Chris Bond (TV series)

## Cast

* Chris as Chris Bond / Chris Hart, a A18 agent (codename 226; main: seasons 1-3 and 5-present, supporting: season 4)
	+ Jack as teenage Chris in the high school flashback scenes (seasons 1-3, 5-present)
	+ Ethan as young Chris (seasons 1-3, 5-present)
* Jack as Ben Bond, Chris Bond's brother (main: season 4)
* Mikey (season 1-2) and David (season 3-present) as Dark Rabbid, Chris Bond (Ben Bond in season 4)'s nemesis and the criminal mastermind behind Spectro, known for his evil laugh. In season 3, David took over the role after Mikey's death in July 2022.
	+ In addition, Mikey (David in season 3 following Mikey's death in July 2022) played Dark Rabbid in the high school flashback scenes
	+ Elliot as young Dark Rabbid
* Liam as Simon Fester, NI4 quartermaster (supporting: seasons 1-3, 5-present; guest star: season 4)
	+ Louis as teenage Simon (seasons 1-3, 5-present)
	+ Junior as young Simon (seasons 1-3, 5-present)
* Mike as Ken Turner, the NI4 Chief of Staff
* Jerry as Jeff Lewis, head of NI4
* Sophie as Elena Hart, Chris' wife who works as a store employee (supporting: seasons 1-3, 5-present; guest star: season 4)

### Supporting

* Flik as Mr. Jones, Chris' high school teacher

## Production

### Filming

The show was entirely filmed in Hand Puppet City. Chris Hart's house was shot at the backlot in Hand Puppet City. The school scenes was shot at Midway High School in Hand Puppet City.

#### Mikey's death and replacement

On July 3, 2022, Mikey died after he ran over by a car. That same day, Chris' brother Liam announced that David will replaced Mikey as Dark Rabbid starting in season 3.

### Chris Bond's final episode, replacement, Bond's first return, Bond's retirement reversed and Bond's second return

On April 28, 2023, Chris has announced that his main character, Chris Bond, will be retiring as an A18 agent to focus on his family, starting in the season 3 finale, "Chris Bond's Sendoff", which was air on May 17, 2023; the season 3 finale is watched by 25.2 million viewers. Jack, who previously played the teenage version of Chris Bond, has take over as Ben Bond, Chris Bond's brother, starting in the season 4 premiere, "The New Bond"; the season 4 premiere received 38.5 million viewers, making it the biggest season premiere ever. Jack become the youngest actor to take over the role of Chris Bond.

Despite Chris Bond's retirement, Chris Bond remains in the show, this time as the supporting character, starting in season 4. However, from June 29 to July 13, Chris Bond makes his triumphant return for the first time since his retirement in the second half of season 4 named "Chris Bond: The Grand Return", briefly replacing Ben Bond, who was on a vacation to Korea from the previous episode. On July 20, Chris reversed his decision that Chris Bond was semi-retired.

On December 17, 2023, Chris announces that Chris Bond will return for the second time, reverted back to the lead role, starting in the season 5 premiere. The season 4 finale, "Ben Bond's Last Mission", which was air on December 27, 2023, features the final scene of his predecessor Ben Bond leaving to be with his family, that leads to Ben Bond doing the salute as the sendoff; it was watched by 28.7 million viewers.

### Pilot episode

In 2018, the pilot episode of Chris Bond was released, titled "The Story Begins...". The episode introduces to Chris Bond, an A18 agent who is on a mission to stop Dark Rabbid, a criminal mastermind who is planning to destroy the world. We also meet Simon Fester, N14 quartermaster, and Ken Turner, the Chief of Staff at NI4. The episode was met with positive reviews, and received 11.95 million views on YouTube, making it the most-viewed YouTube video.

Chris reprises his role as Chris Bond in "Agent A18Zilch" from the Rabbids Invasion! show, while Rabbid actor Trent plays Dark Rabbid due to Mikey's scheduling conflicts at the time of filming; Jeremy (who was best known by playing Zed Necrodopolis) returns as the voice of Dark Rabbid from the Rabbids Invasion! show. Liam, brother of Chris, plays Simon Fester, and Mike plays Ken Turner. Chris, Liam and Mike (except for Trent, who would played Tom, one of the Dark Rabbid's henchmen, in the show of the same name) would starred in *Chris Bond* two years later.

## Trivia

* Chris cited *James Bond* as an influence on the show.
* In pre-production, Dark Rabbid was originally going to be a supporting character, but because of villains befriends the lead role can devastated viewers, he was switched to the main villain instead.
	+ Also, Dark Rabbid was originally going to have a dog as the henchman, but was changed to Dark Rabbid's henchmen because a dog henchman would be too scary for viewers.
* According to Chris, he came up with the idea of the show after he asked the crew members if Chris bond would get his own show, which the crew members really liked Chris' idea.