Bunk'd

Bunk'd
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Pamela Eells O'Connell
Starring	Peyton List Karan Brar Skai Jackson Miranda May Kevin Quinn Nathan Arenas Nina Lu
Opening theme	"Kikiwaka" performed by Kevin Quinn[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Pamela Eells O'Connell Adam Lapidus
Cinematography	Thomas T. Eckelberry
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time	22–25 minutes
Production company(s)	It's a Laugh Productions Bon Mot Productions
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Picture format	NTSC (480i) HDTV 720p
Original release	July 31, 2015 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Jessie

Bunk'd is a Disney Channel television series and a spin-off of Jessie, a Disney Channel original series. The series stars Peyton List, Karan Brar, and Skai Jackson returning as their respective characters of Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross. Starring alongside them are Miranda May, Kevin Quinn, Nathan Arenas, and Nina Lu. The show premiered on July 31, 2015.

Plot

Emma, Ravi, and Zuri leave New York and head off to Maine to stay at Camp Kikiwaka, which was founded by Jedediah Swearengen and is named after a legendary creature that lives in the nearby forest. Camp Kikiwaka is also where their parents happened to have met as teenagers. Along with their new friends, the three Ross kids try their best to adapt to their new lives at Camp Kikiwaka.

Characters

Main

Bunk'd cast and characters: Nina Lu as Tiffany, Kevin Quinn as Xander, Skai Jackson as Zuri, Peyton List as Emma, Karan Brar as Ravi, Nathan Arenas as Jorge and Miranda May as Lou.

• Emma Ross (Peyton List) is the oldest of the Ross kids, and counselor-in-training who is in Cabin Woodchuck. She is shown to have a unique sense of fashion.
• Ravi Ross (Karan Brar) is a weak, yet extremely smart, counselor-in-training who is in Cabin Grizzly. The second-youngest of the Ross kids, he brings his pet Mrs. Kipling, a seven-foot Asian water monitor to camp.
• Zuri Ross (Skai Jackson) is an adorably sweet yet sharp, sarcastic, and talkative girl and the youngest of the Ross kids who is in Cabin Woodchuck.
• Lou (Miranda May) is a hyperactive farm girl, counselor, and Emma's friend. She is the head of Cabin Woodchuck.
• Xander (Kevin Quinn) is a popular handsome counselor and resident musician who is the head of Cabin Grizzly. He is the love interest for Emma.
• Jorge (Nathan Arenas) is a goofy, chubby young boy of Hispanic descent with glasses who is Ravi's friend and in Cabin Grizzly. He is shown to be very messy, unclean, and calls people "weird" despite being weird himself. Jorge once claimed that he was once abducted by aliens.
• Tiffany (Nina Lu) is a smart young girl of Chinese descent who has an extremely overbearing mother.

Special guest stars

• Luke Ross (Cameron Boyce) is the brother of Emma, Ravi, and Zuri. While he was in summer school, he did manage to get his grades up there, and for no other reason than missing his siblings, Luke once visited Camp Kikiwaka, where he helped in the archery combat against Camp Champion.

Recurring

• Gladys (Mary Scheer) is the strict proprietor of Camp Kikiwaka who has been jealous of Christina ever since Christina had "stolen" Morgan from her.
• Hazel (Tessa Netting) is the head counselor of Camp Kikiwaka, the descendant of Jedediah Swearengen, the niece of Gladys, and Emma's rival for Xander who is the head of Cabin Weasel.
• Mrs. Kipling (Frank) is Ravi's pet Asian Water Monitor.

Production

Bunk'd was renewed for a second season by Disney Channel on February 29, 2016.^[2]

Episodes

• Kevin Quinn and Nathan Arenas are both absent for two episodes.
• Nina Lu is absent for four episodes.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [3]	Prod. code [4]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka" "Pilot"	Bob Koherr	Pamela Eells O'Connell	July 31, 2015	101	4.24[5]
Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross decide to leave the loud and noisy streets of New York to visit Camp Kikiwaka, which is the same camp where their parents met. While Ravi and Zuri meet Jorge and Tiffany, Emma befriends Lou and develops an interest in Xander while competing against Hazel. Due to Hazel's trick where Emma and Zuri end up in the woods, Xander drags Lou, Ravi, Jorge, Tiffany, and Hazel to get to them while being stalked by the Kikiwaka. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Tessa Netting as Hazel Note: According to Zuri, the reason why Luke is not at camp is because he is in summer school after failing English class.
2	"Gone Girl"	Rich Correll	Jeff Hodsden Tim Pollock	August 7, 2015	102	2.12[6]
Xander finally asks Emma on a date. Due to Ravi's misinterpreted encounters overhearing Lou and Xander's conversation about the date to a murder plot, Emma becomes weary of Xander's motives. Meanwhile, Zuri and Jorge begin an underground candy business after Gladys banned it due to being stood up by the candy delivery man Serge. Unfortunately, Tiffany ends up getting hooked on candy. Guest star: Mary Scheer as Gladys
3	"Camp Rules"	Bob Koherr	Mike Montesano Ted Zizik	August 14, 2015	104	1.80[7]
Following the black market candy sales and the Woodchuck Cabin almost catching on fire, Gladys reinstates the laws established by Camp Kikiwaka's founder Jedediah Swearengen. She assigns the counselors-in-training to give out demerits to anyone committing illegal actions where three demerits will get that camper punished. Emma and Zuri have been arguing lately with an issue with the bathroom nearly causing the Woodchuck Cabin to burn to the ground. Due to Lou's canoe therapy going wrong, Emma and Zuri get trapped out on the lake and start to drift toward the rapids causing Lou and Xander to go rescue them only for them to be needing rescue. Meanwhile, Ravi keeps busting Jorge for his lawbreaking which leads to Jorge stealing the original rules and both of them getting into trouble with Gladys. Guest star: Mary Scheer as Gladys Absent: Nina Lu as Tiffany
4	"Smells Like Camp Spirit"	Rich Correll	Lacey Dyer Julie Layton	August 21, 2015	105	2.18[8]
Emma gets the camp's spirit stick and becomes a guardian, but she gives it to Xander who loses it and curses the camp with bad luck. Meanwhile, Ravi learns how to swim for his test and is coached by Jorge and Tiffany. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel
5	"The Ones That Got Away"	Bob Koherr	Valerie Ahern Eric Schaar	November 6, 2015	103	1.82[9]
Emma and Xander team up for a fishing competition, but end up finding out that they have nothing in common. Meanwhile, Gladys chases the chef Murphy and is very desperate while Lou and Ravi try to find a large fish. Zuri and Tiffany get caught cheating by stuffing a fake fish, losing their title at the contest, Lou realizes that the search is more important than the result. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Casey Campbell as Murphy Absent: Nathan Arenas as Jorge
6	"Can You Hear Me Now"	Bob Koherr	Sally Lapiduss	November 13, 2015	106	1.79[10]
All of the campers are forced to hand in their phones, but Zuri swaps her phone with a rock and keeps it so that she can order some deli food. In search for a signal, she and Emma trick Ravi and Tiffany into building a router, saying that Gladys wanted a secret art project to commence. They lie when asked about it, and when Lou finds out, she is very hurt and stops talking to Emma. Meanwhile, Grizzly Cabin is entrusted with designing the camp totem pole, and Xander gets very controlling, which upsets Jorge and causes him to quit. Later, Xander and Jorge reconcile and Jorge gets to use his design for the pole. Then Emma and Lou also reconcile when Emma destroys the pole, among other things. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel
7	"Friending with the Enemy"	Rich Correll	Adam Lapidus	November 20, 2015	107	1.64[11]
Emma and Lou try to make friends with Hazel in order to get on her good side. Meanwhile, a TV producer named Dr. Hunter Brody shows up at Camp Kikiwaka and the children join him in his search for the Kikiwaka. Guest stars: Tessa Netting as Hazel, Myko Olivier as Dr. Hunter Brody Absent: Kevin Quinn as Xander, Nathan Arenas as Jorge
8	"Waka, Waka, Waka!"	Victor Gonzalez	Valerie Ahern Eric Schaar	November 27, 2015	108	1.73[12]
The Camp Kikiwaka Festival occurs as Emma, Lou, and Hazel compete in their sales to become the Kikiwaka Queen since Xander is dressed as the Camp Kikiwaka mascot and is also the Kikiwaka King. Xander wants Emma and Lou to outsell Hazel to evade dancing with her at the end of the festival. Meanwhile, Ravi and Tiffany try to gain proof of the Kikiwaka's existence following their close encounter with the Kikiwaka. At the same time, Zuri cuts a deal with Gladys to use the students to make Kikiwaka dolls in exchange that she uses Gladys' shower. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Tessa Netting as Hazel
9	"Secret Santa"	Lauren Breiting	Jeff Hodsden Tim Pollock	December 4, 2015	114	1.50[13]
After getting lost due to Xander's poor sense of direction, Zuri, Xander, Tiffany, and Jorge discover a cabin up in the mountains. They meet an old man and ask for directions; he gives them directions, but in a rude manner as he doesn't appear to like children and wants them to go away. As they're leaving, Jorge rushes back in because he really has to use the bathroom. When he takes a wrong turn on the way back out, he discovers that the old man is Santa. Meanwhile, Emma and Lou want to get each other nice gifts to show each other how much their friendship means, but after listening to bad advice from Ravi, they both try to get each other something other than what they were originally going to get. Emma tries to capture a woodchuck while Lou puts on an embarrassing show for Emma. Meanwhile, upon later returning, the old man denies Jorge's allegations that he's Santa, but later admits that he used to be Santa. He stopped being him because children nowadays can just get their toys or whatever they want online and he no longer felt special. Feeling bad, Ravi, Xander, Tiffany, and Jorge decorate his cabin, which Santa appreciates when he returns. Later, after discovering what happened, Emma and Lou discuss that it's the thought that counts, not the gift. Guest star: Harrison White as Old Man
10	"Counselors' Night Off"	Bob Koherr	Mike Montesano Ted Zizik	January 8, 2016	110	1.48[14]
While Gladys is at a canoe convention in Atlantic City, Lou, Xander, and Hazel head to an area in the woods called "The Spot" where the counselors go. Curious about "The Spot," Emma plans to see what it is as Ravi works to maintain the order in Camp Kikiwaka while Emma is away. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel Absent: Nina Lu as Tiffany
11	"There's No Place Like Camp"	Bob Koherr	Pamela Eells O'Connell	January 22, 2016	111	1.86[15]
Jorge feels homesick for his family as Xander and Ravi work to break his homesickness. After breaking the oven and microwave while on kitchen duty, the girls forage for food in the woods where Lou accidentally covers herself in Diablo Leaves which causes her to hallucinate. Gladys uses a website where she finds a possible love interest in a "Nigerian Prince" and prepares to meet him despite Lou's warnings about it being a scam. Guest star: Mary Scheer as Gladys
12	"Luke's Back"	Rich Correll	Pamela Eells O'Connell	February 12, 2016	119	1.88[16]
Luke comes to Kikiwaka to ask Ravi for help with his summer school. Meanwhile, the Kikiwaka counselors and campers get into a turf war with their rival Camp Champion over "The Spot". Special guest star: Cameron Boyce as Luke Guest stars: Tessa Netting as Hazel, Spencer List as Eric Absent: Nina Lu as Tiffany
13	"No Escape"	Rich Correll	Jeff Hodsden Tim Pollock	February 19, 2016	112	1.62[17]
Zuri and Jorge sneak out of Camp Kikiwaka in order to obtain some headphones and a comic book respectively. Now Emma and Xander must get them back to Camp Kikiwaka before Gladys finds out. Meanwhile, Tiffany develops an unhealthy crush on Ravi. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Andrew Caldwell as Ted
14	"Close Encounters of the Camp Kind"	Bob Koherr	Lacey Dyer Julia Layton	March 11, 2016	116	1.50[18]
Jorge and Tiffany think that the new camper at Camp Kikiwaka who Zuri has taken a liking to is an alien. Meanwhile, Emma and Ravi get evaulated by Lou and Xander, with the results not going well. Guest stars: Mary Scheer as Gladys, Amarr Wooten as Marsh
15	"Crafted and Shafted"	Bob Koherr	Mike Montesano Ted Zizik	March 18, 2016	117	1.37[19]
Emma and Xander take Zuri, Jorge, and Tiffany on a camping trip in the woods. In an attempt to have a date, Emma and Xander fall into a hole leading into an abandoned mineshaft. After Zuri and Tiffany get trapped as well, it's up to Jorge to get them out. Meanwhile, Ravi and Lou work to put together a discount jungle gym for Gladys so that the photographer can photograph it for the new camp brochure. Their attempts to put it together end up injuring Lou.
16	"Boo Boos and Birthdays"	Phill Lewis	Lacey Dyer Julia Layton	March 25, 2016	109	1.63[20]
It is Tiffany's birthday. While Zuri keeps Tiffany busy, Emma and Lou work to prepare a surprise party. Due to a misunderstanding, Hazel thinks the party is for her, as her birthday is the same day as Tiffany's. Meanwhile, Ravi and Jorge fake injuries to get out of a volleyball tournament where Camp Kikiwaka's infirmary is run by Hazel due to budget cuts. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel
17	"For Love and Money"	Shannon Flynn	Adam Lapidus	April 1, 2016	113	1.47[21]
Emma, Zuri and Lou are sent by Gladys to go into town to pick up some bug spray for her. While at the store, Emma and Zuri meet a young carpenter named Noah, whom they set up with Lou. When they notice Lou is only doing woodworking for Noah on their dates, Emma and Zuri discover he is only using Lou after they hear him on his cell phone. Meanwhile, Xander plays a joke on Ravi and Jorge by misleading them about hidden treasure at the camp. Ravi and Jorge later turn the tables and Xander gets fooled about the treasure. Guest star: Chandler Massey as Noah Absent: Nina Lu as Tiffany
18	"Love Is for the Birds"	A. Laura James	Pamela Eells O'Connell	April 8, 2016	120	1.40[22]
Ravi meets another camper named Sasha and needs Emma and Jorge's help to talk to her. They start dating, but Ravi quickly discovers he and Sasha have nothing in common. Despite this, he takes part in adventures, enduring many injuries in doing so. Their being completely opposite eventually results in their break-up. Meanwhile, Zuri and Tiffany find a Tawny eagle egg while bird-watching and try to tend to it, only for Lou to catch them. Instead of taking the egg to a wildlife officer as Lou directs them, Zuri and Tiffany take the egg back to its nest. Realizing how high they have climbed the tree the nest is in, they're afraid to go back down and are more so when the mother shows up. Lou catches them again, but the three witness a miracle as the egg hatches in the presence of its mother. Special guest star: Kelly Washington as Sasha Absent: Kevin Quinn as Xander
19	"Bride and Doom"	Robbie Countryman	Desiree Bowie Amanda Steinhoff	April 29, 2016	121	1.48[23]
A long time ago, Jedediah Swearengen's daughter Olga was in love with a man named Roland and her father disapproved of their romance. When Olga tried to run away to be with Roland, she was caught in a storm and perished. It is said in the Camp Kikiwaka ghost stories that when it comes to a stormy night, the Ghost of Olga Swearengen would haunt the camp. When there is a sighting of the Ghost of Olga Swearengen, Emma, Zuri, Ravi, Lou, Xander, Jorge, Tiffany, and Hazel must survive the night. Guest star: Tessa Netting as Hazel
20	"Live from Camp Kikiwaka"[24]	TBA	TBA	May 13, 2016	115	TBD
21	"Xander Says Goodbye"[25]	TBA	TBA	May 20, 2016	118	TBD

Broadcast

In Canada, the series premiered on Disney Channel Canada on the second day of the channel's launch on September 2, 2015.^[26] The series premiered on Disney Channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 20, 2015,^[27] and premiered in Australia and New Zealand on January 14, 2016.^[28]

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External links

• Bunk'd at the Internet Movie Database
• Bunk'd at Disney Channel Press