Rotten Ralph

Rotten Ralph is a series of children's picture books written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. About twenty Rotten Ralph books have been published from 1976 to 2011.

Rotten Ralph
Created by	Jack Gantos Nicole Rubel
Written by	Giuliana Nicademi Luisa Rivosecchi Greg Van Riel Kim Saltarski Atul N. Rao Jill Golick Briane Nasimok James R. Backshall
Directed by	Sue Pugh Sue Peters (animation) Bill Martin (art) Collette Sunderman (voice) Tim Harper (studio) Simon Cliche (technical)
Voices of	Rob Paulsen Maurice LaMarche Jennifer Hale Mae Whitman Tom Kenny Kath Soucie Clancy Brown Jeff Bennett Sara Paxton Billy West Pamela Adlon Thomas F. Wilson Grey Griffin Frank Welker Tara Strong Dee Bradley Baker Elizabeth Daily Candi Milo
Opening theme	He's a Really, Really Rotten Ralph
Ending theme	He's a Really, Really Rotten Ralph (Instrumental)
Composers	Peter Measroch Leon Aronson Jerry de Villiers Jr. (music/theme song) Veronica Thomas (theme song lyrics)
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	55
Production
Executive producers	Mark Hall (Cosgrove Hall Films) Theresa Plummer-Andrews (BBC) Paul Cadieux (Tooncan) Giuliana Nicademi
Producer	Steve Jones
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Cosgrove Hall Films Italtoons Corporation Tooncan
Original release
Network	BBC and Nickelodeon (UK) Nickelodeon (US) ABC/Nickelodeon (Australia) RTÉ2 (Ireland, as part of The Den) TV2 (New Zealand) Kids Central (Singapore) NPO 1, NPO 2, NPO 3, NPO Zapp, NPO Zappelin and Ketnet (Netherlands/Belgium/Germany) Super RTL and Das Vierte (Germany) e.tv (South Africa, as part of Craz-e!) GMA Network (Philippines) Channel 33 and e-Junior (UAE) ATV (Hong Kong/Macau) Nickelodeon (Spain/Latin America) BFBS (Germany/Falkland Islands/Gibraltar/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Belize, English dub as part of Room 785) BBC Kids (Canada/Bahamas/Jamaica) Disney Channel (France) RÚV and Stöð 2 (Iceland) Channel 2 (Jordan) SCTV (Indonesia)
Release	16 September 1999 (1999-09-16) – 12 April 2001 (2001-04-12)

Rotten Ralph is also the first book in the series, a 32-page picture book published by Houghton Mifflin of Boston in 1976. It was the first published book for both Gantos and Rubel.

Alternatively, Rotten Ralph is the title character of the series, initially "a very very nasty cat" —a bright red domestic cat who enjoys playing mean, practical jokes on his human family.

There was a children's television series by Cosgrove Hall Films, Tooncan Productions and Italtoons Corporation based on the books, first broadcast on CBBC from 1999 to 2001. It also went to air on Nickelodeon in the UK too, around 2000. The show hasn't been aired in the UK since reruns ended in 2005. The show aired in the United States on the Nickelodeon in 1999–2001. The voice cast were recorded in Los Angeles and the animation was done in Manchester.

TV series

Cast

• Jennifer Seguin - Mom
• Mark Camacho - Dad
• Brigid Tierney - Sarah
• Rick Jones - Rotten Ralph
• Daniel Brochu - Cousin Percy
• Sonja Ball - Lulu / Grandma / Spirit / Kitten / Old Lady / Additional Voices
• Terrence Scammell - Fleabag / Bones / Ivan / Mr. Fred / TV Announcer / Josh / Clerk / Additional Voices
• Richard Dumont - TV Announcer / Bongo Bob / Manfred Moon / Buddy / Mailman / Additional Voices
• John Stocker - Station Manager / Additional Voices
• Jaclyn Linetsky - Brenda / Additional Voices
• A.J. Henderson - Buddy / Additional Voices
• Justin Bradley - Kid / Additional Voices
• Helena Evangeliou - Linda / Additional Voices
• Arthur Holden - TV Announcer / Additional Voices
• Eleanor Noble - Additional Voices
• Liz MacRae - Lala / Reporter / Additional Voices
• Harry Standjofski - Naughty Nathan
• Susan Glover - Madame Olga / Additional Voices
• NOTE: Terrence Scammell and Richard Dumont also direct the voices for the show whilst some of the episodes were voice directed by Chuck Rubin.