"As Told by Ginger" (2000) TV series 2000-????

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Creator:

Emily Kapnek

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

25 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

Someone once told me the grass is much greener on the other side.

Plot:

The TV cartoon follows a preteen girl named Ginger Foutley, along with two friends, as they try to fit in social life as well in school and try to avoid any embarrassments.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Girl | School | Surrealism | Peer Pressure

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Melissa Disney	...	Ginger Foutley (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jeannie Elias	...	Carl Foutley / ... (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jackie Harris	...	Macie Lightfoot / ... (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Aspen Miller	...	Dodie Bishop / ... (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tress MacNeille	...	Hoodsey Bishop / ... (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Laraine Newman	...	Lois Foutley / ... (20 episodes, 2000-2004)
Liz Georges	...	Courtney Gripling (18 episodes, 2000-2004)
Cree Summer	...	Miranda Killgallen (16 episodes, 2000-2004)
Kenn Michael	...	Darren Patterson / ... (13 episodes, 2000-2004)
Kath Soucie	...	Blake Gripling / ... (12 episodes, 2000-2004)
Grey DeLisle	...	Brandon Higsby / ... (10 episodes, 2000-2004)
Sandy Fox	...	Mipsy Mipson / ... (10 episodes, 2000-2004)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Klasky-Csupo

Quotes:

Deidre Hortense 'Dodie' Bishop: Hoodsey, our grandma just died, we have to go!
Robert Joseph 'Hoodsey' Bishop: Fine...
Carl Foutley: I'm so sorry Hoods.
Robert Joseph 'Hoodsey' Bishop: Me too. What a waste of a perfectly good Saturday.

Original, clever and funny!

This is a great show. The characters are written very realistically and are given more complexity than your average cartoons. It follows a young girl who is not very popular nor an outcast through junior high. Ginger is a lot closer to your average pre-teen girl than most characters in live action movies. She is smart, thoughtful and awkward. Her best friends Dodie and Marcie are real treats too. They possess all of the sweet yet annoying traits that best friends are supposed to have in junior high.

Even most of the popular kids are well thought out. Though Miranda is a typical mean, rich kid, the most popular girl in school, Courtney has her moments of kindness and gets along well with the not so popular kids. Another real treat is Ginger's family. Her single working mom's a great wide eyed adult who always knows how to deal with her kids. And her brother Carl is always getting into trouble with his best friend, Hoodsie while executing some hysterically bizarre scheme.

This is a great show! Check it out if you like smart toons!