Parker Plays

Parker Plays is an American television series featuring Parker Coppins, known by his YouTube channel name ParkerGames, playing various video games, as well as from appearing in the Youtube hit series Sugar Pine 7. It premiered on July 15, 2017 as part of Disney XD's inaugural video-game themed programming block D-XP.[2][3][4] The second season began on October 15, 2018.

Parker Plays
Created by	Parker Coppins
Presented by	Parker Coppins
Composer(s)	Dimitris Mann Chris LaRue Horton Jonathan Richmond George Gabriel
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kevin Williams Clayton Cogswell
Producer(s)	Woody Tondorf
Editor(s)	Angela Juzswick Omar Najam Jeremy Sauder
Production company(s)	Disney Digital Network Digomind Productions[1]
Release
Original network	DXP (2017) Disney XD (2017-2018)
Original release	July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) – November 19, 2018 (2018-11-19)
External links
Website

Episodes

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	16		July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15)	September 18, 2017 (2017-09-18)
	2	6		October 15, 2018 (2018-10-15)	November 19, 2018 (2018-11-19)

Cast

Main

• Parker Coppins

Recurring

• Meghan Camarena (Strawburry17)
• Jimmy Wong
• Jordan Maron (CaptainSparklez)
• Shelby Graces (Shubble)
• Steve Zaragoza
• Whitney Moore

Recurring segments

Some of the segments that appear in the episodes include:

• "Scare the Heck Out of Parker" – Parker plays horror games such as Tattletail, Emily Wants to Play, Wick, Hello Neighbor, and Among The Sleep.
• "Parker Plays Sports Network" – Parker plays a sports-themed video game and also announces the game as the character Tag Chetson.
• "Parker Vs the Fans" – Parker plays a game chosen by one of his fans.
• "Mystery Tube" – A tube dubbed Mystery Tube by Parker will give him an item and a note telling him to play a specific game.
• "Jame" – Occasionally, Parker will play and/or comment on games as a character he created named Jame. Jame is extremely laid back and often says pure nonsense.[5]
• "Parker's Virtual Reality" – Parker plays a virtual reality game.
• "Happy Fun Time" – Parker plays a peaceful or rage game.
• "Talking Parker" – A talk show where Parker is interviewed by his rival, Jimmy Wong.
• ”Appy Fun Times” - Parker plays a mobile game, or app.
• “Skwad Goals” - Parker plays an online multiplayer and/or local multiplayer games with friends.

Occasionally the show will cut to a scripted skit. Often this occurs after Parker makes a comment about the game he is playing, and the skit will be based on the comment. Joel Rubin writes the skits.[6]

References

1. "Disney XD Taps Maker's Jacksepticeye, ParkerGames, Strawburry17 For Summer TV Block - Tubefilter". tubefilter.com. June 15, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
2. "Disney XD launches gaming-themed block". kidscreen.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
3. "D-XP – Summer World of Gaming Programming Block To Premiere on Disney XD!". eclipsemagazine.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
4. Cox, Lauren (August 10, 2017). "Parker Coppins: 5 Things To Know About The 'Parker Plays' Host". hollywoodlife.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
5. "Parker Coppins gives the low-down on new Disney XD series, Parker Plays". hiddenremote.com. August 30, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
6. "EXCLUSIVE: Parker Coppins Talks Disney Show 'Parker Plays'". monkeysfightingrobots.com. August 8, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.