Rock, Paper, Scissors is an American animated buddy comedy created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman (who were also the creators of Disney Channel's Bizaardvark). The pilot episode premiered August 19, 2023, the full series premiered on February 12, 2024.
Plot[]
Everyone’s favorite childhood game Rock Paper Scissors, has come to life in an extreme way! Rock, Paper and Scissors are best friends and roommates who compete over EVERYTHING, but it’s (mostly) all love. They each bring something different to the friendship - Rock is the moral compass, Paper is the practical one, and Scissors is the right amount of chaos. Together, they get into the wildest adventures.[1]
Characters[]
Main characters[]
- Rock, the moral compass of the group, is always struggling at his dream of becoming a model. - voiced by Ron Funches[2]
- Paper is an inventor and the brains of the group (If by "Inventor" you mean "Making stuff that's always blowing up"). - voiced by Thomas Lennon[3]
- Scissors is the wannabe cool guy whose ego brings an endless fountain of chaos to these three friends. - voiced by Carlos Alazraqui[4]
Recurring characters[]
- Pencil - voiced by Melissa Villaseñor[5]
- Lou - voiced by Eddie Pepitone[6]
- The Rat Bros. - voiced by Ray Chase[7]
- Sandpaper - voiced by Lauren Ash[8]
- Potato - voiced by Betsy Sodaro
- Chad BrockChad - voiced by Diedrich Bader[9]
Minor characters[]
- Officer Wishkowski - voiced by Carla Gugino[10]
- Putty - voiced by Eugene Cordero
Episodes[]
Pilot (Part of Season 1)[]
- 100 "TV Time"
Season 1[]
- 101 "Birthday Police"/"Paper's Big Lie"
- 102 "Pogo Sticks"/"Car Wash"
- 103 "Weekend Story"/"Putty"
- 104 "Hide and Seek"/"The First Lou Episode"
- 105 "The Susan"/"Eyebrows"
- 106 "Scissors Gets a Job"
- 107 "The Arctic"/"Prank War"
- 108 "Key Limes"/"Six Pieces of Turkey"
- 109 "The Other Rock Paper Scissors"/"The Astonishing Catalina"
- 110 "Pencil Comes Over"/"The Wind"
- 111 "The Holiday Picture"/"Scrubs"
- 112 "Bowling"/"The Character Quiz"
- 113 "Potato"/"The Fart Joke Debate"
- 114 "Paper's Secret Weapon"/"The Sled Hill"
- 115 "Scissors' Catapult"/"Pencil and Potato"
- 116 "Resolutions"/"Paper's Book Club"
- 117 "National Paper Day"/"Helping with the Groceries"
- 118 "The Family Business"/"Glitter Bomb"
- 119 "Diapers"/"R.O.V.E.R."
- 120 "Trash"
Production[]
After graduating from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2008, Josh Lehrman worked on Family Guy, Brickleberry, and Robot Chicken. During these gigs, Lehrman tried to come up with his own show ideas. Thankfully, he and his writing partner Kyle Stegina would soon receive professional help with their ideas. Lehrman and Stegina's managers submitted applications to the Disney Channel's Storytellers program in 2014, and their applications were accepted.
During the Storytellers program, Lehrman and Stegina developed what would later become their three-season Disney series Bizaardvark. After the third season wrapped, Lehrman discovered an opportunity at the competing channel Nickelodeon: the Intergalactic Shorts program. The program was "searching for new and diverse creators from across the globe, focusing on new voices and nurturing their vision for original comedy-driven content with an eye toward representation." Lehrman paired up with Stegina once again to pitch "Rock, Paper, Scissors" as part of the program.
"We knew we were onto something special with creators Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman and their hilarious characters in Rock, Paper, Scissors, which we are so proud to bring to series," said Nickelodeon Animation head Ramsey Naito. "Finding and growing talent through the process of pitch to hit is what powers our Intergalactic Shorts program, and we can't wait to get started finding the next great creator in animation through our program's just-launched second phase."
The series is script-driven with slight board-driven hybrid elements and is animated by Jam Filled Entertainment and Copernicus Studios in Canada.
The full pilot episode was released on August 19, 2023 on the Nicktoons YouTube channel.[11]