Tales from Adventureland

Tales from Adventureland is a action-adventure comedy series created by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, based off the book series of the same name, which was also based off various attractions from the Disney Parks. The series premiered on July 17th, 2020 on Disney Channel and Freeform.

Premise and Style
Taking place in a fantastical/retro-futuristic version of the year 1937, 14-year old Andy Stanley is a kind but timid teenager with fondness for reading and puzzles. Ever since he was young, Andy has always been idolized his grandfather and renowned explorer Ned Lostmore, who mysteriously disappeared during an expedition into the Amazon Rainforest shortly after he was born, and has been presumed dead. But that all changed when on his 14th birthday, Andy receives a mysterious letter informing him that Ned is in fact, alive and well, and would love to meet him. Shortly after, Andy given a ride to the fictional Italian port town city of Porto Paradiso by eccentric freelance pilot Jock Lindsey. The duo head to the Exploration Fortress, where Andy finally meets Ned for the very first time, though not the way he hoped. Much to his surprise, Ned is a talking shrunken head, which he ended up as after an unfortunate run-in with a headhunting tribe during his expedition. Ned explains to Andy that he called him here not only because he wanted to meet him for the first time, but also to take his place as the next Lostmore explorer. Although he was hesitant at first, Andy immediately accepts his grandfather's offer.

Now, Andy is traveling the world with his Ned and a ragtag of explorers, including the shrewd skipper Frank Wolff, the adventurous couple Kida Nedakh and Milo Thatch (from one of Wise and Trousdale’s pervious work Atlantis: The Lost Empire), and their lava dog Obby (from the sequel Milo’s Return), while also facing off against various foes, from greedy mercenaries to powerful sorcerers.

Characters
.Andy Stanley (voiced by Tom Holland)-The 14-year old hero with a fondness for reading, calligraphy, and puzzles. Andy starts out as kind, yet meek and timid, but over the course of his adventures, he starts to come out of his shell becomes more confident. His main weapon is the Zoomwriter Pen, a mechanical pen created by Captain Brieux that can turn into whatever weapon or object he wants.

.'Shrunken' Ned Lostmore (voiced by Patrick Stewart)-Ned’s eccentric grandfather, who became shrunken head after an unfortunate run-in a tribe of headhunters in the Amazon. He serves as a mentor to Andy and helps him gain the confidence he need.

.Frank Wolff (voiced by Dwayne Johnson)-A shrewd, sardonic, but just man who previously worked as a riverboat captain for the Jungle Navigation Company outpost in the Congo. He’s the only member of the cast who doesn’t wield a weapon, instead relying on his rather impressive physical strength and hand-to-hand combat skills to fight.

.Kida Nedakh (voiced by Cree Summer)-The queen of the legendary lost kingdom of Atlantis. Having spent most of her life underground, she and her husband Milo decide to leave Atlantis temporally and explore the world. Kida is kind and excitable individual who’s always up to see what the the outside has to offer, but due to her limited perspective of it, she comes off as something of a fish-out-of-water and can be considered by many to be socially inept. Contrary to her notably youthful and beautiful appearance, she’s actually about 8,500 to 8,800 years thanks to her Atlantean physiology. Kida is a skilled warrior, being able to hold her own with her Atlantean spear, or just her bare hands.

.Milo Thatch (voiced by James Arnold Taylor)-Kida’s husband and the king of Atlantis. An eccentric and friendly young man who’s skilled in cartography and linguistics. While he is very close with his wife Kida, he’s also close with Andy, who he views as a best friend. Being able to relate to Andy the most of of all the cast, Milo often serves as an older brother figure to him and helps him build his confidence. Despite his notable scrawny physique and glaring height (being shorter than most men and even women he comes across), Milo is no slouch in combat. Thanks to training from Kida, Milo is able to hold his own in a fight. While he’s not as strong as Kida or Frank, he can certainly throw a punch. His main weapons are a pair magical Atlantean boomerangs that Milo can use for various scenarios like skates and grappling hooks.

.Ooby (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker)-Kida and Milo’s lava dog who is able to eat rocks and swim through lava.

Arc 1: The Jungle Cruise

 * 1) The Adventure Begins (July 17th, 2020)-Andy and Ned arrive at the Jungle Navigation Company Headquarters in the Amazon Rainforest to visit the latter’ sold friend Dr. Albert Falls (Jim Cummings). But when they arrived, they find that his granddaughter Alberta has been inflicted with a rare and potentially fatal disease known as Goffius Marcius, otherwise known as the Jungle Flu. Albert and the rest of his family are completely distraught as there many be no hope for Alberta's condition, but that changes when Lord Henry Mystic (Kevin Michael Richardson) and his monkey Albert (Dee Bradley Baker) arrive. Henry informs everyone that there's a rare plant known as the Memwa Maisha, located deep in an ancient temple on a remote plateau in the jungle mountains of the Congo that could possibly be the cure for Alberta's disease and is only accessible by another Jungle Navigation outpost, and not only that, but their friend Preston B. Whitmore has already financed an expedition to go there. With their choices now down to one, the Falls family decide to have Albert to go on the expedition to find the plant, with Ned, Andy and Henry tagging along.
 * 2) Adventures in the Savannah (July 17th, 2020)-The next day, Andy, Ned, Albert and Henry are now on their way to Africa to begin their expedition for the plant. Joining them are fellow S.E.A. members Harrison Hightower III (Mark Hamill), Mary Oceaneer (Jennifer Hale), Barnabas T. Bullion (Clancy Brown), Jason Chandler (Roger Craig Smith), Prof. Blauerhimmel (also Smith) Dr. Baterista (Dee Bradley Baker), and Milo and Kida. The team arrive in the Tanzanian town of Harambe, where they'll be waiting for a train that will take them to a colony in the Belgian Congo in less then two days, which is where the trading post is located. Since the train wouldn't be arriving until the evening, the team decide to go on a little safari in the Serengeti to kill some time. Along the way, they run into an angry rhinoceros, packs of deadly carnivores, and a band of greedy poachers.
 * 3) The Congo Queen (July 24th, 2020)-Two days later, the expedition team arrive in the colony of Panagai and head to the Jungle Navigation Outpost. There they meet the Renard Dumont (Dee Bradley Baker), the shady and greedy owner and merchant, and Frank Wolff, the shrewd riverboat captain. As they're about to embark on their journey along the Congo River, Renard warns the team about the dangers of the jungle, more specifically, the native tribes, some of which are rumoured to be cannibals and headhunters, worrying Andy to quite a degree. While their boat cruise seems peaceful at first, it eventually turns hectic as they're attack by a pod of temperamental hippos and a pack of hungry crocodiles. The team manage to evade the semi-aquatic beasts, they find themselves in even more trouble as they get caught up in roaring rapids and fall over Schweitzer Falls. Though the team manages to survive, the river boat (Congo Queen) is totalled and they have to trekked through the jungle by foot. Things don't get any better as the team have to deal with savage leopards, angry baboons, pythons and mischievous monkeys. When setting up camp in the veldt, Bullion accidentally makes the campfire too big, frightening a nearby herd of elephants and causing them to stampede towards the team. While running for their lives, the team stumbled over a steep cliff and fall into a rushing river that divided into separate streams, with everyone getting separated in the process. Andy washes up on the shores of a different part of the jungle, completely alone. Extremely exhausted and on the verge of passing out, he sees a tall shadowy figure reaching towards him.
 * 4) The Waziri Tribe (July 31st, 2020)-Andy wakes up to him and the rest of the expedition (except for Hightower) in the middle of a thatched-roof hut. The team then immediately finds themselves surrounded by tribal warriors wearing masks, frightening them all. The team beg for the warriors (who they believe are cannibals) to spare their lives, only to find out that the warriors aren't cannibals at all. But with that worry out of the way, the warriors force the team to come with them via spears to face. The team are brought to the chief of the tribe Keezawi (Keith David), who reveals that the leader of the warriors is his son Basuli (Phil LaMarr). Keezawi informs the team that his warriors found them washed up in various parts of the jungle, so they decided to bring to them to their village so when they woke up, they would figure out what their fate should be. The team is left confused about what Keezawi meant. One of the village elders explains to them about their tribe’s less-than stellar history with the outsiders (specifically white men) and how the rest of the tribe are debating whether to let them go alive, or to kill them. Albert explains their situation to the chief and assures him that they’re not a threat to the tribe at all. While Keezawi does sympathize with their plight, he still believes that they should do at least something prove that they can be trust. Basuli requests they do a series of tribal challenges
 * 5) The Temple of Shiriki Utundu (August 7th, 2020)-