- "The earth will be the most putrid place in the universe!"
- ―Lance Boil
Grossology is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana and based loosely on the non-fictional children's book series of the same name by Sylvia Branzei. It debuted on the YTV network in Canada on September 29, 2006, the second season premiered in September 2008. The show was broadcast on Discovery Kids in the United States on January 13, 2007. It also aired on the now-defunct (yes, really) Disney XD UK, as Jetix, on June 2, 2007, and Kix from September 15, 2008, in the United Kingdom and on ABC TV in Australia in December 2007. The principal character designs were done by Faruk Cemalovic.
Premise
Ty and Abby are a teen brother and sister crime-fighting team who report to the Bureau of Grossology, a secret government facility whose job is to investigate gross criminals, their gross crimes, and/or various gross phenomena. Each episode of the series follows the pair on adventures based on real scientific facts. Aided by their friend Lab Rat (a human scientist), their boss The Director, and their police liaison, The Detective, Ty and Abby work to keep the city safe, all while keeping their identities hidden. (Oddly, villains never recognize Abby apart from her Grossology uniform, despite her floor-length ponytail).