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As Told by Ginger was an American animated television series which debuted on Nickelodeon in October of 2000. Produced by Klasky Csupo, Inc. (the creators of the Rugrats media franchise), and created by Emily Kapnek, the show revolves around the life of Ginger Foutley, a typical junior high school student who lives in a fictional Connecticut community named Sheltered Shrubs. The show is unique, in that many of the characters have actual wardrobes (to save time and money most cartoon characters are almost always drawn wearing the same outfit).

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Characters

Character Development

As Told By Ginger is not afraid of character development neither in episodes and in its Made for TV movies. In one episode Darren had his orthodontia removed. (He had been wearing the unwieldy headgear for the entire first season.) Also, in the second season, the characters moved up a grade. In the third season, the show has the main characters graduate to high school (with the younger kids graduating to junior high). The show also showed a more serious side; with the death of Carl and Hoodsey's teacher (This was added on to the end of the episode in question after the death of her voice actress, Kathleen Freeman).

Episodes

Season 1: 2000-2001

  1. Ginger the Juvey (10/25/2000)
  2. Carl and Maude (11/1/2000)
  3. Stealing First (11/8/2000)
  4. Sleep on It (1/15/2000)
  5. Of Lice & Friends (1/22/2000)
  6. Dare I, Darren (1/29/2000)
  7. Hello Stranger (2/6/2000)
  8. Cry Wolf (1/3/2001)
  9. The Right Stuff (1/21/2001)
  10. Kiss and Make Up (1/28/2001)
  11. The 'A' Ticket (2/4/2001)
  12. Come Back Little Seal Girl (2/18/2001)
  13. Blizzard Conditions (4/22/2001)
  14. The Summer of Camp Caprice (1) (7/7/2001)
  15. The Summer of Camp Caprice (2) (7/7/2001)
  16. The Summer of Camp Caprice (3) (7/7/2001)
  17. I Spy a Witch (10/26/2001)
  18. Deja Who? (11/20/2001)
  19. The Even Steven Holiday Special (12/10/2001)
  20. Piece of My Heart (12/16/2001)

Season 2: 2002-2003

  1. Never Can Say Goodbye (2/11/2002)
  2. Gym Class Confidential (2/12/2002)
  3. Fast Reputation (2/13/2002)
  4. Nurses Strike (2/14/2002)
  5. Trouble in Gal Pal Land (2/20/2002)
  6. Sibling Revile-ry (3/10/2002)
  7. Losing Nana Bishop (3/17/2002)
  8. TGIF (3/24/2002)
  9. Lunatic Lake (3/31/2002)
  10. April Fools (4/1/2002)
  11. Ms. Foutley's Boys (4/7/2002)
  12. Love with a Proper Transfer Student (4/14/2002)
  13. Family Therapy (4/21/2002)
  14. New Girl in Town (4/28/2002)
  15. Mommie Nearest (5/19/2002)
  16. Ginger's Solo (6/30/2002)
  17. And She Was Gone (11/24/2002)
  18. Next Question (1/19/2003)
  19. No Hope for Courtney (6/1/2003)
  20. Driven To Extremes (6/29/2003)

Season 3: 2003-2004

  1. Far From Home (1) (8/9/2003)
  2. Far From Home (2) (8/9/2003)
  3. Far From Home (3) (8/9/2003)
  4. Wicked Game (11/11/2003)
  5. The Easter Ham (4/11/2004)
  6. About Face (6/6/2004)
  7. No Turning Back (1) (6/11/2004)
  8. No Turning Back (2) (6/11/2004)
  9. Fair To Cloudy (6/20/2004)
  10. Heat Lightning (6/27/2004)
  11. Ten Chairs (11/24/2004)
  12. Stuff'll Kill Ya (Unaired)
  13. Detention (Unaired)
  14. Dodie's Big Break (Unaired)
  15. Kiss Today Good-Bye (Unaired)
  16. A Lesson in Tightropes (Unaired)
  17. Battle Of The Bands (Unaired)
  18. The Wedding Frame (1) (Unaired)
  19. The Wedding Frame (2) (Unaired)
  20. The Wedding Frame (3) (Unaired)

Show Airings

The show's only [[]] airings on the main Nickelodeon channel in the US were on January 2 with "Blizzard Conditions" (the only non-holiday airing in 2005), March 27 with "The Easter Ham" (it was Easter Sunday), May 8 with "Mommy Nearest" (shown as part of a Mother's Day marathon), October 30 with "I Spy A Witch" (a Halloween special), and December 25 with "An Even Steven Holiday Special" (it was Christmas Day). At this point, "Heat Lightning" was the last episode to have premiered on Nick US, on June 27, 2004. Seven episodes (plus one telefilm, see below) remain unaired on Nick. ("Ten Chairs", the show's Thanksgiving episode, was aired on the digital Nicktoons Network on Thanksgiving 2004, however.) However, Nickelodeon gave the show a regular slot, at 6:30 a.m. weekdays, in 2006. Those airings were in turn pushed to 6:00 am on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays after a few months, but starting May 29th, Dora the Explorer took its place. The show has a regular slot on at 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.

Made for TV movies

During the series' run, three made for TV movies were produced: Summer of Camp Caprice had Ginger, Dodie, Macie and Courtney heading to summer camp, with Darren and Miranda going to military camp (where, as it happens, Miranda's father works) and Carl and Hoodsey on the trail of dog nappers; Foutleys on Ice, following up on the Emmy-nominated episode And She Was Gone, dealt with Ginger winning a scholarship to an arts school, and Carl and Hoodsey making friends with a new character, the telekinetic Noelle (voiced by Kapnek); and The Wedding Frame, which closed out the 3rd season and the series as a whole, and features Lois marrying one of the doctors at her hospital; Nickelodeon originally asked for the ending of that telefilm to be changed to something less conclusive in case they wished to make future TV episodes, however, perhaps due to that situation being very unlikely, the original ending was eventually retained (it was released directly to DVD in the States in November 2004, and has not been broadcast in the US).

Besides the aforementioned And She Was Gone (dealing with a poem Ginger had written, about a girl who wishes she could disappear - and does, as well as Carl's concern over the disappearance of the aforementioned Noelle, who he'd just found out was the right girl for him), the show had 2 more Emmy-nominated episodes (all 3 times, Ginger was beaten by FOX shows): Hello Stranger (dealing with another poem, this time about her unseen father) and Lunatic Lake (about a spring camp-out at a lake).

Trivia

Lyrics to "Wrong"

I know I said back then.
Never wanted to see you again.
But I was wrong
But I was wrong
Baby, I was wrong
Nine times out of ten
It seems to happen
That I'm wrong
Baby, I'm wrong
Each day that passes
I can't, although I try
Each day, it hits me
I can't live with goodbye
I know I said back then

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