Best & Bester
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| Best & Bester | |
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| Genre | Comedy TV series |
| Created by | Yones Oti, Anto Harlin |
| Voices of | |
| Opening theme | "Best & Bester Main Title Theme" |
| Ending theme | "Best & Bester End Credit Theme" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Finland Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes (11 minute segments) |
| Production companies | Eye Present Gigglebug Entertainment Nelvana |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | 27 June 2022 – present |
Best & Bester is a British-Finnish-Canadian animated television series, directed by Younes Otti and Anto Hallerin and produced by Gigglebug Entertainment, Eye Present and Nelvana.
Premise
[edit]Best & Bester, twins in a town called Betterville, have a unique ability to choose a new body, their friend and their neighbors. Thus, they can experience their lives in a completely different way.
Characters
[edit]- Best - Pink Crown, Buster's brother
- Bester - Green-heart, Best's sister. Bester has a fear of camels.
- Grumpy Pants - Brown pants with glasses, Best and Bester's neighbor who hates them.
- Flip Flop - Best and Bester's best friend who runs a liquor stand.
- Diamondo - He is rich and he likes shiny things. Sometimes also hangs out with Best & Bester.
- Rocky - She is usually shy and quiet, but she likes to hang out with everyone. She is a good friend of Best & Bester. She is a member of the "Book Club" with several other friends.
- Toot - She is a passionate comedian, she tells jokes all the time. However, no one really laughs at them. She is a good friend of Best & Bester.
- Grafifi - She is light and athletic, skilled in physical activity and mechanics. She is presented as a "rebellious spirit", and prefers to do things her way instead of following everyone else. She also likes to show off to others.
Voices
[edit]| Voices | Characters |
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| Rupert Simonian | Best |
| Kathryn Drysdale | Bester |
| Bill Bailey | Grumpy Pants |
| Kosha Engler | Flip Flop |
| Joseph Balderrama | Diamondo |
| Akiya Henry | Rocky |
| Harriet Carmichael | Toot |
| Pearl Mackie | Grafifi |
| Brian Blessed | Shouty Shirt |
| Ako Mitchell | Tex Pecks |
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Segments | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | 51 | June 27, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | |
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) | |||||
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| 1 | "Cactus Sitting" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Claran Murtagh | Isadora Morales | June 27, 2022 | 101 | 0.4 | |||||
| "Disaster of Hole 2" | |||||||||||
| 2 | "Get the Hump" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Aidan O'Donovan | Isadora Morales | June 28, 2022 | 102 | 0.2 | |||||
| "Sing for Your Supper" | |||||||||||
| 3 | "The Big Game" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Alex Collier | TBA | June 29, 2022 | 103 | TBA | |||||
| "Get Your Skate On" | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Get Shirty" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | June 30, 2022 | 104 | TBA | |||||
| "This Solves Nothing" | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Rock-a-Bye Besty" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 1, 2022 | 105 | TBA | |||||
| "Shake or Brake" | |||||||||||
| 6 | "Tenta-Flakes" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 4, 2022 | 106 | TBA | |||||
| "Boss Level" | |||||||||||
| 7 | "Stage Struck" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 5, 2022 | 107 | TBA | |||||
| "Ball Count" | |||||||||||
| 8 | "Bucket Pants" | Alex Collier, Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 6, 2022 | 108 | TBA | |||||
| "A Best Too Far" | |||||||||||
| 9 | "Spoiler Alert" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | TBA | July 7, 2022 | 109 | TBA | |||||
| "Something Fishy" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | ||||||||||
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"Spoiler Alert": Best is very excited to read the new book in his favorite book series, but everyone keeps giving him spoilers. "Something Fishy": Best & Bester are trying to get a seat at the newest and most popular restaurant in town, but when they succeed something strange happens. | |||||||||||
| 10 | "Fair Share" | Hannah George | TBA | July 8, 2022 | 110 | TBA | |||||
| "Power Plant" | |||||||||||
| 11 | "Best Fwends" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | TBA | July 11, 2022 | 111 | TBA | |||||
| "The Trivialist Pursuit" | |||||||||||
| 12 | "Bad Eggs" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 12, 2022 | 112 | TBA | |||||
| "Out of Bounds" | |||||||||||
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"Bad Eggs": Best destroys Bester's work and makes up a story about an art-hating chicken to hide the truth. "Out of Bounds": When Best & Bester's ball flies into Grumpy Pants' garden, Best & Bester set out on a mission to retrieve it. | |||||||||||
| 13 | "Robo Stomp" | Andrew Barnett Jones & Ciaran Murtagh | TBA | July 13, 2023 | 113 | TBA | |||||
| "Wood You?" | |||||||||||
| 14 | "Chess-a-pult" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 17, 2022 | 114 | TBA | |||||
| "Smart & Smarter" | |||||||||||
| 15 | "Mugshot" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 23, 2022 | 115 | TBA | |||||
| "Taken to the Cleaners" | |||||||||||
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"Mugshot": Best & Bester suspect that something strange is going on in the laundry and they set out to find out. "Taken to the Cleaners": When Best is arrested due to mistaken identity, Bester is determined to clear his name at any cost. | |||||||||||
| 16 | "In the Sky With Diamondo" | Isabel Fay & Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | November 5, 2022 | 116 | TBA | |||||
| "Best Buddies" | |||||||||||
| 17 | "Donut Disturb" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | November 12, 2022 | 117 | TBA | |||||
| "The Cursed Amulet" | |||||||||||
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"Donut Distrub": Best wins an entrance ticket to a candy factory. Buster sneaks into a non-card factory and gets into trouble. "The Cursed Amulet": Best & Bester find a treasure with a strange amulet. When it turns out to them that the amulet is cursed they went to remove the curse. | |||||||||||
| 18 | "That's So Cupid" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | November 19, 2022 | 118 | TBA | |||||
| "Buddy Odour" | |||||||||||
| 19 | "Fight or Flight" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | November 26, 2022 | 119 | TBA | |||||
| "Employee of the Month" | |||||||||||
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"Fight or Flight": Best and Buster are very excited about their flight, but when they get to the airport they run into problems. "Employee of the Month": Best and Best are competing for the title of "Outstanding Employee of the Month" | |||||||||||
| 20 | "Stuck Inside" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 3, 2022 | 120 | TBA | |||||
| "Long Overdue" | December 10, 2022 | ||||||||||
| 21 | "Animal Hearts" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 17, 2022 | 121 | TBA | |||||
| "Beast & Beaster" | December 24, 2022 | ||||||||||
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"Animal Hearts": Best and Bester get to visit the studio where Bester's favorite telenovela is filmed. "Beast & Beaster": The sequel to "The Monster of Butterville" is released and it manages to drive the whole town crazy. | |||||||||||
| 22 | "Rocky the Vote" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 30, 2022 | 122 | TBA | |||||
| "One-Star Hotel" | |||||||||||
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"Rocky the Vote": Today is the day a new president will be elected to lead the Betterville Book Club. "One-Star Hotel": Best and bester get to host in their modest apartment the star of Bester's favorite show - Hard Nose | |||||||||||
| 23 | "That Sinkhole Feeling" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 31, 2022 | 123 | TBA | |||||
| "Like a Brother" | |||||||||||
| 24 | "Funny Money" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 26, 2022 | 124 | TBA | |||||
| "Shaking Bad" | |||||||||||
| 25 | "Pulling Power" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | December 26, 2022 | 125 | TBA | |||||
| "Home Security" | |||||||||||
| 26 | "One Better Day" | Andrew Barnett Jones | TBA | January 3, 2023 | 126 | TBA | |||||
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Part 1: Bettervale is celebrathing "Better Day" but Best & Bester manage to anger the townsfolk by causing mischief again. Part 2: After a period of exile Best & Bester return hoping to patch things up with their neighbours and with each other. | |||||||||||
Broadcast
[edit]The series began its broadcast in the United Kingdom on Nickelodeon on September 3, 2022, and in Canada on the YTV on September 18, 2022. It was broadcast on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand on June 27, 2022; also, several episodes were broadcast for the first time on Nickelodeon in Latin America, Nick Jr. in Italy. In Finland, the series is expected to be broadcast on Yle TV2 on March 11, 2023, under the name "Eka & Helmi", the 26 episodes of the series will be released on the same Time of day on the media stre aming service Yle Areena (PI).