Twelve Forever


 * DISCLAIMER: This is a fake/fan-made/fantasy TV version of the 2019 Netflix animated series Twelve Forever.

Twelve Forever is an American animated television series created by Julia Vickerman, a former writer and storyboard artist known for her work on Clarence and The Powerpuff Girls. The series ran from November 5, 2016 to July 29, 2019 on Gingo.

The original pilot was produced for Cartoon Network, by Cartoon Network Studios, and was originally released on their website on May 18, 2015. In December 2015, it was announced that Gingo had acquired the rights to Twelve Forever for a full series, with production duties being handled by The Cartel and Puny Entertainment.

One of the executive producers of the series, Shadi Petosky, described Reggie as a queer character "coming to terms with her sexuality". The series also features a number of other LGBTQ characters: Mack and Beefhouse, a couple in the fantasy world of Endless Island, and Galaxander, who previously had a boyfriend. Ultimately, the series ended after its second season with no further plans to continue it, as noted by Petosky in a tweet. As such, GLAAD recognized the series as one of those shows with LGBTQ representation.

Premise
The series centers on Reggie Abbott (Kelsy Abbott), an imaginative 12-year-old whose desire to remain a child is so powerful she can enter another world in which she never has to grow up: an island called Endless where her childhood toys and drawings are real. She is joined by her friends Todd (Antony Del Rio) and Esther Hopkins (Jaylen Barron), who visit this amazing world to live out their superhero fantasies and escape the responsibilities of impending adulthood. Life and reality often catch up with them in Endless as the preteens start dealing with growing pains and conflicts develop between them. The negativity the friends experience while dealing with their new complicated problems feed their enemy, the nefarious Butt Witch (Matt Berry), who seeks to destroy Endless.

Voice cast

 * Kelsy Abbott as Reggie, Wade, Kathy, Flaps, Flowery Woman, Billy Canyon, Tammy, Dr. Tenders, Swimple Jan, Plates, Mike, Omelet, Winged Moyse
 * Antony Del Rio as Todd, Chairold, Garrett, Sherbert
 * Jaylen Barron as Esther, Pretty Please, Tater Tot, Gorbis, Darla, Tori
 * Matt Berry as The Butt Witch
 * Steve Agee as Big Deal, Mack, Beefhouse, Galaxander, Hunk, Monster Brown Roger
 * Wade Randolph as Borbo, Dr. Champion, Mr. Christopherson, Label Maker Monster, Lump, Uncle Paul, AJ, Bobby
 * Laura Zak as Mrs. Krandle, Tanopy, Explorer Sally, Pancake, Rooty, Lorbis, Queen Limerick
 * Bridget Everett as Judy
 * Spencer Rothbell as Colin, Swimple Dan, Tasty Troy, Pitui-Terry, Squad Bro, Rance, Big Ol' Gordon, Jacques Board, Shaun
 * Nick Sumida as Bags of Marbles, Beth, Chewing Gum Stanley, Garrett, Señor Corduroy
 * Brandon Wardell as Dustin
 * Daniel Amerman as Aaron
 * Sam Brown as Manny, Schmaaron
 * Noel Fielding as Guy Pleasant
 * Kate Freund as Donna
 * John Eric Bentley as Mr. Kapusinski
 * Ron Funches as Manguin
 * Brittany Ashley as Kendra, Leslie
 * Amy Sedaris as Sadmantha
 * Maximus Riegel as Ogden
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Conelly
 * Chris Fleming as Mr. Fleming
 * Ashley Boettcher as Gwen
 * Curt Neill as Rodney
 * Paul Williams as Captain Elmer
 * Reese Hartwig as Shane (Pilot only)
 * Jorge Diaz as Tristan (Pilot only)

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Reception
There have been variety of reviews. Lacey Womack of ScreenRant praised the series while others praised the "great pedigree" of those working on the show. While some described the show as having a "sense of its Midwest, small town setting as the backdrop of conformist pressure" and compared it to Gravity Falls, and praised its LGBTQ representation, putting it alongside shows such as Steven Universe, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, The Dragon Prince, and ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''. At the same time, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction contributor Steven Pearce gave a short positive review of the show, arguing that the show juggles dark and light, the real world and the imagined world, with Endless acting out "metaphorical versions of Reggie's real-world problems." Pearce also argued that the series is good and inventive, bringing in surrealism, "pre-teen angst, humour and twelve year-olds using flame-throwers."

Controversy and possibility of a third season
In September 2019, an old Tumblr post by Julia Vickerman, which seemed to talk about self-described pedophilia involving a 14-year-old boy, surfaced, putting the show in jeopardy. Some claimed that Vickerman had been removed from the show as a result, although no solid confirmation was provided. At a later point, sometime before July 2019, Shadi Petosky became the executive producer on the show. In May 2020, while recommending the show, Lacey Womack of ScreenRant described it as an animated series "before going on an indefinite hiatus." Around the same time, when asked about the show, Shadi Petosky said that closing the studio which made the series was a "highly traumatic decision" and that she just wanted to write after Danger & Eggs, instead of being sucked in "to managing everyone’s problems."

Cancelled feature film
On May 9, 2017, Universal Pictures and Gingo Movies announced a film based on the series originally set for release on February 21, 2020 in theaters. However, in December 2017, Universal removed the film from their schedule with Trolls World Tour‎‎ taking over its February 2020 slot. The film's production was eventually cancelled following the show's cancellation in July 2019 as well as the controversy towards its series creator Julia Vickerman.

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