HAMBALONIUS

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Early days,
real voices

Nothing here is finished. These are animation tests and voice takes made while the show is still being figured out — which is exactly the part worth showing.

Animation test

A market street in Rome

0:07

The first time the two of them existed in the same shot. Ham skipping down a market street with Bim on his shoulder — the whole show in seven seconds.

The voices

This is the part
the whole thing is for

Isabel is six. She voiced a line on Star Trek with her dad, decided that was the job, and has not stopped since. Her brother Henry plays Bim.

Voice test

Isabel as Ham Balonius

0:04

Six years old, first character she has ever originated, and she gets the read on the second take.

Voice test

Henry as Bim

0:03

Henry — nicknamed Ham Bone, which is where the title came from — playing a potato bug who does not use words.

Character tests

Three of them,
moving for the first time

Character test

Hallie

0:10

In the workshop, mid-experiment, surrounded by apparatus a thousand years early.

Character test

Bim

0:10

Walk cycle, roll cycle, and one very good potato.

Character test

Vincent

0:04

The senator, at home among the marble and the purple, being enormously pleased with himself.

Where it will live

Coming to YouTube Kids

Every episode will publish as Made for Kids, which means no comments, no personalised advertising, and a viewing experience built for the age group the show is written for. The channel is not open yet — this site is where it gets announced.