Bonus Stage: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bonus Stage (abbreviated BS) is an animated Flash series that focuses attention on the randomness, sarcasm, and parodic moments of life. The cartoon is focused on Joel Dawson, a wannabe scientist that has a giant hobby for action. Phil Argus, a normal person with superpowers, follows Joel in his adventures and is mostly frustrated, serious, and expressing facts. There's Elly Strife, who has a crush on Joel that mainly goes unanswered, unless you count Phil's crush on her. Phil also has a mom, named Jessica Argus. She's middle-aged, but she acts and looks as if she's a 25-year-old woman who just wants to now fit in with the crew. She arrived when she couldn't stand her son, Phil, describing his life as miserable and empty. Rya Botkins is a robot created by Joel to be Phil's girlfriend. She is a cynical monster who verbally rips people (mostly Phil) apart, and she is not really Phil's girlfriend.

Series details

• Title: Bonus Stage
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2003-11-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-07-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Comedy Central
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 7 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38842
• IMDb ID: tt2371567
• TVDB ID: 229041

Cast and credited roles

• Matt J. Wilson — Joel Dawson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-11-22; final listed air date 2004-03-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-02-20; final listed air date 2004-05-21; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-05-28; final listed air date 2004-08-24; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2004-09-04; final listed air date 2004-12-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-12-17; final listed air date 2005-04-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2005-04-28; final listed air date 2005-09-04; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 2005-09-18; final listed air date 2006-02-12; episode order: 13.
• Season 8: premiered 2006-07-24; final listed air date 2006-07-24; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bonus Stage on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.