Mortified is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both ABC and the Disney Channel, in the U.S. on Starz Kids and Family.

Premise
Mortified follows the imaginative life of Taylor Fry, an eleven-year-old girl living in a beachside town in Australia called Sunburn Beach, as she struggles to make it through her pre-teen years with her flawed and embarrassing family. She is embarrassed by her parents; jealous of her neighbour Brittany; her best friend, Hector, has a crush on her; and she has a crush on popular Leon. Taylor frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. Her imagination causes inanimate objects to seemingly come to life.

Cast

Main
 Marny Kennedy as Taylor Fry – Taylor is the main character and protagonist. She is embarrassed by her parents Don and Glenda, is annoyed by her sister Layla, and has a crush on her classmate Leon (while her best friend Hector has a crush on her, but she does not know it). Taylor regularly breaks the fourth wall and talks directly to the audience. Marny Kennedy received an Australian Film Institute Award for her role in Mortified.
 Nicolas Dunn as Hector Garcia – Hector is Taylor's best friend. He is a very loyal friend to Taylor, and often gets dragged along on her crusades. However, he falls out with Taylor in the episode "Flag Fall" after Taylor calls him a dork after he volunteers to raise the new school flag, and again in "School Trivia Night" where Taylor accidentally gets teamed up with Leon, but he reconciles with her twice. Hector secretly has a crush on Taylor, even going so far as to send her a Valentine's Day card in the episode "DJ Taylor" (though Taylor mistakenly assumes the card was from Leon, though even after Taylor finds out that this was not the case, Hector does not tell her the card was from him). He is allergic to cats (as revealed in the episode "Taylor Gets a Job").
 Maia Mitchell as Brittany Flune – Brittany is Taylor's next door neighbour, who sometimes has an on/off friendship with Taylor. She is beautiful and is best known for being perfect. Like Taylor with her parents Don and Glenda, Brittany is shown to sometimes feel embarrassed by her parents. She talks in flowery language and appears to be the leader of a clique in the episode "Bigger Than Vegas".
 Dajana Cahill as Layla Fry – Layla is Taylor's older sister. She is nasty and annoying, and is always getting on Taylor's nerves. She is obsessed with fashion (in the episode "Mother in the Nude", she gets a job of presenting Hipp's Apricot Hand Cream on a TV commercial and in the episode "The Chosen One", she steals Taylor's hairbrush) and is always finding and dumping boyfriends. Despite the feud between them, Layla does show some positive actions towards Taylor; such as in the episode "Taylor Gets a Job", she gives Taylor her old mobile phone (though it later turned out that all the old numbers were still in the contact list and Taylor ended up getting phone calls from random people) and in the episode "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day", she helps Taylor rebuild her half-destroyed model of a Roman kitchen after Taylor reunited her with her old boyfriend. It is revealed in the episode "Taylor Turns Bad", that Glenda considers Layla a rebel, whilst Taylor considers her to be an idiot.
 Luke Erceg as Leon Lipowski – Leon is the class heartthrob whom Taylor and Brittany both have crushes on. Hector is biased against him since Taylor has a crush on Leon (when Hector has a crush on Taylor) and when Leon always throws "missiles" at him in class, much to the annoyance of Mr. McClusky. His father, Gary, is nicknamed "Fingers" and Leon mostly enjoys surfing and sports. Leon at first appears to be an only child until his older brother, Brett, makes his first and only appearance in the episode "School Trivia Night".
 Rachel Blakely as Glenda Fry – Glenda is Taylor and Layla's mum and Don's wife. She is ditzy and wacky like Don and personality-wise, is stuck in the 1960s. She often helps Don at the Underpant King store. Like her cousin Mystic Marj, she is obsessed with things like chakras/mind/body/spirit and often meditates.
 Andrew Blackman as Don Fry – Don is the dad of Taylor and Layla, and the husband of Glenda. He is referred to as the "Underpant King" and even has a shop that sells underpants in the local shopping centre. Despite being ditzy and wacky, he does show mature effects such as the time when he rescued Taylor who was in danger of drowning since she had fallen into the sea when wearing a mermaid costume.

Recurring
 Sally McKenzie as Mystic Marj – Marj is Glenda's cousin. She is a seer/fortune teller/mystic/prophetic/psychic and makes a living out of reading tea leaves. She is eccentric and, like Glenda, has a passion for chakras. Despite her reputation, Marj is often thought to be a fraud and a bit insane. In the episode "Mother in the Nude", she and Taylor create a video where Marj predicts a series of cataclysmic events occurring at the seaside at the time of Sculpture by the Beach (e.g. rainstorms, glaciers, landslides and thunderstorms) and no one believed her, and in the episode "Bigger than Vegas", Taylor goes to ask her advice for something and Marj correctly guesses that Taylor had been nominated for school captain but only because Glenda told her.
 Steven Tandy as Mr. McClusky – Taylor, Hector, Brittany and Leon's teacher (and presumably Layla's old primary school teacher since in the episode "Taylor Turns Bad", he keeps saying her name and acts like he really knows her). He is wise and can be strict at times (especially with Leon when he throws "air-born missiles"). Mr. McClusky appears in every episode of series one (apart from "The Talk"), but is absent in series two since Taylor, Hector, Brittany and Leon depart for high school at the end of series one (though he is mentioned briefly by Taylor in the first episode of series two "Little Fish" that Taylor misses him and his bush-walking socks to which Hector replies "Seriously?").
 Peter Kent as Michael Flune and Veronica Neave as Loretta Flune – Brittany's parents. They like to keep everything "perfect". They are brilliant musicians (as revealed in the episodes "Taylor's DNA" where they play a piano solo for the talent quest and in "Mother in the Nude" where Loretta plays the piano and Michael plays the cello) and are zero-tolerant of stains (as revealed in the episode "Girl Power", when Taylor accidentally spills raspberry cordial on the carpet) and have strict house rules (as seen in the episode, "Taylor's Song.")
 David Anderson as Gary Lipowski – Leon and Brett's dad. His wife is not shown, suggesting/implying that he is widowed or divorced. He owns a repair shop for things like radios and televisions and microwaves. In the episode "School Trivia Night", he was thought briefly to have stolen the Flunes' television and donated it to the school.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2006)

Season 2 (2006–07)

Development and production
Mortified was created by screenwriter and author Angela Webber. Series director is Pino Amenta. It consists of 26 24-minute episodes. The first season of Mortified had a budget of A$9.3 million. It was shot on location in Coolangatta, Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads, Elanora and Tugun on the Gold Coast while most of the school scenes were filmed at the local Palm Beach Currumbin High School and Coolangatta State School starting on 8 June 2005, with the shopping centre scenes filmed at The Pines Shopping Centre at Elanora. Mortified was launched in Cannes at MIPTV in April 2006.

International broadcast

Crew
 Series creator: Angela Webber
 Executive producers: Phillip Bowman, Jenny Buckland, Bernadette O'Mahony, Jo Horsburgh
 Producers: Phillip Bowman, Bernadette O'Mahony
 Writers: Angela Webber, Sam Carroll, Tim Gooding, Johanna Pigott, Steve Wright, Max Dann, Chris Anastassiades, Shirley Pierce, Adam Bowen, Helen McWhirter
 Directors: Pino Amenta, Paul Moloney, Ian Gilmour, Michael Pattinson, Evan Clarry
 Script editors: Sam Carroll, Steve Wright

Awards and nominations

Home media
A DVD of the series was released in PAL format on 4 April 2007. Titled Mortified: Volume 1, the 2-disc DVD has a running time of 299 minutes and includes the first 13 episodes. Mortified: Volume 2, a 2-disc DVD consisting of episodes 14–26 (running time of 312 minutes), was released on 18 July 2007.

References

External links
 
 

Nine Network original programming
2006 Australian television series debuts
2007 Australian television series endings
Australian children's television series
Television series about teenagers
Television shows set in Queensland
테일러는 12살(Mortified)은 2006년 6월 30일부터 2007년 4월 11일까지 나인 네트워크에서 방영된 시트콤이다.

줄거리

등장인물

주인공

 테일러 프라이
배우: 마니 케네디
한국판 성우: 은영선
평범한 것 같지만 어딘가 엉뚱한 12세 소녀.
활발하고 영리하며 용감한 소녀지만 괴짜 가족들에 비하면 가장 무난한 쪽에 속한다.
가족들, 특히 부모님의 특이한 행동 때문에 항상 창피해 한다.
새로운 분야, 새로운 일에 쉽게 빠져들며 상상력도 풍부해서 외계인을 믿기도 하고 스님이 되겠다고도 하며, 자신이 부모님의 친딸이 아닐 거라는 생각으로 DNA 검사를 시도하기도 한다.
옆집에 사는 친구, 브리트니의 모든 것을 부러워하며 브리트니의 외모와 옷차림, 교양 있고 우아한 행동에 질투를 느낄 때도 있다.
다소 반항아 기질이 있고 운동을 잘하는 같은 반 친구 레온을 좋아하지만 언제나 테일러의 곁에는 묵묵히 지켜주고 지지해 주는 헥터가 있다.
 헥터
배우: 니컬러스 던
한국판 성우: 엄상현
테일러와 함께 등하교를 하며 늘 붙어 다니는 테일러의 단짝 친구.
테일러가 감성적이라면 헥터는 이성적이다.
테일러가 엉뚱한 상상을 하고 엉뚱한 일을 꾸밀 때마다 테일러를 말리지만, 결국은 테일러를 도와준다.
똑똑하고 모범적인 학생이지만 그 때문에 학급 친구들에게는 따분한 아이 취급을 받기도 한다.
테일러와 함께 있으면 늘 재밌는 일이 벌어져 즐겁다고 생각하며, 떠들썩한 테일러네 가족도 좋아한다.
테일러를 이성으로 좋아하지만 테일러는 그 사실을 전혀 눈치채지 못한다.
 브리트니 플룬
배우: 마이아 미첼
한국판 성우: 소연
테일러 프라이의 옆집에 사는 친구로 부유한 집의 외동따롤 태어나 부모님의 사랑과 지원을 독차지 하며 살아온 공주 같은 인물.
학교에서도 늘 발표를 독차지하려 하고, 부모님 자랑이나 부모님이 사주신 선물 자랑을 즐기기도 한다.
늘 예쁘게 꾸미고 다니며, 교양 있고 우아하게 행동하려고 애쓴다.
그러나 내심 지나치게 완벽한 자신의 가족보다는 떠들썩하고 유쾌한 테일러네 가족을 부러워하기도 한다.
테일러처럼 브리트니도 레온을 좋아한다.
 레온 리포스키
배우: 루크 어세그
한국판 성우: 남도형
다소 불량한 반항아지만 멋있는 외모와 카리스마를 지니고 있는 레온.
서핑, 축구 등 모든 스포츠에 능하고 여학생들의 우상이지만 수업시간에는 장난을 치기에 바빠 공부는 뒷전이다.
전과를 지닌 아빠를 내심 창피해 하고 그래서 아빠가 학교에 오는 것을 꺼린다.
자신이 여자들에게 인기가 많다는 것을 잘 인식하지 못하며, 오직 스포츠에만 관심이 있는 레온은 브리트니에 대해서는 예쁘지만 공주병이 있어 피곤하다고 생각하며, 때로는 활기찬 테일러에게 관심을 보이기도 한다.

테일러네 가족

 돈 프라이
배우: 앤드루 블래크먼
한국판 성우: 하성용
테일러의 아빠.
유쾌하고 유머를 좋아하며 독특하다.
자신의 가족을 진심으로 사랑하며, 현재의 상황에 만족하는 긍정적인 가장.
해변에서 태어나고 자랐으며, 독특한 속옷 가게를 운영한다.
속옷 가게를 광고하기 위해 자신이 직접 속옷을 입고 광고를 찍는 등 독특한 행동을 일삼고 자신의 일을 자랑스럽게 생각한다.
물론 그런 점을 테일러는 창피하게 생각하지만, 늘 긍정적인 돈에게 걱정이 있다면, 속옷 가게 매출이 오르락내리락 한다는 것과 큰 딸, 라일라의 태도. 그러나 언젠가는 다 잘 해결되리라 생각한다.
 글렌다 프라이
배우: 레이철 블레이클리
한국판 성우: 이소영
테일러의 엄마.
남편 돈처럼 유쾌하고 밝은 성격의 소유자.
돈과 마찬가지로 선번지역 출신이며, 신세대에 관심이 많다.
영적인 것을 믿기도 하고 풍수를 중시하기도 하며, 사촌이자 점술가인 마지와 친하게 지낸다.
미술을 좋아해 직접 조각을 하기도 하고, 모든 분야에 관심이 많아 여기저기 뛰어드릭도 하지만 뭐든 깊게 하는 건 별로 없다.
그녀의 가장 큰 골칫거리는 큰 딸, 라일라다.
 라일라 프라이
배우: 다자나 케이힐
한국판 성우: 김은아
테일러의 언니.
태어나서 처음 배운 단어가 'me'일 정도로 자신밖에 모르는 이기적인 인물.
예쁘지만 다소 괴팍하고 변덕도 심하다.
공부에는 관심이 없고 오직 남자 친구에만 관심이 있어 수시로 남자 친구가 바뀌고, 그때마다 자신의 꿈도 바뀐다.
테일러와는 사이가 좋지 않고 늘 테일러를 놀리고 무시한다.

그 외 주변인물

 마지
배우: 샐리 매켄지
한국판 성우: 홍소영
글렌다의 사촌이자 점술가.
상가에서 타로점, 찻잎점 등을 치는 일을 하지만 일에 열성적인 편은 아니며, 자주 돈과 글렌다의 집을 방문한다.
테일러가 답답해 할 때 엉뚱한 해결책을 제시해주기도 하는 인물.
 맥클러스키
배우: 스티븐 탠디
한국판 성우: 임채헌
테일러의 담임선생님으로 따뜻하고 자상하다.
30년 이상 초등학교 교사 생활을 해온 베테랑 선생님답게 어린이들의 심리에 대해서는 아주 잘 파악하지만 선생님에게도 테일러는 다소 특이한 학생이다.

외부 링크 
 
 

2000년대 오스트레일리아의 텔레비전 프로그램
영어 텔레비전 프로그램
나인 네트워크의 텔레비전 프로그램
오스트레일리아의 텔레비전 드라마