Dan Vs. is an American animated television series which premiered on January 1, 2011 and ended on March 9, 2013 on The Hub. The series was created by Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson.
The first episode of the season, "New Mexico" premiered on January 1, 2011. The season ended with the finale "The Lemonade Stand Gang" on July 9, 2011. Starz and Anchor Bay Entertainment have secured distribution rights in the United States and Canada. A boxset for the complete first season was released on July 17, 2012. It contains an animatic of the episode "Burgerphile".
When Chris decides to go on a camping trip with Elise and her family instead of hanging out with Dan, Dan vows to ruin the trip for everyone. But complications arrive when an insane chainsaw-wielding maniac arrives at the campsite and Dan and the maniac go head-to-head. Meanwhile a paranoid Chris, who was scared by Dan who showed Chris a film based off the maniac's massacre, must prove himself to Elise's parents who invited Elise's ex-boyfriend Colby.
Dan, Chris and Elise try to get rid of the monster underneath Dan's bed, but there may be more to this monster than meets Dan's eye.
Dan is forced to take a course in anger management to control his destructive instincts, and finds a kindred spirit in the mild-mannered, but incredibly unstable class instructor named Amber.
When the object of Dan’s revenge turns out to be a laid back undead Egyptian king who won’t leave him alone, Dan resorts to some ancient means of pest control.
When Dan is forced to get a temp job to pay his rent, his aggressive behavior helps him climb the corporate ladder.
Dan learns that his mechanic called Mechanic Mike has been using parts of Dan's car to build a giant robot and he gets in on the action for revenge.