# HobbyKids Adventures
**HobbyKids Adventures** is an American 2D-animated children's comedy series created by [Butch Hartman](https://www.edgepedia.org/butch-hartman) for the studio pocket.watch, based on the real-life siblings of the YouTube family channel HobbyKidsTV. The show follows three animated brothers, HobbyPig, HobbyFrog, and HobbyBear, who use fun, food, and inventions to outwit their arch enemies, the SlobbyKids, and make the world a better place.[1](https://www.anbmedia.com/news/entertainment-news/2019/05/pocket-watch-develops-hobbykids-tv-animated-series/) • [2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Created by | Butch Hartman, known for *The Fairly OddParents* and *Danny Phantom*[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/webseries/hobbykid-adventures.html) |
| Production | pocket.watch; Hartman directed all 27 episodes across 2019–2020[1](https://www.anbmedia.com/news/entertainment-news/2019/05/pocket-watch-develops-hobbykids-tv-animated-series/) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10139982/fullcredits/) |
| Premiere | June 22, 2019[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/webseries/hobbykid-adventures.html) |
| Run | 2 seasons, 27 episodes; canceled after season 2[2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures) |
| Voice cast | Griffin Burns (HobbyFrog), Cristina Milizia (HobbyBear), Johnny Rose (HobbyPig)[2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures) |
| Rating | TV-G on Tubi; Common Sense Media rates it age 6+[5](https://tubitv.com/series/4808/hobbykids-adventures) • [6](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
The series adapts the three real-life brothers from the YouTube channel HobbyFamily TV into animal characters: HobbyPig, HobbyFrog, and HobbyBear. HobbyPig supplies leadership and acts as the creative inventor, HobbyFrog is the free-thinking intellectual, and HobbyBear is the lovable, energetic little brother. Alongside HobbyMom and HobbyDad they form the HobbyFamily, and their recurring antagonists are the SlobbyKids.[6](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures) • [7](https://www.clicker.com/tv/hobbykids-adventures/)
Episodes are built from story vignettes in which the brothers face a problem, often of their own making or caused by the SlobbyKids, and solve it with made-on-the-fly inventions and teamwork. A signature prop is a colorful toolbox playset built by HobbyPig that transforms into an array of shapes to assist their escapades.[6](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures) • [7](https://www.clicker.com/tv/hobbykids-adventures/) Sample episodes include "Breaking Bedtime," in which the kids invent elaborate contraptions to distract their parents and avoid bedtime, and "The Drawing Board," where the brothers mix magic and science.[5](https://tubitv.com/series/4808/hobbykids-adventures)
## Origin with pocket.watch
The HobbyKids family began posting videos in 2012, building its audience with Giant Surprise Eggs, family adventures, and science-learning content.[8](https://www.hobbykids.net/about-us) The production company pocket.watch named HobbyKidsTV its first creator partner in April 2017, and in 2018 it announced a non-exclusive three-year deal under which Butch Hartman would create three series, one of which featured the HobbyKidsTV children. HobbyKids Adventures was the first series fast-tracked under that deal.[9](https://www.awn.com/news/butch-hartman-create-three-series-pocketwatch)
The launch was planned as a franchise rather than a single show. Alongside the animated series, pocket.watch announced consumer products including toys, apparel, bedding, room décor, pajamas, and backpacks, with Walmart as the exclusive retail launch partner and promotional partnerships with [Carl's Jr.](https://www.edgepedia.org/carls-jr) and [Hardee's](https://www.edgepedia.org/hardees) (CKE). At that time the family's group of channels had generated more than 6.2 billion lifetime views since starting in 2012.[1](https://www.anbmedia.com/news/entertainment-news/2019/05/pocket-watch-develops-hobbykids-tv-animated-series/)
## Distribution
Season one reached several platforms in late 2019. Under an extended pocket.watch partnership with Hulu, the season became available on Hulu beginning October 18, 2019, and Vudu added the show to its ad-supported service on October 15 of that year.[10](https://worldscreen.com/tvkids/pocket-watch-hulu-extend-partnership/) The series later streamed on Tubi, Plex-linked services, Fandango at Home, and [The Roku Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-roku-channel), and appeared on Peacock.[2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures) • [5](https://tubitv.com/series/4808/hobbykids-adventures) • [6](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures)
Pocket.watch filed a trademark application for HOBBY KIDS ADVENTURES in September 2020, claiming use in commerce from December 31, 2019; the [United States Patent and Trademark Office](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office) issued a final refusal, mailed August 18, 2021.[11](https://trademarks.justia.com/901/64/hobby-kids-90164287.html)
## Reception and episode format
Common Sense Media's review described the show as having an animation style and humor reminiscent of a kinder, softer *Captain Underpants*, and noted that it incorporates STEM elements naturally, with the siblings inventing solutions to their problems. The review also observed that the tone is frenetic, with peril situations that resolve almost as quickly as they begin, and rated the series appropriate for ages 6 and up.[6](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures)
Episode lengths differ across platforms. Tubi lists episodes of 25 to 26 minutes,[5](https://tubitv.com/series/4808/hobbykids-adventures) while Plex lists 5-minute episodes[2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures) and Famous Birthdays describes each episode as about seven minutes.[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/webseries/hobbykid-adventures.html) These differences likely reflect different presentations of the same multi-segment episodes on different platforms. Plex records the series as canceled after its two seasons and 27 episodes.[2](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures)
## References
1. [pocket.watch Develops HobbyKids TV Animated Series, aNb Media (May 2019)](https://www.anbmedia.com/news/entertainment-news/2019/05/pocket-watch-develops-hobbykids-tv-animated-series/)
2. [HobbyKids Adventures (2019), Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/hobbykids-adventures)
3. [HobbyKids Adventures! Cast, Ages, Trivia, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/webseries/hobbykid-adventures.html)
4. [HobbyKids Adventures full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10139982/fullcredits/)
5. [Watch HobbyKids Adventures Streaming Online, Tubi](https://tubitv.com/series/4808/hobbykids-adventures)
6. [HobbyKids Adventures Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hobbykids-adventures)
7. [HobbyKids Adventures, Clicker](https://www.clicker.com/tv/hobbykids-adventures/)
8. [About Us, HobbyKids](https://www.hobbykids.net/about-us)
9. [Butch Hartman to Create Three Series for pocket.watch, Animation World Network](https://www.awn.com/news/butch-hartman-create-three-series-pocketwatch)
10. [pocket.watch & Hulu Extend Partnership, TVKIDS / World Screen (October 15, 2019)](https://worldscreen.com/tvkids/pocket-watch-hulu-extend-partnership/)
11. [HOBBY KIDS ADVENTURES Trademark Application, Serial Number 90164287, Justia Trademarks](https://trademarks.justia.com/901/64/hobby-kids-90164287.html)
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Children's animated adventure and fantasy series › Comedy and slice-of-life series › Premiered 1961 to 2019*
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