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Hailey's On It!

American animated television series


Hailey's On It! is an American animated science fiction comedy action adventure television series created by Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton.[3] It is produced by Disney Television Animation.[1][4][5] The series premiered on June 8, 2023, on Disney Channel.[6]

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Synopsis

Set in Oceanside, California, the series follows Hailey Banks, a 14-year-old girl who dislikes taking risks. Her life gets turned upside down during her New Year's celebration when she is visited by a scientist who hails from the future, and learns that the completion of a long list of tasks she wrote will be the important start of a chain of events that will lead to her inventing a device that will be used to save the entire planet by reversing global warming.[7][8] Now, Hailey must overcome her fears, complete impossible and impractical tasks, and face her feelings toward her best friend, Scott Denoga.[8] However, some of her accomplishments will be threatened by Chaos Bots, small robots from the future sent by a mysterious villain who wants to prevent her from finishing her list and saving the world.

Characters

Main

  • Hailey Banks (voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho[9]) is a 14-year-old half-Hawaiian girl who dislikes taking risks and now has to overcome her insecurities and fears in order to save the world. She has a crush on Scott, her best friend, though he is completely oblivious to this and only sees her as a close friend. In the episode "U.F. Whoa!", it is revealed she invents the clean energy element that powers the Chaos Bots.
  • Scott Denoga (voiced by Manny Jacinto[10]) is a 14-year-old Filipino Korean[11][12] boy and Hailey's best friend whom she has to kiss in order to prevent the end of the world, but chooses to do it last on her list as it could possibly ruin their friendship.
  • Beta (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams[13]) is an AI operating system from the future who lists out Hailey's accomplishments. He has a contentious relationship with Scott.

Recurring

  • Kai Banks (voiced by Cooper Andrews[14]) is Hailey's Hawaiian father.
  • Patricia Banks (née Phlorange) (voiced by Julie Bowen[15]) is Hailey's Caucasian mother. She is a realtor, but was once a breakdancer in music videos.
  • A.C. Aychvak (voiced by Josh Brener[16]) is Hailey's rival, although the rivalry is one-sided. He is spoiled, and willing to cheat in order to win, sometimes with the aid of small robots. His catchphrase is "What the beans?"
  • The Professor (voiced by Sarah Chalke[17]) is a mysterious unrevealed named scientist from the future with high energy.
  • Becker Denoga (voiced by Judy Alice Lee[18]) is Scott's mischievous, tomboyish and destructive younger sister. She initially develops a crush on Hailey, but is able to move on from it when Hailey doesn't reciprocate any feelings for her, and later begins a relationship with her former school rival, Kennedy.
    • Bonesaw, Buzzsaw (voiced by Nik Shriner), Chainsaw (voiced by Kyle S. More), and Paul (voiced by Billy Kametz) are Becker's friends
  • Kristine Sanchez (voiced by Amanda Leighton[19]) is a popular girl who, despite being somewhat self-absorbed, is very cheerful and friendly to everyone, and attends the same school as Hailey and Scott. She is a fashionista who specializes in hats. While Hailey has been shown to dislike Kristine's overly cheerful personality at first, she does start to open up to her in the episode "Road Trippin'". In "The Beginning of the Friend", Kristine begins to date Scott. However, she later breaks up with him in the episode "U.F. Whoa!".
  • Sunny Denoga (voiced by Joy Osmanski[20]) is Scott's mother.
  • Thad (voiced by Nik Dodani[21]) is one of Hailey's classmates and in a relationship with Jonathan.
  • Jonathan (voiced by Nico Santos[22]) is one of Hailey's classmates and in a relationship with Thad.
  • Dwayne and Johnson Banks are Hailey's twin baby brothers. Their names are a reference to Dwayne Johnson, who co-starred with Hailey's voice actress Auliʻi Cravalho in the Disney film Moana.
  • Frank (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) is the Banks' pet flamingo. He is in a relationship with Scott's pet peacock Petey.
  • Lucy (voiced by Sydney Mikayla) is Hailey's clumsy classmate.
  • Kennedy (voiced by Shara Kirby) is Becker's perfectionist girlfriend and former school rival.
  • Bill Board (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a local businessman who appears in several episodes. He runs a company that puts up billboards, appropriately to his name, and has also acquired a number of other local companies (often in bets or games with other businesspeople).
  • Genesis (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) is Hailey's popular classmate.

Guest

Additionally, Auliʻi Cravalho "guest stars" as Kelci Fyre, a pop star who looks and sounds like Hailey.

Episodes

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Shorts

Chibi Tiny Tales

A few months after its premiere, Hailey's On It! joined the Chibi Tiny Tales series.

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Broken Karaoke

Part of the Broken Karaoke series that was started by Big City Greens.

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Theme Song Takeover

As part of a promotional campaign, Disney Channel began airing the Disney Theme Song Takeover wherein supporting characters from different shows performed the theme song to the series they were in.

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Production

Development

The earliest concept for Hailey's On It! was conceived when Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton came up with a scenario of a girl failing to pay attention to a time-traveling messenger.[42] The duo grew interested in the characters and slowly began to develop what would eventually grow into the series.[43] The series was initially pitched under the title I Will NOT Kiss Scott Federman.[44]

On November 18, 2021, Disney Branded Television announced that Hailey's On It! had been greenlit for a 20-episode first season.[1] Meredith Roberts, a Disney Television Animation executive described the series as the first animated series by Bunje and Stanton, and called it a "fast-paced comedy" with "grounded stories" and "heart" which made it a "perfect fit" for Disney.[8] The series was described as aimed at kids aged 6–14 and their families.[45] On June 15, 2022, Disney Branded Television revealed that Hailey's On It! would be receiving 10 additional episodes, bringing the total from 20 episodes to a 30 episode count for the first season.[46]

It was also announced that Howy Parkins would be a co-executive producer, alongside Bunje and Stanton, and supervising director. Reporting also confirmed Wade Wisinski as the show's producer, Karen Graci as the show's story editor, and Lee Ann Dufour as the series art director.[1][47][48] In December 2022, the Daily Sundial reported that artist Jaison Wilson, who has worked on The Princess and the Frog, Milo Murphy's Law, Candace Against the Universe, and Amphibia, would be working on the series.[49] On April 28, the show's first trailer was released, and a press release noted that the show's guest cast includes Brian Jordan Alvarez, Blake Anderson, Mick Foley, Jo Koy, Jack McBrayer, Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Parnell, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, Brandon Mychal Smith, Martin Starr, and Al Yankovic.[6] The same day, it was announced that Cat Harman-Mitchell and Leslie Park would be series directors.[48][6]

Writing

Writers for the series include Mary Gulino and Kevin Yee.[50][51] Karen Graci serves as story editor.[52][48] Bunje and Stanton said the use of animation gave them greater creative freedom than their live-action works.[43] Due to the constant changes made to the show's story during development, the writers purposefully avoided having the content on Hailey's list to be fully defined, instead wanting the content to be conceived as they developed the story for each episode in order to allow greater creative freedom and flexibility.[43]

The character of Beta was created because the writers wanted a way to "organize and prioritize list items" without always relying on the list itself, with the idea of a technologically advanced smartphone being conceived due to the dynamic such character could have with Hailey.[43] Beta was originally meant to be a minor character, but his role was expanded after the writers enjoyed Gary Anthony Williams' performance and further developed him.[53]

Music

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The series features K-pop, rock, pop-rock, electronic dance, and musical theater tracks. A digital soundtrack with six original songs was released on June 9 by Walt Disney Records.[6][54] Matthew Tishler and Andrew Underberg are songwriters/composers for the series.[48][6]

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All tracks are written by Andrew Underberg & Matthew Tishler except where indicated

Broadcast

The series premiered simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD on June 8, 2023, and then on Disney+ the following day.[6][55] Several "Theme Song Takeover," "Broken Karaoke" and "Chibi Tiny Tales" shorts featuring characters from the series began airing in July.[6][54] The series has a TV-Y7 parental guideline.[54]

Reception

Critical response

Matthew Aguilar of ComicBook.com described Hailey's On It! as a "delightful new comedy adventure series."[56] Rob Schwarz of FanSided said the show is "wonderful for families with children of almost any age," stating it succeeds to empower women, and complimented the different depicted characters.[57]Ashley Moulton of Common Sense Media gave Hailey's On It! a grade of four out of five stars, praised the depiction of positive messages and role models, citing friendship and courage, while complimenting the educational value, writing, "Teen girl role model shines in funny action-adventure."[58]

Accolades

The series won Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film - Animated at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.[59][60]

In other media

Video games

Following the show's premiere, DisneyNOW released updates for the games Bubble Burst and Color Splash related to the show.[6][54]

Notes

  1. This episode was first released on Disney+ on June 9, 2023.[29]
  2. This episode was released a week early on October 14, 2023 on VOD.
  3. This episode was released a week early on October 21, 2023 on VOD.

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