Trivia / Zokie of Planet Ruby

• Acting for Two:
  • Bahia Watson voices Ruby Studebaker and Ruby Mayo.
  • Melissa Altro voices Zokie's spaceship and Tweenkle Brite.
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: Although the show uses Toronto-based talent, it also features L.A.-based Zach Reino as Zokie.
• He Also Did:
  • Director Mike Geiger created Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong.
  • Assistant director Jeff Young-Sterling also worked on Big Blue, which also features Ruby's voice actor Bahia Watson.
  • Assistant director and storyboard artist Greg Collinson also created Di-Gata Defenders.
• International Coproduction: Between Nickelodeon in the United States and Nelvana and Atomic Cartoons in Canada.
• Invisible Advertising: The series was silently dumped to Amazon Prime without a trailer or even an announcement of it being there.
• No Export for You: The series premiered on Prime Video as a USA exclusive.
• Production Posse: Ruby and Earl's voice actors, Bahia Watson and Cory Doran, were also in Total Dramarama as Leshawna and Noah.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Ruby's non-binary cousin Kiki is voiced by lesbian actor Megan Danso.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Zokie Sparkleby's name was originally ZJ Sparkleton.
  • Konko's name was originally Gonk.
  • Zokie and Ruby had visible eyelashes in their early designs.
  • According to the pitch bible, Ruby was originally going to close her channel because Tweenkle bullied her over social media for having only one follower. In the final show, Ruby closes her channel because she thinks nobody is watching.
• Working Title: Early titles for the show were ZJ Sparkleton and Zokie Sparkleby.

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