Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures

Premise

The series follows two friends from the fictional California town of Pacific Bluffs. Often, the boys act quite impetuously leading them to multiple conflicts.

Characters

Main

• Bucket (Taylor Gray) is a freshman in high school. He is Skinner's best friend. He spends his time surfing and trying to impress Kelly, his crush. His main competitor for Kelly's affections is Aloe. Aloe dislikes Bucket because he cut him off his board when he was five. He is Three Pieces's nephew. He is shown to be slightly smarter than Skinner and a bit more realistic.
• Skinner (Dillon Lane) is Bucket's best friend and an avid surfer. He is not very bright and his desire for epic adventures often get the two of them into difficult situations. In the episode "Epic Musical" it is shown that he has a photographic memory, and in the episode "Epic Escape" it is shown that he is a very skilled ventriloquist.
• Kelly (Ashley Argota) is a great surfer. She works part-time at a surf shop and is the object of Bucket's affections. However, she does not seem to notice. In the episode "Epic Jobs", she was working as a junior lifeguard with Aloe.
• Piper (Tiffany Espensen) is Kelly's smart younger sister. She uses her wits to get what she wants by coming up with various sneaky plans. She has a crush on Skinner, but she hates Bucket for an unknown reason. She also helps Three Pieces with many of his problems.
• John "Aloe" Aloysius (Glenn McCuen) is Bucket's arch-rival. He uses his money and popularity to embarrass Bucket and Skinner whenever he gets the chance. He is almost always accompanied by a student named Sven. He is very muscular, he has amazing pecs and abs. Aloe seems to like ribbon dancing as shown in "Epic Dancer". He is the captain of the varsity surf team. He has an 8-year-old brother, as mentioned in "Epic Girls". He also has feelings for Kelly.
• Three Pieces (George Back) is Bucket's uncle and the owner of the local surf shop. He is a former surf champion and is always trying to impress the ladies. In the episode "Epic Dancer", it revealed that he got his nickname after his surfboard broke into three pieces while he was surfing a big wave. He is friends with all of Bucket's friends. In "Epic Musical", he shows himself to be a great singer.

Recurring

• Sven (D.C. Cody) is Aloe's best friend. He is not very bright and possibly nicer than Aloe but does whatever he asks of him including embarrassing Bucket and Skinner.
• Blake Dunkirk (Bryan Craig) is Kelly's boyfriend. He is a jock.

Broadcast

Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures premiered on Nickelodeon on July 1, 2011, with the show then going on a 5-month hiatus before being cancelled. The series was rolled out to the Canadian network, Nickelodeon (Canada) on September 10, 2011. Nickelodeon (Greece) started airing it on September 7, 2012. It was announced at the Children's Media Conference 2012 that Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland) would premiere the series on September 3, 2012. It was announced in late 2012 that Nickelodeon (Germany), Nickelodeon (France), Nickelodeon (Italy), and Nickelodeon (Latin America) would also be premiering the series in September 2012. It was announced that Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures would air in October 2012 on Nickelodeon Australia. These countries have shown episodes that have not aired in the United States until much later.

Cancellation

Ashley Argota reported on July 5, 2012, that Nickelodeon had cancelled the show with several episodes yet to air in the United States; however in other countries, all episodes were broadcast, and in the United States the series was moved to TeenNick from late-2012 through mid-2013.

Episodes

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Guest star: Patrick Bristow as Mr. St. Troy

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Guest star: Samantha Boscarino as CJ

Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

Note: This episode was originally scheduled to air on October 29, 2011. This episode premiered on October 27, 2012 on Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland). Absent: George Back as Three Pieces

18

Note: This 1 hour special aired as part of "Just Jennette Night" along with new episodes of iCarly and Victorious, all featuring Jennette McCurdy. Also Ashley Argota and Matt Shively get to work together again since they last worked on True Jackson, VP. It was the final episode to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States. Special guest stars: Jennette McCurdy, Patrick Gallagher, Cody Simpson, and Matt Shively.

Note 1: Episodes 19–26 would air on TeenNick in the United States. This episode was originally scheduled to air on December 17, 2011 on Nickelodeon. Note 2: This episode aired on Nickelodeon Greece on 27 September 2012, on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland on 15 December 2012 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on 17 December 2012.

Note 1: This episode was originally scheduled to air on October 14, 2011. Note 2: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Latin America and on Nickelodeon Greece on 20 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon Netherlands on 2 November 2012.

Note: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Greece on 23 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on 25 September 2012.

Note: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Latin America on 10 September 2012, on Nickelodeon Greece on 13 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland on 18 September 2012.

Note: This episode aired on Nickelodeon Latin America on 11 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon Greece on September 28, 2012.

Note: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Greece on 22 September 2012, on Nickelodeon Latin America on 24 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon Netherlands and Flanders on 6 November 2012.

Note: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Greece on 25 September 2012 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on 27 September 2012.

Note: This episode premiered on Nickelodeon Greece on 29 September 2012, on Nickelodeon Germany on 29 October 2012 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on 14 December 2012.

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