

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.
Cast

Richard Ian Cox
Ian Kelley (voice)

David Kaye
Chopin (voice)

Louis Chirillo
Ken Kelley (voice)

Patricia Drake
Vicky Kelley (voice)

Matt Hill
Korey Kelley (voice)

Tabitha St. Germain
Sandi Crocker (voice)

Dexter Bell
Ty Washington (voice)

Ty Olsson
Kyle Kelley (voice)
Seasons
E1The Kelley Boys and the Mysterious Lighthouse Mystery
Apr 26, 2005
After being pranked by his two idiot brothers, Ian pulls off a made-up treasure hunt for treasure that does not exist.
E2Cyrano de Mille
May 3, 2005
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.
E3Piano Man
May 10, 2005
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.
E4Truth in Advertising
May 17, 2005
Ian offers to make a commercial for his father's keyboard store.
E5Miss Tweenage Burnaby
May 24, 2005
Ian tries to help Sandi with a beauty pageant.
E6The Greatest Story Never Told
May 31, 2005
Ian wants to know if he was adopted.
E7Little Camp of Horrors
Jun 7, 2005
While Ian's family heads off to camp, Ian goes to a film camp that does not teach anything about filming.
E8Cool Status Quo
Feb 14, 2005
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.
E9The Kelleys
Jun 21, 2005
When Ian accidentally wrecks his family's home movies, he decides to create a reality show starring his family to make up for it.
E10Catch Me If You Cane
Jun 28, 2005
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.
E11Joust Kidding Around
Jul 5, 2005
Ian uses the medieval theme of the civic festival for his production.
E12The Boy Who Cried UFO
Jul 12, 2005
Tired of not getting any attention at home, Ian uses his alien safety movie to gain some attention.
E13Once A Pawn A Time
Jul 19, 2005
Ian joins the chess club.
E14Is There an Ian in the House?
Jul 26, 2005
Ian has a false injury and winds up at an insane hospital.
E15For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls
Aug 2, 2005
Ian takes creative license in videotaping a traditional Indian wedding ceremony.
E16Links for Love
Aug 9, 2005
Ian tries to help his uncle, who is also called Ian, find a date.
E17Show Me the Bunny
Aug 16, 2005
Vicky forces Ian take care of a bunny to teach him about responsibility.
E18Ian's Louse-ey Day
Aug 30, 2005
Ian tries to catch head lice to avoid a costume party.
E19Sask-Watch
Sep 6, 2005
Ian and Korey go in search of the mysterious Bigfoot.
E20The Curse
Sep 6, 2005
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.
E21Snow Fun
Sep 13, 2005
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.
E22Bad Day at White Rock
Sep 20, 2005
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.
E23Crime-Corder
Sep 27, 2005
Ian and Ty play video detectives and vie for the attention of the same girl.
E24Band 'o' Bruthaz
Oct 4, 2005
Ian and his brothers enter into a talent show.
E25Hockey Night in Burnaby
Oct 11, 2005
Ian and Odbald head to their local hockey rink to inspect the GM Place Organ for the Vancouver Canucks.
E26Planet of the Imps
Oct 18, 2005
Ian starts an acting school for children at the Kelley home.
E1SCREAM Because I Know What You Did to that Psycho Last Summer
Nov 29, 2005
A trip to a theme park becomes dangerous when members of the Kelley family start to disappear.
E2Animal House
Dec 6, 2005
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.
E3What's Comb Over You
Dec 13, 2005
Ian acts old after discovering bad genes from his father while Ken starts to act young after fearing he's becoming old.
E4O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dec 20, 2006
After performing a series of pranks on him, Ian believes he caused Korey to run away.
E5Morning Zoo
Dec 27, 2005
Ian and Dennis team up to perform the morning announcements.
E6Kelley vs. Kelley
Dec 27, 2005
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.
E7Ian the Peckyhead
Jan 3, 2006
Ian becomes the school's new mascot.
E8Being Principal Bill
Jan 17, 2006
Ian discovers a hole in his room that leads to his principal's mind.
E9Bad Day At White Rock
Jan 2, 2006
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.
E10Health Nut
Jan 31, 2006
Ian starts to eat healthy after becoming sick. Grandma Kelley disciplines Kyle and Korey.
E11Behind Bars
Feb 7, 2006
Ian sells chocolate bars for a school contest and uses subliminal advertising to help him.
E12Out of Focus Group
Feb 14, 2006
Ian creates a popular film by giving the people what they want.
E13Ken Kelley and the Keyboard Factory
Feb 21, 2006
After recovering from an accident, Ken decides to name Ian the successor to the keyboard store, much to Ian's dismay.
E14Kelley's Seven
Feb 28, 2006
Ian forms a group to help him find a thief who stole an old cheese sandwich eaten by a famous movie director.
E15The Good Egg
Mar 7, 2006
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.
E165 o'clock Snooze
Mar 14, 2006
Ian becomes a news reporter.
E17Home Alone
Mar 21, 2006
Ian plans to get his family out of the house so he can watch the Happy Unicorns marathon.
E18Dorkbusters
Mar 28, 2006
Ian creates a group called dorkbusters to make humiliations for a profit.
E19Spells Like Teen Spirit
Apr 4, 2006
Ian convinces his brother Kyle to enter for the school spelling bee.
E20Dummy Up
Apr 11, 2006
When Ian uses a puppet to tell jokes, he soon finds out that he is acting more like the puppet.
E21The Great Escape
Apr 18, 2006
Ian tries to leave detention in order to buy a video game.
E22Ian Kelley's Day Off
Apr 25, 2006
Ian, along with his friends from film camp, decides to skip school.
E23The Fifth and a Half Sense
May 2, 2006
After hitting his nose, Ian finds out that he can smell the future.
E24Doofus
May 9, 2006
Korey becomes a television star performing dangerous stunts.
E25Hurry for Hollywood Part 1
May 16, 2006
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.
E26Hurry for Hollywood Part 2
May 23, 2006
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.
E1One Week Later
Oct 17, 2007
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.
E2Midnight Madness
Oct 24, 2007
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.
E3Blah Blah Blog
Oct 31, 2007
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.
E4School Unfair
May 8, 2008
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.
E5Adventures In Kelley Sitting
May 15, 2008
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.
E6The Ians
May 22, 2008
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.
E7Winning Isn't Ian's Thing
May 29, 2008
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.
E8Everykid 13
Jun 5, 2008
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.
E9That's Ridonkulous
Jun 11, 2008
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.
E10Ian Kelley Is History
Jun 12, 2008
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.
E11An Ianconvenient Truth
Jun 18, 2008
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!
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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.
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