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 - Crushin' Roulette
Release Date: 2001-09-09Tish is upset because everyone else has a crush except her, so she decides the others should survey people around the town and decide who she should have a crush on.
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Episode 2 - Lucky Shoes
Release Date: 2001-09-09Carver, convinced he can win a race as long as he is running in his lucky shoes, bets that if he loses, the others will be his opponent's slaves. Unfortunately, his "lucky shoes" get destroyed and the others don't want to tell him in case he loses his confidence, but will their deceit pay off and help Carver out?
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Episode 3 - Cry
Release Date: 2001-09-16After Tino cries at a movie in school, he decides to no longer have emotions. Will he be capable of doing such a grandiose task or will he find that emotions are something that everyone needs?
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Episode 4 - The Perfect Son
Release Date: 2001-09-16When Tino starts staying over at Carver's house, Carver gets the suspicion that his Dad likes Tino more and pictures Tino as a "model son".
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Episode 5 - Listen Up
Release Date: 2001-09-23Carver tries to learn listening skills after getting kicked out of Mrs. Duong's Preteen Pals, though will he be able to improve his skills by the time the weekend ends?
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Episode 6 - Never Say Diorama
Release Date: 2001-09-23For this weekend Tish, Tino, Lor and Carver have to design Dioramas for school, but Lor and Carver keep slacking off. Tino and Tish finish their diorama right away so they can hangout for the rest of the weekend, but Lor and Carver haven't even started, but will Tish and Tino be able to find a way for them to get their projects done on time?
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Episode 7 - Secret Admirer
Release Date: 2001-09-30Carver finds a note in his locker from a secret admirer. The others try and help him figure out who it is, but get annoyed when Carver insists that his admirer has to be one of the cute girls. His admirer turns out to be Nona, a girl who is very tall. Carver doesn't like her because of her height, but will he be capable of overcoming his shallow nature before his chance with Nona comes to an end? Follow the Leader: The gang is having trouble trying to figure out what to do as they all have different ideas as to how to spend the weekend. The only way they know how to solve their problems is to have someone think for the whole team, so they hold an event to see who will be the leader of the group, in which Lor wins. Will their plan to have Lor make all the decisions for the group work out well, or will they find that the freedom of choice is a valuable asset?
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Episode 8 - The Lone Wolves Club
Release Date: 2001-09-30Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish are excited when they find out the towns coolest club, the Lone Wolves, are accepting a new member. That night, Tino is visited by a couple of the clubs members who tell him he must do everything they say in order to become a member. Will Tino be capable of getting into the club or will he find that there are more important things than a silly club?
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Episode 9 - The Most Dangerous Weekend
Release Date: 2001-10-06Tino misunderstands what a nurse tells him and is convinced that the world is too dangerous to live in. He attempts to follow every safety precaution possible, but will someone be able to convince him to stop his foolishness?
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Episode 10 - Charity Case
Release Date: 2001-10-07Tish convinces the others they should try and help BeeBee, a girl at school who has no friends. However, BeeBee isn't exactly a kind individual and the Tino, Carver and Lor want to get rid of her but Tish objects. Will they be able to enjoy their weekend despite BeeBee's presence?
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Episode 11 - Best
Release Date: 2001-10-14The school yearbooks are voting on the students with the best or most ability to do something. While the other friends seem to have something they are good at, Tino doesn't fit any of the categories and he's afraid that he won't win a title in the yearbook. Will Tino be capable of proving he's the best at something, or is he truthfully just not good at anything?
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Episode 12 - Broken
Release Date: 2001-10-14Tino is excited about a parade that is going to occur that gives out badges to people. He decides to try to get one for having a great non motorized vehicle and his mom and her boyfriend helps him by getting him a brand new scooter. However, Carver carelessly breaks Tino's scooter when he tries to do some tricks with it, and even though he promised to get it fixed for Tino before the parade, he forgets and just decides to buy himself something for the parade. Will Tino's faith that Carver will remember his promise come through or will Carver forget in his own glory and leave Tino to sit out in the parade?
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Episode 13 - Father's Day
Release Date: 2001-10-21It's Father's Day, though Tino always gets depressed on this day because he doesn't get to see his father that often. Carver, Lor and Tish agree to not tell Tino what they are doing for Father's Day because they don't want to make their friend unhappy, but will lying to their friend make anything better?
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Episode 14 - Follow the Leader
Release Date: 2001-10-21The gang is having trouble trying to figure out what to do as they all have different ideas as to how to spend the weekend. The only way they know how to solve their problems is to have someone think for the whole team, so they hold an event to see who will be the leader of the group, in which Lor wins. Will their plan to have Lor make all the decisions for the group work out well, or will they find that the freedom of choice is a valuable asset?
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Episode 15 - Careers
Release Date: 2001-10-28The group takes an aptitude test to see what careers they will be most suited for when they grow up, but they are surprised by their results. Will Tino, Carver, Tish and Lor be confident with the results of their test, or will there be more consequences due to the results than anyone has realized?
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Episode 16 - Tutor
Release Date: 2001-10-28Thomson becomes Lor's tutor, and she tries to impress him by being romantic, but will she be able to execute her plan considering she knows next to nothing about romance?
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Episode 17 - The Tao of Bluke
Release Date: 2001-11-04Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish decide that they want to win a treasure hunt so that they can win a pool table, and they are farily certain that they can win until they find out that they must have a fifth team mate, and Bluke is stuck to go with them. While the team believes Bluke will cause them to loose and they disregard his opinions, they realize the treasure hunt is harder than they thought it would be. They believe they have no chance to win, but they underestimated the one person who they considered incapable of helping them, and it's up to Bluke to save the weekend and help them get their prize.
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Episode 18 - An Experimental Weekend
Release Date: 2001-11-04Tish has her mind set on winning a psychology prize.
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Episode 19 - Celebrity
Release Date: 2001-11-11Tish stars in an episode of Teen Canyon and becomes a celebrity, so Carver tries to teach her how to behave like one, but she soon starts to act rude and superior.
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Episode 20 - Clown
Release Date: 2001-11-18Tino attends a clown school so as to conquer his fear of clowns, though will he be able to overcome the fear that has plagued him since childhood?
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Episode 21 - Testing Dixon
Release Date: 2001-11-18At the beginning of the weekend, Tino's mom decides to marry her boyfriend, Dixon. When Tino hears of this, he tells Lor, Carver and Tish about the news. Soon, they devise an idea by testing Dixon to see if he is the perfect father for Tino, but will they be successful in their attempts?
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Episode 22 - Croquembouche
Release Date: 2001-11-25The gang bakes a french cake that they are entering in a contest to win free passes to every museum in the city.
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Episode 23 - Imperfection
Release Date: 2001-11-25Tish tries to overcome her perfectionist ways.
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Episode 24 - The Worst Holiday Ever
Release Date: 2001-12-02The Christmas season approaches, but because each member of the gang celebrates different holidays; Lor celebrates Christmas, Tino celebrates Solstice, Tish celebrates Hanukkah, and Carver celebrates Kwanzaa; they all plan to spend the weekend at Lor's grandmother's farm, but her RV gets stuck in a blizzard.