ChalkZone is an animated American television series created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber and produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon TV network. The series features Rudy Tabootie, an elementary school student whose magic chalk enables him to enter the ChalkZone, an other reality in which whatever written on a blackboard and erased becomes actual. The show follows the exploits of Rudy, his companion Snap, and his classmate Penny Sanchez within the zone. In1998, ChalkZone premiered as part of Fred Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons showcase of animated shorts. The series aired on Nickelodeon from March22,2002, to August23,2008, for a total of 42 episodes; however, the final two episodes were not shown. Nelvana, a Canadian corporation, distributes the product outside the United States.