Get Blake! is a French-American animated television series created by Antonie Guilbaud and produced by Marathon Media and Zodiak Kids.[1][2] The show aired on both Gulli and Nickelodeon in France.
| Get Blake! | |
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| Genre | Comedy Science fiction |
| Created by | Antoine Guilbaud |
| Directed by | Daniel Klein Pascal Jardin |
| Voices of | Robbie Daymond Spike Spencer Kevin Glikmann John Fisher Danny Katiana Faruq T. Jenkins Katie Leigh |
| Theme music composer | Jean-Philippe Verdin |
| Opening theme | "Get Blake! Theme", performed by Robbie Daymond |
| Ending theme | "Get Blake! Theme" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Norbert Gilbert |
| Country of origin | France United States |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Antoine Guilbaud Kaz Vincent Chalvon-Demersay David Michel Eryk Casemiro |
| Producers | Claude Coyaut Gwenaëlle Dupré Bastien Fauré |
| Editors | Florence Aillerie Fiona Couturier |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Marathon Media Zodiak Kids |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon and Gulli (France) Nicktoons (United States) ABC Me (Australia) |
| Release | March 1 – October 29, 2015 |
According to Marathon Media, the show was its first "broad comedy series" following "years of doing light-hearted action such as Totally Spies! or Martin Mystery."[3] 26 episodes were produced.
Plot
editThe series tracks the exploits of Blake Myers, an adventurous teenage boy who is destined to one day to protect humanity from alien squirrels called "Squaliens". The Squaliens, however, are sent back in time to prevent Blake from fulfilling this destiny.[2]
Characters
edit- Blake Myers (Robbie Daymond) — Blake is a 13-year-old boy who dreams to become a space ranger. He is skilled at parkour which helps in escaping the Squaliens. Has a strong sympathy for Leonard.
- Mitch de la Cruz (Spike Spencer) — Blake's Mexican American best friend who cherishes nothing more than their friendship and gets jealous whenever Blake's attention is diverted to someone else.
- Maxus (John Fisher) — The bossiest and shortest of the Squalien trio, Jerome's brother and the General's nephew.
- Jerome (Danny Katiana) — The dimwit of the Squalien trio who is Maxus' brother and the General's nephew.
- Leonard (Kevin Glikmann) — The genius and self-appointed leader of the Squalien trio. He is always the one who invents the gadgets necessary for their missions.
- Squalien General (Kevin Glikmann) — The Squaliens' commander who sent Leonard, Jerome and Maxus from the future to apprehend Blake. As Maxus and Jerome's uncle, he mostly takes their side and doubts Leonard.
- Zorka — The resident contractor and also Roy's guardian.
- Skye Gunderson (Katie Leigh) — Blake's neighbor as well as his love interest. She also volunteers as a dental nurse helping her father.
- Roy Cronk (Faruq T. Jenkins) — The cranky neighbor whose nerves Blake and Mitch often get on.
- Dale Myers (Derek Dressler) — Blake's father, and co-owner of the family travel business, "Let's Travel!".
- Darla Myers (Tarah Consoli) — Blake's Mother, and co-owner of "Let's Travel!"
- Rodrigo de la Cruz — Mitch's father who is also a skilled inventor.
- Carmen de la Cruz (Yeni Álvarez) — Mitch's mother who organizes the town's block parties.
- Dr. Björn Gunderson — Skye's father who is the resident dentist and like her he also has gap teeth.
- Isabelle Gunderson — Skye's mother.
- Sunshine Gunderson — Skye's baby sister.
- Fast Eddy — Zorka's pet Miniature bull terrier that keeps protecting his lawn.
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | U.S. air date | |
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| 1 | "Get Shrunk!" "Get Inked!" | Dani Vetere Paul Grinberg | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio Daniel Klein | March 1, 2015 March 2, 2015 | TBA | |
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"Get Shrunk!": The Squaliens shrink Blake and Mitch. "Get Inked!": Leonard invents a device which switches bodies. When Blake and Mitch visit an aquarium, Blake ends up getting his body switched with an octopus while Mitch's is switched with a penguin. Both boys have to go after the creatures in their bodies, with the boys in the new bodies. | ||||||
| 2a | "Get Pizza!" | Derek Dressler | Olivier Poirette | March 3, 2015 | May 3, 2016 | |
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Blake's Mom makes her own pizza which goes viral, earning income for Blake and Mitch. Even the Squaliens eventually get addicted to the pizza, but likewise Blake's Mom becomes addicted to making pizza. | ||||||
| 2b | "Get Prehistoric!" | Eric Rivera | Sandrine Sekulak | March 4, 2015 | May 4, 2016 | |
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While searching for a birthday present for Skye, the Squaliens leave a bicycle for Blake which ends up transporting him and Mitch to the Stone Age. | ||||||
| 3a | "Get Old!" | May Chan | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio | March 5, 2015 | April 27, 2016 | |
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The Squaliens turn Blake and Mitch into senior citizens so that Blake won't be fit to go into space. | ||||||
| 3b | "Get Frozen!" | Derek Dressler | Joan Gouviac | March 8, 2015 | April 27, 2016 | |
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Leonard paralyses Blake with a freeze ray, which Jerome accidentally paralyses Leonard with. The two are then mistaken for statues and left at a lawn. Mitch has to team up with the dimwitted Jerome to save them both. | ||||||
| 4a | "Get Amnesia!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Pascal Ropars | March 10, 2015 | May 11, 2016 | |
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Blake and Leonard lose their memory and are convinced they're best friends. | ||||||
| 4b | "Get Fishin'!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Daniel Klein | March 11, 2015 | May 11, 2016 | |
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Blake must master playing a wooden fish for a battle-of-the-bands performance with Skye. | ||||||
| 5a | "Get Dogged!" | Cindy Morrow | Joan Gouviac | March 12, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | |
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The Squaliens disguise as a dog which becomes Blake's new best friend. | ||||||
| 5b | "Get Commercial!" | Eric Rivera | Yves Bigerel | March 13, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | |
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The Squaliens disguise themselves to ruin a new commercial Blake films to replace one from his childhood. | ||||||
| 6a | "Get Well!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Pascal Ropars | March 16, 2015 | November 6, 2016 | |
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Mitch, Jerome and Maxus contract an illness which gives them hallucinations, leaving Blake and Leonard to face each other alone. | ||||||
| 6b | "Get Boots!" | Eric Rivera | Jean Gouviac | March 17, 2015 | November 20, 2016 | |
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Both Blake and the Squalien General yearn for the same pair of indestructible boots. Since the General commands the Squaliens to get the boots for him before getting Blake, the trio must resist fighting Blake until then. | ||||||
| 7a | "Get Invisible!" | Sindy Spackman | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio | March 18, 2015 | TBA | |
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Blake gets back at the Squaliens after he uses an invisibility ring they lose. | ||||||
| 7b | "Get Hairy!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Pascal Ropars | March 19, 2015 | May 18, 2016 | |
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After Blake and Mitch use Mitch's dad's hair grown solution to watch a movie, they have hair growing all over their bodies. | ||||||
| 8a | "Get Elected!" | Eric Rivera | Daniel Klein | March 20, 2015 | TBA | |
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Roy holds an election against Mitch's mom so that he can ruin Blake's life. Leonard also attempts to brainwash Roy to increase his chance of getting elected. | ||||||
| 8b | "Get Toothy!" | Dave Lewman | Joan Gouviac | March 23, 2015 | December 18, 2016 | |
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Dr. Gunderson entrusts Blake to perform for kids as his mascot, Mr. Toothy, while he searches for a missing chameleon with the other Gundersons. | ||||||
| 9a | "Get Squirrels!" | Reid Harrison | Pascal Ropars | March 24, 2015 | May 18, 2016 | |
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Leonard brainwashes Earth squirrels to do his bidding in getting Blake. | ||||||
| 9b | "Get Terrestrial!" | Eric Rivera | Daniel Klein | March 25, 2015 | December 18, 2016 | |
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The Squaliens abduct a baby halo-wearing alien to help them get Blake, but it ends up with him and he and Mitch end up raising it. | ||||||
| 10a | "Get Peaceful!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio | March 26, 2015 | TBA | |
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Leonard turns Blake into a hippie so he won't defeat the squaliens in the future. | ||||||
| 10b | "Get Hurtin'!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Joan Gouviac | March 27, 2015 | TBA | |
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Leonard synchronizes his nervous system with Blake so either can feel any pain the other has. | ||||||
| 11a | "Get Sleep!" | May Chan | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio | September 8, 2015 | November 20, 2016 | |
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The Squaliens intend to put Blake in a deep sleep, but their sleep powder ends up on Roy. Blake and Mitch help the asleep Roy on his date while the Squaliens continue trying to put Blake to sleep. | ||||||
| 11b | "Get Surprised!" | Eric Rivera | Daniel Klein | September 10, 2015 | TBA | |
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On Blake's birthday, Leonard abducts him whilst gathering everyone else at a birthday party for him, but Mitch smells a rat. | ||||||
| 12a | "Get Wet!" | Patrick Andrew O'Connor | Anthony Pascal | September 11, 2015 | TBA | |
| 12b | "Get Sentient!" | Eric Rivera | Olivier Derynck | September 14, 2015 | TBA | |
| 13a | "Get Snatched!" | Chris Savino | Christophe Ollivier-Noborio | September 15, 2015 | TBA | |
| 13b | "Get Grounded!" | Eric Rivera | Anthony Pascal | September 16, 2015 | TBA | |
| 14a | "Get Blakes!" | May Chan | Miguel Rodrigues | September 17, 2015 | TBA | |
| 14b | "Get Trapped!" | David Lewman | Joan Gouviac | September 18, 2015 | TBA | |
| 15a | "Get Dreamin'!" | Eric Rivera | Olivier Derynck | September 21, 2015 | TBA | |
| 15b | "Get Reception!" | Derek Dressler | Ronan Le Brun | September 22, 2015 | TBA | |
| 16a | "Get Surrendered!" | Derek Dressler | Joan Gouviac | September 23, 2015 | May 25, 2016 | |
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When the squalians are shock that future blake has won and he tell Maxus and Jermone to surrender his past self that they fail to get him. | ||||||
| 16b | "Get Late!" | Eric Rivera | Daniel Klein | September 24, 2015 | May 25, 2016 | |
| 17a | "Get Morphed!" | Ian Freedman | Rob Hoegee | September 25, 2015 | TBA | |
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After failing to get Blake, the General decided to replace his nephews with a squalian bot that can morph into anything. | ||||||
| 17b | "Get Tough!" | Ian Freedman | Dave Polsky | September 28, 2015 | TBA | |
| 18a | "Get Stuck!" | Ian Freedman | Rob Hoegee | September 29, 2015 | TBA | |
| 18b | "Get Baking!" | Ian Freedman | Dave Polsky | September 30, 2015 | TBA | |
| 19a | "Get Treasure!" | Ian Freedman | Rob Hoegee | October 1, 2015 | TBA | |
| 19b | "Get Weather!" | David Lewman | Joan Gouviac | October 2, 2015 | TBA | |
| 20a | "Get Weasel!" | Eric Rivera | Kévin Audi-Grivetta | October 5, 2015 | TBA | |
| 20b | "Get Mommy!" | Derek Dressler | Fabien Brandily | October 6, 2015 | TBA | |
| 21a | "Get Cratered!" | Derek Dressler | Yves Bigerel | October 7, 2015 | TBA | |
| 21b | "Get Non-Existent!" | David Lewman | Richard Méril | October 8, 2015 | TBA | |
| 22a | "Get Racing!" | Ian Freedman | Rob Hoegee | October 9, 2015 | TBA | |
| 22b | "Get Piratical!" | Ian Freedman | Dave Polsky | October 12, 2015 | TBA | |
| 23a | "Get Western!" | Chris Savino | Rob Hoegee | October 13, 2015 | TBA | |
| 23b | "Get Medieval!" | Ian Freedman | Dave Polsky | October 14, 2015 | TBA | |
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Blake and Mitch play jousting, only to be joined in by the Squaliens. | ||||||
| 24a | "Get Zombies!" | Brad Birch | Daniel Klein | October 26, 2015 | November 6, 2016 | |
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Since Blake and Mitch have been struggling to win in a video game, Leonard intends to trap them in it, only to bring the zombies from the game to life. | ||||||
| 24b | "Get Spooked!" | Cindy Morrow | Pascal Ropars | October 27, 2015 | TBA | |
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Skye tells Blake and Mitch a ghost story that scares them and the Squaliens. | ||||||
| 25a 25b | "Get Skye!" | Derek Dressler | Pascal Ropars Joan Gouviac | October 28, 2015 | TBA | |
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The Squaliens forge a letter from Skye to lure Blake. They freeze Skye and hold her hostage after their plan fails, prompting Blake to go after them to rescue his valentine. | ||||||
| 26a 26b | "Got Blake!" | Rob Hoegee | Dave Polsky | October 30, 2015 | TBA | |
Production
editThe series was first announced in 2012 as being titled Blake and the Aliens with Reid Harrison and Eric Gosselet originally attached to write and direct respectively, and was described as having a "board-driven" approach similar to SpongeBob SquarePants.[1] In 2014, it was retitled as Get Blake! with Daniel Klein taking over as director.[3]
Broadcast
editGet Blake! was originally scheduled to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States in April 2015, but instead began to air on Nicktoons on April 20, 2015.[4] The series premiered on Nickelodeon in Africa on April 6 but later moved to Nicktoons in Africa from November 2 for new episodes and on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand on May 17.[5] In Arabia, it is being broadcast on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons. It also airs on ABC Me in Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (September 25, 2012). "France's Marathon Teams With Nickelodeon on 'Blake and the Aliens'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Get Blake!". Marathon Media. 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Jennifer Wolfe (October 17, 2014). "Zodiak Kids Launches 'Get Blake!'". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Zodiak Kids Announces Presales For Get Blake!". Zodiak Rights (Press release). February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ P, Charles (April 29, 2015). "Foxtel in May: 200+ new shows including Wayward Pines, Open Slather, Nashville and River Cottage Australia". The Green Room. Foxtel. Retrieved September 26, 2015.