wait remember Fish Hooks you like fish well here's the hook a show full of fish living
their lives through high school all taking place within a pet shop Fish Hooks was a Disney Channel
original animated series that was a wonderful Little Slice of Life for three High School fish
named Milo B and Oscar the first time we ever saw Fish Hooks was in an 11 minute preview on
September 3rd 2010 after the premiere of Camp Rock 2 the Final Jam and if that's not iconic
I don't know what is its official premiere date was September 24th 2010 on the Disney Channel
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in Fish Hooks we follow the everyday lives of three teenage fish who live in a pet store called
Bud's pets Milo Oscar and B are just like human high schoolers they go to school worry about their
romantic lives and try to navigate just existing in one of the most awkward times of their lives
they're instead just fish Milo is voiced by Kyle Massey who is most famous for his role as Corey
in the Quarry in the house Nintendo DS video game he is Oscar's brother despite looking completely
different and also being a polar opposite to him when it comes to his personality Milo is
very socially extroverted constantly needing to be surrounded by his friends and always down to hang
out or party he doesn't tend to worry about things like his brother does and follows what Peaks his
interests which means he doesn't prioritize cleanliness school or even his own safety in
any way he's a very quirky guy whose personality always surprises me throughout watching the show
and I'll just never forget the time he was trapped in the store owner's pocket Milo's
brother is Oscar voiced by Justin Roiland who is most well known for his role as the Szechuan sauce
guy look here's my sealed copy of the sauce when it came out as well as version two I'm gonna be so
rich one day Oscar is very anxious and royland does a good job at expressing that with a high
strung and occasionally screechy voice other than being anxious Oscar's other character trait is
being in love with B the third main character and the last member of their Trio friend group he has
his locker space as a dedicated Shrine to her and this is just a little note out there to who needs
to hear it if you like someone do not go full Miss Briggs Randy Jackson mode it will not work you'll
just be a creepy weirdo but you can keep up all your waifu posters I support that but ironically
in this series because it's a fictitious cartoon maybe if we wait long enough and Oscar holds out
long enough there may just be something there no pun intended B is voiced by Chelsea Kane
who is no stranger to Disney Channel content B is very outgoing and dreams of her future success of
being a famous actress hence why her personality can lead more toward the dramatic side which we
get to see a lot of when they all put on a play that tells us a lot about why potatoes are great
especially the baked variety am I right Scott baked potato Perfection because of her very cheesy
attitude and her extroverted personality she is painted as the character that's really popular
romantically not really having any issues socially on the more negative side she has a lot of
problems when it comes to taking criticism as her very focused and confident mindset can Teeter over
into the realm of arrogance nevertheless she is close with Milo and Oscar and is super supportive
of both of them no matter what they put their minds to even if Milo's ideas aren't the smartest
it should I have gone with vertical stripes sizzling summer will be right back with fish hooks
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Fish Hooks was created by Noah Jones a children's book illustrator who was living in Maine at the
time Disney reached out to him and pulled him into the world of children's animated television
some of his character designs uploaded to his website caught the attention of development
Disney executive Mike Moon who was captured by his illustrations of unusual animals so
he reached out and emailed Jones asking him to pitch some ideas the one idea they landed
on was a story about three teenage fish who live in a pet store aquarium while the idea
was initially to have all three fish in a punk rock band Disney scrapped that idea but decided
to keep the fish concept it's like how I scrap and change my ideas up for Content but still keep the
cringe aspect once the series was confirmed for pre-production Jones began working from
home for about two years while they developed the series the reason that Disney was drawn to
Jones googly-eyed jelly bean colored characters was because it looked so vastly different from
any other cartoon Disney was showing on their channel in defining what the series would look
like Jones printed out a photo of a fish tank and put one of of his fish on the chair in front of a
photo and thought that the contrast was very funny characterized as a series with googly
eyes a skew pupils screechy voices the series was definitely different from anything Disney had done
the first thing he would notice about the cartoon would be its unique art style the backgrounds and
props are all collaged while the characters are flash animated in the traditional sense
in creating the backgrounds a team of artists would receive a collection of photographs to
reconfigure and assemble into a whole image in addition the 2D characters also have their own
unique art styles Jones wanted them to be simple they have a general simple shape for their bodies
but their General heads are where most of the detail can be found because their heads are much
larger than the rest of their bodies there's more emphasis on their expressions it was important to
Jones that the audience always was able to tell what they were thinking or what emotions they
were trying to show much like my avatar can you tell what I'm thinking I'll give you a second
that's right I'm thinking about the time that I was built in a factory I mean born yeah um have
I told you about the Masterpiece of a film Blade Runner 2049 the series is overall very fun the
pet store offers a whole world of possibilities in various locations that our fish can travel to it's
clever how the show creators go about having fun with traditional things that you can find in a pet
store and how they would be repurposed in everyday life we also get to see other iconic characters
like Chelsea Bay's close friend who has a very sarcastic but confidently iconic girl pop attitude
clemantha the quirkian love stricken cheerleading clam who is voiced by Fish Hooks developer and
Gravity Falls Creator Alex Hirsch there's also Albert glass and jumbo shrimp Albert's best
friend there's also joctopus Ludwig Van Den Bush who is the classic antagonist school bully and
the list can really go on all of these characters that we see throughout the show whether they have
bigger roles or not later on are all really unique and well done in their own right the series did
pretty okay on the critical reception standing with a bafta win under its belt and a few other
small wins and nominations the series did pretty well overall for itself it also gained a really
involved fan base that Noah did his best to keep up with he has stated that he receives lots of
emails from fans and actively took to the internet to see both fan art and fan fiction which is a
battle in itself so he already has my respect for being brave enough for that since it's based on
his work he even shares that he finds it amusing to see fan theories and the kinds of things that
fans make up including Milo and Oscar's last name being fishtooth which isn't true but they found it
entertaining nevertheless I think that fish hooks is a pretty fun show I thoroughly enjoyed spending
time in this world the show crafted together but especially loved the art direction for anything
that takes place outside of the tank from the way the human who owns the pet store Bud looks like it
interacts with his store to the end of the show getting to have conversations and funny moments
with snake and mouse who just view the world from their shared tank which is like becoming friends
with your food it's also a nice little end of the episode Stinger that reminds us that there are in
fact other animals in this pet store we just focus on these little fishies there's also this episode
called pool party Panic where everyone in the show is turned into humans at a regular school now like
a regular High School based comedy cartoon is what it would just be without being fish having
Milo explained that he guesses he had dreamed up everything and everyone in class being a fish as
we get to see what a human version of basically every character would look like if they were to be
a human even the teacher Mr Baldwin who when not a human here is a pregnant male seahorse he was get
this pregnant which I feel is a fact most people would know but just in case male seahorses carry
and give birth usually to a ridiculous amount of seahorse babies which actually does happen
in the show at one point Fish Hooks just always had fun with the concept having fun episodes that
would swim away from what a usual episode would be like and that helped keep the formula of the
show fresh but as most things Fish Hooks would eventually come to an end what but we haven't made
any money yet an all-new episode of Fish Hooks is next now we're back to Fish Hooks [Music]
the final episode aired on April 4th 2014 after a total of 110 episodes across three
pretty packed Seasons it got a lot of exposure being both on Disney Channel and Disney XD and
I remember seeing the series around a lot while it was airing and over 100 episodes is definitely
not anything to sneeze at When comparing it to other series on at the time didn't have nearly
as big of a reach but then again fish hooks in all honesty did really well for itself it had
and still has a really dedicated and emotionally distraught fan base are you all okay over there
that may be the best name I've ever come across in a while so what did happen to Fish Hooks though
why was it not renewed for a fourth season well as it turns out it had just run its course one of
the directors and number 110 billion of the kids next door Tom Warburton shares that he knew it
was coming to an end Disney didn't technically cancel it they just decided not to renew fish
hooks for a fourth season in an earlier interview with Creator Noah Jones He specifies that they'll
keep going on with a show until they run out of stories to tell and that he looks forward
to working on new cartoons after it had run its course which is exactly what he ended up doing
from here he went on to create the show pickle and peanut which shares a similar art style to
Fish Hooks and I have been asked to cover that show quite a lot so maybe I'll do that sometime
overall we got a lot of really fun content out of Fish Hooks it took the basic formula
of a high school setting but with the world and setting being based around fish that live their
lives in a pet store I mean before the show even came out Gary Marsh the worldwide president of
entertainment for Disney Channel stated did that the fish hooks team had created one of the most
original Innovative animated shows on television that's some pretty High Praise I mean of course
you're going to Hype up an upcoming show on your own network but still that's a pretty
great statement to receive this show managed to surprise me time and time again while there was
some moments and episodes that I didn't truly love I mean come on there's over 100 episodes
I'm bound to find something I didn't enjoy I still found myself having an overall fun time
with it it had some great characters a really fun setting and a satisfying wrap up during the third
season but what do you think about fish hooks let me know that and your favorite character
from the show down in the comments thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later foreign
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