Freshmen (2014 TV series)

Information
Genre: Drama, Slice-of-Life, Fantasy

Format: Telenovela[8]

Created by: Edben Zabaleta, Edgar Zabaleta (co-creator)

Composed by: Edgar Zabaleta

Storyboarded by: Edgar Zabaleta

Original running: June 16, 2014[1] - June 23, 2014

No. of seasons: 1

No. of episodes: 8

Running time: 30 minutes

Original channel: The Teddy Channel

Freshmen is a telenovela TV series that premiered June 16, 2014, as part of The Teddy Channel's Sumertime Happiness summer block programming. It is considered a spin-off of The Adventures of Teddy & Friends, as in the same day it premiered, it was announced that it had been cancelled (Teddy and Friends). It went on hiatus in June.

On December 11, 2014, 6 months of the hiatus, the creator announced the series was cancelled due to poor ratings.

Spin-off
Following the next day after the events of The Adventures of Teddy & Friends series finale episode Pomp and Stuffcumstances, Tin Woodman and BMO (who apparently has graduated, too), go to San Anteddio college because they weren't accepted to the New Stuff City college. After arriving there, they befriend freshman and the college and have every-day college adventures (kind of).

Characters
Key: an asterisk* means a character is from The Adventures of Teddy & Friends. An *asterisk means it is from another TV series of The Teddy Channel.

Main characters

 * Tin Woodman* (is the 1st main character. Is friends with BMO and starts to love Stella at episode 6, and will date in a future episode.) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * BMO* (is the 2nd main character. He is somewhat dimwitted and says "BMO (ex: says, thinks. BMO and Dipper kiss in episode 6, making BMO a she. She and Dipper will date in episode 7) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * B Jr. (is B's little brother, and meets the gang in New Stuff City airport) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta
 * Birdy (is the big of the gang. Used to be cool and bad, but is now nice) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta
 * Sherman (is the smart of the gang. Has celiac disease, as shown in episode 3) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Spyro (is the littlest of the gang. He makes inventions) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta
 * B Sr. (is B and B Jr.'s cousin. Lost his leg in a accident, got a new one) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta
 * Simon (has Birdy's characteristics) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta
 * Dipper the Digger (joins the guys at episode 5, and loves Stella. Resembles a Lego MinecraftTM guy) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Om Nom* (is a character in the Teddy series but is absent in the few last episodes of the series. His like of candy is not shown) - Voiced by Edben Zabaleta

Minor characters

 * Mr. Nice (is the music teacher who is nice) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Stella* (is Tin Woodman's secret crush, but starts to love Dipper) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Gus (is a bully at the college. Stole the guys' iron golem for the science fair) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Aly (is Gus' complice who helped Gus stole the guy's iron golem) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Lunch Lady (is a lunch lady, has no name. She used to cook bad food, now cooks good food) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta in girly voice
 * Mr. Phamplok (is the one who gives people papers that says who's their roommate) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta

Note: Only appears in one episode

Guest Stars
Aside from main and minor characters, guest stars have appeared. Those are:
 * Teddy (from The Adventures of Teddy & Friends. Appears in episode 4 to see the gang perform in the play EV. Will appear in another futuristic episode) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta.
 * Angry Birds Space characters (which is green Terence, a lightning helmet blue bird, and piggies with or without satellite hard hats. The birds are good, but he piggies are evil) - Voiced by Edgar and Edben Zabaleta.
 * Taco[11] (was announced to appear in a future episode) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Tiger Tony[11] (TBA) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta
 * Yoda[12] (TBA) - Voiced by Edgar (real voice) and Edben Zabaleta (understudy)
 * Red Skywalker[12] (TBA) - Voiced by Edgar Zabaleta

Production
The series has been green-lit with 6 seasons, according to the creator. The series finale will be a special episode.[9] But the show got cancelled due to poor ratings, leaving the show with a cliffhanger, and with its 1st season unfinished.

Series overview
Season 1 (June 16, 2014[1] - June 23, 2014) This season has the first appearances of the main characters. Mr. Phamplok only appears in one episode (the first episode). Om Nom re-appears again.