Pickle and Peanut

Pickle and Peanut
Genre	Comedy Animation
Created by	Noah Z. Jones
Developed by	Joel Trussell
Directed by	Ken "Monkmus" Wong (supervising director)
Voices of	Jon Heder Johnny Pemberton
Theme music composer	Brad Breeck
Opening theme	Pickle and Peanut by Tinfoil 2000
Ending theme	How's Your Mom? by Tinfoil 2000
Composer(s)	Brad Breeck
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producer(s)	Noah Z. Jones Joel Trussell
Editor(s)	Greg Levitan Andy Tauke
Running time	11 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney XD
Picture format	HDTV 720p
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 2, 2015 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Fish Hooks Almost Naked Animals
External links
Website

Pickle and Peanut is an American animated television series that premiered on Disney XD on September 2, 2015.^[1][2] The series was created by Noah Z. Jones, and developed by Joel Trussell. It is about two anthropomorphic friends, Pickle and Peanut, whose misadventures form the content of the show. As with Jones' previous series Fish Hooks, the show utilises a combination of live action and animation elements.

Characters

Main

• Pickle (voiced by Jon Heder) – A friendly pickle. As his friend Peanut is always around him, he often causes mischief.
• Peanut (voiced by Johnny Pemberton) – Pickle's best friend, a peanut who wants to be cool and popular. As his friend Pickle is along with him, he often causes mischief.

Recurring

• Mr. Mjärt (voiced by Matt Chapman) – A businessman who is the manager of his store, Mjärt Mart.
• Lazer (voiced by H. Michael Croner) – A party-throwing teenager who hates Pickle and Peanut.
• Champion Horse (voiced by Noah Z. Jones) – A heroic and very muscular horse.
• McSweats (voiced by Dana Snyder) – One of Pickle and Peanut's friends.

Minor

• Greg (voiced by Joel Trussell) – Pickle and Peanut's pimple friend originally found on Pickle's butt. The pair decided to give him to Lazer. First seen in "Greg".
• Wayne – A mute character with an ugly face and creepy stare.
• Mam Mams (voiced by H. Michael Croner) – Pickle's friend who is sent to jail
• Kylie (voiced by Jessica Lowe) – A swimming teacher that Peanut is in love with. Seen in "Swim Lessons".
• Mylie (also voiced by Jessica Lowe) – A sister of Kylie's.
• Gory Agnes – A woman who is actually a ghost Pickle is dating in "Gory Agnes".
• Sneaky Patty (voiced by Abbi Jacobson) – A woman who is hiding in the bushes, seen in "Pickle the Falcon Master" and ″Cookie Racket″
• Bloodbeard (voiced by J.B. Blanc) – A cart rustler with blood as his beard, hence his nickname. Seen in "Cart Rustlers".
• D-Stixx (voiced by Kool Keith) – A rapper who made the Turkey Wrap Headphones. Seen in "Luxury Car Service".
• Sugar Bees – Rivals of Pickle and Peanut, seen in "Cookie Racket".
• Pigfoot – A legendary creature whose name is a portmanteau of a pig and Bigfoot, which Pickle and Peanut befriended. In the end, they find out a guy is in it.
• Goats – Antagonists in the episode "Tae Kwon Bro".
• Falcons – Appeared in "Pickle the Falcon Master". One of them is adopted by Pickle.
• Sewer Shark – Pickle and Peanut befriended it in "Sewer Shark".

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written and Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1a	"Greg"	Noah Z. Jones and Joel Trussell	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Dave Tennant (Story) Noah Z. Jones and Joel Trussell	September 2, 2015	101	0.46[3]
Pickle becomes the mother of a pimple named "Greg" (voiced by Joel Trussell), which he gives to his frenemy, Lazer (voiced by Michael Croner), to get invited to his party. Lazer had no intention of giving back Greg, so Pickle and Peanut must reclaim Greg.
1b	"Gramma Jail"	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Dave Tennant (Story) Noah Z. Jones and Joel Trussell	September 7, 2015	101	0.34[4]
Pickle and Peanut accidentally land Mam Mams (voiced by Micheal Croner), an old lady, in an old lady jail after violating an express lane rule in Mjärt Mart saying only ten items or less can be checked out at once, because Mam Mams checked out an eleventh item, so Pickle and Peanut must go to the jail and rescue her.
2a	"Cart Rustlers"	Monkmus	Mark Rivers (Story) Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, Benny Crouse, Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon	September 14, 2015	102	0.25[5]
The boys go on a stakeout to uncover the mystery of the missing shopping carts and come face-to-face with notorious cart rustler Bloodbeard.
2b	"Swim Lessons"	Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Matt Harrigan (Story) Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Edward D. Skudder	September 14, 2015	102	0.25[5]
Peanut discovers that Pickle never learned to swim and takes him to the local pool for lessons. Meanwhile, Peanut falls in love with the swimming lesson instructor, to which he is later teamed up with Wayne.
3a	"Pickle the Falcon Master"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (Story) Kimberly A. Robinson and Jacob Sluka	September 21, 2015	103	0.42[6]
Pickle wants a falcon so he can join the local falconry club, but Peanut acquires a parakeet from Sneaky Patty (voiced by Abbi Jacobson) instead. Both are later challenged to a falcon battle with Wayne.
3b	"Pickle Adopts a Family"	John Aoshima and Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, Matt Chapman and Mark Rivers (Story) Kimberly A. Robinson	September 21, 2015	103	0.42[6]
Pickle is excited to win a family of creatures as a cereal box prize, but the creatures start multiplying rapidly and prove too much for Pickle and Peanut to handle.
4a	"PAL-SCAN"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (Story) Benny Crouse	September 28, 2015	104	0.42[7]
Pickle and Peanut accidentally break Mjärt Mart's new automated checkout machine, the PAL-SCAN, but they brought the machine back to life after fixing it.
4b	"America's Sweetboy"	John Aoshima	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, Matt Chapman and Mark Rivers (Story) Benny Crouse, John Mathot, Michael Bertino and M.J. Sandhe	September 28, 2015	104	0.42[7]
Peanut enters Pickle in a local mall contest to find the new face of America's Sweetboy Taffy.
5a	"Gory Agnes"	Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, and Ryan Quincy (Story) Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, Monkmus and Ryan Quincy	October 5, 2015	105	0.32[8]
Pickle and Peanut's friendship is tested when they conjure up the terrifying ghostly ghoul, Gory Agnes, and Pickle begins dating her.
5b	"Haunted Couch"	John Aoshima and Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (Story) M.J. Sandhe	October 5, 2015	105	0.32[8]
After accidentally breaking Pickle's couch, the boys purchase a new one from Couch Dracula’s but soon discover that the replacement couch is cursed.
6a	"Body Spray"	Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (story) Benny Crouse and Jacob Sluka	October 19, 2015	106	0.31[9]
Pickle and Peanut cannot afford a bottle of the body spray they're fixated on so they make their own.
6b	"Luxury Car Service"	John Aoshima and Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (story) Benny Crouse and M.J. Sandhe	October 19, 2015	106	0.31[9]
The boys are desperate to buy a pair of the cool Turkey Wrap Headphones made by their favorite rapper D-Stixx, so they start a car service to earn extra money. Rapper Kool Keith guest stars as D-Stixx.
7a	"Cookie Racket"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Ryan Gillis and Sunil Hall	October 26, 2015	107	0.45[10]
When Pickle bakes his grandma's delicious cookies for the neighbors, a troupe of little girls called the Sugar Bees compete with the boys to defend their turf.
7b	"Busted Arm"	Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (story) Reza Iman	October 26, 2015	107	0.45[10]
Pickle's cast earns him some newfound popularity, so Peanut fakes a broken limb to get some attention.
8a	"Pigfoot"	Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell, Mark Rivers and Matt Harrigan (story) Ryan Gillis and Giovanny Cardenas	November 9, 2015	108	0.29[11]
The boys find "Pigfoot" – a portmanteau of a pig and Bigfoot – while (painfully) playing paintball with McSweats.
8b	"Tae Kwon Bro"	John Aoshima and Monkmus	Noah Z. Jones, Joel Trussell and Tyler Chen (story) Victor Courtright and Edward D. Skudder	November 9, 2015	108	0.29[11]
Pickle and Peanut visit Lazer's karate class, but Peanut is horrible at it, while Pickle is great at it. However, when a heard of goats wreck havoc (and the boys find out that the karate class is a fake), Pickle and Peanut must save the day.
9a	"A Cabbage Day Miracle"	Sunil Hall and John Aoshima	Greg Tuculescu (story) Ryan Gillis, Nate Cash, Benny Crouse and M.J. Sandhe	November 30, 2015	110	0.26[12]
The boys, unhappy that Christmas is over, start a new holiday: "Cabbage Day".
9b	"Springtime for Christmas"	Sunil Hall	Brendon Walsh (story) Sunil Hall and M.J. Sandhe	November 30, 2015	110	0.26[12]
The boys turn Christmastime back into springtime.
9c	"Yellow Snow"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Joe Horne, Ryan Gillis, Victor Courtright and Monkmus	November 30, 2015	110	0.26[12]
The boys have a snowball fight and find a "yellow snowball" that is set on wrecking the town.
10	"Sewer Shark"	Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (story) Benny Crouse, Ryan Gillis and M.J. Sandhe	November 16, 2015	109	0.33[13]
The boys find a shark in the sewers and are eaten by it. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone to hold in a three week break from the show, so it was aired with "Swim Lessons".
11a	"Bee Colony"	John Aoshima	Greg Tuculescu (story) Noam Sussman and Victor Courtright	January 25, 2016	TBA	0.34[14]
Pickle goes on vacation with his family and puts Peanut in charge of his bees.
11b	"The Goose's Juice"	Sunil Hall and John Aoshima	Greg Tuculescu (story) Ryan Gillis	January 25, 2016	TBA	0.34[14]
Pickle loses sleep over the relentless barking dog next door.
12a	"Wiz Fest"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Benny Crouse	February 1, 2016	112	0.34[15]
Peanut attends a renaissance faire hosted at the Pizza Slop.
12b	"Gym Rats"	Monkmus	Brendon Walsh (story) Victor Courtright	February 1, 2016	112	0.34[15]
Pickle and Peanut get teased at the local Y.
13a	"90's Adventure Bear"	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Benny Crouse	February 8, 2016	113	0.32[16]
Pickle and Peanut find their favorite cartoon character at a yard sale. Shaquille O'Neal guest stars as 90's Adventure Bear. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it was aired with "Pigfoot".
13b	"Parking Lot Carnival"	Sunil Hall	Brendon Walsh (story) Ryan Gillis	February 22, 2016	113	0.47[17]
Pickle loses one of his shoes on a carnival ride. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it was aired with "Haunted Couch".
14a	"Volcano"[18]	Monkmus and Andrew Overtoom	Brendon Walsh (story) Victor Courtright and Reza Iman	March 7, 2016	114	0.30[19]
A big volcano is about to erupt. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it was aired with "Pickle the Falcon Master".
14b	"Bike Jumper"[20]	Monkmus and Andrew Overtoom	Greg Tuculescu and Matt Chapman (story) Victor Courtright and Reza Iman	March 14, 2016	114	TBA
YouTube star, Bike Jumper, breaks his leg after Pickle suggets a dangerous jump. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it will be aired with "Body Spray".
15a	"Francine"[21]	Sunil Hall	Greg Tuculescu (story) Ryan Gillis	March 21, 2016	115	TBA
McSweats' girlfriend Francine breaks up with him, so Pickle and Peanut try their hand at couple counseling. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it will be aired with "Bee Colony".
15b	"Cell Phone Tree"[22]	Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Victor Courtright and Reza Iman	April 4, 2016	115	TBA
Pickle and Peanut make a cell phone tree their own hut. Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it will be aired with "Gory Agnes".
16a	"Sneaky Patty Sleepover"[23]	Sunil Hall	Greg Tuculescu (story) Benny Crouse and Ryan Gillis	April 11, 2016	116	TBA
Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it will be aired with "Cookie Racket".
16b	"Baby Tooth"[24]	Andrew Overtoom and Monkmus	Greg Tuculescu (story) Victor Courtright, Ryan Gillis, M.J. Sandhe and Benny Crouse	April 18, 2016	116	TBA
Note: This episode was meant only to be aired alone, so it will be aired with "America's Sweetboy".

Broadcast

The series premiered on Disney Channel in Canada on September 12, 2015 and was moved to Disney XD on December 1, 2015.^[25]

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External links

• Official website
• Pickle and Peanut at the Internet Movie Database