the “bone man”. Megan Park as Jessica Fisgus: Chuck's girlfriend and Wayne's cousin. Brandon Carrera as Brett Ramirez: Samantha’s boyfriend in the first season, a popular skateboarder and soccer player. Petra Wildgoose as Heather Hoffs: Samantha’s gossipy best friend and Mark’s girlfriend during the second half of the first season. Ned Vukovic as Simon Hollander: Mark’s father, an accountant who enthusiastically embraces American culture. Susan Danford as Fiona Hollander: Mark’s mother, a fussy real estate agent. Kayla Perlmutter as Ashley Hollander: Mark’s younger cousin. Diane Douglass as Nettie Kutcher: A matronly dinner lady at Conestoga Hills Elementary School. David Huband as Coach: The coach of the elementary school’s soccer team, and secret Ace Lightning fan. Brett Heard as Rick Hummel: A computer repairman, who is in actuality, the secret designer of the video game. He is an antagonist in the second season, operating as the Master Programmer, using Kilobyte in his own plans for world domination. Episodes Season 1 (2002–2003) The season aired between September 2002 and March 2003. When broadcast in America, the episodes were shown out of order, which sometimes resulted in severe continuity errors. For instance, "Tunnel of Love" was shown before "Once Upon a Hero." Random Virus would show up as an established character of the day before he would be established. The runtime of each episode was 24:59. Season 2 (2004 (Canada) 2005 (UK)) The second series was broadcast in most countries in 2004, but it aired in the United Kingdom during the summer of 2005 for unknown reasons. This season was not aired in the United States due to the poor reception of the first season. The graphics were greatly improved, and several of the characters, including Staff Head and Pigface, were changed to look more like the animals they resembled. Kilobyte, Rotgut, Kat Adams and Rick the Master Programmer made their debut in this season. Chuck also met the Lightning Knights, and Mark got his own weapon, allowing him to battle the villains. There were only 13 episodes with one overall storyline. The runtime of each episode was also 24:59. Production The show was developed by BBC and Alliance Atlantis, with Rick Siggelkow as executive producer and creator of the show, and Jim Corston as head writer. Originally, the program's plot was to feature a superhero from a comic book coming to life, but it was changed due to children playing videos games