NOTE: Please do not take any of the little nitpicks in this review (or any of my other reviews, for that matter) seriously. I write these reviews in the hopes of making people laugh. Those nitpicks are really just dumb little observations that I'm attempting to make jokes out of, not complaints that add to whether or not I like something.
Grojband (say the name out loud and tell me what it sounds like) is a Canadian cartoon produced by Fresh TV, the same guys who do the seemingly endless parade of Total Drama shows (note to self: review Total Drama Island at some point), and animation company Neptoon Studios. In fact, the founders of Neptoon Studios, Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton, are the show's creators.
The premise? A thirteen-year-old by the name of Corey Riffin (voiced by Lyon Smith) starts a band called (what else?) Grojband with his three best friends: the tomboyish Laney Penn (Bryn McAuley) and non-identical twin brothers Kin (Sergio Di Zio) and Kon Kujira (Tim Beresford). Problem is, Corey's not great at thinking up lyrics for their songs. What to do? Easy - they get Corey's older sister Trina (Alyson Court) worked up so she can get all emotional and write her thoughts down in her diary, then secretly take inspiration from the diary entries to whip up a new song! This might sound awful to you, but Trina is a jerk so you probably won't feel sorry for her.
The show aired on Teletoon in Canada and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. It only received twenty-six episodes, but does have a cult following - just look at how long its TV Tropes page is! I've never seen a single episode, of course, but I think it's obscure enough for me to do a review of it. Which episode should I review? Judging from the show's Wikipedia page, there are plenty of really out there episodes that would make for great reviewing material... maybe the one where they run into pirates? The one where Corey buys a new guitar which happens to be evil? The one where Kon for some reason comes to the conclusion that he's a dog? So many choices... I know. I'll do a review of the seventh episode, which consists of the segments "Creep Away Camp" and "Zoohouse Rock". This is Grojband!
