July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07) – August 11, 2023 (2023-08-11)
Summer Camp Island is an Americananimated television series created byJulia Pott forCartoon Network. Produced byCartoon Network Studios, it premiered on July 7, 2018. The series depicts the episodic adventures of Oscar and Hedgehog, both of whom are attending the magical eponymous summer camp with a witch named Susie. The show premiered with a 48-hour marathon consisting of the first 20 episodes running over an entire weekend, on both Cartoon Network andBoomerang. Another 20 episodes premiered on June 23, 2019, as the second half of the first season.
Four additional seasons premiered exclusively onHBO Max, at approximate six-month intervals from June 2020 to December 2021. The series' sixth and final season was originally to be released in 2022 on HBO Max. Despite the series being removed from HBO Max in the United States in August 2022, Cartoon Network had informedThe A.V. Club that the season would air on Cartoon Network.[5] Creator Julia Pott has stated that she was not informed regarding the reason for its removal.[6][failed verification]
The series concluded on August 11, 2023. Although produced in a quarter-hour format, the series mostly airs on Cartoon Network as two 11-minute segments of a half-hour show.
Set in a world populated byanthropomorphic animals,Summer Camp Island follows two childhood best friends Oscar Peltzer, an elephant, and Hedgehog, a hedgehog, who are dropped off at a magicalsummer camp. The camp is a host to many bizarre occurrences, such as camp counselors who are popular girl witches, horses that transform into unicorns, talking sharks, yetis, haunted cabins, post-it notes that lead to other dimensions, and nosey monsters that live under the bed. Oscar and Hedgehog must contend with these out-of-place events and make their stay at camp worthwhile.[7][8]
Oscar Peltzer (voiced by Justin Felbinger in the pilot and Elliott Smith in "The First Day"–"The Library", Asher Bishop in "Spell Crushers"–"Glow Worm", andAntonio Raul Corbo in Season 3 onwards in the series) is an 11-year-old anthropomorphicelephant who is best friends with Hedgehog. Oscar tends to be socially awkward and slightly uncomfortable with his new surroundings. When he sets his mind to something, he will become determined to perform any task or complete any objective. He has a strong connection to Hedgehog to the point that if she disappeared or something happened to her, he becomes inconsolable, though he does learn to work without her. He believes in order and will do anything to outsmart or outdo Susie, the camp counselor. He lives inNew Jersey. In the episode "Glow Worm", he is revealed to be a magical glow worm, whose magical ability which is invisible to the naked eye, is capable of making positive and happy events occur when he does something nice, dedicated, considerate and happy and gives magic to other beings.[citation needed]
Hedgehog (voiced byAshley Boettcher in the pilot andOona Laurence in the series) is an 11-year-old anthropomorphichedgehog who is best friends with Oscar. She is the more level-headed and logical of the two. She mostly wants to help Oscar out of his comfort zone, but also wants to outdo Susie. Due to the events of "Hedgehog Werewolf", Hedgehog transforms into awerewolf at the full moon every month doing wolf activities with Betsy and the other werewolves of the island. She used to have crush on Max but she was heartbroken when she found out he wasn't interested in her. Luckily, her friends helped her get over it. She lives inNew Jersey. After the events of "Spell Crushers", she finally gets her magicwand from Betsy after she passed her Witch Final Exams, but at the episode "The Library", it got confiscated by Susie after she sees her using magic spells with it. However, in the episode, "Meeting of the Minds", it was revealed that Ramona requests Betsy to teach Hedgehog magic when Susie refuses to do it herself. She asked her not to destroy her wand, but to lock it up, but Ramona lets Hedgehog learn how to do magic and insists Susie to teach her magic spells, much to both their dismay. Hedgehog enjoys playing music, radio show hosting, science and spells throughout episodes.[citation needed]
Susie McCallister (voiced byJulia Pott; Poppy DeAbaitua (young);Joanna Lumley (adult)) is an anthropomorphiccat, a witch and lead camp counselor. She can be mean and condescending to the campers at times. Deep down, she does display some responsible and sympathetic behavior, but would rather be rude to the campers. Despite looking and acting as a 15-year-old, she is around 400 years old as she is immortal due to drinking an immortality potion. She loves to tease and torment Oscar and Hedgehog whenever she gets the chance to do it, especially Oscar. She had Hedgehog's wand locked inside Bank of Heartforde's giant safe as she fears Hedgehog is too inexperienced to wield magic yet and worries she could cause chaos and destruction if she misuses her magic. Due to Ramona's orders, she has become Hedgehog's new magic teacher. In Season 5 in the flashback, it is revealed that her parents went missing in theNorth Pole when they were planned to be escorted toLondon with the potion to help her sister Mildred control her growing uncontrollable magic power.[citation needed]
Alice Fefferman (voiced byCharlyne Yi) is an anthropomorphicwoolly mammoth, a witch and one of the camp's counselors and the most powerful of the three. She serves as Susie'sright-hand woman but generally is not as mean to the campers as Susie is. She is very commanding, however, and would rather turn everything around her cute just to please her.[citation needed]
Betsy Spellman (voiced by Nikki Castillo) is an anthropomorphichorse, a witch and one of the camp's counselors. She appears to be the kindest and most down-to-earth of the witches and seems to clash with Susie at times. It is revealed in "Hedgehog Werewolf" that she herself is a werewolf, something she keeps secret from everyone except Hedgehog. She also teaches Hedgehog the ways of magic in secret especially from Susie. In Season 3, it is revealed that she is the youngest witch on the island.[citation needed]
Max (voiced by Thomas Vaethroeder in the pilot and Ramone Hamilton in the series) is an anthropomorphic partbat and partvampire. He is a fun-loving, wily, and also helpful kid who likes to enjoy the company of Oscar and Hedgehog. However, in the pilot he shows a more aggressive attitude towards Oscar, seeing him as somewhat of a nuisance. Everyone appears to think he is cool because of his backwards cap.
Pajamas (voiced by Anna Strupinsky in the pilot and Naomi Hansen in the series[9]) is a pair of sentient pajamas owned by Oscar. Believed to be gender-fluid (referred to as "she" and "he" throughout the series.)
Pepper Corn (voiced bySam Lavagnino in seasons 1–3 and Julian Edwards in season 4 onward) is an anthropomorphic partpanda and part cloud person normally seen with his security blanket. He has an innocent yet somewhat neurotic personality at times.
Lucy Thompson (voiced by Indie Nameth) is a 9-year-old anthropomorphic partaardvark and partyeti. She lives inManhattan and is very independent. She is unaware of the fact that her mother's letters are actually from Susie. She has a crush on Oscar. She can understand yeti language. Her yeti name is Bagpipes.
Oliver (voiced by Andre Robinson) is an anthropomorphic partdog and partmonster who is musically gifted.
Alexa (voiced byAlexa Nisenson) and Lem Mongello (voiced by Daphne Thomas in season 1, Mattea Quin in seasons 2-4 andMykal-Michelle Harris in seasons 5-present) are two anthropomorphicgiraffes who are sisters.
Alexa, partgiant who is athletic and active. She likes sports very much. Multiple times throughout the series, she is seen watching over and protecting Lem like a parental figure. In "Oscar & Hedgehog's Melody", she is good at knitting during Talent Show rehearsal. In "Computer Vampire", she temporarily became amountain goat after Oscar failed to finishedFruit Farmer game.
Lem, who is the youngest camper. She is shown to have a very strong relationship with her older sister Alexa, even sharing the same cabin as her sibling. In "Lem is Nothing", it is revealed that Lem has a jealousy of Alexa most of the time, but also a bit of a clinginess to her. She attended the camp with a fake invitation, and is therefore the only member of the camp without a magical identity.
Dr. P. Shark (voiced byJudd Hirsch in the pilot andRichard Kind in the series) is an anthropomorphic talkingshark who lives in the pool by Oscar's cabin. He is revealed to be a therapist.
Barb Goldberg (voiced byWhoopi Goldberg) is a hard working elf and friend to Oscar and Hedgehog. In the fifth season, it is revealed Barb has been around since the dawn of time.
Howard (voiced byMike Birbiglia) is a grey monster with glasses who inhabits the island. He is friends with Oscar and the other campers.
Ava (voiced byFortune Feimster) is a black-spotteddalmatian-like monster who inhabits the island. In "Ava's Yard Sale", it is revealed that she is Blanche's girlfriend.
Mortimer (voiced byBobby Moynihan) is a blueish greyrabbit-like monster who inhabits the island. In Season 1, he is revealed to be former student fromHarvard University.
Blanche (voiced byAlia Shawkat) is a brown horned monster who inhabits the island. In "Ava's Yard Sale", it is revealed that she is Ava's girlfriend.
Melvin (voiced by Bobby Moynihan) is a small orange monster who inhabits the island.
Margot (voiced byKimiko Glenn) is a purple winged monster who inhabits the island.
Godmonster (voiced byBrenda Vaccaro) is an elderly purple monster who inhabits the island.
Freddie (voiced byCole Sanchez) is an infant blue monster who lives in Heartforde.
Paulette (voiced byPaula Poundstone) is a brown monster who works at Heartforde Herald.
The Moon (voiced byCedric the Entertainer in Seasons 1-5 and Stefan Johnson in Season 6 onwards) is the friendlymoon who is friends with Oscar and Hedgehog.
Monster Under the Bed (voiced by Judd Hirsch in the pilot andAlfred Molina in the series) is a monster who resides under Hedgehog's bed.
Sue Peltzer (voiced byKathleen Wilhoite) is an anthropomorphic elephant and Oscar's mother.
Andy Peltzer (voiced by Alfred Molina) is an anthropomorphic elephant and Oscar's father.
Puddle (voiced by Ethan Maher) is anon-binaryalien who is in love with the king of their planet. They later become a couple. Later, Puddle and the King get married in "We'll Just Move the Stars".
The King (voiced by Sam Lavagnino in Seasons 1-5 and Dylan Alvarado in Season 6 onwards) is Puddle's boyfriend who later becomes their husband.
Ghost the Boy (voiced byCaleb McLaughlin (present); Xavier Patterson (Betsy and Ghost)) is a ghost and Betsy's ex-boyfriend. His parents Kent and Cole are a male same-sex couple.
Cinnamon Raisin Toast (voiced by Alia Shawkat) is a piece of cinnamon raisin toast who studies journalism.
Popular Banana Split (voiced byNat Faxon) is a jock banana split.
Jimjams (voiced by Bobby Moynihan) is Ramona's old pajamas who lives as Susie's roommate.
Oddjobs (voiced byAparna Nancherla) is an anthropomorphicsquirrel who works as a postwoman, later morale officer of UMPS.
Ramona (voiced byLesley Nicol; Isobel Chinnery (age 8);Bella Ramsey (age 15)) is an anthropomorphicsheep who is Susie's elderly friend that lives in between time. In series finale, she finally escapes the frozen time and reunites with Susie.
The Werewolf Queen (voiced byLorraine Bracco) is a tiny graywolf cub who is in reality the leader of the island's werewolf population. After Hedgehog saved her, she bit Hedgehog as a way to say thanks.
Bassoon (voiced byDoug Benson) is one of the yeti elders.
Lithophone (voiced byKeith David) is the largest and oldest yeti of the island.
Morris Mole (voiced byWallace Shawn) is an anthropomorphicmole who works as Molar Moles inspector.
Bartholomole (voiced byJohn Hodgman) is an anthropomorphic mole who works as Molar Moles lawyer.
Jabberwock (vocal effects byFrank Welker (uncredited)) are thegiant creatures those can only be seen between the seconds of the time. In series finale, Jabberwocks become friendly.
Moon Dog is an extraterrestrial dog on which Puddle and the King ride.
Mildred McCallister (voiced by Faye Larkin;Georgie Glen (adult)) is an anthropomorphic cat and Susie's long-lost younger sister who was born with overactive magical glands which made her the most powerful witch in the world. She also gained immortality like her sister by drinking the remaining immortality potion. Feeling she has caused too much trouble in England and unable to find her sister to apologize for her actions, she went to the North Pole to find their parents unaware Susie took a ship heading towards the United States of America. In Season 6, she arrives at Summer Camp Island and meets Hedgehog for first time and reunites with Susie.
Snowflake (voiced byLolly Adefope) is a rogue snowflake that befriends Cookiesmell and later died offscreen in the middle of the episode "Shave A Little Off the Wheel".
Cutie (voiced byTravis McElroy) is an anthropomorphicrabbit that Oscar mistaken him as thedemon in the tree.
Cookiesmell (voiced byDanny Pudi) is an anthropomorphicmouse who befriends snowflake.
Time Babies (vocal effects by Ethan Maher) are a humanoids which create only in the frozen time.
Patootie (voiced by Max Mitchell) is one of alien jesters.
Noodle (voiced by Remy Edgerly) is one of alien jesters.
Glazed Ham (voiced by Lucian Perez) is one of alien jesters.
The series premiered onCartoon Network on July 7, 2018. The show's premiere marathon also happened on Cartoon Network's sister channelBoomerang on July 7, 2018.[12] The marathon ended on July 9, 2018, at 6:00 AM. The show's premiere marathon also occurred onTeletoon on August 13, 2018. OnCartoon Network Australia and New Zealand, a sneak peek of the series was broadcast on December 15, 2018.[13][14] It premiered on Cartoon NetworkSoutheast Asia/Philippines on January 25, 2019. The show premiered onCartoon Network UK on March 4, 2019.[15] The show also premiered onCartoon Network India around July 19, 2019.
AtSan Diego Comic-Con 2018, Julia Pott announced that the second half of the first season would premiere in late 2018 on Cartoon Network with another 20 episodes. Those episodes ended up being pushed to 2019, and on May 20, 2019, it was announced that the episodes would premiere on June 23, 2019.[16]
At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Pott announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered exclusively onHBO Max on June 18, 2020. The third season premiered on December 10, 2020.[17] The fourth season premiered on June 17, 2021.[18] The fifth season was released on December 9, 2021.[19][20] On December 2, Pott indicated viaTwitter that the series would continue past the fifth season.[21] The sixth and final season was set to be released on June 9, 2022[22][23] but was delayed to 2023.[24] However, the final season aired early onCartoon Network Italy on August 6, 2022.[25] Similarly, this season is also airing onCartoon Network Portugal.[26]
Reception to the series has been positive. Journalist Abbey White ofThe Hollywood Reporter andInsider argued that it follows in the footsteps ofSteven Universe, and praised the storyline about two non-binary aliens who love each other, with a "sweet, beautiful song," and saying that it is in an "age-appropriate way ... [which can] reach kids [so] that they can understand."[28]
Emily Ashby ofCommon Sense Media described the series as quirky and heartwarming, arguing that it has "cross-generational appeal", stating that there are many "quirky characters and silly adventures", many of which are relatable in their daily experiences. She also said the series has a "a welcome freshness that...yields a worthy contender for families' attention."[29]
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