Marvin Marvin

Marvin Marvin
Genre Comedy
Science fiction
Slapstick
Created by Jon Ross
Jeff Bushell
Starring Lucas Cruikshank
Pat Finn
Mim Drew
Victory Van Tuyl
Jacob Bertrand
Casey Sander
Camille Spirlin
Composer(s) Kenneth Burgomaster
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Jon Ross
Jeff Bushell
Evan Weiss
Gary Binkow
Producer(s) Richard G. King (episode 1)
Patty Gary-Cox
David M. Israel (consulting producer)
Steve Leff (consulting producer)
Running time 23 minutes, one 45 minute special
Production company(s) The Collective
Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release November 24, 2012 (2012-11-24) – April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27)
External links
Website

Marvin Marvin is an American science fiction slapstick comedy television series that aired from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013.[1] The series stars Lucas Cruikshank as the title character Marvin Marvin, an alien teenage boy adjusting to human life.[2] On June 26, 2013, Cruikshank said that he had left Nickelodeon.[3]

Premise

Set in Portland, Oregon, Marvin Marvin follows the adventures of a teenage alien with special powers named Marvin (Lucas Cruikshank) who was sent to Earth by his parents in order to protect him from evil invaders on his home planet, Klooton. Under the supervision of his new human parents, Bob (Pat Finn) and Liz (Mim Drew), Marvin tries to adjust to life on Earth as a typical American teenager. Helping him navigate Earth’s unfamiliar social customs are Marvin’s human siblings Teri (Victory Van Tuyl) and Henry (Jacob Bertrand) and his mischievous grandfather, Pop-Pop (Casey Sander). As if teaching Marvin how to act human wasn’t hard enough, the family and even Teri’s curious best friend, Briana (Camille Spirlin), must also conceal his real identity from the world.

Cast

Main characters

Recurring characters

Episodes

No. in
series 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code[4] 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Gary HalvorsonJon Ross and Jeff BushellNovember 24, 2012 (2012-11-24)1012.6[5][6]
Marvin wants to go to school, but Bob and Liz won't let him. Telling Bob and Liz that Marvin is upstairs shedding his skin, Henry then sneaks Marvin to school without them knowing. Meanwhile, Teri is running for student council against a super hot football player named Cliff Drill, and she has no one voting for her. Teri tells Marvin to pretend he isn't related to her. Teri then realizes that Cliff is stealing her posters, but she has no witness except a mime. Teri and her friend Brianna look for ways to win the election while Marvin tries to adjust to school, but keeps messing up (Releasing the animals from the science lab after they tell him they want to be released, dancing to ringtones whenever a phone rings.) When Marvin catches Cliff stealing Teri's posters, Cliff gets mad. Teri plays music, and Marvin starts dancing, luckily dodging Cliff's punches in the process, until finally the football player lands in the trash can. Brianna tells everyone Teri knows Marvin, and they all say they'll vote for Teri. Marvin returns home where Bob and Liz scold him when they realized he wasn't shedding after all and was at school. After Teri tells them she'll keep an eye on Marvin, they agree to let him go to school, but ground him and Henry.
2"Improbable Story"Eric Dean SeatonCarly Althoff & Luke GiordanoDecember 1, 2012 (2012-12-01)1052.1[7]
Marvin's ability to talk to horses inspires a plan from Grandpa to help him win big at the track. Meanwhile, Teri and Brianna come up with two inventions, The "Hairbandit," and "StickyBuds"
3"Toothache"Gary HalvorsonDicky MurphyDecember 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)1032.3[8]
Marvin "fends for himself" and eats a huge amount of chocolate when a family meal is called off, and soon he develops an explosive toothache; Henry wins a chocolate selling contest and wins a motorbike.
4"Ice Pop Pop"Eric Dean SeatonJennifer JoyceDecember 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)1062.9[9]
Marvin learns what an expiration date is, and he thinks that Pop-Pop will expire when he sees his driver's license. The day before Pop-Pop was supposed to "expire," he says that the bacon is going to expire in one day so Bob tells him to freeze the bacon to keep it fresh. So he freezes Pop-Pop. Marvin, Henry, Liz and Bob soon discovered that Pop-Pop was tricking Marvin so he can get whatever he wants. Upon unfreezing him, it is unveiled that Marvin tried to make a device to make Pop-Pop young again. But it backfired so he is now an elderly. He was about to die, so he asks Pop-Pop to make him a smoothie as his last wish. It is revealed that he only set his cloaking device to "Old Fart". Meanwhile Teri and Briana plot revenge on a boy who has asked them both on a date only to find out that the boy is actually a twin.
5"Burger On a Bun"Eric Dean SeatonSteve LeffJanuary 5, 2013 (2013-01-05)1082.9[10]
After seeing a bicycle with training wheels on them, Marvin asks for more money, so Liz says to Marvin that Teri has a job at Burger on a Bun. He goes in for the job, but takes it too seriously. That only got him to Assistant Manager. Taking the job too hard, he fired Teri. Burger on a Bun went downhill in quality, so Briana quit when Marvin kept on taking it seriously. This caused him to make the burgers in his own way. After people started leaving, Marvin quit. But he spent all the money he made on Katy Perry tickets for Teri. Meanwhile, Pop-Pop and Henry find a suitcase Bill Gates lost 20 years ago and try to open it, only to find the suitcase itself is valuable.
6"Marvin and the Cool Kids"Eric Dean SeatonPeter Dirksen & Jonathan HowardJanuary 12, 2013 (2013-01-12)1072.1[11]
Marvin begins to spend time with the popular kids at school and gets the cool reputation, but his new popular friends make him take the risk of breaking the rules and forgetting his best friend. Meanwhile, Teri obsesses over the unknown writer of the notebook she found at school. Teri meets a guy who she thinks is the owner but all he says is "Will you make out with me?"
7"Scary Movie"Rob SchillerPeter Dirksen & Jonathan HowardJanuary 19, 2013 (2013-01-19)1092.3[12]
When Liz forbids Marvin and Henry from seeing a scary movie, they disobey her and watch it anyway. After seeing it, the horrors from the movie come to life. Meanwhile, Teri tries to impress a boy by "accidentally" pocket dialing him and pretending to do exciting things.
8"Double Date"Gary HalvorsonJeff BushellJanuary 26, 2013 (2013-01-26)1022.4[13]
Marvin and Teri go on a double date. After Marvin takes a picture of him and his date, Liz, Henry and Pop-Pop think that the waiter is a Klerg.
9"Basketball"Shannon FlynnJon RossFebruary 2, 20131042.3[14]
When Marvin wants to try and pick a sports team to be active, he picks basketball and soon discovers he has the gift and talent of playing it.
10"Space-Cation"Rob SchillerJeff BushellFebruary 9, 2013[4]1102.3[15]
When Marvin sends the Forman family to an unknown planet by mistake, he must tell Brianna that he is an alien in order to save them. In the end, it turns out that the family was still on Earth.
11"Battle of the Bands"Shannon FlynnDicky MurphyFebruary 16, 20131121.8[16]
Marvin needs a band to perform in "Battle of the Bands", so he uses a group of second graders. Meanwhile the Forman family has a chili cook off and the loser has to eat the winner's chili from Marvin's shoe.
12"Marvin Gets a Pet"Shannon FlynnJennifer JoyceFebruary 23, 20131132.0[17]
Marvin finds a Klootonian Fuzzy egg and tries to raise it as a pet against Liz and Bob's wishes. Meanwhile, Teri tries to make everything perfect when meeting a U.S. senator.
13"Calm Palm"Eric Dean SeatonMarc Warren & Danny Warren and Jeff BushellMarch 2, 20131111.9[18]
Marvin uses a Calm Palm on Teri when she's over stressed about a fencing competition. Meanwhile, Henry and Pop-Pop want to play hockey in the house, but Bob and Liz want them to follow the house rules.
14"St. Glar Kai Day"Shannon FlynnJon RossMarch 16, 2013[4]1161.7[19]
Marvin and the Forman family celebrate St. Glar Kai Day, but they also have to deal with federal agents who discover alien activity in their house.
15"The Amazing Comic Book Thief"Eric Dean SeatonBlake J. WilligerMarch 30, 2013 (2013-03-30)1171.8[20]
Marvin accidentally steals one of Ben's precious comic books, and he must return it before Ben finds out. Meanwhile, Teri and Brianna think that Liz is reading Teri's phone text's.
16"Marvin's Day Off"Eric Dean SeatonSteve LeffApril 6, 2013 (2013-04-06)1181.8[21]
Marvin joins a book club to spend time with his new crush;Marvin becomes sick the day of a book club meeting and plays hooky from school, however later sneaking into school and vomits on his crush. Meanwhile, Teri lets Brianna share her locker after a crime scene was done near her locker.
17"House Party"Jeff BushellZach ButlerApril 13, 2013 (2013-04-13)1201.9[22]
Marvin watches a bunch of Teen Party movies, and plans a party against Teri's wishes. Meanwhile, Liz, Bob, Pop Pop, and Henry fight a snowstorm to get to Henry's skating tournament.
18"Mr. Earth"Alex WinterPeter Dirksen & Jonathan HowardApril 20, 2013 (2013-04-20)1192.1[23]
Marvin's Klootonian uncle, Uncle Steve, visits the Formans. He says that Marvin is more Earthling than Klootonian and tries to take Marvin back to Klooton. Then Uncle Steve sees that Marvin taught the Formans about Klooton and lets Marvin stay on Earth.
19"Big Time Marvin"Jonathan JudgeCarly Althoff & Luke GiordanoApril 27, 2013 (2013-04-27)999-60[4]2.2[24]
Marvin and Teri go to a Big Time Rush concert, but Big Time Rush got kidnapped by the Klerg, and so did Teri, after being mistaken for a Klootonian. Now it's up to Marvin to save them.

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actor Lucas Cruikshank Nominated [25]
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress Victory Van Tuyl Nominated [26]

International distribution

Country / Region Channel Preview Series premiere Title in country
 United States Nickelodeon NONE November 24, 2012 Marvin Marvin
 Canada YTV March 19, 2013[27] March 25, 2013
 Greece Nickelodeon March 8, 2014 March 24, 2014
 Croatia Nickelodeon March 8, 2014 March 24, 2014
 India Nickelodeon NONE November 21, 2015
 Russia Nickelodeon NONE 2014
 Germany Nickelodeon NONE March 24, 2013

Reception

Marvin Marvin received mostly negative reviews. Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars stating, "... The show's best feature is the care it takes to reminding viewers that it's important to be yourself, even when that makes you different from your peers. From a kid's point, however, this message is lost amid Marvin's outrageous predicaments."[28] Media Life Magazine stated, "Marvin Marvin is simply bland, bland,"[29] while Brian Lowry of Variety called the sitcom a "teeth-gnashing affair" and its gags "stale".[30]

The series premiere scored 2.6 million viewers after a brand new Victorious. The next episode that premiered had 2.1 million viewers. The most watched episodes are "Ice Pop Pop" and "Burger on a Bun" with 2.9 million viewers, and the least watched episode is "St. Glar Kai Day" with 1.7 million viewers.

References

  1. ↑ "Nickelodeon's brand-new comedy series, Marvin Marvin Nov. 24". Monsters and Critics. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Alien Boy Invades Nickelodeon in New Out of This World Comedy, Marvin Marvin, Starring Lucas Cruikshank, Premiering Saturday, Nov. 24, at 8:30 Pm (ET/PT)". Prnewswire.com. November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Cruikshank, Lucas (June 26, 2013). "Tweet 350056101502386178". Twitter. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Shows A-Z - marvin marvin on nickelodeon". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "iCarly Finale Draws 6.4 Million Total Viewers, Ranks as November's Top Telecast with Kids and Tweens". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
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  7. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: College Football, "Wedding Band" Top Demos". TheFutonCritic.com. 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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  11. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: "Wedding Band" Tops Demos for TBS". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  12. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" Tops Viewers for Lifetime". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  13. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: Nickelodeon's "Victorious," "Marvin Marvin" Tops Charts". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  14. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: Nickelodeon's "Victorious," "Marvin Marvin" Top Viewers". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'NBA All Star Game', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Ax Men', 'Shameless', 'Bar Rescue' & More - Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.Zap2it.com. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  17. ↑ "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'Live From the Red Carpet', 'Ax Men', 'Bar Rescue', 'Shameless' & More - Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.Zap2it.com. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  18. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Tops Charts with College Basketball Doubleheader". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  19. ↑ "Saturday's Cable Ratings: College Basketball, UFC Prelims Top Demos". TheFutonCritic.com. March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: Nickelodeon Tops Viewers with "Marvin Marvin," "Wendell & Vinnie"". TheFutonCritic.com. 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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  23. ↑ "Saturday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Tripleheader Puts ESPN on Top". TheFutonCritic.com. April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Saturday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, "Marvin Marvin" Top Charts". TheFutonCritic.com. April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Kids' Choice Awards 2013, winners". Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  26. ↑ "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  27. ↑ "YTV celebrates March Break all month long with a stacked schedule of marathons, movies and new programming". Corus Entertainment. February 8, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Marvin Marvin TV Review". Commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  29. ↑ TV Reviews (2012-11-21). "'Marvin, Marvin,' not good, not good". Media Life Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  30. ↑ Brian Lowry TV Columnist @blowryontv (2012-11-20). "Marvin Marvin". Variety. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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