Future-Worm!

Future-Worm!
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Genre	Comic science fiction Adventure
Created by	Ryan Quincy
Directed by	Pete Michels
Voices of	Andy Milonakis James Adomian Jessica DiCicco Ryan Quincy Melanie Lynskey
Narrated by	Corey Burton
Theme music composer	Darian Sahanaja
Composer(s)	Darian Sahanaja
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	14 (38 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ryan Quincy
Editor(s)	Todd Casey (story editor)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation Quincy Productions Bento Box Entertainment Titmouse, Inc.
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney XD
Picture format	HDTV (1080i)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	August 1, 2016[1] – present
Chronology
Related shows	Out There

Future-Worm! is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Ryan Quincy, who was previously the creator of IFC's Out There, for Disney XD. The show features the adventures of Danny and Future-Worm, who time travel by using a lunch box-shaped time machine.

After a series of shorts, the full show premiered on August 1, 2016.^[1]

Plot

The show follows Danny Douglas, a 12-year-old boy who, after inventing a time machine lunch box, sends it back in time. However, it was knocked out into the future as future scientists discover it. Because of its small size, the scientists use a worm and transform it into Future-Worm, a worm with a Photo Receptor Visor, Titanium Reinforced Abs and a Bullet-Proof Beard. He travels back to Danny's timeline as the boy meets the worm, and agrees to befriend him. Danny's life eventually changes forever as he has the coolest adventures, head into the past, present and future, meet new recruits, and seek the help of their friend Bug.

Characters

Main

Main characters (from left to right): Robo-Carp (exploding), Danny (with Time Machine Lunch Box), Bug, and Future-Worm.

• Danny Douglas (voiced by Andy Milonakis) - A boy who invents the Time Machine Lunch Box. He joins Future-Worm on many adventures.
• Future-Worm (voiced by James Adomian) - A futuristic worm (nicknamed Fyootch^[2]) who has a photo receptor visor, titanium reinforced abs, and a bullet-proof beard. Future-Worm is Danny's best friend, and the worm helps out on Danny's quests.
• Bug (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - A purple-haired girl with wings.

Recurring

• Doug Douglas (voiced by Ryan Quincy) - Danny's father.
• Megan Douglas (voiced by Melanie Lynskey) - Danny's mother.
• Robo-Carp (voiced by Ryan Quincy) - A fish-shaped robot who every time Danny uses him, he only explodes, making him useless.
• Steak Starbolt (voiced by Jonathan Frakes) - The star of his own show who is also Danny's favorite hero.
• Narrator (voiced by Corey Burton) - The unseen narrator who narrates the show and even names the different devices that Danny and Future-Worm use.
• Future Danny (voiced by Paul Williams) - Danny's older future self.
• Neil deGrasse Tyson (voiced by himself) - The guy who knows everything about science, who is also telepathic.

Villains

• Gloopies - Spineless alien creatures who loathes Captain Cakerz. Their weakness is the crunch of the cereal.
• Anchovy Monster - A monstrous anchovy who seeks revenge on Future-Worm, who betrayed it due to the fact that he dislikes anchovies.

Production

The characters first appeared in Disney XD's 2015 lineup. A series of shorts premiered later that same year.

Disney originally greenlighted the show to premiere somewhere in the fall of 2015,^[3] but Pickle and Peanut places its debut following its official premiere on September 2, 2015, pushing Future-Worm! to premiere on August 1, 2016.^[1]

Animation was provided by Titmouse, Inc., who also made other Disney XD shows: Motorcity, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and, for the animation for animated characters, Kirby Buckets.

Episodes

• Episodes are usually 22 minutes long: the first segment is eleven minutes long, the second segment runs three minutes, and the third runs seven minutes.

Shorts (2015)

No. in series	Title	Original air date
S1	"No Anchovies"	May 27, 2015
Danny orders a pizza with no anchovies for Future-Worm.
S2	"The Banana Peel Problem"	June 2, 2015
Danny slips on a banana peel, and travels back not to step on it.
S3	"Insta-Beard"	June 4, 2015
Danny grows a beard on his dad and it grows out of control.
S4	"Future Danny"	June 9, 2015
Danny meets his future self.

Season 1 (2016)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date[4]	Production code[5]	Viewers
1	1a	"Long Live Captain Cakerz!"	Pete Michels	Ryan Quincy and Dave Tennant (story) Ryan Quincy	Bryan L. Francis and Ethan Hegge	August 1, 2016	101	0.33[6]
Danny's attempt to watch his favorite show Steak Starbolt while eating his favorite cereal, Captain Cakerz, is interrupted when the breakfast cereal is out of stock, so he travels back to get them. However, he and Future-Worm figure out who stole the cereal — an alien race called Gloopies, which the citizens end up as their slaves, including Danny's parents! But to save them, Danny and Fyootch uses help from their friend Bug and a special guest as well as boxes of Cakerz. Guest star: Neil deGrasse Tyson as himself
2	1b	"Healin' Touch With Dr. D"	Pete Michels	Craig Lewis (story) Nick Confalone	Ethan Hegge	August 1, 2016	101	0.33[6]
Upon Danny getting brain freeze after drinking a slushie, Future-Worm takes him to the year 3,000 where he ends up on a medical TV show called Healin' Touch with Dr. D where the titular doctor is a Tyrannosaurus.
3	1c	"Terrible Tuber Trouble"	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen	Ethan Hegge, Erik A. Kuska, and Mike Morris	August 1, 2016	101	0.33[6]
Danny uses a future chemistry set he just obtained in order to make an anniversary dinner for his parents upon them cashing in their favor coupon. This experiment ends up creating a mashed potato monster. Guest star: Justin Roiland as Professor Gigglesnorp.
4	2a	"How To Beat A Cold... With Fists!"	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Ethan Hegge and Branden Warren	August 8, 2016	102	0.31[7]
Danny has a highly contagious cold and can't go to the latest Steak Starbolt convention. He then accidentally creates a giant cold monster while his dad faces his fear of germs.
5	2b	"Unsolved Histories"	Scott O'Brien	Nick Confalone	Scott O'Brien	August 8, 2016	102	0.31[7]
On "Unsolved Histories," Baxter Frost talks about how Danny and Fyootch change time when they can't afford a burrito on Columbus Day. As the Time Machine Lunch Box knocks out in 1492, the year Christopher Columbus first discovered America, the man closes down stores for the day! But the duo change his name to Christopher Burrito in order to get burritos.
6	2c	"Old Man Duck Head"	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	Ethan Hegge and Mike Morris	August 8, 2016	102	0.31[7]
Danny and Future-Worm laugh at an old man as a duck is on his head. But Future-Worm knows that laughing too hard can never make you laugh again, so he and Danny travel back to see if it's true. This was interrupted as the duck-head man is elected president.
7	3a	"Meetiversary"	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	Bryan L. Francis and Erica Hayes	August 15, 2016	103	0.19[8]
Future-Worm forgets to get Danny a gift. When they go to outer space, they discover that scientists have turned into werewolves.
8	3b	"Steak Starbot"	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol	Mike Morris	August 15, 2016	103	0.19[8]
Steak Starbolt is too busy fighting giant robots and monsters, with his crew thinking he's dead.
9	3c	"The Very Hungry Killah-Pillah"	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Ethan Hegge and Mike Morris	August 15, 2016	103	0.19[8]
Bug creates a "truck-o-sarus" and she and the boys must tame it, yet that it metamorphosizes into a truck butterfly.
10	4a	"Bubble Dad"	Pete Michels	Ryan Quincy (story) Todd Casey and Brian Wysol	David SanAngelo and Brandon Warren	August 22, 2016	104	0.21[9]
Danny creates a hermetically-sealed bubble for his dad when they show up at camp.
11	4b	"Future Danny and the Ghost Pirates of Tau Ceti"	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Riccardo Durante	August 22, 2016	104	0.21[9]
Future Danny finds himself captured by pirate ghosts.
12	4c	"Porthole to the Lizard"	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Vaughn Tada	August 22, 2016	104	0.21[9]
Danny finds himself in detention and must escape in order to see a Komodo dragon.
13	5a	"Deunited"	Pete Michels	Michele Cavin	David SanAngelo and Brandon Warren	August 29, 2016	105	0.25[10]
With Danny at his aunt's house, Fyootch spends the day with Bug when doing a cheese explosion. However, Future-Worm is kidnapped by birds.
14	5b	"Great Debates with the End of Time"	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	Mark Ackland	August 29, 2016	105	0.25[10]
Fyootch and Danny fight to see what animal it is: either a fish or a pig. Guest star: Ron Funches as The End of Time
15	5c	"The Forever Five"	Pete Michels	Julia Prescott (story) Todd Casey	Mike Morris and Eric McConnell	August 29, 2016	105	0.25[10]
After Megan creates her latest invention, the Forever Five, it sends her, Danny, and Fyootch to a world where everything is gray and its inhabitants are in complete boredom. Guest star: Chelsea Peretti as Ennuisha
16	6a	"The Bleak Shall Inherit the Earth"	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen	David SanAngelo, Brandon Warren and Rufino Roy Camacho II	September 19, 2016	106	0.20[11]
Danny wanted to be the biggest fan of rock band Titanium White...until he and Fyootch visit an alternative timeline.
17	6b	"Lobster Boy Movie Trailer"	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen	Ethan Hegge	September 19, 2016	106	0.20[11]
Lobster Boy dreams of becoming part of the school's football team in a fake movie trailer.
18	6c	"Makin' History"	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen	Vaughn Tada	September 19, 2016	106	0.20[11]
Danny brings a lobster boy for a school project, and later teaches him how to play football.
19	7a	"Go Help Yourself"[12]	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	Mike Morris and Eric McConnell	October 3, 2016	TBA	N/A
Future-Worm leaves Danny to do one last job for a friend.
20	7b	"Barl"[12]	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol	Erica Hayes, Bryan L. Francis and Rufino Roy Camacho II	October 3, 2016	TBA	N/A
Future-Worm and Danny go on a road trip with Barl.
21	7c	"Mecha-Muck Wars"[12]	Pete Michels	Ryan Quincy	Dan O'Connor	October 3, 2016	TBA	N/A
Fyootch leads an army of rebellions.
22	8a	"Revenge of the Anchovy Monster"[13]	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	David SanAngelo and Brandon Warren	October 10, 2016	TBA	N/A
The anchovy monster again seeks revenge on Danny and Fyootch.
23	8b	"Food Goggles"[13]	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol	Vaughn Tada	October 10, 2016	TBA	N/A
Danny invents "food goggles", which makes everything taste good.
24	8c	"Steak Starbolt Spooktacular"[13]	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol and Todd Casey	Travis Blaise	October 10, 2016	TBA	N/A
Steak Starbolt thinks he's stuck inside a TV when doing a public service announcement.
25	9a	"Robo-Carp-Alypse"[14]	Mike Morris	Todd Casey	Bryan L. Francis and Eric McConnell	October 17, 2016	TBA	N/A
Danny's exploding Robo-Carps return as zombies.
26	9b	"The Reemen"[14]	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol	Erica Hayes and Bryan L. Francis	October 17, 2016	TBA	N/A
Terrifying creatures invade Danny's house.
27	9c	"Dr. D, Ghost Hunter"[14]	Pete Michels	Adam Colás and Nick Confalone	Bryan L. Francis and Mike Morris	October 17, 2016	TBA	N/A
Dr. D becomes a ghost hunter.
28	10a	"Steak Starmom"[15]	Pete Michels	Brian Wysol	Brandon Warren, David SanAngelo and Travis Blaise	October 24, 2016	TBA	N/A
When Danny and Fyootch get sucked into the Steak Starbolt virtural reality game, Danny's mom accidentally gets sucked in as well.
29	10b	"Lemonade's Last Stand"[15]	Pete Michels	Nick Confalone	Vaughn Tada, Eric McConnell and Dan O'Connor	October 24, 2016	TBA	N/A
The duo open up a lemonade stand in a future with no lemons.
30	10c	"This Week in Future Science"[15]	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Dan O'Connor	October 24, 2016	TBA	N/A
The future scientists (who created Future-Worm) also create more abominations of nature.
31	11a	"The Time Travelers Council"[16]	Pete Michels	Todd Casey	Bryan L. Francis and Travis Blaise	November 7, 2016	TBA	N/A
Danny travels back in an attempt to prevent himself from being grounded.
32	11b	"Future Danny and the Scourge of The Plierates"[17]	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen	Erica Hayes	November 7, 2016	TBA	N/A
The Plierates' ritual is interrupted by Future Danny.
33	11c	"Bug's Very Important Job"[18]	Pete Michels	John Bailey Owen and Todd Casey	Brandon Warren	November 7, 2016	TBA	N/A
Future Danny is paid for a visit to Bug.
34	12a	"Bug vs. the Babysitter"[19]	Pete Michels	Michele Cavin	Dan O'Connor	November 14, 2016	TBA	TBD
Bug tries many ways to ditch Zoe, her babysitter.
35	12b	"Doug Race: 3939"[20]	Dave Thomas	Nick Confalone	Dave Thomas	November 14, 2016	TBA	TBD
Danny's newest invention ensues chaos when it is tested on his dad.
36	12c	"The Panama Bananama"[21]	Pete Michels	Michele Cavin	Douglas McCarthy	November 14, 2016	TBA	TBD
The boys visit Danny's aunt Bitsy, when she was young.
37	13	"Future-Worm and the 54 Days of Snordfest"[22]	TBA	TBA	TBA	December 12, 2016	TBA	TBD
38	14	"Lost in the Mall"[23]	TBA	TBA	TBA	December 16, 2016	TBA	TBD

References

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23. "Lost in the Mall". Zap2it. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Future-Worm! at the Internet Movie Database