the buzz on maggie
The Buzz on Maggie is an American animated television series created by Dave Polsky for Disney Channel. The series centers on an ambitious and expressive tween fly named Maggie Pesky and her family and friends. The show is set in Stickyfeet, a city for insects located in a junkyard. While conceptualizing the series, Polsky wanted it to contain a playful aspect at adolescence and director Dave Wasson formed the overall look of the characters, being heavily influenced by early Walt Disney cartoon shorts. The Buzz on Maggie was Disney's first series to be fully animated in Adobe Flash, a process done by Bardel Entertainment and Future Thought Productions. The series was produced in widescreen, but was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio due to Disney Channel's lack of an HD feed at the time.
Characters
- Maggie Pesky (Jessica DiCicco) is a 13-year old fly, the second oldest of the Pesky siblings and the main protagonist of the series. Maggie dreams of being a famous rockstar and plays often on her pink double neck guitar, and she even bend the rules to make her dream become reality.
- Rayna Cartflight (Cree Summer) is Maggie's best friend, although Maggie often break promises, because of Maggie's selfish intresets. Rayna always finds flaws in Maggie's plans, even if her plans are even more crazy, but they are often nearly impossible to complete.
- Aldrin Pesky (David Kaufman) is Maggie's 17-year-old older brother. He is well-liked at school and a star athlete.
- Pupert Pesky (Thom Adcox-Hernandez) is a the second youngest of the Pesky siblings.
- Bella Pesky (Tara Strong) is the youngest of the Pesky siblings and is still in the stage of a maggot. Like Maggie she has pink hair, she can only say "Gah" and "Goo". She can juggle, dance breakdance and ballet.
- Chauncey Pesky (Brian Doyle-Murray) is the father of Maggie and her siblings, has proved to be strict but understanding when it comes to his children's situations.
- Frieda Pesky (Susan Tolsky) is the mother of Maggie and her siblings, often backs her husband up when it comes to punishing her children. She appears to be the typical housewife who cooks, cleans, and watches the young Bella constantly.
- Dawn Swatworthy (Tara Strong) is the snob and the main antagonist of the series. She has two friends that's always follow her. She is vain, shallow, bad-tempered, selfish, and is the school's most popular girl. Dawn sees herself like a celebrity and doesn't care about the others.