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Invincible Fight Girl
GenreAction comedy[1]
Created byJuston Gordon-Montgomery
Voices of
ComposerMike Reagan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Sophia Monico
  • Rochelle Perry
EditorPaul Douglas
Running time22 minutes
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseNovember 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) –
present

Invincible Fight Girl is an American animated television series created by Juston Gordon-Montgomery.[2] The series premiered on November 3, 2024, in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and on the streaming service Max shortly after its initial broadcast.[1]

Plot

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A young girl named Andy, living in Wrestling World, endeavors to become the best pro-wrestler ever, and takes on the alias of "Fight Girl" to make herself known.[2][3][4]

Characters

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Main characters

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  • Andronicus Dependent "Andy" Smith (voiced by Sydney Mikayla)[5] — a young girl dedicated to becoming the best pro-wrestler in the world, even though her parents want her to be an accountant instead
  • Aunt P (voiced by Rolonda Watts)[5] — a retired and cynical wrestling champion, formerly known as Quesa Poblana
  • Craig (voiced by Paul Castro Jr.)[6] — Aunt P's nephew, who tries to profit off wrestling, and who Andy meets when she first arrives in Rustburn
  • Mikey Beefpuncha (voiced by TK Weaver) — an innocent, yet intelligent, young 8-year-old analyst of wrestling, who dreams of becoming a sports journalist

Recurring characters

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  • Trish (voiced by Angel Laketa Moore) — Andy's mother
  • Herb (voiced by Calvin Winbush) — Andy's father
  • Immaculate (voiced by Tony Baker) — a pro-wrestler in the Perm Gang who Andy fights while on Accountant Isle
  • Mega Beefpuncha (voiced by Clancy Brown) — Mikey and Mbrandon's father
  • Mbrandon Beefpuncha (voiced by Luis Bermudez) — Mikey's older brother

Other characters

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  • Academy Supervisor (voiced by Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) — Andy's supervisor while at the Junior Accountant Academy
  • Dave (voiced by Raphael Alejandro) — A junior accountant, and one of Andy's classmates
  • Goldy (voiced by Carla Renata) — owner of a saloon in Rustburn called Busters, where failed pro-wrestlers hang out
  • Pampa (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) — a patron at Busters
  • Coca (voiced by Lauren Lapkus) — a patron at Busters

Episodes

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No.Title [7][8]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [2][7]US viewers
(millions) [9]
1"I Am"Alan WanJuston Gordon-MontgomeryNovember 3, 2024 (2024-11-03)0.19
Andy is a young girl living on Accountant Isle, in a world that is centered around wrestling. Pressured by her parents' expectations, she studies to become an accountant at the Junior Accountant Academy, but secretly dreams of becoming a wrestler. One day, the academy students are unexpectedly pressed into doing the taxes for incoming wrestlers. Andy becomes excited at the prospect of meeting wrestlers for the first time, but is barred on account of her poor grades and performance. Nonetheless, she sneaks inside and meets a group of wrestlers called the Perm Gang. She asks them if anyone can become a wrestler, only for them to laugh at her. The Perm Gang begins wreaking havoc after their receipts are lost. Standing up to them, Andy challenges their leader, Immaculate, to a wrestling match, which she narrowly wins. Andy is then confronted by her parents, who are horrified.
2"Dreamers and Busters"Matthew BordenaveM.A. LarsonNovember 3, 2024 (2024-11-03)0.15
Immaculate attempts to continue the match with Andy, but is forcibly stopped by an elderly wrestler. At home, Andy admits to her parents that she wants to become a wrestler; though initially shocked, they encourage Andy to follow her dream. Andy's parents send her off to a gym in the city of Rustburn in order to train, only for her to find it long-abandoned. While in Rustburn, Andy meets a swindler named Craig, who destroys her phone. She also meets a group of failed wrestlers called "Busters", who run a saloon of the same name. When Andy mentions her wrestling idol—Quesa Poblana—to the Busters, they tell her that she lives just outside of the city. The Busters take Andy to Poblana's house, where she discovers that Poblana is the elderly wrestler from before. Andy asks Poblana to become her trainer, only for Poblana to close the door on her.
3"Friends"Alan WanBen JosephNovember 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)0.22
Poblana stops Andy from entering her home, but she believes that stopping her was a "test," which Poblana denies, and then ties her up. As Poblana drives into town to get supplies to fix her roof, Andy meets Craig, who was hiding out in the nearby barn. He claims he is a nephew of Poblana and later asserts his "real passion" is training wrestlers, conning her into dragging items to sell at a market in the Tenderizing District of the city. He points out a nearby wrestler and claims that that is the wrestler he knows. She comes across Mikey, an eight-year-old kid with muscles, annoying Andy, that he scammed her again. Mikey invites Andy to be a tenderizer and she tests her wrestling styles, while Mikey reveals he wants to be sports journalist that covers wrestling instead of being a wrestler. After that, Mikey's father takes him away so he can train, like his brothers. She challenges Mikey's dad to a wrestling match and ends up beginning a fight with Mikey's brother, Mbrandon.
4"The Way of the World"Matthew BordenaveShaene SidersNovember 17, 2024 (2024-11-17)0.20
Andy battles with Mbrandon and with Mikey's help, she almost wins, but he draws her into a trap. While Mikey's dad is overjoyed, Andy, who is helped by Craig, tells Mikey to not give up on his dream, making him think back to what his mother once said to him. However, it appears that Mikey doesn't leave and decides to stay with his family. Later, Andy tells Craig she needs to find a teacher, but Craig says he was inspired by her, and offers to be her manager, but she walks away. She comes back when he claims he will get Poblana to train him. Following this, Mikey appears to the surprise of Craig and Andy, and he suggests coming with her, which she accepts.
5"The Perfect Strike"TBATBANovember 24, 2024 (2024-11-24)TBD
6"Behind the Wall: The Finger & the Toe"TBATBADecember 1, 2024 (2024-12-01)TBD
7"Bertie Unbound"TBATBADecember 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)TBD

Production

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In May 2022, the series was originally announced to be a new original animated series for HBO Max (later Max)[2] and Cartoon Network.[3][10][11] It was later stated that Cartoon Network Studios was producing the series, and asserted again in 2024.[12][13][14]

In June 2023, an animatic for the series premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[15] At San Diego Comic Con TVfest on February 7, 2024, the first episode of the series premiered.[2] At the AfroAnimation Summit, held from April 10 to 12, 2024 in Burbank, California, Gordon-Montgomery had a panel entitled "How I Got My Show Made: The Underdog Story of Invincible Fight Girl".[16]

An early series preview was released on July 25, 2024.[17][18] The event, hosted at Savannah College of Art and Design, also included a talk with Juston Gordon-Montgomery, the show's art director (David Depasquale),[19] and supervising producer (Bryan Newton).[20][21] Later, Sam Register was described as a executive producer of the series.[12][13]

Prior to the series release, Juston Gordon-Montgomery told The Verge that he wanted his love for pro-wrestling's Attitude Era to show in Andy's character and the series overall, noting the influence of wrestling on his life, inspiration of Pokémon, Naruto, and Hajime no Ippo and added that there are many things that haven't been done in animation in the U.S., like in Japan, and saying they could do the same if they "get the shot" to do so.[22] In another interview with Cartoon Brew, he noted the show's anime influences, the show's development process, challenges caused by bigger changes in the studio, and limitations of a 10-episode season.[23]

The series had half-hour animated episodes which premiered on Adult Swim beginning on November 3, 2024, and then released on Max shortly thereafter.[2][1][24]

Reception

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The series was positively received by critics. Rendy Jones of Den of Geek said that the series is a cross-between My Hero Academia and WWE, saying that the narrative keeps the story grounded, with strong world-building, and has characters which resemble "familiar faces and figures from wrestling culture". Jones, who reviewed the show's first four episodes, said it follows a similar plot to many action-adventure anime, noted that for a Black female protagonist such as Andy to have the "same skeleton" as anime characters like Monkey D. Luffy and Ash Ketchum, said that Andy's character is a great addition to powerful Black female animated characters along with Lunella Lafayette in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, described Craig's character as "exhausting to watch", but said this is balanced out by other characters, while praising the series depiction of wrestling fights, animation style, and storyline.[6] Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge said the series echoes shonen series like Dragon Ball Z and One Piece, and argued that the series blend of different influences comes "together as soon as its characters step into the ring".[22]

In a review for CBR, Daniel Kurland wrote that the series will lead to a "wide range of sports-based cartoons" among Western animation, comparing it to the wide range of sports anime, praising the protagonist as empathetic, relatable, and with an "endearing found family", lauded the animation for being "sumptuous" and "meticulous" and argued that the series remains aspirational while subverting class and gender norms, while sharing a "powerful message of independence, acceptance, and strength". Kurland also pointed to the anime influences like Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask, Megalobox, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Dragon Ball, and compared the series with Ballmastrz: 9009.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (October 8, 2024). "Animated Actioner 'Invincible Fight Girl' Is Ready to Rumble on Adult Swim Nov. 2". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Omotade, Lucy (July 26, 2024). "Andy Gets Her Shot in the Ring In New 'Invincible Fight Girl' Teaser". Collider. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Romanchick, Shane (May 6, 2022). "Half-Hour Action-Comedy 'Invincible Fight Girl' Greenlit at HBO Max and Cartoon Network". Collider. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Canada's Corus Entertainment Announces 2024/25 Slate". Animation Magazine. June 5, 2024. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
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  6. ^ a b Jones, Randy (November 2, 2024). "Invincible Fight Girl Review: My Hero Academia Meets WWE". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Invincible Fight Girl – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "Adult Swim Schedule". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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  10. ^ Lang, Jamie (May 9, 2022). "HBO Max, Cartoon Network Expand Original Animation Slate With 'Driftwood,' 'Invincible Fight Girl'". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  11. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 6, 2022). "HBO Max & CN Greenlight Original Movie 'Driftwood,' Series 'Invincible Fight Girl'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Alexa, Laurén (October 9, 2024). "Adult Swim Sets 'Invincible Fight Girl' Premiere Date". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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  15. ^ Giraud, Kevin (June 15, 2023). "Annecy: New Animated Offerings from Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network & Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  16. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (January 29, 2024). "AfroAnimation Summit Honors Kemp Powers, Camille Eden, Bruce Smith & Jermaine Turner". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  17. ^ Valdez, Nick (July 26, 2024). "Invincible Fight Girl First Look Released: Watch". ComicBook. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  18. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (July 9, 2024). "Adult Swim to Host Four-Day "Pirate Parrrty" at Comic-Con". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  19. ^ Fay, Kim (May 9, 2024). "New TAG Executive Board Members". The Animation Guild. Archived from the original on October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024. I continued this role from 2022-2023 at Cartoon Network, while stepping into a bigger leadership role in my craft as Art Director on Invincible Fight Girl.
  20. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (January 29, 2024). "Event Updates: SCAD TVFest Lineup, Animation First Winners, PaleyFest Celebrates 'Family Guy'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  21. ^ Sarto, Debbie Diamond (January 31, 2024). "SCAD TVfest Coming to Atlanta". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  22. ^ a b Pulliam-Moore, Charles (November 2, 2024). "Invincible Fight Girl's creator wants to keep the dream of serialized animation alive". The Verge. Archived from the original on November 2, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  23. ^ Bennett, Tara (November 1, 2024). "'Invincible Fight Girl' Creator Explains How This Original Series Survived Cartoon Network's Internal Drama". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on November 2, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  24. ^ "High-Octane Animated Series "Invincible Fight Girl" Enters the Ring November 2 on Adult Swim". Warner Bros. Discovery. October 8, 2024. Archived from the original on November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024. "Invincible Fight Girl", will premiere Saturday, November 2 at midnight during the network's action/anime block Toonami..."Invincible Fight Girl" will debut on Adult Swim with two back-to-back episodes, followed by one new episode every Saturday. New episodes will also stream Sundays on Max.
  25. ^ Kurland, Daniel (November 3, 2024). "Invincible Fight Girl Season 1 Review: A TKO Triumph That's A Love Letter To Wrestling & Anime". CBR. Archived from the original on November 3, 2024.
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