Nutri Ventures: The Series

**Nutri Ventures** (also known as **Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms**) or **Nutri Ventures: The Series** in US titles, is a Portuguese-German-American animated educational parody television series aired in originally from 2012 and rest of the English-language episodes in 2012-2014, to revival episodes from 2021, produced by Nutri Ventures Corporation and Lionsgate Television and Entertainment One Television. As an English-language version of an original Portuguese animated series attempt to cash-in of the upcoming *Powerpuff Girls* (2016) series taken from a modified was based on a blatant rip-off parody adaptation version from *Powerpuff Girls* and *Indiana Jones* using elements as a primary source material made as a parody, done by Bob Boyle and Cam Clarke in 2012. the parody English-dubbed produced in 2012 as a pilot episode and rest of the seasons from 2012 to 2014 and US version from 2013/2014-2021, were scripted by then-unknown Vivienne Medrano, Chris Savino, Rob Renzetti, Boyle and Clarke themselves. the plot as a between political satire and spy content, about an Theo Angelo or Tam King Man an alien/humanoid being last of the clan and a young spy, along with Lena/Manta, Ben and Nina takes attacked by arch-nemesis named Alex Grand an terrorist boss, businessman and a evil capitalist whose responsible creating Genex-100 conspiracies involved by 'A.L.P.H.A.' stands for (*Annilhation-Legion-Pragmatic-Hegemonic-Aliens*) to try for destroy the kingdoms and earth. the show was clearly is *McCrackensploitation* genre as a fan-nickname of plagiarized from Powerpuff Girls-esque notable example as a standalone television show, Nutri Ventures was a exploitation spoof of the original PPG..

## Premise

Set in the year 2010 or (20IX) in the pilot episode in the fictional Portuguese city called *Grandland* (Grand-Land), a group of four teams, called Nutri Ventures, (Theo (Tam King Man), Lena, Ben, and Nina training as a junior spy) by using a medallion and an artificial intelligence device called Nutri-Pad as a weapon to take down by Alex's genetic-editing food called 'Genex-100' as a sterile mutation from Alex's burly guards to find a numerous location to searching the kingdom of Portugal. In Season 6, while Theo kidnapped by an unknown alien called (Cratos) to search outer space, the military forces and government have to take down alien forces where Theo is hidden.

## Cast and Characters

* Cam Clarke, Jason Marsden, Charlie Schlatter, Jeff Fischer as Theo Angelo
* Mona Marshall, Sarah Silverman, Jessica DiCicco, Julia McIlvaine as Lena Giancarlo
* Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Sarah Chalke, Jessie Flower, Ashly Burch as Nina Giancarlo
* Daran Norris, Jim Cummings, Travis Willingham as Alex Grand
* Paget Brewster, Betsy Sodaro, Wendi McLendon-Covey as Teacher Phyllis
* Tom Kenny, Sam Riegel as Guardian Purple
* Marley Shelton, Pamela Adlon as Genevieve
* Laraine Newman, Diane Delano, Tress MacNeille, Marcia Wallace, Audrey Wasilewski, Cree Summer, Wendee Lee and Laurie Metcalf, Tasia Valenza, Ben Diskin, Nicole Sullivan, Amanda Leighton, Catherine Cavadini, Grey Delisle-Griffin, Marieve Herington, Natalie Palamides, Kristen Li, Cheri Oteri, Cheryl Hines, Hiromi Dames as various colored Gugas vocalizations
* Dee Bradley Baker as Nexus/Nate, Theo's dad/Mr. Angelo
* Mindy Sterling as Mrs. Grand, Theo's mom/Mrs. Angelo
* Fred Tatasciore, Chad Doreck, Jason Marsden, Josh Peck, Dave Boat, James Arnold Taylor as G-Squads
* Sandra Bernhard as Jomanda
* Jeff Garcia as Fritz Jr.
* Mark Moseley as Fritz
* Patti LuPone, Linda Hamilton, Jennifer Hale, Lauri Fraser as Dragon vocalizations
* Chad Doreck, Nick Palatas as Nose/Wynn
* Catherine Reitman, Rachel Dratch, Vanessa Marshall as Pecky, Dratch also voices Guardian White.
* Megan Hilty, Tara Strong, Tori Spelling as Sheriff Brown
* Nora Dunn, Jill Talley, Rachael MacFarlane as Betty Beans
* Jess Harnell as Sacred Eagle
* JP Karliak as Ragg/Randall Dylan
* Keone Young as Oracle
* Catherine Taber and Jacquie Barnbrook as Matron 1, Matron 2
* Pat Musick, Kari Wahlgren as Tucan
* Melissa Villaseñor as Boa
* Lauren Tom, Misty Lee as Mountain Golem
* Mayim Bialik as Inca, Tucan
* Sandy Fox as Captain Scarlet
* Phil LaMarr as Captain Mist, Additional voices
* Robbie Daymond as Guardian Blue
* Josh Fadem as Sid
* Maria Bamford as Tina
* Sam Riegel as Candyman, Crato Leader
* Valery Pappas as Villager 2, Additional voices
* Kathy Griffin as Cientist 4, Additional voices
* Andrea Romano as Additional voices
* Ian James Corlett as Mechanic
* Cree Summer as Student 2
* Sarah Thyre as Girl 3
* Mary Birdsong as Kid 2
* Alanna Ubach as Kid Walla
* June Angela and James Arnold Taylor as Whale God
* Kimberly Brooks as Kid 9
* Takayo Fischer as Additional voices
* Amy Hill as Citizen 4
* Maurice Lamarche as Additional voices
* Daisy Lawless as Additional voices
* Lauren Lapkus as Girl 6, Additional voices
* Masasa Moyo as Villager 10, Additional voices
* Debi Derryberry as Walla 1
* Jim Ward as Additional voices
* Frank Welker as Additional voices
* Lara Jill Miller as Kid 12
* Amber Hood as Additional voices
* Nat Faxon as Tyler
* Eddie Deezen as Mr. Hildebrand
* Nico Colaleo as Phil
* Jim Hanks as Professor Gizmo
* Caroline Rhea as Guardian Orange
* Susan Silo as Additional voices
* Paula Tiso as Additional voices
* Jack Angel as Additional voices
* Will Friedle as Additional voices

**Additional Voices**:

* Candi Milo
* Mila Kunis
* Melanie Chartoff
* Edie Mirman
* John Kassir
* Richard Steven Horvitz
* Kevin Michael Richardson
* Yvette Nicole Brown
* Katie Leigh
* Jentle Phoenix
* Sirena Irwin
* Linda Wallem
* Josh Keaton
* Nicole Byer as Narrator/Announcer
* Tasia Valenza as Ben (Season 1), Additional voices
* Olivia Olson as Ben (Season 2)
* Busy Philipps as Ben (Season 3 and 5)
* Brianne Siddall as Ben (Season 4)
* Susie Essman
* Jeff Fischer
* Dwight Schultz
* Robin Atkin Downes
* Susanne Blakeslee
* Haley Tju
* Phil LaMarr

* Greg Cipes

## Production

The show was originally aired in Cartoon Network on July 16, 2015 to August 6, 2020 due to legal action was to similar from "Powerpuff Girls" then picked by Bob Boyle and Cam Clarke producing the second English-dubbed most notable working titles of the show: ''King-Man'', "Super Nutris", "The Spiky-haired Boy, the Bad Businessman, the fictional city of Grandland, Portugal", ''Nutri Ventures, The Spies from Another Worlds'', "The Story of Theo", "Nutri Ventures in the Hood!", ''Nutri Ventures Force'', ''Sch-Luck'', ''Fractured Fairy Tale Kannibals'', ''Hunter Spy of Nutri Ventures'', ''Nutri Ventures of Portugal Islands'', "Made in Kingdoms of Portugal", "Bring me the foodie destroyed Theo", "Attack of the Nutri Ventures" (also generic Australian title), "Uber-Nutri", "I am a Nutri Venture?", "Nutri-Buddies Puffs", ''Alas, Nutri-Ventures'', ''Never Screw your Kingdoms or Not Destroy the Worlds'', ''The Land of Nutri Ventures'', ''As Stupid told by Nutri Ventures'' (also generic Vietnamese title), ''Violent Morons'', ''For your Nutri Ventures only'', ''The Un-Named Television Show'', ''Hotbox NV'', ''Hungry Madness'', ''The Last Days of Theo'', ''Burn Grand-Land, Burn'', ''Planet of the Nutris', ''No Nutri-pad Included'', ''Operation - Travesty, Hegemony and Bad Guys'', ''Bad Television Show Title'', ''Unnamed The Animated Show'', ''The Pre-Seq-Mid-Quad-uel'', ''Nutri Ventures solves Vengeance'' and "Nutri Adventure" now titled "Nutri Ventures: The Series for production costs. The voices were originally Theo: Paul Logan, John DiMaggio, Scott Menville, Scott Baio, Gilbert Gottfried. Also Lena originally voiced considered: Annie Potts, Candi Milo, Alyson Court, Hynden Walch, Tricia Helfer, Eliza Dushku, Misty Lee, Vanessa Marshall, Jennifer Hale, Kath Soucie, Felicia Day, Tori Spelling and Ali Hillis. Nina originally voiced: Rachel Dratch, Melissa Rauch, Elizabeth Daily, Wendy Schaal, Jill Talley some later voicing Betty Beans, Anna Akana, Marieve Herington, Lauren Lapkus, B.J. Ward, Lacey Chabert, Francesca Marie Smith, Anais Fairweather, Katie Dicicco, Katie Griffin, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Haley Tju. Teacher Phyllis originally voiced: Alyson Hannigan, Debi Derryberry, Mo Collins, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Lena Headey, Mary Birdsong, Alyssa Milano, Cindy Robinson, Jane Lynch, Jenny Slate, Sumalee Montano, Wendie Malick, Masasa Moyo, Melissa Joan Hart, Lucy Lawless, Alanna Ubach, Vicki Lewis, Alison Janney, Alison Brie, Megan Mullally, Jennifer Tilly, Lisa Ortiz. Bob Boyle and Cam Clarke taken the primary longest-running franchise television show was based on inspired by Powerpuff Girls and Indiana Jones using as a idea maked as parodying the series marketed for edutainment.

## Broadcast

* Portugal/Brazil
	+ Channel & Date: RTP2 (September, 2012); Canal Panda (October, 2012)
* United States
	+ Channel & Date: Digital Platforms: YouTube, Kabillion (April, 2013);, PBS on Demand and DVD (January 2, 2013-July 12, 2021), Qubo (April, 2016), HBO Max (Miniseries - July 9-12, 2021)
* South Africa
	+ Channel & Date: eToonz (2018)
	+ Japan
		- Channel & Date: Digital Platforms: Netflix (April 10, 2014 - July 12, 2017, Parody dub);, TV Tokyo (February 15, 2016 - October 10, 2021)
	+ Germany
		- Channel & Date: ZDF (June 10, 2015 - August 10, 2021), VOD (January 10, 2017 - September 22, 2021)

## Reception

*Common Sense Media* gave *Nutri Ventures* an extremely positive review, rating it at five stars and praising it for its lack of extreme violence and promotion of healthy eating. Bob Boyle also responsible the show being an obvious rip-off of Powerpuff Girls and Indiana Jones took some ideas and promoted as an parody-oriented version. in 2021, Nutri Ventures is a rip-off of PPG tried to imitate the succeeded the original was, about this television show was so bad, so good worst rip-off version of made at time but only one dubbed in United States from 2013 to 2019.

### Controversy and plagiarism, similarities of the series

*Nutri Ventures: The Series* is the American edited version of the original show, was the only animated series to be foreign adaptation developed by Bob Boyle was inspired by Powerpuff Girls, Mighty Peking Man and Indiana Jones pretended.

Fictional Portuguese city Grandland were as streets included Red Kingdom St., Yellow Kingdom City, Whiter Kingdom City, Blue Bay Kingdom, Green Mayen Kingdom, Brown West Kingdom and Orange Land Kingdom as a racial stereotypes from somewhat controversial. several times as a gag violence, including an stock footage gets exploded an gas station towards the truck and the traffic nearby Brazil cars explode. and Theo gets burned cut down and fell down the ladder on top the helicopter surrounded Grandcorp Building and explosion down the ground. The show was censored in Europe and in Canada and Turkey, Germany also others.

The satirical english-language dubbed cartoon marks the Nutri Ventures were PPG might too similar, then the Powerpuff Girls were popular in some countries such as Japan, Germany, etc. first was Bob Boyle mentions were discussing plagiarized for Powerpuff Girls would later of his reboot in 2016, because the show was too parodic.

## Awards

* *First Honorable Mention, Mobilization Initiative 2012* at the Nutrition Awards (October 2012)
* *Sapo Award* (2012, won), 41st Daytime Emmy Awards *(June 22, 2014)*

* *Silver Prize for Digital and Interactive Media (subcategory games)* by the Clube Criativos de Portugal (2012)
* *Exame Informática Award for Software* by *Exame Informática* (2013, won for *NV Runners*)
* *AmCham Tributes* by the American Chamber of Commerce, Portugal (2015)