Summer Camp Island


Summer Camp Island is an American animated television series created for Cartoon Network by Julia Pott, former animator and story/staff writer on Adventure Time, as well as creator of the MTV Liquid Television Online short Valentine's Day Card. It was first announced in January 2017 and later had been shopped around at different festivals including Sundance.
Summer Camp Island details the adventures of Oscar and Hedgehog, both of whom are attending the titular Summer Camp Island. It premiered on July 7, 2018, with a 48-hour marathon consisting of the first 20 episodes running over an entire weekend, on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Julia Pott announced that the rest of the first season would premiere in late 2018 on Cartoon Network with another 20 episodes. Those episodes ended up being pushed to 2019, and on May 20, 2019, it was announced that the episodes would premiere on June 23, 2019.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Julia Pott announced that the series had been renewed for a second season which premiered exclusively on HBO Max on June 18, 2020.

Synopsis

Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, Summer Camp Island follows two childhood best friends Oscar Peltzer, an elephant, and Hedgehog, a mammal of the same name, who are dropped off at a magical summer camp. The camp is a host to many bizarre occurrences, such as camp counselors who are popular girl witches, horses that transform into unicorns, talking sharks, yetis, haunted cabins, post-it notes that lead to other dimensions, and nosey monsters that live under the bed. Oscar and Hedgehog must contend with these out-of-place events and make their stay at camp worthwhile.

Characters

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This is the second original Cartoon Network series to be solely created by a woman, the first being Steven Universe, which was created by Rebecca Sugar.

Episodes

Broadcast

The show's premiere marathon also happened on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang on July 7, 2018. The marathon ended on July 9, 2018, at 6:00 AM. The show's premiere marathon also occurred on Teletoon on August 13, 2018. On Cartoon Network Australia and New Zealand, a sneak peek of the series was broadcast on December 15, 2018. It premiered on Cartoon Network Southeast Asia/Philippines on January 25, 2019. The show premiered on Cartoon Network UK on March 4, 2019.