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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
Kupocrunch
Since: Jan, 2023

Source: I remember watching this on basic TV. I believe it was on Fox or WB.
Timeframe: Possibly late 90s but more likely early 2000s. It was on early in the morning before school sometime around 7am PST.
Medium: I believe it was live action. Real people and real scenery with some animated characters added. If not, then it was all real people with some people in costumes for non-human characters.
Show details: The protagonist of the show was a young boy maybe middle-school age. I believe the boy was the only non-animated major character. He encountered an adult character and they together got involved in a plot against the antagonist who was a non-human jester or magician of some sort. The antagonist had minions. I remember the show taking place at the boy's school, and his home. Through the show the boy had to collect medallion or puzzle pieces (I want to say 25 pieces) to complete an object that could stop the antagonist. Or possibly to prevent the antagonist from making the object. I believe that the object was gold with a red orb in the center. It was finally completed in the final episode. The show wasn't that many episodes. It was like 1 episode per medallion/puzzle piece collected.
Random detail that might matter. I seem to remember there being a garden gnome at the boy's house and a character pointed it out.
I know the details are kind of vague but my memory is quite fuzzy on this. This has been bugging me a lot ever since I remembered. Thanks for any help!