The Replacements
Saturday (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)
Saturday (9:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT) on the ABC Television Network's "ABC Kids"
The animated comedy series "The Replacements" revolves around the fun-loving antics of an unconventional family and the wish fulfillment of kids having the ability to change adults (despite consequences of those changes). It introduces sister and younger brother Riley and Todd as orphans until they answer an ad for Fleemco Replacement People and order themselves two "cool" parents. Soon, their new "mom," Agent K, a British super-spy and their new "dad," renowned stuntman Dick Daring, arrived. These four, along with C.A.R.T.E.R., Agent K's super-intelligent, super-sarcastic talking spy car, form a crazy, loving family. But Riley and Todd aren't through with Fleemco. Now the company has given them special cell phones that allow the kids to call in anytime and replace any adult they know! But, there are consequences attached whenever they do.
Geared towards kids 6-11 and produced in traditional 2D animation, the series features comedic hi-jinx of a brother and sister with fast-paced humor and quick wit. "The Replacements" is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.
When Conrad Fleem, the mercurial, reclusive, multi-millionaire owner of Fleemco, appears to be impressed with how Riley and Todd have handled the replacement parents they've ordered, he decides to go a step further and give them 24/7 access to the company. Riley and Todd can replace any adult that they personally know by making a simple cell phone call to Conrad Fleem himself and ordering up a replacement. But like their parents, these replacements may not work out exactly like the kids had expected. Some of Conrad Fleem's replacements may seem like very strange choices, but is there a method to his madness?
Riley and Todd are as different as two siblings can be - while 13 year-old Riley is idealistic, optimistic and a hopeless romantic, 12 year-old Todd is reluctantly good-hearted and not nearly as na?e as his sister. While Riley's approach to life is "can do," Todd's is "why not?" He's the quintessential "leap before he looks" kind of kid. Riley finds joy in the simplest things that other kids may take for granted.
There is one thing that is more important to Riley than fitting in; it's her little brother, Todd. And Todd may tease his sister and embarrass her with his mouth or his antics, but when push comes to shove Todd will always have Riley's back as she always has his.
Agent K (Mom) and Dick Daring (Dad) have no experience being parents and seem to be learning as they go. And how many families have a sarcastic, talking spy carthat can disguise itself as any type of vehicle that can change traffic lights on the fly and who is also probably the smartest member of the family? CAR misses the spy life with K and only begrudgingly becomes a family member.
Agent K is slightly paranoid and insists on trying to adapt her super-spy skills to parenting, and while you can turn a spy into a mom, you can't take the spy out of her. She is always cool and collected under pressure and a woman of many talents - she's a master of martial arts and knife throwing, she speaks seven different languages and even owns an arsenal of cool gadgets which the kids love to get into. Agent K is a loner and the family thing is tough for her. She is always looking for plots and hidden agendas in the most mundane things and situations, but is, at the heart of the situation, fiercely loyal to her family.
Dick Daring is, perhaps, the biggest kid in the family. Sure, he's a daredevil stuntman who often crashes and burns in his daring stunt attempts, but he is admired for his never give-up attitude and no-fear approach. However, his lack of planning and relying too much upon his reflexes and athleticism to get through life sort of gets in the way and slows him down. His "leap before you look" attitude helps him bond with his similarly inclined son, Todd.
Riley and Todd have an eclectic assortment of friends and acquaintances such as Tasumi, Riley's best friend, who claims to be part of a crime-fighting family called GO-HI-BOTS, something everyone just naturally takes for granted. Riley's other best friend is Abbey, a slave to the trendiest things and hippest fads. Then there's Johnny Hitswell, the cool jock who Riley crushes on. Todd's best friend is Jacobo, who's best described as the perfect kid. Nerdy Shelton Klutzberry is hopelessly inept, but he never quits and Buzz Winters is the neighborhood bully who's mostly talk and has a grudge against Riley and Todd because he used to have the coolest dad on the block.
As unique as this un-traditional family unit may be, when the chips are down, any of them would choose family over anything else.
Starring are Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") as Todd; Grey DeLisle ("The Fairly OddParents") as Riley; Kath Soucie ("Pooh's Heffalump Movie") as Agent K; Daran Norris ("Veronica Mars") as Dick Daring; David McCallum ("N.C.I.S.") as CAR; Lauren Tom ("King of the Hill") as Tasumi; and Jeff Bennett ("Lilo & Stitch: The Series") as Shelton.
"The Replacements" was created by renowned children's author and illustrator Dan Santat ("The Guild of Geniuses") and is executive produced by Jack Thomas ("The Fairly OddParents"). It carries a TV-G parental guideline and an E/I designation for its educational and/or informational content.