Sanjay and Craig is a Nickelodeon animated television franchise created by Jay Howell, Jim Dirschberger, and Andreas Trolf. the series revolves around a twelve-year-old boy named Sanjay, voiced by Maulik Pancholy, and his best friend Craig, voiced by Chris Hardwick, a talking snake.
Main characters[]
- Sanjay Patel; He is a 12-year-old Indian-American boy who goes on adventures with his best friend, Craig. He has a crush on Belle Pepper, who works at his favorite place to hang out, The Frycade. Sanjay attends Stuntman School and idolizes Remington Tufflips, a washed up action movie star from the 1980s. Sanjay tries to fit in most of the time and always enjoys his time with Craig.
- Craig Slithers; He is Sanjay's anthropomorphic pet snake whom he met in a pet store. Craig is a so-called "master of disguise" — whether he is a doctor, a lawyer, or a beauty pageant queen, no one ever recognizes him. Only a few people know Craig can talk; Sanjay and his close friends keep it a secret. Craig does not like to be called just a pet.
- Hector Flanagan; He is Sanjay and Craig's weird eye patch-wearing friend. He can annoy them at times and has a crush on Megan.
- Megan Sparkles; She is Sanjay and Craig's enthusiastic and overachieving friend who takes part in beauty pageants. Megan is a frequent beauty pageant winner who can get carried away at times, but loves helping Sanjay. She has an unrequited crush on Sanjay, although Sanjay does care about her as a friend.
- Darlene Patel; She is Sanjay's mother who works at a hospital as a nurse and a surgeon. She often tells Sanjay stories about her work. She also knows Sanjay's pet snake Craig can talk.
- Sandy Dickson; She is a white skinned girl with shoulder-length black hair with long bangs that cover her eyes and wears a short black dress and black boots.
- Scabs Dickson; He’s a minor character and brother to Baby Richard and Sandy. Sanjay and Craig look up to them.
- Vijay Patel
- Baby Richard; He is the baby brother to Scabs and Sandy
- Noodman
- Tufflips (credited as "Remington Tufflips"); He is a washed-up action movie star from the 1980s who Sanjay and Craig idolize. To them, he is the raddest guy to ever walk on the face of the Earth. Despite his has-been status, Tufflips' ego and arrogance have swelled over the years, along with his waistline. To Sanjay and Craig, he is still the king of cool, in their adoring eyes. Although he is Sanjay and Craig's ultimate hero, he usually fails to remember their names. In "Street Dogg", Tufflips was formerly a rapper before his movie career, and was in a band with Street Dogg (a parody of Snoop Dogg). In "Booyah for Bollywood", it is revealed that his real name was "Remington TuffFist", in which Sanjay and Craig (as well as TuffFist himself) were calling him his wrong name the whole time.
Plot[]
The franchise follows Sanjay and Craig as they have comedic adventures around the town of Lundgren, often involving their parents Vijay and Darlene.[1] Sanjay also helps Craig as he tries to keep his ability to talk a secret[2] while avoiding their snake-hating neighbor Mr. Noodman.[3]
Television series[]
- Main article: Sanjay and Craig (television series)
The franchise itself originally debuted as an American animated television series produced by Nickelodeon. The series premiered on May 25, 2013. The series follows the adventures of a human boy named Sanjay and his best friend, a talking snake named Craig. On a promotional webpage for the show, the network explains that Sanjay and Craig's suburban hijinks require that "no one finds out that Craig can talk."[4]
On September 12, 2013, Sanjay and Craig was renewed for a second season by Nickelodeon and it premiered on July 12, 2014.[5]
On June 11, 2014, Sanjay and Craig was renewed for a third and final season by Nickelodeon and it premiered on September 7, 2015.[6]
Television special[]
- Main article: Sanjay and Craig: Booyah for Bollywood
The tv special's plot starts when the Patels take a family vacation to India, Sanjay and Craig get to star as extras in a new Tufflips movie being directed by Ronnie, who gets into a breakdown when his brother's relationship with Sanjay stresses him out. Meanwhile, Vijay tries to show Darlene his favorite childhood places in India, only to discover that most of it had changed.
comics[]
- Main article: Sanjay and Craig (comics)
Nickelodeon announced a series of graphic novels based on its properties, including Sanjay and Craig, in collaboration with publisher Papercutz in a first-look deal. The first entry from the Sanjay and Craig series of graphic novels, Fight the Future with Flavor!, was released on September 22, 2015[7]; and the second, New Kid on the Block, published on February 2, 2016.[8] A third volume, Story Time with Sanjay and Craig, published on May 24, 2016;[9] and a fourth volume, Sanjay and Craig Get Medieval On It, was set to released on September 20, 2016, but it is apparently canceled.[10] All releases are available in hardcover and paperback.
References[]
- ↑ Kyle Anderson (May 24, 2013). "Inside the World of "Sanjay & Craig"".
- ↑ "About Sanjay and Craig". Nick.com.
- ↑ "Sanjay and Craig - Main characters". ViacomCBS (2013). “Gallery image 2/30: 'Sanjay and Craig - main characters'”
- ↑ Sanjay and Craig – Coming in May!. Viacom International (March 18, 2014). Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved on April 22, 2013.
- ↑ Philiana Ng (September 12, 2013). "Nickelodeon Renews 'Sanjay and Craig' for Season 2 (Exclusive)". Retrieved on September 12, 2013.
- ↑ John Hopewell. "Nickelodeon Renews 'Sanjay and Craig' for Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved on 2014-06-12.
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sanjay-Craig-Fight-Future-Flavor/dp/1629913022/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=025JP9A1GN050NNT1C4V
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sanjay-Craig-New-Kid-Block/dp/1629914258/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=00WG3X6FRGAST0CHKG16
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sanjay-Craig-Story-Time/dp/1629914649/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1NJR3BXK39YVRQ2K2F76&dpID=61zBF2BtXzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sanjay-Craig-Get-Medieval-On/dp/1629915815/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51RYwOhpoeL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&refRID=0Q352CXFYZ6619DXYQV6
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