Oddballs
TV Series2022–2023 · 2 seasons · 20 episodes · Cancelled

Oddballs

Taste attributes: action & adventureanimationcomedyrobots/ai/spaceanimalsadventurefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedunlikely connections

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"You see an elephant?! That means you are stressed! Or a homicidal maniac."

Boxlist takeHeightened and accessible: an inventive animated series, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Quality rating

7.6 /10

TMDB · 40 votes

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Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

Seasons

Season 1

· 2022 · 12 episodes

Life is tough when you're a second-generation lab experiment living in the town of Dirt, Arizona — and chaos seems to follow you everywhere.

Episodes (12)
  1. 1Raising Toasty7 Oct 2022

    After burnt toast ruins their sleepover, James and Max create "Toasty," a sentient toaster — but they have wildly different ideas on how to raise him.

  2. 2Breaking and Entering7 Oct 2022

    James' mom turns him into a smartphone to see if he’s responsible enough to have one. But staying damage-free proves harder than he expected.

  3. 3Wanted Dead or a Fly7 Oct 2022

    The day after James kills a fly, Mr. McFly reveals his grandmother is missing. Thinking he killed Grandma McFly, James scrambles to cover up his crime.

  4. 4Line Cutters7 Oct 2022

    While waiting for the ultimate slow-cooked ribs, James and Max meet a girl named Echo who claims she's from a future with no processed foods.

  5. 5Boy with two Brains7 Oct 2022

    When James accidentally saves Mr. McFly from a school bully, the troublemaker takes his revenge by entering James's body to wreak havoc from within.

  6. 6Emo like the Wolfstank7 Oct 2022

    Tired of being the only one he knows without a "thing," James joins the school's competitive feelings club. Only problem is, that's Max's thing.

  7. 7Behind Frenemy Lines7 Oct 2022

    Instead of confronting Echo about her messiness, James tries to passive-aggressively get her to move out of the RV... but the plan blows up in his face.

  8. 8Pillow Fight Club7 Oct 2022

    When the parents in Dirt ban their kids from doing anything risky, James starts a pillow fight club for his peers to release all of their excess energy.

  9. 9Grandma's Boy7 Oct 2022

    James goes looking for the grandmother he's never met, only to discover that she's actually a robot gift service his parents signed him up for.

  10. 10Blood Excuse7 Oct 2022

    After learning he can be excused from gym class for donating blood, James gives so much that he shrivels up and gets mistaken for a senior citizen.

  11. 11Almost Home Alone7 Oct 2022

    Believing he's in a "kid-life crisis," James decides to take a day off from school, but it's repeatedly interrupted by a pesky door-to-door salesperson.

  12. 12Nugget Nonsense7 Oct 2022

    When James learns he's too old for the kids' menu, he heads to Dirt's cloning lab so he can have as many of his favorite dino nuggets as he wants.

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Bubble-shaped boy James questions anything and everything that annoys him. The result? An awesome life of odd adventure with his two best friends.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

unlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Robert James RallisonJulian GantKimberly BrooksCarl FaruoloGary Anthony Williams

Details

Genre
Action & Adventure
Year
2022
Status
Cancelled
Studio
Atomic Cartoons
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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