Ozzy & Drix | |
---|---|
Based on |
Osmosis Jones by Marc Hyman, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Tom Sito, and Piet Kroon |
Developed by | Marc Hyman |
Written by | Marc Hyman Len Uhley |
Starring |
Phil LaMarr Jeff Bennett Justin Cowden Tasia Valenza Alanna Ubach Jim Cummings |
Narrated by | Phil LaMarr |
Theme music composer | Randall Crissman Ed Driscoll |
Opening theme | "Ozzy & Drix", performed by Kenneth Gray |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly Sander Schwartz |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Warner Bros. Animation Conundrum Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Kids' WB |
Original release | September 14, 2002 | – July 5, 2004
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Osmosis Jones |
Ozzy & Drix is an American animated television series based on the Warner Bros. film Osmosis Jones. It centers on Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones, a street-smart white blood cell, and Drix, a stoic cold pill, who battle germs and viruses inside the body of teenage boy Hector Cruz. The series is set in a stylized version of the human body which resembles a city, where microorganisms are anthropomorphic.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series aired on Kids' WB for two seasons from 2002 to 2004. It also reran on Cartoon Network from 2004 to 2006, as part of their Miguzi programming block.
At the beginning of the series, Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones (Phil LaMarr), a white blood cell with little respect for authority, and Drix (Jeff Bennett), a straight-laced and by-the-books cold pill, pursue a Scarlet Fever bacterium (Tim Curry). During the chase, the three get sucked up by a mosquito from their host body, Frank Detorre (Jeff Bennett), and are transported to the body of a teenage boy named Hector Cruz (Justin Cowden). After defeating the virus and settling into their new home, Ozzy and Drix are installed as private investigators, vowing to protect Hector's well-being, and also help him through the trials of adolescence along the way.
Supporting characters include Maria Amino (Tasia Valenza), a Hispanic white blood cell cop who is highly skilled at fighting; Mayor Paul Spryman (Alanna Ubach), the immature teenage mayor of the city of Hector; Chief Gluteus (Jim Cummings), a gruff old muscle cell who serves as the city's police chief and Maria's superior; Ellen Patella (Vivica A. Fox), an attorney-at-law who helps cells find homes in Hector, and whom Ozzy has a crush on; and the Brain Cell Advisors (Pat Fraley), advisors who help Mayor Spryman run the city due to Spryman being inexperienced with his job.