School Dare (TV series)

School Dare was a teen animated series created by James Durman, Edward Fowly and Terry Ward.. It ran from 2004 to 2008 on Nickelodeon.

Synopsis
Ten students figure out the ways to solve the problems in the Halfaxe Secondary School (for season 1), Halfaxe College (seasons 2-3) and Halfaxe University (season 4).

Characters

 * Charles (voiced by Zig Miles)
 * Otis (voiced by Billy West)
 * Ellis (voiced by Tom Kenny)
 * Ragger (voiced by Charlie Adler)
 * Jade (voiced by Tara Strong)
 * Melanie (voiced by Candi Milo)
 * Nina (voiced by Nika Futterman)
 * Zeke (voiced by Charlie Schlatter)
 * Z (voiced by Nancy Cartwright)

Development
In 1997, James Durman created the webcomic School Dare. The comic gained attention on various news websites, citing it "the best thing we've ever seen". In April 1998, Mala Miles began to adapt the comic as a series of Flash animated shorts for the School Dare website. The shorts were viewed thousands of times, with the website being voted #1 in sites for kids in the summer of 1998. The shorts were released on DVD and VHS by Artisan Entertainment in 2002.

In 2003, Durman was in talks between Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network to adapt the comic to television. Durman initially refused, saying that "the spirit of the webcomic might be ruined"; Nickelodeon was chosen to produce the series due to the relationship with Mala and the network. During this time, Artisan sold the video rights of the original shorts to Paramount, Nickelodeon's video distributor.