Pelswick
Also known as	John Callahan's Pelswick
Based on	the comic books byJohn Callahan[1]
Developed by	Andrew Nicholls Darrell Vickers
Directed by	Charles E. Bastien Sean V. Jeffrey
Starring	Rob Tinkler Julie Lemieux David Arquette Peter Oldring Phil Guerrero Kim Kuhteubl Tracey Moore[2] Tony Rosato Ellen-Ray Hennessy
Composer	Pure West
Country of origin	Canada China
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith John Callahan Deborah Levin
Producer	Alice Bell
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Nelvana Limited Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Company Limited
Original release
Network	CBC (Canada) CCTV (China)
Release	October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05) – November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)

John Callahan's Pelswick (or simplyPelswick) is a comedyanimated television series based on the comic books byJohn Callahan forCBC. It was co-produced byNelvana Limited andSuzhou Hong Ying Animation Company Limited.^[3] Based on Callahan's comics,^[4][5] the series is about the title character, aparaplegic who uses awheelchair, emphasizing that he lived a normal life. Callahan's dark humor was toned down somewhat, allowing the show to have a positive and life-affirming attitude appropriate for its audience. The series was groundbreaking for its portrayal of physically disabled people.^[6] The show aired onNickelodeon in the United States and was billed as the network's original programming, despite not being part ofNicktoons.

• Pelswick Eggert (voiced byRobert Tinkler) – A 13-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair. How he became a paraplegic is not revealed in the series, but the series' creators imply through commentary that it was due to a car accident. He dislikes it when people treat him differently because of his disability. He dislikes following the crowd and he goes by his own rules.
• Ace Nakamura (voiced by Phil Guerrero) – Pelswick's best friend of Asian ethnicity. Ace is technologically smarter than any of his friends, and is often the thinker of the situation.
• Goon Gunderson (voiced byPeter Oldring) – Pelswick's other best friend. Huge and slow-witted in his actions and thoughts, Goon is generally good-hearted but rather dangerous when angry. He does not know that wrestling is staged.
• Julie Smockford (voiced byJulie Lemieux) – A beautiful redhead and Pelswick's love interest. She dislikes all the cliques and popularity contests at school and seems to care mostly about her popularity and image. Julie is smart, dramatic, sometimes annoying, but cares a lot about Pelswick. Pelswick has a crush on her but she is fully oblivious about it. Julie believes in justice for all.
• Sandra Scoddle (voiced by Kim Kuhteubl) – Julie's snooty and arrogant best friend/rival and one of Pelswick's friends. She thinks she is better than everyone else and often disputes with Julie. She thinks she is cool, but she's not. She gets caught into the latest trends. Is of African-American ethnicity.
• Mr. Jimmy (voiced byDavid Arquette) – Pelswick's guardian angel who often gives him advice that confuses him until the last moment, no matter what it is. Pelswick cannot stand it when his advice doesn’t make sense. He is also the comic relief of the series.
• Kate Eggert (voiced byTracey Moore) – Pelswick's precocious younger sister. She treats her reputation as a little sister like a business and usually blackmails Pelswick when butting into his business. She has dreams of owning a big corporation. She is 10 years old.
• Bobby Eggert – Pelswick's and Kate's baby brother. He rarely talks and admires Pelswick. Because their mother died in a car accident Bobby doesn’t remember her.
• Quentin Eggert (voiced byTony Rosato) – Pelswick, Kate and Bobby's politically correct father who works as a college professor until he is fired in "The Case of the Filched Files." He later gets his job back. He wants to do everything by papers. His wife was killed in the same car accident that made Pelswick into a paraplegic.^[7]
• Priscilla "Gram-Gram" Eggert (voiced byEllen-Ray Hennessy) – Quentin's mother and Pelswick, Kate and Bobby's deranged grandmother. She often does "extreme" acts beyond that of a grandmother. Most of these acts results in her getting arrested.
• Boyd Scullarzo (voiced byChuck Campbell) – The rival of Pelswick's school who likes bullying Pelswick and others, not physically (he's particularly against hitting Pelswick because he's in a wheelchair), but with humiliation.
• Vice Principal Ziegler (voiced by David Huband) – The vice principal of Alcatraz Jr High, Pelswick’s school. Despite his title, he usually assumes the role of a principal. Throughout the show, there is no state of there being a principal at Alcatraz Jr High. During the second episode of the series, this issue was mentioned by Goon who questioned why their school had a vice principal but without a principal.

The show aired in reruns onCBS during theNick on CBS block from September 14 to November 23, 2002, and onNicktoons from May 2002 to Early 2005. In 2004, a poll on FUNimation's website revealed that they held the DVD rights to Pelswick, but failed to materialize and years later, they added to all of streaming services such as Tubi and Pluto TV. The show airs in reruns onAdult Swim in Canada as of early 2021.^[8]

• Pelswick on Nelvana.com (archive)
• Webpage
• Pelswick atIMDb

• 2000s Canadian animated comedy television series
• 2000s Canadian children's television series
• 2000 Canadian television series debuts
• 2002 Canadian television series endings
• Fictional characters with paraplegia
• Canadian children's animated comedy television series
• CBC Television original programming
• Animated television series set in California
• Television shows set in San Francisco
• Television series created by John Callahan (cartoonist)
• Television shows based on American comics
• Television series by Nelvana
• Television shows about disability
• Canadian English-language television shows
• Nickelodeon original programming
• 2000s Chinese animated television series
• 2000 Chinese television series debuts
• 2002 Chinese television series endings
• Chinese children's animated comedy television series
• Chinese English-language television shows

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