "The DVD" and "The Responsible," and ended on June 24th, 2019, with "The BFFs" and "The Inquisition." According to the Keynote Network website, *The Excellent World of Rumball* is one of the most popular shows on the channel, along with *Adventure Time*, *Regular Show*, and *Steven Universe.*

The series revolves around the life of Rumball Hatterson, a thirteen-year-old colour human who attends preparatory school in Chicago. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Hammer Bro, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members—Coiny, Numberblock 1, and Spiffy—and other various citizens.

A television movie based on the series, set for release in 2023, was announced on March 18th, 2022.

## Early concept

There were some posters made from February to June 2012 during the plans, hinting the vast changes between the pilot and these posters, to the finished concept on air today.

### Miscellaneous challenge

* The show's logo had a different design.

### Changes to King College Prep

* Dina had a more realistic and low-quality appearance.
* Idaho had a lighter color.
* Teri was a lot wider and was not crumpled.
* Eric had no lips.
* Miss Simian's classroom looked different.
* Penny's antlers were darker, along with having green arm bands instead of orange.
* Carrie's outline was black rather than red and cyan.
* Juke originally had gray boots and pants.
* Jamie's skin was a more pea-green color, and her hair was brown instead of orange.

### Changes to the Hatterson family and neighborhood

* Coiny had no whiskers.
* The Hattersons' house had a sun cover, eyes, and red steps on the porch.
* Rumball had smaller eyes.
* Hammer Bro’s shadow was lighter (this appears again in Season 2).
* The Sun had freckles.

## Episodes

There have been six seasons.

Every single episode's title begins with "The" and then the name of a supporting object or matter. The only episodes not to do this are "Christmas" and "Halloween."

## Animation of *The Excellent World of Rumball*

The first ten episodes or so were animated slightly differently from the later episodes. All the episodes have mixed media, with CRI dinosaurs, mixed in with claymation balls of clay, and 2D flowers and ghosts. However, the animations of the 2D characters became slightly more jerky and generally cartoony than the first episodes' more lifelike motions. Rumball’s body also changes in form slightly, with his fangs rounded and his eyes slightly smaller than before, All of which changed by the first season finale, as the animations in the last two episodes seemed less jerky and more lifelike, along with Rumball’s fangs being sharp again and his eyes being bigger. Also, unlike most cartoons, it uses backgrounds from the real world, due to the reason that the creator worked on commercials for the UK before creating the show, learning how to give a realistic feeling to the background.

## Cast

### Season 1

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 2

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 3

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 4

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 5

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 6

* Logan Grove as Rumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Hammer Bro
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Tom the Teddy Bear
* Dan Russell as Numberblock 1, Dina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Spiffy, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Coiny and Pibby
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball