text: nick's as told by ginger. :D\n\ni love the show, because it portrays well the life of a typical teen- aged (or pre- teen) girl, who gets caught in your average everyday problems, like having popularity issues, an at- times- hostile *in* crowd, separated parents, annoying little brothers, love and relationships, friendships, among many other issues. it's about trying to fit in, and finding out who you really are and how those around you help you be that person you want to be.\n\n~~ As Told by Ginger is an American animated television series which debuted on Nickelodeon in October of 2000. Produced by Klasky Csupo Inc. (the creators of the Rugrats media franchise), and created by Emily Kapnek, the show revolves around the life of Ginger Foutley, a typical junior high school student who lives in a fictional Connecticut community named Sheltered Shrubs. The show is unique, in that many of the characters have actual wardrobes (to save time and money most cartoon characters are almost always drawn wearing the same outfit).\n\nCharacters\nGinger Foutley (Melissa Disney), the main character, talented poet (there are two episodes that deal with poems she's written) and diary keeper (she's often seen writing in it), \n\nDeidre Hortense "Dodie" Bishop (Aspen Miller) and Macie Lightfoot (Jackie Harris), Ginger's two slightly dorky best friends, \n\nCourtney Gripling (Liz Georges), their rich and arrogant classmate who has been hanging out with Ginger. Courtney completely disappeared during the high school episodes. \n\nMiranda Killgallen (Cree Summer), who has been doing things to keep Courtney and Ginger apart (in the very first episode, she even has her arrested for stealing, after she recommended Ginger to do so for Courtney's birthday party). \n\nCarl Foutley (Jeannie Elias) and Robert Joseph "Hoodsey" Bishop (Tress MacNeille), Ginger and Dodie's younger brothers respectively, who tend to do weird things that are, most of the time, a given episode's subplot (for example, running a lunch cart), \n\nBlake Gripling (Kath Soucie), Courtney's younger brother, who occasionally tags along with Carl and Hoodsey, \n\nLois Foutley (Laraine Newman), Ginger's divorced mother, who works as a late shift nurse at a local hospital, \n\nDarren Patterson (Kenny Blank), Ginger's next door neighbor, who later becomes her boyfriend. \n\nalso, i love hey! arnold. and spongebob squarepants, and anime like boys be, gto, gundam wing among MANY others