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Waynehead
Waynehead Title Card
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Created byDamon Wayans
Directed byPaul Riley
Voices of
  • Orlando Brown
  • Tico Wells
  • Jamil Walker Smith
  • T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
  • Shawn Wayans
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Kim Wayans
  • Gary Coleman
  • John Witherspoon
  • Frank Welker
Theme music composerStanley Clarke
Opening theme"The Party's Just Begun"
Ending theme"The Party's Just Begun" (instrumental)
ComposersStanley Clarke
Todd Cochran
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (2 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDamon Wayans
ProducerLenord Robinson
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
  • Warner Bros. Television Animation
  • Nelvana
DistributorWarner Bros. Domestic Pay-TV, Cable & Network Features Distribution
Original release
NetworkKids' WB
ReleaseOctober 19, 1996 (1996-10-19) –
May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Waynehead is a Saturday morning animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans.[1] It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the Canadian studio Nelvana, with overseas animation by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation, Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc.

Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Warner Bros has explained the show wasn't black enough.[2] It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne from a poor background with a club foot and was based on Wayans' own childhood in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Actors who provided voices for the show included Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown, and Marlon Wayans.[3]

Voice cast[]

  • Orlando Brown as Damey "Waynehead" Wayne
  • Tico Wells as Marvin
  • Jamil Walker Smith as Mo' Money, Jr.
  • T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Roz
  • Shawn Wayans as Toof
  • Marlon Wayans as Blue
  • Frank Welker as Tripod

Characters[]

Main[]

  • Damey "Waynehead" Wayne: The main protagonist of the series, He's the leader of the group. He's the most upbeat and most inventive leader of all the kids on his block. Partly as a defense mechanism and partly as an attention-getter, Damey's devastating sense of humor gets him into all sorts of unusual situations -- for better or worse. He's got a quick-wit, a supportive family and a group of eclectic friends.
  • Mo' Money, Jr.: The deuteragonist of the series. He is Damey's best friend, the second-in-command and the toughest member of the group. The character is named after the film in which Wayans starred. He's a 10-year-old rent-paying youngster who is the local entrepreneur extraordinaire of lower Manhattan. He believes that virtually anything can be bought, bartered or sold. Mo' takes capitalistic principles and twists them into disreputable money schemes. If you have a problem he can fix, he'll be happy to help, but there'll be a charge for his services.
  • Roz: The tritagonist of the series. Damey's love interest, the third-in-command and the only female of the group. She's got loads of energy and a survivalist instinct that can't be beat.
  • Toof: Mo' Money's sidekick who loves candy. He is a one-toothed wonder who'd do just about anything for sugar and constantly talks in rhyming rap, But when he's having a hard time rapping, as he doesn't know how to rhyme. He always bump into things instead of leaving.
  • Marvin: Damey's frenemy, though they are closer as friends. He is armed with a preposterous explanation for just about everything.
  • Blue: The main antagonist of the series. He is Marvin's older brother who is the evil bully with an unpredictable temper and uncanny ability to do and say things that are insulting.
  • Tripod: A three-legged stray dog befriended by Damey. Tripod has only three legs and it's assumed that his condition was the result of some sort of accident. Tripod always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - things fall on him, people trip over him and just about everything seems to be his fault. Despite his lot in life, Tripod is always eager and happy to join Damey and his friends in their adventures.

Supporting[]

  • Aki: A nerdy kid who is friends with the crew. He is a shy neighborhood newcomer from Nigeria who speaks with a British accent and is unfamiliar with American culture, and thus, has been judged by the other kids as "unhip".
  • Kevin Wayne: Damey's older brother.
  • Shavonne Wayne: Damey's younger sister.
  • Mrs. Wayne: The mother of Damey, Kevin, and Shavonne.
  • Mr. Wayne: The father of Damey, Kevin, and Shavonne.

Episodes[]

Series overview[]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19)May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Season 1 (1996–97)[]

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Demon of The Dozens"October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19)
Damey digs for dirt when his battle with the school bully turns into a "dozens" fight, a contest of insults.
2"No Mo' Money"October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)

Damey tries to earn money for the Harlem Week Festival.

Song featured: "Street Talk Rap", sung by Damey and Roz.
3"Brothers And Bros."November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)
Damey learns the difference between friends and family when he sneaks out of the house to run with his gang.
4"Botswana Aki And The Hydrant of Doom"November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09)

Damey's angry when he's forced to spend the day with the nerdy new kid, but when Aki is endangered by a run-in with the Hydrant of Doom, Damey sets out to rescue his unlikely friend. Guest Star: Heavy D

Note: The song "Nuttin' but Love" by Heavy D is featured.
5"3 Hats And You're Out"November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
Waynehead's cousin 3 Hats from Los Angeles comes to visit.
6"Dad's A Spaz"November 23, 1996 (1996-11-23)

Damey asks his father to coach the gang for a game against the tough St. Mary's team, and soon realizes his father's a disaster on the court.

Song featured: "We Got Chocolate on The Wall", sung by Toof.
7"Be Mine...Or Else"December 31, 1996 (1996-12-31)

Roz falls for Damey when he rescues her from junkyard dogs.

Note: The song "I'll Be Good to You" by Brothers Johnson is featured.
8"To Be Cool Or Not To Be"February 1, 1997 (1997-02-01)
Damey's desperate to keep his opera role a secret from the guys, but circumstances conspire against him.
9"Special Delivery"February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)
Damey and his friends struggle to get his mother to the hospital when she goes into labor at the library.
10"Quest For Fireworks"April 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)

When Toof and Damey happen to find a firecracker the night before the 4th of July, the gang thinks they've got a secret course for illegal fireworks.

Song featured: "I Got The Firecracker", sung by Toof.
11"A Friend In Greed"April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)
Damey's broke when Marvin gives him a Ken Griffey, Jr. autographed glove with the money he stole from the gang.
12"Bummed Out"May 3, 1997 (1997-05-03)
Damey helps a homeless DJ who works on his guilt over a prank they'd pulled just before the man was fired.
13"Rebel Without A Paw"May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Damey becomes convinced that the world is against Tripod because of his missing paw.

Song featured: "It's Called the Blues", sung by The Blues Man.
14"Hello Baby, Goodbye Wayne"Unaired (Unaired)
15"Back Home"Unaired (Unaired)

Production[]

The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally to be a claymation series and was going to air on Fox.[4] The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated series that ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.

Broadcast[]

The show is aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997,[5] but eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from the late 90s to the early 2000s.

International[]

In Germany, Waynehead aired on ProSieben, Junior, and K-Toon under the name of Waynehead - Echt cool, Mann!.

In Austria, This show aired on ORF 1.

In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CITV in 1998.

Home media releases[]

Since 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Vudu.[6][7][8]

References in other media[]

  • The Waynehead theme song is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode “Dangerous Brains.”

References[]

  1. Perlmutter, David (4 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538103746. https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=waynehead&pg=PA684. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 
  2. "The Call On Saturday Is Show Me The Wayans". Retrieved 25 April 2021. {{cite web}}:
  3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 898. ISBN 978-1476665993. 
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/news/abc-and-fox-announce-fall-plans.html
  5. Hendershot, Heather (1 February 2004). Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America's Only TV Channel for Kids. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814736517. https://books.google.com/books?id=xtPdNsGjGw8C&q=damon+wayans+waynehead&pg=PA128. Retrieved 5 September 2018. 
  6. Waynehead at iTunes.
  7. Waynehead at Amazon Video.
  8. Waynehead at Vudu.

External links[]

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