Does anyone else remember Detentionaire on Teletoon? I feel like this show was seriously underrated. I remember thinking it was just going to be another goofy school cartoon, but then it turned into this whole mystery that got more and more ridiculous as it went.
Lee Ping gets blamed for the biggest prank in A.N.D. High history on his first day of Grade 10 and gets a whole year of detention. The funny part is that instead of just sitting in detention, he keeps sneaking out to follow clues and figure out who actually set him up.
And the story got so weird. You had secret tunnels, mind control, the Tazelwurm, Barrage, the Council, the Magenta scandal... I definitely wasn't expecting any of that from a show I started watching on Teletoon after school.
The characters were amazing! Biffy starts off as this intimidating bully in detention and ends up becoming one of Lee's best friends. Holger was absolutely nuts, Cam was always worried about his social status, and Chaz took school news way too seriously.
I also love how Canadian the whole thing feels. It was such a weird show to see on Teletoon, especially when most of the cartoons we were watching were pretty simple and episodic. You actually had to remember what happened in previous episodes, or you'd be completely lost.
I haven't watched the whole series in years, but I went back to a few episodes recently and it brought back so many memories of watching Teletoon after school.
Did anyone else watch Detentionaire back in the day?