Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer

Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
Also known as	Billy Dilley
Genre	Comedy Adventure Science-fantasy Slapstick
Created by	Aaron Springer
Directed by	Andrew Overtoom (supervising animation director) Leticia Lacy (art director)
Voices of	Aaron Springer Tom Kenny Catie Wayne Sarah-Nicole Robles James Arnold Taylor Kerri Kenney-Silver
Theme music composer	Jeremy Fisher
Opening theme	"Billy Dilley"
Ending theme	"Catch Me If You Can"
Composer(s)	David Ricard
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aaron Springer
Producer(s)	Wade Wisinski and Jan Hirota (line producers) Merriwether Williams (co-producer) Clayton Morrow (supervising producer)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation Rough Draft Korea
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney XD
Original release	June 3 (2017-06-03) – June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15)

Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer (also known as Billy Dilley) is a short-lived American animated television series created and executive-produced by Aaron Springer, an animation veteran whose extensive credits include working on Dexter's Laboratory, SpongeBob SquarePants, Samurai Jack, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, and the current run of Mickey Mouse shorts.^[1] Springer was also behind the Cartoon Network pilots Periwinkle Around the World and Baloobaloob's Fun Park, and the Adult Swim pilot Korgoth of Barbaria. The series first season aired on Disney XD from June 3, 2017 to June 15, 2017.

Plot

The show follows the adventures of Billy Dilley (Aaron Springer), a 7th grader who loves science, and his lab partners, Zeke (Tom Kenny) and Marsha (Catie Wayne), and his pet rat, Anaximander, who on summer vacation find themselves trapped in Subterranea-Tania, a strange world located in the Earth's core after a test ride in Billy's science fair project The Cheeserator, a giant drilling machine designed for cutting holes in enormous Swiss cheese, goes horribly wrong.

Characters

• Billy Dilley (voiced by Aaron Springer) – An eccentric science obsessed boy, who's more observant and often willing to explore much of creatures in Subterranea-Tania. He at times is often describe as silly, weird, trouble-prone, and optimistic at times.
• Zeke (voiced by Tom Kenny) – A long-haired, preteened slacker who was assigned to work with Billy. He often tries to appear cool and aloof, but in reality gets emotional quite easily. He is considered the voice of reason and usually makes sarcastic remarks. Zeke also tends to be a talented chef, often making Calzones and Pancakes.
• Marsha (voiced by Catie Wayne) – A wannabe social butterfly and budding journalist who was assigned to work with Billy. She is very impressionable and lively, if somewhat spacey at times.
• Anaximander – Billy's pet rat who spends much of the episodes lazing around.
• Judy (voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles) – A cute female swamp creature that Billy befriends. She appears in the episode “Hey Judy” and also made some small appearances in “The Mushroom Prince”, “Rat’s Entertainment”, and “The Battle for Subterranea-Tania”.
• Count Raymond Wretcher (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) – A self-proclaimed tyrant from Subterranea-Tania, who dreams of covering the surface world with sludge. He pretends to be friendly towards Billy as an attempt to steal the Cheeserator to bring up to the surface.
• Mrs. Wretcher (voiced by Kerri Kenney-Silver) – Count Wretcher’s overbearing mother, who often complains to his son about spreading sludge outside the castle grounds. He is never physically seen as she only appears as a portrait with a speaker below to communicate with others.
• Big Doug (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) – The one-eyed mammoth farmer and owner of “Big Doug’s Wonderful World of Wigs”. He made his first appearance in “Ol' MacBilly” and had some small appearances in “Rat’s Entertainment” and “The Battle for Subterranea-Tania”.
• Hag Witch (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) – An elderly sorceress who has a massive crush on Count Wretcher. Billy works for her as her apprentice.
• The Troggies – Primitive ape-like creatures in Subterranea-Tania.
  • Yucky (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) – A young Troggie who is friends with Billy. His vocabulary consists almost entirely of his own name. While he can be naive and mischievous, Yucky tends to be very intelligent.
• Tony (voiced by Kenny Pittenger) – A snail-like creature who was formerly an apprentice to the Hag Witch and a friend to Billy.
• The Gorks – A tribe of lizard warriors who have a hatred for surface-dwellers. In “Lab Friends… Forever?”, they were convinced that Billy, Zeke, and Marsha were the ultra-rare Wormasaurus Rex.
  • Gorkager (voiced by Brian Posehn) – The wise leader of the Gorks. While he is intelligent, he tends to be aggressive at times.
  • Chancellor Gork (voiced by Aaron Springer) – The second-in-command to Gorkager. He only appears in the first episode, mistaking Billy for an entertainer.
  • The Great Gork in the Celing (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – The old Gork god who lives in the clouds of Subterranea-Tania.
• Zartran (voiced by Travis Willingham) – A golden haired barbarian who is actually a homeless conman who is desperately trying to look for a good home and food.
• Francis (aka Gumbrump) (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – A brownish-red cyclops creature who is said to be Zartran’s arch-enemy, but is actually his buddy. He regularly speaks in a wimpy nasally voice, though whenever he goes in-character as the Gumbrump, he speaks in a deep, growly voice.
• Thurston (voiced by Tom Kenny) – The servant to Count Wretcher and Mrs. Wretcher. He doesn't seem to have much of a personality.
• The Orangutanasaurs – Creatures who are similar to the Troggies, but they speak better english.
• The Mushroom Prince (voiced by Aaron Springer) – The ruler of Subterranea-Tania’s mushroom patch. He appears in the episode “The Mushroom Prince”.
• Aunt Agnes (voiced by Mary Jo Catlett) – An elderly lizard women who is secretly a member of the Subterranea-Tania police. She appears in the episode “Billy/Willie”.
• Mr. Ogre Chef (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – A large monster chef who lives in a cave. He appears in the episode “Calzones”.
• Hag Sisters (voiced by Tom Kenny and Catie Wayne) – The Hag Witch’s two sisters who are said to be beauticians. They appear in the episode “Silly Spheres”.
• Jared (voiced by Andy Milonakis) – A tentacled creature who is a hideous flesh eater. He appears in the episode “Jared”, where he suffers from amnesia and befriends Zeke and Marsha.
• Sluggy (vocal effects by Fred Tatasciore) – A slug who Billy befriends as a pet after feeling ignored by Anaximander. He appears in the episode "Sluggy".
• Mud Men – Gross, slimy creatures who live in Subterranea-Tania. In “The Date”, Billy and Zeke disguised a Mud Man as Marsha’s summer love, Greg Hastings.

Cast

• Aaron Springer as Billy Dilley / Evil Billy / Rock Person / Mushroom Prince / Greg / Additional Voices
• Tom Kenny as Zeke / Thurston / Grandma Tony / Troggies / Crab / Additional Voices
• Catie Wayne as Marsha / Mary Shelley / Additional Voices
• James Arnold Taylor as Count Raymond Wretcher / Maria / Additional Voices
• Sarah-Nicole Robles as Judy
• Kerri Kenney-Silver as Mrs. Wretcher
• Brian Doyle-Murray as Big Doug
• Susanne Blakeslee as Hag Witch
• Kenny Pittenger as Tony
• Richard Steven Horvitz as Yucky / Additional Voices
• Brian Posehn as Gorkager
• Travis Willingham as Zartran
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Gumbrump / Great Gork / Giant
• Fred Tatasciore as Ogre Chef / Sluggy / Giant Slug
• Mary Jo Catlett as Aunt Agnes
• Steve-O as Tommy X
• Andy Milonakis as Jared
• Dee Bradley Baker as Bat / Spider
• Keith Ferguson as Guard #2
• Roger Craig Smith as Fruit Fly #2
• Abigail Zoe Lewis and Lyons Mathias as Children's Chorus

Production

The show was first announced in 2014 as a potential pilot.^[2] In March 2016, it was confirmed that Disney XD has greenlit the show for a full series along with Big City Greens.^[1]

In 2015, Merriwether Williams was confirmed in a Twitter post by Vincent Waller as one of the show's writers,^[3][4] whilst Character designer Robertryan Cory announced on his Tumblr page he has been working on the series since December 2014, just over a year before the pickup was officially announced.^[5]

Episodes

The first season consists of 13 half-hour episodes.^[6]

Broadcast

Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer premiered on Disney XD in Canada on June 5, in Germany, Disney XD premiered the series on July 7, in Australia and New Zealand, the series premiered on Disney XD in October 2017, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show premiered on Disney XD on September 18, 2017.

References

External links

• Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer on IMDb