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The Problem Solverz is an American animated television series created by Ben Jones, a member of the art collective Paper Rad, for Cartoon Network. The series centers on the titular Problem Solverz trio of Alfe, Roba and Horace, as they solve and sometimes create the various problems that plague their town.

History[]

Series creator, Ben Jones, originally created the characters in The Problem Solverz when he was in primary school. Later on in life, he would join an art collective known as Paper Rad, which specialized in art with bright saturated neon colors. Ben would later create several shorts based on his concepts and released them in 2006 and 2008. Ben would later pitch his concept to Adult Swim, only for it to be rejected for being "too cute", and the show was retooled as a Cartoon Network series. In March 30, 2013, The unaired season two episodes were released on Netflix, and were later removed two years later.

Characters[]

  • Alfe (voiced by Ben Jones) is a large, fluffy, half man, half dog, half anteater and a creature who was found and raised by a young Horace (in the beginning of Neon Knome). He loves to devour large quantities of pizza and acts impulsively during missions. In one episode, he claimed he lived in a cage as a child. Like a cat, he coughs up furballs whenever he chews his fur. People mistake his name as "Alfie".
  • Roba (voiced by Ben Jones) – is the smartest member of them, being a half robot and a half human cyborg, who is incredibly insecure and anxious about everything. He is Horace's twin brother. People even mistake his name as "Rabbo".
  • Horace (voiced by Kyle Kaplan) – is a calm, collected member and the leader of the team, usually using common sense with his actions and taking care after Alfe, his companion. He is Roba's twin brother. He is chivalrous to women, even falling in love with a few he's met on cases.
  • Tux Dog (voiced by John DiMaggio) – is an extremely wealthy dog who helps the Problem Solverz in some of their cases, but is just as often then the source of their problems. He also insults Roba for his personality flaws and appearance.
  • K-999 (voiced by Jaleel White) - is a robotic dog that can spray smoke out of his legs. He likes playing pranks with Alfe, much to Roba and Horace's annoyance.

Episodes[]

Main article: The Problem Solverz/Episodes
Season Episodes
Precursor Shorts 2 2006 2007
Pilot 2008
1 18 April 4th, 2011 September 29th, 2011
2 8 March 30th, 2013

Precursor Shorts[]

Name: Original Airdate:
Alfe: Cabin Gone Crazy 2006 (segment of Paper Rad: Trash Talking)
Problem Solvers 2007

Pilot[]

Name: Original airdate:
Neon Knome 2008

Season 1[]

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series:

Number/segment in

season:

Name: Original airdate
1 1/1a Time Twister April 4th, 2011
2 2/1b Video Gamez
3 3/2a K-999 and Da Little Explorerz
4 4/2b Awesome Banditz
5 5/3a Funny Facez
6 6/3b Hide and Seek Ninjaz
7 7/4a The Mayan Ice Cream Caper
8 8/4b Bad Cat
9 9/5a Fauxboro
10 10/5b Magic Clock
11 11/6a Breakfast Wars
12 12/6b Zoo Cops
13 13/7a Hamburger Cavez
14 14/7b Puffy Puppiez
15 15/8a Glam-Vampire Hunterz
16 16/8b Problem Solverz Academy
17 17/9a Mermaid Rad
18 18/9b Tux Dog's Island September 29th, 2011

Season 2[]

This season was only on Netflix on March 30, 2013. They were completed by 2011 to 2012, and were going to air on Cartoon Network in 2012, but due to the negative reactions online, they were delayed.

Number in

series:

Number in

season:

Name:
19 1 The Making of the Problem Solverz Video Game
20 2 Alfe is Da Boss
21 3 Roba Has Dreadlocks
22 4 Alfe Has a Baby
23 5 Zazz Boyz are Zazzing it Up
24 6 Yogurt Nightz
25 7 Super Close TV Watching
26 8 Alfe's Gonna Run Away

Trivia[]

  • The Problem Solverz is currently the second worst-rated Cartoon Network show on IMDB.com, with a score of around 2.0/10. This is only beaten by The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange with a 1.8.
    • Though, there is a cult-following for the show that finds this hatred unjustified and solely based on its experimental art style.
  • Alfe made a cameo in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Crossover Nexus", as one of the CN heroes that were summoned and defeated by Strike.
  • Regular Show characters Mordecai and Rigby make cameos in the episode "Hamburger Cavez".
  • After the series was removed from Netflix, several of the episodes from the shows second season became lost media, though they have now all been found.
  • Especially in Season 2, there is a recurring use of slime as ammo for weapons like guns and grenades. This is potentially a censorship work-around for showing their lethal real-world counterparts.
  • It is implied in several episodes, intentional or not, that Roba was a female at some point. There's a running gag around Alfe saying he's "technically a girl" (like in "Alfe Has a Baby"), while Roba corrects that he's a man/robot.

Home Media[]

The series' first season is available to watch on iTunes and Amazon Prime (though separated into two Volumes, with Volume 2 containing the last 6 episodes of Season 1).

The series first and second seasons were made available on Netflix, but were removed in 2015.

Season 2 is now available for free via an unofficial YouTube compilation upload.

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