Dave the Barbarian is a Disney Channel Original Series created by Doug Langdale that premiered in January 2004 on Disney Channel. It was canceled in January 2005, but continued to air in several countries.

The series takes place in the Middle Ages, and centers on a powerful yet cowardly barbarian named Dave who lives in the fictitious land of Udrogoth along with his older sister Candy and younger sister Fang. His parents, Throktar and Glimia, are the King and Queen, but are away "fighting evil" across the world (though they sometimes communicate via a magic crystal ball), and have left Candy in charge of the kingdom. Together the three siblings, along with their wizard uncle Oswidge, are left to run and protect the kingdom.

There is a Narrator, referred to either as "the Narrator" or "the Storyteller," voiced by Jeff Bennett. He is able to talk to the characters of the show, and vice versa. In fact, he was once captured by The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, and was forced to tell the story from his kidnapper's commands.

The show was created and written by Doug Langdale, it premiered on Disney Channel on January 23, 2004, a year later it began broadcasting on Toon Disney as well. In Latin America, the show is broadcasted on Jetix.

Much like its predecessors Hagar the Horrible, The Flintstones and the short-lived The Roman Holidays, Dave the Barbarian juxtaposes both the ancient and modern. Candy, for example, shops in the local mall and uses the crystal ball for online shopping sprees. Occasionally, the series even breaks the fourth wall with a character directly addressing the audience or even communicating to the narrator.

Cancellation

Dave the Barbarian was put on hiatus in 2005, and no new episodes were since produced. It is one of the shortest-run Disney Channel Shows, with 21 episodes produced.

• Danny Cooksey - Dave
• Erica Luttrell - Candy, Dinky, Queen Glimia
• Tress MacNeille - Fang, Cheezette
• Kevin Michael Richardson - Uncle Oswidge, King Throktar, Dave's singing voice (but only in one episode; in all the other episodes, Danny Cooksey provided Dave's singing voice.)
• Estelle Harris - Lula
• Frank Welker - Faffy
• Lisa Kaplan - Mrs. Gert Bogmelon
• Jeff Bennett - Narrator, Twinkle The Marvel Horse, various
• Paul Rugg - Chuckles the Silly Piggy
• Melissa Rivers - Princess Irmoplotz
• Joan Rivers - Queen Zonthara
• Richard Steven Horvitz - Ned Frischman
• Rob Paulsen - Malsquando
• Michael McShane - Quozmir
• Grey DeLisle - Cackline
• Chantal Strand - various