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| Country: | Australia (overseas animation) United Kingdom (production) |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 52 |
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| Runtime: | 11 minutes[2] |
| Network: | ABC Me (series 1–2) ABC Family (series 3) |
| Last Aired: | present |
The Strange Chores is an animated television series that premiered on ABC Me on 31 October 2019. The series was created by Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson, best known for their work on Bluey, and is a co-production between Ludo Studio and Media World Production.
The show centres around two teenage warrior-heroes (Charlie And Pierce) and a spirited ghost girl (Que) who master the skills they need to replace an ageing monster-slayer by doing his supernatural chores.
The third series will premiere on ABC Family on 14 June 2024.
Two teenagers, Charlie and Pierce, discover that their "kooky neighbour" Old Man Helsing's house at the end of their street is secretly a portal to supernatural worlds. Helsing thinks he might be getting too old for all his adventures, so he allows them to become his apprentices. A mischievous ghost girl, Que, joins them on their adventures as they complete Helsing's freaky, bizarre, and sometimes terrifying chores.
The Strange Chores is produced entirely in Australia by Ludo Studio and Media World Production, with animation provided by 12Field Animation using Toon Boom Harmony. Production on the first series of the show took 95 weeks including over 5,000 scenes, 400 rigs, 500 props and 3000 background designs. Ludo aimed for an older audience for this show (8 to 12-years-old) when compared to their massively popular preschool series Bluey.[3]
The series was renewed for a second season.[4] [5]
The first series of The Strange Chores was released to ABC iview on 31 October 2019, accompanying the series premiere on the same day. The episode "Don't Trick or Tweet" also aired as a preview before the first two episodes.[6] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the series aired on Pop on 1 November, one day after the Australian premiere. In 2020, it was also broadcast on Disney Channel Asia and CBC Kids.[7]
The second series was released to ABC iview on 24 June 2022, which, again, accompanied the series premiere on the same day. Also, like the first series, the episode "Haunt The House" was aired as a preview to the series on April 8 of that same year.