Student Bodies (TV series)

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Student Bodies
Format	Sitcom
Starring	Jamie Elman Miklos Perlus Nicole Lyn Victoria Sanchez Katheryn Winnick Jennifer Finnigan Erin Simms Ross Hull Katie Emme McIninch Jessica Goldapple Mark Taylor Michelle Sweeney Richard Jutras Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	66
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	YTV
Original run	September 27, 1997 – February 19, 2000
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Student Bodies is a syndicated television comedy program produced in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1997 to 2000 that mixed animation with live action.

The show was originally made for the American market and aired briefly in syndication, and also aired in Canada on CBC Television, Global and YTV. It has been called "an imitation of Saved by the Bell" by critics, and featured an ensemble cast of high school students at Thomas A. Edison High School. It can currently be seen in syndication in Canada on Showcase during early mornings on the weekend, and from 8-9 AM (Eastern) Monday-Friday.

[edit] Characters

Cody Anthony Miller (Jamie Elman), the protagonist of the show, was the cartoonist for the high school newspaper publication of the same name as the show, which rivaled the official school paper led by Victor Kane (Miklos Perlus). In the first season, Cody had an ongoing rivalry with Victor, the weaselly editor of the Student Voice, but became friends after the staff of the "Student Voice" joined "Student Bodies".

The audience regularly saw his thoughts on the show's current situation in the form of his cartoons, a technique that has been used on other shows such as Lizzie McGuire. His cartoons were also often used as scene and location transitions, as a continuation of the current live scene, and in the opening and closing sequences. Another main source of Cody's cartoon drawings were his relationships with his girlfriends throughout the series, who included "Student Bodies" editor Emily Roberts (Nicole Lyn) and fellow member Grace Vasquez (Victoria Sanchez), and other characters including "transition" girlfriend Holly Benson (Katheryn Winnick) and Kim McCloud (Jennifer Finnigan), who replaced Sanchez during the second season.

Others in the cast included Erin Simms, who played Morgan McKnight in the first season and was the object of Chris Sheppard's (Ross Hull) infatuation, before he and Mags (Margaret Mary) Abernathy (Katie Emme McIninch) became a couple on the show. Jessica Goldapple played Francesca "Flash" Albright, the photographer loyal to Victor, and Mark Taylor played Romeo Carter, who became Emily's boyfriend after Cody and Emily broke up.

Staff at Edison High included vice-principal Mrs. Morton, played by Michelle Sweeney.

[edit] Tagline

"Hey, it's not real life, it's high school."

[edit] Trivia

• Despite the fact that it was produced in Montreal, the show was broadcast in English; there was a translation called Vice-Versa, and appeared on VRAK.TV.
• Although geared to a younger audience, the show sometimes showed a touch of black comedy, such as depicting an animated character being perfectly content to work by himself while another character had been hanged.
• In one episode, Mags asks Flash if she has ever seen the show Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which was an actual TV show on YTV. Flash responds by saying she has and that she thought "the guy with the glasses was really cute." This is a reference to Are You Afraid of the Dark?'s character Gary, who was a regular character played by Ross Hull before he starred in Student Bodies. During another episode, it was revealed Flash actually had a crush on Chris, though this storyline was not developed beyond the episode, as Flash and Chris never pursued a serious relationship.
• The show's opening theme song (as well as the opening credits sequence) changed after the first season, to a more orthodox theme song. This new theme song remained until the end of the series.