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On The Way is an American animated comedy franchise focusing on a gang of five teenagers consisting of Lawrence Walters, Jake Miller, Gillan Karen, Flo Richard, and Sherrie MacLayne.

The franchise was created by Xavier Mosley and the characters debuted in the television series of the same name on December 6, 2020. A feature-length film to the television series, The On The Way Movie, was released in 2028. The franchise, as a whole, is the most popular comedy franchise to Columbia Pictures.

Creation
Xavier Mosley had the idea in 2016 with a live-action film, yet, during fall 2019, he had decided to have his television series that was meant to succeed it be the first thing to start the franchise.

Main characters
The main characters are a gang of five teenagers that live in different parts of Corpus Christi.


 * Lawrence Walters, voiced by Xavier Mosley, is the teenage prodigy and inventor who had left his hometown Prescott to make a new life for himself.
 * Jake Miller, also voiced by Xavier Mosley, is one of Lawrence's friends and best friends with Gillan who had lost his family after an incident in his old neighborhood.
 * Flo Richard, voiced by Isabela Moner, is the gluttonous and buffoonish girlfriend of Lawrence and best friend of Sherrie that had dropped out of elementary school and to spend the rest of her fun.
 * Gillan Karen, voiced by Tucker Albrizzi, is Jake's best friend that shares almost everything in common with him.
 * Sherrie MacLayne, voiced by Ariel Winter, is the youngest member of the wealthy MacLayne family whose a former rival of Jake's.

On The Way
The series focuses with the Boys and the recurring characters in Corpus Christi.

On The Way crossover with Those Guys
The 22-minute long crossover with Those Guys called "Those Guys and Those Boys" follows the Jefferson family and Pete Walker traveling the country, only to, later on, have their car's engine go out, leaving them stuck in Corpus, where they meet and befriend the Boys and MacLayne family.

The On The Way Movie
Columbia Pictures and Smashup Productions produce The On The Way Movie, an animated film that is set to release on June 9, 2028. The film will be directed by Rich Moore and written by writers Xavier Mosley, Jon Vitti, John Cohen, and The Simpsons veteran Mike Reiss.

Two Girls and a Hamster
A short-film entitled Two Girls and a Hamster, focusing on Sherrie and Flo shown in theaters.

Video games
The franchise wasn't apparent on video games, and has only made two video games On The Way: The Game (2028) and On The Way: App-venture (2033). Electronic Arts is responsible for developing both games.

Merchandise
The merchandising business was to help promote the series' media.

Music
On The Way has three CD releases of original songs and licensed songs featured in the films and series with Songs To Dance To & Music To Listen To from On The Way: The Animated Adventures, and the score from and The On The Way Movie. One music video to the show is

Action figures
Both McFarlane Toys and Hasbro released a line of action figures, respectively promoting the 100th episode of the series and the film.

Lego
In 2029, Lego produces a line of sets based on On The Way, including a collectable series of Lego Minifigures.