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Genre |
Action-adventure |
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Created by |
Jed Elinoff |
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Voices of |
Scott Menville |
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Country of |
United States |
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Original |
English |
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Executive |
Jed Elinoff |
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Running time |
22 min. |
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Production |
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Distributor |
ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks |
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Original |
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Original release |
April 1st, 2019-April 1st, 2022 |
Holiday Forces is an American animated action/adventure comedy-drama series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, being produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and aired on Nickelodeon from April 1st, 2019 until April 1st, 2022.
Synopsis
Ten teenagers were living their normal lives when they find a mysterious entity named Father Time who made them become Holiday Warriors and assigned them to face various menaces.
Characters
Main
- Neal Yeagley/New Year (voiced by Scott Menville) - a teen who is the leader of the Holiday Forces.
- Vicky Sampson/Valentine (voiced by Catherine Taber) - a teen who acts selfish and uncaring at times. She is Patrick's sister.
- Patrick Sampson/St. Patrick (voiced by Bobby Moynihan) - an overweight teen who is a bit snarky. He is Vicky's brother.
- Ethan Eggins/Easter (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a teen who is rather cautious with things and tends to be scared easily.
- April Footman/April Fool (voiced by Tara Strong) - a teen who likes to crack jokes and pull pranks on her peers.
- Ian Fouraker/In-Depend (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - an African-American, slightly overweight teen who likes to chill and is Larry's best friend.
- Larry Dayton/Labor (voiced by Sean Astin) - a teen who is athletic and is part of the school's basketball team. He is best friends with Ian.
- Howard Weinstein/Halloween (voiced by Seth Green) - a teen who is grouchy. Like Vicky, he can act uncaring at times, making him one of the few people Vicky actually gets along with. Howard also appears to have an interest in urban legends.
- Theo Gividen/Thanksgiving (voiced by Ben Schwartz) - a Hispanic teen who is intelligent, making him the smartest out of the Holiday Warriors. It is revealed in one episode that he has a secret crush on Christy.
- Christy Marsh/Christmas (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a teen who is kind to others, even to those who act mean towards her.
Supporting
- Father Time (voiced by Troy Baker) - the representation of time who formed the Holiday Forces.
- Jack Frost (also voiced by Rob Paulsen) - one of the members of the Spirit Council who is a playful prankster.
- Eon (voiced by David Tennant) - another member of the Spirit Council who TBD.
- Mother Nature (voiced by Laura Bailey) - the representation of nature who wanted to destroy humanity. She was the main antagonist in Season 1 until she turned good at the Season 1 finale.
- Abigail Nature (voiced by Liliana Mumy) - Mother Nature's half-human daughter who wanted to help her mother destroy humanity.
- Hail (voiced by Greg Cipes) - a humanoid creation who has the ability to create hail.
- Storm (voiced by Khary Payton) - a humanoid creation who has the ability to create storms.
- Frost (voiced by Grey Griffin) - a humanoid creation who has the ability to create things with ice and snow.
- Mr. Margot (voiced by Ron Perlman) - a careless person who is the Holiday Warriors' teacher.
- Lady Sea (voiced by TBD) - a strange woman who has the ability to control the sea at her own will.
- Hannah Kwan/Hannukah (voiced by TBD) - a rather shy and reserved teenage girl who becomes a Holiday Warrior, becoming an ally to the warriors, helping them out when they need it.
- Birdine Day/Birthday (voiced by Amanda Leighton) - a teenage girl who is happy-go-lucky and love parties. She has heard of the Holiday Warriors and became inspired by them.
- Lamone Jimson (voiced by Corey Burton) - an African-American teenager who wants to be famous since he's good at rapping.
- Amanda Strindberg (voiced by Monica Ray) - TBD
- Cindy (voiced by Ashly Burch) - a cool teenager who most people at the Holiday Forces' school wants to be like.
- Sid (voiced by Jack DeSena) - a superhuman who carries various objects, such at a centuries year old sword.
Antagonists
- Oblitirous the Dark Lord (voiced by Steven Blum) - a shadow figure who was the main antagonist starting from Season 2.
- The Ice Monster (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - an ice monster created by Frost that was made to guard Mother Nature's lair.
- Mr. Charles "Chuckie" Jason Myers III (voiced by Robert Englund) - a supernatural creature who trapped the Holiday Warriors in his mansion for them to escape before he locks it up forever.
- Gungdar the Barbarian (voiced by Travis Willingham) - a vicious barbarian who wields a flaming sword.
- Samantha "Sam" Duction/The Seductress (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - a siren-like creature who is disguised as an attractive human as an attempt to lure the heroes to her.
- Solid (non-speaking) - a tough rock-like being who, along with Liquid and Gas, were created as an experiment for a science fair until they escaped as he wants to wreck things.
- Liquid (non-speaking) - TBD
- Gas (non-speaking) - a sinister gas-like being who was the last experiment of the science fair and was the one who came up with them escaping in the first place.
- The Shapeshifter (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - a malicious being who has the ability to shapeshift into anyone and anything, mainly to trap victims.
- Zoe Dusk (voiced by Olivia Olson) - a gothic teenage girl who made a deal with a creature to make her become part supernatural, mainly to torment people at her school.
- Samara Eleven (also voiced by Liliana Mumy) - a rogue original Holiday Forces member who is extremely delusional and insane.
Episodes
See List of Holiday Forces episodes.
Production
Animation
The animation for the series is outsourced to Digital eMation, Inc. in Seoul, South Korea.
Tropes
Gallery
Neal Yeagley.
Vicky Sampson.
Patrick Sampson.
Ethan Eggins.
April Footman.
Ian Fouraker.
Larry Dayton.
Howard Weinstein.
Theo Gividen.
Christy Marsh.
Trivia
- This show came out on April Fools' day, which is one of the holidays one of the main characters are named after.
- It also came out on Nickelodeon's 40th anniversary, when Pinwheel has been rebranded to the current channel name we all know of.
- It also came out on the same day Nickelodeon's reality show, The Substitute, premiered.
- Unlike Jed and Scott's previous project, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Holiday Forces is animated traditionally rather than Flash-animated.