Rubble & Crew

Rubble & Crew is a Canadian computer-animated children's television series and a spin-off of Spin Master's PAW Patrol brand. It is produced by Spin Master Entertainment,[2] with animation provided by Jam Filled Toronto. Corus Entertainment also receives a production credit on the series.

Rubble & Crew
Based onPAW Patrol
by Keith Chapman
Developed byBradley Zweig
Voices of
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Jennifer Dodge
  • Ronnen Harary
  • Laura Clunie
  • Toni Stevens
Producers
  • Gillian Pike
  • Leah Wolfson
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkTreehouse TV
Nickelodeon[1]
Original releaseFebruary 3, 2023 (2023-02-03) 
present

Unlike the original series, which airs on TVOntario in Canada, Rubble & Crew airs on Treehouse TV and StackTV. Both services are owned by the spin-off's co-producer, Corus Entertainment.[3] In the United States, it airs on Nickelodeon. The series' first episode was released on the official Rubble & Crew YouTube channel on January 9, 2023.[4]

Plot

Builder Cove is the neighboring town of Adventure Bay. While attending his family reunion in Adventure Bay, Rubble is called to Builder Cove to help in its construction projects. After building a bridge to Builder Cove, Rubble suggests that his family moves to Builder Cove where they establish a construction company called Rubble & Crew that operates out of the Barkyard in order to help maintain his duties to the PAW Patrol. Rubble & Crew would help expand Builder Cove by expanding buildings and making new buildings for it's different proprietors while contending with a rival construction worker named Speed Meister. When the job is done, Rubble & Crew perform the "Wiggle and Wag" dance & "We're a Pup Family" dance.

Characters

Rubble & Crew

  • Rubble (voiced by Luxton Handspiker) - A bulldog and a member of the PAW Patrol who becomes the founder and the leader of Rubble & Crew. He drives around in a bulldozer. Handspiker originally voiced Rex in Season 7 and replaces Lucien Duncan-Reid from the original series.
  • Grandpa Gravel (voiced by Martin Roach) - A Serrano Bulldog and the grandfather of Rubble. He drives around in a food truck where he makes some kibble for his family.
  • Auntie Crane (voiced by Sabrina Jalees) - A continental bulldog, the aunt of Rubble, the daughter of Gravel, and the mother of Motor. She operates the supply warehouse in the Barkyard and drives around in a forklift.
  • Mix (voiced by Shazdeh Kapadia) - An English bulldog and the cousin of Rubble who handles mixing things that are associated with construction like concrete, paint, cement, and glue. She drives around in a cement truck.
  • Charger (voiced by Alessandro Pugiotto) - A French Bulldog and the cousin of Rubble who handles the digging for construction projects. He sports a prosthetic left back leg and drives around in a crane. He tends to get the "Zoom Zoom Zoomies" when filled with excitement causing everyone to give him room for it.
  • Wheeler (voiced by Liam McKenna) - A Swiss hound and the cousin of Rubble who is a clean freak and handles everything involving nuts and bolts. He drives around in a dump truck that he uses to carry dug-up dirt and different construction supplies. He is the only member who is not a bulldog.
  • Motor (voiced by Alberta Bolan) - A Ca de Bou, the daughter of Crane, the granddaughter of Gravel, and the youngest cousin of Rubble who operates handles the smashing needed for the construction projects. She can also speak in the third person and drives around in a wrecking ball vehicle.

Supporting characters

  • Mayor Greatway (voiced by Leslie Adlam) - The mayor of Builder Cove with a daredevil-like personality. She is the sister of Mayor Goodway.
    • Mr. Ducky Doo - Mayor Greatway's pet duck.
  • Speed Meister (voiced by Cory Doran) - A construction worker who becomes the rival of Rubble & Crew. He works fast with disastrous results.
    • Mr. McTurtle (voiced by Cory Doran) - Speed Meister's pet turtle who mostly quotes "Yep-a-roozie".
  • Omar (voiced by Deven Mack) - An inhabitant of Builder Cove.
  • Lily (voiced by Mikayla SwamiNathan) - The daughter of Omar. Young Sister of Lucas.
  • Shopkeeper Shelley (voiced by Jonathan Langdon) - The proprietor of a bike shop in Builder Cove. His bike shop was expanded by Rubble & Crew so that he can sell more bicycles.
  • Camila (voiced by Paloma Nunez) - A truck driver.
  • Café Carl (voiced by Jonathan Tan) - An ice cream vendor who becomes the proprietor of an ice cream shop that Rubble & Crew build for him.
  • Grocer Gabriel (voiced by Andy Toth) - The proprietor of a grocery store who tends to sing some of his exclamations.
  • Park Ranger Rose (voiced by Ophira Calof) -
  • Lucas (voiced by Housten Daghigi) - Son of Omar. Older Brother of Lily.
  • Juniper (voiced by Josette Jorge) -
  • River (voiced by Chiang Ma) -
  • Sierra Sparkle (voiced by Michela Luci); a Pop singer & Daughter of Grocer Gabriel

Returning characters

  • Ryder (voiced by Kai Harris) - The leader of the PAW Patrol who meets up with Rubble and met his family at a family reunion. He debuted in "The Crew Builds a Bridge".
  • Mayor Goodway (voiced by Kim Roberts) - Adventure Bay's mayor and the sister of Mayor Greatway who calls Ryder as she needs her sister to enlist Rubble and his family. She debuted in "The Crew Builds a Bridge".

Production

A TV series was ordered after the success of PAW Patrol: The Movie and would focus on one of the main pups from the series. On March 24, 2022, it was announced that the spin-off series will focus on Rubble.[5]

Episodes

No.Title[6][7]Directed byWritten byU.S. air date[6][7]Canadian air dateProd.
code[6]
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"The Crew Builds a Bridge"Dianna BassoBradley ZweigJanuary 29, 2023 (2023-01-29) (sneak peek)
February 3, 2023 (official)[lower-alpha 1]
February 4, 2023 (StackTV & Treehouse)1010.23[8]
Ryder visits Rubble at his family reunion outside of Adventure Bay as they demonstrate their building skills to Ryder by building a gazebo. Mayor Goodway hooks Rubble up with her sister Mayor Greatway who needs a big construction work for Builder Cove. This project involves building a bridge that will lead the drivers into Builder Cove so that they can settle there.
2"The Crew Builds a Big Bike Shop"
"The Crew Builds a Super Tub"
Dianna BassoEva Konstantopoulos
Drew Champion & Jacob Moffat
February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)[lower-alpha 2]February 11, 20231020.20[9]

"The Crew Builds a Big Bike Shop": Today is the first ever Builder Cove Bike Day event. As Shopkeeper Shelly orders a resupply of big kid bikes for some of the kids, he asks Rubble & Crew to expand his bike shop. Speed Meister plans to do the job with building supplies stolen from Rubble & Crew which goes horribly awry when he gets trapped. Now Rubble & Crew must rescue Speed Meister and build the expansion to the bike shop the right way.

"The Crew Builds a Super Tub": Rubble & Crew plan for the family photo. After Motor comes in contact with mud, Rubble & Crew plans to give her a bath as Motor refuses and considering it no fun. Rubble must lead his cousins into finding a construction solution so that Motor can enjoy taking a bath. They work on building an awesome super tub that would please Motor before their relatives come to their family photo.
3"The Crew Builds an Ice Cream Shop"
"The Crew Fixes a Squeak"
Dianna BassoKellie R. Griffin
Evan Sinclair
February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)February 18, 20231030.28[10]

"The Crew Builds an Ice Cream Shop": On a windy day, Rubble & Crew meet with Café Carl who states that he has a new ice cream flavor that he is going to unveil to everyone. Due to Café Carl operating out of his stand, Rubble leads his cousin in building Café Carl an ice cream shop complete with a giant ice cream cone on top. They must work to put together the ice cream shop while dealing with the strong winds.

"The Crew Fixes a Squeak": Rubble & Crew is contacted by Mayor Greatway who needs to practice a big speech revolving around a big surprise. Unfortunately, there is a squeak in Town Hall as Rubble and Charger head there to investigate. They trace the squeak to behind a wall and find a little mouse inside it. Once they get it out, Rubble and Charger find two more mice in different parts of Town Hall as they work to get them out before the big speech.
4"The Crew Builds a Playground"
"The Crew Fixes a Roof"
Dianna BassoHugh Duffy
Robin J. Stein
February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)February 25, 20231040.28[11]

"The Crew Builds a Playground": After fixing Grocer Gabriel's fence using the same parts with a different style, Rubble & Crew find a crowd that Auntie Crane and Motor are part of at the park. They find Speed Meister building a playground in the usual manner. Seeing how it is unsafe, Rubble & Crew due a safety check. After a disastrous opening, Rubble & Crew salvage the playground parts and make it the most awesome playground ever as Speed Meister plans to sabotage it.

"The Crew Fixes a Roof": Rubble & Crew have put together equipment for Mayor Greatway's Chili Cookaroo. Mayor Greatway's chili is described to be a good-tasting chili by Café Carl and Grocer Gabriel. As Mayor Greatway works on making a chili for the Chili Cookaroo, the roof ends up cracking causing her to call in Rubble & Crew. Rubble, Mix, Wheeler, and Charger go up to the roof and find that a bald eagle named Wingsy has built a nest on her roof where she has laid three eggs. While Wheeler and Charger work to relocate Wingsy's nest, Rubble and Mix work to fix the roof before the Chili Cookaroo begins.
5"The Crew Builds a Car Wash"
"The Crew Plans Grandpa Day"
Dianna BassoDan Danko
Scott Gray
March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)March 18, 20231050.20[12]

"The Crew Builds a Car Wash": Mayor Greatway is planning on competing in Grocer Gabriel's first road race. Another competitor for this race is Speed Meister who sabotages Mayor Greatway's chances by getting mud on her motorcycle. Rubble & Crew works on building a car wash to clean Mayor Greatway's motorcycle. When Speed Meister sabotages the soap tank with mud and cement causing Rubble & Crew to work on upgrading it to have the strength to wash off the mud and cement.

"The Crew Plans Grandpa Day": During a windy day, Rubble & Crew plan Grandpa Day for Grandpa Gravel. As they plan to do different activities, each member gets called away one by one to help Grocer Gabriel when the wind wrecks the entrance of his grocery story when the Zesty Besty Cheddar goes on sale. Each one does their duty in fixing Grocer Gabriel's grocery store.
6"The Crew Builds a Skate Park"
"The Crew Builds a Tunnel"
Dianna BrassoChristopher J. Gentile
Eva Konstantopoulos
March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)April 1, 20231060.18[13]

"The Crew Builds a Skate Park": The pups find out Auntie Crane is a secret skateboarding star, but when building a surprise skatepark, they have to fix a cement mix mishap.

"The Crew Builds a Tunnel": Charger's favorite singer, Sierra Sparkle, is coming to town.
7"The Crew Builds a Beaver Home"
"The Crew Fixes a Road"
TBATBAApril 24, 2023 (2023-04-24)[14]TBA107TBD

Notes

  1. In the United States, a sneak peek of "The Crew Builds a Bridge" aired on December 25, 2022, during the NFL Nickmas Games halftime. The episode made an early premiere after a rerun of Minions on January 29, 2023, and its official premiere took place on February 3.
  2. "The Crew Builds a Big Bike Shop" was first released on the Rubble & Crew YouTube channel on January 9, 2023.

References

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  2. Latrielle, Christine (December 7, 2022). "PAW PATROL LAUNCHING SPIN-OFF SHOW". Montreal Families. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. "'Paw Patrol' construction pup gets spinoff series 'Rubble & Crew' from Spin Master". thestar.com. February 2, 2023.
  4. "FULL EPISODE: The Crew Builds a Big Bike Shop! w/ Charger & Mix - Rubble & Crew". Rubble & Crew. YouTube. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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  9. Mitch Metcalf (February 13, 2023). "Friday 2.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  10. Mitch Salem (February 21, 2023). "Friday 2.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  11. Mitch Metcalf (February 27, 2023). "Friday 2.24.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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  13. Mitch Salem (April 3, 2023). "Friday 3.31.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  14. "Nickelodeon and Spin Master Celebrate 10 Years of PAW Patrol with Brand-New "All Paws on Deck" Primetime Anniversary Special, Premiering Monday, April 24, at 7 P.M. (ET/PT)". March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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