Popularity Papers

Popularity Papers
Details
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Seasons	1
Episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Recording studio	D-HUB Studios
Channels	Nickelodeon (formerly) Super! (formerly)
Services	Now (first 20 episodes only, formerly)
Release	Now: December 11, 2023 Nickelodeon December 30 – 31, 2023 (sneak peek) January 8 – April 23, 2024 (full series) Super!: November 25, 2024 – present

Popularity Papers is the Italian dub of the show of the same name. The first 11 episodes were added to Now on December 11, 2023. They would later air on Nickelodeon from December 30 to December 31 as a sneak peek; the series would officially premiere on January 8, 2024. It would then air sporadically until being taken off the channel's schedule on May 3, 2024. It would later premiere on Super! on November 25, 2024. The series would then be removed from Now on December 31, 2024.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Lydia Goldblatt	Ilaria Pellicone
	Julie Graham-Chang	Sofia Fronzi
	James Graham Aurora Borealis	Federico Di Pofi
	Alex Chang	Emiliano Reggente
	Melody Goldblatt	Carolina Gusev
	Chuck Cavalleri	Diego Follega
	Henry Ginger Snaps	Danny Francucci
	Lucas
	Dimitri Loukanis	Andrea Oldani
	Morgan McKenzie	Vittoria Bartolomei
	Kelly Mann	Agnese Marteddu
	Jaime	Tito Marteddu
	Sinead Graves	Valentina Pallavicino
	Dawn	Chiara Fabiano
	Sig. Liu	Raffaele Palmieri
	Prof. Lawrence	Tatiana Dessi
	Prof. Harrington	Emilia Costa
	Prof. Fielding	Selvaggia Quattrini
	Martin Kennedy	Massimo De Ambrosis

Technical staff
Italian edition		Floriana Campanella
Italian dialogues		Arianna Bernini
Andrea Simoni
Dubbing direction		Francesco Testa
Dubbing assistant		Annamaria Mastrosimone
Sound engineer		Raffaele Sansone
Mixing engineer		Fabrizio Lantini

Episodes

№		Italian title	Original title	Premiere
				Now	Nickelodeon	Super!
FIRST SEASON
1		Nuova scuola, nuovo inizio	New School, New Start	December 11, 2023	December 30, 2023	November 25, 2024
2		Il segreto è il gioco di squadra	Teamwork Makes the Scene Work			November 26, 2024
3		Il potere dell'arte	My Art Will Go On			November 27, 2024
4		Mettiti in posa	Hike a Pose			November 28, 2024
5		Statistica vincente	Smells Like Tween Spirit			November 29, 2024
6		Il pagliaccio della scuola	Tears of a Class Clown			December 2, 2024
7		Giovani rockstar	Middle School of Rock			December 3, 2024
8	9	Nuovi arrivi misteriosi	Ghost Mortem			December 4, 2024
9	8	La tendenza del momento	Trendship Never Ends			December 5, 2024
10		Nerd e girls	Freaks and Cliques			December 6, 2024
11		I Lip Balms	Balm Squad			December 9, 2024
12		Amici e potere	Friends in Junior High Places	April 8, 2024	April 9, 2024	TBA
13		Panico da Bat Mizvah	Pain in the Bat Mitzvah
14		Il candidato ateniese	The Athenian Candidate
15		Revisione paritaria	Peer Review		April 10, 2024
16		Musica per l'ambiente	We Gonna Party Like It's Your Earth Day		April 14, 2024
17	23	Test della personalità	Personality Test
18	17	Aspettative da skate	Skate Expectations		April 15, 2024
19	18	Una figlia orgogliosa	Prides-Maids		April 17, 2024
20	19	Il giorno delle sfide	Livin' On a Dare		April 18, 2024
21	20	Gossip alle medie	A Very Middle School Scandal	N/A
22	21	Strane squadre	Odds Squads		April 21, 2024
23	22	Caccia al vandalo	Notes on a Vandal		April 22, 2024
24		Scelte di cuore	Let's Sick Together
25		TBA	The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 1		April 23, 2024
26			The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 2

Gallery

Dubbing credits

Localized text

S01E01

"How does one become popular?"

"Step 1: Design a wild T-shirt."

"Step 2: Make an impact at the fashion competition."

"Step 3: Win and become even more popular than Addison."

S01E02

"Step 1: Snatch the necklace from that thief."

"Step 2: Win the monologue scheduled for the next assembly."

"Step 3: Become a MEGA STAR in Hollywood!"

"Friend."

"Check me out; I love acting!"

S01E03

"Draw; anything else?"

"Step 1: Infiltrate the club."

"Step 2: Study the members thoroughly."

"Step 3: Become mysterious artists."

"Step 4: Being able to hold an exhibition at MoMA!"

"Step 5: Sell tickets to the school for our exhibition because we'll have become super famous!"

"Come to the art exhibition. Thursday in the gym! There will be snacks!"

S01E04

"Step 1: Take photos of our incredible journey."

"Step 2: Publish them making all of Mapleview envious."

"Step 3: Amaze the world with our luxurious life."

S01E05

"Step 1: Join the hockey team."

"Step 2: Become the best in the sport."

"Step 3: Become POPULAR!"

S01E06

"Step 1: Find out what makes everyone laugh."

"Step 2: Unleash laughter through insults."

"Step 3: Accept the title of official school comedian and become popular."

"If you can't enrich your vocabulary, how do you expect to get into Harvard?"

"Only Mandarin is spoken in my classes."

"I know. You have already failed three times."

"You are the oldest in the school, but you are the worst in Chinese."

"All right, come on, let's start again."

"Little bunny, open the door."

"Nice!!!; Kind!!!; Dad - annoyed; Not Chuck :("

"What would Mike's son as a basketball look like?"

"Julie, can you tell me what time it is?"

"What a surprise. Julie doesn't know the answer."

"What?"

"So besides Mandarin, you can't even speak in your own language?"

"You must be a real disappointment to your Baba."

"You know the rules, Julie. Wait until the end of class for your useless questions."

"The brave little rabbit opens the door..."

"...to tell the bad teacher she's leaving!"

"Your Mandarin sucks."

S01E07

"Spit"

"Step 1: Have our parents sign the form."

"Step 2: Attend rock camp and become stars."

"Step 3: Organize international tours and concerts in more private locations to connect with fans."

S01E08

"Smartwatch — A smartphone on the wrist."

"Headphones with a bow."

S01E09

"Fascinated."

"Step 1: Become best friends with Lucy."

"Step 2: Get invited to her house."

"Step 3: Become popular via paranormal experiences."

S01E10

"Step 1: You join the Glossip Girls."

"Step 2: Convince them to let me in as well."

"Step 3: Become invaluable members of the group and the most popular girls in the school!"

S01E12

"Step 1: Beat Dawn!"

"Step 2: Transform into an influentual and highly valued leader."

"Step 3: Teach the whole school what it means to be in charge."

"Step 3: Expand my territory and conquer neighboring schools."

S01E13

"Emanuel Synagogue."

"One week before."

"6 days to the Bat Mitzvah."

"5 days to the Bat Mitzvah."

"4 days to the Bat Mitzvah."

"3 days to the Bat Mitzvah."

"2 days to the Bat Mitzvah."

"It's tomorrow."

S01E14

"The Anglades."

"100% popular."

"President 2020."

"Mom; President 1989."

"Great-grandmother Gweneviere; President 1928."

"The Anglade Dynasty."

"Step 1: Organize Dimitri's campaign."

"Step 2: Make him famous."

"Step 3: After the victory, Dimitri will be my puppet. I'll exploit him to dismantle the foundations of the popularity and have the POWER!"

S01E15

"Cooler."

"Undeniably cooler."

"Effortlessly cool."

"Spit."

"Genetics."

"Education."

"Field hockey team."

S01E16

"Step 1: Become environmental activists."

"Step 2: Have followers."

"Step 3: Save the planet."

"Step 4: End up on TV and live in glory!"

"We're all fossils, fools!"

S01E17

"Step 1: Ask Chuck to give me lessons."

"Step 2: Ask someone else for help as well."

"Step 3: Show off my innate skills."

"Step 4: Go to the Olympics and become a multimillionaire through skateboarding, movies and video games inspired by me."

S01E18

"Step 1: Have Aurora Borealis perform at school."

"Step 2: Become popular because of our connection with him."

"Step 3: Meet RuPaul Charles!!!"

"Charisma; Strength; Fabulosity."

"Nervous."

S01E19

"Lost objects."

"Step 1: Play “Pass the Dare” as a revolutionary act."

"Step 2: Find a war cry."

"Step 3: Become the most infamous middle school students ever."

S01E20

"Witness protection; Has musical talent?"

S01E21

"Popular + Popular = More popular."

"Nerd + Nerd = More nerdier."

Notes

• In this dub, all songs were left undubbed from their original English versions.
• Spit Valve's name in this dub was translated to "Sputacchio", which is a mildly rude term to call spit.
• In Middle School of Rock, the scene where Alex and James misinterpet Julie wanting to go to Rock Camp to study rocks was translated to them asking if the library organized it, and that the history of music is neglected by schools.

Character	Original + Italian line
	+ Dad? Baba? I think I'd like to go to Rock Camp. - Petrology? Or is it geology? I always get them mixed up. ~ The study of rocks is a great area of focus for young minds-- + No, rock like...music!
	+ Papà, Baba, vorrei partecipare al Rock Camp - Sembra interessante. L'ha organizzato la biblioteca? ~ Brava! La storia della musica viene fin troppo trascurata dalla didattica moderna. + No! Sarei in una... band? [Dad, Baba, I would like to attend Rock Camp.] [It sounds interesting. Did the library organize it?] [Bravo. Music history is far too neglected by modern education.] [No! I wanna be in a... band?]