The Boo Crew Explained

The Boo Crew (originally known as Thugaboo) is a series of children's animated television specials created by the Wayans Brothers. It was first aired on Nicktoons Network on August 11, 2006. To date, there have been two The Boo Crew specials. As of the year of 2017, both specials have been uploaded on YouTube by Shawn Wayans in the channel titled "The Boo Crew TV" with the theme music omitted as the series was simply re-titled "The Boo Crew".[1] [2]

Plot

The show centers on the adventures of a group of neighborhood kids of diverse ethnic cultures known as "The Boo Crew" with D-Roc as the leader, often helping each other out and going to serious situations and learning a lesson in morals. The show features an abstract voice cast starring most of the Wayans family with the animation having some similarity to other black-centered shows such as The Proud Family. The show has a structure combination of African-American cultural endurance and adoration with ending music videos similar to Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the kid-centered oriented program synopsis on young love and romance commonly found in the classic Peanuts cartoon specials.

Characters

The Boo Crew

Adults

Other characters

Voice cast[3] [4]

Specials

  1. The Boo Crew: "Sneaker Madness" - When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds (a parody of Air Jordans), he wants his mother to buy them to wear at school in order to look cool. His mother purchases a cheaper priced pair of Air Johnsons instead. Afraid of looking bad to his crew, D-Roc asks Soo-Young to make Air Jareds out of Air Johnsons and when they work out well, they realize they can make money by converting the shoes. Their plan to make money eventually goes awry and D-Roc is taught a lesson about being himself.
  2. The Boo Crew: "A Boo Crew Christmas: A Miracle on D-Roc Street" - D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, Soo Young (also known as The Boo Crew) are working together to find a way to bring the true meaning of Christmas home to less fortunate young Gavin and his family.[5]

Music

The Boo Crew has premiered two music videos using characters from the specials, "Just Be U" and "Gimmie Gimmie." Similar to another black-centered series, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, it teaches about moral lessons and virtues.

See also

References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Shawn Wayans & Kim Wayans Host "A Boo Crew Christmas" Special . YouTube.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Boo crew "Sneaker madness" special . YouTube.
  3. dead. YouTube. YouTube. 2018-03-21. 2023-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20230330203958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzkaVeR9GpE%3Ft%3D43m58s.
  4. dead. YouTube. YouTube. 2018-03-21. 2023-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230406014549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhezu5X-dzQ%3Ft%3D25m40s.
  5. Book: Crump . William D. . Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film . 2019 . McFarland & Co . 9781476672939 . 33.

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