Rocket Power | |
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Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Opening theme | "Rocket Power Theme" by The Wipeouters |
Ending theme | "Rocket Power Theme" (Instrumental) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 71 (132 segments) ( list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Nickelodeon |
Release | August 16, 1999 July 30, 2004 | –
Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó and produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Nickelodeon. The show centers on the daily lives of Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam, four pre-adolescent children with an interest in extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding while also getting into many wacky situations. The characters live in the fictional beach town of Ocean Shores, California.
The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004. [1]
Rocket Power revolves around the day-to-day zany hijinks of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket; his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket; Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez; and the brainy techno whiz kid and relative newcomer: Sam "Squid" Dullard — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores where they spend their free time playing varied extreme sports (such as Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Biking, Street Hockey, etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up. [2]
Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict but loving father and veteran surfer, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket, who along with his best friend and business partner, Tito Makani, owns and operates the Shore Shack, a combination burger joint and surf shop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning their friendship is more important than winning.
Rocket Power was produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Producers on the series include Susan Ward, Pernelle Hayes, Victor Wilson, John Crane, Maureen Iser and Erin Ehlich. Gábor Csupó, Arlene Klasky and Eryk Casemiro served as executive producers.
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilot | Unaired | ||||
1 | 40 | 20 | August 16, 1999 | March 21, 2000 | |
2 | 40 | 20 | March 28, 2000 | March 22, 2004[3] | |
3 | 37 | 20 | September 10, 2001 | March 25, 2004 | |
4 | 12 | 11 | July 19, 2003 | July 30, 2004 |
A VHS tape titled Maxing Out was released by Paramount Home Video on August 7, 2001 containing five episodes. [4] In 2004, Nickelodeon released four episodes of the series on the Island of the Menehune DVD. [5] Other episodes were featured on Nickelodeon compilation DVDs such as Nicktoons Christmas, Nicktoons Halloween and Nickstravaganza! 2.
Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release Rocket Power and other Nick shows on manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm. The Rocket Power manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs have since been discontinued.
Season | Title | Format | Release dates | |||
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||
1 | Maxing Out | VHS | August 7, 2001 [4] | — | — | |
Nickelodeon Super Toons | VHS | March 9, 2005 [6] | — | — | ||
Nickstravaganza! | VHS | March 4, 2003 | — | — | ||
The Complete First Season | DVD | May 21, 2014 [7] | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On! | DVD | September 27, 2004 | — | — | ||
The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures | DVD | June 5, 2006 | — | — | ||
2 | Maxing Out | VHS | August 7, 2001 [4] | — | — | |
Nicktoons Halloween | DVD | August 26, 2003 [8] | — | — | ||
Nickstravaganza! 2 | DVD | September 2, 2003 | — | — | ||
Island of the Menehune | DVD | July 1, 2004 [9] | — | — | ||
The Complete Second Season | DVD | June 12, 2014 [10] | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Job Well Done | VHS | 2002 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama | VHS | — | — | |||
Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot | VHS | 2003 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On! | DVD | — | 2004 [11] | — | ||
Nicktoons Halloween: Spooky Stories | DVD | — | — | October 17, 2005 [12] | ||
Nicktoons: Job Well Done | VHS | 2002 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama | VHS | — | — | |||
Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot | VHS | 2003 | — | — | ||
3 | The Complete Third Season | DVD | October 1, 2014 [13] | — | — | |
4 | Nicktoons Christmas: Tales of Good Tidings | DVD | September 30, 2003 [14] | — | — | |
Island of the Menehune | DVD | July 1, 2004 [9] | — | — | ||
The Complete Fourth Season | DVD | June 20, 2014 [15] | — | — |
Rocket Power premiered on Nickelodeon on August 16, 1999 and its final episode (a television movie called "The Big Day") aired on July 30, 2004. Reruns were then aired on the channel until October 7, 2011.
Nicktoons aired the series from 2002 to 2010. Nick GAS also aired the series from 2003 to 2005. The series reran on TeenNick's former block NickRewind (formerly The '90s Are All That, The Splat and NickSplat) from 2014 to 2017.
Other projects related to Rocket Power and developed under the aegis of Klasky-Csupo and/or Nickelodeon have included Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, and Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle for Madtown Park, a live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in the spring of 2002 before being canceled over low ticket sales (it had originally been scheduled to tour about 40 cities all over the U.S., all the way into fall).
In 2002, Nickelodeon also aired the Maximum Rocket Power Games, an extreme-sports competition inspired by the series which pits three teams consisting of professional athletes competing alongside aspiring youth athletes in a series of events. The special was co-hosted by professional skateboarder Andy Macdonald. [16]
Several video games based on the series were released on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and PC throughout the years, including Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue, Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, Rocket Power Gettin' Air, Rocket Power: Dream Scheme, Rocket Power: Zero Gravity Zone and Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
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Soundtrack album by various bands | |
Released | February 6, 2002 |
Recorded | 1999–2002 |
Genre | |
Label |
The soundtrack album to Rocket Power was released on February 6, 2002. It is officially the soundtrack to the television film Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand.
Track listing
Common Sense Media give the series a three out of five stars, writing "Parents need to know that watching this show just might inspire future X-games participation. The kids -- never without a skateboard, bike, hockey stick, or surfboard -- perform incredible stunts, seemingly without risk of injury. A boy with less sports ability than the others shows kids that it's OK to need a lot of practice and only take the risks you're personally comfortable with." [22]
Rocket Power | |
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![]() Main promotional logo | |
Genre | |
Created by | |
Developed by |
|
Voices of |
|
Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Opening theme | "Rocket Power Theme" by The Wipeouters |
Ending theme | "Rocket Power Theme" (Instrumental) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 71 (132 segments) ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producers |
|
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production companies | |
Original release | |
Network | Nickelodeon |
Release | August 16, 1999 July 30, 2004 | –
Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó and produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Nickelodeon. The show centers on the daily lives of Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam, four pre-adolescent children with an interest in extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding while also getting into many wacky situations. The characters live in the fictional beach town of Ocean Shores, California.
The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004. [1]
Rocket Power revolves around the day-to-day zany hijinks of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket; his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket; Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez; and the brainy techno whiz kid and relative newcomer: Sam "Squid" Dullard — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores where they spend their free time playing varied extreme sports (such as Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Biking, Street Hockey, etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up. [2]
Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict but loving father and veteran surfer, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket, who along with his best friend and business partner, Tito Makani, owns and operates the Shore Shack, a combination burger joint and surf shop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning their friendship is more important than winning.
Rocket Power was produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Producers on the series include Susan Ward, Pernelle Hayes, Victor Wilson, John Crane, Maureen Iser and Erin Ehlich. Gábor Csupó, Arlene Klasky and Eryk Casemiro served as executive producers.
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilot | Unaired | ||||
1 | 40 | 20 | August 16, 1999 | March 21, 2000 | |
2 | 40 | 20 | March 28, 2000 | March 22, 2004[3] | |
3 | 37 | 20 | September 10, 2001 | March 25, 2004 | |
4 | 12 | 11 | July 19, 2003 | July 30, 2004 |
A VHS tape titled Maxing Out was released by Paramount Home Video on August 7, 2001 containing five episodes. [4] In 2004, Nickelodeon released four episodes of the series on the Island of the Menehune DVD. [5] Other episodes were featured on Nickelodeon compilation DVDs such as Nicktoons Christmas, Nicktoons Halloween and Nickstravaganza! 2.
Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release Rocket Power and other Nick shows on manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm. The Rocket Power manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs have since been discontinued.
Season | Title | Format | Release dates | |||
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||
1 | Maxing Out | VHS | August 7, 2001 [4] | — | — | |
Nickelodeon Super Toons | VHS | March 9, 2005 [6] | — | — | ||
Nickstravaganza! | VHS | March 4, 2003 | — | — | ||
The Complete First Season | DVD | May 21, 2014 [7] | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On! | DVD | September 27, 2004 | — | — | ||
The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures | DVD | June 5, 2006 | — | — | ||
2 | Maxing Out | VHS | August 7, 2001 [4] | — | — | |
Nicktoons Halloween | DVD | August 26, 2003 [8] | — | — | ||
Nickstravaganza! 2 | DVD | September 2, 2003 | — | — | ||
Island of the Menehune | DVD | July 1, 2004 [9] | — | — | ||
The Complete Second Season | DVD | June 12, 2014 [10] | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Job Well Done | VHS | 2002 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama | VHS | — | — | |||
Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot | VHS | 2003 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On! | DVD | — | 2004 [11] | — | ||
Nicktoons Halloween: Spooky Stories | DVD | — | — | October 17, 2005 [12] | ||
Nicktoons: Job Well Done | VHS | 2002 | — | — | ||
Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama | VHS | — | — | |||
Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot | VHS | 2003 | — | — | ||
3 | The Complete Third Season | DVD | October 1, 2014 [13] | — | — | |
4 | Nicktoons Christmas: Tales of Good Tidings | DVD | September 30, 2003 [14] | — | — | |
Island of the Menehune | DVD | July 1, 2004 [9] | — | — | ||
The Complete Fourth Season | DVD | June 20, 2014 [15] | — | — |
Rocket Power premiered on Nickelodeon on August 16, 1999 and its final episode (a television movie called "The Big Day") aired on July 30, 2004. Reruns were then aired on the channel until October 7, 2011.
Nicktoons aired the series from 2002 to 2010. Nick GAS also aired the series from 2003 to 2005. The series reran on TeenNick's former block NickRewind (formerly The '90s Are All That, The Splat and NickSplat) from 2014 to 2017.
Other projects related to Rocket Power and developed under the aegis of Klasky-Csupo and/or Nickelodeon have included Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, and Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle for Madtown Park, a live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in the spring of 2002 before being canceled over low ticket sales (it had originally been scheduled to tour about 40 cities all over the U.S., all the way into fall).
In 2002, Nickelodeon also aired the Maximum Rocket Power Games, an extreme-sports competition inspired by the series which pits three teams consisting of professional athletes competing alongside aspiring youth athletes in a series of events. The special was co-hosted by professional skateboarder Andy Macdonald. [16]
Several video games based on the series were released on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and PC throughout the years, including Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue, Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, Rocket Power Gettin' Air, Rocket Power: Dream Scheme, Rocket Power: Zero Gravity Zone and Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
| |
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Soundtrack album by various bands | |
Released | February 6, 2002 |
Recorded | 1999–2002 |
Genre | |
Label |
The soundtrack album to Rocket Power was released on February 6, 2002. It is officially the soundtrack to the television film Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand.
Track listing
Common Sense Media give the series a three out of five stars, writing "Parents need to know that watching this show just might inspire future X-games participation. The kids -- never without a skateboard, bike, hockey stick, or surfboard -- perform incredible stunts, seemingly without risk of injury. A boy with less sports ability than the others shows kids that it's OK to need a lot of practice and only take the risks you're personally comfortable with." [22]