Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is a Disney animated television series produced for on 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.^[2] 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 19th and another two on January 30, 2015.^[3]

The series concluded its run on July 28, 2017.

Synopsis

In "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero," Penn's destiny came knocking unexpectedly, but that doesn't stop him from jumping head first 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
• 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

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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 every episode of the series.

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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 • Dr. Hissy • Princess Alrgelbaccch Blunkenthorttthhhph • Captain Super Captain • Professor Evil Professor • Eight Ball • Sheriff Scaley Briggs • Blaze • General Talon • Soda Jerk • Amber Briggs • Lady Starblaster • Orchid • Nug • The Milkman • Coach Jackie • Coach Wallace • Mr. Snowman • Pirate Maria • General Bighorn • The Hooded Pixie • Sonny Sonnerstein • Grinkon • Super Amazing Bouncy Ball • Arata, Hideo, and Yumi • Vlurgen • The Guardian • Judge Blort Clooney • Mayor DiReginald Hindenburg • 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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