Pelswick (2000)
Pelswick is an animated television series produced by Nelvana for CBC Television in Canada and the Nickelodeon cable channel in the United States. The series is about a teenage boy who uses a wheelchair, emphasized how he lived a normal life and was based on the books created by John Callahan. It aired during Nick on CBS on September 14, 2002, then ended in November the same year.
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Episode 1 - Inherit the Wheeled
Release Date: 2000-10-05Fearing for his safety, the school forbids Pelswick to go on a class camping trip, even though Pelswick correctly points out that ""I'm the only kid who can't get accidentally paralyzed!""
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Episode 2 - I Won't Run, Don't Ask Me
Release Date: 2000-10-12Unable to threaten Pelswick physically, Boyd decides to humiliate him on a whole different level -- by nominating him for school president.
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Episode 3 - Brain Suckers of Skuldeth 5
Release Date: 2000-10-23Ace and Goon lure Pelswick into particpating in the latest craze, the Brain Suckers trading card game. Soon Pelswick is totally hooked -- and Boyd has the one ultra-rare card Pelswick would do anything to get.
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Episode 4 - Me, Myself and Irate
Release Date: 2000-10-30Pelswick tries to avoid the humiliation of having Gram-Gram deliver a guest lecture at school.
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Episode 5 - Draw!
Release Date: 2000-10-16Pelswick's anonymously drawn cartoon is banned from the school newspaper, leading to a suspension for editor Julie when she won't reveal who drew it.
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Episode 6 - N'Talented
Release Date: 2000-11-13A pre-packaged boy band has all the girls swooning. Pelswick, meanwhile, desperately tries to hate the band, but to his horror finds that he actually kinda likes their music...
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Episode 7 - Assault and a Battery
Release Date: 2000-11-06Pelswick and Boyd build a chili-powered battery that ends up turning Pelswick's wheelchair into a 50-mph menace.
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Episode 8 - The Wheel World
Release Date: 2000-12-07A camera crew invades the Eggert household when a producer sees Pelswick as the ideal subject for a reality-based TV show.
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Episode 9 - David and Goonliath
Release Date: 2000-12-07Despite a noticeable lack of talent, Goon becomes a professional wrestler -- and Pelswick must figure out a way to keep him from getting slaughtered in the ring.
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Episode 10 - Spring Broken
Release Date: 2000-12-22Ace, Goon and the Eggert family head off to Camp Self-Esteemawa for Spring Break...but the camp's determinedly non-competitive atmosphere prevents anyone from having fun.
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Episode 11 - Transmission Impossible
Release Date: 2000-12-29When Bayview's only rock-and-roll radio station changes its format to all-news, Pelswick opens a pirate rock music station of his own -- one that quickly begins consuming all his time and energy.
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Episode 12 - Blink And You're At 182
Release Date: 2001-04-08The school is thrown into an uproar when a website publishes a list of students in order of popularity.
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Episode 13 - Nursing Home Alone
Release Date: 2000-04-15Gram-Gram and her friends decide to check into a shady nursing home without even saying good-bye to their families. It's up to a bewildered Pelswick to organize a rescue mission while simultaneously planning a surprise party for Quentin.