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Grojband (portmanteau for "garage" and "band") is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton for Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States.
- Overview
- Biography
- Appearance
- Personality
- Relationships
- Episodes Focusing on Corey
- Trivia
Corey Jaron Riffin is the main protagonist of Grojband. He is a 13-year-old boy and the younger brother of Trina Riffin, as well as the lead singer of a garage band with his friends called Grojband. He is voiced by Lyon Smith.
Concept Biography
Corey Riffin is a 13-year-old boy who's popular with the dudes and even more so with the ladies. This is all because he's a charismatic guitar player with his very own garage band. His confidence with music, people, and day-to-day life are unparalleled. He isn’t cocky, but he’ll stand up to anyone or anything that gets in the way of him or his band. He is a very determined guy who will always complete whatever goals he sets himself up to without flaking out. Corey has a knack for making things go his way. He always seems to just have everything always falling perfectly into place whenever he wants something, and if they’re not, you can always bet he’s got a clever plan up his sleeve to turn things around. Whenever Corey has a clever idea, he says “I've got a crazy plan that just might work." This is his catchphrase which he uses in almost every episode and whenever he uses it, it's safe to say that this crazy plan surely will work. Corey knows that being the bands trusted leader is a super sweet gig and a great privilege that he is thankful to have. Although he may seem off in his own world at times, he always remembers that with great power, comes great responsibility and he’d never let the band down. Corey always comes through and can always be trusted. Okay sure, having the band’s success riding on his shoulders can be a bit heavy - but the band’s behind him 110%. They know Corey’s got the skills to pull it off which is stealing a bunch of Trina’s tripped-out thoughts from her secret diary and turn them into a song because of his lack of writing his own good lyrics. Although this seems to be going good for them now, the band hopes it doesn't last too long cuz messin’ with Trina can take a lot out of a person. Needless to say, Corey will do anything to get Trina’s lyrics. He knows that her words are the cheese to his rock-aroni, so his main objective is to keep his sister's life looking like a Spanish soap opera until he can crack the whole lyric writing thing. If anyone found out he was rippin' these lyrics, it would be fatal to the reputation he's trying to maintain.
Early Childhood
Corey Riffin and his older sister, Trina, were biologically related siblings put up for adoption and were both taken in as toddlers by a man known only as Mr. Riffin . Mr. Riffin was a single father , so he raised them all on his own. Little else is known about Corey's early childhood and only a few short flashbacks of him as a child have been seen in the series. It is implied that Trina used to love him dearly and care for him when she was really young, as shown in "Dreamreaver Part 2." However, this has long since subsided and the siblings are now at bitter war. In the episode "Indie Road Rager," it was shown by a flashback that Trina had hated Corey back when she was a little toddler, meaning that it was a really long time ago back when Trina got along with him. It was always Corey's destiny to play music and start up his own band, ever since he was a little kid. He first wanted to do this from a kids TV show, which had a colorful mechanical band called The Bubble Bunch Band. This inspired him into starting up with own band, a wish that would later come true. In the episode "Bee Bop A Loofah," it was shown that Corey had an interest in playing the guitar ever since he was a toddler.
Starting up Grojband
At some point in Corey's life (most likely somewhere around the age of a kid), Corey had started up a garage band with his friends Kin Kujira, Kon Kujira, and Laney Penn. Corey became the lead singer and guitarist, Kin became the keyboardist, Kon became the drummer, and Laney became the bassist and they named their band Grojband. Together, they all played some music and sang some already existing songs and realized that they were all amazing at playing music and singing. However, when it came to them writing their own lyrics for their own songs, they realized that they were terrible at writing lyrics. Fortunately, Corey found a way to get lyrics from his sister's diary. Trina would always write about her problems in her diary when she got really mad about something to help get her emotions out. Corey took a look in her diary for fun to see what she wrote and found that her diary entries were really well worded and profound and he realized that they would make perfect lyrics for a song. It was from that moment on they used Trina's diary entries as lyrics for all of their songs and their band became awesome.
Corey Riffin is a 13-year-old boy with blue hair, blue eyes that are usually only present when he is feeling intense emotions such as sadness or anger, white skin, an upside-down raindrop shaped face and a rounded breast with a thinner body. He has an orange beanie-hat on his head that has a tiny little picture of a skull on it. He wears a black co...
Corey is the kind of guy who greets every day with a smile and enthusiasm. He is a fun-loving, adventurous, witty, and laid-back dude that almost never feels any negative feelings (excluding fear). He always has a great adventure packed up in his crazy brain. He has quite a few quirks and is always getting into some sticky situations. However, he i...
Trina Riffin
Corey and Trina have a classic sibling rivalry with each other. Trina hates Corey with a burning passion and she is extremely rude to him, which comes to no surprise, as she treats him just as horribly as she treats everyone else (other than Nick Mallory). However, Corey is generally level headed and will not get angered by Trina's actions, but still enjoys giving her trouble with her attempts to win over Nick Mallory. On rare occasion, he will become immensely angry such as in Wish Upon a Jug or Dueling Buttons. For the most, Corey and his band go to great lengths to make Trina mad, so that she will go into said Diary Mode and write the lyrics they need for a song. Corey still shows to have some respect for Trina when he makes her go into diary mode as seen in some episodes, as he will make her go into a Love Diary Mode where instead of angering her, he'll overjoy her. Both of which give lyrics that are just as good. In Dreamreaver Part 2, it's revealed that there was a time when Trina did care about Corey, back when she went by the name Katrina, but this nice version of her was imprisoned in her mind by the real Trina.
Laney Penn
Corey and Laney are bandmates and childhood best friends. Unbeknownst to Corey, Laney has a secret crush on him but is unable to bring herself to tell him. Early in the series Corey seems to be completely oblivious to this and does not exhibit the slightest indication of returning her feelings. He does, however, view her as a close friend, but treats her as he would treat a boy rather than a lover, which has become a running gag in the series. Laney is easily annoyed by the treatment she receives from him but generally shrugs it off. He also has a strange habit of frequently making physical contact with her, but this is more due to Corey's friendly personality and treats everyone this way. Regardless, Laney loves it whenever Corey does this and will become love-struck afterwards. Both of them also refer to each other by nicknames such as Corey calling Laney "Lanes", while Laney refers to him as "Core". On rare occasions (especially late in the series), there are signs he does acknowledge that she's a girl, and gives hints that he loves her, such as in Pop Goes the Bubble and Girl Fest. It is implied that he may have finally gained feelings for her in the episode Curse of the Metrognome where the two of them share their first (albeit accidental) kiss, with both of them noticeably enjoying the moment. As of the moment, the two have yet to start an official relationship.
Kin Kujira
Kin and Corey are good friends as well as bandmates. Both are also quite close with Kin's brother Kon, with the three of them getting along quite well. Kin is very handy to have by Corey's side, being a source of endless whacky inventions; such as the Grojcar in Indie Road Rager, or the One Man Band Pack in Rock the House. They are either a huge help to Corey's scheme, or a major annoyance, either way, something unexpected will usually occur. Kin is also generally more complacent with going along with Corey's plans than Laney's. All in all, the two are good friends virtually all the time.
•Grojband Pilot
•Smash Up Terby
•Cloudy with a Chance of Malt Balls
•Love in a Nethervator
•One Plant Band
•Space Jammin'
•The skull on his orange and blue beanies and his pyjama shirt is exactly like the one on Duncan's Shirt from the Total Drama series and the one on the Shirt of Eric Needles from the Sidekick series. It later appears on Jesse's shirt in the Looped series. This was likely because these shows were all made by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton.
•His last name "Riffin" may be a pun on the phrase "Riffing on a guitar", as Corey very regularly does this on his guitar in the show.
•Contrary to what the theme music would suggest, Corey doesn't actually steal the lyrics from Trina's diary, as he writes his own lyrics with his own words and he just looks at her diary entries for inspiration.
•Corey's hair is naturally blue.
•In the episode "No Strings Attached", it was revealed that the reason he got inspired to start his own band was because of him watching a show when he was a little kid about an animatronic band called The Bubble Bunch Band.
•Corey is a playable character in the Grojband game Battle of the Bands.
Jun 10, 2013 · It was created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton as well as a multitude of others. The show aired on Teletoon in Canada, Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States, Pop! in the United Kingdom, ABC ME in Australia, and Cartoon Network in Africa.
Grojband is a Canadian animated children's television series created and directed by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton. It was produced by Fresh TV and Neptoon Studios in association with FremantleMedia. Executive producers are Brian Irving, George Elliott and Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, creators of the hit animated reality franchise Total Drama.
Mayor Mellow opposes Grojband because he fears that the band achieving musical fame and success will result in Peaceville getting flooded with powerful money-seeking businesses and individuals interested in capitalizing on the town, thus losing Peaceville's peaceful nature.
Corey Riffin is the main protagonist of the Teletoon cartoon TV series Grojband. He is the younger brother of Katrina "Trina" Riffin, the main antagonist of the show. He was voiced by Lyon Smith. Corey's a cute, quirky 13 year old boy who's popular with the dudes and even more so with the ladies...
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Determinator: He will let nothing stand in the way of making his next big musical hit and will do anything to make his band the greatest in the world, whether it be driving his sister nuts to get song lyrics from her or changing the band's identity whenever possible just to snag any opportunity he can.
