Family X - On a secret mission

Television series
German title	Family X - On a secret mission
Original title	The X's
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2005-2006
length	22 minutes
Episodes	20 in 1 season
genre	Comedy , animation
idea	Carlos Ramos
production	Carlos Ramos, Dave Marshall
First broadcast	November 25, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. on Nickelodeon
German-language first broadcast	February 10, 2007, 5:15 pm on Nickelodeon

Family X - Mission: Impossible ( engl. The X's ) is an American cartoon series made by Carlos Ramos for Nickelodeon was created. It is about a spy family who keep their identity secret in the public world, but often have problems doing so. The series has 20 episodes in one season.

action

The entire X family work as spies for SUPERIOR . Tucker and Trudy X have a daughter named Tuesday and a son named Truman who has a dog named Rex. They all have numerous stereotypical devices that they need for their espionage existence. a computerized brain called the Home Base. The organization SNAFU tries again and again to take over the world domination that this family is supposed to prevent.

Characters

main characters

• Tucker X is the father and head of the family and the main character of the series. He is an expert on the 1960s and hand-to-hand combat. Although he is a competent spy, he often has problems with everyday things. For example, he often forgets his name. He also cooks excellently and is a very strict person. His character is reminiscent of James Bond and Maxwell Smart .

• Trudy X is the mother and combat specialist. She is also an expert in hand-to-hand combat, in martial arts, but also in tennis, but a miserable cook. Their clothing is a nod to the Star Trek uniforms .

• Tuesday X is the daughter and oldest child of the family and an investigator in the missions. She is interested in punk rock and changes her hair color frequently. She also knows best about how to behave in the real world . She actually wants to have the least to do with the family hobby.

• Truman X is the family's son and youngest child and a technology expert. He is the smartest of the four and likes to experiment, although they often fail. He can be a nuisance and therefore often cause unrest.

• Rex X is Truman's dog, which Sasquatch gave him for his 9th birthday. Originally, Rex was thought-controlled to kill Truman.

• Home Base describes itself as "the house the family lives in". However, he is just a computerized brain that operates the devices in the house, which is why he behaves like an English butler. It is a reference to HAL 9000 from the 2001 film : A Space Odyssey .

Supporting characters

Espionage families

• Family Y are a family of Indian descent and better spies than Family X, which is why they are considered rivals. They too have a computerized brain, but it is more sophisticated. Steven mirrors Tucker, Sasha Trudy, Seven Tuesday and Scout Truman even though she is a girl.

• Family Z was a former espionage family but was destroyed by the Y.

rogue

• Glowface is the main enemy of the family and leader of SNAFU. His head is in a glass ball that is electrically discharged and has bad teeth. He wears a rubber suit and gloves to control his energy. He is megalomaniac, arrogant and loudmouthed, but actually somewhat educated and mature and believes that he is a greater danger than he actually is. He is allergic to zucchini and is a passionate model railroad builder.

• Lorenzo Suave is a member of SNAFU and Glowface's henchman. He is fashionably dressed and has a mustache and goatee, a scar on one cheek, a monocle and an eye patch on both sides. Lorenzo is a lot smarter than Glowface.

• Sasquatch is also a member of SNAFU, whose roar can hypnotize and brainwash animals. Its aim is that the animals get their true place as world rulers. He always speaks of himself in the third person.

• Brandon is also a member of SNAFU and is the nephew of Glowface. He is a nice and polite boy who unfortunately works for his uncle. He is in love with Tuesday, with whom he often has a date.

• Half human, half machine and the most evil of all evil spies, Copperhead has magnetic superpowers.

Other

• Kimla Meeks is Tuesday's best friend. She is very interested in science fiction. She is naive because she doesn't notice, for example, that Truman has a crush on her and that Tuesdays family are spies.

• Skipper Swenson is a classmate of Tuesday. She is snooty and outrageous and actually doesn't like Tuesday. She is popular and interested in fashion.

• Annasthesia Montiho is a friend of Tuesday and Gothic and likes to talk about boys.

• Wally is a friendly family neighbor and a devoted man with wife and children. Although he wonders about some of the actions of his neighbors, he knows nothing of their secret identity. Although his name is never mentioned in the series plot, the name Wally appears in the credits .

Production and publication

the US subsidiary of Nickelodeon first aired the first three episodes on November 25, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. In 2006 and 2007, three episodes were released on the Nick Picks Vol. 4 , Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 DVDs . The German first broadcast took place on February 10, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. on Nick . The show was later repeated on Nicktoons and ORF 1 .

synchronization

role	English speaker	German speaker
Tucker X	Patrick Warburton	Stefan Gossler
Trudy X	Wendie Malick
Tuesday X	Lynsey Bartilson	Magdalena Turba
Truman X	Jansen Panettiere	Hannes Maurer
Rex x	Dee Bradley Baker
Home Base	Stephen Root	Erich Rauker
Steven Y	Ronobir Lahiri
Sasha Y	Susan Pari
Seven Y Annasthesia Montiho	Soleil Moon Frye
Scout Y	Laura Marano
Glowface	Chris Hardwick	Gerald Schaale
Lorenzo Suave	Tom Kane	Michael Pan
Sasquatch	Randy Savage	Tilo Schmitz
Brandon	Jason Schwartzman David Hornsby
Copperhead Wally	Tom Kenny
Kimla Meeks	Ashley Johnson
Skipper Swenson	Lindsay Sloane

Awards

The series won an award at the Artios Awards in 2006 and was nominated three times for the Annie Awards in the same year , including an award for best concept development in an animated series.

Web links

• Family X - A secret mission in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/familie-x-in-geheimer-mission/sendetermine/-1
2. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/familie-x-in-geheimer-mission/sendetermine/-1