The Weekenders (2000)
The Weekenders is a Disney animated series about the weekend life of four diverse 7th graders: Tino Tonitini, Lorraine McQuarrie, Carver Descartes, and Petratishkovna Katsufrakis, voiced by veteran cartoon voice-actors: Jason Marsden, Grey DeLisle, Phil LaMarr, and Kath Soucie, respectively. It is stated at least once that the four main characters are each twelve years old. The setting is the fictional town of Bahia Bay, California. The show was created by Doug Langdale, later creator of Disney Channel's Dave the Barbarian.
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Episode 1 - Radio Drama
Release Date: 2000-09-09Tino, Carver and Lor want to take a weekend to just relax and do nothing, but when Tish signs them up to do a Radio Play, their plans are ruined. Will they be able to find a way to get out of doing the play, or will they actually have to do something this weekend?
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Episode 2 - The Tradition
Release Date: 2000-09-09Tish's parents want her to participate in Momatuche, a ceremony from the old country. Tish wants nothing to do with the tradition until she realises how much it means to her family, but will she be able to perform in the ceremony in accordance to tradition?
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Episode 3 - To Each His Own
Release Date: 2000-09-16Since the friends missed their previous weekend plans due to external circumstances, they decide to find ways to spend the weekend this time. However, they all come up with different things that would be cool. To remedy the problem, they all agree to go to everyone's event to make it fair, but will they be able to enjoy the weekend through doing such?
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Episode 4 - Diary
Release Date: 2000-09-16While helping Tish clean her room Carver purposefully drops open Tish's diary and reads a page that says her and her family and moving back to the old country. Carver goes and tells Tino and Lor what he read, but is Tish really moving back to the old country?
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Episode 5 - The Invited
Release Date: 2000-09-23Tino and Tish get invited to a Costume Party and they don't want to tell Lor and Carver that they were note invited. However, Carver and Lor were invited to that same party, though they try not to tell Tino and Tish that they weren't invited. As the day of the party goes near, will the friends be able to resolve their conflict?
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Episode 6 - Real Fake
Release Date: 2000-09-23The gang is excited about appearing in a film-makers documentary about children until they realize that they're lives aren't exactly the most interesting ones in the world. The film maker mentions the show "Teen Canyon" while speaking to the gang, so they decide they should copy the characters from the show so they'll appear more interesting, but will their thesis prove correct?
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Episode 7 - Super Kids
Release Date: 2000-11-04Carver's parents decide he isn't goal orientated, so they force him to attend 12-year-old super-achiever Tripp Nickerson's motivational seminar and the others decide to tag along to get the free donuts. Tripp's seminar gets the kids thinking that maybe they don't achieve enough, so they each work on their own separate goals, but will they be happy with their endeavors or will they realize there is more to life than achieving things?
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Episode 8 - Crevasse of Dreams
Release Date: 2000-11-04After Tino finds a cool spot to hangout and he takes his friends all the way up there, they find the place packed with people. The others give him a hard time about his "secret mountain" and when he mentions the gang's cool old hangout "The Crevasse", it turns out that he is the only one who can actually remember it. Will Tino be capable of helping them find The Crevasse or is it just a figment of Tino's imagination?
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Episode 9 - Dixon
Release Date: 2000-11-11An amusement park is re-opening and the gang tries to earn tickets while Tino frets about his mom's upcoming date but after finding out his mom's date, Dixon, is cool, Tino tries to make sure they get together.
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Episode 10 - Taking Sides
Release Date: 2001-01-13Tino gets fed up with Carver always trying to be cool and impress people and Carver decides Tino is holding him back, so the two split up and try to get Lor and Tish on their sides. Lor takes Tino's side and Tish takes Carvers side, but will they realize that friendship is something that shouldn't end over such a pointless argument?
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Episode 11 - To Tish
Release Date: 2001-01-13The others make up the word "Tishing" to describe when Tish acts smart. It's not long before their lingo catches on throughout the city and Tish isn't so fund of everyone using her name to describe things that are artsy and intellectual. Tish doesn't like what is occurring, but will her friends be able to convince her that they meant for the word to be a good thing?
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Episode 12 - Tickets
Release Date: 2001-01-27Tino wins two tickets to the sold out Chum Bukkit concert and must pick one of his three friends to go with him.
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Episode 13 - Vengeance
Release Date: 2001-01-27Carver is constantly getting tricked into embarassing himself by Christie until he sends her a fake note saying she has won a contest and gets to go out with Lonnie, from a boy band, wearing a scuba outfit!
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Episode 14 - Murph
Release Date: 2001-02-03Tino can't understand why everyone likes him except for one guy, Murph. Can Tino manage to convince Murph to like him so that he doesn't feel disliked or is Murph just too indifferent to care?
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Episode 15 - Uncool World
Release Date: 2001-02-03Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish get sick of Colby and Bree constantly making fun of those who are "beneath them", so Tino confronts them and argues that they can't both be the cool kids, one must be cooler, so they have a "Cool Showdown". Colby wins and the now un-cool Bree gets help from the gang on how to deal with the un-cool world.
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Episode 16 - My Punky Valentine
Release Date: 2001-02-10Tino gets a crush on a punk girl so he turns into a punk himself to try and impress her, but it doesn't seem to work. The others, who don't approve of his crush, try and get him to like several other girls, but will Tino be able to get the girl he really loves despite his friends' objections?
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Episode 17 - Brain Envy
Release Date: 2001-02-10Lor discovers that Thompson and Tish have something in common, as they're both really smart. This leads her to think that Tish is after Thompson, so she acts smart to try and impress him. Will Lor be correct in her assumption and will she be capable of winning Thompson's love, or will she end up making a fool of herself in one way or another?
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Episode 18 - Tish's Hair
Release Date: 2001-02-17Tish gets a new hairdo and the gang is too afraid to tell her it's ugly.
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Episode 19 - I Want to Be Alone!
Release Date: 2001-02-17Tish decides to spend the weekend alone and the gang goes on a mission to discover why.
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Episode 20 - Baskets for Bucks
Release Date: 2001-03-03Lor is under pressure when she must sink three baskets in a row to win money, and thinks that losing will end her friendship with the others.
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Episode 21 - Pru
Release Date: 2001-03-03A popular girl makes the gang popular to get back at her friends.
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Episode 22 - Talent Show
Release Date: 2001-03-10Lor tries out for the talent show.
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Episode 23 - Relative Boredom
Release Date: 2001-03-10Tino's super geeky cousin is coming over for the weekend, conflicting his plans to see the new Chum Bukket movie.
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Episode 24 - New Friends
Release Date: 2001-03-17After Tino meets his mom's former best friend, he decides that the differences he has with his friends will only end in tears.
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Episode 25 - The Awful Weekend
Release Date: 2001-03-17The gang experiences a terrible weekend, but end up laughing in the end because it's so terrible.