The Good Guys

The Good Guys
Television show information
Genre	Superhero Action Comedy-drama
Created by	Glen Murakami Ciro Nieli
Voices of	Jess Harnell Olivia Olson Phil LaMarr Rob Paulsen Carlos Alazraqui Hynden Walch
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Glen Murakami Ciro Nieli
Running time	22 min.
Production company(s)	Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Distributor	ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
Broadcast
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	July 8th, 2019 - March 24th, 2023

The Good Guys is an American animated superhero series created by Glen Murakami and Ciro Nieli that has premiered on Nickelodeon on July 8th, 2019 and aired until March 24th, 2023. It is based on the film with the same name.

Synopsis

A group of heroes, who once worked independently, decide to team up and fight crime together.

Characters

Main

• The Good Guys, consisting of:
  • Evan Ever/Captain Truth (voiced by Jess Harnell) - a serious superhero who is the leader of the Good Guys.
  • Zelia/Alien Gal (voiced by Olivia Olson) - a kind Zaluxian who is Captain Truth's girlfriend.
  • Dashawn Stanfield/Z (voiced by Phil LaMarr) - a slightly dimwitted mercenary for hire who is usually chill.
  • Matthew Richards/The Termite (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a somewhat immature agent of G.A.G. who often jokes about stuff, making him the comic relief.
  • Julio Dwarfe/Dr. Dwarf (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a wise scientist who builds himself weapons and gadgets, including a robot suit he wears to fight.
  • Shelly the Barbarian Priestess (voiced by Hynden Walch) - a young and ditzy barbarian who tends to get pretty violent at times.

Supporting

• Catherine Rockson (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) - the strict but caring head of G.A.G. who shows up through a watch whenever Matthew needs her advice.
• TBD/Inferno (voiced by TBD) - a self-proclaimed superhero who has fire powers and is a literal hothead.
• Benny Cannel (voiced by TBD) - a comedian who is the host of his own show, Benny Cannel Live!
• Julia Cloverson/Ms. Honesty (voiced by Linda Cardellini) - an energetic and optimistic fan of Captain Truth who wants to be just like him.
• G7 (voiced by Kate Micucci) - a near-defunct android who was found by the Good Guys.
• The Sea Emperor (voiced by Troy Baker) - a giant merman who has the ability to control sea life.

Antagonists

• The Bad Guys, consisting of:
  • The Mastermind (voiced by Steven Weber) - a highly intelligent supervillain who is the leader of the Bad Guys.
  • Elena Knotts/Tempestia (voiced by Alyson Stoner) - a snarky woman who has the ability to control weather, often using it for destructive purposes.
  • Danny Starr/Frostwave (also voiced by Troy Baker) - an arrogant man who creates various things, living or not, made of ice.
  • The Technowitch (voiced by Olivia d'Abo) - a feisty witch who controls technology.
  • The Creature (voiced by John DiMaggio) - an aggressive humanoid monster who used to be a regular human until a freak accident happened that made him what he is now.
  • Christina Marshall/Wolf (voiced by April Winchell) - TBD
• UrsaMen, consisting of:
  • Benjamin (voiced by TBD) - a tough and buff bearman who is the leader of the UrsaMen.
  • Elliot (voiced by TBD) - TBD
  • Anthony (voiced by TBD) - TBD
  • Ryan (voiced by TBD) - TBD
• The Cutie Gang, consisting of:
  • Cute E. Pie (voiced by TBD) - TBD
  • Sweet E. Pie (voiced by TBD) - TBD
• Annabelle Gibson/Hornet (voiced by TBD) - TBD
• Mirror Captain Truth (also voiced by Jess Harnell) - an evil version of Captain Truth who is from the dimension where good and evil have swapped.
• Shark-Ninjas (non-speaking) - a group of anthropomorphic sharks who are ninjas and were part of an experiment as they go on intense stealth missions with their ability to breathe on both land and water.
• Pyroanimsaurus (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a supernatural dinosaur who can make its head lit on fire.
• Seer (voiced by TBD) - TBD
• Ashley (voiced by TBD) - an assassin who is a cyborg, having plasma claws and a laser eye.
• Sugar and Spice (voiced by TBD and TBD, respectively) - two tough female mob enforcers who are rather cruel and work together to cause mayhem just for the fun of it.
• The One Who Lurks at Night (non-speaking) - TBD
• The Sea Creature (vocal effects by Fred Tatasciore) - a large mosasaur-whale hybrid that has been terrorizing the ocean near the city.
• Zagron the Destroyer (voiced by Kevin Grevioux) - TBD
• Victoria Beckinstin (voiced by TBD) - an intelligent teenage girl who is a mad scientist.
  • Dave (voiced by TBD) - a clever anthropomorphic lion who is Victoria's butler.
• Damian (voiced by TBD) - a child that was rescued by the Good Guys who appeared to be innocent, but isn't really.
• Decayer (voiced by TBD) - a supervillain who can cause various objects and buildings to decay, simply by touching them.
• Steelblade (voiced by TBD) - TBD
• Samantha "Sally" Greggs/Slimey Sally (voiced by TBD) - a mischievous supervillain who has the ability to create slime in order to trap other people so she can be able to rob valuable items.
• Otto (vocal effects by TBD) - a ferocious Orca who has been used for experiments and has now grown into a size of a Blue Whale as well as becoming more aggressive.

Episodes

See List of The Good Guys episodes.

Comic book series

See We Are the Good Guys.

Production

Animation

The animation for the series is outsourced to Dong Woo Animation in Seoul, South Korea.

Gallery

Evan Ever/Captain Truth.

Tropes

See The Good Guys/Tropes.

Trivia

• This series is a Teen Titans and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-esque series.
  • Due to this, it is a mix between action, drama and comedy.
• Throughout the episodes, characters from other Nickelodeon shows make a cameo in various episodes. For example:
  • [Keeping those AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, Zim, Gatopardos, and SpongeBob references (with some changes)]
• This is the third Nicktoon to be based on a film, with the first two being The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Back at the Barnyard.