Atomic Betty

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Television series
German title Atomic Betty
Original title Atomic Betty
Country of production Canada
original language English
Year (s) 2004-2008
length 25 minutes
Episodes 78+ TV film in 3 seasons
genre Science fiction
idea Mauro Casalese ,
Olaf Miller ,
Trevor Bentley ,
Rob Davies
production Kevin Gillis ,
Ginan Zedra ,
Virginie Jallot ,
Rob Davies
music Kevin Gillis ,
Jack Lenz
First broadcast September 6, 2004 on Télétoon
German-language
first broadcast		 October 24, 2005 on Disney Channel

Atomic Betty is a Canadian animated series produced by Teletoon , Atomic Cartoons , Breakthrough Films & Television , and Tele Images Kids .

action

The series is about Betty, an actually normal twelve-year-old, red-haired girl. She goes to school, watches science fiction films, sings in a band and enjoys meeting up with friends Noah and Paloma. She has normal everyday problems like any girl and these include boys, friends and Penelope, who never misses an opportunity to beat up or embarrass Betty. She lives in a house with her mother, father and cat.

But on top of her normal problems, there are other problems, because what no one except her grandmother knows is that she is a superhero, a so-called galactic law enforcer. As Atomic Betty, she fights against super villains. The pilot Sparky, a green alien, is a bit clumsy, but a real friend and always there when Betty needs him, and the robot named X-5 accompanies her through her adventures and fights with her against the most dangerous alien super villains, like for example against the evil Maximus IQ and his lackeys Minimus, who want to rule over the whole galaxy and are not afraid to destroy the headquarters. Other enemies are the evil baby alien infantor, the ice witch Iciklea, who doesn't shy away from turning everything and everyone into ice, the mad scientist Doctor Cerebral with his evil inventions, or other thieves, crooks and space bandits.

Whenever trouble threatens in the galaxy, Betty's bracelet rings and she gets an order from the chief of the galactic law enforcement officers, Admiral DeGill, who looks like a goldfish, then Betty transforms into Atomic Betty and is beamed aboard her spaceship.

There are some strange similarities between the life of Betty Barrett and the life of Atomic Betty: e.g. B. Sparky, X-5, and the spaceship are toys, Maximus IQ is a reincarnation of the sneaky house cat, and Admiral DeGill is a fish in an aquarium.

Often references are made to other films, e.g. B. Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Indiana Jones, ET, The Exorcist, The Desert Planet, The Matrix, The Graduation, Spiderman, The Little Horror Shop, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fly, Phantom of the Opera, MIB III, The Hobbit , King Kong and the music video Thriller.

characters

main characters

Betty
She is actually a very normal student, but she has a double life as Atomic Betty the intergalactic protector and she fights against evil villains like Sparky and X-5 every day. B. Maximus. Her greatest rival, however, is on earth and is her classmate Penelope. Your best friends are Paloma and Noah.
Noah
He's Betty's classmate and best friend, and he's secretly in love with her.
Paloma
She is Betty's best friend
Maximus
Aside from Penelope, Maximus is her main adversary and would do anything to destroy Atomic Betty. He wants to destroy the headquarters, which he once managed to do.
Minimus
He is Maximus' companion and has two faces.
Admiral Degill
He is a fish and the client of Atomic Betty, he lives in the headquarters. He is the greatest enemy of Pontifadora.
Penelope
She's rich and cocky, is in Betty's class, and hates her. She is their greatest adversary.

Minor characters

Infantor
He's an alien baby and a villain. You can tell that he is a baby in his plans such as B. kidnap Santa Claus. He has a robot nanny.
Iciklea
She is a wicked witch who wants to turn everything into ice. She wrinkles quickly, so she needs certain berries to stay young and beautiful. An ice man (Yeti) is their henchman and supports them in their dark deeds.
Doctor cerebrum
He is a great scientist who wants to become ruler of the world. His plans never work because Betty always stops him beforehand.
Greenbeard
Is a robber, thief and pirate who steals the most precious treasures on the planet.
Hopper
He is a feared robber and underwater looter.
The collector
He collects everything such as B. big eggs ... and wreak havoc.

production

The series was created by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films and Télé Images Kids. Directed by Mauro Casalese, Virginie Jallot, Jeffrey Agala, Ridd Sorensen, Dave Woodgate and Kenneth Chu. Kevin Gillis , Ginan Zedra , Virginie Jallot and Rob Davies were responsible as producers . The music is by Asher Lenz and Stephen Skratt and the artistic directors were Trevor Bentley and Garnet Syberg-Olsen.

synchronization

figure German voice actor Original speaker
Betty Uschi Hugo Tajja Isen
Sparky Rick Miller
X-5 Bruce Hunter
Admiral Degill Adrian Truss
Maximus Colin Fox
Minimus Len Carlson (Seasons 1 and 2)
Dwayne Hill (Season 3)
Penelope
Paloma Alexandra Lai
Noah Laurie Elliot
Atomic Roger Heiko Obermöller Dwayne Hill
Doctor cerebrum Dwayne Hill
Infantor Jonathan Wilson
Iciklea Kristina Nicoll

Charisma

Of Atomic Betty , there are so far three seasons with a total of 78 episodes and the TV movie The Christmas Adventure ( The NOL-9 ). The episodes usually consist of two stories. The first broadcast in the USA began on August 29, 2004 on M6 . The last episode was shown on August 4, 2008, the last season was on Teletoon . Warner Home Video released the first two seasons on DVD in North America. Each DVD contains four episodes.

In Germany, Atomic Betty first aired on October 24, 2005 on the Disney Channel on weekdays. Since May 2, 2006, the series ran daily on Toon Disney , where the first two seasons were broadcast. The third season finally followed on March 8, 2009. Atomic Betty runs irregularly on the Disney Channel on weekends or once a month on Disney's long nights.

In France, Atomic Betty is broadcast on Télétoon and TV5Monde Europe , in the UK the series is broadcast on CITV , in Saudi Arabia on MBC3 , and in some countries around the world Atomic Betty is even broadcast on Cartoon Network .

Episodes

season 1
Number
(total) 		Number
(season) 		German title Original title First broadcast
(USA) 		First broadcast
(Germany)
1 1-1 Atomic Roger Atomic Roger September 17, 2004 February 1, 2006
2 1-2 Riot in space Toxic talent September 17, 2004 August 31, 2006
3 1-3 Appointment with obstacles But the cat came back September 19, 2004 February 6, 2006
4th 1-4 Lost in the bathroom Lost in Spa September 19, 2004 September 9, 2006
5 1-5 Tam 'the spindle' canoeing Spindly Tam canoeing September 26, 2004 February 7, 2006
6th 1-6 The underwater mission Science Fair September 26, 2004 September 16, 2006

Adaptations

Video game

On August 25, 2005, the game Atomic Betty came out for broadcast in the EU (USA October 25, 2005). The game genres are puzzle and shooter; it is intended for a single player. However, this game was only released for Gameboy Advance and can therefore also be played on the Nintendo DS.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the animated series was only released in the United States. The Atomic Betty soundtrack was released under the label of Koch Records .

Books

Three books by Atomic Betty were published by Penguin Books , in addition four books came out for the show, but they were not translated into German. The titles are:

  • Reporting for Duty! (August 8, 2005)
  • Star struck! (August 4, 2005)
  • Blast off! (Sticker booklet, August 4, 2005)
  • Top Secret !: A Private Journal for Atomic Betty - and You! (Hardcover, May 18, 2006)

comics

There were also comics for the series, but these were never published in Germany

  • Cosmic Cake (August 4, 2008)
  • Lost in Space (January 19, 2008)
  • Galactic Pirates of the Corralean (February 9, 2006)

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