Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Genre	Animated Comedy Adventure Science Fantasy
Format	Animated TV Series
Created by	Jared Bush Sam Levine
Directed by	Andy Levine
Voices of	Thomas Middleditch Adam DeVine Tania Gunadi Alfred Molina Larry Wilmore
Composer(s)	Ryan Shore
Opening Theme	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (Opening Theme)
Number of seasons	2
Number of episodes	35 (61 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jared Bush Sam Levine Andy Levine
Running time	22 minutes (whole) 10.25 minutes (separate)
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation Mercury Filmworks (Season 1) Tycoon Animation (Season 2) Top Draw Animation (Season 2)
Broadcast
Channel(s)	Disney XD Disney Channel
Original run	December 5, 2014 (sneak preview) – July 28, 2017
External links
IMDb page

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is a Disney animated television series produced for Disney XD. It follows Penn Zero, a boy from the suburbs who inherits the coolest job ever – part-time hero and leader of a team of good guys who zap to other worlds to save the day. Jared Bush serves as executive producer and writer for the series and Andy Levine is the series' executive producer and director. The five-minute pilot aired on October 16, 2012.

The series aired its sneak peek episode on December 5, 2014. with the show officially premiering sometime in February 2015 in Canada. On January 10, 2015, Sam Levine confirmed on his Twitter account that Penn Zero premiered on February 13, 2015 followed by a 14th, 15th, and 16th premiere. He also said that an episode appeared on the Disney XD app on January 19 and another two on January 30, 2015.

The series concluded its run on July 28, 2017.

Synopsis

Penn's destiny came knocking unexpectedly, but that doesn't stop him from jumping headfirst into his hero duties, while juggling his normal life in Middleburg. Every day after school, Penn teams up with his sidekick Sashi and wise man Boone to fight the evil part-time villain Rippen and save another world. Together, they will tackle everything from outer space and the Old West, to lands of enchantment and the ultimate challenge – suburbia.

Cast

• Thomas Middleditch as Penn Zero
• Adam DeVine as Boone Wiseman
• Tania Gunadi as Sashi Kobayashi
• Sam Levine as Phyllis and Phil
• Alfred Molina as Rippen
• Larry Wilmore as Principal Larry
• Gary Cole as Brock Zero
• Lea Thompson as Vonnie Zero
• Lenny Venito as Uncle Chuck
• Rosie Perez as Aunt Rose

Guest stars

• George Takei as Sashi's Dad
• Lauren Tom as Sashi's Mom
• Elizabeth Henstridge as The Princess
• Diana Rigg as Mayor Pink Panda
• Sean Astin as Blaze
• Kenny Loggins as Montage Singer
• Garry Marshall as Soda Jerk
• Jeff Gordon as Rodeo Clown Announcer
• Kari Wahlgren as Bowling Ball
• Brian Posehn as Beach Ball Grandpappy
• Pamela Adlon as Drab Lieutenant
• Harland Williams as Helper Hue
• Paul Reubens as The Milkman
• Rena Strober as Queen and Orchid
• Sigourney Weaver as Lady Starblaster
• Adam West as Captain Super Captain and Professor Evil Professor
• Henry Winkler as Mr. Snowman
• Beau Bridges as Sheriff Scaley Briggs
• Olivia Holt as Amber Briggs
• Michael-Leon Wooley as General
• Kate Micucci as Cuteling General
• Kumail Nanjiani as Cuteling Mayor
• Maria Bamford as Mrs. Monkenfluffer, The President, Matthews, and Nug
• Maurice LaMarche as Fredricks and The Narrator
• Peter Stormare as Rufus
• Chris Parnell as Judge Blort Clooney
• Bruce Vilanch as himself
• Blake Anderson as Hogarth
• Wanda Sykes as General Shirley B. Awesome
• Sonequa Martin-Green as Maria
• Bill Nye as Himself

Additional voices

• Kevin Michael Richardson as Dr. Hissy, various
• James Arnold Taylor as Merman Guards, various
• Dee Bradley Baker as various
• Eric Bauza
• Roger Craig Smith
• Kate Higgins
• Keith Ferguson
• Scott Menville
• Colleen Villard
• Ian James Corlett
• Josh Fadem
• Anais Fairweather
• Catherine Reitman
• Maurice LaMarche
• Jill Talley
• James Kirkland
• Lily Vonnegut
• Jason Spisak
• Jon Miller
• Yuri Lowenthal
• Oscar Camacho
• Tara Sands
• Kami Desilets
• Rachael Lillis
• Joshua Tomar
• Fred Tatasciore
• Holly Palmer
• Kevin Michael Richardson
• Patrick Warburton
• Casey Landman
• Cindy Robinson
• Rob Paulsen
• Marc Thompson
• Sonal Shah
• Laura Bailey
• Frank Welker
• Grant George
• Tara Strong
• Dana Snyder
• Sam Riegel
• Hynden Walch
• Dave Boat
• John DeMita
• Phil LaMarr
• Lex Lang
• Bill Farmer
• Dawn M. Bennett
• Chris Diamantopoulos
• Jennie Kwan
• Jake Goldman
• Joshua Black
• Trevor Devall
• Robin Atkin Downes
• Alejandro Saab
• Erin Fitzgerald
• Ashly Burch
• Cristina Vee
• Betsy Sodaro
• Tress MacNeille
• Kirby Howell Baptiste
• Cree Summer
• John O'Hurley
• Travis Willingham
• Tim DeKay
• Jason Kaye
• Sunil Maholtra
• Troy Baker
• Sean Schemmel
• Christopher Sabat
• Sean Chiplock
• Vanessa Marshall
• S. Scott Bullock
• Sandy Fox
• Carlos Alazraqui

Video

Penn Zero- Part-Time Hero - Episode 0- Pilot

Gallery

Penn's Concept Art

Sashi's Concept Art

Penn Zero as he appears in the Disney XD game Hero Trip

Penn and Sashi share their first kiss in the series finale "At The End of the Worlds"

Trivia

• The show was originally scheduled to air in the fall of 2014 before it was pushed back to January 2015, only to be moved up to December 2014.
• The Wilhelm scream is used at some point in almost every episode of the series.

External links

• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Wiki
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero on Wikipedia

References

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Media Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Characters Penn Zero • Sashi Kobayashi • Boone Wiseman • Phyllis • Brock Zero • Vonnie Zero • Aunt Rose and Uncle Chuck • Rippen • Principal Larry • Phil • Mayor Pink Panda • Princess Alrgelbaccch Blunkenthorttthhhph • Captain Super Captain • Eight Ball • Sheriff Scaley Briggs • Blaze • General Talon • Soda Jerk • Amber Briggs • Lady Starblaster • Nug • Coach Jackie • Coach Wallace • Mr. Snowman • Pirate Maria • Sonny Sonnerstein • Arata, Hideo, and Yumi • Vlurgen • The Chinchilla Songs Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (Opening Theme) • We're Breaking Out of Here for Christmas • Time to Kill • We Can Catch the Milkman • What is a Princess? • Pigoilet • Victory is Mine at Last • The Truth of It Is • Moonlight Bright • This is a Real Song • Boone Reads On • Race to the Top • Race to the Top (reprise) • You're a Karaoke King • High in the Sky • Breath In, Breath Out • Bad Weed • Today's The Day • My Name is Penn Zero • Save the Worlds • In the Splishy Splashy Sea • Come Aboard with Me • Training to Win • Wings of Destiny Song • Sometimes We Need a Friend • Build and Backup Now • The Time Table • Everybody Chillax • Why Won't You Turn Green • It's the Best Friend Song • It's the Best Friend Make Up Song • Grinkon's Song • Its Not Just Today Episodes Season One: "North Pole Down" • "Chicken or Fish?/The Old Old West" • "Babypocalypse/That Purple Girl" • "I'm Super!/The Fast and the Floor Rugs" • "Brainzburgerz/Chuckle City" • "Flurgle Burgle/Temple of the Porcelain God" • "Defending the Earth/Number One, Number Two" • "3 Big Problems/Cereal Criminals" • "I'm Still Super!/Balls!" • "The Princess Most Fair/Hail Larry" • "It's a Colorful Life/Larry Manor" • "Lady Starblaster/Amber" • "Totally into Your Body/Fish and Chips" • "The Ripple Effect" • "Where Dragons Dare/Rip-Penn" • "Chuckle City 500/Rock and Roll" • "Plantywood: City of Flora/Boone's Apprentice" • "The QPC/Shirley B. Awesome" • "Massive Morphy Merge Mechs/Ultrahyperball" • "Zap One" • "Save the Worlds" Season Two: "The Pirates, the Parrot, the Puzzles and the Talking Boats" • "Alpha, Bravo, Unicorn/A Game of Cat and Mouse" • "Wings of Destiny/Sensitivity Training" • "The Bewildering Bout of the Astounding Automatons/Back to the Past of Future Balls" • "A Tale of Two Wizards/Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian" • "Be My Ghost/The Chinchilla" • "The Kobayashis/Cereal Fugitives" • "The Last Mountain Beast" • "Ninki Ninja Fight Town/My Mischievous Son" • "That Purple Guy/Rootilda" • "The Most Dangerous World Imaginable/Trading Faces" • "13 Big Problems/Mr. Rippen" • "At the End of the Worlds" Locations Middleburg • Middleburg Central High • The Odyssey • Fish Stick on a Stick • North Pole • Knight World • Superhero World • Arabian World • Plush Toy World • Clown World • Dinosaur Cowboy World • Cereal World • Old English World • Giant Monster World • Zombie World • Space World • Ocean World • Color World • Musical Fairy Tale World • Caveman Spy World • Future Barbarian World • Ultrahyperball World • Demon World • Alien World • Galaxy World • Temple World • Dragon World • Gothic Mystery World • Plant World • Animal Barbarian World • Toy World • Outer Space Court World • Robot World • Pirate World • Fairymania World • Steampunk World • Ball World • Ghost World • Rock, Paper, Scissor World • Beast World • Anime World • Sitcom World • Nothingness • Most Dangerous World Imaginable • Least Dangerous World Imaginable Objects Multi-Universe Hologram Uplink • Multi-Universe Transprojector • Pigoilet • The QPC Unit • Vortex Tops • Specs

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