Crazy Fun Park

{{Short description|Australian television series}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name =  | genre = [[Comedy horror]] | creator = [[Nicholas Verso]] | based_on = | developer = | writer = {{Plainlist| * Nicholas Verso * Fury * Craig Irvin * Enoch Mailangi * Magda Wozniak }} | screenplay = | story = | director = {{Plainlist| * Nicholas Verso * Sarah Hickey }} | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Henry Strand * Stacy Clausen }} | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = [[Cornel Wilczek (composer)|Cornel Wilczek]] | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 1  | num_episodes = 10 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Joanna Werner | location = | cinematography = Matthew Temple | animator = | editor =  | camera =  | runtime = 24 minutes | company = | budget = | network = [[ABC ME]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2023|1|1}} | last_aired = }}

'''''Crazy Fun Park''''' is an Australian [[comedy horror]] television series created, directed, and written by [[Nicholas Verso]] for [[ABC ME]].<ref>{{Citation | last= McManus | first= Brigid | title= How the death of young friends inspired the ABC's new teen series | url= https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/how-the-death-of-young-friends-inspired-the-abc-s-new-teen-series-20221226-p5c8sz.html | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 28 December 2022}}</ref> It premiered on 1 January 2023. The series won the 2023 [[TV Week]] [[Logie Awards|Logie Award]] for the Most Outstanding Children's Program.<ref>{{Citation | last= French | first= Megan | title= Logies shock: Underdog show Crazy Fun Park beats worldwide-popular Bluey | url= https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/logies-shock-underdog-show-crazy-fun-park-beats-worldwide-popular-bluey--c-11436031 | periodical= The West Australian | date= 31 July 2023}}</ref>

==Synopsis== Chester is an art-smart and loving teen, who tries his best at school but sometimes gets his grades dragged down by one of his only friends. His best friend is Mapplethorpe, who is air headed by far but still cares for his best bud. Together, they're an inseparable duo who love writing comics together- until the two get into a fight, and Mapplethorpe dies at a run down theme park while trying to make it up to Chester. Crazy Fun Park is an abandoned roller coaster park, once meant to bring joy and happiness but has only brought death since its founding, and is rumoured to have ghosts who roam the premises at night but are unable to leave. Chester is forlorn; until he realises his old friend - as well as many new who met tragic fates some years ago - are a lot less dead than they seem...

Join Chester, Mapplethorpe, new (living) friend Violetta, Remus, the first one to die and the leader who's got some lore of his own, and the Fun Kids who call the park home, for a spooky time as the gang help each other out with unfinished business as well as discovering the secrets of Crazy Fun Park and the story of its founder.

==Cast and characters== * Henry Strand as Chester Dante * [[Stacy Clausen]] as Mapplethorpe Landis * Hannah Ogawa as Violetta Nakata * Pedrea Jackson as Nimrod * [[Lee Tiger Halley|Lee Halley]] as Gonzo * Jason Thompson as Zed * [[Justin Holborow]] as Remus * Georgia La Belle as Destinee McPhail * Katherine Tonkin as Phoebe * [[Bernard Curry]] as Zach Dante * Charli Wookey as Siobhan * Ziggy Zilberman-Sharp as Tigger * [[Judith Lucy]] as Ms Wiest * Safe Shahab as Willo * Hugh Nakamura as Ricky * [[Alicia Banit]] as Asha * [[Nicholas Hope]] as Neville Moore

==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=#80B490|overall=5 |title=16|director=14 |writer=20 |airdate=10 |country=Aus. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=I Don't Want To Grow Up |DirectedBy= [[Nicholas Verso]] |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=One Of Us |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Let it Go |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=Remember Me |DirectedBy=Sarah Hickey |WrittenBy=Magda Wozniak |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Together Forever |DirectedBy=Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy=Craig Irvin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=This is Halloween |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=Friends with Feelings |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Enoch Mailangi & Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=My Name is |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title=Stay |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title=Mirrors |DirectedBy= Nicholas Verso |WrittenBy= Nicholas Verso |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=80B490 }} }}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|16267464|Crazy Fun Park}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:2023 Australian television series debuts]] [[Category:Australian children's television series]] [[Category:2020s Australian comedy television series]] [[Category:English-language Australian television shows]]