Being Ian

Being Ian is a Canadian animated series produced by Studio B Productions, Corus Entertainment and Nelvana, focusing on 12-year-old Ian Kelley, who aspires to become a filmmaker. It originally aired from January 1, 2005 to April 22, 2007. The series is created by and based on the early life of actor/writer Ian James Corlett. It is set in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Produced in 2004, it debuted January 4, 2005 on YTV. The series aired in the United States on Qubo from September 19, 2009 - October 24, 2009.

Genre: Kids, Animation, Family, Mystery,

Actor:

Creator: Ian James Corlett,

Country: Canada,

Type: tv

Season: 3

Episode: N/A

Duration: 30 minutes

Release: 2005-04-26

Rating: 7.4

Season 1 - Being Ian
2005-04-26
After being pranked by his two idiot brothers, Ian pulls off a made-up treasure hunt for treasure that does not exist.
2005-05-03
When Ian is disappointed because he cannot see the R-rated Hemorrhage II, he decides to make his own horror movie—err, romance when Ty and Sandi are involved with it.
2005-05-10
Ian secretly rebuilds a piano for Royal Stilton in exchange for a gift for Ken and Vicky's anniversary: two tickets for a Royal Stilton concert.
2005-05-17
Ian offers to make a commercial for his father's keyboard store.
2005-05-24
Ian tries to help Sandi with a beauty pageant.
2005-05-31
Ian wants to know if he was adopted.
2005-06-07
While Ian's family heads off to camp, Ian goes to a film camp that does not teach anything about filming.
2005-02-14
After a series of incidents, Ian along with a group of nerds become popular much to the annoyance of his older brother Kyle. At first, Ian enjoys the attention he is getting but when he learns that he and the other nerds are going to be sent to a school for gifted kids causing him to leave behind Ty and Sandi, Ian must team up with Kyle in order to stop this.
2005-06-21
When Ian accidentally wrecks his family's home movies, he decides to create a reality show starring his family to make up for it.
2005-06-28
While working at the retirement home alongside his father, Ian meets Lorence Lipsits, an old man who offers to help Ian create a movie in exchange of getting out the retirement home.
2005-07-05
Ian uses the medieval theme of the civic festival for his production.
2005-07-12
Tired of not getting any attention at home, Ian uses his alien safety movie to gain some attention.
2005-07-19
Ian joins the chess club.
2005-07-26
Ian has a false injury and winds up at an insane hospital.
2005-08-02
Ian takes creative license in videotaping a traditional Indian wedding ceremony.
2005-08-09
Ian tries to help his uncle, who is also called Ian, find a date.
2005-08-16
Vicky forces Ian take care of a bunny to teach him about responsibility.
2005-08-30
Ian tries to catch head lice to avoid a costume party.
2005-09-06
Ian and Korey go in search of the mysterious Bigfoot.
2005-09-06
When Ken fires Odbald for making a mess in the keyboard store, Odbald leaves while saying a threatening message. When strange things begin happening later that night, Ian believes Odbald placed a curse on the store.
2005-09-13
Ian, Ty, and Sandi get trapped in school when a snow storm hits. Meanwhile, Ken, Kyle, and Korey must deliver an organ in the snow storm to a man called Mr. Eric who threatens to put a curse on them if they do not.
2005-09-20
Tired of being treated like a baby on their annual trip to the beach, Ian plans to get out of it but as he starts his plan, Ian gets stuck on a deserted island.
2005-09-27
Ian and Ty play video detectives and vie for the attention of the same girl.
2005-10-04
Ian and his brothers enter into a talent show.
2005-10-11
Ian and Odbald head to their local hockey rink to inspect the GM Place Organ for the Vancouver Canucks.
2005-10-18
Ian starts an acting school for children at the Kelley home.

Season 2 - Being Ian
2005-11-29
A trip to a theme park becomes dangerous when members of the Kelley family start to disappear.
2005-12-06
Ian makes an animal shelter video for class. However, things get out of hand when people start bringing animals for him to take care of.
2005-12-13
Ian acts old after discovering bad genes from his father while Ken starts to act young after fearing he's becoming old.
2006-12-20
After performing a series of pranks on him, Ian believes he caused Korey to run away.
2005-12-27
Ian and Dennis team up to perform the morning announcements.
2005-12-27
After causing his mother's ballerina statue to be destroyed, Ian accidentally causes a fight between his parents. Ian has to set things right and get his parents back together.
2006-01-03
Ian becomes the school's new mascot.
2006-01-17
Ian discovers a hole in his room that leads to his principal's mind.
2006-01-02
It is kelley's family vacation and ian is not interest on going because of what happen last year. At beach ian runs away from his family, Korey is riding with shark and Kyle is been trap by his parents and his grandparaents.
2006-01-31
Ian starts to eat healthy after becoming sick. Grandma Kelley disciplines Kyle and Korey.
2006-02-07
Ian sells chocolate bars for a school contest and uses subliminal advertising to help him.
2006-02-14
Ian creates a popular film by giving the people what they want.
2006-02-21
After recovering from an accident, Ken decides to name Ian the successor to the keyboard store, much to Ian's dismay.
2006-02-28
Ian forms a group to help him find a thief who stole an old cheese sandwich eaten by a famous movie director.
2006-03-07
Ian takes care of an egg for a school assignment but he becomes attached to it. Korey tries to find a job so he can earn money for a CD.
2006-03-14
Ian becomes a news reporter.
2006-03-21
Ian plans to get his family out of the house so he can watch the Happy Unicorns marathon.
2006-03-28
Ian creates a group called dorkbusters to make humiliations for a profit.
2006-04-04
Ian convinces his brother Kyle to enter for the school spelling bee.
2006-04-11
When Ian uses a puppet to tell jokes, he soon finds out that he is acting more like the puppet.
2006-04-18
Ian tries to leave detention in order to buy a video game.
2006-04-25
Ian, along with his friends from film camp, decides to skip school.
2006-05-02
After hitting his nose, Ian finds out that he can smell the future.
2006-05-09
Korey becomes a television star performing dangerous stunts.
2006-05-16
The Kelley family goes to Hollywood in Los Angeles, California for a vacation. Ian hopes to enter one of his videos for the "Project: Filmmaker" contest but can he get there in time when his father makes a few pitstops along the way? Meanwhile, Grandma Kelley and Grandma Menske have plans for the keyboard store.
2006-05-23
Ian believes he can no longer enter the "Project: Filmmaker" contest when his movie is destroyed until his mother suggests he create a new movie.

Season 3 - Being Ian
2007-10-17
Ian and the Kelleys return from their Hollywood vacation to find that things back home have changed. After winning the "Project: Filmmaker" award in Hollywood, Ian returns to Burnaby to discover that fame is fleeting. Disillusioned, he decides to start his own website where people can watch his original films. Problem is, no one's visiting his site. Meanwhile, Ken wants to tear down the seniors' Spa and replace it with his Keyboard Store – until he discovers how lucrative a Spa can be.
2007-10-24
Ian tries to attend a midnight screening of the cult horror film "Curse of the WereRat." Ian's excited because the night has finally arrived – a special midnight screening of Werner Wolfenstein's cult horror classic "Curse of the Wererat." But the only person that will take him to the late night show is Grandma Kelley. And while a comedy of errors threatens to keep Ian from getting to the theatre in time, Odbald and a few of his foreign friends try to reenact a famous Dutch historical battle.
2007-10-31
When Ian starts writing a blog for his website, his friendship with Grace is tested. Ian thinks his website needs to be more exciting, so he decides to add a personal blog. Unfortunately, he does not know how to set one up, so he enlists tech guru Grace to help him. Soon, Grace is writing the blog for the lazy Ian. And when he unwittingly embarrasses Grace, she decides to give Ian a taste of his own medicine. Meanwhile, Ken tries to raise money for his store by holding the first annual Kelley's Spa and Keyboards Jog-a-thon.
2008-05-08
Ian is banned from the School Fair when he is blamed for a prank he did not commit. Ian loves the rides at the Annual School Fair. Too bad the rides do not love him – he's always getting motion sickness. So this year, Ian decides to lick his problem and cure his queasy stomach so he can go on all the rides he wants. But when the School Fair is sabotaged, all the clues point directly to Ian. Even though he swears he is innocent, Ian is banned from attending the fair. Ian must find out who's framing him so he can clear his name and go to the Fair.
2008-05-15
Ian gets more than he bargained for when he gets a Reality TV babysitter to watch over the Kelley boys. Ian needs to get his parents out of the house so he can complete his rather elaborate (and house-destroying) science project. His parents finally leave when Ian gets Reality TV's "Fanny the Supersitter" to oversee the Kelley boys. Unfortunately, his grand scheme backfires, and completing his science project becomes the least of his problems. While Ian is battling his new sitter, Ken and Vicky become walking zombies when they decide to keep the Spa and Keyboard Store open 24 hours a day.
2008-05-22
Ian decides to hold his own amateur filmmaker awards called 'The Ians.' Even though he is an award-winning director, Ian feels he is being treated like dirt – he has a list of chores to do, and his brothers are constantly pulling pranks on him. When the head of the "GOLD MOVIE AWARDS" visits the set Ian's working on, everybody pulls out the stops for the movie bigwig. Seeing this, Ian decides to hold his own movie awards and finally get the respect he deserves. But Ian bites off more than he can chew, and almost ends up losing all his friends.
2008-05-29
Ian will do whatever it takes to win an award during the school's Kooky Sports Day competition. Celine Dion High is once again holding its annual Kooky Sports Day, where all the students compete in wacky events. While Korey, Kyle – and even Ken in his younger days – were Kooky Sports Day champs, Ian has never once won an award. But this year, Ian has a plan to change all that. Meanwhile, Vicky will do whatever it takes to make sure she wins the Store of the Year award and put the cocky Mr. Fleeman in his place.
2008-06-05
Ian convinces Sandi to star in an internet video confessional on his website. Ian posts Sandi's personal video confessionals on his website. But through a technical mix-up, the video is of his dog Chopin with Sandi's voice over it. And while Sandi is embarrassed and angry at Ian, the webisodes become extremely popular. Ian has to decide what is more important – his friendship with Sandi, or a hit website. And because of a mix-up at Kelley's Spa, old people are convinced the sauna is a Fountain of Youth.
2008-06-11
Ian directs TV commercials that make Tyrone a huge celebrity. When the local skatepark is threatened to be demolished, Ian decides he, Sandi, and Tyrone can quickly make money and save it. The three of them start a company that produces TV commercials. The ads are a huge success, making actor Tyrone a huge star. But Tyrone's success causes a giant rift in his friendship with Ian. And when Ken calls skateboarders a menace to society, Kyle and Korey bet they can turn him into a hardcore skate punk.
2008-06-12
A sleep-deprived Ian begins to imagine himself as famous historical characters. Ian has to write a paper on what he considers the most important moment in history. But while working on a movie set, Ian unknowingly consumes copious amounts of caffeine, making him a wide-eyed mess. During his battle with insomnia, Ian begins to stress over writing his history paper and he begins to hallucinate that he actually IS the historical figures he is thinking about. When he finally snaps out of his insomnia, he finds he is too exhausted to write his assignment in time to make the deadline.
2008-06-18
After learning about a Being Green contest, Ian is determined to win and make his dreams of fame and fortune come true. The only problem is that he still needs to come up with an award-worthy idea. Meanwhile, his mother Vicky plans to win the contest by neutralizing Kelley's family carbon footprint so she can meet David Suzuki, her eco-idol. To win the contest Ian will have to out-green kids across the country and even his own mother!