Random Rings is a comedy short series featured on the Disney Channel. It features Disney characters, primarily the cast of Big City Greens, making random calls to strangers. While the format was meant to be similar to that of the more raunchy Crank Yankers, unlike that series, the calls are all scripted to convey the feeling of catching someone off guard.
The series started airing on August 24, 2019. Its popularity resulted in more seasons being made. The direction changed slightly with the characters now calling other Disney Channel characters, such as Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb and at one point only featured Baymax from Big Hero 6: The Series and Launchpad from DuckTales. The series also briefly features live action when Cricket calls Raven-Symoné.
Unlike the original series, Random Rings is done entirely in flash animation and has the characters becomes descriptive in the things they want when calling the person on the other end of the line.
Episode list[]
| Seasons | Shorts | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | Finale | ||
| 1 | 11 | August 19, 2019 | December 8, 2019 |
| 2 | 10 | May 11, 2020 | July 13, 2020 |
| 3 | 4 | November 8, 2020 | December 15, 2020 |
| 4 | 3 | January 24, 2021 | April 11, 2021 |
| 5 | 1 | September 21, 2021 | |
| 6 | 6 | March 9, 2023 | TBA |
| Total | Series premiere | Series finale | |
| 1-6 | 35 | August 19, 2019 | TBA |
Season 1 (2019)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 
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Cricket Calls a Karate School | Cricket Green | Mike | August 24, 2019 |
| Desperate to get a black belt without having to work for it, Cricket calls a karate school and tries to convince the teacher that he's already a master fighter! | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Party Store | Cricket Green | Todd | September 1, 2019 |
| Cricket wants to throw BIGGEST party ever so he calls up the local party supply store to see if he can book the standard party entertainment: ninjas, dangerous animals, and people breathing fire...eating fire...and walking on fire?!! | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Spa | Cricket Green | Paradise Spa employee | September 8, 2019 |
| Cricket calls a spa to see if they can give his porkier "friend" a massage, but his "friend" turns out to be his pet pig, Herbert! | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | 
|
Cricket and Tilly Call a Piano Teacher | Cricket and Tilly Green | Barbara | September 15, 2019 |
| Cricket and Tilly want to make a rock band, but they need a few more members to make it happen! They call a random piano teacher to see if she'd like to join! | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Grocery Store | Cricket Green | Stu | September 22, 2019 |
| Cricket wants to make his mark on the world so he calls a grocery store to see if they have enough yogurt to cover an entire hill for people to sled down! | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 
|
Tilly Calls a Library | Tilly Green | Donna | September 29, 2019 |
| Tilly calls a library to see if they have any books about a kitty cat murder mystery, but when it turns out they don't, she suggests they write one themselves! | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Pawn Shop | Cricket Green | Pawn shop employee | October 6, 2019 |
| When Cricket accidentally breaks his Gramma's sword, he calls a pawn shop to see if he can get a replacement. The problem is he doesn't have any money...only drawings to trade in! | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 
|
Tilly Calls a Hotel | Tilly Green | Mark | October 13, 2019 |
| Tilly calls a hotel she believes to be haunted because she’s looking to make a "ghost friend." When the receptionist insists the hotel isn't haunted, Tilly wonders if he himself is a ghost... | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Aquarium | Cricket Green | Female aquarium receptionist | October 20, 2019 |
| In order to win the prank war, Cricket calls an aquarium to see if they have any sharks so he can put one in Gramma's bathtub! Now he just needs to work out the logistics... | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 
|
Cricket Calls a Pet Store | Cricket Green | Erica | October 27, 2019 |
| Cricket calls a pet store to see if they have any rats so he can train them to be a part of a circus! | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | 
|
Tilly and Cricket Calls Raven-Symoné | Cricket and Tilly Green | Raven-Symoné | December 8, 2019 |
Cricket pretends to be Shawn Mendes so that Raven-Symoné will invite him to her holiday party, but she's not so easily fooled... | ||||||
Season 2 (2020)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | 
|
Doofenshmirtz Calls a Restaurant | Heinz Doofenshmirtz | Shauna from Beverly Hills, CA | May 11, 2020 |
| Dr. Doofenshmirtz calls a restaurant to get last minute dinner reservation for him, Perry, Norm, a bunch of clones...and even offers to send other restaurant goers into another dimension to accommodate his request! | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 
|
Telemarketer Calls the Greens | Cricket, Tilly and Alice Green | Trish from Boise, ID | May 18, 2020 |
| The Greens get a phone call from a telemarketer selling solar panel systems, but Cricket and Tilly mishear her and think they're getting superhero powers to fight crime! | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 
|
Gramma Calls an Electronic Store | Alice Green | Brandon from Spokane, WA | May 25, 2020 |
| Gramma can't seem to find any TV shows that aren't garbage! So she calls an electronic store to get a new TV and even gives an escalator pitch about a new spy show with her as the main star! | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | 
|
Doofenshmirtz Calls a Kitten Rescue | Heinz Doofenshmirtz | Hank from Mundelein, IL | June 1, 2020 |
| Dr. Doofenshmirtz calls a kitten rescue so he can defeat a HUGE 12-foot rat terrorizing his evil lab! | ||||||
| 16 | 5 | 
|
Doofenshmirtz Calls Gramma | Heinz Doofenshmirtz | Alice Green | June 8, 2020 |
| Dr. Doofenshmirtz calls Gramma thinking she's an animal trapper who can help him get rid of Perry the Platypus! | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 
|
Cricket and Tilly Call Doofenshmirtz | Cricket and Tilly Green | Heinz Doofenshmirtz | June 15, 2020 |
| Tilly and Cricket accidentally call Dr. Doofenshmirtz by accident and he teaches them how to be evil! | ||||||
| 18 | 7 | 
|
Tilly Calls the Future | Tilly Green | Sarah from Pitman, NJ | June 22, 2020 |
| Tilly's figured out how to create a time traveling phone that will call her future self! Er-ahem...or so she thinks! | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 
|
Baymax Calls Launchpad | Launchpad McQuack | Baymax | June 30, 2020 |
| Looking to order pizza, Launchpad accidentally calls Baymax, who gives him professional medical advice! | ||||||
| 20 | 9 | 
|
Cricket and Tilly Call Area 51 | Cricket and Tilly Green | Izzy from Bunkerville, NV | July 6, 2020 |
| Cricket and Tilly think they've hit the jackpot when they reach Area 51 and speak to a real life alien! | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 
|
Tilly Calls a Magician | Tilly Green | Greg from Encino, CA | July 13, 2020 |
| Tilly calls Greg the Great, a magician extraordinaire, to give her powers of invisibility so she find her lost goat Melissa! | ||||||
Season 3 (2020)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | 
|
Cricket Pranks Raven | Cricket Green | Raven-Symoné | November 8, 2020 |
| Cricket prank calls Raven-Symoné pretending to be a Hollywood agent, but she's onto his charade... | ||||||
| 23 | 2 | 
|
Santa Calls Cricket | Santa Claus (Kevin Frazier) | Cricket Green | December 8, 2020 |
The holidays are in peril as Ebenezer Scrooge casts an evil curse on the season! Disney Channel stars will be tasked with saving the holidays by taking on a series of fun, wacky, and eventful challenges in an effort to cancel the curse and ultimately save everyone’s favorite holidays! | ||||||
| 24 | 3 | 
|
Cricket Pranks Chandler | Cricket Green | Chandler Kinney | December 15, 2020 |
| Pretending to be Santa, Cricket Green calls Chandler Kinney (ZOMBIES 2) and tries to convince her that she's on the naughty list! | ||||||
| 25 | 4 | 
|
Tilly Tests Trevor | Tilly and Alice Green | Trevor Tordjman | December 15, 2020 |
| Tilly Green calls Trevor Tordjman (ZOMBIES 2 and Disney Fam Jam) to audition as Santa for her Christmas movie, but Gramma has some creative feedback for him... | ||||||
Season 4 (2021)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | 
|
Tilly and Cricket call a Pizzeria | Tilly, Cricket and Alice Green | Derek from Sitka, Alaska | January 24, 2021 |
| Tilly, Cricket, Gramma, and Joe (I mean Derek) discuss the prestigious and saucy laurels of 'World's Best Pizza'. | ||||||
| 27 | 2 | 
|
Launchpad Calls Cricket | Launchpad McQuack | Cricket Green | January 31, 2021 |
| Launchpad may have the wrong number, but Cricket has no problem taking delivery of Goliath Gemstone for Mr. McDee! | ||||||
| 28 | 3 | 
|
Tilly Calls Meg | Tilly Green | Meg Donnelly | April 11, 2021 |
| Tilly calls Zombies star Meg Donnelly with chilly love proposal. | ||||||
Season 5 (2021)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | 
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Cricket Calls Zombies | Cricket Green | Meg Donnelly, Trevor Tordjman, and Chandler Kinney | September 21, 2021 |
| Cricket prank calls Meg Donnelly pretending to be Zed! He quickly drags Trevor Tordjman and Chandler Kinney into his charade, but they're not buying it. | ||||||
Season 6 (2023-present)[]
| # overall | # in season | Video | Title | Main Caller | Receiving Caller | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | 
|
Cricket Calls the NHL | Cricket Green | Gary Bettman | March 9, 2023 |
| Cricket Green from Big City Greens prank calls the National Hockey League Commissioner, Gary Bettman! | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | 
|
Scratch Calls the Haunted Mansion | Scratch | The Ghost Host, Madame Leota, Constance Hatchaway, Hatbox Ghost, Hitchhiking Ghosts, Haunted Armor, Coffin Occupant, and The Singing Busts | September 25, 2023 |
| When Scratch from The Ghost and Molly McGee needs a breather from Molly’s endless enhappifying, he decides to call the Haunted Mansion and see if there’s room for one more! | ||||||
| 32 | 3 | 
|
Dr. Doofenshmirtz Calls Hamster & Gretel | Heinz Doofenshmirtz | Hamster and Gretel Grant-Gomez | December 9, 2023 |
| Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb tries to break up with Perry the Platypus and calls Hamster and Gretel to try to pitch himself as their next big supervillain. Doofenshmirtz soon finds that the job packs a lot more punch than he may be ready for! | ||||||
| 33 | 4 | 
|
The Greens Call the NHL | Cricket and Alice Green | Brad Marchand and Sidney Crosby | March 8, 2024 |
| Cricket and Gramma Alice call NHL players Brad Marchand (The Boston Bruins) and Sidney Crosby (The Pittsburgh Penguins) to ask about becoming hockey coaches for a family face off. | ||||||
| 34 | 5 | 
|
Cricket Calls the MLB | Cricket Green | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | May 27, 2024 |
| When Cricket calls Florida Marlins star baseball player Jazz Chisholm Jr. from SPACE, Cricket learns how much fun he can have participating in MLB Play Ball Weekend and playing baseball or softball with his family! | ||||||
| 35 | 6 | 
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Kiff Calls Kylie Cantrall | Kiff Chatterley, Barry Buns, and Helen | Kylie Cantrall | October 4, 2024 |
| An excited Kiff and Barry from Kiff call Kylie Cantrall from Descendants: The Rise of Red to persuade her to let them join the popular Descendants franchise. They are later joined by Helen, who also wants a role. | ||||||
Trivia[]
- The animation for this short series was handled by Liquid Animation in Brisbane, Australia.
- In "Cricket Pranks Raven", Cricket reveals he is ten years old.
- In the same short when it was incorporated into the Shortsgiving special, Bill found out about the events of the short and Cricket was punished for such.
- Launchpad interacting with Baymax and Cricket contradicts the DuckTales episodes "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!' and "Quack Pack!", both of which establish humans as being non-existent within the series' universe, suggesting these shorts are not meant to be canon.
- So far, "Scratch Calls the Haunted Mansion" is the only one to actually have ending credits.
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