Dave the Barbarian

Dave the Barbarian is an American television series created by Doug Langdale. It centers on a barbarian named Dave and his friends and family, who go on surreal Medieval-themed adventures.

The series aired on Disney Channel from January 23, 2004 to January 22, 2005.

Plot
The series takes place in the kingdom of Udrogoth during the Middle Ages. It centers on Dave, a powerful yet cowardly barbarian who lives with his fashionable yet self-centered older sister Candy and feisty younger sister Fang. His parents, Throktar and Glimia, are the King and Queen, but are away "fighting evil" across the world (though they sometimes communicate via a magic crystal ball or cauldron), and have left Candy in charge of the kingdom as Princess Regent while Dave is supposed to defend the kingdom (since he is the biggest). Together the three siblings, along with their gluttonous and mildly incompetent "wizard" uncle Oswidge, are left to run and protect the kingdom from the villainous yet dimwitted The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy.

There is a Narrator, referred to either as "the Narrator" or "the Storyteller", voiced by Jeff Bennett. He is able to talk to the characters of the show, and vice versa, which breaks the fourth wall to the extent where he was once captured by The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, and was forced to tell the story from his kidnapper's commands.

Main

 * Danny Cooksey as Dave Barbarian
 * Tress MacNeille as Fang Barbarian
 * Erica Luttrell as Candy Barbarian
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Oswidge
 * Frank Welker as Faffy
 * Estelle Harris as Lula

Recurring

 * Kevin Michael Richardson and Erica Luttrell as King Throktar and Queen Glimia
 * Jeff Bennett as The Narrator / Twinkle the Marvel Horse
 * Erica Luttrell and Tress MacNeille as Dinky and Cheezette
 * Lisa Kaplan as Mrs. Gert Bogmelon
 * Paul Rugg as The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy
 * Rob Paulsen as Malsquando
 * Michael McShane as Quosmir
 * Melissa Rivers and Joan Rivers as Princess Irmoplotz and Queen Zonthara
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Ned Frischman

Production
The show was created and written by Doug Langdale. After premiering on Disney in 2004, it began broadcasting on Toon Disney a year later. In Latin America, the show was broadcast on Jetix.

Much like its predecessors Hagar the Horrible, The Flintstones and the short-lived The Roman Holidays, Dave the Barbarian juxtaposes both the ancient and modern. Candy, for example, shops in the local mall and uses the crystal ball for online shopping sprees. Occasionally, the series even breaks the fourth wall with a character directly addressing the audience or even communicating to the narrator.

Release
The series was broadcast internationally, including on the Family Channel in Canada, on STS in Russia, and on Disney Cinemagic in the United Kingdom.