Hardy Boys: The Next Generation

Hardy Boys: The Next Generation is an American-Canadian web-exclusive animated action-adventure series. Loosely based on the Hardy Boys books by Edward Stratemeyer, while also taking influence from Undercover Brothers and The Hardy Boys Mysteries, it first aired on Netflix on December 29, 2017.

Plot
In the small New Jersey town of Bayport, Frankie and Joey Hardy are two cousins raised by their aunt following the passing of their parents. Both boys are descended from Frank and Joe Hardy, the famous Hardy detective brothers, and together with their friends, travel the world solving mysteries.

Protagonists

 * Frankie Hardy (Drake Bell)-The elder of the cousins. He is intelligent, almost coming across as a smart-aleck, but will admit when he is wrong. His great-grandfather is Frank Hardy.
 * Joey Hardy (Josh Peck)-The younger of the cousins. The great-grandson of Joe Hardy, he possesses a knowledge of antiques, and is also interested in old pulp magazines.
 * Kevin Alvarez (Mitchel Musso)-A close friend of the boys. Of Mexican (father) and American (mother) descent, he is skilled with technology. He is also fluent in Spanish, and a running gag is whenever something goes wrong he says "Ay basura" (Spanish for "oh garbage").
 * Sophie Prince (Kristin Kreuk)-The boys' next-door neighbour, and a cynical, wisecracking girl. She is originally from Hanoi, Vietnam and was born with the name Thanh Dong, and was adopted, along with her older sister Danielle, by a same-sex couple providing humanitarian aid.
 * Patrick Lewis (Ogie Banks)-An African-American teen and close friend of the cousins. He has a clownish streak and enjoys food.
 * Lily Greenwood (Mae Whitman)-A friend of the boys, and Joey's childhood crush, but she doesn't reciprocate his affections. Her head is shaven except for a blond faux-hawk which is streaked with red. She has a love of comic books and art, and is a skilled linguist.
 * Elizabeth Hardy (Mary Steenburgen)-The boys' aunt and their legal guardian following the deaths of their parents. She is sharp witted and is also skilled at cooking.

Recurring characters

 * Joaquin and Joanna Alvarez (Maurice LaMarche and Marisa Tomei, respectively)-Kevin's parents. Joaquin originally hails from Tijuana, Mexico and Joanna is from Portland, Oregon. They are a loving if somewhat stodgy couple.
 * Danny Alvarez (Joshua Rush)-Kevin's little brother. He suffers from Down's syndrome.
 * Joe and David Prince (Trevor Devall and Jeff Bennett, respectively)-Sophie's adoptive parents. They are openly gay, and in one episode, Sophie receives abuse for having two gay fathers from a bully.
 * Danielle Prince (Vanessa Marshall)-Sophie's older sister. Like her sister, she was born in Vietnam. She is currently studying in England.